Chapter 41: Mayuri vs Clubs

"How did you transfer to this school, Mayuri?"

Shido asked curiously as he led Mayuri to see the cafeteria.

"Easy, Marina took care of the enrollment process and everything."

Mayuri smiled lightly as she examined the empty hall.

"Also, weren't you in heaven with Rinne?"

He asked again as he took her to the second floor.

"Simple, I was dismissed early."

Mayuri giggled as she checked out the hallway.

The two spent the ten minutes of break walking around school, feeling quite pleasant about this quality time together. They had never attended school together before, but now, it's like a dream come true for them. For the first time in forever, Shido was happy that he reverted back to being a high school student in this world.

What they didn't know was that two blonde girls were following them in secret.

"Doma-san, is that Itsuka-kun's new girlfriend?"

"Correct. I saw them last week in an amusement park together."

The one asking the question was Yumiko, and she felt her heart pounding. Earlier, she heard Umaru uttering to herself about "Shido's new girlfriend is here", so she quickly assessed the situation and concluded: Shido was open to getting new girlfriends!

She was too nervous to approach them directly, so she decided to examine them from afar for the time being. Umaru, having the same idea, joined her as well.

Of course, they didn't make it seem obvious that they were stalking the couple. They pretended to be discussing serious stuff together with a notebook in their hands. However, unbeknownst to them, a few people were stalking them as well.

"Is Yumiko a stalker now?" Yui Yuigahama sighed helplessly and asked her friend, Hina Ebina, on her right.

"Yes, but on the wrong couple!" Hina pushed up her glasses as she gritted her teeth. "If it were two guys, her actions would be justified!" Clearly, she let her fujoshi instincts kick in.

At this time, Nino was staring at the stalkers from afar, before making a "hmph!" sound and turn the other way. Her pride wouldn't allow her to stalk people; in fact, her priority was to inform the situation to her sisters. She had seen Mayuri in the amusement park before, but she didn't tell her sisters about it, worrying that it would have detrimental effects. Now that the situation was different, it would be appropriate to tell them before letting them find out for themselves.

Unfortunately, ten minutes passed by quickly, and everyone had to go back to class, but that didn't discourage them. They would do this again after the next period!

Soon, the clock struck the number 12.

"Do you have a bento, Mayuri?" Shido asked suddenly, realizing that he didn't have a lunchbox for her. He was prepared to give her his lunch if necessary.

"Don't worry, Rinne prepared one for me, Shido~" Mayuri giggled and took out a pink lunchbox. "Where do you wanna sit?"

"I know a place." Shido suggested, before leading her toward the classroom of the Service Club. It would be his first time having lunch with Mayuri at school together, he could barely contain his happiness.

As the couple walked together, many students stared at them in awe. But thankfully, nobody bothered them, simply minding their own businesses.

"By the way, is there any club for me to join?"

By the time they reached the destination, Mayuri suddenly asked.

"There are a lot, maybe you can check them out later." Shido replied, before pushing the door open.

After the two stepped in, a few students outside stared at each other profoundly, before suddenly taking out their phones and texting someone.

At noon, Shido took Mayuri to the service club. He had no idea when he had formed such a habit, maybe the environment of this place was much more comfortable than in the classroom or cafeteria.

As for the rooftop, he gave up on it a long time ago. He always felt that every time he went, something unpleasant would happen. It would be better to go to the service club, where he had understanding friends to talk about certain things together, so there would be no embarrassing moments.

"Shido, good to see you."

Mai smiled lightly and waved, before batting an eye. "And welcome, Mayuri-chan."

"Nice to meet you, you are Sakurajima-senpai, right?"

Mayuri bowed politely.

"Yes, how did you know about me?" Mai asked curiously.

"Oh, Shido told me about you." Mayuri answered, before turning her head and addressing the president. "And nice to meet you too, Yukinoshita-san."

"Welcome, please make yourself at home." Yukino replied with a bow too. "You are a lot politer than a certain someone here." She shifted her eyes toward Shido as she spoke.

"Sorry about Shido, I will teach him later~" Mayuri smiled.

"Haha…" Shido gave a dry smile. He felt happy for some reason, hopefully not because he awakened some fetish.

"So, how did the two of you meet, if you don't mind me asking?" Mai solicited.

Shido turned his head to Mayuri, who replied with a smile. It seemed that she was okay with sharing some information.

