CHAPTER 16: Isn't it the protagonist's duty to pick up girls?

In his daily life with Kaichou-sama, Virgil spent his insignificant days in a fulfilling way. His main duty is just to cook for Kaichou-sama, or serve her tea. But with such a cute 2D shoujo moving in front of him, he is indescribably happy.

Our Kaichou-sama was only planning to give him the title of butler, she didn't need one and never wanted one either. If it weren't for his request, even the title of butler would have been dispensed with, she just wants to help the one who is 'homeless'.

[A/N: remember this idiot could beat up anyone just by stuffing gold into their socks.]

But within a few days, with his service, she became dependent on him. The reason is because in these few days she has been conquered. Her belly, that's...

With 'Culinary Master', his skill as a chef is world class, be it tea, rice or pastry, he is an expert in them all. In just 2 to 3 days, she who would eat anything, even if it was just rice and tea, was won over, her taste was conditioned.

To capture a girl's heart, one must first capture her stomach, he skillfully changed the meal and snacks to different styles, not only subdued her stomach, he inadvertently made her mother a little fat.

Now that her belly is in his hand, can the person resist for a long time?…

Anyway, this was how he fantasized about it every day...

And so, 3 days passed, and they spent most of the time apart, in sweet moments mixed with fights here and there. On this day, she brought him good news.

Squinting her eyes, she handed him a document.

"Congratulations, Virgil, starting tomorrow you are a student at Hakuo Academy."

It was time to arrive!

[Ding! M1 complete!]

[Got Ep, Ip, Ap, Sp every 1000 points!]

[Ding! M2 started!]

[Transmigrated World: Hayate, the Combat Butler!]

[Mission: Extermination!]

[M1: Enter Hakuo Academy and become a high school student] (completed)

[Reward: Ep, Ip, Ap, Sp 1000 pts]

[M2: Destroy the yokai leader residing in the old dormitory]

[Reward: Ep, Ip, Ap, Sp 10000pts]

[M3: Not started]

Receiving the document, the system notification transmitted, he is suppressing his excitement on the surface, but he is enjoying the system's blessing within his mind.

{Yokai leader? What is that? Why the hell is there something like that in the old dorm?}

{Why wasn't this in the original work? With so many people inside Hakuo, how come no one discovered this apparition inside the old dormitory?}

He suddenly remembered that in the original work something like this happened once. One night, Hayate, who was retrieving some things for Nagi, entered the old dormitory by mistake, Hinagiku, who appeared due to the sound, resulted in them both being chased by a ghost.

[A/N: Alright citizens of the Internet, work your magic, comment with a photo of these 2 being chased by said ghost!]

However, in reality, the ghost was just a stunt by Saginomiya Izumi. The goal was to scare them both, although she messed up in the end and Hayate noticed. He didn't call her out on it and just took Hinagiku away from that place.

The elaborate hoax to scare them both was done to properly conduct the exorcism ritual without causing collateral damage to both of them!

{Could it be that in the original work the target of Izumi's exorcism was this yokai in the old dormitory?}

{Ouch, why wasn't it a skirt-chasing mission, the other MCs clearly did that...}

"What's the matter? Virgil, aren't you happy?

No one knows exactly what psychological process he goes through, but in her eyes, after she received the document, he laughed a little and then went blank.

Maybe he was too happy? And now he has become emotionally unstable?

He recovered and laughed.

"No, I'm very happy, I was just thinking about some things."

"What kind of things were you thinking about looking into empty space?"

Curious, she asked.

"Hmm…"

Striking a fake contemplation pose, he laughed.

"I was thinking, to prevent you from gaining weight, maybe it's time to reduce your food consumption…"

"You can not!"

She screamed out of reflex. But after she saw his smiling face, she blushed and threw an angry look at him.

"I'm the type who doesn't gain weight no matter how much I eat, so you don't have to worry about that. Besides, didn't I already say that? Don't call me young miss, seriously, even before we were in the student council, I had already told you to call me Hinagiku…"

Opening the document he took out a piece of card, it's his student card, and as he handled it he laughed.

"Alright, then from now on I will refer to you as…"

"Miss Hinagiku!"

She was about to show her satisfied smile, but seeing that he smiled and shouted that. He quickly escaped.

Stunned, she became angry and grabbed her bag before chasing after him.

"Stay there!"

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Hinagiku's mother sat on the couch, watching TV. Hearing the fight that was happening 2 or 3 times a day, she sighed and groaned.

"It must be nice to be young…"

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The next day, Virgil went to school with Hinagiku, using hanky-panky tactics, he managed to push himself to be in the same class as her.

"This is our newest student council member, Virgil!"

At the moment, there were 1 male and 6 females inside the student council room. Certainly, from the viewer's point of view, the man seems like a victor in life who should be dragged away to be executed. But what they don't know is that the man in this case doesn't want to do anything other than jump off the balcony just to get the hell out of here.

Hinagiku stood there and happily introduced him to the 5 girls. He has a smile on his face during this session. On the surface, he is smiling, but inside, his heart has already turned to dust.

