"So, when does the evaluation period start?" Alistair asked.
"Next Suiyōbi (Wednesday). You'll start evaluating the clubs that afternoon," President Yūta Tomoto said, adjusting his glasses.
"So that means I have nothing to do for the next two days, right? That's fine. A few more days of slacking off is always welcome."
Alistair shrugged, feeling a bit sluggish. Even when he was idle, he usually had some energy, but when a serious task was assigned to him—aside from those he was deeply interested in—a desire to procrastinate would spontaneously arise. He simply felt comfortable being lazy when he was supposed to be working. Of course, this wasn't a healthy mentality.
"Although that's true, you should still learn to do some things. Hatsufuji-senpai also helps us with the workload."
A female voice answered Alistair. It wasn't Anna Komiya, Yuka Tachibana, or Shizuku Hatsufuji. It was Sayuri Takamine, who had been quietly processing tasks.
She looked up at Alistair and twisted her shoulders to stretch. Her expression showed she was genuinely frustrated.
"Either we add more staff to handle the workload, or everyone shares the burden. I really don't know why a school this big only has a few people in the Student Council handling all the paperwork. It makes all of us exhausted."
Sayuri Takamine's brows were tightly furrowed, and the sense of grievance in her tone—well, she didn't have balls, so let's call it faceache—was practically overflowing.
"But we have to apply to the higher-ups for that. I want more staff too! The last application was completely ignored. I don't know why the higher-ups keep refusing. It's been this way for the previous term and the one before that."
President Yūta Tomoto also looked distressed, confirming that this was an ongoing issue.
"Is it because the student population is decreasing? I think I heard my father mention that the school's enrollment isn't looking good," Shizuku Hatsufuji guessed, thinking aloud.
"Maybe it's because the neighboring St. Lux Academy has lowered its requirements. They are a private religious academy with the best resources. Although our directors are powerful, we have to maintain the appearance of a public academy. Also, that school was a girls' academy until a few years ago. Opening enrollment to boys recently has attracted many male students. I heard that boys now account for one-third of the student body, but apparently, the bullying of male students by the girls inside the academy is quite serious, since they only recently started admitting boys."
Shizuku Hatsufuji's family still had connections, and the casual tidbits of information she heard at home were enough to explain the current problem.
"Speaking of St. Lux Academy, we have an exchange activity with them. A notice was distributed at the start of the semester. Soon, our school will have an exchange program with St. Lux Academy. Five to seven students from each school will go to the other to attend classes for a while and conduct some academic exchanges."
Hearing Shizuku Hatsufuji mention St. Lux Academy, Sayuri Takamine suddenly remembered something. She rummaged through a drawer and pulled out a few documents detailing the exchange program between Sakura Public Academy and St. Lux Academy.
"An exchange program? Emmm, it should only be for second-years, right? I'm only a first-year, so it probably doesn't concern me. We've only been in school for a short time and haven't learned much. Even if they did an exchange, it wouldn't be my turn."
Alistair scratched his head casually, feeling indifferent.
Alistair was actually a bit disappointed. He'd heard Shizuku-senpai mention that St. Lux Academy was a girls' academy and a religious academy, which meant there would be nuns. To be honest, Alistair had never seen a real nun and was quite eager to. However, an exchange student position wouldn't likely go to a first-year. Barring a surprise, he would have to wait until next year.
"No, theoretically, Alistair-kun, you could go. This document doesn't specify which grade the exchange students must be in."
Hearing Alistair's comment, Sayuri Takamine instinctively checked the exchange student requirements section, found no grade restrictions, and blurted out a rebuttal.
"No restriction? Then it's probably an unspoken rule, just like the situation here at our school—it's something you and I both know."
Alistair shook his head, finding the idea unreliable. When he was in school before transmigrating, he was often "volunteered" for things, like "voluntary" after-school tutoring or "voluntary" purchase of study materials. It wasn't necessarily bad; it was ultimately for the students' results, but the effort might be better spent improving the school's facilities.
"You seem quite interested. Do you want to go?" President Yūta Tomoto asked, pushing up his glasses.
"Come on, I'm an otaku! I was also a good student before, and I've never seen what a religious academy looks like, or even read about one. Forget a religious academy; the fact that it was previously a girls' academy is intriguing enough. As a man, aren't you curious about a girls' academy? And a religious academy surely has nuns, right? I've never seen a real nun."
Alistair spread his hands, showing he was super curious.
"Uh, Alistair-kun, I believe you have a girlfriend, right?" President Yūta Tomoto asked, wiping his forehead, sounding uncertain.
"I do, that's right. But does that have anything to do with me wanting to see a real Sister?" Alistair said matter-of-factly. He genuinely thought this was fine. Unless you lacked a dick, you would always appreciate beautiful girls. Maybe beautiful boys too (big sarcasm).
"Ahem. My girlfriend is Anna Komiya. I should be faithful." President Yūta Tomoto cleared his throat, declaring himself a faithful, good man.
"...To each his own, I guess."
With so many people here, Alistair couldn't expose him, so he simply gave a non-committal answer.
The other girls didn't find anything wrong with Alistair's words. As for President Yūta Tomoto, they had no reaction. Girls who were outwardly attractive and had excellent figures were used to having admirers, and they had heard such talk many times. