Under Tohru's guidance, Gabriel quickly changed into a maid outfit.
To be honest, although her eyes still looked somewhat lazy, she already seemed quite the part—Gabriel might be addicted to online games, but she still had the foundation of an angel.
Just by changing her clothes and letting Tohru help her tidy up her hair, Gabriel actually started to give off the vibe of a saint.
"So, Gabriel really came to be a maid?"
At the dining table, Irisviel, while eating breakfast, looked at Gabriel standing by the table with a somewhat surprised expression.
At this moment, Gabriel's expression was serious, with a faint smile on her face. She looked less like a maid and more like an angel who had descended to experience life.
It must be said that Irisviel's thoughts had actually hit the mark—Gabriel was indeed an angel who had come to experience life on Earth, though her mind had been corrupted by online games.
"But is Gabriel really going to be okay...?"
Sayu Ogiwara, on the other hand, looked at Gabriel with some concern. Although Gabriel seemed very serious now, diligently performing her maid duties, Sayu felt that this probably wouldn't last.
After all, when Gabriel visited Shin's house last weekend, they had learned about some of Gabriel's personality traits from her friend Vignette's complaints.
"Let's give it a try. It's not like we're short on one person's salary."
Shin, however, didn't seem to care. Although Gabriel's personality was indeed a bit peculiar, she was still quite cute.
Even if she ended up not being good at the maid work, just having her around would be pleasing to the eye.
Moreover, the maid-related matters had already been entirely handed over to Tohru. Since Tohru, the head maid, was very interested in Gabriel, Shin naturally had no objections.
...
As expected, Shin's application for the "Paranormal Research Club" was quickly approved.
After arriving at school, during the break after the first class, a student council member came to Shin's classroom and handed him the notice of approval.
They also gave Shin the key to the Paranormal Research Club's room—now Shin officially had a dedicated club.
Although, from the very beginning, this club was established simply to have a place to eat lunch, and its motivation had nothing to do with the club's name.
"The club application got approved? I was wondering if we should ask another classmate to join just for the name."
Megumi Kato looked at Shin, who had returned to his seat with the notice, somewhat surprised—she knew that the application Shin had submitted only had four members listed.
Normally, that wouldn't have been enough to get the club approved.
Kato had been considering whether to ask a classmate to join the club just to make up the numbers, but before she could act, the issue was already resolved.
"Has the school started allowing clubs with only four members now?"
"Not really. The club's member list does have five people."
Shin looked at the notice in his hand and smiled—he had used "Blackbird Requiem" to ensure the application would be approved, but he didn't know the details of the process.
Only now, after seeing the notice, did he understand how the student council had approved his club application.
He handed the notice to Megumi Kato, who then saw the names of the club members listed.
Besides Shin, Megumi Kato, Hitori Gotou, and Ikuyo Kita, there was an additional name: Yotsuya Miko.
This was the first time Kato had heard this name, as Shin's meeting with Yotsuya Miko was only known to Yukinoshita Yukino. Although it was her first time seeing the name, Kato could tell it was a girl's name and couldn't help but pout:
"Shin-kun... another girl?"
Even though she had long accepted the fact that Shin was surrounded by many girls, seeing a new girl's name pop up in his new club still gave her a headache.
...
During the break after the second class, Shin and Megumi Kato went to the club room assigned to the Paranormal Research Club by the school.
Although it was a new club, perhaps due to Shin's looks, the student council senior had assigned them a rather spacious room, almost as big as the art club's.
Considering the art club had a lot of members, their room was naturally large.
For Shin's new club with only five members to get such a big room, it was hard not to suspect some shady dealings.
But a larger room also meant more clutter to clean up, which would take more time.
That's why Shin came here right after the second class—he planned to clean up the place, at least to get rid of the dust.
Otherwise, eating lunch in such a dusty room would be impossible.
Megumi Kato insisted on coming with Shin, saying she couldn't let him clean alone and wanted to help.
Shin really wanted to say, "If you didn't come, I could clean faster with my stand," but he thought that might hurt her feelings, so he kept quiet.
During the break, the two quickly tidied up the club room, arranging the desks and chairs neatly.
This kind of physical work was naturally quick for Shin, who completed most of the tasks in an instant.
"I'll handle the rest. You can go back to class."
Seeing that Megumi Kato was already a bit tired, Shin suggested.
One break was clearly not enough to clean the entire room, so Shin planned to skip a class to finish the cleaning, while Megumi Kato could go back to class.
However, Megumi Kato seemed to remember something and, instead of listening to Shin, shook her head and moved closer to him:
"Shin-kun, you skipped class yesterday too... but it wasn't because of cleaning, right?"
Indeed, Shin had skipped a few classes yesterday, and what he did wasn't simple.
Since he hadn't noticed the marks on his neck when he returned to class yesterday, Shin couldn't really argue now.
As Shin was thinking of how to respond, Megumi Kato suddenly pressed herself against his back:
"How about... skipping class for me this time?"
The meaning behind her words was clear—perhaps yesterday's incident with skipping class with Eriri had stirred something in Megumi Kato, and today she finally let go of her reservations.
"...Are you sure?"
Shin, who had always been close to this girl from the start, cared about her feelings, so he asked again.
If she wanted to back out now, it was still possible. Otherwise, Shin wasn't the type to stop halfway.
Megumi Kato didn't respond, but her arms around Shin tightened slightly.
To be continued…
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