Diary Of Service Club, Helping The Elf Princess

"Isn't that too much? We were just about to go out and buy groceries.",Hachiman looked at the once-empty fridge now filled to the brim and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Well, great. Now he didn't even need to go out shopping with Iris and the others.

"Tomorrow is the weekend holiday. Hachiman, you and Komachi will definitely call me over for dinner. No matter how much I refuse, you'll drag me over anyway. Instead of continuing to freeload at your house, I might as well buy the groceries in advance.",Vignette had a "strike first" attitude. Seeing Hachiman's helpless expression, she couldn't help but press her lips together in a slightly embarrassed smile, her gaze drifting toward Iris and Aegis in the living room.

"But I didn't expect someone to be visiting your house tonight. Did I come at a bad time?"

"Of course not. You came just in time. Thanks to you, Vignette, we don't even need to go out for groceries."

Hachiman didn't know what to say about Vignette, this kind-hearted demon.

What was with this strange sense of competitiveness?

Clearly, she was at a disadvantage by buying so many groceries for a meal at his house, yet she looked like she had won something.

"They are Iris and Aegis. You should know them, right? They transferred in at the same time as you."

Seeing Vignette looking at Iris and Aegis, Hachiman introduced them.

"Of course, I know. Hello, I'm Tsukinose Vignette April. You can call me Vignette, just like Hachiman does."

Vignette nodded with a smile. Unlike her quiet presence at school, the elf princesses were widely known across the entire school. If the school weren't a closed campus with strict discipline from the disciplinary committee, many outsiders would have rushed in long ago just to catch a glimpse of their beauty.

"Hello, Vignette. Nice to meet you."

Iris also nodded her little head with a smile, but her sapphire-blue eyes were full of doubt as she looked at Vignette.

A transfer student from the same batch as her? Could she also be an otherworldly demi-human? But why wasn't she in the same class as them?

The aura around this girl… felt somewhat familiar.

No apparent racial characteristics of typical demi-humans… yet she carried a trace of demonic allure…

'Could it be… this girl is a succubus?'

Realizing the other party's identity, Iris suddenly felt that her club president was in danger.

In Iris's world, there existed elves, dragons, mermaids, and other races—of course, also succubi.

However, in her world, succubi and vampires were categorized as demonic races.

During their reproductive period, elves needed the club president to expend a large amount of life energy, but it was only for a short time. As long as they recovered well, it wasn't a serious problem.

For a succubus, however, the strong and abundant life energy in the club president's body was an irresistibly delicious feast, a life essence that could rapidly strengthen them. They would greedily suck him dry.

"What's wrong?",Vignette noticed Iris's strange gaze toward her but couldn't understand why she was suddenly staring at her like that.

She knew the other party was an elf princess from another world, but just being an elf princess shouldn't be enough for her to see through her demonic identity, right?

Demons from the underworld and angels from heaven weren't few in number, but when spread across different worlds, they became quite rare. Even in other worlds, large numbers of demons and angels wouldn't suddenly appear, and only a handful of true demons might have ever visited their realm.

Iris was still so young—she shouldn't have encountered one before.

"It's nothing, I just think you're very pretty.",Iris shook her head and smiled as if nothing had happened.

Since the other party hadn't revealed her identity and had even transferred into their school and class in secret, going so far as to live next door to the club president, she definitely had ulterior motives. She couldn't afford to alert this succubus prematurely.

"T-Thank you for the compliment. Iris, you're also very beautiful.",Hearing Iris's words, Vignette's face turned slightly red, and she quickly waved her hands.

Why did the people around Hachiman always blurt out compliments like this? His childhood friend, Kaede, did it, and now this elf princess, Iris, was doing it too. It was making her feel embarrassed.

In the underworld, she hadn't received as many compliments in a whole year as she had in just a few days on Earth.

"Alright, alright, Vignette, Iris, no need to flatter each other. You're both very pretty."

Seeing the atmosphere between them turn into something akin to a commercial mutual admiration session, Hachiman stepped in between them to interrupt.

"Uhh…",Vignette's ears turned red. She pressed her lips together, looking at Hachiman as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

It wasn't like she wanted to say that. Hachiman always talked like this, okay?

"Since Vignette bought so many groceries, we don't need to go out. We can start making dinner now."

