The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　However, upon rational thought, this is indeed somewhat difficult.

　Dak's fingers gradually touched the stem of the fruit-eating worm.

　It's not that there aren't other people at St. Marian Academy who also like the doll club.

　Joining a club simply for this hobby—and giving up the resources of a legitimate club for it—is too high a price to pay.

　Most normal people would choose to give up after weighing the pros and cons.

　In addition, this senior student's personal charm is limited, so she probably won't be able to recruit anyone.

　……

　Thinking of this, Dark narrowed his eyes slightly and examined the situation more carefully.

　The typical age for a third-grade student is fourteen.

　Fourteen-year-old girls in this world are already relatively mature. But the face of this senior from the Fool's Academy looks rather young. Not only that, she also has pigtails, wears a fancy outfit that she clearly sewed herself, and on the table is a teddy bear with cotton stuffing deliberately sticking out of its head.

　She dressed herself up as a rag doll!

　As Dak observed her brown hair and blue-green eyes, he couldn't help but have an idea.

　"She likes ragdolls, and I like ragdoll cats. We're both ragdolls, is this just a coincidence of fate?"

　Seeing that the third-year senior seemed to have noticed something, Dark immediately looked away and focused his attention on Meow Meow's whiskers.

　"Meow!"

　Meow meow took his finger into her mouth!

　……

　"puff!"

　Britney Klitschko happened to witness this scene and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

　She certainly couldn't ignore the second-year student next door who was being fought over by so many big clubs.

　In fact, there are very few people in St. Marian Academy who don't know his name.

　However, this was the first time she had discovered that this junior from the next grade was such an interesting person.

　Using magical sprites to decorate a storefront is not something just anyone can think of.

　Moreover, his idea was quite interesting—

　Just as Dark was observing her, she was also observing Dark.

　The "Fantastic Beasts Club," disregarding its historical significance, is undoubtedly a lackluster club, no less so than its "Puppet Club."

　After all, theoretical research on magical creatures is not enough to significantly improve magical technology.

　Furthermore, St. Marian's Academy doesn't have many magical creatures, making in-depth research impossible.

　"Perhaps it's because they share the same interests as me?"

　As Britney thought this, she couldn't help but glance at the cat.

　No wonder this junior's magical sprites are so cute; he must have a heart that loves small animals.

　……

　"Wow!"

　The sudden sound brought Britney back to her senses.

　It's been almost half an hour since the event started at noon, and even the "Fantastic Beasts Club," which is at the very end of the line, has been visited by several people. But not a single person has stopped at her booth.

　So much so that she focused all her attention on the next room and almost forgot that she was also recruiting.

　When she turned around quickly, she suddenly discovered that the teddy bear on the table had completely disappeared!

　Looking up again, I saw that the teddy bear had been grabbed by someone.

　Seeing the petite girl whose face was covered by a teddy bear, Britney was delighted and quickly asked, "Do you like teddy bears?"

　"I like it." That was the answer I'd been dreaming of!

　Britney suddenly felt that she might break through the "0" barrier even faster than her neighbor!

　So she immediately asked, "Would you like to learn how to make rag dolls?"

　As soon as the question was asked, Britney noticed that the girl opposite her stiffened for a moment.

　She couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

　Girls who like plush toys are everywhere, but girls who like making plush toys are rare.

　This is the world.

　Those who ask for handouts always make up the majority.

　But after a pause, the girl in front of her said, "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm terrible at handicrafts. I can't even knit small clothes properly."

　A girl who has practiced needlework!

　Britney was excited again.

　She felt that the first club member she recruited was right in front of her!

　So she immediately said, "It's okay, I can teach you! As long as you join my rag dolls..."

　But halfway through her sentence, the girl opposite her reluctantly put the teddy bear back on the table and said, "No, I already have a club."

　As she said this, the girl turned to look at the room next door.

　Britney stared at the girl's beautiful face, then suddenly realized something, and her voice faltered.

　"Ha, we lost."

　It turns out that the child was a customer from next door.

　……

　"Diana, slow down."

　A girl with light blonde hair jogged over from the other side and grabbed the silver-haired girl's hand.

　Britney Christian was a little stunned, and then noticed that the two girls' eyes were not on her stall at all.

