Just like last time, the winner was decided quickly.
However, the losing Yanami's 'world, perish' expression looked so pitiful that Asakura ultimately softened.
"How about you eat dinner here before going back?"
He suggested.
"Can we really?"
The defeated Yanami's expression immediately brightened.
"Yes, the number of people makes no difference to me."
Asakura nodded, tapping the table lightly with his finger. A bowl of rich, glistening, and appetizing Beef Bourguignon appeared on the table just by looking at it.
Then he lightly patted the table again, and the bowl of beef suddenly turned into a large pot, the rich aroma of stewed beef instantly filling the entire clubroom.
"Are you a god!"
The defeated Yanami said to Asakura, wide-eyed, her tone containing an indescribable mix of what seemed to be worship or flattery.
"I'm a Curse-user."
Asakura gave her a thumbs-up.
Then he added, "Oh, and don't forget to tell your family that you won't be home for dinner tonight, so they don't save food for you."
"It's fine, it's just hamburger steak, it doesn't take up much space in the stomach."
The defeated Yanami waved her hand dismissively, and the other Yanami also nodded in agreement.
"…Hamburger steak is the main course of a meal, right? By common sense, I mean."
Chihaya Anon looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with a bewildered expression, seemingly feeling that her common sense might be flawed and wanting to confirm it with someone else.
"Don't worry about it, Yanami has four stomachs."
Yukinoshita Yukino said calmly.
"That's a cow, isn't it?" Chihaya Anon interjected.
"Because Yanami always says that sweets and main courses go into different stomachs, she normally has two stomachs. Now that she's turned into two people, that makes four stomachs..." Asakura muttered. "Damn it, I want to punch myself for understanding Yukino's cold joke."
"So, can we eat now?"
The Yanamis looked at the beef stew on the table like dogs told 'no eating' by their owners, sniffing the aroma of the stew intently, anxious but forced to restrain themselves from drooling.
Looking at the soft chests that visibly deformed as they leaned on the table, Chihaya Anon subconsciously patted her own chest, then showed a meaningful expression: "Is there a slight possibility that she's a cow...?"
"Don't be silly. We can't eat yet."
Asakura waved his hand. "Since we're having a party? A banquet? What kind of gathering is this? Whatever, it doesn't matter... In any case, the other members of the Magic Club need to be informed, otherwise, it'll feel like we're excluding them, won't it? Yanami, you don't mind, do you?"
"I don't care..."
Facing the temptation of delicious food, Yanami's thinking speed seemed much slower than usual. "Rather, is it okay for them to see me like this?"
"It's fine, because everyone here is 'on this side,'" Asakura confirmed.
"I see, then it's fine..." Yanami first nodded indifferently, then slowly raised her face a beat later. "Wait a minute, so before today, was I the only one in the entire Magic Club who genuinely thought this was just a place to listen to ghost stories while drinking afternoon tea?"
"Sodayo..." Asakura nodded.
"Damn it, answering so naturally just makes me not know whether to be angry or not!"
"Anon, can you go to the Clubroom? Chihaya... I mean, Asagumo might be there..." Asakura said to Chihaya Anon, ignoring the two very synchronously pouting Yanamis.
"Okay~" Chihaya Anon showed her little tiger teeth, smiled brightly, and saluted. "Leave it to me~"
"Yukino, the task of watching Yanami is entrusted to you..." Asakura continued. "I need to go to the classroom to find Yui."
"What a heavy responsibility." Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the two Yanamis, showing a somewhat troubled expression.
It seemed that spending an afternoon with just one Yanami had already left her feeling physically and mentally exhausted. "There are no dog training whips here."
"Excessive?!"
"The animal protection association won't let you off!" the two Yanamis shouted in unison.
Speaking of which, Yanami seemed a little intimidated by Yukino when they were in the clubroom before, but today she was unusually bold.
Could it be that because her numbers x 2, she gained the courage bonus of dogs ganging up?
"Huh?" Yukino put the paperback book in her hand on the table, her sharp gaze sweeping towards the Yanamis.
"Eek!" The two Yanamis hugged each other, trembling.
Alright, it seems there was no bonus.
"Yukino..." Asakura called softly.
"What is it?" The girl sighed, looking at Asakura.
The Yanamis looked at Asakura with eyes that screamed, 'Go, go!' and 'Quickly refute Yukino!'
"Dog training usually doesn't use whips; it uses sticks or electric collars instead."
"Isn't that even more excessive?!"
"Are you a demon?!" The two Yanamis' expressions turned heartbroken, as if they had been betrayed.
"Dog training usually uses treats, right?" Chihaya Anon asked, puzzled.
"Exactly!"
"Anon-chan is the God of Dog Training!" The two Yanamis, moved, hugged Anon from both sides.
"No, I don't want to be that kind of strange god..." Chihaya Anon said with some difficulty, sandwiched between two 'milk packages' of 'cheese'.
"Speaking of which, is it Yui's turn for duty again today?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked Asakura. "Doesn't that child have a bit too much duty?"
"Ignoring us?!"
"Did she actually ignore the dog training topic?!" The two Yanamis looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in shock.
Realize that you're treating yourselves like dogs, already.
Asakura muttered to himself.
"Not really. Because the school festival is approaching, the classroom needs some basic decorations. Yui is very dexterous—don't look at me like that, I don't know why her cooking is so bad—but anyway, she's generally dexterous in other areas, so the class representative recruited her to make decorations. It's the kind where you connect paper loops one by one."
He explained to Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Isn't your class making a haunted house?" Yukinoshita Yukino frowned. "What haunted house uses colorful streamers for decoration?"
"They're chains! They'll all be painted black in the end to look like chains!"
"Hehehe, I was the one who suggested doing it that way!" the two Yanamis said triumphantly in unison.
"...Electric collar... ordering..."
"Hey, you!"
"Don't suddenly order such dangerous things on your phone!"