Sakura Airi, who had always disguised herself as a plain girl and kept a low profile, felt that she was useless. She immediately made up her mind to satisfy all of Hachiman's needs and properly take photos that would please him.
"Master, Airi can also join the cosplay party. She can be both the photographer and cosplay as well."
Karuizawa Kei, who had just been pinned down by Sakura Airi, heard Hachiman's words. She lowered her head, stuck out her pink tongue, and lightly licked Hachiman's finger. Her eyes were fixed on Hachiman's expression as she quietly made her suggestion.
She had long wanted to offer Sakura Airi to her master. After she discovered that Sakura Airi had extremely high affinity toward her master, this matter had almost no difficulty at all, but she just hadn't found the right opportunity.
This weekend's private cosplay convention was just the right chance. There were so many of them, but few knew how to take photos. Having Airi do cosplay, getting played by the master while shooting from a first-person perspective, would actually be pretty good.
After all, the members in the service club's main hall wanted to see the master more, and they could activate the shared sensation to experience it together.
"Right, why not have Airi bring the digital camera over now and let us see her photography skills?"
After thinking it over, Karuizawa Kei felt that she shouldn't delay and added.
The day after tomorrow was the private convention, and tomorrow was going to the large convention to look at other people's work. Airi, being so socially anxious, probably wouldn't go.
To avoid the master not having time the day after tomorrow, it was better to let the master have Airi first.
Once Airi became one of their own, she could conveniently bring Airi directly to the club to serve the master and compete for favor with the other small groups.
Socially anxious little pets like Gotou Hitori were very popular with the master, so naturally they needed to have a socially anxious little pet belonging to their own small group as well.
"Eh? Now?"
Sakura Airi suddenly raised her head and looked at Karuizawa Kei, who was being soothed by Hachiman alongside her.
'Shoot now? Is that appropriate?'
Even though she didn't have many friends and wasn't good at socializing, she knew this situation was very abnormal. If they took this kind of photo now, there was no way it could be shown to anyone, right?
"Don't panic. The photos you take won't be leaked. They're just for us to see internally."
Karuizawa Kei could tell what Sakura Airi was thinking at a glance and explained with a smile.
Actually, the result of the shoot didn't matter. What mattered was the process.
This process would excite everyone and the master.
This was purely a first-person perspective type of play, and afterward, they could review the climactic moments on the club's big screen.
Although live streaming would be better, unfortunately Gabriel, Vignette, and the others wouldn't always help with the projection.
"Th-this... M-Master?"
Sakura Airi hesitated, then instinctively looked at Hachiman to seek his opinion.
Even though Karuizawa said they were shooting her rather than Airi herself, she still felt it wasn't quite right.
"Heh! Today is Airi's first time. Don't push her too hard, Kei."
Hachiman smiled at the sight, reached out and pulled Sakura Airi into his arms, gently pinched her smooth, fair chin, and said in a low voice.
"Put the photoshoot aside for now. There's no rush."
"Since you call me master, Airi, do you want to be my maid? Or my pet?"
"Maid and pet? Is there a difference?"
Sakura Airi was stunned, her face flushed red as she looked at Hachiman, close enough to feel his hot breath.
"A maid works for pay, serves her master, follows orders, and fulfills the master's needs."
Karuizawa Kei explained from the side.
"As for a pet, there's no fixed salary. If the master is happy, there's a reward. If the master isn't happy, there's no reward. From then on, her whole life belongs to the master."
"Ah... th-this... then Karuizawa, you say you're..."
Sakura Airi was bewildered, staring blankly at Karuizawa Kei. Satou Maya, Matsushita Chiaki, and the others also looked at Karuizawa Kei.
The pet treatment sounded even worse than the maid's? More work, less reward.
They had thought being a pet would be better. Now it seemed Karuizawa Kei was really lovesick? Otherwise, why would she be so happy being Hachiman's pet?
"I'm master's pet, and also master's maid. Even though I don't get a salary, as long as master protects me, that's enough."
Karuizawa Kei looked at Sakura Airi and the others with a grin.
Her master did give her money, but she hadn't intended to take any money in the first place, and had even thought of offering tribute to her master.
For members who joined the service club, having money or not really didn't matter. What they truly valued was the master's reward.
Just a magical girl awakening slot alone was worth a lot, but the master hadn't set any barriers. Basically all service club members could get their turn.
"Th-then... I'll be master's pet too, just like Karuizawa..."
