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Chapter 34 - Chapter 34: The Practical Problem

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Facing the club application form Asakura handed over, Yui Yuigahama quietly glanced at Yukino Yukinoshita beside her. Seeing no reaction fro

Facing the club application form Asakura handed over, Yui Yuigahama quietly glanced at Yukino Yukinoshita beside her. Seeing no reaction from her, she bit her silver teeth, as if signing a deed of sale, and wrote her name on it.

Asakura accepted the deed of sale, cough, I mean, the club application form. He nodded with satisfaction, then said, "So now there's only one problem left."

"What?" Yui Yuigahama asked foolishly.

"How do you plan to explain your three-day disappearance to the school and your parents?"

"...Ah."

Yui Yuigahama, who had just realized she was facing a big problem, immediately froze.

That's right, how was she going to explain her disappearance these past few days?

"Um... like I accidentally overslept... or something?" The girl said timidly.

"Isn't that an excuse for being late?"

"Ugh, it won't work, will it? Then, I was captured by a monster and held for three days... I can't tell others that, right?" The girl observed Asakura's expression and asked cautiously.

"You can say it."

"Huh, I can?" The girl was surprised, and even Yukino Yukinoshita beside her showed a surprised expression.

Asakura spread his hands: "Of course you can, but after you say it, where you get admitted to a mental hospital is beyond my control. By the way, would French caramel almond shortbread be an acceptable visiting gift?"

"I don't want to see that again for at least six months..." the girl mumbled dejectedly.

Then she looked at Yukino Yukinoshita again: "Yukino, do you have any good suggestions?"

Yukino was silent for a moment, then said in a tone that showed no hint of joking: "Because I was disappointed in humanity and decided to seek my promised land, so I ran away from home, relying on my own body to travel through the vast world overflowing with materialism."

"A-Although I'm not quite sure, it sounds really impressive..." Yui Yuigahama was awestruck.

"It's generally called a Shrine Maiden," Yukino Yukinoshita continued expressionlessly.

"No way! Yukino, how do you see me, anyway?!"

"Shave, then pick up a pink Mochi."

"Even Asakura-kun is saying strange things like that... And what is a 'pink Mochi'? It sounds delicious!"

Yui Yuigahama cried out tearfully.

Perhaps disturbed by her voice, the small snake, which had been very calm until now, raised its body in her hand, looking at the girl levelly like a cobra watching its prey.

The girl's body instantly stiffened, her expression a mix of tension and strange anticipation as she looked at the snake.

"Don't be afraid, it's your familiar. It should be completely obedient to you and won't attack you. It's very safe," Asakura comforted her.

"But in that place, didn't it punch towards me?"

Though Asakura blocked all of them.

"...Yuigahama, do you know the saying 'like master, like pet'?" Asakura said with conviction.

"Asakura-kun, are you saying it has a noble soul like mine, one that breaks through class shackles, is not bound by common sense, and advocates freedom and equality in its heart?"

"No, I think he's just saying your familiar isn't very smart."

Yukino Yukinoshita retorted.

"Seriously?!" Yui Yuigahama looked at Asakura in shock.

"Wow, that stain on the ceiling is really stained—" The latter began to pretend to look at the scenery.

Yui Yuigahama was on the verge of tears.

The small snake in her hand seemed to grow tired of being squeezed. It simply slithered out of the girl's hand and, to the girl's surprised cry, slipped into her clothes pocket.

"Anyway, no matter what you say, it'll be hard to get through. The more you say, the more mistakes you make. How about just remaining silent about your experiences during this time?" Yukino Yukinoshita suggested, "Refusing to negotiate is also a form of negotiation."

"Indeed, skip class for one day, the school doesn't know who you are; disappear for two days, the school will be angry at your behavior; disappear for three days, then the school will be anxious, and your safe return is already good news to them."

Asakura nodded.

"Can it really be handled that way?" Yui Yuigahama asked expectantly.

Asakura and Yukino Yukinoshita exchanged glances.

"No." "Not really possible."

The school side would be fine, but the main problem would be being interrogated by Hiratsuka Shizuka.

Crucially, this also reflected Hiratsuka's dedication, making it difficult to criticize her from a student's perspective.

"Then don't offer such a tempting suggestion in the first place..." The pink-haired Mochi-headed girl said with a mournful face.

"So, at times like this, this comes in handy."

Asakura raised the club application form in his hand: "A girl goes missing for three days, and after returning to school, she immediately joins a strange supernatural club. What do you think people will think?"

"She was bullied by the president of that supernatural club and forced to become their errand girl," Yukino Yukinoshita said, her expression also conveying, 'So you know your club is strange, huh?'

"Huh, will it turn out like that?" Yui Yuigahama looked at Asakura worriedly.

"Of course, it's not as bad as some dark-hearted person imagines, but some of the pressure will indeed come my way." Asakura gave her a thumbs-up, making an expression like 'No problem, watch my final transformation.'

"But in that case, won't Asakura-kun have a hard time?" Yui Yuigahama was still very worried: "Is this really okay...?"

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I actually have very strong stress resistance," Asakura nodded.

"Asakura-kun..." The girl looked at Asakura tearfully.

"I can probably withstand up to 18 standard atmospheres," Asakura confirmed with a serious expression.

"It's that kind of physical pressure! And isn't that just a normal person's level?!"

"No, it's the level of an excellent diver."

Asakura continued seriously: "I'm very good at lurking in social groups!"

"Those two kinds of 'lurking' don't mean the same thing, do they?!"

As soon as she remembered that she had already joined his club, the pink-haired Mochi-headed girl began to feel that her future was fraught with difficulties.

At this moment, a dog's head peeked out from under the sofa.

"Ah, Sable!" The girl happily beckoned to the dog's head: "Chup chup chup~"

Yukino Yukinoshita tried hard to swallow her surprised gasp of 'Eek!'

The dachshund, called Sable, first happily crawled out from under the sofa and ran towards its owner, but after two steps, it turned back and re-entered the sofa, again showing only its head, but this time with its paws resting on its nose, its dog face looking distressed.

"Why don't you go take a bath? Being cooped up in that place for three days, it's indeed a bit... um..." Asakura showed an awkward but polite, emotionally intelligent smile.

Yui Yuigahama's girlish heart was severely wounded. Like a zombie, she stumbled dispiritedly, pulling the equally 'smelly beyond words' Yukino Yukinoshita into the bathroom.

By the time they realized they had forgotten to bring a change of clothes, they were already halfway through their bath.

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