Let's leave Finn on his own and go back to follow the girls, where are they anyway?
They just came out of a club room…
"Well, Rina, what do you think about this one?"
"Um, I like the idea of having a craft club that offers so many activities within the school but I feel mixed about wanting to become a member."
It seems that they had time to make some visits in the meantime.
"I still feel like every time we go to a club, something happens, it's crazy."
"You think so?"
"Yes, it almost seems like fate was waiting for us to pass by to set events in motion, right Sophie?"
"It's true that the last few clubs we visited all had a problem."
"Now that you mention it…"
"Look, the craft club, one of their sewing machines breaks down and no one can fix it. Luckily Sophie is an expert on the subject, she was able to solve the problem."
"I am not an expert but I have had this kind of problem with sewing machines of the same brand in the past. Luckily Mr. Chiba was there to help my mother and me."
"Mr. Chiba?"
"Yes, he is the nice man who keeps the house in order when my parents are not in Japan."
"Like a butler of sorts?"
"Not really, he is a trusted friend of my father. He knows how to do almost everything and knows a lot of things, in fact, he was the one who helped me the most at first to learn Japanese before I enrolled in school."
"Hee… I had no idea. So what does he do for a living?"
"Now he's retired and works for my father as a janitor for the house, but before that, he was the owner of an art restoration store."
"He's a true master craftsman in a way."
"Exactly, and getting back to the discussion, Mr. Chiba fixed my sewing machine several times and showed me how."
"You are revealing your talents to us little by little, aren't you Sophie?"
"I didn't think it would ever be useful outside the home."
"So to go back to the original topic, there's this case here with the club we just visited, but before that, there was also the art club."
"It's true. Right, when we entered, there was a commotion, fortunately, Rina-chan was there to solve that problem there."
"I didn't do anything special, let's just say I'm lucky to have really long hair."
"They were unlucky though. Losing their only two models right on the day of the club exhibition."
"They could have changed the subject too, it's still really specific as a theme."
"What was the name of the theme again?"
"It was "The Nymph's rest by the lake". Very poetic as an image, I really like it. It reminds me of my trip to Ireland when I was little."
The day you met the rabbit? *Vaterschweigen talking to Sophie*
Yes, that day was the first time I met Finn. The poor guy was drowning in a pond when he went to get water. *Sophie talking to Vaterschweigen*
We'll pretend that's the real reason… *Vaterschweigen talking to Sophie*
What do you mean Shu-chan?
…
"Sophie !"
"Hey? What?"
"I was talking to you."
"Excuse me Rina-chan, I was lost in thought."
"Haha, Sophie is nostalgic about her life in Europe."
"A little bit but I'm very happy here, there's Rina-chan, Aya-chan, and a lot of other people I like very much, I don't plan to go back to Europe right away."
"Oooh ~ Come into my arms my little Sophie, you mustn't tell me this kind of thing, I'll cry!"
Rina embraces Sophie with all her strength, preventing her from leaving her embrace of affection.
"I'm choking Rina-chan…"
"Hehehe, sorry."
"I still think that something was missing from your performance earlier Rina. Replacing the long-haired female model for this theme was good enough, but if your goal was really to become a Nymph, I think a detour to the drama club would have been nice."
"Costume-wise, we're not going to lie, it was still easy to make. Just a simple white cloth to cover my reclining body."
"With your hair down you looked beautiful Rina-chan, you looked like you had been modeling all your life, like a true muse. I'm still impressed that you didn't have a hint of embarrassment in posing nude."
"I was not naked since I had a cloth to cover my body."
"It was still daring for a simple presentation activity open to the public."
"You think so?"
"Didn't you see the results of the designers? Some of them were very realistic and well done."
"No, I didn't have time."
"Here look, Rina, I took some pictures of them."
She takes Aya's smartphone and starts scrolling through the pictures.
As the seconds pass, Rina's face reddens.
"This…"
"This?" x2
"It was much more daring than I had imagined…"
"I told you Rina-chan."
"I… I hadn't really paid attention to my situation, I was too focused on the fact that I had to help them…"
"That's why I say we should have taken a trip to the drama club to outfit you with elf ears and props that actually do Nymph, you would have been very convincing Rina."
"Yes, maybe even at the cosplay club, I'm sure they have something to turn you into a gorgeous Rina-chan elf."
"Stop that please…"
I too would have liked to see our dear Rina in the guise of an elf.