"It's Suzuka-sensei's order. She... Said that she will make my mother allow me to attend the university where she used to attend if I make you join this club..." said Frostina as she didn't hide her unwillingness of attending this club, especially with me.
"I can't tell you the details, but that's the only reason why I need you to enter this club," (Frostina)
"To the point that you resorted to blackmail, huh..." I said sarcastically.
"W-Well... T-That is..." Muttered Frostina as she got loss for words.
"I see... I see... But the problem is, why the hell should it be me!? There are lots of people to ask, so why does it need to be me!?"
"I don't know... I asked her whether I may invite others or not, but..." (Frostina)
"She'll probably answer like, 'Huh? Do you even have any other friends, Frostina?' with that indifferent tone of hers, right?"
"You're right..." Replied Frostina with a sigh.
"That gorilla-sensei... Why does she always target me... I haven't even made any problems yet... Did I offend her in my previous lives or something?" I muttered to myself as I massage my forehead, trying to remember whether I've met her before in my previous lives.
I never hook up with any girls in the tavern so there is no way that I did 'something' to her, or is she one of the holy church's army? If she is, then no wonder I didn't remember her face...
"You're in this age but you still believe in reincarnation, huh?" Asked Frostina as she crossed her arms.
"Of course not, what kind of high school student still believe in reincarnation in this kind of age. But it'll be interesting if it turns out to be true, don't you think?" I play dumb.
"Nonsense," (Frostina)
"So the white mannequin witch didn't believe in fantasies, huh? Even though you're a witch..."
"I'm not a witch! Nor a mannequin! Fantasies did not have any scientific explanations at all, after all. So as a scientist, I couldn't believe such baseless rumors, aren't I?" (Frostina)
It did not have any scientific explanations at all, huh... If she heard that word, she will definitely search for the person who said that and challenge him/her to a debate to prove the scientific explanation of magic...
Stop, stop!
I've promised to forget her, I can't break it after holding that promise for thousands of years!
"Thinking logically, there is no proof of magic since there are no organs of humans that could make miracles such as making flame by doing incantations-" (Frostina)
"There used to be, thousands of years ago, the magic called 'mana' that could get controlled by humans since there is the system called mana circuit running through our veins,"
"Eh?"
"Just like breathing that took the oxygen around us, there used to be mana all over the world. As oxygen and other elements are considered dead, mana could be considered as a living element that could get triggered by our mana circuit and could transform according to the will of someone who has the ability or talent,"
"The so-called magic elements existed because of barrier that surrounded the earth, keeping the magic elements trapped on earth, and preventing it from leaving towards the outer space,"
"But because of a meteor that strangely exploded before hitting earth despite it supposed to hit the earth and destroy almost 1/3 of it, the so-called barrier got destroyed by the explosion, making the earth lose all of the magic elements to the outer space,"
"Because of it, demons and other races who depend on mana to live got threatened by extinction. Because the rich mana suddenly disappear, the demons lost their ability to show have a material form that needs a lot of mana and got stuck in their spiritual form, which is the youkai that people nowadays mentioned,"
"..." Frostina stared at me with a dumbfounded expression as she heard my explanation.
Shit! I unconsciously give her my deduction!
"N-Not a bad theory, don't you think?"
"That meteor explosion... I heard it from the rumor spread amongst the scientists, it's said that thousands of years ago, the earth supposed to be destroyed by a huge meteor, but it exploded before it could even reach earth," (Frostina)
Whoa! So the researchers had finally managed to notice that explosion, huh? Not bad!
"I-Is that so?"
"Yes. That explanation is quite plausible, I thought that it was true when I heard you explained it just now as it's rather logical despite being unbelievable at the same time," said Frostina unexpectedly.
"My father used to tell me stories about some youkai he used to play with. Ever since I dive into the world of science, I thought he's just having an abnormal hallucination which his brain made because he's too lonely, but the youkai friends he told me in his stories act too realistic and have a real personality as if it's real. If your theory is true, then maybe..." Frostina suddenly went into deep thought.
I let out a small laugh when I saw the sight.
"You're rather harsh towards your father, aren't you? What uses thinking about youkai now, Miss Witch. To think that you believe with my theory immediately, is it that logical despite having no proof at all? And you call yourself a scientist?" I teased her.
"I-It's not like I believe you or anything! It's just that... It's just that it's the most plausible theory about youkai and magic that I have heard! B-But it's not that I'm interested or anything about magic or yokai nonsense, okay!? And I'm not a witch!" said Frostina angrily.
"What are you even saying... A tsundere?"
"I'm not!" (Frostina)
Eh? Does she know about tsundere?
"Oho~ So the great white mannequin witch know about tsundere, huh? An otaku? A hardcore one maybe?" I once again teased her. This is getting rather fun.
"I-I'm not! I don't know anything about tsundere! It's just that I believe you're mocking me, that's all!" said her as her face started to get red.
Now, this is fun.
But when I about to continue my teasing, the culprit that plays the string of making me enter this lifeless club finally opened the clubroom's door and entered.
"Whoa! You've become friends rather quickly," said Suzuka-sensei. She definitely eavesdropped on us from outside...
"We're not!!" Refuted Frostina harshly.
"We're just talking about-"
"Shut up!" (Frostina)
"Ugh!" I groaned in pain as a book flew towards my stomach.
"Violence... Is not permitted..."
"Hmph!" (Frostina)
Just what relationship do violence and girls have...
"Nice throw, Frostina. as expected of the genius who got excellent grades in both academic and sport," Praised Suzuka Sensei.
"Isn't as a teacher, you should be scolding her for using violence?" I protested to the unfair gorilla sensei.
"Ah. That's right. Frostina, you shouldn't do that. Next time if you throw a book to Ray, make sure you hit his head so that he will forget the ability to talk back to people," said Suzuka Sensei which is far worse than before.
"Isn't that even worse...?"
"I see... Sorry for my mistake, sensei," said Frostina as she apologized.
Seriously, did I make a mistake with the both of them in my previous lives?
I'm a good person in all of my life, though?
"Okay. Since the club hour will soon end, and a certain someone is definitely can't wait to go back home, let's not beat around the bush," said Suzuka Sensei.
"It's a piece of good news to see that Ray agreed to join the club," (Suzuka Sensei)
"After getting threatened indeed,"
"Well, setting aside the method of inviting him. The next problem the both of you need to get through is that the both of you need to find the next member of the club. Since you need at least three members to found a club, I'm going to be your club teacher so you only need to find the last member of the club," said Suzuka Sensei.
"Why are you saying we should search for the last member of the club as if this third member will be the last one because no one else will want to be inside a club together with me?"
"I didn't say that. But it's good that you realized that yourself," said Suzuka Sensei.
"So I was right, after all..." I muttered as a wry smile formed on my face.
"Serve you right," Muttered Frostina with a small voice.
"What did you say?" I asked Frostina.
"Nothing," (Frostina)
No. I definitely heard you saying 'Serve you right', don't pretend you didn't say anything you damned white mannequin witch.
"Well, looking at how well the both of you getting along, I hope you would be able to be like this too with the la-third member of the club," (Suzuka Sensei)
You're about to say the last member again, don't you, gorilla?
"So we only need to find this third member to officially make the club, right? When is the deadline?" I asked Suzuka Sensei as I can't wait to go home already.
"Well, the deadline is tomorrow," (Suzuka Sensei)
"T-Tomorrow?" (Frostina)
"That's hell too quick, don't you think!?"