Diary Of Service Club, Helping The Elf Princess

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"Um… It really won't be a bother?"

Hayase Saki looked at the worried face of Hikigaya and couldn't help but whisper.

She still clearly remembered the cold and dismissive look from the president earlier, deeming her troublesome. That look had made her instinctively believe that if she didn't try to keep him now, the president really wouldn't care about her anymore in the future.

"You joined the Service Club, so you're a member of the club, and I'm your president. How could I not help you when you're in trouble? As long as you're not truly beyond saving, I'll still help where I should."

Hikigaya rolled his eyes speechlessly. What he said earlier about not caring about Hayase Saki and letting her fend for herself was purely a spur-of-the-moment outburst. He'd still help where necessary.

There's no way he could truly let those scumbags ruin Hayase Saki, after all.

"Aren't we… friends?"

Hearing Hikigaya's response, Hayase Saki couldn't help but mutter softly.

She had thought that the president was helping her because he saw her as a friend.

"What are you mumbling about?"

Because Hayase Saki always muttered hesitantly in a low voice, Hikigaya had to listen carefully to catch her words. If he wasn't careful, he'd miss it entirely.

"N-no... nothing... The president is right. From now on, I'll definitely listen to what the president says. Whatever the president tells me to do, I'll do it."

Hayase Saki shook her head vigorously, hurriedly promising Hikigaya.

She didn't dare to hope to be the president's friend. The president was such a good person; she didn't feel worthy of that.

However, during her time in the Service Club, she would try her best to make the president satisfied and not let him get angry again.

"Don't say things like that so carelessly. Are you saying you'd do whatever I ask you to do?"

Hikigaya immediately realized that Hayase Saki hadn't really taken his words to heart.

"Um… If I accidentally made the president angry again..."

Seeing Hikigaya's unfriendly gaze, Hayase Saki shrank her head in fear and timidly added.

"..."

Hikigaya was speechless.

'With a personality and mind like this, how had she managed to avoid being bullied in school until now?'

"It seems like you've been here waiting for someone for quite a while and didn't have lunch, right? It's almost time for class now, so there's no time to eat. Here, have this to fill your stomach."

After Hayase Saki finished kneeling, Hikigaya stood up and walked over to a desk. He pulled two packs of biscuits and a carton of milk from the drawer and handed them to her.

Since this place didn't usually have many visitors, he had stored some snacks, biscuits, and milk here two days ago to eat during club activities. Unexpectedly, Hayase Saki ended up using them.

"Thank you, president. The president really is such a good person~"

Seeing that Hikigaya had even been attentive enough to notice she hadn't eaten lunch, Hayase Saki's previously nervous and uneasy mood was instantly soothed. She smiled brightly, accepting the biscuits and milk with both hands.

"From now on, don't say I'm a good person. I want to be a bad guy."

Seeing how easily Hayase Saki was placated by such small things, Hikigaya immediately put on a stern face.

"But…"

Hayase Saki hesitated to speak, 'The president clearly always thought about me so much—how could he not want to be called a good person?'

"Now, go back to class. Remember to come to the Service Club after school."

Ignoring Hayase Saki's hesitant expression, Hikigaya emphasized this after leading her out of the Service Club room and closing the door.

"If anything similar happens again, you must tell me first. Don't make decisions or act on your own without permission."

"If you keep being this foolish, no matter how you try to make me calm down next time, I won't—no, there won't be a next time."

"Y-yes… president…"

"I can't hear you. Louder."

"Yes! PRESIDENT!"

By the time Hikigaya hurried back to his classroom from the special building, it was almost time for class.

However, as he returned to his seat, he noticed that someone was occupying it.

More precisely, someone was using it as a dining table.

"Rin, look this way."

"I used the app to turn Rin into a handsome guy~"

"I'm so handsome. Not surprising—it's me, after all."

"Too bad Rin can't really turn into a handsome guy; then I could date a hot guy."

"If I turned into a handsome guy, I'd date Yuna, not you."

Three gals were sitting around his desk, playing with their phones, laughing, and joking. The desk was littered with bento boxes and drink containers they hadn't cleaned up after finishing their meals.

Their seats were near the wall, making it inconvenient to huddle together to eat and chat. So, they had dragged over chairs and used someone else's desk instead.

This wasn't a big deal as long as they cleaned up afterward.

Hikigaya didn't particularly like it but didn't mind it either.

"Excuse me, it's almost time for class."

"Oh! Sorry, we've been taking up your spot for too long. We'll clean up and give it back to you right away."

A pink-haired girl with a well-proportioned figure, Shirosaki Yuna, immediately stood up and apologized when she heard his voice.

The gyaru from Hikigaya's class could be called gyaru, but in reality, they weren't particularly arrogant. They just liked dressing up and spoke a bit roughly.

The gyaru from other classes were much worse. Rumors said those gyaru even bullied and extorted money, but the disciplinary committee hadn't caught them with evidence yet.

Of course, under the strict dress code management at Sobu High, even gyaru couldn't pull off the heavy makeup and flashy Shibuya-style gyaru outfits at school. Most of them could only discreetly leave a few buttons undone or apply faint nail polish.

"No problem."

Hikigaya shook his head, watching them pack their things before sitting down.

"Sorry for always taking your desk. As an apology, let me use an app to make you handsome~"

After finishing packing, Shirosaki Yuna didn't leave immediately. Instead, she cheerfully picked up her phone, snapped a photo of Hikigaya, and tapped on her phone a few times.

She originally wanted to show Hikigaya a version of himself looking more handsome. But after finishing her operation, as she stared at the image on her phone, she froze, looking at Hikigaya with disbelief.

"Why does the change look so drastic? This is kind of handsome..."

