Human factors and service factors are the real keys to whether a club is popular or not.
Without a doubt, a club that has the elf princess in it will attract financial conglomerates, nobles, and even extraordinary forces who sense opportunity, all swarming over.
Even taking into account the club's member composition and privacy, and even if only women are allowed to enter, it would still be the same.
The heavily watched Sobu High leaves many people unable to get involved at all. They can only watch as the lucky Rurikawa family, the Ichinose family, and the Yukinoshita family get close to the elf princess.
But once news of this club gets out, it will definitely make many people with ulterior motives proactively send their wives and daughters to become members of this club, doing everything they can to curry favor with Hikigaya and get close to the elf princess.
Even the government has to go out of its way to be extremely polite to the elf princess just to study magic and cultivate their own magicians, let alone the many powerful financial families who want to step into the ranks of extraordinary forces.
The more Yukinoshita Haruno thought about it, the more exhausted she felt, and she secretly sighed.
Although this choice fit Yukino's personality very well, she really felt helpless.
Rurikawa Tsubaki of the Rurikawa family had already latched onto Hachiman's thigh and was eating until her mouth was dripping with grease, relying on her identities as student vice president and Kaede's best friend.
The Ichinose family's Ichinose Ayano had gone all in even more, bringing along Ichinose Honami, Ichinose Marika, and Horigome China, dragging friends and relatives with her.
Only their Yukinoshita family... Yukino was clearly the vice president of the Service Club, and by all rights the one who should have had the easiest access to the elf princess.
Everyone else thought the Yukinoshita family had gotten a huge advantage. The other two families had eaten so full already, so surely the Yukinoshita family had benefited even more. But in reality… she really had grievances she could not speak of.
"Touka onee-san, do you want to join the Service Club?"
Hachiman looked at Yukinoshita Haruno, whose expression was extremely subtle, and smiled at Tohsaka Touka on the other side.
"I can join too?"
Tohsaka Touka, who had just been quietly watching them chat, froze for a moment and pointed at herself in disbelief.
"Of course you can. After joining the Service Club, Touka onee-san, you can come over anytime with Sakura and the others. Wouldn't that be much more convenient?"
Hachiman smiled and nodded. He had always remembered the Tohsaka family accounting task. It just seemed that completely dealing with the Takamine family would require more than simply stopping the marriage agreement between the Takamine and Tohsaka families.
"Then… can I join together with Haruno? Hachiman, I don't really know Komachi's classmates and friends very well."
Tohsaka Touka glanced somewhat hesitantly at Yukinoshita Haruno on Hachiman's other side, then looked at him and spoke hesitantly in a small voice.
Now Sakura had a "father," and she was being called Touka onee-san by Hachiman. She did not need to worry about the Takamine family's marriage arrangement for the time being, and even the Rurikawa family could pass along some resources they could not swallow to the Tohsaka family.
But Haruno's situation had still not improved and she was still facing the issue of a family marriage.
If she could give Haruno a push so that she would not have to worry about marriage arrangements anymore, that would be great.
"Touka…"
Yukinoshita Haruno naturally knew why Tohsaka Touka deliberately mentioned her at this moment. Just as she worried that Touka marrying the useless third son of the Takamine family would be unhappy, Touka also worried about her.
"Of course that's no problem. Even if Touka onee-san didn't say it, I was planning to ask Haruno onee-san to help."
Watching the scene of deep sisterly affection between Tohsaka Touka and Yukinoshita Haruno, Hachiman nodded without hesitation and smiled at Yukinoshita Haruno.
"Since Yukino doesn't want to help me work for free, I can only ask Yukino's older sister, that is, Haruno onee-san, to work for free instead."
"Hikigaya-kun, what you mean is," Yukinoshita Haruno's heart stirred. She guessed Hachiman's intention, yet did not quite dare to be sure as she looked at him.
Her relationship with Hikigaya-kun had always been lukewarm, and things were even worse on Yukino's side.
Why was Hikigaya-kun suddenly asking her to help manage the Service Club?
"Haruno onee-san, you guessed right. I want you to help manage the Service Club. Yukino is the vice president of the Service Club, so how about you be a vice president of the Service Club as well?"
Facing Yukinoshita Haruno's uncertain gaze, Hachiman smiled and nodded, formally inviting her to join the Service Club.
His younger sister Yukinoshita Yukino worked for him in the Service Club, and her older sister Yukinoshita Haruno would work for him in the Service Club as well.
One in school, one in society, the Yukinoshita sisters both working for him for free.
"Vice president of the Service Club... Hikigaya-kun, I'm extremely honored and very willing that you trust me enough to give me such an important position. But Hikigaya-kun, have you not considered the Rurikawa family or the Ichinose family?"
