"Turns out it was you, Mikari, who did this? I was wondering why the tennis club and track and field club suddenly came looking for President Hachiman."
Hearing Hachiman's words, Shionatsu Sayuri immediately grabbed Tachibana Mikari, who was still fighting for attention, and said fiercely.
Although she didn't hide the fact that she let Hachiman, a boy, work as a temporary manager for the girls swimming club, there were so many people in the girls swimming club that someone was bound to get suspicious.
But the disciplinary committee hadn't shown up yet, so why did the tennis club come to steal him first?
She never thought it would be this troublemaker Tachibana Mikari.
She herself didn't even have enough, and she still let other clubs come fight over him?
"I just accidentally mentioned it to Kitamura Chika from the tennis club, that's all. The track and field club has nothing to do with me!"
Hearing that she had to take the blame for something she didn't do, Tachibana Mikari hurriedly defended herself.
"Isn't it the same? Once one club knows, sooner or later the other clubs will know too."
Shionatsu Sayuri mercilessly pulled Tachibana Mikari aside and squeezed herself between Hayase Saki and Sakurai Rihoko.
"If I find out that because other clubs come to steal President Hachiman and we end up with no time to train, you just wait, I'll deal with you!"
Because of the nature of swimming, the girls swimming club had a lot of girls, and they looked very appealing in swimsuits, but the other sports clubs weren't bad either.
Even though many sports clubs sweat like crazy after intense training, which affects the image of beautiful girls, Hachiman had cleaning magic, so they didn't have to worry about that.
"Eh! You're totally abusing power for personal reasons! Saki, look! Hurry and come help me drag the President back!"
Noticing that while talking, Shionatsu Sayuri had taken her position, Tachibana Mikari was unhappy and quickly called out to the only one still standing nearby, Kafuu Saki, for help.
"..."
Facing everyone messing around with no restraint, Kafuu Saki blushed and held her pen, unsure whether she should be taking notes, so she could only turn her back to them.
Her mom often asked about club activities and worried if her job as manager in the girls swimming club was tough.
If her mom ever found out that being a manager meant doing things like this.
Actually, not only she felt embarrassed. Outside, someone felt even more embarrassed.
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Outside the changing room.
A short-haired girl with black hair and black eyes paced back and forth not far from the door.
Her expression looked cold, but her eyes kept sneaking glances at the tightly closed changing room door.
"Ai, what are you doing here?"
"Ah?"
Nanasaki Ai felt a sudden tap on her shoulder. Her body was tense, and she immediately let out a startled cry. When she turned around and saw the familiar twin-tail figure, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought it was someone else, but it was her good friend Yukariko.
"Ai, what's wrong with you? You skipped training and wandered here instead. No wonder I couldn't find you at the pool."
Kumatsu Yukariko looked at the uneasy Nanasaki Ai in confusion. Ai was normally calm, so how could she be so panic-stricken today, jumping at just a tap on the shoulder?
"Uh... well... Yukariko, why are you here? If you want to swim, you can't enter the pool dressed like that."
Nanasaki Ai blushed and stammered, unsure how to answer, but when she noticed that Kumatsu Yukariko was wearing her school uniform, not carrying a swimsuit, and even wearing a hat, she grew even more confused and asked while trying to change the subject.
"Actually, I came to find you about something. Can you come with me to the service club... hm? Why does it smell nice over there?"
Kumatsu Yukariko was about to explain why she came, but suddenly turned toward the changing room.
She felt a very enticing fragrance drifting out.
"No, no... there's nothing in there! It's just a changing room, Yukariko, you must be imagining things!"
Seeing Yukariko looking toward that forbidden changing room, Nanasaki Ai hurried to block the door and stop her friend from peeking.
But at that moment, the door behind her opened.
Sakurai Rihoko, Hayase Saki, Tachibana Mikari, and the others finished training and walked out in a line.
"...", Kumatsu Yukariko looked at her friend Nanasaki Ai whose face suddenly turned bright red, then looked at Hachiman walking out last while holding a small cute white-sock girl, and her mouth slowly fell open.
'I-isn't this the girls swimming club changing room?'
'Why is there a boy here? And Ai was covering for him?'
"..."
Hachiman looked at Kumatsu Yukariko beside Nanasaki Ai, noticing the heart-shaped tail swaying behind her skirt, and was equally surprised.
'Another succubus?'
He had only dealt with Amaki Lily from the Amaki sisters. The elder and second sister succubi were still unresolved, so how did another succubus appear?
If not for her school uniform showing that she clearly knew Ai, he would have thought this new succubus was someone Ursula had sent.
"Yukariko, don't think too much. It's a misunderstanding, I'll explain to you later."
Seeing everyone staring at Yukariko, who shouldn't even be here, Nanasaki Ai quickly tried to calm her down, worried she'd misunderstand what was going on inside the changing room.
Even she herself found it hard to believe, but after receiving the special training from Manager Hikigaya, everyone's performance improved at an insane rate. Only she remained stuck with almost no improvement.
But before she could explain, she noticed that Yukariko, who moments ago wanted to enter the changing room, now had flushed cheeks, heavy breathing, watery eyes, and even had a tail sticking out from under her skirt.
"A tail?"
Nanasaki Ai stared blankly at her friend, rubbed her eyes, and looked again at the heart-shaped tail poking out. She wondered if she was seeing things.
'Why did Yukariko suddenly grow a tail?'
'And in this state...'
Having seen Sakurai Rihoko and the others during training, Ai instantly understood what Yukariko looked like right now.
Seeing her friend's burning cheeks and the way Yukariko was staring directly at Hachiman, Ai glanced at Sakurai Rihoko and Hayase Saki beside him, and at the white-sock shorty in his arms, then decisively grabbed Yukariko and ran.
