So Many Geniuses in Omni-Anime! What's Wrong with Adding Me?

"W-why!?" Kōsaka Reina had been certain he would join. For once, she lost her composure and blurted out the question.

"Because I'm pretty busy with work, so there's no way I can keep up with practice here. Sorry~"

"Oh..."

As disappointment and frustration churned among them, more students arrived at the clubroom. Within minutes, almost everyone was there.

Practice officially started at four, and everyone usually arrived a few minutes early.

Kasamaki Nozomi and Tsuruzuka Mizore arrived together at last. Sensing that something was off, Nozomi asked in confusion, "What's wrong with everyone? Why is it so... huh?"

Then she spotted a familiar figure—the person who deserved more credit than anyone for her return to the Wind Ensemble Club.

"Himemiya student?" She blinked in surprise, freezing where she stood.

Mizore, trailing behind her like a shadow, poked out her little head. The reed between her lips bobbed up and down, and her clear eyes held a faintly vacant look. She was almost indistinguishable from a little bird following its mother.

When Mizore saw him, her eyelids fluttered too. She looked a little surprised, but that was all.

Honestly, she was quite grateful to him. Without him, she and Nozomi might still be misunderstanding each other, and Nozomi would not have returned to the Wind Ensemble Club.

She had heard that he had recently been teaching Nozomi the flute online. Should she ask him for help next time, too?

But why was he here today? Had he come to visit again?

No. He was wearing their school uniform...

Himemiya Chihaya wagged a finger. "Tsk, tsk, tsk~ Wrong, Nozomi-chan~"

"Uh... I told you last time, the 'chan' is still a little..." Nozomi looked uncomfortable.

"What was that?" His expression turned cold. Pointing at the crest on his uniform, he said sternly, "I