An Agreement with Yukinoshita Yukino

Yukinoshita let out a soft sigh. "What brings you to my Service Club?"

Even Yukinoshita's tone had unconsciously become less haughty.

Even as a sharp-tongued girl, she knew perfectly well that the person before her could no longer be spoken to in the same lofty tone as before.

Akasaka pushed Itsuki Nakano, who had been hiding behind him, forward and said with a request, "I hope you can help this girl with her studies. Her dream is to become a teacher, so consider this a request to the Service Club."

"After all, isn't your Service Club's motto 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'?"

Yukinoshita looked seriously at Itsuki Nakano. Recalling that the other girl had apparently scored only nineteen points on last month's final exam, out of a hundred, Yukinoshita felt a slight headache coming on.

And if she remembered correctly, the five sisters had previously sought tutoring from Ogata Rizu, Furuhashi Fumino, Shiina Hiyori, and herself—four top students in all. The difficulty of that... was simply beyond words.

Yukinoshita Yukino had no desire to go through that again.

She sighed softly. "Forgive me for being blunt, but please have her choose another dream. Asking someone who scored only nineteen points on her last final exam to become a teacher is about as difficult as asking a mouse to defeat a cat."

Akasaka...

"You're as sharp-tongued as ever..."

Itsuki Nakano felt as though she had been struck by lightning on a clear day, thoroughly devastated. Yet she still refused to give up on her dream of becoming a teacher.

Because she wanted to become an excellent teacher like her mother.

Though she knew her grades were terrible...

Sensing that the atmosphere was becoming