Chapter 3: Club Inspection

*buzz* *buzz*

Waking up from the sound of his alarm, Hakuryuu noticed a heavy weight on top of him. Slowly adjusting his eyes, he sees a sleeping Judal next to him naked with his arms wrapped around Hakuryuu making it difficult for Hakuryuu to push the magi off his bed. Hakuryuu is shocked to see a nude Judal next to him.

"W-wake up!"

"Mornin' Hakuryuu" Judal says groggily before drifting off to sleep.

"Hey, let go of me! I'm going to be late for class!"

"Hmm...School doesn't start till 8. You wake up too early." Judal replied sleepily.

"I don't care. Unlike you, I have things to do in the morning."

"Fine." Judal lets go of Hakuryuu who takes his clothes and spear to change in the bathroom.

Hakuryuu finished changing out of his pajamas which are traditional clothing. Hakuryuu is wearing his traditional imperial royalty clothes and carrying a case for his spear over his left shoulder. Before Hakuryuu leaves, he notices that Judal is no longer in their room and thought that the magi went out to play. Hakuryuu's morning routine consists of him training by himself before eating breakfast and heading off to school. He makes his own breakfast and lunch. Like any other day, Hakuryuu went to train by himself, but for some reason he felt like he was being watched. Not just one but multiple gazes. The same thing occurred while he was in the kitchen. Hakuryuu figured it must have been his imagination when he turned around to see no one there.


"Hakuryuu!"

"Yes, priest." Hakuryuu answers Judal.

"You're coming with me." Judal drags Hakuryuu with him out of the student council office. Judal explains to Hakuryuu that as the representative of the student council he has a duty to periodically inspect the clubs to see if they are legit or not.

"And what does that have to do with me?" Hakuryuu doesn't get why he to come with Judal.

"That's cuz I'm bored."

Before Hakuryuu decided to return to the student council office, Judal already noticed Hakuryuu's dissatisfaction with his answer.

"Maybe Zagan would keep me company if it's too much trouble for you."

There goes Hakuryuu's hope of escaping.


Hakuryuu and Judal's first stop is the Art club.

"Hello, we're from-" Before Hakuryuu could finish his sentence, he was forcefully grabbed by someone. Dragging him into a changing room where he was stripped naked with nothing but drapes covering his body. Before he knew it, Hakuryuu is on the floor in the middle of the classroom surrounded by many students who are either sketching, painting, or drawing him.


"Phew..." One of the art club members wipes of the sweat on his forehead. "Thanks, you really saved us. When our original model quit on us and with the deadline coming up, I didn't know what would happen..." The person thanked Hakuryuu.

"So who are you?" The person asked casually as if she had not just stripped Hakuryuu and forced him to work as the Art Club's model without a word of his opinion first.

'What kind of club forces this kind of thing onto its visitors!?' Hakuryuu internally screamed. Tear drops begin to form in Hakuryuu's eyes.

"Approved." Judal stamps the Art Club's papers.

'You approve of a club like this!?'

"Next up is the Cooking Club!" Judal announced as he grabbed Hakuryuu by his wrist.

"Wait, I still haven't changed yet!"


Surprised isn't quite the word Hakuryuu would use to describe the scene before him. Seeing a bunch of men wearing frilly aprons wasn't exactly what Hakuryuu would imagine when he first stepped into the Cooking Club's club room especially when he saw some very masculine men among them. Not to mention most of them didn't even know the basics of how to cook.

'What kind of club is this!?'

"Is something burning?" Judal asked as he smells burning in the air.

"Ah, I forgot about the rice in the rice cooker!" One of the Cooking Club members screeched.

'Rice!? Who burns rice in a rice cooker!?' Hakuryuu screamed internally as he is horrified to see that they couldn't even cook rice in a rice cooker.

Frustrated from seeing how the members of the Cooking Club couldn't even cook rice, Hakuryuu takes one of the spare aprons and quickly ties it around his waist. He grabs the container of burned rice and throws out the burned rice in the trash.

"First, before cooking the rice, you have to wash the rice. You must keep on washing the rice until the water is nice and clear which shows that the rice is clean."

As Hakuryuu is instructing, he is cleaning the rice in the sink. He washes the rice not only fast but thoroughly too as the water is nice and clear.

"Fill the pot with twice the amount of water to rice. Then cook the rice at high heat."

Then he fills the pot of washed rice with the right amount of water and places it on top of the stove top at medium heat.

