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"Play is play, but don't forget the purpose of our training camp this time!"
Asakura said righteously and sternly.
"Is it to increase the cohesion of the club and make the Magic Club great again?" Yanami asked, raising her hand while eating an onsen manju.
It seemed she hadn't eaten enough during the meal just now.
"No, it's not! The Magic Club has never been great! Rather, we aren't even called the Magic Club! And didn't you bring Yakishio with you?! Why have even you forgotten what we're supposed to be doing?!"
Asakura looked at her and couldn't help but retort, "By the way, didn't you finish your onsen manju in the car? Where did you get this one from now?"
"This? This is provided for free by the inn. You can get it for free at the front desk; it's a benefit for guests."
Yanami said happily, "The food at this inn is delicious, and the freshly baked onsen manju are also great, much better than those sold as souvenirs in gift shops. They're very fresh and delicious!"
Asakura couldn't help but mourn for this hot spring inn, which was about to be taught a harsh lesson by Yanami—perhaps after today, this hot spring inn would no longer provide free onsen manju to guests.
By the way, why did he always have the illusion that this girl was constantly eating?
Yanami, with an onsen manju in her mouth, felt somewhat uncomfortable under Asakura's sudden silent gaze. Just as she was about to ask something, Asakura suddenly reached out and pinched her lower abdomen through her yukata.
"...Doesn't seem very fat. Is her fuel consumption very high?"
"Eeek—?!"
Yanami, whose belly was suddenly attacked, let out an unbelievable shriek after several seconds of stunned silence. She didn't even care that the onsen manju in her mouth had fallen onto the tatami. She just hopped back two steps like a startled bunny, her small face flushed crimson, "Wh-what are you doing!"
"Testing your body fat percentage."
"Are you some kind of smart scale?!" Yanami said loudly, then looked at the other two Magic Club members present, "Don't you have anything to say when you see this guy sexually harassing me?"
"For Takuma, this level is already quite restrained," Gokou Ruri said indifferently, her body having been seen by Asakura and her sensitive cat ears often touched.
"Well, it's just a pinch on the belly. It's still within the safe zone," Yui Yuigahama, whose first kiss was stolen by Asakura, also nodded in agreement.
Because the two behaved so naturally, Yanami was momentarily caught in the confusion of, 'Is it really normal, and I'm just overthinking it?'
Fortunately, as the only Muggle present whose worldview had not been shattered by Asakura, her common sense was not so easily overturned: "No! Your safe zone is too strange! Rather, give me some of a girl's modesty!"
"Alright, let's stop talking about irrelevant things and get back to the main topic." Asakura clapped his hands indifferently.
"Don't make it sound like I'm being unreasonable. I'm the victim here!" Yanami complained discontentedly.
"Then, as my apology, how about you touch my stomach as well?"
"I don't feel any sincerity in your apology!"
"Speaking of which," Gokou Ruri suddenly spoke up, "I remember Takuma seemed to have exercised well and even said he had an eight-pack before?"
"Oh, I can't tell." Yui Yuigahama said in surprise, her gaze subconsciously drifting towards Asakura's stomach.
"You misremembered, there's no such thing."
Asakura shook his head.
Yanami, who was originally a bit curious, then said, "I knew it. This guy is always lazy even in PE class. How could he possibly have..."
"Actually, it's only a six-pack." Asakura then clarified.
"Is that the part that's wrong?!" Yanami retorted.
"Want to feel it?" Asakura's lips curled into a meaningful smile.
"Gulp... I'll pass."
The girl swallowed, and in the end, modesty triumphed over desire.
"Speaking of which, I brought some yokan. Anna, do you want some?" Yui Yuigahama asked.
"Yes!"
"Then since everyone is a member of the same club, you should make up after eating the yokan, okay?"
"No problem!"
Yanami nodded without hesitation.
"Does Takuma still have any complaints? Isn't this a happy ending for everyone?" Gokou Ruri asked, looking at Asakura's somewhat strange expression.
"My meticulously trained abs were overwhelmingly defeated by yokan without suspense. I feel a strange sense of emptiness..." Asakura murmured.
Incidentally, Asakura's abs were not developed through proper training at a gym or similar place. Instead, he gained them by working part-time at construction sites before acquiring the Phosphophyllite from the system. After all, even if Chiba's cost of living was lower than that of the Tokyo metropolitan area, it was still very difficult to survive on only three thousand yen a month...
While Yanami was eating the yokan Yui Yuigahama had brought from her room, Asakura finally brought the conversation back on track.
"Which means the main purpose of this training camp is to create a romantic environment suitable for Lemon to confess."
He said forcefully.
Actually, there was another purpose: to further hone Yui Yuigahama and Gokou Ruri's supernatural powers through methods different from their usual training. However, with the Muggle Yanami still present, this purpose couldn't be explicitly stated. But Yui Yuigahama and Gokou Ruri should understand his meaning.
"Confessing at a hot spring inn... It feels a bit perverted," Yanami interjected.
"Huh? Why would you think of that?" Asakura asked, puzzled.
"Because under a yukata, unlike a kimono, you usually don't wear underwear, right? If you suddenly realize that when someone is confessing to you, wouldn't it make your blood boil?" The girl answered matter-of-factly.
"Yanami... Are you not wearing anything underneath?"
Asakura's gaze instinctively drifted towards the girl's collar. However, having learned her lesson, the girl's yukata was now worn tightly, showing almost nothing special. It was the smooth, fair, and tender thighs revealed by the hem of the yukata that were dazzling and silky like white jade, making one's imagination run wild.
"Is something wrong?" The girl asked blankly.
"Yanami... You're truly bold." Gokou Ruri, uncharacteristically, expressed admiration for her useless senior.
"Anna... You're amazing..." Yui Yuigahama also said, blushing.
"Eh eh eh? Why does everyone have that kind of expression? Did I get something wrong? But yesterday, when I was preparing for the hot spring trip, I clearly read in a magazine that this was hot spring etiquette?" Yanami looked incredulous.
"You probably bought some strange magazine," Asakura replied unhurriedly, "People who do that are generally called perverts."
"..."
Yanami, sunk.
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