"Club President Uchiha, may I come in?"
After school that afternoon, in the Support Club's activity room, Room 501 of Jinguji Private High School's club building, Uchiha Naruto sat behind an imposing mahogany desk. He raised his eyes from an antique-bound book, glanced at Tanaka Hikaru as he pushed the door open and entered, then lowered his head and turned another page.
The grinning Tanaka Hikaru paid no heed to Uchiha Naruto's chilly response.
He looked around the spacious, bright clubroom, fully equipped with computers, a refrigerator, a television, and all manner of other facilities, and was filled with envy.
"Uchiha, you've got it way too good. You get this huge clubroom all to yourself." Tanaka Hikaru's face was full of envy, jealousy, and resentment.
"You're only a first-year, and you're already the president of an official club. That's seriously impressive."
"Only the acting president. After all, Matsudaira has gone abroad to study," Uchiha Naruto said flatly, closing his book.
"Other than me, the Support Club only had Matsudaira, a commander without any troops. Otherwise, a first-year like me would never have gotten the position."
Almost a week had passed since the Mermaid Festival at Wakasa Bay, and Golden Week had been over for several days.
Japan's Golden Week was a long holiday combining the May Day break, the public holiday for Constitution Memorial Day on May 3, Citizens' Holiday on May 4, the Dragon Boat Festival and Boys' Day on May 5, and finally Saturday and Sunday.
After they returned to school on Monday, something unexpected happened: under her family's arrangements, Matsudaira Chiyo was preparing to head off to Northern Europe to study.
Matsudaira Chiyo still had some attachment to the club she had built herself and could not bear to disband it just like that, so she made