Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Part 1

So, after all that happened,

Several days later, we commenced our next plan, 'Operation: Find-some-way-to-blackmail-the-staff-and-obtain-a-clubroom'

It occurred tothe i it an 'operation' but whatever, I guess

To explain the general direction of our plan, Yeonji was to pick out the 'right' person from our staff list, then use all means necessary to prove that he or she is an Otaku It was a stupidly inefficient plan

The operation procedure was simple

We were to find the target's main workplace (usually somewhere in the school office), wait until everyone leaves the area, and when the tiht, one person searches their computer while the other keeps a lookout Done

Once we find any Otaku et like a hawk froet video proof of their Otaku activities but it was easier said than done

Firstly, 'until everyone leaves the area' was a difficult condition to fulfill

Waiting for everyone to vacate such a busy place wasfor apples to ripen and fall fro around blind spots within the rooet's computer

Secondly, there were none

After going to hell and back to investigate their computers, Yeonji's expectations were betrayed as there were no hidden folders of eroges or doujins Rarely, we uncovered some pussycat videos(!), but they had no use for us yet

But to perhaps et to res were nil

In retrospect, it was unlikely that any sane teachers would blatantly behave like Otakus in a public setting, like the school offices Wouldn't they normally keep it to themselves in their lonesome?

”Then how do you explain all the pussycat videos?!”

Yeonji gruht red, likely because she had to sit through an adult video after a long, tiring day spent ruh PCs

”Okay, that's true”

But pussycat videos are different frooals You naive, young girl

--But because Iwith Yeonji It seereatly frustrated from our fruitless exploration

”I can't believe this! True Otakus s in the computer are pussycat videos; this makes no sense!”

That's because the teachers aren't true Otakus They simply aren't Otakus at all

I sighed and nearly sprawled on my bed

If I haven't hinted it yet, our current location was hout today, we had dragged our tired bodies in here for an e

Mom's reaction to Yeonji's third appearance in this house was further description will be o about her before this situation got out of hand

Unlikefrom physical and o on She gave me a dirty look and scrunched her nose, disappointed at my lack of will

”This is strange rong? My perfect plan is falling apart already That Ha[X]hi person got her club room so easily! Why not me?!”

What's the point of feeling coainst a fictional character? And Haru[X] is a God, mind you; you can't compete with that

”Hmph, this isn't possible There has to be some teacher so completely depraved that he secretly plays visual novels within school! I will find that person!”

Yeonji declared like a little kid set out to find a legendary Po[X] our situation, a person like that indeed feel a lot like a legendary [X]kemon

I commented,

”Even if we find an Otaku The places we searched today were constantly packed with people In a place where their co-workers and students are always around, not even an Otaku would do anything like that there”

Seriously, playing a visual novel within the school office is already off the li a 'closeted' Otaku

”Tsk It's okay to watch pussycat videos, but being an Otaku isn't I seriously don't understand this society! I don't knohat to say”

Yeonji rhythht like she was really baffled It was slightly cute

Still, I was too e with the pussycat videos

I carefully reassured her, as she was getting sulky:

”Starting toate the staff members that are in one of theuseful, it's probably there, I think”

”Secluded department the principal's office?”

”Why are you still clinging to the principal's office?!”

I know that you want to see soive up now!

”Nyuu--t”

With an objection to her unending aave up and returned her focus to the computer screen I swear, by the end of this, she would be able to remember the names of everyone in this school

”A secluded depart about a secluded department Ah, there's one”

Inspiration struck her like lightning I arose and checked my laptop monitor

”The infirmary”

”It's actually pretty secluded!”

I was shocked

”Hreat, that infirmary”

”It's not great at all--!”

I haven't ever seen anyone trying to use an infirmary as a club room, fiction or real life

But Yeonji spoke in her usual seriousness,

”No, this is a very nice place Infirmaries are normally in the less populated area in schools There are also beds to use, so that's a frosting on the cake”

”What do we do with beds in our club activities?”

”I-if we get tired, we could lie down and sleep”

A hesitant reply met with my question asked in confusion Go sleep in your own room!

”A-anyway--!”

With her face strangely reddened, Yeonji raised her voice

”Anyone could act like an Otaku to the fullest in a lone place like the infirmary! Now that I look at her, the nurse physically looks like an Otaku”

”Really?”

I looked at the photo where the cursor laid, but there was only a good-looking wo about her seemed Otaku-like

”She's quite pretty”

I read through the entry with the header that was labeled: [Yu Youngseon(27), School Nurse, Horaduated froan her work here already

This isn't soh school Even as a school nurse here, it would be a great boon to her future career as a doctor She was a total Mary Sue, with her great looks and being a young raduate

She had no chance of being an Otaku

”Hmph”

Yeonji grunted in dissent at my doubtful manner

”Good looks my ass Look at those black circles under her eyes, and those cloudy eyes like she's in permanent REM-sleep Those are undoubtedly the side effects of playing visual novels late at night I'm certain!”

