I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Upon hearing the topic that piqued her interest, Yui Yuigahama immediately put her hands on the table and eagerly began to ask more questions.

"Putting aside his personality and character, in terms of ability alone, this man does have some trustworthy qualities." Yukino Yukinoshita made an objective assessment, while casually adding a sarcastic remark, "Immature girls are naturally attracted to this kind of person, and thus become blind and easily deceived... Yuihama-san, please remember this."

"Huh?" Yui Yuigahama tilted her head in confusion, then quickly realized what she meant and hurriedly waved her hand at Yukinoshita, "I-I wouldn't be fooled by Yu! We've known each other for so long, I know him better than anyone else what kind of person he is..."

“I think Tenkuji-senpai is a good person.” Looking at Tenkuji Yu’s nonchalant expression, Tachibana Kanade said calmly, “Giving me the last plate of Mapo Tofu, someone who would do such a thing probably isn’t a bad person who would deceive others.”

"The last Mapo Tofu? Tachibana-kun, so you've met your senior before?" Iroha Isshiki looked the two of them back and forth in surprise, as if to say, "How come I didn't know about this?"

Kanade Tachibana blinked innocently: "I've seen you in the cafeteria. It was the time when Isshiki bought the macaron dessert set."

"The cafeteria? Hmm..." Iroha pouted and pondered for a while, then quickly realized something, pointed to the corner of her lips and muttered, "Oh, it was back then... I didn't know you, Senpai, I have absolutely no recollection of it..."

"Alright, let's get back to the point." Yukino Yukinoshita clapped her hands, using her clear voice to steer the conversation back on track. "So, since the captain of the kendo club is unable to participate, you'd like to ask Tenkuji-kun to step in as a substitute, right?"

“That’s right, that’s exactly it!” Iroha struck a salute like Wobbuffet.

“Well then, I have a few questions for you.” Completely ignoring the center of the conversation, Yuukino Yukinoshita held up an index finger and asked sharply, “First of all, why didn’t the kendo club come and ask for help themselves? Isn’t it a bit insincere to ask for help through a first-year junior?”

Iroha shrank her shoulders slightly and quickly replied with an embarrassed smile, "They originally wanted to ask them personally, but Captain Himura didn't agree. He said that losing was just because he wasn't skilled enough and there was no need to bother others for something like that... But the vice-captain is graduating next year, and this was his last and closest chance to win the national championship. He refused to give up, so it ended up going to Kendo Club-chan, who secretly told me and Tachibana. After being asked, this is how it happened..."

"Then why doesn't Kendo Club go directly to Yuu? Isn't he our master?" After sorting out the whole story, Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but ask.

Iroha Isshiki gave a wry smile: "She said... she's afraid. Whether it's the second-year floor or the white-haired woman who's always by her senior's side, they're all scary and make people afraid to get close..."

"Ah, hahaha..." Yui Yuigahama chuckled dryly, her eyes filled with a complicated expression.

Using her aura to drive away all the women who wanted to get close to Yuu Tenkuji, this was indeed something that Masaki Natsukawa was capable of doing.

Resting her chin on her hand, Yukino Yukinoshita was still puzzled: "But even so, wouldn't it be faster to ask Tenkuji-kun privately? For example, Isshiki-kun, I remember you and Tenkuji-kun worked at the same place, right? Why didn't you just ask him then? Why did you have to come to the Service Club to make a request?"

"Because I want to help Kendo Club-chan and Vice-Captain-senpai."

With her small hands resting on her knees, Tachibana Kanade spoke earnestly in a clear and soothing voice: "It has nothing to do with the student council president election. I was supposed to come here myself to ask Tenkuji-senpai for help... but I don't know Tenkuji-senpai. I only know that I can come to the Service Club to ask for help with things I need."

"When Isshiki found out I wanted to help, he said he could come with me to find Tenkuji-senpai and help me with the student council president election... I never expected that Tenkuji-senpai was the one who gave me the mapo tofu last time."

At this point, she looked at Tenkuji Yu and nodded to him gratefully.

Tenkuji Yu was taken aback for a moment, then returned a gentle smile.

“The Mapo Tofu thing is unnecessary.” With her eyes half-lowered in exasperation, Yukino Yukinoshita sighed softly, “Well, I understand more or less… one last question.”