After confirming that Hachiman really did want her to help manage the Service Club, Yukinoshita Haruno did not show a happy smile. Instead, she looked troubled.
Although she knew Hachiman must have his own considerations and would not do something like this on a whim, the Service Club was of great importance and would definitely attract many envious eyes in the future.
She had to ask cautiously, so as not to face targeting from the Rurikawa and Ichinose families the moment she took over.
In terms of relationships, were not the Rurikawa and Ichinose families closer to Hikigaya-kun than the Yukinoshita family?
If Yukino had some ambiguous relationship with Hikigaya, she might not have been so conflicted. But the problem was that there was no relationship at all. So why would Hikigaya give such a good position to the Yukinoshita family out of nowhere?
Or was this also under the elf princess's instruction?
The Yukinoshita family had never had a chance to get close to the elf princess before. Was this an acceptance of the Yukinoshita family's allegiance?
"Tsubaki and Ayano are still students and don't have that much time. Haruno onee-san, you should have more free time outside of class."
Hachiman seemed not to notice Yukinoshita Haruno's inner conflict and simply gave a straightforward explanation based on time.
Including his childhood friends Kaede and Rin, most of his relationships were concentrated around Sobu High. There were very few working adults, let alone working adults suitable for management.
The young landlady was obviously the type to mess things up, so she could not be allowed to manage the Service Club.
On the demi-human side, he could easily find management talent to help him, but if the Service Club were managed by the elf princess Iris or the mermaid princess Meroune, it would turn into a demi-human dominated Service Club.
Iris and the others lived in his house and also held influential public identities, so they were indeed not suitable for managing a private social venue like this.
In his heart, Yukinoshita Haruno, who had already taken on the burden of the Yukinoshita family and was used to social dealings, was indeed more suitable than Yukinoshita Yukino, who always wore a cold expression.
Although the Service Club was basically similar to the Service Club, so there was no need to worry about Yukinoshita Yukino offending people, forcing someone was never sweet. Letting Yukinoshita Yukino quietly serve as his vice president of the Service Club on campus, and letting Yukinoshita Haruno be the vice president of the off-campus Service Club, would be better.
"More free time outside of class… Actually, university students aren't that free either. But since you've said so, Hikigaya-kun, even if I have to skip class, I'll help you get the Service Club running properly."
Seeing that she could not get more information out of Hachiman, Yukinoshita Haruno broke into a bright smile and happily agreed to take on the role of vice president of the Service Club.
She could not hesitate any longer. It was rare to see such a good opportunity, and one good enough to surpass the Rurikawa and Ichinose families.
If she missed this chance and waited until other financial groups or demi-human extraordinary forces entered the scene, the Yukinoshita family would be completely out.
She did not ask about compensation at all. Becoming vice president of the Service Club was itself the best compensation.
Just leaking who the owner behind the Service Club was, even if there was nothing here, would still make countless people fight to join.
The only thing that needed consideration was the admission standard for the Service Club. The Service Club was right next to the Hikigaya household, and most of its members were students. If membership was not carefully screened, trouble would easily arise.
"By the way, Hikigaya-kun, can I ask Miss Hayasaka and Miss Miyamoto, who live in the apartment, to help out?"
Still unsure how much authority she actually had as vice president of the Service Club, Yukinoshita Haruno looked at Hachiman and smiled as she probed.
"I chatted with Miss Hayasaka and Miss Miyamoto. They seem to be considering going out to work part-time."
"I was thinking maybe we could ask them to serve as reception staff at the front desk."
"It's not anything time-consuming or labor-intensive. Just a simple introduction of the club when someone comes."
A private club like this was destined to have very few people.
With teleportation available, as long as there was a notification inside the club when someone entered, she alone could handle it.
But she felt that since Hayasaka Yuuko and Miyamoto Madoka could live in the club, their relationship with Hachiman was not simple. It would be fine to ask them.
"If they're willing, then there's no problem. As for their wages, the Rurikawa family will cover them for now."
Hachiman pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"If you need some permanent service staff in the club… Haruno onee-san, find some time to discuss it with Tsubaki and see whether to select a few maids from the Rurikawa family or hire separately."
"If you come across newcomers suitable to join the club, you can decide that yourself, but the teleportation permission needs to be activated on my end, so you'll need to submit a list to me."
Hayasaka Yuuko was more introverted, while Miyamoto Madoka was more outgoing, but when something happened, both of them panicked and did not know what to do.
Letting them work part-time outside would easily lead to a repeat of what happened at the hamburger fast food shop. Working part-time in the Service Club was indeed a good solution. They could earn money and have some social interaction.
As for Yukinoshita Haruno's probing little thoughts, he saw through them at a glance but did not point them out.
He did not set any standards or limit Yukinoshita Haruno's authority in the Service Club. He would just see how she performed.
