I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

"Sigh, I was planning to prepare a haunted house for the audience this year, but it looks like that's not going to happen now."

Ichinose's remarks made everyone look at her a little strange.

"Fanbo, you actually like something as scary as a haunted house?"

Megumi's exclamation made Ichinose quickly cover her mouth. Only then did she realize that she had let something slip, so she hurriedly began to explain.

"I don't particularly like scary things, I just like scaring people..."

Do you like scaring people?

What kind of strange quirk is this?

Hui quietly leaned closer to Tianyin's back.

"Ahem, I have a great idea!"

Just as Horikita and the others were struggling to choose the most suitable performance for Class A, Amane raised her hand.

"Tell me first."

Horikita was highly skeptical of Amane's "good ideas" because Amane was rarely serious, and the "good ideas" she came up with when she was being unserious were usually erotic.

"How about we open a maid café?"

"Maid cafe? That's such an outdated idea. People were using it ten years ago."

Hui poked Tianyin's cheek with a look of disgust.

"Besides... you just want to see us wear maid outfits and call you master, right?"

At that moment, Hui transformed into a famous detective and touched the tip of Amane's nose with her fingertip.

"H-How could that be! I was thinking about Class A's cultural festival, there's absolutely no way I was thinking about that kind of thing..."

"Ugh."

Horikita sighed softly as he watched Amane's gaze wander.

“Even Hui can see through your little scheme. I advise Tianyin to give up.”

"Is it really... that cliché?"

"Of course! This idea came about almost before I'm even born!"

Hui's finishing blow successfully caused Tenon to lean forward and lie motionless on the table, looking as if she had been severely injured.

“Performance shows like magic are not bad, but unfortunately we don’t have any professional talent for them. As for stand-up comedy… Tianyin could give it a try, but there are too many dignitaries and important figures coming that day. If Tianyin says something strange, it might cause unnecessary trouble.”

As Horikita spoke, he continuously sifted through various options to find feasible ones, and in the end, only two of them seemed reliable.

One is a Western restaurant, and the other is a coffee shop.

The coffee shop was inspired by a suggestion from Amane.

This made Horikita even more frustrated.

"How about trying a maid cafe?"

Tenon appeared behind Horikita at some point and whispered seductively in her ear.

"All you ever think about is your maid café. Why don't you come and be a maid yourself?"

"Hmm? I think it would be quite effective if Amane also became a maid."

Matsushita discovered one of the greatest uses of the Tenon.

"she?"

Horikita pinched Amane's face and looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out why being a maid would have any good effects.

“Horikita-kun, think about it. The reason why everyone has some concerns about this suggestion is simply that having to say ‘Welcome, host’ would be embarrassing. But what if we let Amane stand at the door to greet the guests? Whether it’s students or those VIPs, no one should ask Amane to say that to them, right?”

Matsushita and Horikita are not quite astute in certain matters. Matsushita is more aware than Horikita of how explosive Amane's identity is for those politicians. If anyone responds to Amane's call of "Master," they will probably never see that person again at next year's cultural festival. With Amane blocking the entrance, a lot of unnecessary harassment can be avoided. After all, no one in this school is unaware of how powerful Amane is.

"Now that you mention it, that makes sense... and we can also use the maid gimmick to raise the price of coffee... Hmm, that's something to consider."

After listening to Matsushita's analysis, Horikita felt it made a lot of sense and was tempted for a moment.

"How about we do a rehearsal first? I've already prepared your maid outfits!! It took me quite a while to recall your bust sizes!"

Tianyin smugly waved her fingers in front of the group.

"Tianyin, do you mean... you've already prepared maid outfits for us to wear?"

"Ahem, Lingyin, would you like some coffee? I'll go make you some."

Seeing that things were not going well, Tenon turned around and tried to run away, but Ichinose caught her quickly.

"I've caught Tianyin!!"

"Hui, go get a maid outfit for Tianyin to change into. We'll play a little game with Tianyin, hehe."

