People bring their own maids to the training camp

"Everyone is exaggerating. My archery skills are limited to being able to draw a bow and shoot arrows. Besides, I only wanted to join because I wanted to improve my physical fitness."

"Speaking of which, Chihaya has a great figure, you should all check it out if you have the chance~" Hayasaka Ai suddenly said mischievously.

"Ai!" Chihaya was now starting to wonder if she was taking revenge on the maid because she had treated the maid badly in the past.

8. Club Information Session

After a lively lunch break, the group returned to their classroom to rest for a while.

The lunch break isn't very long; basically, after deducting the time for lunch, there's only about half an hour left for a nap.

Of course, it's also possible that some people are in good spirits and want to take advantage of this time to enjoy playing video games—after all, everyone was given 100,000 points at the start of the semester, and some people will use them to buy game consoles, tablets, laptops, and other such items.

Despite this, Chihaya did not find any such individuals in Class B. Or rather, even if they had purchased them, they did not bring them to class.

Similarly, despite having 100,000 points, some people still chose supermarket bento boxes or rice balls for lunch instead of the cafeteria.

Not long after Chihaya sat down, music came from the loudspeaker.

"A club information session will be held this afternoon at 5 PM in the First Gymnasium. Students interested in clubs, please assemble in the First Gymnasium. To reiterate: Today—"

A lovely woman's voice came through the radio.

"Ah, so this afternoon is the club recruitment day." Ichinose said to Chihaya with a smile, "It seems that Hime-kun will have to make an appearance."

"Well, it's good to find out first," Chihaya replied. "We need to understand the situation first, after all."

"Okay, I'll freeload off Chihaya this afternoon!" Hayasaka clenched her fist, as if she had made up her mind.

"Free food and drinks?" Ichinose tilted her head, not quite understanding.

"You know what I mean, Chihaya will definitely go to the tea ceremony club or the cooking club, isn't that a great opportunity?" Hayasaka said, nodding in agreement. "By the way, Chihaya's cooking skills are extremely high!"

"Really? I'm starting to get curious!" Ichinose readily agreed.

"Hehehe, Chihaya passed the 'Bride Training' perfectly and received high praise from the teacher!"

"I'm already envious of Fei Gong's future partner," Xiao Qiao joked. "I wonder who will be so lucky."

"Alright everyone, if you keep talking like this, I'll be too embarrassed to face you." Chihaya interrupted her classmates' discussion at the right moment.

It is an undeniable fact that Chihaya underwent rigorous training as a bride, perfectly embodying the role of a man disguised as a woman, and received unanimous praise from her teachers.

This deeply affected Chihaya – despite being a man, he was more outstanding than many women from prominent families in participating in the Bride Training, which made him feel that his position was somewhat dangerous.

His mother's high praise for this made him instinctively feel a sense of crisis—his eccentric mother was perfectly capable of going on blind dates with men!

“Indeed, everything should be done in moderation.” Hayasaka nodded. “So, does Ichinose-san wish to marry Chihaya?”

The blonde girl made a half-open fist, pretending to hold a microphone and then held it to Fanbo's lips.

"Uh, if it's a choice between wanting or not wanting, I'd definitely still want to, right?"

After hesitating for a moment, Ichinose gave her answer.

"Didn't I say that everything should be done in moderation, Xiao Ai?"

"I'm sorry, Chihaya, this is the last time," Hayasaka said "heavyly," while reaching out to flick Chihaya's forehead—but Chihaya grabbed his hand as soon as he got close.

Chihaya stared at Hayasaka with a "big smile".

"Ahem, anyway, I'll go with you to check out the clubs after school this afternoon. Ichinose-san, do you want to come along?"

"Well, although I don't plan to join the club, it would be nice to go check it out together." Ichinose nodded in agreement.

"Then let's all go together!"

----split line----

After school, the group of people arrived at the gymnasium, the venue for the club information session.

The reason it is described as a large group is because Chihaya and her group consisted of nearly 10 people—basically half of the girls in Class B.

Apart from Chihaya, who genuinely intended to join a club, most of the others attended the information session with the idea of ​​"joining in the fun, just in case there's a club that interests them."

Among them was Ichinose, who was there purely to join in the fun. After all, participating in both clubs and student council would inevitably cause scheduling conflicts, a point that Ichinose had clearly considered.

At this time, there were already more than 100 people in the stadium waiting for the briefing to begin.

"The information about the clubs is quite detailed," Ichinose said, flipping through the booklet that everyone is given upon entering the club. "Hime-miya-san, there's a tea ceremony club!"

"Really? Thank you, Ichinose-san." Chihaya quickly found the information about the tea ceremony club in the brochure as well.

Chihaya glanced at the illustrations in the booklet, her brows furrowing slightly before she quickly recovered.

No one noticed this moment of disdain.

"It seems that the level of each club is very high, and there are also many national-level clubs or athletes."

"The brochure says that the club's facilities are far more abundant than those of schools of the same level. Look, there's even a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and so on. It's truly luxurious; even professional-level facilities pale in comparison."

A few girls, including Chihiro Shirahashi and Kojima Yume, who had joined in the fun, also started talking about the contents of the booklet.

The formal recruitment will take place after the school's presentation, so for now, it's just a waiting period.

"However, it's difficult for those without club experience to join sports clubs. Those who are just starting out in high school will probably only ever be perpetual substitutes, right?"

"It depends on how hard you work. Anyone can succeed if they keep practicing in their first and second years."

The girls' discussion continued, but Chihaya did not participate in their discussion. Instead, she quietly marked the tea ceremony club as "pass" in her mind and continued to look for alternative targets.