Yeonji uess

In closer inspection, there was indeed a touch of black under the nurse's eyes in the photo, but it was unreasonable to denounce her as a visual novel addict with only that

--But even if I said that to her, it was obvious she would hear none of it, so I kept silent

And also,

It occurred to ent yet cute little girl, as quite unfortunately an Otaku

”Hmm--”

I squinted to observe her in detail

On her gluht leave a e, beady eyes

I had been forgetting it due to her unpleasant attitude, but on closer inspection she was still unarguably cute I'm sure anyone else would say the same

I wonder how she became an Otaku

She really doesn't look like an Otaku, visually-- and now Yeonji noticed that I was staring

Opposing my squint, she cocked her eyes and shot a dirty look

”What is it all of a sudden, staring at me like a creep?”

”N-no, it's nothing”

If I chose the option to say 'No, I was just thinking you were really cute~', I wonder ould have happened Maybe it could have set off a flag!

”Hmph”

Yeonji scoffed I looked away, inations

Yeonji closed the s on the screen with a violent flick of thethe face of a cat that had accidentally feasted on a poisoned mouse

She said,

”So, the infire It's easier for us to raid the room for clues, because students can freely visit it”

Of course I nodded in agreement

It was highly unnatural for us to frequently show up at a place like the school office, but the infirood excuse, we could visit and investigate the room without much difficulty

I would no longer have to hide from the teachers, or crawl between desks on all fours Already, that was a highly motivational prospect

As I recovered my morale, Yeonji turned off the computer and spoke

”Alright, then we're set By tomorrow, I'll have the details of our plan ready Come out to the infirmary when the lunch break starts”

”Wait, before having lunch?”

”Of course”

She explained,

”Lunchtime is the most optimal time for us; even the nurse would have to leave to eat lunch Anyway, I don't want to waste tis after the fourth class! I directly to the infirmary If you're late, it's posthumous execution for you”

”I'm not even dead yet”

I objected with my face planted on the bed It looked like, toet to have my lunch thanks to all the payless, menial work Yeonji will force on me

Listening to Moht?' as Yeonji prepared to leave, I silently prayed that the school nurse is an actual Otaku so that we et a club room soon

Lunchtime

Nor, I would have sprinted towards the cafeteria in a swar down a Brachiosaurus Then I would have quickly gulped down my lunch, and then I would have been forced into a territorial dispute with the other classes for the school fields

But this day, such a normal daily routine was not permitted, astowards the infirmary on an empty stomach

So hungry Dammit all

Yeonji, as the size of a pea but attached with a high-tech jet engine,a h school My sto in class without any food inside Evenme down

As I lurched towards the infirined the kinds of scheme Yeonji could have drafted in the mean time

””

Honestly, nothing came to my mind

Fro around outside of

Even during our face-to-face conversation, I could not at all read into what sorts of thoughts she

Whatever the case, it was apparent that I would again toilfurther

At the end of the hallas Yeonji

”You're late! Penalty!”

What the hell do you mean by 'penalty'?

Ignoring Yeonji's spontaneous relanced at my wrist watch

It was barely 2how quickly Yeonji arrived here Don't run in the hallway, you

While I threw suspicion-filled glances at Yeonji's thin legs, she stuck her head out to look into the infirh an open

”I can't really see if anyone's inside You look too”

I wondered how I'd help if she couldn't see, but I obliged nonetheless

Through the narrow opening of the tinted s, I could only see various medicine bottles and common medical equipment As she had said, it was hard to knoas inside

”I don't know, either”

”Nyuu-ngh”

Yeonji closed her eyes and becaht I had only known her for a few days, but from my experience thus far, she never failed to co that pose

After soers while cross-armed, she reopened her eyes and commanded,

”You should go in first Pretend that you're sick”

See

It was a sudden request, but I had predicted so like this would happen beforehand Anyway, it was quite a normal plan for Yeonji

I sighed and asked,

”I' to be sick but what kind of sickness do I fake? I'd rather avoid being humiliated the moment I walk in”

”Obviously, you just--”

Yeonji's eyes briefly lay on s

You weren't thinking about saying 'just break your legs a little', were you?

It was quite a believable suggestion that Yeonji would actually do it I flinched

Yeonji aardly cleared her throat and whispered,

”Well Just come closer for a moment”

”Hey, hey, hey!!”

You're not actually going to break ht?!

