World Aid Guide

"Alice said she wants to join a club, and I'd like to take her to see it. Would you like to come along?"

"Ugh...no need."

Feng yawned, his eyes becoming moist with sleepiness.

After wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Feng shook his head.

Which clubs or societies would you like to visit?

"I don't know either... We don't know much about the human world either."

Actually, the club application documents for the Abstinence Club have already been submitted by Mafuyu. Once the school approves them, the abstinence activities can officially begin.

However... it's impossible to explain the Abstinence Club to Sakura, since Sakura is the advisor's sister, and it's a bit inappropriate to bring her along to club activities.

"Let's visit the girls' archery club first; I'm quite familiar with the upperclassmen there," Sakura suggested to the two.

When Sakura first arrived at Ark Academy, she visited out of curiosity. During the experience session, Sakura showed amazing talent. Although Sakura did not join the archery club in the end, she would often help out when the archery club was short of members, so she was probably an unofficial member.

"Well, it's up to you."

Sakura led the two to the dojo where the archery club was active. The buzzing of bowstrings and the sharp sound of arrows cutting through the air filled the air as the members of the women's archery club were carrying out their daily training with longbows.

They were dressed in uniform archery attire, with white sleeves covered by black breastplates, and long skirts of the same color as the breastplates worn over white tabi socks with slightly stiff bottoms. Their eyes were fixed on the target in front of them.

Perhaps because there was another boy with a camera taking pictures nearby, the training was exceptionally focused.

Upon seeing Sakura arrive with her entourage, Sakura Yumi Saya, the club president, and Sakura Yumi Hinata, the vice president, who were instructing their juniors, ran up to Sakura.

The two are sisters. Unlike Kaede and Rin, who look almost identical, Saya and Hinata have no resemblance in their features.

Even their hair colors are different; Saya has waist-length black hair, while Hinata has shoulder-length flaxen short hair, making them look nothing like sisters.

"These two are the president and vice president of the women's archery club, Saya-senpai and Hinata-senpai. You don't mind if I bring them here for a visit today, do you?"

Sakura stuck out her tongue with a sly expression, but the two of them focused their attention on Alice and Ikis's pointed ears.

"Saya-nee!? She's an elf princess! Do you want to join the archery club?"

Alice smiled politely. "We don't know much about the club yet, so we'd like to take a look around first."

"Oh, I see. Welcome to visit! Would you like to try archery? Does the princess in this other world receive archery training?" Hinata asked casually.

"Iges is quite skilled with bows and arrows. Would you like to try out the bows and arrows of this world, Iges?"

Although Iges wasn't very interested, she didn't refuse since Alice had said so.

As Igis took the bow from Hyuga, her gaze instantly sharpened.

The bow was drawn and the arrow was shot into the center of the target in the next instant.

“Wow… so impressive.”

The archery club members all turned to the side, and the male student with the seaweed-like hair who was holding a camera also ran over.

"Hello, I'm Tachikawa from the photography club. May I take a few photos?"

After glancing at Alice, Eges nodded. Besides offering assistance, Alice and Eges had come to make peace with this world.

"Please don't mind me, you two can continue your experience."

Alice nodded and took the bow from Saya's hand. She held her breath, drew the bow, and nocked an arrow. The sound of the shutter and the flash didn't affect Alice much; they were used to taking photos as goodwill ambassadors.

In this other world, archery is not a sport, but a real skill for killing enemies. Although she is not as good as Igis, Alice has received training in the Elf Forest and can hit the bullseye with a single arrow.

"Amazing!" Hinata looked at Saya with excitement. "If they joined, becoming number one in the world wouldn't be impossible, right?"

"Hinata, you seem to be bothering someone." Saya, the older sister, said with a doting expression.

"Um... I'm sorry, we haven't decided whether to join yet," Alice said softly, looking at Hinata's excited expression.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I was just too excited." Hinata smiled and apologized repeatedly.

“It’s fine if it’s just a hobby, but as a goodwill ambassador, it wouldn’t be fair to the other students if I represented the school in the competition.”

“Well… okay.” Even the usually carefree Hinata could tell from Alice’s polite refusal, “But you’re always welcome to come visit.”

After a few brief pleasantries, Sakura led Alice away from the archery club. Sakura then took Alice to visit several other clubs, but Alice seemed uninterested in them all.

"It's getting late. If we go back too late, the consultant will worry."