Sakurai had already been subjected to Manager Hikigaya's this-and-that. Ai couldn't stop girls who wanted results and wanted to participate in competitions, and she had no right to.
But Yukariko wasn't part of the swimming club, nor did she need achievements. She couldn't let her friend be corrupted by Manager Hikigaya too.
She didn't want her friend also training inside the changing room while she stood outside worrying and acting as lookout.
"Ah?"
Yukariko still hadn't figured out what was going on. She didn't know why Ai suddenly panicked and dragged her away.
Even if her tail was exposed, it wouldn't be that shocking, right? Sobu High had many demi-humans. A tail wasn't something that needed hiding.
Being dragged along, she subconsciously kept looking back at Hachiman.
Even before the door opened, she smelled something pleasant inside the changing room. After it opened, that fragrance became even stronger.
She even felt something strange, like all that good smell was coming from that boy. If she could lick him, it would taste amazing, and if she could bite him, savor him slowly and swallow.
She shocked herself with these perverted thoughts. Why was she being so perverted? She had never been this perverted before.
But even though her mind wanted to do all kinds of indecent things to Hikigaya, her body was losing strength, and she could only let Ai drag her away.
"Th, they should not be following us. Yukariko, what's going on with you? Why do you even have a t-tail?"
Ai dragged Yukariko far away, and only after confirming that Hikigaya wasn't chasing did she breathe out, panting as she looked at Yukariko's flushed, burning skin.
Having demi-humans at Sobu High wasn't strange. There were the elf princess and the mermaid diva, two major symbolic figures of the demi-human world. It wasn't surprising that other demi-humans came.
They said that because of the sudden increase in demi-human transfer students, the requirements for human transfer students were getting stricter. Anyone who transferred now was either the daughter of a powerful conglomerate or a highly capable honor student.
But Yukariko used to be human, not demi-human at all. How did she suddenly become one?
If this news spread, it would shock people more than the existence of demi-humans themselves.
"Uh, I don't know either. My body has been feeling itchy the whole day, and then a tail suddenly appeared behind me. My ears also got pointy, like an elf."
Yukariko felt that the fragrant scent from Hikigaya was fading. Holding her dizzy head, she whispered weakly.
"Your ears changed too?"
Ai was stunned. She removed the loose hat from Yukariko's head and found that her ears had indeed become pointy.
"Mm... I don't know why I became like this, but I think I should go to the service club."
"You know the service club, right? The club that helps students with requests, the one the elf princess and the mermaid diva also joined."
"Maybe the service club was created because the school expected someone to turn into a demi-human. Otherwise, why would someone as big as the elf princess join?"
"The service club?"
Hearing her friend's words, Ai looked complicated.
"Yeah, the service club helps people with requests, and even the elf princess is in it. They might know why I became like this, maybe they can help me turn back."
Yukariko nodded hard and pulled Ai, ready to head to the service club.
"But the service club is in that special building, so I want you to come with me."
With someone like the elf princess inside, she normally wouldn't dare approach casually.
Even facing a normal conglomerate heiress felt distant and difficult for her, let alone someone far more noble than that.
But right now, she had a problem she couldn't solve.
If she didn't ask the elf princess or some other demi-human for help, she didn't know what to do.
As popular as demi-humans were at Sobu High, that was only because the elf princess was there. Living as a demi-human in a mostly human society meant enduring countless stares.
"Going with you to the service club is fine, but... the boy who came out of the changing room earlier is the service club's President."
Seeing Yukariko excited to go, Ai bit her lip and reluctantly interrupted.
"Ah? That boy is? Th-then should we go back to find him?"
Yukariko's mind was a bit fuzzy, 'That amazingly fragrant boy was the President of the service club?'
'As expected of the President... he really is special...'
'Could it be that the elf princess and mermaid diva joined the service club because they smelled his fragrance too?'
"No no no, absolutely not. Let's just go to the service club room."
Hearing Yukariko wanting to go back to find Hikigaya, Ai shook her head quickly.
"I looked into it before. Besides Manager Hikigaya, the President, there's also the vice President Yukinoshita."
"When Hikigaya isn't in the service club room, Vice President Yukinoshita handles everything."
She believed Hikigaya was truly capable. Otherwise, Sakurai Rihoko and the others wouldn't have improved so dramatically.
But she had worked so hard to drag Yukariko away. Unless absolutely necessary, she wanted to avoid letting Yukariko face Hikigaya directly.
If the President was that powerful, then Vice President Yukinoshita should also have impressive ability.
When she asked Saki about the service club, Saki always showed a strange look whenever she mentioned Yukinoshita Yukino.
Even if Yukinoshita wasn't as strong as Hikigaya, Yukinoshita was a girl. At least she wouldn't do those indecent things.
"Alright... then let's go to the service club first. If it doesn't work, we'll come back to find the President."
Seeing her usually polite, calm friend acting so unlike herself, Yukariko was confused, but she didn't have energy to think.
As long as someone could solve her problem, she didn't care who.
Now that she couldn't smell that enticing scent anymore, her head felt heavier and hotter, like she had a fever. She needed to find help as soon as possible.
But just as they left the gym, two extremely tall silver-haired girls blocked their path.
"Bloodline awakening? What a rare situation."
"Looks like she just awakened and hasn't gained any special abilities yet."
Amaki Lemi and Amaki Lamy looked up and down at Yukariko, whose body gave off a familiar aura, their eyes full of surprise.
Having lived many years, they had seen plenty of demi-humans, but most never awakened their bloodline or gained any abilities. This was the first time they saw someone who had just awakened.
And especially someone of their own race, a succubus.
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