OK~

"Da, da me!"

Chapter 258: I Like Heavenly Sound

"Tianyin, don't you look quite good in your maid outfit?"

Horikita examined Amane, who was dressed in a maid outfit, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Tianyin is so cute~"

After helping Amane change into a maid outfit, Hui felt something was missing, so she specially tied a bow for Amane, making Amane look much cuter.

"Really? I feel like everything is the same as usual."

Tianyin lifted the hem of her pleated skirt and twirled in front of the full-length mirror. She looked much better than her preferred dark-colored outfits, but as for cuteness... that bow and all that was just too girly!

Just as Amane was about to remove the black ribbon tied into a bow behind her, she saw that Ichinose had already taken out her phone and started snapping pictures of Amane.

The rapidly flashing, relentless camera lights almost blinded Tianyin.

"Fanbo, don't just focus on taking pictures, come and see if there's anything that needs improvement."

Horikita noticed Ichinose's enthusiastic filming and quickly tried to dissuade her.

Upon hearing Horikita's words, Ichinose nodded, gave Airi a wink, and then began circling around Amane.

"It would be better if the skirt were a little shorter, ideally giving the impression that it would expose you if the wind blew by."

As soon as Ichinose spoke, Megumi's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Fanbo, what kind of terrible idea is this! Wouldn't that mean you'd be exposing yourself just by walking around?"

“I didn’t say I was wearing it outside.”

Ichinose winked at Megumi, who understood immediately. After struggling with her naive self for 0.1 seconds, Megumi decisively chose to support Ichinose's suggestion.

"Hey!! Honami, your suggestion is pretty dangerous! ~ Next time I'll prepare a see-through maid outfit for you, Honami, and I'll give you a good critique then!"

"Transparent...wait, does the school still sell those kinds of clothes?"

Ichinose blushed immediately after imagining herself wearing a transparent maid outfit and asked incredulously.

After all, this is a school, and logically speaking, you shouldn't be able to buy that kind of thing at a school.

"Of course there are! Rin has even tried on a see-through swimsuit... Waaaaaaah..."

Amane's voice was manually muted by Horikita, leaving her only able to make strange, indistinct sounds. Everyone in the room looked at Horikita with odd expressions.

Horikita is usually perceived as mature, intellectual, intelligent, arrogant, and a little bit old-fashioned.

Unexpectedly, Horikita has actually upgraded to wearing transparent swimsuits in private. You really can't judge a book by its cover.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? That was just an accident!"

"Waaaaah..."

Megumi turned her head and exchanged a glance with Ichinose, then couldn't help but reveal a knowing smile.

They've even resorted to the excuse of "accident," so it seems this matter is most likely true.

"It really was just an accident. Tianyin tricked me into wearing that swimsuit because she said it was a surprise! You can ask Tianyin if you don't believe me, Tianyin! Tell them if you tricked me into wearing it that time..."

"Waaaaah..."

Seeing that Amane could only stammer with her mouth covered, Ichinose shrugged.

"Does Tianyin like that see-through swimsuit?"

Ichinose's question immediately piqued Megumi's interest, and even Matsushita, who was blushing and peeking from the side, perked up his ears. In an instant, the room was filled with an atmosphere of gossip.

"He probably does like it, right? Wait, is this the time to discuss whether Amane likes see-through swimsuits or not? Shouldn't we be criticizing this scoundrel for tricking girls into wearing weird clothes?"

As Horikita spoke, she pinched Amane's cheek hard, as if implying that the villain she was talking about who tricked girls into wearing strange clothes was Amane.

"A scoundrel who tricks girls into wearing weird clothes..."

Ichinose's expression became somewhat strange, and his gaze began to shift back and forth between Horikita and Amane.

"Th-that...wasn't it Horikita who tricked Amane into wearing the maid outfit?"

Airi, holding a professional camera, spoke softly.