"Hayasaka-san, is there any club you're planning to join?" Seeing that Chihaya was still studying seriously, Ichinose started to talk to Hayasaka beside her.

"Me?" Hayasaka blinked her beautiful big eyes. "Of course, I'm in the Home Club, hehe~"

"Go back to the club?" Ichinose was a little surprised. She thought that Hayasaka, who was full of energy, would be very enthusiastic about participating in club activities.

"Think about it, club activities require frequent reporting and practice, right? Wouldn't that take up a lot of my own time? Besides, there don't seem to be any clubs here that interest me."

"I see." Ichinose nodded, without pressing Hayasaka about which clubs he was interested in.

At the same time, a woman in a school uniform appeared, holding a microphone.

9. Unconscious Beauty

"Dear first-year students, I apologize for keeping you waiting. Next, the club representatives will begin the introductory meeting. I am Tachibana, the student council secretary, and I will be hosting this meeting. Please take care of me."

After the host, Senior Orange, finished her greetings, the club representatives lined up on the stage in the gymnasium.

The club representatives were a diverse group, ranging from a strong-looking upperclassman in a judo uniform to an upperclasswoman in a beautiful kimono.

"In a sense, sending pretty upperclassmen to recruit new members is a pretty successful strategy," Hayasaka said, arms crossed. "As long as it's not a club that looks really weird, you can basically recruit new members."

“That’s true, it’s similar to the celebrity effect.” Ichinose agreed, then looked at Chihaya, “I think Hime-kun has similar abilities! If you join a club, the other first-year students might follow in your footsteps.”

"Ichinose-san is teasing me again. I don't think I have that ability, you know?"

“Look, Ichinose-san, this is what it means to be an unconscious beauty,” Hayasaka said with a smile, then added, “She went to an all-girls school.”

Representatives from each club took turns going on stage to introduce themselves; the representative currently on stage is from the archery club.

"My name is Hashigaki, and I'm the captain of the archery club. I think many students' impression of archery is that it's old-fashioned and simple. But it's a very interesting sport and well worth learning. We welcome beginners, so please be sure to join our club."

The senior student named Hashigaki was wearing a kyudo uniform and carrying a large bow in one hand, looking very heroic.

"Although we welcome beginners, archery is different from ball sports or track and field, right? It's quite difficult to learn." Ichinose, the senior student, said, looking at the field.

“That’s true. It’s very dangerous to have no archery experience. I’ve tried to learn it myself, but I couldn’t even draw the bow,” Hayasaka said from the side. “Drawing a bow is really a difficult thing.”

This is a lie!

As Chihaya's personal maid, Hayasaka Ai learned everything that Chihaya had learned.

Therefore, the claim that she couldn't draw the bow is absolutely a lie. Not only can she draw it, but she is also at the level of a general in the archery club. As for Chihaya, while she may not be able to completely dominate among men of the same age, she is at least among the top.

After all, some boys from archery families possess great strength, but according to the investigation, those big shots did not choose to train them.

"The archery club looks pretty good," Chihaya murmured to herself, though not loudly, but loud enough for Ichinose beside her to hear.

"Oh, is Princess Hiyomi interested in archery club style?"

“Ah, yes… I have indeed studied it.” Chihaya nodded.

"Hime-kun wearing a kyudo uniform..." Kohashi Yume, Shiranami Chihiro, and the others instantly imagined Chihaya in a kyudo uniform.

A few seconds later, the group exclaimed in unison:

"Elegant! So elegant!"

"..." Chihaya remained silent.

"Actually, I've always been curious, is Princess's hair color natural?" It was Amakura Asako who asked this question.

“Eh? Yes, that’s right.” Chihaya nodded. “My maternal grandmother was actually Scandinavian, so I have one-quarter Scandinavian blood.”

"I knew it! I knew such beautiful hair must be natural!" Asako Amakura laughed. "Actually, when I saw Himegami-kun, I wondered if you were from Europe or something, and I even wanted to greet you in English."

“Although I’m of mixed race, I did grow up in Japan, so please speak Japanese with me,” Chihaya replied, feigning confusion. “Otherwise, I’m also quite troubled.”

"Actually, when I saw Himegami-san, I thought that if she participated in any sport, she might be fencing," Asako Amakura continued. "And after winning gracefully, she would take off her helmet to reveal a beautiful head of silver hair—AWSL!"

"Netkura-kun!" Chihaya was both amused and exasperated. Don't talk about dying so easily! Especially since that was just a scene from your own imagination!

"Ahem, I got a little carried away with my fantasies." Asako Amakura finally snapped out of her reverie and returned to reality. "I'll do my best to support Himegami-san, who's joining the archery club!"

The girl then gave a thumbs-up.

“Me too! Me too!” Chihiro Shiraha quickly retorted, not to be outdone.

"I appreciate everyone's kindness, but I need to think about whether I should join or not," Chihaya finally gave a "unified reply."

"By the way, Chihaya also studied fencing." Hayasaka once again became a "middleman."

"It seems like there's nothing that Princess Hibiki can't do," Ichinose said. "Flower arrangement, tea ceremony, archery, fencing, and cooking—she's truly an all-rounder!"

"Ichinose-san, you flatter me. I've only studied it, I'm not an expert... If you want to, you can do it too."

"Uh, archery is a bit difficult, isn't it? Hahahaha." Ichinose said awkwardly after comparing the size of her front breastplate with Chihaya's.

For Ichinose, who has an F-cup, archery is definitely a difficult sport.

The presentations on stage were still ongoing, with most of the same wording: welcoming beginners, highlighting the relaxed nature of club activities, and showcasing the fun aspects of the club.

Whenever a club takes turns explaining its activities, first-year students discuss their ideas with their friends.