"Isshiki-kun, did you just happen to come here to help Tachibana-kun with his election campaign? Is it possible to do something like that on the side?"

"Hehehe~ It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing." Iroha Isshiki stuck out her tongue cutely, but it was obvious that she didn't reveal her true purpose.

Chapter 86 The Reason for Tachibana's Appearance

Tenkuji Yu glanced at Iroha Isshiki, then turned his gaze to Tachibana Kanade, who sat upright and exuded elegance and composure beside him.

Sensing his gaze, the girl turned her head slightly, her waist-length snow-white hair swaying gently with her movement.

Her fair face was both beautiful and childlike, and her golden eyes, like jewels, spoke of the doubts in the young girl's heart.

—Is there something you need?

Although she had a blank expression and seemed quite clumsy in expressing herself, incredibly, Yuu Tenkuji could understand her meaning from her eyes.

He shook his head: "It's nothing, I understand the details now... Before we talk about the kendo club, can I ask Tachibana-kun why you want to run for student council president?"

Having already asked Yukinoshita all the questions she needed to, Yuu Tenkuji then asked a question unrelated to the main topic.

After all, judging from impressions alone, this first-year student is not the kind of leader who is suitable to stay in the center of the crowd—it is more in line with her temperament to hide in a corner to take care of flowers and plants and be a fairy who does not eat the food of worldly affairs.

He was quite curious about what made her willingly do such a thankless task, and for at least a year... Was she also pushed out by the teacher to take the blame?

"If I become the student council president, I can help everyone a lot."

Tenkuji Yu blinked: "...That's it?"

"Because, wouldn't it be very upsetting for someone who lacks motivation but is still elected student council president?"

With her voice still soft as a feather, Tachibana said matter-of-factly, "It must be really awful to have to do something you don't like and not be trusted by your teachers and classmates... Although I don't know if I can do it, if I do it, I won't have to bother the other students."

As if she hadn't considered anything else, her tone was straightforward and simple, just like the pure light reflected in her golden eyes.

It's hard to imagine that such a selfless "saint" still exists in today's society.

Tenkuji Yu couldn't help but look at her with a strange gaze: "...The matter of the Kendo Club, just because someone is troubled by it, even though she didn't ask you directly, you still came to the Service Club to ask me for help because of her?"

"Hmm... is it not okay?"

Tachibana Kanade lowered her head slightly, her small hands gently kneading her knees. Her expression remained calm, yet there was a hint of unease in her eyes.

Sky Temple Yu pondered for a moment.

"What if I don't agree?"

Upon hearing this, not only did Tachibana Kanade blink in surprise, but the other three also cast surprised glances at him.

"Is that so hard to understand?" Yuu Tenkuji leaned back in his chair, speaking casually as if it were none of his business. "I'm not a wish-granting machine, I don't do whatever you ask me to do. That goes against the Service Club's principle of 'teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish,' doesn't it?"

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly and bit her lip thoughtfully: "That's true... If there's enough time, I would choose to train a player who can replace the general, rather than letting an outsider win the game directly."

Yui Yuigahama hesitated for a moment before saying, "But if Yuu herself competes, wouldn't the national championship be practically hers for the taking..."

"Well, perhaps that's true."

Yuu Tenkuji understood that the person with the most confidence in him was probably Yui—she could do anything, it just depended on whether she wanted to do it or not. In her mind, he was like a genie in a lamp.

"But so what?"

Tenkuji Yu spread his hands and said calmly, "I have no hobby of cleaning up other people's messes, nor am I interested in going to the national tournament to beat up kids."

"Just like what Captain Himura said, if we lose, it's only because the current kendo club is not strong enough. It has nothing to do with me, an outsider... Instead of thinking about using me as a tool to fill in the gaps, why don't they think about how to improve their own skills, or manage their daily behavior and not cause any more trouble before the competition?"

This statement is undoubtedly correct.

If you try to refute it, you can come up with any number of arguments.

That's why it seems so cold, as if all gentleness and kindness have been trampled underfoot, leaving only an unquestionable rational answer to reject all expectations.

Isshiki Hachiman stared blankly at his unwavering expression.