"How can this be a lie? Ame-no-Yane clearly wore it voluntarily!!"

Hearing this, Amane, who was being held in Horikita's arms, could only shrug and indicate that she had nothing to say. In fact, she couldn't say anything at all.

"And even if it's a lie, Honami and Megumi are accomplices!"

Horikita then changed the subject, dragging Ichinose and Megumi into the mess.

"I only captured Amane on your orders, Rin. If Amane punishes you by making you wear a see-through swimsuit again, it has nothing to do with me~"

Ichinose quickly shifted the blame back to Horikita.

Compared to Ichinose, who was quick to shift the blame, Megumi was much calmer.

"I was being taken advantage of by Tianyin for half the day while I was changing her clothes. Even if I should be punished by having to wear a transparent swimsuit, it shouldn't be my turn."

So everyone turned their gaze to Matsushita at the same time.

Matsushita was caught off guard by the sudden jump in the topic of Horikita and the others. They had just been discussing what kind of performance to prepare for the sports festival, and now it was all about the punishment of wearing transparent swimsuits.

Just thinking about being punished by having to wear a see-through swimsuit...

Matsushita felt his cheeks burning hot, like they were in a small furnace.

"Um... I suddenly remembered that I have some things to take care of at the student council, so I'll have to go now... I'll hang out with you all again next time if we have the chance... You don't need to see me off."

After hurriedly changing her shoes, Matsushita opened the door and ran outside, seemingly afraid that Amane would catch her and make her wear a transparent swimsuit.

Only Amane, Horikita, Ichinose, Megumi, and Airi remained in the room.

Horikita gestured towards Airi with her lip, then winked at Ichinose. To everyone's surprise, Ichinose shook her head slightly and held up one finger.

Horikita frowned slightly, shook her head, and held up two fingers. This time, Ichinose didn't refuse, smiled, nodded, and walked towards Airi.

"Airi-kun, are you sure you want to stay? Something terrible might happen here in a little while, you know?"

Seeing Ichinose communicating with Airi like this, Horikita covered her face in exasperation.

Isn't this no different from directly asking them to leave? If she had known it would be like this, what difference would it have made from her personally asking them to leave?

Taking advantage of Horikita's distraction by Airi's presence, Amane quietly broke free from Horikita's embrace and hid behind Megumi. Among these people, Megumi seemed the easiest to bully, so they probably wouldn't want to do anything to her... probably.

At this moment, Megumi was looking at Ichinose with an expression of admiration. Perhaps only Ichinose could say the coldest words in the gentlest tone. Although she was clearly giving Airi an order to leave, Ichinose used her very friendly smile and gentle tone to prevent the other party from feeling any dissatisfaction with such obvious intentions.

At least Airi didn't seem to have any extreme or angry reaction, just like she didn't realize that Ichinose was giving her an order to leave.

"Does the scary thing mean that Horikita-kun and the others are going to do Omega with Amane here?"

Airi tilted her head and uttered the most arrogant words with the most innocent expression.

"Eh?! Cough cough, Airi-kun... well, we actually... just wanted to have a deeper discussion, a discussion about... the cultural festival! Yes, a deeper discussion about the cultural festival, how could we possibly do *that*? Airi-kun, it would be better if you didn't read any inappropriate books, magazines, or watch any inappropriate movies or TV shows!"

Airi directly exposed Ichinose's little scheme, and her face turned as red as a ripe apple. Fortunately, Ichinose reacted quickly and came up with an explanation that sounded somewhat reasonable in a short time.

However, it is clear that Ichinose underestimated Airi's determination.

"I'm not a clueless kid, so it's okay for Ichinose-san not to hide it like that."

Airi gently stroked the camera in her hand, exposing Ichinose's lie without even looking up.

Ichinose was in an awkward situation. She hadn't expected that Airi, who seemed so innocent, would know so much about that kind of thing. It was clear that simply hiding it wouldn't work anymore; it seemed she had no choice but to use that other method...