If she did well, she could continue. If not, she could be replaced at any time. After all, if he could make Yukinoshita Haruno vice president, he could also make someone else vice president.
Yukinoshita Yukino did not understand people's hearts, but Yukinoshita Haruno did.
"Discuss it with Miss Rurikawa? I understand. From now on, I'll call you President like little Yukino does, President~"
Seeing that Hachiman did not specify the club's admission standards, Yukinoshita Haruno nodded thoughtfully and said with a radiant smile.
"Just call me that inside the club. Yukino only agrees to call me President during club hours."
Hachiman smiled and shook his head, revealing a bit of the clear-cut superior-subordinate relationship between him and Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Uh…"
Yukinoshita Haruno froze slightly, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
She could not find out about the internal relationships of the Service Club. Normally, Yukino and Hikigaya were not even in the same class. She only vaguely guessed that her sister Yukino and Hikigaya had made no progress at all, never imagining that even their club relationship was this distant.
This was a headache. Then why was the Service Club being handed to her?
Even though she knew she was just an assistant working for Hachiman and that the one who would benefit the most was Hachiman, she was still completely confused.
She would have to go back and have a good talk with her mother to see what her mother thought.
The positioning of the Service Club was rather vague. There were no special services for the time being, but just the name of the owner behind the Service Club was enough to attract many noble ladies and daughters of financial conglomerates. Her mother might also be able to introduce some ladies with good personalities.
She was not worried about a lack of people willing to join the Service Club. She only needed to be cautious and more cautious in selecting members. As long as she could control who was allowed to join, it would be fine.
The better the Service Club developed, the higher the status of the Yukinoshita family would rise.
Perhaps she should ask her mother to put aside her duties as a legislator and join the Service Club to help out more. The future of the Yukinoshita family was something she alone could not fully handle.
"Haruka, do you all want to join too? If you join as well, it'll be convenient for you to come over often and hang out with Komachi and Shion."
After freeloading off Yukinoshita Haruno's labor, Hachiman patted the little head of Tohsaka Sakura in his arms and then turned to look at Hanabishi Haruka, Mizukami Sayo, and Tenkawa Kaoruko.
Yukinoshita Haruno was just a free labor manager. It did not really matter who filled that role. It did not have to be Yukinoshita Haruno.
The real talent the Service Club needed were magical girls like Hanabishi Haruka and the others.
Although they were not orthodox magical girls and were magical girls who could fall and awaken strange attributes, their combat power was driven by belief. The fuller and more intense their emotions, the stronger the combat power they could unleash.
"We can join too?"
Hanabishi Haruka, the pink twin-tailed girl who had been quietly listening to Hachiman's conversation with Yukinoshita Haruno, was somewhat surprised and looked at Hachiman in disbelief as he invited them.
"We're just students. Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
Mizukami Sayo, with her long blue hair and Yamato nadeshiko-like temperament, also hesitated.
The Service Club sounded like something for working adults. Would it really be okay for them to join so rashly?
"We're usually at school anyway. Even if we join, we won't be able to help much, right?"
The blonde, blue-eyed, cat-mouthed flat-chested shorty Tenkawa Kaoruko nodded in agreement, also feeling that there was not much point in them joining the Service Club.
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. The Service Club is just an off-campus version of the Service Club and will also accept requests from others and provide assistance."
Hachiman smiled and shook his head, explaining the nature of the Service Club.
"Meroune and Elio and the others have all joined the club. You don't have to come often after joining. It's just to make it convenient for you to come here and hang out with Komachi and Shion."
They were not students of Sobu High and could not join Sobu High's Service Club, so joining the Service Club would do.
"I see… then let's join. If there's any trouble in the future, Hachiman big brother, just tell us. As long as it's something we can do, we'll definitely help."
"Then can we come often to wash in the big bath?"
"The big bath is great!"
Hearing that the mermaid princess Meroune, the behind-the-scenes boss of their idol agency, had also joined the club, Hanabishi Haruka, Mizukami Sayo, and Tenkawa Kaoruko exchanged glances and stopped worrying about the club itself, instead asking about the big bath.
When they toured the club with Komachi and Shion, they had been especially interested in the large bath inside, but had been too embarrassed to ask.
Now that they were invited to join the Service Club, they finally dared to ask.
"Of course. You can come whenever you want. And what about you, Utena? Are you willing to join?"
Seeing that the three magical girls had already agreed, Hachiman turned to Hiiragi Utena, who was hostile toward the three magical girls.
Do not be fooled by Hiiragi Utena's timid, withdrawn appearance and lonely, introverted demeanor, like Bocchi-chan with no friends. In reality, Hiiragi Utena was deeply immersed in her love for magical girls and had a special fondness for them.
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