"I know it might trouble you, especially when you have just made a girlfriend, but just apany me, okay? The club won't take much of your time, or rather, it won't take your time at all since all you o do is register!"

  Watg Satoshi's relut expression, Oreki quickly said, hoping for him to join.

  "....."

  Satoshi just stared at Oreki, but then again, thinking of his short height and also his status as he had a girlfriend, he felt that it should be okay. A simir plot wouldn't happehought.

  Regardless, while most people would be curious about the Cssic Club as it was the beginning of the story known as Hyouka, his attitude was quite ft; why?

  It was because he had a girlfriend now, and, more importantly, the inal Satoshi was extremely busy as not only did he join a school's Executive ittee and the Handicrafts Club.

  More importantly, he also thought to make money si was unfortable not to have fun.

  At the same time, to increase his height and muscle mass, protein was needed, but as he came from an average family, while he wasn't poor, his family wasn't that wealthy either, so it might be a little troublesome to buy meat, and because of that, he needed money.

  Then again, what else could he do?

  "So, what do you think?"

  Hearing the question thrown by Oreki, Satoshi sighed inwardly and said, "Well, I think it will be fun to have our own private room, like a secret base."

  No matter how old the boys were, they would be attracted to the word "secret," and a secret base naturally touched the G-Spot of every boy.

  Even Oreki, who always appeared listless, also had to admit that he, who was zy, also felt that this secret base was iing. "You are right."

  "Still, what does the Cssic Club do?"

  After the two got the key to the club from the faculty room, Satoshi talked with Kaho, who was inside for a moment, theo the Cssic Club, and naturally, he wondered what this club did.

  "I am not sure."

  "...." Satoshi.

  Oreki thought for a moment and said, "Probably, just reading?"

  "As it is cssic, then we're going to read a cssic literature?" Satoshi asked.

  "Like "The Tale of Genji"?"

  "That guy who created a harem?"

  "You are n, but shouldn't you phrase it in a more poignant way as it is cssic literature, right?"

  "Then, the story of a pyboy who gets what he deserves at the end?"

  "....." Oreki.

  The Tale of Genji.

  This was the oldest novel in the world, and it told a story from the autobiography of Genji, the Japanese Cassanova, with various women; then, in the end, he died in a tragedy.

  Miserable, Satoshi thought.

  Yet, he knew well that a love story had always ended in tragedy if it wao remain as a masterpiebsp;

  After all, there were still many men with a happy ending even if they had many women.

  "Well, I think history is pretty nice," Satoshi said.

  "It's my first time to know that you have an i in history."

  "Even if we have been friends for so long, it doesn't mean that you know everything about me, right?"

  "Hmm.... that's true."

  Even if they were friends, it didn't mean that they would know about everything.

  Still, Oreki felt a little lonely, though it was as if Satoshi had many things that he suppressed inwardly and just being thoughtful toward him as Satoshi uood that his way of life was to avoid trouble.

  However, as Oreki was clumsy in his own ways, it was hard for him to be straightforward.

  "So, do you want to experience a rose-colored high school life, Satoshi?"

  "Do you think so?"

  "I think so."

  "Why?"

  "Because you have started to have an i in romance!"

  Satoshi looked at Oreki and said, "I think that romance 't represent the rose-colored high school life. I think that as long as you have fulfilled a high school life and are satisfied with it, then it is a rose-colored high school life. That's what I believe."

  "Then, are you not satisfied with your life?"

  "I am not." Satoshi shook his head and said, "I want to get better."

  "What kind?"

  "Study?"

  "..." Oreki looked at Satoshi dumbfoundedly and asked, "Are you sick? Do you need me to send you to the hospital?"

  "If I am sick, then I better inflict it on you so you will be more energized."

  If a siess could make one bee energized and more positive, then Oreki should definitely be afflicted by this siess, Satoshi thought.

  "Hmph! I might be an energy saver, but don't uimate my immune system! I won't be afflicted and influenced by you! I will follow my motto thhly during my youth!"

  Watg the proud Oreki, Satoshi said, "It's because you haven't fallen in love with someo."

  "I definitely won't!"

  "Really?"

  "Really!"

  "Then, don't regret it if your loved one falls in love with another, okay?"

  "That won't happen!" Oreki shook his head and said, "I will definitely not fall in love with anyone!"

  'This guy is so stubborn...'

  Satoshi sighed, but then again, not falling in love with someone should probably be sidered cool by a high school student.

  "Or rather, have you fallen in love with that girl? What's her name again?"

  "Juumonji Kaho. She is my cssmate."

  "Cssmate? No wonder..."

  Why was it so smooth?

  Wasn't it because Satoshi and Kaho had a certain foundation sihey were cssmates?

  "Hey, wait a moment, you haven't answered my questio!"

  Oreki wao know whether Satoshi really had fallen in love with Kaho.

  "Is it necessary to think about falling in love or not during a retionship?"

  "...is it not?"

  "After all, while falling in love is one of the reasons, it is not the only one."

  "Then, why did you date her if you don't feel such a feeling?"

  "I guess... if I have to find a reason, then it is because I want to try. She is also a cute girl, so... I just want to learn love from her." Satoshi looked at Oreki and asked, "Is that reason not good enough?"

  "...."

  Oreki fell silent for a moment and said, "Just don't do anything that will endanger your life, okay? I tell that she is a pretty scary girl and much taller than you. If you do something dangerous, then even I 't save you."

  "...." Satoshi.

  Sighing, Satoshi thought that Oreki really cared about him, but then again, with his experiences, he never feared anything, especially since all of the dahat he had met were probably on the level that no one could imagine and sidered giving up.

  If someone entered the same problem as him, death robably the best solution to solve everything.

  Regardless, as Satoshi had experienced such a hard life, he thought of having a peaceful life in this world, so he thought only to stick to Kaho and wouldn't go after irls.

  After all, he wao experience a rose-colored high school life rather than a blood crimson-colored high school life.

  'Still, her reward is quite unique.'

  As he thought so, they arrived at the location of the Cssis, but when Oreki opehe lock of the door, inside, a beautiful girl with long bck hair that swayed in the wind stood, then looked at them with her rge violet colored eyes and gave them a gentle smile.

  "Eh?"

  Oreki was startled, but Satoshi looked at him and wondered whether the spell of love had been cast at that moment.