Suddenly, two girls opened the door and barged in.

"Wait for us! We wanna hear about it too!"

As expected, it was Iroha Isshiki and Umaru Doma.

Giving a wry smile, Shido reluctantly opened his mouth:

"Once upon a time, an Angel was born for the purpose of examining a vessel, which could be discarded by destiny if not strong enough. Back then, this young fool could not see her silhouette, simply strengthening himself to be more vigorous. By the time he realized what she had done for him, it was already irreversible."

"She sacrificed herself to solve a life-threatening crisis for him, yet he could only watch and cry in vain. At that time, he realized how powerless he was, so he strived to become stronger and more responsible."

"Now, she has returned from the other side, and this fool has finally become someone worthy of her unconditional love….Therefore—"

Suddenly, the door burst open.

"Mayuri-san!"

As it turned out, a bunch of boys and girls barged in the door.

"Please check out the soccer club, we need a great secretary like you!"

"No, join the baseball club!"

"Don't listen to them, the tendo club has the best position for you!"

"..."

They formed a circle around Mayuri and Shido, asking simultaneously. But of course, their attention was on the blonde.

"You guys…."

Suddenly, everyone felt the room dropping in temperature.

"DON'T YOU HAVE THE BASIC ETIQUETTE TO KNOCK?!"

Yukino yelled as she slammed the table.

"Sorry, sorry!"

Everyone quickly apologized and bowed their heads.

Shido was about to say something, but he didn't expect Yukino to take action so quickly. She didn't hold the title as "Ice Queen" for nothing.

At this time, a soft voice intervened.

"Thank you, Yukinoshita-san, but it's okay now. I will talk with everyone."

Mayuri nodded to Yukino before taking a step forward toward the group of students.

"I'm interested in what your clubs are like. Therefore —"

She put a lithe finger on her lips, before flashing them a beautiful smile.

" —After school, I will visit every one of your clubs~"

Everyone felt like an angel descended on earth for a moment, before finally coming to their senses. They quickly nodded in thanks and left the classroom, returning peace to the service club.

"Ara, that was quite a soothing way to handle things." Mai praised.

"Isn't the cultural festival approaching? They still have time for something like this?" Yukino shook her head.

Mayuri didn't say a thing, but a mysterious grin formed on her face.

When Shido noticed it, he had a vague idea of what she had in mind.

After school, on the soccer field.

"Hey, is this for real?"

"Yeah, that transfer student is challenging the whole soccer club."

There were many students murmuring among themselves in the audience stand.

At this time, Mayuri was standing in the center of the field, one foot stepping on the soccer ball.

When she visited the soccer club earlier, she made a shocking proposal:

"If anyone could steal the ball from her, she would join and become their secretary; if she scored a goal, they shall help the service club recruit more people."

Such a presumptuous declaration! No wonder why so many people got interested in the game.

Shido almost grimaced when he heard about it, but he decided to sit down and enjoy the show. Beside him was Yukino, Mai, Iroha, and Umaru.

"Isn't this drawing too much attention? I thought you wanted to keep a low profile."

Yukino asked with concern.

"Mayuri wants to have some fun, so I can't stop her."

Shido gave a wry smile. In fact, he didn't like this idea very much, but he obliged due to Rinne's wishes.

Earlier, she had told Shido to stand out at school. In this case, Ren might be watching in a hidden spot. If she wanted to make him look bad, she would pull some tricks secretly. However, Marina would be supervising the entire school area, hoping to catch her trace along the way.

Shido doubted this plan would work, but since he didn't have any better idea, he decided to give it a try.

At this time, the goalie of the soccer club put on his gloves and flashed his teeth, chuckling:

"Well then, I hope you keep your promise."

"Of course I will. Here I come!"

With a whistle blow, she dribbled the ball forward.

One player tried to steal the ball from her, but she easily evaded it. The second player tried to do the same, but was evaded as well.

Seeing that she was better than she appeared, the rest of the players became a bit more serious.

One guy tried to scoop the ball in her path, but she kicked the ball up and jumped, dodging the deadly snatch!

"Elegant…"

Everyone in the audience couldn't help but gasp.

Mayuri was halfway across the field, making the remaining players nervous.

"Combo!"

"Right!" X 3

The captain ordered three players to surround Mayuri, forming a human wall and blocking all her possible escape routes. It would have anyone cornered, but —

Mayuri shot!

