Actually, it was good that her little conflict with Gabriel and Vignette had been resolved. From now on, she would no longer need to keep avoiding Gabriel, Vignette, and Hachiman at school. During breaks, she could openly show up in their classroom without any guilt.
As for whether she would take revenge later.
'Heh!'
'Of course I will!'
Since Gabriel and Vignette did not have very good figures, then she would simply change directions, back to back, butt to butt, and properly serve Hachiman together with Vignette.
Preferably right in front of Gabriel's elder sister, the Hand of God herself, so that Gabriel and Vignette would both lose all face.
And then there was the angel Poporon who had also descended into the human world. She wanted to see blood flowing like rivers.
Angels and demons serving a human together, falling from grace side by side.
Now that Raphiel had personally experienced Hachiman's uniqueness and discovered that even an angel like herself could improve through daily "training" just like human magical girls, she could not help beginning to fantasize about the future.
She was even starting to imagine when she might drag the ruler of Heaven down into it too.
Although she had no intention of overthrowing the Lord of Heaven, if enough angels kept falling, it would definitely attract His attention sooner or later. At that point, confronting the Lord of Heaven would become inevitable.
Was not the Service Club all about forming little factions anyway? What faction could possibly compare to a Heavenly Realm faction.
"See you tonight, Hachiman-nii."
"Bye-bye, Onii-chan! We're heading to school first!"
After washing the dishes and taking a short break, Shion waited for Yukari, who had been sitting in Hachiman's lap, to get up and go wash her face in the restroom. Once they had both changed back into neat, clean school uniforms, they bid farewell to Hachiman and headed out together.
Watching them leave, Hachiman stood up and got dressed as well before teleporting together with Kaede, Iris, and the others to the Sobu High student council office.
"See you later, Hachiman-kun. Vignette, help me carry my lunch. I'll come eat with you and Satanichia at noon."
Before anyone could react, Raphiel greeted them in a hurry and immediately slipped out of the student council office without even taking her own lunchbox.
———
At Sobu High, among the two angels and two demons who had all come from Heaven, only Satanichia and Vignette were in the same class. Raphiel and Gabriel were each assigned to different classes.
Normally, everyone had their own social circles. Aside from after school, they only occasionally crossed paths through club activities or other school matters.
Of course, the school was not that large. Their social circles overlapped to some degree, especially for people skilled at socializing. Pretty girls with good personalities and pleasant temperaments were naturally known by almost everyone, even if they were not particularly close. At the very least, they could exchange greetings when they met.
"Good morning, Kurumizaka-san."
"Good morning, Ryuzaki-san. Thank you for your hard work on disciplinary committee patrols."
"Nanasaki-san, did the girls' swim club finish practice already today? Hmm... Ayumi-san isn't feeling well and needs to go to the infirmary? If you need any help, feel free to ask."
"Good morning, Setsuna, Chifuyu. Ah... Furuhashi-san, good morning to you too..."
Once Raphiel stepped into the crowd, she immediately composed herself with flawless elegance, wearing a perfect gentle smile as she greeted the classmates she knew along the way.
However, the moment she entered her classroom and saw Furuhashi Fumino, Setsuna Ogiso, and Tsukimi Chifuyu gathered together whispering among themselves before simultaneously turning to stare at her.
Her expression froze.
She suddenly realized a very serious problem.
Previously, while trying to avoid Hachiman, she had used divine arts to stick those three girls to him in order to keep him occupied.
Originally, they were only supposed to remain stuck together temporarily before naturally separating after some time.
But Hachiman was not a normal person.
His subconscious counterattack had resulted in an extremely delicate and awkward situation between him and the three girls.
Even the handkerchief Setsuna Ogiso carried around with her had ended up tainted with Hachiman's scent.
Now, the score with Gabriel and Vignette had been settled.
But over here...
Probably.
Possibly.
Maybe...
The debt would need to be settled all over again too.
Before dragging the Hand of God and the Lord of Heaven into the mess and making everyone fall together, she first needed to deal with all the "creditors" she had accumulated in the human world.
———
While Raphiel was being forced to face the "debt dispute" involving Setsuna Ogiso, Furuhashi Fumino, and Tsukimi Chifuyu, Hachiman still had not left the student council office.
"Kaede, Suzu, aren't you two going to class? Lessons are about to start."
Hachiman looked at the twin sisters Kaede and Suzu, who still lingered around him, then glanced at Gabriel and Vignette quietly leaving after thoughtfully shutting the office door behind them. He had the feeling he was going to be late for class today.
"Someone who skips class every day has no right to say that!"
