"Not a chance!!!"
Eriri jerked her head up as if someone had stepped on her tail, her twin tails flailing with the motion:
"Quit acting pitiful! This is a proper club, not a charity! And it's definitely not a paid vacation spot for a Shinomiya Family agent to slack off!!"
Eriri pointed fiercely at the door, her little fangs grinding together:
"Take your application and go! Don't think those puppy eyes will get you in. I can tell you're acting!!"
Faced with Eriri's all-out attempt to drive her away,
Ai Hayasaka lowered her clasped hands and tilted her head. She looked the red-faced, furious blonde with twin tails up and down.
Drawing on years of experience as a top Shinomiya Family spy, Ai Hayasaka reached a precise verdict on Eriri in barely a tenth of a second.
Blonde, twin tails, childhood friend, hot-tempered tsundere, hopelessly in love but unable to say one honest word...
She practically reeks of a classic girl who's already lost.
In Ai Hayasaka's eyes, the flailing Sawamura Eriri posed no threat whatsoever. In the food chain of romantic maneuvering, she was practically a single-celled organism at the very bottom.
For her young mistress to consider a girl at this level her chief rival was giving her far too much credit.
At that thought, a faint smile touched Ai Hayasaka's lips, equal parts pity and mockery:
"Sawamura, that's quite a reaction... Are you feeling insecure?"
"Huh?! What did you say?!" Eriri froze.
Ai Hayasaka lightly brushed the blonde side ponytail by her ear. Her voice was gentle, but every word struck home:
"I only wanted somewhere quiet to rest, yet you're as nervous as a kitten guarding its food... Could it be that you have no confidence in yourself,
and think that if a girl even slightly