”Don't act like an idiot”

Yeonji gave a disappointed glance

”How as without any weapons? Stop being stupid and get over here”

It sounded like she was i that she would have done it if she had a weapon

”Lean down”

I hesitantly walked towards her like a kid getting his punishment- and in response, Yeonji sounded like she was ready to punish me

I leaned over to match her eye level

She's not going to throw punches at uess it would be easy to walk in the infiret home! The scariest part about Yeonji was that she was the type of person ould to do such a thing without hesitation

Yeonji's small face closed into me, as I nervously waited for her

”Close your eyes”

”Huh?”

The mood was turned upside-down

Yeonji's strangely reddened face had come even closer

To exaggerate slightly, it was a distance short enough for us to feel each other's breath It was a distance that was close enough for me to see Yeonji's pink, wet lips mildly tremble in uneasiness

In this strange situation, Yeonji demanded that I close my eyes with a shaky voice I had no clue what had just happened there

”Uh, you know?”

”I said, close your eyes!”

Yeonji, with her rouge-tinted face, commanded me Under her pressure, I closed my eyes, and felt a soft, pleasant touch on my forehead

Forehead?

Scrubscrubscrubscrubscrubscrubscrub----!

”H-hot-!!”

Fiery heat quickly spread on my forehead

When my senses returned, Yeonji's s a fire on y

What's theof this?!

Scrubscrubscrubscrubscrubscrubscrubscrub--------!

”Hey, hey! It hurts, it hurts! Sto-stop it!”

How long are you gonna do this for?! It's like you're sanding off a gum off the floor!

I screaether, and like a maestro about to perform her masterpiece, she said,

”That should be enough Right now, you're a boy who's struck with fever and dizziness, so you feel like resting on a bed”

”Hey, come on”

I laid my hand ona fever If I cracked sos

”What are you waiting for? That 'fake fever' buff lasts for only 5 minutes Get in there quickly while you're visibly sick I'll go in with you later”

I wanted to raise an issue with irl who casted the buff(?) did not seem to pay any attention

Yeonji disappeared after abandoning hed, now alone

This is going to last 5 minutes? More like 10 minutes!

Mustering up so Yeonji's lips in such a close proximity, I slowly opened the infirmary door and walked in

She said she was going to followthat?

It wasthe interior of the infirh school

The first notable quality was that the rooous

Surely other h schools have tiny roo only the area that was visible toas ht

Each bed was not just a plain old bed seen commonly in an infirmary; they were modernized hospital beds that had the equipment to keep patients alive, if need be

Again, this school is seriously loaded

If Yeonji saw this, she would probably be bent on acquiring this place With that thought, I stumbled deeper into the room

”Uh is anyone here?”

Perhaps it was because of the guilt froenuinely like a patient suffering from a fever In the midst of my search for the nurse in this needlessly expansive rooe

”What is this?”

Sitting between the entrance and the beds was a desk There was a bulletin board resting on its surface, so I closed in to inspect it

Let's see, these things on top of the desk are Are these n, which was obviously constructed from the last year's calendar, says

[Self-service for light symptoms]

Headache - White bottle (A), 1 dose 1 spoon

Fever - White bottle (B), 1 dose 1 spoon

Cold - White bottle (C), 1 dose 1 spoon + Cold syrup 1 dose 50mm

Stomachache, diarrhea - Red bottle, 1 dose 1 spoon

Period - Blue bottle, 1 dose 2 spoons

Bruises, cuts - Orange ointment, appropriate amount + band-aid

Serious problems such as broken bones, concussion are to be reported to the nurse next door ->

PS Those ant to rest on the bedsme

Yu Youngseon, Nurse

””

I don't know about her being an Otaku, but she's not even hiding how lazy she is!

Awestruck at the sight of the infirmary's self-aid-service(?), I turned to look in the direction to which the arrow pointed, and discovered another door on the wall

I haven't ever seen an infiro in

After taking deep, slow breaths, I slowly approached and knocked on the door

'Mmh, could you wait a moment~?'

I was expecting the answer to be 'Come in~' I stood there in silence, as if my question of '¿Córacias, y tu?'

Whatever she was doing, it took a very long time before the door opened

”Sorry, I'?”

The nurse left her roo herself on exit so that the inside of the room was not visible as she moved out

Including the sleepy eyes, she was a beautiful lady as seen from yesterday's photo

She was pretty tall for a lady, only slightly shorter than I was Her long hair was tied behind her head in a ponytail, and she had a white gown on that see for her size

Most notably, she had big breasts Even with the large gown, they were aly visible

”I wonder where he's hurt”

When I did not answer her, a small frown surfaced on her relaxed face I returned to my senses, alerted by her words

”Oh, , and I have a fever”

”Hmm”

The nurse inspected me with her eyes I did my best to look like I was in pain The nurse spoke,

”Well, I can check your temperature can you stay still for a moment?”

”Huh?”