Seeing Hachiman suddenly acting like some model honor student, Kaede rolled her eyes irritably and directly pushed him down into the chair behind the office desk.
Last night, she and Iris had gone to capture the angel Raphiel and had not even witnessed the most important part of the hide-and-seek game in person.
Naturally, she intended to make up for her share now.
Although it was pretty bad for the student council president to openly lead students in skipping class, taking sick leave occasionally due to physical discomfort was perfectly normal too.
Anyway, none of them needed to chase after grades anymore. If they truly wanted high scores, Hachiman could simply pour knowledge directly into them.
During this exam period, she had already heard that Hachiman had tutored quite a few pretty and adorable girls with poor grades, and every one of them had ended up scoring extremely high.
"Then why did we specifically come to school?"
Hachiman looked helplessly at Kaede, who immediately got handsy without warning. Wrapping an arm around her slender, soft waist, he lowered his head and sealed her stubborn mouth with a kiss before she could continue arguing.
Naturally, he had never intended to abandon them and go to class by himself.
He had only just put his pants back on not long ago.
If Kaede did not want to attend class, they might as well have stayed home and continued playing.
She could even wait for Momo and Nana, his two unconscious sisters-in-law, to wake up while she was at it.
"It's more exciting playing in the office?"
Suzu watched as her older sister sat in Hachiman's lap, completely unconcerned as her round pale knees pressed against the floor. Then Hachiman took out the pair of silver empathic wristbands that resembled handcuffs and locked Suzu together with Kaede.
"Uh..."
Hachiman released Kaede and gently stroked her head, slowly running his fingers through her silky shoulder-length hair. His gaze traveled past the graceful curve of her back before landing on Suzu, the quiet twin who always acted more than she spoke.
"Ah~"
As if sensing Hachiman's gaze, Suzu tilted her head up and parted her soft pink lips.
'This girl...'
Seeing that, Hachiman could only free one hand and helplessly pat Suzu's head as well. Feeling the warm, damp touch against her hair, Suzu pursed her lips before lowering her head again to continue studying the sympathy wristbands.
Truthfully, this quiet younger twin often possessed far more initiative than her lively, cheerful older sister Kaede.
No matter how stubborn Kaede acted, facing Suzu, who could betray her at any moment, always left her scalp tingling.
Still, Suzu stood firmly on his side, so naturally Hachiman was perfectly happy watching Kaede get bullied by her. Either way, he was the one enjoying himself.
Just as Kaede had been about to act tough for once, she felt Suzu using the sympathy connection to torment her again.
Even though she herself was merely lying against Hachiman's chest, she was simultaneously experiencing both the sensation of being held and played with in Hachiman's arms and the sensation of kneeling on the floor to serve him.
Her pale fists clenched tightly.
'Damn it... Suzu, you little—'
'We are supposed to be good sisters!'
They were supposed to join forces against Hachiman.
Yet Suzu had betrayed her again and again and again.
"Actually, a huge number of people contacted Kaede first thing this morning. Even more families and conglomerates than before want to apply for admission into Sobu High. Some of them are even human forces from other worlds. Kaede has too many important matters to deal with, so even if she wanted to attend class, she would not have time. Right now she's only planning to rest a little."
Rurikawa Tsubaki had long since grown accustomed to seeing the Kaede and Suzu twins teaming up together. Watching Kaede stubbornly act tough despite practically drooling only made her cheeks heat slightly as she softly explained the real reason they were skipping class.
The commotion from capturing Raphiel last night had been rather large. Gabriel, Vignette, and Raphiel had all silently understood that they would definitely end up delayed in the student council office again today, so the three had left without saying anything.
However, she, Kaede, and Suzu were all student council members. Even if those factions could not find Gabriel, Raphiel, or Vignette, they could still find them.
So there was no way they would be attending class today. They needed to remain in the student council office to deal with the people who might arrive at any moment seeking admission.
Well... they themselves also leaned toward screening and accepting new members in order to strengthen their side against the malicious elf alliance. Otherwise, they could have simply rejected everyone outright.
"So Iris, you're staying for the same reason too? To wait for forces from other worlds?"
Hearing that, Hachiman released Kaede's swollen lips, casually pinching her soft, elastic cheeks while looking toward Iris, Ursula, Meroune, and Lala, who had merely gathered around him rather than swarming him all at once.
Originally, he had planned to attend class seriously together with Yuina, Nijika, and Honami. He had also wanted to see whether Mafuyu Kirisu would come to class today in her maid outfit.
