My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

Of course, this practice of luring new students to join the department with illegal benefits is against school rules.

The oversight committee is investigating this.

So when the head of the Classics Department was quietly telling these things to the newcomer, he naturally didn't forget to remind them not to leak it out.

Yi Xing didn't know how many new people the minister's approach would attract.

But he knew very well that some of the patrolling inspectors had already begun to have doubts.

He kept casting suspicious glances at them—which was understandable; they were whispering amongst themselves, and it was clear something was wrong.

Yoshiyuki was genuinely curious about what kind of mysterious little notebook the Minister of the Classics Department would give him.

He wanted to know if free trials were supported before joining the department.

If after reviewing the book he/she finds that he/she already owns it or that it is not the type he/she is interested in, can he/she request a different perk?

If possible, probably more people would be willing to join the department.

Just as Yoshiyuki was pondering this, Erina, who had also been staring at the stall for a long time, made a powerful statement.

"Hey? This method is good, we can probably learn from it. But... we need to make a few changes."

"For example, how about sending two books?"

"No, it's even more exciting!"

"Uh, are you going to send me a copy of my collection of lewd pictures?" Yixing sweated profusely, realizing the inappropriateness of the offer: "Miss, that won't do."

"Hmph, because those are your two-dimensional wives?!" Erina immediately became somewhat dissatisfied.

"No! It's just that even if I don't tell them it's from my collection, I'd still feel so ashamed I'd want to die if someone actually saw it!"

"Alright, alright! You scoundrel, I never intended to give away your stuff! I was thinking, if it's really hard to find members, we can lure them in the opposite way! For example, if they don't join, they'll be tied up and forced to listen to recordings of Akemi Shimamura singing at super loud volume!"

"No, no, this isn't reverse enticement, it's pure torture!" Upon hearing this, Yoshiyuki was startled and quickly objected, "And people really can die! You might as well just bribe them into joining the club!"

"Huh? I would never do something so materialistic!" Erina declared confidently. "Love for Dango must be genuine! Members attracted by money are trash; what use are they?"

"Uh, aren't the people you tortured into joining the gang the same way?"

"How can that be the same?" Erina explained earnestly, "After listening to Akemi Shimamura's songs, they must have been incredibly fragile, even losing faith in life! Seeing cute dumplings at that moment would be incredibly therapeutic for them! It would be like they had hope for life again! So why wouldn't they become loyal fans of dumplings?"

"Ah...that seems to make sense!" Yoshiyuki didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only emphasize, "In any case, we can't use deception and coercion to get people to join the club. Let's try to find people who genuinely like dumplings. It's best to start with classmates."

"Hmm! Now that you mention it, I think I've thought of someone who might be interested!" Erina thought for a moment, then suddenly suggested eagerly, "Isn't Takagi great?"

"Ah...indeed." Yoshiyuki hesitated for a moment, recalled for a second, and agreed with the young lady's statement: "I remember that Takagi-san really likes your dumpling collection."

"Yeah, she always compliments my dumplings on how cute they are every time she comes!" Erina exclaimed happily. "And, she was even buried under a mountain of dumplings once!"

"Ah, that incident... I remember it, it gave me quite a fright."

Yi Xing still finds it both funny and sad when he recalls that scene.

The so-called "ball mountain" refers to the spectacular scene formed when Erina's cabinet, which was filled to the brim, overflowed with plush balls.

During the festival, Takagi Yoyako often visited Yoda Village with her parents, and naturally, she would always go to Erina's room to play.

Because Erina was called away to meet an important guest, Takagi waited for a long time and was bored in the room. He remembered that Erina had a large cabinet with a lot of dumplings in it, and wanted to open it to see how much more dumplings she had collected since the last time she came.

However, when she came last time, there weren't so many dumplings in the cupboard that they would all gush out like a mudslide as soon as the cupboard door was opened. So Takagi wasn't on guard this time either.

This led to her excitedly opening the closet door only to be buried under hundreds of dumplings, filling most of the room.

Just then, Yoshiyuki returned from his sword practice and quickly dug Takagi out of the pile of dumplings, who was crying for help. It was quite like rescuing someone trapped after an earthquake.

The reason why Takagi Yayako cannot escape using the teleportation spell is that the spell cannot function if she is surrounded by a relatively enclosed space or if her body is captured by an enemy.

After Takagi climbed out from the bottom of the dumpling mountain, although he was still a little shaken, he immediately jumped back onto the piles of dumplings and cheered.

She felt incredibly happy being surrounded by so many balls. It was much more fun than those children's playgrounds that fill an inflatable pool with a bunch of bouncy balls.

Feeling that finding Takagi-san was indeed a good idea, Yoshiyuki began to take action.

"I remember seeing Takagi Yoyako just now, didn't I?" Yoshiyuki said as he walked and looked around. "She was walking with Jinbo Kikue, chatting and laughing."

"Yes, that's right." Erina said with great interest, "I overheard it! Kikue Jinbo was actually talking to her about what to eat for dinner that night! And Takagi didn't seem to want to refuse! They're probably really dating!"

"If that's the case, it's not surprising. But are you sure, Miss, that you invited me to dine alone, and not because our houses are just on different floors so we decided to eat together?"

"Well, I'm not sure about that," Erina said hesitantly after thinking for a moment. "Why don't you just go and ask them?"

"How could that be! I have a reputation to maintain, Miss!"

The cultural norms in China and Japan are completely different when it comes to girls accepting invitations to meals from boys.

In China, a girl accepting this dinner doesn't necessarily mean anything. Often, the guy has already taken the girl out to eat many times before they've even started a relationship.

In Japan, however, it's generally accepted that meals are split equally (going Dutch).

If the relationship between the two parties is close, and there's no special reason such as the other party needing to apologize, then if a girl accepts a guy's invitation to dinner, it's likely equivalent to agreeing to date. This dinner is also considered a date.

If both are willing, it's perfectly normal to do what couples do sooner or later after their first dinner.

Yi Xing has heard many stories of Chinese students missing out on opportunities because they didn't understand cultural differences.

They often take girls out to dinner several times without proposing to take the relationship further, which makes the girls feel disheartened, thinking they are being rejected or teased, and they stop paying attention to them.

It's truly heartbreaking that such a misunderstanding has occurred.

Often, these international students only realize their mistake years later, and then it's too late for regrets.