Hachiman, paying no attention to Vignette's reaction, looked at the ingredients in the kitchen. With so much food, they probably wouldn't finish it all today—there'd even be enough for tomorrow.

If he didn't count Iris and Aegis, just with himself, Shion, Komachi, and Vignette, they wouldn't need to buy groceries all weekend.

This Vignette—she was really unwilling to accept his goodwill and insisted on repaying it.

Looked like he had to push harder. He refused to believe Vignette's little living stipend could keep up. Once she ran out of money from his constant counterattacks, she'd have no choice but to accept reality and give in.

"Mm, it's getting late…"

Asougi Shion nodded, taking the aprons hanging on the kitchen wall and tying one around herself and Hachiman.

Both she and her brother could cook. With guests over today, it was only natural that she helped her brother prepare dinner.

"Are there any extra aprons? I want to help too.",Iris walked into the kitchen, eagerly rolling up the sleeves of her school uniform, revealing her slender, fair arms.

She knew how to cook, but she rarely had the opportunity to do so herself, let alone the chance to cook happily with everyone.

"Of course! Iris-sis, you can use mine.",Komachi quickly grabbed the remaining apron from the hook and handed it to Iris.

There were originally only two aprons at home, but since Shion had a new one, hers was now available.

Hmm… Don't look at her being lazy now—she was actually giving everyone a chance to spend time with her brother.

She used to go into the kitchen often to help her brother out.

"I'll join too—"

Seeing everyone eager to help, Vignette, a so-called demon but actually an angel, naturally wouldn't fall behind and immediately volunteered.

But before she could finish speaking, Hachiman pressed down on her shoulders from behind and gently pushed her out of the semi-open kitchen.

"Vignette, you don't need to. You already brought all these groceries—just take a break today."

"Huh? But that's not okay.",Vignette was stunned, about to protest, but then she saw Iris and Shion join Hachiman in the kitchen, dividing up the work.

The kitchen wasn't very big. Even though Iris and Shion had relatively slender figures, with three people inside, they would constantly brush shoulders when turning around.

Vignette wasn't the type to be fussy about such things, and she wouldn't normally overthink cooking.

But the kitchen was already too crowded. If she joined, four people would make it impossible to move.

"Darn it… Fine, I'll join in tomorrow. Tomorrow, you guys can't fight me for it.",Vignette looked helplessly at Hachiman and the other two, who were deliberately ignoring her as they busied themselves in the kitchen. Left with no choice, she returned to the living room and sat beside Komachi and the others, watching TV to pass the time.

This was her first time encountering so many people eager to compete with her over chores.

However, this feeling was actually quite nice.

Even though she wasn't doing it for any personal gain and simply enjoyed helping others, being on the receiving end—experiencing everyone assisting each other—was indeed a wonderful experience.

An elf from another world, an angel from heaven...

Was it because Hachiman had established the Service Club that things turned out this way? She didn't seem to sense this unique atmosphere from anyone else.

Recalling how even the naive Gabriel had fought to do chores with her in the kitchen yesterday, Vignette couldn't help but wonder.

Meanwhile, Aegis, sitting quietly on the sofa, kept a discreet eye on Vignette. She had no cooking skills and hadn't entered the kitchen, but she had just received a telepathic message from Iris, reminding her to be wary of Vignette—this Vignette was highly likely to be a succubus.

For the sake of the club president's safety, they needed to stay vigilant and prevent this succubus from making a move on him.

Komachi, oblivious to the fact that her home had welcomed not only an elf but also a demon, felt that she no longer had to worry about her brother's lifelong bachelorhood. Deciding to stop overthinking, she pulled Vignette and Aegis to watch variety shows with her on the sofa.

Although she found it a bit odd that Vignette, who had done that with her brother just yesterday, wasn't upset about the sudden appearance of so many girls around him today, Vignette's personality had always been gentle and magnanimous—so her not being angry seemed normal.

After all, last night, it seemed like Vignette had spent the night together with Shion and her brother.

'These high school girls these days... they sure know how to have fun…',Komachi sneaked a glance at Vignette and Aegis sitting on either side of her. Then, thinking of Shion and Iris, who belonged to different factions yet were currently in the kitchen, she suddenly started worrying about her brother again.

While she no longer had to stress over his lifelong prospects, the fact that he was standing on so many boats at once made her anxious that one day he might just lose a kidney.

