I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

After a brief response, Yukino Yukinoshita looked up from her book and stared straight at Yuu Tenkuji, who was gently closing the door and stepping in.

The two stared at each other, and after a long silence, Yuu Tenkuji nodded first.

"good afternoon."

As if she had gained some kind of sense of accomplishment, Yukino Yukinoshita smiled faintly with her eyes narrowed, and her clear and crisp voice seemed to soften a bit.

"Good afternoon, Tenkuji-kun."

"I heard you were nominated to be an executive committee member? You're quite popular, Yukinoshita-san."

"..."

Satisfied, Yukino Yukinoshita's face fell instantly. Under his ambiguous gaze, she pursed her pale cherry-colored lips expressionlessly and brushed her long hair away from her shoulders.

"Of course, after all, my abilities and knowledge are obvious to all. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is just an easy job overall."

She narrowed her eyes, a hint of coldness in them: "On the contrary, given Hiratsuka-sensei's personality, it's impossible that she wouldn't push you out to be used, right?"

“You seem to know Hiratsuka-sensei quite well.” Tenkuji Yu didn’t care how unpleasant her words were and sat down comfortably across the long table. “That’s true, but I declined because I was afraid of the trouble, and missed the opportunity to work with you. It’s a real pity.”

"Is it just that you don't want to take responsibility? Or perhaps you lack confidence in your own abilities?"

Yukinoshita revealed a mocking smile, but this provocation was too obvious, which made Tenkuji Yu unable to help but laugh out loud.

"Say what you will. Being able to advance or retreat according to one's own will, and never falling into a dilemma, is a sign of human maturity."

"..."

With her eyes slightly widened, Yukino Yukinoshita stared at him, seemingly lost in silent thought.

She then gently shook her head, as if denying some reality she didn't want to face, and turned her calm gaze back to the book, but it took her a long time to turn a page.

Yui Yuigahama sat between the two, resting her chin on her hand and frowning, also lost in deep thought.

"...Xiao You came to the Service Club, could it be just to argue with Xiao Xue?"

After all, when no one comes to commission them, the activities of their service department are simply each person doing their own thing, and it's not a problem if they don't even participate in club activities.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Yukino Yukinoshita raised her head, her clear voice dispelling the slightly heavy and quiet atmosphere.

"Please come in."

The door was slowly pulled open, and the girl with short flaxen hair peeked out and looked around before cautiously walking in.

"Excuse me... Is this the Service Club?"

Behind her followed a lovely, ethereal silver-haired girl, like an angel.

Upon entering, he bowed respectfully to the three of them and said in a calm tone:

"Sorry to bother you."

Chapter 84: Is he here to see him again?

"You are... Li Hua, a first-year student?"

Yui Yuigahama exclaimed in surprise, and Yukino Yukinoshita also seemed somewhat surprised, her gaze sweeping over the silver-haired girl.

"Yes, I am Tachibana Kanade..."

He tilted his head, his eyes showing confusion.

Tachibana Kanade's expression didn't change much. He still bowed his head slightly and said calmly and politely, "I'm very sorry to have disturbed you seniors."

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people present unconsciously relaxed.

The voice, which sounds devoid of emotion, brings a gentle and pleasant feeling, as if the entire auditory organ is being soaked in warm water.

A voice kissed by an angel—that's probably the only way to describe it.

"Just like the rumors said, she's super cute..."

With her hands clasped to her chest, Yui Yuigahama looked completely healed, as if she really wanted to rush over and pat her junior's head. However, since the two weren't very familiar with each other yet, she fidgeted restlessly in her seat.

Yukino Yukinoshita, seemingly unable to bear it any longer, pressed her temples and sighed, "...Yuigahama-san, could you please stop making that awful expression that only the guy next to you would make?"

“Yes, yes!” Yuu Tenkuji nodded vigorously in complete agreement.

Then, mimicking Yui Yuigahama's pose, she crossed her arms over her chest and exclaimed coyly, "Wow, Captain Yukinoshita is so pretty! She really is just like the rumors say, no, she's even more aloof and beautiful than a real snow woman!"

"..."

With an ugly expression as if she had swallowed a worm, Yukino Yukinoshita gave him a cold glare, took a deep breath, and looked expressionlessly at the two junior students still standing at the door.

“The chair is there, sit down and talk.”

"Ah, okay—thank you, senior!"

After watching the conversation between the two with great interest, Iroha Isshiki smiled inexplicably, then pulled Tachibana Kanade to sit opposite the three members of the Service Club, coughed twice, and put on a serious expression.

"Although the senior students may already know who we are, please allow me to introduce myself first—we are the candidate team for this year's student council president. Tachibana is a candidate, and I am her assistant, Isshiki Iroha Tess."

"What kind of weird self-introduction is this..."

Iroha Isshiki ignored Yuu Tenkuji's complaints and, rather than saying that, she pretended not to know him from the moment she entered.

She simply stood tall and straightened her back, staring directly at Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama as she spoke: "I'm sure you all know that the student council president election is about to begin, right?"

"Well..."

Yui Yuigahama adjusted the bun on her head and gave a vague smile.

...This guy can memorize all sorts of gossip, yet he doesn't even know about school-wide events.

However, Yuu Tenkuji also understood that ordinary students might not really care about the student council election—after all, Soubu High School's student council was just a tool organization, without the great power depicted in manga or novels, and had a lot of things to do, basically just a hardworking figure silently contributing to the school.

People who aspire to join the student council usually have their own goals, such as gaining better opportunities for further education, transforming themselves, or achieving a higher status in the class.

So Yuuji Tenkuji couldn't understand why Iroha Isshiki was involved with the student council.

