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"Then let's get back on track!"
After the meals were served one by one, Yuigahama Yui, who was forced to order a kids' meal, raised her hand spiritedly and proposed.
"Yuigahama Takuma is really cheerful. Do you really like hamburger steak and french fries that much?"
Gokou Ruri said.
"No, I was just tricked by Asakura-kun!"
"But you didn't refuse, did you?"
"I wanted to refuse, but Asakura-kun said Wagnaria's hamburger steak has peas and perilla!"
"You can compromise just for that? I really don't understand Yuigahama Takuma's taste anymore…"
"What do you mean, Ruri, didn't you also order tomato sauce pasta? Sweet and sour, that's a child's taste too!"
"It's Neapolitan thick-cut bacon spaghetti. This rich and hearty texture, and the slightly smoky aroma of the bacon, is a taste that only adults can appreciate. Yuigahama Takuma, who only focuses on the ketchup, surely wouldn't understand."
"No, no such thing, I understand perfectly!"
"Your cat ears are twitching, Yuigahama Takuma, you're lying, aren't you?"
"Guh…"
Asakura looked at the two still arguing about the dishes and couldn't help but mutter to himself: No matter how you look at it, both of you have the taste of children, right?
"Speaking of which, what kind of club is Chiba Magic Society anyway?"
Asagumo Chihaya smiled and drew Asakura's attention back to herself.
"Currently, it's an organization that solves some supernatural phenomena within its capabilities and collects Magic-related items as much as possible."
Asakura explained.
"I see,"
Asagumo Chihaya didn't doubt Asakura's words, after all, her own experience was the best proof: "So, do we have to find these so-called supernatural phenomena ourselves?"
Asakura stroked his chin. Indeed, relying solely on luck didn't seem like a good option, although both Yuigahama Yui and Asagumo Chihaya were encountered by chance.
However, considering that the Nameless Magic Book in his mind seemed to have mentioned concepts like 'witches and Magic items attract each other like a certain kind of messenger', plus the news on TV still showed a peaceful and prosperous scene with no signs of witches and Magic items proliferating, everything should still be within controllable limits.
But just sitting around and waiting like this, it still felt too passive.
"It would be even better if someone could come to us with a request."
So Asakura said.
"But even the Service Club has vague rumors circulating among Soubu High School students, while there's absolutely no information about the Chiba Magic Society. It's probably unlikely for people to come to us for requests, right? Has Takuma-kun made any preparations for this?"
Asagumo Chihaya asked curiously.
"Uh… Does 'people who are genuinely troubled by supernatural phenomena and wish to receive help can see the door of the Clubroom' count as preparation?"
Asakura asked, scratching his face somewhat awkwardly.
Asagumo Chihaya was silent for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened: "If Takuma-kun really wants others to provide supernatural requests, I think it's better to first find a way to improve the Association… Oh, it's called the Magic Club now. In short, you need to first raise the club's reputation. Only when the name is widely known among students will people come to make requests."
"Uh… How about having club members wear bunny girl outfits and hand out flyers at the school gate?"
Asakura tried asking.
"Worth a try."
Asagumo Chihaya, who was not a member of the Magic Club, said happily.
"O-oysters—!"
Yuigahama Yui immediately protested: "How can we do something like that?!"
"…A meal of yakitori… No, perhaps all-you-can-eat yakiniku…"
Asakura muttered to himself in a low voice.
"You're thinking about what conditions to use to tempt Anna-chan to do that, aren't you?"
Yuigahama Yui's eyes suddenly sharpened.
Asakura guiltily averted his gaze.
"By the way, do male club members also have to wear that to hand out flyers?"
Asagumo Chihaya eagerly pressed on.
Asakura looked at the digital camera that had appeared in the girl's hand at some point, and after a moment of silence, he said with a formal smile and righteous words: "No, I think doing that would be a bit too extreme. Our club is likely being watched by the Student Council right now, so it's not suitable for such a thing."
"My expectations were dashed."
Gokou Ruri mocked Asagumo Chihaya, who seemed a little disappointed.
"That's not the case at all, Gokou."
Asagumo Chihaya's business smile was impeccable: "I think you can trust me more."
"You still haven't said what Magic you've mastered as a witch, so it's hard to trust you."
Gokou Ruri pressed further.
"Unfortunately, even I don't know what Magic I possess."
Asagumo Chihaya spread her hands and made a helpless expression. As if passing the time, she casually folded a lifelike little rabbit out of her napkin: "Strictly speaking, I'm just an ordinary person with Magic power right now, and I don't have as much power as you do."
"You're surprisingly skillful in strange places."
Asakura looked at the little rabbit she folded and couldn't help but exclaim.
Gokou Ruri also frowned and looked at the little rabbit.
She had previously used Magic in the Clubroom to turn a tissue into a free-moving cat, but that was the power of Magic. In terms of handcraft, she was indeed no match for Asagumo Chihaya in front of her.
"Wow, how did you fold this? Can you teach me?"
Yuigahama Yui's beautiful eyes widened as she stared at the little rabbit, asking enviously.
"Of course, no problem. Does Gokou want to learn too? It's actually quite simple."
"I won't…"
Just as Gokou Ruri opened her mouth to refuse, Asagumo Chihaya continued: "I remember Gokou has two younger sisters, right? It would be great to fold this for them to play with. Children all love these kinds of things."
Gokou Ruri stiffened for a moment, and after hesitating for a bit, she reluctantly nodded: "…Please."
"Is this 'Miss Asagumo's Marvelous House' segment now?"
Asakura, the only one who still remembered the main mission, couldn't help but retort: "Shouldn't we continue discussing how to raise the Magic Club's reputation so that students who encounter supernatural phenomena will come to us for requests?"
"About that, you don't need to worry too much."
Gokou Ruri suddenly said: "I'm not sure about your school, Takuma Takuma, but at my school, more or less some people will come to me for help when they encounter unexplainable things."
"Really?"
Asakura looked at the girl with some surprise.
"Mm."
Gokou Ruri nodded, her small face serious: "Although at first it was just a coincidence that someone saw me in my disguise, the rumor that 'there's someone in the school who might have mastered black Magic' has spread throughout the campus… Why are you suddenly silently stroking my head? Stop it, I'm not a child anymore! And Yuigahama over there, don't push your hamburger steak over with teary eyes and a pitying expression, I don't want to eat it!"
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