Anyway, once the teacher list was finalized it had been handed to her, and she'd been put in charge of receiving them tomorrow.
Every member of the Service Club knew how much say the student council members, Kaede, Suzu, Tsubaki and the rest, had now. They affected not only student affairs at Sobu High, but even the conglomerate powers outside the school had to show them respect. But the new teachers wouldn't necessarily know that, and it wouldn't do to actually have students like Kaede and the others receive the teachers.
"Don't be gloomy, Senior Shizuka. Hachiman treats you well, doesn't he?"
"It's more than well, isn't it? Our whole clique falls under Senior Shizuka."
"At this point, don't tell us you aren't enjoying it, Shizuka. Then give me your share next time!"
Seeing Hiratsuka Shizuka's look, Mizuho Kazami, Hanamori Kotomi and Itashiro Kurumi couldn't help laughing again, and each of them "comforted" Hiratsuka Shizuka.
Everyone was in about the same situation, but seeing others more troubled than themselves cheered them up a little.
They were all victims who had dragged each other into the water, so nobody should look too pleased. Suffering while loving it was the best way to do it.
Mm... Anyway, nobody wanted to admit they'd been f**ked into total submission, so all they could do was grumble a bit and keep joining the Service Game.
"Heh heh, if you want it, come and take it. But I'd advise you to wait for the newcomers and go after them instead. Some of the students were sent here to be educated, and surely some of them aren't willing themselves. They're the ones dragged in as cautionary examples."
Seeing Itashiro Kurumi and the others start acting wanton, Hiratsuka Shizuka actually grew confident.
Flirting wouldn't help them. Hachiman was closest to her, and if she blocked Hachiman, none of this bunch would get a bite before she fell!
Still, she didn't want to talk about the details of the people on the teacher list.
Besides Miyamori Kasumi, whose debt had been paid off and who had a younger sister, Miyamori Kasui, the two of them making the kind of sister pair Hachiman liked, there were plenty she didn't even know how to put into words...
Takamine Miyu, an arrogant young-lady type; Todo Miyuki, whose younger sister Todo Miyuu was preparing to debut as an idol; and then Tsukishima Kyouko, Shirakawa Miwa, Kano Makoto, Kagurazaka Yui and Daimon Naoko, ...
A whole string of newcomers who gave her a bad feeling just from reading their files... She had to say, these factions kept coming up with more and more tricks and were no longer satisfied with sending in their own people to curry favor with Hachiman.
Of course, the Service Club was nothing but cliques, and the more varied the newcomers the better. They would naturally form a clique of their own, with no worry of being poached by anyone else.
But why did even they have to form cliques...
What was with this trend, anyway...
"That's about enough, Maya."
Looking at the cliques chatting happily all around, a purple-haired, purple-eyed beauty with a braid slowly rose and walked barefoot out of the hot spring pool.
"Mm... Sister."
Another purple-haired, purple-eyed beauty, extremely similar to the first and nearly cast from the same mold, followed right behind.
The two draped themselves in pale lavender kimonos from the chairs by the pool with calm expressions. They glanced at the commotion on the light screen, which was gradually settling down, and then, leaving their full, generous chests bare, walked barefoot one after the other toward the place that had originally hosted the Culinary God Tournament.
"Isn't Miyuki the only one of their daughters who's become a magical girl? Why are they so eager too?"
Senga Sally of the dragonfolk scooped hot spring water into her mouth to restore her strength as she watched Yotsuba Miya and Yotsuba Maya slowly walk away.
Apart from a few, most people still cared a lot about face.
While their dignity was intact they weren't very eager, and basically they only got involved after their daughters' generation had been taken down.
Even though Shiba Miyuki and Kuroba Ayako had both been taken down already, the Yotsuba family didn't have many in the daughters' generation to begin with. If they were careful, they'd probably call in outside help first, and only join in themselves when they were forced to.
"Yotsuba Miya's mental interference magic can't only be used on other people. She can use it on herself, too."
Kijou Yasha, who also had empathy turned on to enjoy herself, took a sip of spring water and explained with a smile.
"I see..."
Senga Sally blinked and understood at once.
Both Yotsuba Miya and Yotsuba Maya of the Yotsuba family were very strong.
The current head of the Yotsuba family, Yotsuba Maya, was called the Queen of the Night and excelled at Convergence-type magic. Yotsuba Maya's older sister was called the Mistress of Lethe and excelled at mental-interference-type magic, able to use the forbidden [Mental Structure Interference].
[Mental Structure Interference] didn't make a person lose their memories outright. It only interfered with the mind.
Even so, it was already terrifying. Interfering with and processing a mind turned memories and experiences into data and facts, and rich emotions into simple settings.
You'd only know you had a lover, and of that lover only that you'd once liked them a lot. How much, exactly?
You wouldn't know, because you wouldn't feel it. And since it was only data and facts with no matching feelings attached, the related memories were easy to forget.
To the holders of power in the human conglomerates, Yotsuba Miya, Mistress of Lethe, was even more frightening than Yotsuba Maya, Queen of the Night.
But magic like that was far too forbidden and put a heavy strain on the body, so she had been living quietly out of sight in a sanatorium.
Now even these two of the Yotsuba family had started cosplaying Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei to go serve Hachiman, so there wasn't much left for them to worry about.
"Becoming magical girls... and having our Lord Hachiman heal them... That's not a bad idea at all."
Aoe Mai smiled at that. Her gaze fell on Hachiman, still standing proud on the light screen above. She pressed her lips together lightly, and her throat moved slowly as she swallowed.
"By the way, the Elf Princess and the Dragon Clan Chief have both brought people back now, and the head start the elves got is about to be caught up with. What are you all planning to do?"
Kijou Yasha glanced at Aoe Mai, who had been working hard to hold herself back, and smiled as she moved on to the next topic.
The elves weren't the largest race in the world. Even if the proportion of beauties with outstanding looks and figures among them was high, how could they really stand up to the other demi-human races?
It was only because the Elf Princess had gotten a head start, and because elf girls really did have a unique quality, that they had been able to stand against so many powers with just their one race.
But now the President had already tasted quite a few elf beauties, and Ursula of the dragon clan had stopped playing around and gone back to gather a bunch of helpers, so the elves could no longer keep their absolute lead.
"We... stand with our President."
Aoe Mai paused for a moment before continuing, which made Kijou Yasha beside her roll her eyes.
That was the same as saying nothing. Weren't the Elf Princess and the Dragon Clan Chief also standing on the side of the President, Hachiman?
Everyone probably had different reasons for approaching Hachiman at first, and most had their own interests to look after, but dividing into factions by original purpose would be childish. What mattered was now.
Everyone was now seeking benefits for their own cliques on the foundation of their feelings centered on Hachiman. It all came down to each one's ability and connections.
It looked like only the elves and the dragons were about to start a Service War, but to be precise, the dragon side wasn't just the dragon clan. It also had the dark elves, the rabbitfolk, the vampires, ...
The Otherworld Demi-Human Alliance, led by the dragon clan, would jointly go after the elves, who were currently the most favored by Hachiman.
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