Noticing Shirosaki Yuna's strange behavior and assuming she was randomly taking photos, Hikigaya frowned slightly and reached out to grab her phone.

Displayed on the phone screen was a picture of a super handsome guy—no, wait—it was a picture of himself.

The facial features and appearance were undoubtedly his own. However, unlike his usual self, who occasionally displayed dead-fish eyes, the handsome guy on the phone screen had bright, spirited eyes that seemed to glow. His face shape also looked slightly more refined than it did now.

"..."

Looking at the photo, which had a completely different aura than his current self, Hikigaya silently returned the phone to Shirosaki Yuna.

He was indeed not bad-looking. The main issue was his lifeless, lazy dead-fish eyes, which ruined the harmony of his features and significantly dragged down his attractiveness.

Just like how Komachi worried he wouldn't find a girlfriend—apart from Kaede and Suzu, who had known him since childhood—his first impression on everyone else was generally not great.

Back then, even Hayase Saki had treated him as Yukinoshita Yukino's lackey.

"Wow! So Hikigaya actually looks… this handsome?"

"This dead-fish-eyed guy actually looks decent, huh? Without the dead-fish eyes, his entire vibe changes."

Shirosaki Yuna's two friends, the brunette Rin and blonde Yuina, also saw Hikigaya's edited image on the phone and immediately let out incredulous exclamations. Compared to Shirosaki Yuna, they were far less polite, directly mentioning the "dead-fish eyes" in front of him.

Shirosaki Yuna blinked, glanced at Hikigaya, and seemed about to say something. However, just then, the bell signaling the start of class rang, and with the teacher likely to arrive soon, they all returned to their seats, continuing their whispered discussions.

Occasionally, they would glance in Hikigaya's direction.

Hikigaya found their reactions baffling and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu about this incident, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

These three gyaru were also on his romance list, but as he looked at their names, he couldn't recall who they were at all.

'Handsome App… three gyaru...'

"Hikigaya-kun, where did you go for lunch? Why are you back so late?"

The nearby Gabriel noticed Shirosaki Yuna and the others' discussions but didn't care about whether someone became handsome or not. Instead, she focused on Hikigaya's slightly pale complexion.

Sobu High's lunch break was quite long by Japanese standards, with a full hour.

Hikigaya had gone to the cafeteria for lunch as soon as class ended but had only returned just before the next class began.

"It's nothing. I just wandered around after eating in the cafeteria."

Hikigaya shook his head, refraining from telling Gabriel about what had happened with Kenichiro and Hayase Saki.

Currently, Gabriel was in her honor-student mode. While it was true that Kenichiro, who had tried to blackmail Hayase Saki, deserved punishment, Hikigaya wasn't sure if Gabriel would agree with his method of dealing with the situation—what if she felt Kenichiro didn't deserve to die?

That could lead to a conflict with Gabriel.

To avoid unnecessary complications, it was better not to involve Gabriel in this matter.

"Just wandering around, huh? But your condition doesn't seem great—you look a bit weak."

Noticing Hikigaya's physical state, Gabriel wanted to express more concern, but seeing his unwillingness to talk further, and with Kirisume Takeshi, their teacher, already entering the classroom, she decided to drop it and focus on the lesson. [T/N: I don't who he/she is. So please comment if you know]

Although Kirisume Takeshi was plain-looking and unremarkable, blending into a crowd without standing out—completely unlike teachers like Hiratsuka Shizuka or Kirisu Mafuyu—Gabriel still maintained the respect a student should have for a teacher.

Facing Gabriel's concerned gaze, Hikigaya, who was pretending to listen to the lesson, felt slightly helpless inside.

During his confrontation with Kenichiro, while he hadn't been injured, he had exerted significant effort to land powerful kicks against Kencihiro, who had decent physical strength.

After teaching Kenichiro a lesson, Hikigaya himself felt a bit drained. Later, Hayase Saki had also drained a lot of his energy, and in the end, he had run back to avoid being late for class.

With all these back-to-back events, and only a bowl of udon for lunch, Hikigaya felt like his energy had already been used up.

But ultimately, this was due to his lack of physical training. If his physical condition were better, the day's events wouldn't have affected him so much.

After some reflection, Hikigaya decided to start jogging in the mornings. No, he'd start exercising tonight.

As someone with a lazy personality and a dream of marrying a cool, wealthy black-haired beauty to become a househusband, he wanted to lie down and relax in life.

But in this world, he didn't have the courage to give up like that.

He had wandered around school for a long time today, and with the system constantly going "ding, ding, ding," his romance list had gained a lot of new names—some familiar, but many unfamiliar.

Those names he had no recollection of were undoubtedly characters from the "hidden dimension."

And the hidden dimension… was full of dangers.

Now, there were already otherworldly angels and demons. He wouldn't be surprised if interdimensional invasions started happening later.

If he wanted to achieve his househusband dream, he'd have to work hard.

Of course, no matter how much he trained, it couldn't compare to the system rewards. However, he didn't know when he'd receive a reward to enhance his physical attributes.

At the very least, exercising wouldn't conflict with earning rewards. He could treat it as building his willpower.

The version of himself in Shirosaki Yuna's phone did look pretty handsome. He could aim to improve in that direction.

———

Afternoon, after school. Club activity time.

"See you tomorrow, Tengen-san."

"Hikigaya-kun, see you tomorrow."

Hikigaya quickly packed his things, waved goodbye to Gabriel, and left the classroom.

Today, he planned to eliminate Kenichiro, the blond troublemaker, once and for all. However, since it was club activity time, Kenichiro might still be at the swimming club.

First, he needed to head to the Service Club to handle Yukinoshita Yukino and Hayase Saki's membership applications.

As school had just ended, students were everywhere, moving about. Hikigaya didn't notice the three small shadows trailing him from a distance.

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