Given her personality, she should only be entangled with handsome seniors in sports clubs and active in various activities that showcase youth, rather than obediently staying in the student council as a tool.

"I know. The voting information and the list of candidates should have been announced by now, today."

The other two remained silent, and Yukino Yukinoshita could only sigh helplessly before asking Isshiki Iroha a question in return.

"I haven't been following the news in this area, but with Li Hua's reputation, it shouldn't be difficult for him to be elected student council president, right? Is there anything else we need the Service Club to help us with?"

From this matter-of-fact statement, Yuuki Tenkuji sensed Yukinoshita's confidence.

After all, she and Tachibana, both in the same grade, are considered equals on the beauty ranking list—meaning that it wouldn't be difficult for her, Yukino Yukinoshita, to be elected student council president.

She really does take every opportunity to be narcissistic...

“That’s not how it is,” Kanade Tachibana replied softly. Naturally, she wasn’t denying Yuuto Tenkuji’s thoughts, but rather speaking earnestly to Yukino Yukinoshita. “Although everyone takes good care of me, if I were to become the student council president and help everyone, my efforts would be far from sufficient, and I wouldn’t know enough. It’s only natural that I would be defeated by someone more capable.”

She spoke slowly, but every word was imbued with genuine emotion, causing Yukino Yukinoshita to pause in surprise, before revealing a faint smile of approval.

"You want to win votes with concrete results, right? That's the right idea. I misspoke earlier..."

"Well, to be precise, even if Tachibana does absolutely nothing, she still has a 90% chance of being elected." Iroha Isshiki interjected with a wry smile, half-raising her hand. "As far as I know, apart from her, all the other candidates this year are just people teachers from different grades picked out to make up the numbers; none of them seem to be seriously considering it..."

"So unmotivated? It seems that being the student council president is just as tough as being a cultural festival executive committee member..." Yuu Tenkuji remarked detachedly, while Yui Yuigahama nodded in agreement.

Iroha Isshiki glanced at the two of them curiously, then quickly turned her gaze back to Yukino Yukinoshita.

"So, although we're here as student council candidates, the things we need to ask of you are actually not really related to the student council election. Li Hua said he wants to handle this on his own."

Kanade Tachibana didn't speak, but blinked her bright, pale golden eyes, silently indicating that she was right.

"Then let's get straight to the point. Let me make this clear from the start: our Service Department is not a Volunteer Department. We can only provide instructions on how to do things, not actually do anything for you."

Without mincing words, Yukino Yukinoshita straightened her back, gently folded her hands on her thighs, and looked at her two junior classmates with a stern and serious expression in her azure eyes.

As for why they came to the Service Club for help, there's no need to waste time asking—either they were introduced by Hiratsuka-sensei, or they had investigated the club after the autumn performance; it's nothing more than these two reasons.

Whatever the reason, if someone encounters difficulties, lend a helping hand and guide them onto the right path.

This is the Service Club led by Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Well, we also hoped to solve this ourselves... but it was really beyond our capabilities, so after consulting with Hiratsuka-sensei, we decided to ask the seniors in the Service Club for help."

Seemingly a little embarrassed, Isshiki scratched her cheek and secretly glanced at the sky in the direction of Yuu.

Yukino Yukinoshita keenly sensed this and had a strange feeling that something was wrong.

With her jewel-like golden eyes looking over as well, Tachibana Kanade said frankly, "To be precise, it's not us who need help, but the students in the kendo club."

"He hopes we can help persuade Tenkuji-senpai from the Service Club to participate in this year's National High School Kendo Tournament."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

So, it was him again?

Chapter 85 The Crisis of the Kendo Club?

"National Kendo Championship?"

With her round eyes wide open, Yui Yuigahama suddenly remembered something and exclaimed softly, "Ah, it's about what happened in the kendo club..."

"That matter?" Putting aside the complex feelings rising within her, Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Yui Yuigahama, her brows slightly furrowed. "Could you explain? Why is the kendo club, which has already made it to the national tournament, now looking for an outside help like Tenkuji-kun?"

"Uh, here's what happened..." After organizing her thoughts, Yui Yuigahama began to recount the story.

In short, when the captain of the kendo club, Himura, and his vice-captain were eating out, they accidentally got into a fight with some street thugs. The final result was that one of them was unharmed, while the other was seriously injured, and all twenty of the other men were lying on the ground. The scene was said to be quite spectacular.

The vice-captain who was seriously injured had his arm fractured by a baseball bat. It was uncertain whether he could recover before the competition. After the Kendo Tournament found out about the incident, he was directly suspended from the competition. Even though they were not the ones who started the fight, the result of the brawl was there, and the school could not exonerate them. They could only accept the punishment.

Here's where the problem arises: Captain Himura is a player who was suspended until graduation, so he can fight whenever he wants without any issues. However, the vice-captain is the strongest player besides Himura, serving as the captain of the kendo club and ambitiously aiming to win the national kendo championship trophy.

Then, with that one fight, the trophy slipped through his fingers, and the kendo club's winning rate plummeted.

They were evenly matched with their opponents to begin with, but now their key player, the decisive one, is unable to compete, and they have no substitutes of comparable ability. It seems their championship dream, so close yet so far, is about to be extinguished.

"At this time, someone recommended the senior who defeated Minister Himura."

Iroha Isshiki finally looked him in the eye, her gaze somewhat subtle: "It's that kendo club girl who was brushed off by her senior before. She said that if it were Master, she could definitely lead the kendo club to victory..."

"It's her? I told you I'm not her master..." After a moment of realization, Tenkuji Yu sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I almost forgot about her if you hadn't mentioned her. If I had known, I wouldn't have held that fan meeting in the first place. It only caused a lot of trouble..."

"What? Xiao You has fans? And what's going on with Master?"