"Well, let's go back."

Sakura was a little curious; what kind of club could possibly pique Alice's interest? Alice seemed more interested in her brother than the club.

If her brother were still a student and joined a club, Alice would probably join whatever club it was.

Sakura, Alice, and Ikis walked toward the school gate, where they happened to run into Saya and Hinata, who were heading home after finishing their club activities for the day.

The seaweed-haired boy named Tachikawa appears to be handing a photo to Hinata.

Upon seeing the three approaching, Hinata casually slipped the photo into his pocket, while Tachikawa ran towards the school as if fleeing.

"Hinata-senpai." Sakura greeted Hinata. She and Chen Lin had been in contact with alien races in need of help for many years, and Hinata-senpai's expression was exactly the same as those alien races who had some unspeakable troubles.

"Hinata-senpai, you don't look well... Did something happen?"

"N-nothing...it's just that Tachikawa took a really ugly photo, and I'm a little angry," Hinata replied dismissively.

Something's not right. It's clearly just an excuse; something must have happened.

"I see... If there's anything you need help with, Hinata-senpai, just let me know. My brother is a school advisor, so he can help you too."

Chapter 58 The Troubles of the Sisters

Is Hinata... really alright?

After saying goodbye to Sakura, Alice, and Ikis, Saya and the Hinata sisters chatted and laughed as they walked home.

"Hey, Saya-nee, that princess is so cute! I wish we could recruit her into the club. Even if she doesn't participate in the competition, she could definitely attract a lot of students to join the archery club... Saya-nee?"

"Ah... well, but the princess doesn't seem interested."

Saya quickly covered up her momentary daze.

After Sakura's reminder, Saya also noticed that something was wrong with her younger sister. Although Hinata showed a happy expression, Saya, who had grown up with Hinata, could tell that Hinata definitely had something on her mind.

Saya felt a little guilty, even Sakura noticed that she hadn't noticed before.

Saya and Hinata are not biological sisters. They are from a blended family formed by their parents' remarriage. Perhaps because they both lost a loved one, they became very close as if to fill the void left by their lost family member, and they do everything together.

I didn't even notice anything unusual about the person closest to me... I'm such a bad older sister.

Back home, the two sisters took separate showers. Usually, after showering, they would chat, watch TV shows, or watch movies on the sofa, but today Hinata went back to her room after showering.

After closing the door, Hinata took out the photo that Tachikawa from the photography club had given her from her pocket.

The main subjects of the photo are her and Saya.

In the photo, Hinata, with a mischievous smile, personally feeds the shy Saya cherry tomatoes.

The two, who were very close, fed each other quite often, and Hinata didn't know when the photos were taken.

On the back of the photo was written the sentence, "The two seem to be very close lovers," along with Tachikawa's contact information.

Saya and I... are like very close lovers?

I and Saya are both girls, how could we possibly be lovers?

However... if you replace yourself or Saya-nee in the photo with a man, they do look somewhat like lovers.

Although I say that I and Saya are just very close sisters, this photo really does make that seem like it.

If this photo gets out, there will definitely be strange rumors, such as that I and Saya are a lesbian couple.

It takes only a few words to spread a rumor, but debunking it is exhausting... By then, who will care whether it's true or false?

And how can we refute the rumors? Saya will definitely be looked at differently. This is a crucial time for her to get into a good school, and the consequences of being affected by rumors will be severe.

Hinata Ginya gritted her teeth as she looked at the contact information left on the photo on her phone.

No... I can't let Saya's college admission be affected.

Hinata's fingertips trembled as she typed the contact information after the photo onto her phone... No, that's not right. She and Saya-nee were just sisters. If she contacted him, wouldn't that just make her seem guilty and become evidence against her?

But what if he starts spreading rumors everywhere if we don't keep in touch?

Oh right... how about we go talk to Sakura about it?

She said her brother is a school advisor, not a teacher, but... he should be able to help, right?

In short, discuss it with her first!

Hinata dialed Sakura's number and told her about his troubles and worries.

Sakura: [Wait a minute, I'll give the phone to my brother.]

As Hinata was talking about the problems she was facing, Sakura turned on speakerphone so Chen Lin could listen in. Just as Chen Lin finished listening to Hinata's predicament, his mission arrived.

[Aid Mission: Spreading rumors takes only a mouth, but debunking them requires a lot of legwork]