Chapter 159

That's because he felt it would be too much trouble to travel back and forth between the Shinomiya Family and the outside world.

At school, club activities offer plenty of free time, so it's easy to earn this money.

"That's all?"

Shinomiya Kaguya looked somewhat jealous.

But she didn't know what to say, so she just gave a curt reply.

[Thanks a lot.]

On the other side.

After school, Hasegawa Izumi went to the club and relayed the news to the members of the Far East Magic Society.

This surprised everyone, and even caused quite a stir.

"Club President, are you getting closer to that woman? Are we not good enough for you? Are you going out and flirting with other women again...?"

Natsukawa Masuzu's resentful expression resembled that of a little girl complaining about her boyfriend; her pouting lips were heartbreaking.

"Ahem, Seeker of Truth, were you really that close to that Young Lady, Shinomiya?"

Nibuya Morika attempted to investigate this question.

"Although I sensed something unusual Sage your relationship with that woman during the archery competition..."

Takanashi Rikka's eyes darted around.

"Lord Sage, are you abandoning your most loyal follower? Death!"

Dekomori Sanae and said, her voice trembling with tears.

Of course, they were all just putting on an act.

If it's something that needs to be kept secret in private, they might be more sincere, but things they casually say aren't so hard to accept.

Because they have gradually come to understand this man.

"There was nothing I could do, she gave me just too much, it was like picking up money off the ground... I also happen to have Eriri's debts to pay off, and I was planning to buy some things for my collection."

Hasegawa Izumi shrugged.

"It's not much, really. If I were to ask for 'personal guidance,' the Club President definitely wouldn't agree! So it's probably more about emotions, even though my body is clearly more alluring..."

Natsukawa Masuzu stared at her and said seriously.

"You'd better be calling it tutoring."

He glanced at it.

"That's true, Death. If this price is enough to get the Lord Sage to help, then it's far too cheap! Dekumori also wants the Lord Sage's special guidance!"

Dekomori Sanae, kneeling on the ground, twisted her body, expressing her envy, jealousy, and resentment.

"Wow, they're really rich..."

Nibuya Morika and Takanashi Rikka in agreement.

Kyudo Club.

"Shinomiya-san, aren't you going to train?"

A member of the Kyudo Club looked at Shinomiya Kaguya sitting in the lounge and went up to ask her a question.

If the other person's icy aura had scared her away during the first semester, she felt no fear when she saw him again after the summer vacation.

"Okay, Sawano, you go ahead, I'm waiting for someone."

Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head and said.

"Waiting for someone?"

The girl Sawano was completely confused.

Isn't everyone here already?

A while later.

Shinomiya Kaguya waited for the person who arrived at the entrance of the Kyudo Club dojo.

"Hasegawa."

She spoke.

"Shinomiya, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's begin."

With that, Hasegawa Izumi walked inside.

"Wait, you should change your clothes."

Shinomiya Kaguya took out a white archery uniform.

"This was prepared for the previous challenge; you haven't lost it yet?"

He let out a soft "hmm".

Do I need to get angry about a piece of clothing?

The girl gave a soft snort.

After changing their clothes, the two entered the dojo together.

"Is that Hasegawa-kun? What's he doing here?"

"Is Shinomiya-san trying to get revenge?"

"Obviously not. Don't you think they actually get along very well?"

"You'd better not let Sawamura-san hear you say that."

The girls in the Kyudo Club stopped shooting and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"What are you all looking at? Keep up your training! Shinomiya-san has already said she's not going to participate in the competition. This year's national tournament depends on us!"

The short-haired senior member of the club immediately urged the others on.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison.

"May I ask Hasegawa-kun...?"

Then, the senior student who was the Club President's department head came over.

"I invited Hasegawa to teach me archery, not to fool around."

Shinomiya Kaguya responded proactively.

However, this sentence...

Are you implying that he was just causing trouble last time?

Hasegawa Izumi smiled to herself.

Despite all talk of Young Lady, she's still just a little girl at heart.

"I see."

The senior members of the club didn't press the matter further, nor did they stop them.

Regardless of whether she was qualified or not, the mere fact that she was able to secretly learn the techniques was a huge opportunity for their Kyudo Club.

Hasegawa's incredible archery skills are still etched in the hearts of everyone in the Kyudo Club.

"They're actually going to use this kind of bow?"

Amidst the gasps of surprise from the Kyudo Club members, Shinomiya Kaguya produced a very traditional ancient longbow, whose technique is more difficult than that of a recurve bow, requiring even greater strength.

However, this suits her condition better.

Clearly, she was indeed making efforts to improve her archery skills.

"Let's begin, Hasegawa."

Shinomiya Kaguya assumed a posture of drawing her bow and shooting an arrow, her delicate, fair hands pulling the longbow about two-thirds of the way open.

Although it wasn't the maximum weight, the 150-pound figure was enough to astound these high school girls, considering that the Japanese longbow they used only weighed around 30 pounds.

"Let's get the frame set up first. You're used to using a bow, so you'll need to adjust it a bit to achieve a state of Unity of Person and Weapon between you Japanese longbow..."

"The basic techniques of archery are all pretty much the same; to break through to higher levels, what's important is mental strength and spiritual realm..."

"Control your breath, control your whole body, control your consciousness, and you will control the arrow you shoot..."

During the nearly one hour of instruction, Hasegawa Izumi didn't speak very often, but every word she uttered was significant.

Shinomiya Kaguya was completely absorbed in the conversation, listening as if she had gained some insight.

I once thought I had reached the level of a 'perfect arrow,' but it turns out it's not so perfect after all.

However, for the other girls, it was like listening to gibberish; they could only understand about a tenth of it.

Even so, they gained some understanding of archery.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever.

Moreover, Hasegawa Izumi came to the Kyudo Club openly and legitimately to instruct Shinomiya Kaguya in archery.

So the news spread quickly throughout the school.

This is the charm of the information age.

"Eh, they actually got Hasegawa-kun privately? How cunning!"

"I remember other clubs invited them too, but it didn't work out... Could it be that there's some secret between them?"

"Shinomiya-san actually surrendered to the enemy? As expected, he still fell at Hasegawa's feet. Is this love born from hatred?"

"I heard that Hasegawa and Shinomiya-san have known each other for a long time! They don't hate each other as much as everyone thinks."

This news quickly reached the Art Club.

"Sawamura-san, are you really alright? You should go and check on her."

"As Childhood Friend, you two are the perfect match! Even Shinomiya-san wouldn't be good enough."

"I support you, Sawamura."

Eriri looked at everyone's enthusiastic support for her, but inwardly she sneered.

She saw it clearly: all these guys wanted to see was a bloodbath!

She won't fall for it.

"Izumi and I are just Childhood Friend, not the kind of relationship you're imagining. He doesn't need to report to me what he wants to do."

Amidst everyone's disappointed expressions, Eriri smiled, her eyes narrowing.

Turning her head, her expression turned resentful again, and she clenched her fists.

So, you Shinomiya guy, you're not pretending anymore, huh?

They finally slipped up!

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Hasegawa Izumi glanced silently at the incoming message on her phone.

From Eriri.

The text message was nothing more than a roundabout way of asking him why he was chosen as the archery instructor for Shinomiya.

He replied: Because I'm short of money, it's that simple.

Eriri: So it was a sinful money transaction, huh? You're hopeless that such a small amount of money would make you sell your body.

Hasegawa: Since you don't care about such a small amount of money, then you can forgive my debt.

Eriri:?

It's Friday.

"Tomorrow is the Assessment Mission, Dekumori's my first time carrying it out. I don't know if I can do well."