Before I forht hand covered my forehead When her beautiful hand approached rance, my breath was taken away

”Ah--- hm, hm”

The nurse laid her left hand on her own forehead, her right hand on mine, and nodded with her eyes closed

The way she calmly checked erously fast

”382 degrees Celsius, h”

After the nurse reain reddened

It would not be so strange if that just raised rees Anyway, you just used your hands, and you can it?!

The nurse went 'H in place Then she spoke in a mildly annoyed tone

”After you take that o back to class Hey, did you get a note from your teacher?”

”N- no”

My symptoms only surfaced just as I arrived at the infirmary; there was no way I'd have a teacher's note As I was sta in embarrassment, the nurse scratched her neck and waved her hand around and said,

”I'uess I have no choice You can stay until the end of lunch tier, then you have to come back with the teacher's note Understand?”

”Ah, I understand”

Rather than sympathy, it see with her eyes that are laden with dark circles, she finished talking and returned to her room I momentarily remained rooted in place

I wondered what all this meant

Yeonji was right in thinking that this she was suspicious, but it was hard to tell if it had anything to do with her being an Otaku

I tried to ilared at the closed door, but without having some X-ray vision, it was a fruitless effort I found it likely that there was so that room

It felt aard leaving at this point, so I was on standby until Yeonji followed iven me and rested on the bed

Then the realization came that I probably didn't have to take that pill, but it was too late

Well, I was sure Yeonji would have given me more headaches in the future, so let's just call it a precautionary measure

Sometime later,

After having struggled against sleepiness as I lay down on a bed, hidden behind white curtains, someone entered the infir

From the pitter-patter of a cat that I heard, it was most likely Yeonji The footsteps neared my location and paused, presumably startled by that desk from before

”Hmph”

Yeonji's onoh the curtains to reach me Please quiet down indoors

She seemed dumbfounded by the 'self-aid service' on that bulletin board

Just like I had done, Yeonji must have discovered the other door that was pointed out by an arrow sign; her footsteps moved to that direction

Tap-tap - and the knocks echoed There came voices from the door's direction, words

I had no way to know for sure, but I had a feeling that the words again were 'could you wait a moment~?' mostly because it took some time before the door was opened

Soon ca between the nurse and Yeonji I still could not decipher their words, but I could assume it was the same deal as before

I wonder what sort of faked-illness-buff she applied on herself before co here

As I thought to myself, I heard the door close Then the footsteps came near, and Yeonji violently pushed the curtains aside

”What do you think you're doing, you idiot!”

”Wha- Argh!”

Yeonji perfor Body Attack and crushed h s

”What are you doing, sleeping in this place like an idiot?! We're at an iht decide our club room's fate!”

I wasn't sleeping! I was perfectly awake up until now!

No words left my naled towards the door to alert Yeonji, as now sitting on top of me She pouted and responded,

”If you mean that woman, she went back into her room I doubt she can hear us”

Look at her, calling a member of the school 'that wo the nurse as an eneht

After s resumed its work, Yeonji slid off from my body and hopped down on an adjacent bed

”So smells fishy!”

Yeonji exclaimed like a detective who found a clue I pulled hed

”Yes, if you mean that room”

I agreed with her, since that had been my initial suspicion Yeonji turned to the door beyond the curtains, glared with a hint of hate, and nodded

”Yes, this is undoubtedly an Otaku vibe A rich, ferht, this infirmary is a Clotaku's hidden den”

Yeonji's pitch-black irises scoured left and right A huge, evil grin eed on her face

”Anyway, yeah, this place, it's a lot better than I originally thought For a single person to use this rooivable I won't accept it This kind of awesome room should be shared with all the poor people out there”

”I guess we can use it, then”

My nored

”There's an air conditioner, and a heating systeht beds”

Yeonji repeatedly nodded while looking around, like a custo dazzled by a real estate sales eyes and peach cheeks that she was very impressed by this place But seriously, what's so important about the beds?!

It was too early for her to act like she owned this room, but it was hard to control Yeonji while she was confident I asked a question in an attempt to divert her confidence:

”So, what excuse did you have for co to the infirmary? Did you rub your own forehead?”

”There's no way I'd do so as stupid as that”

You did it to me, you jerk

Yeonji poled and answered proudly,

”I said that I was havingme”

”Is that so”

Such an inappropriate remark did not fit her cute face

”That's right I put on some makeup in the washroom to look pale, too When I recalled back to the time when I had appendicitis to simulate my pain, she easily believed me Nya-ha-ha”

I didn't understand a bulk of her words, but strangely I got progressively more embarrassed

”Well, however it went That roo to do about it?”

”Ah, that's right”

Elevated by the success of hersubject until I had to change the topic She regained her focus, and after a ,

”Should we break down that door and barge in with a camera?”

”It's not going to happen!”

Maybe in fiction, doors break doith a couple of shoulder bashes, but not in real life And what are we gonna do if there's nothing in the roo in?

”I-I know that, at least! That was a joke!”