　In the blink of an eye, they had already walked to the next room.

　……

　After waiting for half an hour without any results, Dark felt as if he had seen a glimmer of hope and quickly brought Diana some sweet and sour apples.

　"Crunch?" The fruit-eating worm blinked, looking completely bewildered.

　Diana grabbed it and took a bite: "Crunch!"

　The poor fruit-eating worm was so frightened that it immediately closed its eyes tightly.

　Diana, of course, didn't actually bite down. Instead, she asked cheerfully, "So, have you recruited any new people?"

　Dak crossed his fingers and said helplessly, "No."

　This club recruitment drive is generally aimed at second-year students.

　However, among the second-year students, apart from the students of the House of Fools who were too low-key, Dark was quite familiar with the students of the other three houses.

　The fact that he didn't directly select club members from the second-year students already speaks volumes.

　To summarize:

　We can't find the people we want to hire.

　The people we can hire, we don't want.

　……

　He certainly wanted talents like Emma and Sarah, but unfortunately Emma had already been reserved by the Literature Club, and Sarah had already decided to join the Archaeology Club.

　Doron could have made do, but he became his replacement and became the prefect of the second-year noble house.

　Even Eudora went to the astrology club!

　"This is so difficult!"

　Dark brought out the two stools that the little devil had summoned and had Diana and Rose sit down, then briefly inquired about their whereabouts.

　Diana immediately began to describe the various gangs she had seen along the way, while Rose listened quietly, only occasionally adding a comment.

　When Diana was hoarse from talking, Dak handed her a glass of Jujube Apple Juice and a "Club Application Form" as a bonus.

　Diana downed her apple juice in one gulp, then looked at the "Club Application Form" and asked, "Do I need to fill out a form?"

　Dak nodded solemnly: "It needs to be filled out!"

　Procedure is justice.

　"And what about mine?" Rose held out her hand to him.

　"Here it is!" Impmon swooped down from the sky as if seizing an opportunity, clutching an application form in its claws.

　Rose took the application form, picked up her pen, and quickly filled it out.

　Diana followed immediately.

　……

　Before long, Dak finally had two applications in his hands.

　Three-fifths.

　He sighed, signed his name on the application form, and prepared to submit it to the student council for registration.

　Next, two more puzzle pieces are needed.

　But at this point, there's no point in rushing things.

　After carefully putting away the two applications, he turned to Rose and asked, "Are you going to the Duel Club recruitment event this afternoon?"

　"Yes," Rose nodded. "I need to work hard too."

　She then added, "My uncle and aunt will be at the Duel Arena in the capital next Saturday morning to watch my match."

　Dark blinked and asked with concern, "Are you sure?"

　Rose couldn't help but smile: "It's alright."

　Her tutor was a graduate of St. Marian College!

　……

　Dark knew this, of course, and he immediately nodded and said, "Then I'm relieved."

　“Just wait here for the good news!” Diana said, puffing out her chest.

　The Duel Club's newcomer assessment isn't actually that difficult; as long as you demonstrate the strength expected of a second-year student, you should be able to pass.

　Diana will accompany Rose into the battle arena to watch the match.

　As for Dark... he will, of course, continue to wait here for his destiny to unfold (waiting idly).

　“Let me go first... … ”

　Rose patted her skirt, preparing to stand up and wander around a bit more before heading to the battle arena. But the person who had just appeared in her field of vision made her instinctively sit back down.

　Now that she had officially joined the Fantastic Beasts Club, she began to consider herself a member of the club from the bottom of her heart.

　Naturally, they don't want people they don't like to join the club.

　The person who came into view was clearly walking this way, and she didn't want to leave for a moment.

　“Emmm…” Diana followed her gaze and also pouted.

　The people walking this way were none other than Witt Gold and Robert Broheim.

　……

　As the son of a true hero, Witt Gold's performance in all aspects at the end of his first year was quite good.

　Therefore, as soon as he entered the venue, leaders of large organizations immediately went to recruit him.

　However, Witt and Robert had already decided to join the "Marine Biology Research Club" during their first year. Therefore, he "politely declined" offers from many other clubs.

　The reason for putting quotation marks around "polite refusal" is that he did not completely refuse, but replied with "I'll think about it some more" for all of them.