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[In the kitchen]

Hachiman, Iris, and Shion were happily washing vegetables and preparing food together.

Contrary to Komachi's suspicions, Shion was not on the same side as Vignette, nor did she show any hostility toward Iris.

Although the two of them hadn't spent time together before, they had each played with the others, making it highly likely that they would become close friends in the future.

Moreover, both of them were quite content with their situations, never scheming to compete for status, meaning there was absolutely no chance of a love rivalry unfolding.

"Iris, today at school, I told you that Ichinose Ayano was coming for you, right?"

After chopping the vegetables and washing his hands, Hachiman looked down at Iris, who was focused on washing the greens. He gently pinched her soft, slender elf ear before returning to his tasks.

"Mm, President, you mentioned that Ichinose Ayano's father is a politician, but whatever they're trying to do has nothing to do with us.",Iris's cheeks flushed red as she nodded, not expressing any objections to Hachiman playing with her elf ears while cooking.

"That's true in theory, but there's something I need to get your approval on—just to hear your opinion.",Seeing Iris's docile reaction as she let him tease her, Hachiman smiled slightly. He then reached out to ruffle Shion's head, washed his hands again, and continued cooking. While doing so, he quietly summarized the issues regarding Ichinose Ayano's forbidden romance with her teacher and the troubles faced by the Tsubaki Rurikawa family.

Originally, upon seeing how uncooperative Councilor Ichinose was—trying both to establish ties with Iris and to push Ichinose Ayano's issues onto him—Hikigaya had wanted to teach him a lesson.

However, after encountering Tsubaki Rurikawa at the student council and learning about her family's predicament, he had come up with a different plan.

The enemies targeting the Rurikawa family were definitely more than just wealthy individuals.

Throughout history, commerce and politics have always been intertwined. If someone was going all out to eradicate a noble family like the Rurikawas, then they undoubtedly had connections in both the business and political spheres.

Since he knew nothing about the forces attacking the Rurikawa family—who they were or who was behind them—it would be a waste of effort to investigate from scratch. Instead, it would be more efficient to directly obtain intelligence from Councilor Ichinose while also giving him a taste of the fate that awaited the Rurikawa family's enemies.

Rather than making Ichinose kneel and beg for mercy for the sake of momentary satisfaction, it was better to establish authority over him and turn him into an obedient pawn. That way, he wouldn't have to personally handle every little matter that arose in the future.

Of course, for this plan to work, he needed to leverage Iris's title as an elven princess to demand information from Ichinose. Otherwise, politicians like him wouldn't be so easily swayed—unless he personally visited Ichinose to have a heart-to-heart talk, which would be quite a hassle.

"President, you want Councilor Ichinose to work for us? That's totally fine. Actually, in our world, elves also support certain human factions. It's just that in recent years, we've done less of that.",Upon realizing that Hachiman had subtly shifted to serious matters, Iris took a deep breath to calm herself and dissipate the blush on her fair face before asking thoughtfully.

"Honestly, this is mainly for my personal matters. If it would negatively affect you, Iris, you don't have to go along with it.",Hearing Iris use the word we, Hachiman smiled again and playfully pinched her smooth, delicate cheek before continuing.

Iris was truly considerate and understanding—she really saw him as one of her own.

That said, he wasn't entirely reliant on her for this. It was simply that using incentives to drive people was far more effective than relying on threats of death. This way, the target would be more proactive and diligent in serving as his pawn.

This world was very real. It had light, but also plenty of darkness. There were countless shady dealings happening behind the scenes. If he had to charge in headfirst every time a problem arose, that would be way too exhausting.

He wanted to test something—if, instead of personally taking action, he used his influence to utterly crush a bull-headed rival, would it still count as fulfilling a mission and trigger rewards?

If it worked, then he could finally rest easy, stay home as a househusband, and grow stronger while lying down.

"President, you don't need to worry. The reason elves have stopped supporting human factions in recent years is that the mana concentration in our world has significantly decreased, with signs of depletion. Since elves rely on mana as their source of power, our strength has dwindled, so we've chosen to retreat rather than actively backing humans.",Feeling how much Hachiman cared about her, Iris's heart melted. She slightly parted her lips and softly explained.

"Then… wouldn't that put your elven race in a very dangerous situation?",Hearing that the elves' power had diminished, Hachiman furrowed his brows in concern.

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