I don't know why, even though I couldn't refute his words, and even thought that if I were in his shoes, I would probably do the same thing, I still felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment.

It was as if the warmth and care I received at dusk that day had betrayed me, or as if the lofty image I had imagined had suddenly shattered into another unfamiliar ice sculpture.

It's a very irrational feeling; perhaps "being delusional" would be a more appropriate description?

So Iroha didn't show it, but instead bit her lower lip and quietly raised her eyes, looking at the others as if seeking approval.

Then, unexpectedly—

"Although I really don't want to say 'great minds think alike,' there doesn't seem to be a better way to describe it."

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed as she rubbed her furrowed brows. The next moment, her cold gaze, seemingly able to see through everything, fell upon Yuu Tenkuji.

"But even if we think the same way, our actions will definitely not be the same, right?"

Iroha Isshiki didn't understand the meaning of those words, but soon, Yui Yuigahama explained her doubts in a simpler way.

“If she really didn’t intend to help, Xiaoyou wouldn’t have said so much; she would have simply refused with ‘Sorry, I’m not interested.’”

As if recalling fond memories, she revealed a happy smile even brighter than the sunset outside the window.

"It's always been like this... Whenever she wants to lend a helping hand, Xiaoyou always comes up with a bunch of reasons as a pretext! In this respect, she might even be less frank than Xiaoxue..."

Her words abruptly stopped, and Yui Yuigahama quickly covered her mouth, shrank her shoulders as if trying to bury herself in the ground, and her gaze darted away in a panic.

However, it was too late.

With a gentle smile on her face, Yukino Yukinoshita turned halfway around and stared at Yui Yuigahama with cold, emotionless eyes.

“Yuigahama-kun, you seem to have some very strange misunderstanding about me… Unlike that liar, honesty and frankness are my strengths.”

"To actually compare me to Yukinoshita..." Tenkuji Yu sneered, his tone slightly dangerous, and beckoned to Yuigahama Yui, "Yui, come here, let me see if there's something wrong with your brain."

As Yui covered her mouth and shook her head frantically, the sharp, cold glint in her eyes shifted to another target: "What? Comparing yourself to the perfect me is beneath you?"

"You're perfect? ​​Look at your own body and say that again?"

"...Breast size doesn't mean anything. Even if it's big, it can only arouse lowly and lewd people like you. Not having any is actually a good thing."

"When did I mention breasts? For Japanese people who are currently experiencing a declining birth rate, isn't a butt with a smooth delivery the most perfect figure?"

“Very well, there’s solid evidence of sexual harassment. I’ve called the police.”

"Heh, even a normal academic discussion can be dragged into sexual harassment. If an animation teaches the principles of boki, would you report it as pornography? Does drawing a sex organ in a textbook mean it's corrupting children?"

"Don't get me wrong, what's offensive is your tone and appearance. If you know what's good for you, you should turn yourself in right now."

The tense and hostile atmosphere before her left Iroha in a daze, almost making her think she was in the very center of a Middle East conflict.

Seemingly sensing her confusion and helplessness, Yui Yuigahama looked over and gave a bitter smile, like a weak and helpless third party caught in the middle of the battle, yet also one that seemed used to it.

"Haha, this is what daily life is like in the Service Club... I guess."

This kind of daily life is too exciting!

"Aren't you going to stop it?"

"No need, no need. They're just venting their frustrations. They know exactly how to keep things in check."

But Yukino-senpai has already taken out her phone, and it looks like she's really going to call the police...

"……ok, I get it."

With a sigh that seemed to indicate she couldn't let go, Isshiki Hatake observed the different expressions on the faces of the three people.

Suddenly, I realized that although I was in the same classroom as them, it was as if I had been isolated in another world. The sound of their argument seemed to sink to the bottom of the water and I could not hear it clearly.

'Ah, I see…'

After realizing what had happened, she could only smile helplessly and shake her head to herself.

—I actually know nothing about what happened to my seniors.

We know nothing about him, what kind of environment he is in, or what happened to him in the past.

The fact that he gave her a strawberry cake and promised to let her try his cookies are just two sides of the same person, Yuu Tenkuji.

and so……

Only after learning about more different predecessors can one have the right to be disappointed?