"Good afternoon."
"Good afternoon."
While Oreki was dumbfounded, Satoshi and the girl greeted each other politely.
"You are?" Satoshi looked at the girl with confusion, and naturally, she introduced herself by bowing her head politely. "My name is Chitanda Eru from Class 1-A."
"Hello, Chitanda-san. I am Satoshi Fukube from 1-D." Satoshi introduced himself politely, then nudged his shoulder at Oreki. "Oreki."
Oreki was speechless, but he introduced himself. "Hello, Chitanda-san, I am Houtaro Oreki from Class 1-B."
"Ah, yes, I know you, Oreki-san."
"Huh? Really?" Oreki looked at Chitanda with confusion, wondering when he knew such a girl. Still, what he worried about was the fact that Satoshi would tease him, especially after they talked about a romance, but fortunately, Satoshi didn't mention anything.
"You don't remember?"
"No, I am not."
Did they really meet?
"Wait, is it from the music class?" Oreki, who was good at reasoning, quickly came up with an answer to why Chitanda knew him.
"Yes." Chitanda nodded with a gentle smile.
'Hasn't it only happened once?'
Oreki was dumbfounded by Chitanda's memory ability, yet Satoshi didn't feel surprised since it was necessary to remember the names of every person within the places they lived, so that way, they could give a good impression and subtly influenced them as being remembered was a happy thing.
Even Kaguya remembered everyone's name, no matter how isolated they were.
Regardless, even if Chitanda appeared quite gentle and pure, Satoshi had to admit that this girl was a high-class lady, born in a big, influential family in this city, similar to his girlfriend. Frankly, he didn't remember much of the story of this work, especially after many of his experiences in the world of Kaguya, and it had been so long, okay?
Still, he had completed his mission, which was to get a girlfriend, so he needed to get close to another heroine and just let the story continue as usual, as he didn't want to interrupt Oreki's love life.
Nevertheless, he had to say Chitanda Eru was cute, he thought.
"Are you two members of the Classic Club, Fukube-san, Oreki-san?"
"Yes." Satoshi nodded and asked, "Do you want to join the Classic Club, Chitanda-san?"
"I do." Chitanda nodded softly, to which Oreki asked in confusion. "Why?" This was a normal question since the Classic Club wasn't exactly a popular club, and it was located in a remote place, which was the Geography Prep Room, on the 4th floor of the special building.
"Well, there is a reason..."
Somehow, Chitanda's smile turned lonely and sad, but Satoshi quickly asked, "So, how did you come here, Chitanda-san?" This girl's reason must be personal and something that it was better not to hear, so he quickly tried to change the topic.
"Hmm?"
"The door of the room was locked, so how did you even get in?"
"Eh? Really? Was it locked?" Chitanda was surprised.
"Here, the key is on Houtaro."
As Satoshi pointed the key to Oreki's hand, Chitanda was dumbfounded and asked, "How did you have the key?"
"How did you even get in, then?"
Subconsciously, Chitanda said, "It wasn't locked before."
So, how did the door lock despite Chitanda not locking it, especially when it was impossible to lock the door from inside?
Then, the mystery was created, and Satoshi thought that he should give this shining time to Oreki so Oreki could impress Chitanda, gaining her heart.
"Then, Houtaro, I will go back first."
"Oh."
Oreki nodded, thinking that Satoshi wanted to wait for his girlfriend first, so while it was troublesome, he thought to handle it, but—
Satoshi was dumbfounded because Chitanda quickly stood before him and held his hand tightly.
"Please wait, Fukube-san!"
Leaning forward, while Satoshi knew that Chitanda did this subconsciously, it was as if she tried to pressure him.
"I am curious!"
Without even thinking about the close distance between them, Chitanda kept pressing him forward, but he just stood straight, wondering whether she would move so close that she would kiss him.
While it hurt him, their height was about the same, so if she moved even closer, their lips would touch each other, but as expected, she didn't move closer, yet it didn't mean that she was finished with him, especially after she uttered "I am curious!" from her lips.
"Why was I locked in? If I wasn't locked in, how was I able to enter this classroom? Even if this were someone's mistake, who was it, and what was the mistake? Please help me to figure it out, Fukube-san!"
As Chitanda was so close, Satoshi could smell the sweet natural fragrance from her body, the softness of her hands that tightly wrapped around his, and her bright and large purple eyes as she looked at him with a cute and eager expression.
"I am curious!"
"...."
Somehow, Satoshi could imagine why Oreki could only succumb by the will of Chitanda.
As a virgin and as a boy, it was natural that they were weak against a woman, especially a beautiful one. It was also natural that one wished to show one's best side, like how a peacock shows its beautiful feathers during mating season.
To show that one was the best, this was the natural instinct of every man, so they could gain the worship of the girls.
Yet, Satoshi had to say that the heroines had never been perfect, and he had to admit that even if Chitanda was cute, this girl was also quite troublesome, as she was so forceful and acted spoiled, so her wish was granted.
Still, this was normal, especially when Chitanda was the only daughter of the Chitanda family, one of the most powerful families in Takayama City, who was known as the largest landowner, owning many farmlands within the area.
However, he didn't think this was bad, and if one wanted to have a great future without worrying about the future, then one should aim to get the heart of Chitanda as one could get a future without worrying about anything.
After all, as the economy of this country was like this, being a son-in-law or household husband was one of the ways of life.
At the same time, the female asked for gender equality; shouldn't it be expected for a man wishing to become a homemaker, too?
Homemaker.
It was a good profession, Satoshi thought.
Still, his current girlfriend also wasn't poor as Kaho was the daughter of the owner of the influential shrine within this city, and more importantly, as Satoshi had said before, he wanted to help Oreki with his love life, so how could he let Chitanda be so close to him like this?
Yes, his role in this world was to become a perfect wingman for Oreki, so—
"Chitanda-san."
"Yes?"
"You are a little too close."
"..."
As she looked at his hands, which she grasped tightly, she saw Satoshi's face, which was so close that they could probably kiss each other as long as she pressed him further.
"...."
As her face grew crimson, Chitanda apologized shyly.
"I am sorry, Fukube-san!"
At that moment, the curious monster Chitanda was defeated.