Sakura Airi didn't understand whether being a maid or a pet was better. Being a maid required serving the master, and being a pet also required pleasing the master. They felt about the same, but she thought Karuizawa Kei was smarter than her.
'Mmm... being Hikigaya's pet... Isn't impossible...'
"We're all master's pets. What should you call me, Airi?"
Hearing Sakura Airi's answer, Karuizawa Kei felt a little helpless.
Airi didn't seem that stupid, so why was she so clueless?
Although she knew the master had great charm, she was clearly Airi's classmate, and Airi could call the master "master" but still wouldn't address her by name.
"Kei, Kei... M-Master? ...Mmn..."
Sakura Airi, looking at Karuizawa Kei's speechless expression, suddenly realized and was about to call Karuizawa Kei by name, but found that Hachiman's distance from her had shrunk again.
'Th-this... they're kissing?'
'Weren't we still talking about whether to be a pet or a maid?'
Even though she had already been kissed in even more intimate places just now, this first kiss now seemed to make her even more nervous and shy.
Feeling the burning gazes around her, a shy Sakura Airi wanted to push Hachiman away, but the moment she touched his chest, a sense of security so strong she couldn't have imagined flooded her heart, and her hands unconsciously wrapped around Hachiman's neck.
Drunk on Hachiman's gentle guidance, she didn't dare to meet his gaze, nor face the shocked looks from the surrounding girls. She could only close her eyes in embarrassment.
'So this is what it's like to be Hikigaya's pet.'
'No wonder Karuizawa chose this way...'
"Nene, Satsuki. What about you two? If you don't want to join, you can leave. If you're willing to join, we'll still be good sisters from now on."
Karuizawa Kei glanced at Satou Maya and Matsushita Chiaki, who were nestling beside Hachiman without a word, then turned her gaze to Mori Nene and Shinohara Satsuki, who were standing dumbfounded by the bed, and spoke directly.
Sakura Airi was exceptionally pretty and had some issues with her personality, so she could be given a bit of leniency and a little more patience. But when it came to Mori Nene and Shinohara Satsuki, she didn't have that much patience.
Join if they wanted to join. If they didn't, there were plenty of others who did.
"As for us..."
Mori Nene and Shinohara Satsuki looked at each other, both visibly conflicted.
Currently, their class was mainly divided into three small groups: the class leader group led by class leader Sakayanagi Arisu, the study group led by Kushida Kikyo, and the gyaru group led by Karuizawa Kei.
There was also Horikita Suzune, who isolated herself from everyone.
If they left now, from then on, Karuizawa Kei's group activities would probably exclude them.
Although there were other small groups in the class, who could say those other groups didn't have designs on Hachiman?
Kushida Kikyo, like Karuizawa Kei, was a disciplinary committee member and also Hachiman's maid. She was almost certainly in the same boat as them.
And the former Class A's Sakayanagi Arisu wasn't easy to get along with either; she had never been close to them.
Unless they were willing to be like Horikita Suzune, "isolating" everyone else alone.
"I'm in!"
"Hikigaya, no, master, I want to become your maid too!"
Hearing the sound of Shinohara Satsuki decisively flipping up her top and tossing it aside, Mori Nene also blushed deeply, slowly unbuttoning her clothes, pulling down her skirt zipper, and trembling as she climbed behind Hachiman.
She never imagined that one day she would voluntarily crawl toward a boy, and even serve the same boy together with her friends.
But she didn't have the courage to refuse to join. If everyone was getting close to Hikigaya and only she was left out, then she wouldn't be able to stay in the class at all.
'Anyway... Hikigaya is pretty handsome too. I am probably getting a good deal, right.'
'Hikigaya... Is this amazing...'
Still having a girlish heart, Mori Nene didn't consider other factors. She just watched as Hachiman slowly picked up Sakura Airi for a deeper connection, her face growing redder.
"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!"
Hasebe Haruka didn't expect these guys to just ignore her and keep playing like this. Even Sakura Airi, who was usually socially anxious and introverted, was captivated by Hachiman and hugged him right in front of everyone.
How did this supposed celebration turn into this?
Even though she knew during the study sessions that their celebration would likely involve some intimate behavior beyond normal friends and classmates, this was way too far...
Even lovers wouldn't necessarily do this.
Ding! Dong!
Just as Hasebe Haruka was conflicted about whether to slip away or join in, the doorbell rang.