After she finished introducing him, one of the 5 girls standing in front of him with purple hair and a raised notebook in her hand smiled and greeted him.

"I'm the student council president, Kasumi Aika, please take care of me."

A girl with silver-gray hair and glasses who looked very fine looked at him with a serious look. Just when he was about to feel numb from the piercing gaze, she waved at him.

"Harukaze Chiharu!"

"Wow! A new face, to be recommended to the student council by HinaHina, he must be an amazing guy!"

[A/N: someone confirm the original nickname in anime or manga because I'm sure it's not little Hina]

This girl had purple colored hair and double braids. At first glance, it can be said that she is an energetic girl. She is studying him curiously with a cheerful aura. That look, it's as if she found something interesting.

"I am Segawa Izumi, I will be under her care!"

"Hanabishi Miki!"

This was a long-haired blue girl with eyes like a dead fish.

"Asakaze Risa!"

This was a brown-haired girl who was giving him a thumbs up.

Looking at all these full girls who were basically asking him to throw tsukkomis, tears streamed down his heartfelt face.

It's just recess and he was forcibly dragged into the student council room and signed the 'Slave Contract', proudly becoming a member of the student council.

Originally he nonchalantly nodded to this request because he thought he would be able to spend more time with Kaichou-sama and increase his favorability towards her. But he regretted it very quickly.

That's because soon after she brought these 5 great Goddesses (A/N: lit, but carries a more sarcastic and humorous tone, the joke is that these 5 are so infamous that they are Gods.) while saying that she wants to introduce them every one of them.

If he had a choice, he would rather slap himself twice than come here.

These 5 are problem children!….

Kasumi aiko looks warm, acts like a nadeshiko, but the thing is, as anyone who's watched Hayate the Combat Butler knows, she's a girl (A/N: Mandarin and Japanese have the same meaning, and how does that describes the trait of an anime character (I'm putting the Japanese term instead of black stomach). The notebook in her hand has a really cool name, it's called 'The Weakness of Everyone I've Met'. No one would know how or when she smelled them, as long as she managed that, there was no knowing when or how an untimely death would occur.

And next to her, with a cold face, where it seems like nothing in the world could change her face is the taciturn harukaze chiharu. Her inner identity is that of a very "autistic" girl, why "autistic"? That's because although she looks completely composed, she has the soul of a maid. To hide her true self from others, she usually suppresses it inside. Go out with her, who knows when he might go into psychosis because of her.

If it was just these 2, it would still be fine. He's a little careful with Aika, he's a little balanced with Chiharu, with his deep knowledge of 2D shoujos, he can still manage a little.

The truly terrifying ones, however, are those…

The three friends smiling at him are Segawa izumi, hanabishi miki and asakaze risa. Respectively, half-dead corpse, lots of energy to spare. These three troubled children are known as 'the three puppets of Hakuo Academy'. Separately they are no big deal, but together it means that there will always be an 'incident', basically, they will have problems...

In the original work, one of the duo with the same title from Magical Index, Kamijou touch-a-tit (TL: I didn't hit you, 上条把妹手, lit Kamijou shoujo touching hands, a joke about how your hands that can break supernatural things, they manage to "break the red thread of destiny", thus gathering hordes of candidates for harems). Hayate always makes up for it, that's why the three of them can live their lives happily. But he definitely doesn't want to be the tragic guy for them!

Adding the perfect but dormant volcano-style Kaichou-sama, this student council is probably only habitable for resilient lifeforms like Hayate….

A... If only heaven would give me one more chance, I would certainly give it...

"Virgil, why are you pulling away? Hurry up and greet them!"

A similar beautiful hand slapped his shoulder, rescuing him from his crazy tragedy. Looking at the displeased Hinagiku, he wanted to cry, but somehow the tears wouldn't come out.

With a smile that couldn't be more fake, he greeted them.

"Good morning everyone, my name is Virgil, I'm American, I just arrived in Hakuo today, I'm Hinagiku's butler, I'll be under your care!"

"Hinagiku's butler?"

Amazed, the 5 looked at him and Hinagiku with an expression of disbelief.

Deep down, she is someone who has a perfect existence, academically good, excellent skills, excellent in sports, good at taking care of the house, with a countenance that makes people's jaws drop. No matter how she looks at it, she doesn't seem to need a butler to take care of her.

In fact, if it's her becoming a butler, that would be a much more reasonable choice...

Now, a guy comes running out of nowhere and announces himself as her butler, not to anyone but to Hinagiku, how can this be….

After being surprised, they recovered with a smile. Arriving in front of him, they cornered him. In their face

"Ne~ne~, Virgil-kun, why did you become HinaHina's butler, it doesn't make sense, is there something going on behind the scenes? Why don't you tell us the details?"

"As members of the same organization, from now on we are brothers in arms, don't try to hide anything from us!"

"You maybe had a fight with HinaHina, got beaten up and then you fell for HinaHina's charm. Finally turning into your 'loyal supporter'?"

(End of chapter)