103 Two Weeks

"Hmmm!"

Standing in front of a large mansion-like building, Hayama, Alexander, and Alice were looking at the building with a complex expression

"Is this the only available building?" Asked Alexander

"Yeah, I couldn't find anything else, the rest is just empty space for the other students to open their booths."

Hayama sighed and looked around them "Isn't this area a bit difficult?" he said.

"Indeed..."Alexander added, "We are surrounded by the elite 10 from all directions." Alexander sighed. He hoped to find a nice space for their team to stand out but considering the amount of staff they have gathered and their plan for this festival; this building is the most suitable one.

"Tch, I didn't know that most f the elite 10 choose the [Uptown Area] as their ground...How unpleasant!" Alice glared at the building far behind them, that one was Erina's shop for this festival, she could see some people going in and out with Arato's instructions, Alice frowned at that. If she could; she would have preferred a place far away from Erina but it can't be helped

"Well, we can't whine about our competition, that would make us seem like cowards..."Alexander clapped his hands getting Hayama and Alice's attention "With this many powerfull people around us, getting the first place will have a whole new meaning, nufufufu~don't you think so too?"

Hayama smirked "I can't help but agree with you, kukuku~" Hayama joined Alexander in his evil laugh making Alice shake her head with a tired expression.

"We should start preparing by decorating the building, we have about 2 weeks or so until the start of the festival, the building is empty for the time being, should I be the one in charge of decorating it?" Alice said as she stepped in front of Hayama and Alexander

"Hmm... Doing it alone? you should at least take Isami with you, the poor boy has been spreading posters for our staff for two days straight." Alexander remembered Isami and felt bad for him. He can't have him keep walking around the school all the time.

"I think i can use his help, his opinions are always good," Alice said.

"Great, let us return to inform the others." The trio started walking and left the uptown area.

Hayama remembered something on their way and asked "By the way, how many staff do we have now? the building is very big you know..."

"Aaah, don't worry, we got half the number quickly..."

"That is insane, don't we need like...70 or something?" Hayama said.

"It is not insane, that is to be expected." Said with a proud smile making Alexander and Hayama confused.

"After all..." she pointed at the two of them "Most of our team was in the autumn elections, and the three of us are the top-ranked students." Alice giggled "And don't forget that all of us have private fan clubs that have many members dedicated for us fufufuf~"

"Eh?!" Alexander and Hayama exclaimed in shock, this is the first time they have heard of such thing

"And the only reason we didn't get the required staff number is that the club leaders are debating which members are to work with us and be permitted to be close to their idols." Even Alice herself can't believe what she is saying, she knows about the fan clubs but she doesn't know how they operate. According to Isami, he was approached by many students who showed interest in working with them, but after a while, nobody stopped approaching him and when he did try to do some promoting in the class, his friends said they would like to help but they don't want to get in trouble.

Currently, their staff consists of 70% normal students and 30% fans, and these numbers are bound to change when the other half joins the staff.

When the trio reached the North Star, they have informed the others about the building, and their location with the massive competition near it.

What came next was a long meeting to decide the menu, it was a good idea to get a large building as it contains many kitchens for the 6 of them to have his own personal kitchen. And that was helpful as each of them made his own menu and later merged in one long menu for the whole shop. The menu was not the problem, for these six, anything will do, but the real problem is...

"How are we supposed to promote ourselves?" Takumi brought the issue out.

"Indeed, we have almost zero reputation in this festival, especially in our position, surrounded by the 2nd and 3rd years of the elite 10... we are in a difficult position." Said Hayama

"Hmmm..." Alexander leaned back on the couch to Relax his back while still thinking of a way.

"You guys are anxious for no reason..." Alice said. Everyone looked at her while she smiled and crossed her legs "The competition is harsh but we are not with 0 reputations, don't forget..." Alice stood up making sure everyone's attention is on her "...In this house, we have the strongest first years, Takumi, Ryo, Hayama, Me, and Alexander...there multiple articles about the 5 of us in school and the hype around our restaurant is building up since the news of us joining together leaked out."

"While our reputation is inferior to the elite 10, it is still more than enough to attract enough customers to increase that reputation."

"What you just said makes a lot of sense but we still need to do some promoting, at least to get people interested, with Alexander having the 1 place and you being 2 while Hayama in the 3rd place in the autumn election, things can be a lot easier." Isami Said.

"Maybe we can create some posters with our menu in it, I would have liked to add a few images of the interior of the shop but it is still empty at the moment. We could even do some interviews for Totsuki's magazine..." Said Alexander. There isn't much he can do right now. It looks like they will need to rely on their skills completely to attract as many customers as they can.

"There is no time to keep talking between us like this, we should get to work." Alexander stood up, he ordered the others to do their tasks while he goes to Totsuki's magazine club in hopes of securing an interview.

The gang scattered around Totsuki to do their thing, Alice and Isami were decorating the building, Ryo and Takumi went to gather the ingrediants for the festival day, while Hayama, he was in his room preparing enough spices with the highest quality he can make right now. As for Alexander, luckily, the Magazine club was thrilled to have him do an interview, the next day, his interview became the hot talk of Totsuki as more people gained interest in his shop with his long menu and especially since the shop will be managed by the 7th, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st rankers of the autumn election. Nobody is willing to miss a chance to experience what is being called now [North Star Restaurant]

The Moon Banquet Festival is in less than 2 weeks. Will Alexander and the rest be able to seize the first place? or will they fail? Only time can tell.

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