On the bed, Mori Nene, who had just hugged Hachiman from behind, froze instantly. Frowning, Sakura Airi instinctively held Hachiman tighter.
Satou Maya and Matsushita Chiaki, who had been lying on either side of Sakura Airi slowly nibbling Hachiman's fingers, suddenly raised their heads and looked toward the door in alarm.
Who would come at a time like this?
There seemed to be a lot of teachers gathering in the hallway outside. It couldn't be the teachers knocking, could it?
"Don't be nervous. It's probably Kikyo bringing people over."
Karuizawa Kei glanced at Sakura Airi, Satou Maya, and Matsushita Chiaki, who had all broken out in a sweat from the excessive tension and soaked the sheets. Without picking up the clothes on the floor, she got up from the bed and walked barefoot across the floor to open the door.
She knew the master had come to the apartment to play tonight, so Kushida Kikyo would naturally know too.
Last time, Kushida Kikyo had even encouraged the master to join the teachers' gathering.
Of course, it didn't matter if it wasn't Kushida Kikyo. Even if it were other girls, as long as they were brought in.
Sakura Airi, Satou Maya, and Mori Nene each joined for their own reasons, some admiring the master, some wanting to date, or even just going with the flow and offering themselves to the master.
But she knew exactly how incredible her master was. Even mermaids, elves, dragons, demons, and angels were all obedient to him. As the master's pet, she only felt more confident.
Creak~
"Good evening. Hmm... Karuizawa, is Hikigaya-senpai inside?"
Seeing Karuizawa Kei open the door not only with her long, straight, fair legs bare, her pale face unusually flushed, and the blue hair tie on her blonde ponytail a bit loose, Sakayanagi Arisu was a bit taken aback. Her gaze discreetly swept over Karuizawa Kei's moist, plump lips, her eyes flickered slightly, and she greeted with a smile.
'What kind of stimulating game are they playing now?'
There were still many teachers drinking and chatting in the hallway outside. She had thought Hachiman would exercise some restraint, but it seemed things had already started inside.
"Sakayanagi? Come in. The master is throwing us a celebration party."
Karuizawa Kei was also a bit surprised to see Sakayanagi Arisu standing at the front. She glanced at Kushida Kikyo, Kamuro Masumi, and Ibuki Mio behind Sakayanagi, then turned and walked back inside.
Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi both had access to the service club and had been there before.
But Sakayanagi Arisu had never stayed overnight at the service club. Only Kamuro Masumi had stayed behind and joined them for a bit.
"Thank you, Karuizawa. Let's go in."
Sakayanagi Arisu nodded with a smile and slowly followed Karuizawa Kei into the room, leaning on her cane.
Seeing that Karuizawa Kei's room no longer had spare slippers, she slipped her delicate, slender, white-stockinged feet out of her leather shoes and stepped onto the smooth floor.
Behind Sakayanagi Arisu, Kamuro Masumi expressionlessly kicked off her shoes and followed. Kushida Kikyo, who was last, was responsible for closing the door.
But Kushida Kikyo, with her cold expression and a hint of gloom in her eyes, turned to glance at the young female teachers in the hallway outside, drinking cup after cup, their faces flushed from alcohol. She left the door slightly ajar before turning to follow.
Actually, tonight she had wanted to bring her own small group over. Karuizawa Kei's group had many beautiful girls, and her group had quite a few too.
In her group, the athletic short-haired girl Ibuki Mio didn't have great exam results, which could serve as a decent excuse to join Karuizawa Kei's celebration.
But the good students in her group who didn't have an urgent need for money, like Minami and Shiina Hiyori, were harder to convince.
The former Class B girls like Shiranami Chihiro, Amakusa Asako, and Himeno Yuki, who had softer personalities and were easier to handle, leaned more toward their former Class B class leader, Ichinose Honami, making them equally difficult to bring in.
And the very pretty but completely socially inept long black-haired Horikita Suzune needed no mention. Even if she wanted to earn money by working part-time as a maid, she had no intention of offering herself to Hachiman.
Kushida Kikyo realized that the people in her small group were nowhere near as easy to persuade as those in Karuizawa Kei's group, so she simply came over with Sakayanagi Arisu and Kamuro Masumi instead.
It wasn't that her social skills were lacking or that her standards were higher than Karuizawa Kei's. On the contrary, she was far more unscrupulous than Karuizawa Kei.
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