V5C1 Part8

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Part 8

"I

have an unfortunate announcement to make to all of you. Our Art Research Club

is in a crisis."

At the

deepest part of the club room of the art study research, Kiryu-san opened his

mouth in a pose that looked like something out of an anime with that humanoid

battle weapon.

"The

reason for the crisis is!"

Hiyama-san,

who was standing beside him, slapped him on the back of the head.

"Buh!"

While she

looked down with cold eyes at energetic Kiryuu-san, who plopped down on the

desk,

"Needless

to say, the reason for this is that this low ability manager's plan to welcome

new members to the club has failed to produce any results this year, so there

are no new members for this year."

All the

members of the club, except for Kiryuu-san, nodded their heads in agreement

with Hiyama-san's words.

Not only

the Art Research Club, but all university clubs recruit new members during the

new student welcome season in April. The light music club will teach you how to

play the guitar, the film club will give you a ticket to a movie screening, and

other clubs will tell you about their unique charms and try to recruit you with

bait.

In this

respect, our Art Research Club was at a great disadvantage, or rather, it was

rare to find a circle with so little to sell. In spite of the fact that we

claimed to be an art circle, there was no one who could talk or teach about

art. Hiyama-san is relatively near to me in the Department of Crafts, but her

major is ceramics.

On top of

that, there was Kiryuu-san's counterproductive recruitment campaign. In all

honesty, only the most softhearted of people would fall for that.

Still, it

seems that every year one or two people who liked stuff came in somehow. But

this year, that miracle didn't happen, and as expected, today's agenda was to

do something about it without relying on miracles.

"Rather,

it's about time we had at least one person from the art department who deserves

the name Art Research Club."

Hiyama-san

said, a faraway look in her eyes,

"I

thought I was going to learn about art in this circle, but when I joined, some

idiot from the photography department asked me 'do you how to make a shitty

collage?' is all he said, it wasn't supposed to be like this......" (Note:

Internet slang, usually in the form of a absurd photoshop)

"The

reason we don't have a senpai is because you don't have the right

qualities-bufuo!"

It was

King of shitty collage who had paper mache shoved in his mouth and was

having a squirming moment. Or rather, he was talking about such a topic to a

female club member who just joined!

"But

indeed, I'd like to have a member of the art department..."

If that

happens, the circle will be able to hold a proper art exhibition and it will be

easier to apply for the annual budget. Sadly, the current situation is that we

are ridiculed as an art study research that cannot hold a proper art

exhibition.

Besides,

if I had a connection with the art department, I would be able to get in touch

with Saikawa Minori. I am sorry to say that this is a very personal reason, but

I would really like to have her.

However,

it is rare for students from the art department to join the Art Research Club.

"They

have to draw pictures to death in class, and no way they want to join a circle

to draw."

Kakihara-san,

who came here because he wanted to study art while dancing in theater arts.

"If

there's a senior student in the department or something, we would come for the

purpose of getting information about the class..."

Sugimoto-san,

who usually only does things out loud, chose to come here to do art that he

could do in silence.

All of

them joined the club because they wanted to do something different from the

classroom.

That may

be true, or rather, it is true, but there are a certain number of students in

the Department of Film Arts who belong to the Film Study Group, so it shouldn't

be so thrown away...... that's I wanted to think.

Anyway,

the reality was harsh for us.

At this

point, everyone thought it would be fine if something in human form joined

here. Just like the other day, I heard a noise at the entrance and panicked,

"There's a new member!" However, I didn't want to end up with the sad

story that it was a stray dog living in Daigeidai.

As I was

recalling these sad memories, I heard a clatter at the entrance.

"Geez,

another dog? Throw a Frisbee somewhere..."

Kiryu-san

was about to say something when, from the other side of the room,

"Uhm"

Unbelievably,

a girl's voice could be heard.

"Excuse

me, is there Hashiba-san from the Art Research Club?"

I think it

was almost the same time I turned and looked at the door.

"Ah……!"

With

surprise, I froze when I saw her.

I wondered

if people were so helpless when the person they had been gossiping about or

thinking about right up until the moment appeared in front of them.

I was sure

I had thought a lot about how I would react if I bumped into someone on campus,

or how I would apologize for my rudeness the other day, but when the time came,

I couldn't do anything clever at all.

Saikawa

Minori. The person in question also looked at me and remained silent.

Anyway, I

have to talk to her somehow.

Before

trying to explain the other day's misunderstanding or whatever it was, I had to

take a look at her thin, white arms.

"Kya!"

There were

two figures, holding her tightly.

The

president and vice president of the art circle. The two, who had been at odds

with each other earlier in a combination of irresponsibility and abuse, now

faced the target in front of them with a common goal.

And,

"U-Uhm..."

In front

of the new students, who looked scared and confused, the two of them had

devilish smiles all over their faces, and right after that, they bombarded the

new students with words at full speed.

""Well~,

it's nice to meet you, and I'm glad you're coming! Hey, if you speak first,

she'll get nervous so I'm sorry! Hey, Hiyama-chan, let me talk first! You know,

you're really cute, but if your glasses were a little thinner, you'd be

perfect. Next time you come with me, we'll go to-gabogh, I am really sorry!

Just ignore what this idiot has to say! So which Department are you in? I'm

from craft, I'm from photograph, I'm not asking you! Anyway, we're going to

have a newcomer's party today, so come have a drink with us, ah, I'm not going

to force alcohol on you or anything, but rather you are my alcohol, hey, you

really should die, okay! And I still haven't gotten your name, have

I??""

"Ah,

aah, uwaaaa... !!"

Unfortunately,

Saikawa Minori is forced into a situation where there is no cooling-off period,

as she is subjected to intense solicitation at close range by two very

determined seniors.

In this

way, the contact with Saikawa Minori, which I had expected to be very

difficult, was resolved in a very uneventful manner due to a twist of fate.

For her,

it's not solved but rather suffered...

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