"Once it starts to boil, you place a tightly fitted lid on top of the pot or you can use a sheet of aluminum foil. Lower the heat and bring it to a simmer"

Hakuryuu covers the pot with an aluminum foil to prevent the steam from being released. After the rice has been fully cooked, Hakuryuu scoops out a portion of the rice into a bowl. Even though it's just a bowl of rice, the Cooking Club members were fascinated by it. Normally the rice they'd make would end up burned, spoiled, or tasted like porridge.

"Hakuryuu-sama, please teach us the way of culinary arts!" The members of the Cooking Club are on their knees bowing before Hakuryuu.

"Eh?" Hakuryuu is surprised to see their reaction from just one bowl of rice.

"With Hakuryuu-sama here, we'll finally be able to achieve our dream!"

"Your dream…..?" Hakuryuu said reluctantly.

"Yes, after so long….. w-we'll finally be able to eat delicious food made by a cute girl!?"

"That's why you joined this club!? And what does that have to do with me!?"

"Don't worry, Hakuryuu-sama. You're more than qualified to pass off as a girl."

"I refuse and don't say such creepy things with a straight face!" Hakuryuu retorts.

"That's right! Hakuryuu is my waifu!" Judal enforces.

"You're just making things worse! And why would I want to be your wife! And how many times do I have to tell you I'm not a girl in the first place!"

Looking at the desperate faces of the members of Cooking Club, Hakuryuu can't help but let out a sigh.

"I'll teach you but that's it."

"Banzai!" Cheered the Cooking Club.

Hakuryuu began teaching the members of the Cooking Club how to make simple dishes like cooked rice, onigiri, omelets, fried shrimp, egg rolls, and gyoza. At first, it seemed easy enough to do but not with a bunch of men who haven't touch a kitchen knife in their lives and a certain magi who keeps on fooling around.

"How many do I have to tell you? You don't need to add peaches to the egg rolls!" Hakuryuu scolded Judal.

"Eh? But it'll taste way better!" Judal whined.

"If whoever eats it is starving to death!" Hakuryuu deadpanned.

"Really are peaches the only things you eat." Hakuryuu sighed as he walks away from Judal to help a member of the Cooking Club learn how to make egg rolls.

"Nope, there's your cooking." Judal quietly mutters to himself as he watches Hakuryuu show a member of the Cooking Club how to make egg rolls.

"?" Hakuryuu stops momentarily and turns around towards Judal's. "Did you say something?"

"Yeah, I'm bored. Let's ditch this place and go somewhere!" Judal takes off the black apron he's wearing and throws it on the ground.

"Did you forget what we originally came here for!?"

"Okay, okay." Judal grabs the documents for the Cooking Club and stamps it. "Done."

'Is he even taking this seriously?' Hakuryuu wonders.


Omake 1

"What kind of club forces this kind of thing onto its visitors!?" Hakuryuu internally screamed. Tears begin to form in Hakuryuu's eyes.

*flash*

Hakuryuu turns his head around towards Judal's direction.

"What?" Raising his head up from the documents in his hands, Judal asked.

'What was that flash?' Hakuryuu thought. Hakuryuu couldn't help but think of anyone else aside from Judal. Who else would want to take a picture of him? If it wasn't Judal, then who else was it.

Outside of the Art Club's room, a male student with a camera in one of his hands is skipping in the hallways.

"Hakuryuu-kun's so cute! His pictures will definitely sell out in no time." Thought the male student cheerfully skipping through the hallway completely oblivious to the strange looks he's receiving.

Unbeknownst to Hakuryuu, ever since his first day at Kou Academy, secret photos of him were taken and sold among the student body.


Omake 2

Inside the male dorm's kitchen, Hakuryuu is preparing his breakfast and lunch. While Hakuryuu is making tamagoyaki, he stops cooking momentarily as he felt a cold shiver down his spine.

'What was that?' Hakuryuu wonders.

!

"Oh no, the eggs are burning!"

Hakuryuu breaks out of his chain of thoughts to go back to his tamagoyaki which is starting to brown.

Near the entrance of the kitchen, there is a group of boys from different sections of Kou Academy surrounding the entrance.

"So that's the new transfer student in the high school division."

"Ah, he just made a mistake. Moe~"

"He's so clumsy, it's cute."

"If only I were a few years younger…"

"Senpai is so amazing. To cook so much food….."

*shiver*

'There it is again.' Hakuryuu feels another cold shiver down his spine as he is preparing his bento.