After all, it was already Friday. Home visits would begin after school this afternoon, and Hanamori Kotomi, Ebihara Urara, and Hiratsuka Shizuka had mentioned that the younger female teachers were holding a gathering tonight too.
But from the looks of it, he would not have much time to visit the student guidance office during the day after all. He could only wait until tonight to tutor Kei Karuizawa and the others at their apartment while "coincidentally" running into Ebihara Urara and Hanamori Kotomi there.
"What's there to personally receive from those human kingdoms anyway? It'll just be a few princesses, knights, and priests obsessed with playing hero-and-demon-king adventure games."
"I'm only staying because I want to make up for my share from last night."
Hearing Hachiman's question, the silver-haired, red-eyed, dark-skinned dragon brat Ursula folded her arms across her chest, completely dismissive of the otherworldly forces soon to arrive.
"Those vampires, snow women, and succubi last night were all useless. They knew perfectly well how strong you were, yet they still didn't all attack together. Miime didn't even participate."
"When we get back, I'm definitely going to properly educate them!"
She had clearly prepared everything perfectly, a whole group of snow women, a whole group of vampires, even several succubi.
Yet every single one of them had approached one at a time. As for the dragonewt Miime, she had done absolutely nothing and had literally hidden away the entire time during the hide-and-seek game!
Just as expected of snow women hiding away in rural snow mountains and ghouls living unseen underground.
'Absolutely useless!'
Without Ursula supervising them personally, every last one of them had turned into deserters.
Still, Raphiel's appearance last night had also disrupted that blonde elf Iris's plans, so Ursula felt slightly better knowing she was not the only one left unsatisfied.
Truthfully, she was not in any hurry anyway. If Miime kept dragging things out and refusing to participate, Ursula would simply pull in Serra, the fiancee of Miime's older brother, instead.
Even Ursula herself found it difficult to resist Hachiman after his magic essence awakened. For weak dragonewts in this world whose bloodlines had not fully awakened, resisting him would be even more impossible.
At that point, she would make Miime watch with her own eyes as her older brother's fiancee climbed into Hachiman's bed.
"As for me... I just wanted to ask how you felt, Master Hachiman. Did you happen to like any of the little idols who performed on stage last night?"
Watching Hachiman being simultaneously attended to by Kaede and Suzu, the mermaid princess Meroune's eyes sparkled brightly.
"If you liked them, Shion and I can arrange for more idols to serve you next time, Master."
"And if you didn't, I'll arrange different idols more suited to your tastes."
The idols from last night had all been arranged jointly by her and Shion, coming from different agencies.
Still, neither of them had deliberately separated the girls into groups, because they were not truly forcing the idols into anything excessive. They merely wanted the idols from those agencies to entertain them and heighten the mood.
Even Meroune, despite her rather unique hobbies, understood that with the status those idols possessed, at most they could become Services or maids at Master's side.
The ones truly capable of standing above her in status and taking turns openly squeezing every drop from her beloved Master Hachiman right in front of her still had to be figures like a dragon clan chief or an elf princess.
"As for idols... honestly, they were all pretty good. There's just no need to gather so many all at once for a performance."
Hachiman answered Meroune while taking a brief break from Kaede's chest.
Whether idols from the hidden world or the normal world, he liked plenty of them, B-Komachi, A-RISE, and several other idol groups as well.
Still, he had no interest in forcing anyone into things. Coercive pillow-business arrangements were honestly unnecessary.
After all, the Service Club was not some ordinary club. If they really turned it into that sort of thing, it would stop being interesting.
"Then we'll simply arrange for them to enroll in school while continuing their idol activities and studies. If you ever become interested someday, we can discuss it then."
Seeing that Hachiman truly had not singled out any specific idol he particularly liked, Meroune nodded in understanding, the stars in her eyes shining even brighter.
The idols they had selected were all excellent girls with talent and potential, but naturally Master was not some vulgar man.
Under normal circumstances, he would not casually summon those idols to serve him for no reason.
As expected of the Master Hachiman she adored.
"President, the only one who truly needs to receive the otherworldly factions should be me."
"Lady Lumaria probably already told you about Nina last night. Nina, who is also an elf princess like me, came to this world together with Lady Lumaria."
"However, Nina's been somewhat depressed because of certain matters, so it wasn't appropriate for her to participate in the service game last night."
After Ursula and Meroune finished speaking, Iris smiled sweetly while ordering Lumilia and Aegis behind her to step forward and attend to Hachiman.
"You already know this too, President. We aren't the only faction capable of reaching this world. It's just that the others initially knew nothing about you, and because of the lack of magic power here, they rarely came over before."
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