After school.
Collection Club.
Natsume Chikage, Yukimura Suzune, and Saionji Nanase were all doing their usual things.
Natsume Chikage was typing on his phone.
Yukimura Suzune and Saionji Nanase were researching and discussing the academy's fifth of the Seven Mysteries.
While typing, Natsume Chikage had overheard some of the details.
However, seeing how seriously the two were discussing it, as though they genuinely intended to solve it, he had no intention of butting in.
Just then.
Fujiwara Aoi finally returned after finishing her exercise, smiling energetically. "Aoi is here!"
Seeing the returning Fujiwara Aoi, Natsume Chikage suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, right. There's something I forgot to tell you all."
At that.
The three girls present all looked over.
Saionji Nanase was the first to ask.
"What is it?"
Natsume Chikage told them about Akita Sana wanting to join the club that morning.
The moment Yukimura Suzune heard it, she knew that Akita Sana's goal was surely the same as all the other girls who wanted to join the club: getting close to Natsume Chikage.
There had long been no telling how many girls like that had applied to join.
They had simply all been rejected by them.
Yukimura Suzune refused flatly. "I disagree!"
Fujiwara Aoi had never gotten along with Akita Sana, so naturally, she rejected it as well.
"I disagree too."
Saionji Nanase blinked.
"Why?"
"I think it's pretty good."
"Just like Chikage said, whether Akita-san came to the clubroom before or to Chikage's house, she had already sort of participated in club activities several times."
Natsume Chikage nodded slightly. "Right."
Fujiwara Aoi complained, "She just came over to hang out, didn't she?"
Saionji Nanase smiled. "I think the meaning of club activities should first and foremost be having fun."
"I really think the atmosphere is nice when Akita-san