The ball flew through the gap of the human wall, dashing toward the goalie like a rocket in space! Before he could react, the ball pierced through his defense and crossed inside the net!

GOAL!

The goalie, flabbergasted by what just happened, sat on his butt dumbfoundedly.

In fact, not just him, but everyone else was the same. The entire audience was quiet for a moment, before erupting into huge waves of cheers and applauds!

"SPLENDID!"

Everyone clapped for Mayuri out of genuine feelings.

The soccer club had been gloating too much recently, considering that they defeated two teams from other schools, but now, they had finally been taught a lesson. Naturally, the students couldn't help feeling happy about that.

The defeated players felt pretty ashamed of the fact that they just lost to a single girl. Originally, they thought that this girl wanted to join their club, but did not want to do it the ordinary way. Maybe she wanted to be won over with a little friendly match. Who knew it would turn out like this?

Then, the baseball club.

Mayuri was in the batter position, holding her bat at the ready.

This time, the challenge she proposed was: "If she made a home-run, her win; if not, her loss."

This one seemed to be even more outrageous, after all, she was a girl, who was at a significant disadvantage in terms of strength. Not even male batters could make a homerun in one go easily.

"I'm ready to have you as my secretary, so don't hurt your hands."

The pitcher, who was also the president, readied the ball in his hand. He believed what Mayuri did earlier in the soccer field was a fluke, or maybe she was only good at soccer. Baseball required significant precision in timing and strength, so possessing both shouldn't be possible for this delicate girl in front of him.

"I won't."

Mayuri flashed him a smile and was ready to hit.

'She's mine…' The pitcher smirked as he thought to himself, this girl was basically giving herself away! 'She definitely likes my club better than others…'

He confidently threw the ball with commendable strength.

But in the next moment—

"BANG!"

The ball flew high in the air, resulting in a home run!

Next, the kendo club.

This time, Mayuri challenged the strongest player of the club to a sparring contest. The rules were more fair this time: Whoever lands a hit wins.

Her opponent was a broad-shouldered, muscular man in a menacing aura.

When the two bowed to each other, their strapping and puny figures contrasted each other greatly.

This would be heavily one-sided, right?

When the match began, Mayuri struck first.

The opponent parried it head on, and seemed to be successful.

Just when everyone thought that this one was finally normal, they realized that they couldn't be more wrong:

The guy took a few steps backwards, his hands shaking as he struggled to hold the wooden sword!

Everyone couldn't believe their eyes: This girl overpowered the strongest kendo player of the school?!

In a few seconds, Mayuri struck the weapon out of the poor guy's hands and pointed the tip at him lightly, ensuring her victory.

….

"Everyone—"

In tennis, Mayuri served an ace.

"—please improve your skills—"

In taekwondo, Mayuri knocked out the ace player.

"—before asking me again!"

In basketball, Mayuri made a shot without even looking.

….

"How did I do, Shido?"

Finally, Mayuri finished off all the clubs that showed up at lunch.

"Really great, almost too easy for you."

Shido scratched his cheeks in response. Now that they had caused a huge commotion, no way he or she would be able to keep a low profile at school.

"She's not cute at all…"

"Just a she-gorilla…"

"I can't see her the same way again…"

…Those were the remarks that the defeated players left.

Of course, not all of them were this bitter, but they were not in the mood to speak up for her either.

All these clubs had achieved quite some victories against other schools in terms of competitions and tournaments over the past few years, so naturally, they were feeling pretty proud of themselves. But Mayuri, out of nowhere, defeated their best players single-handedly. No wonder that they felt this dejected.

"What a mean thing to say!"

Mai stood up and was about to yell at the players…

"Leave them be."

Mayuri raised her hand and assured the bunny girl senpai that she was alright with all this.

"These guys only want me for my looks, not skills."

It couldn't be helped. With Mayuri's beauty, any club would like to recruit her. Even if she was just standing at the club fair, it would greatly boost their popularity.

"But why are you doing this, Mayuri-san?"

Umaru couldn't help asking.

"Why? Because I am Shido's girlfriend~"

Mayuri flashed a smile and turned to Shido.

"Besides, I'm a little upset that our lunchtime was interrupted."

At this point, the members of the service club had a new understanding of their most recent recruit.

A/N:

If only this was possible in real life lol.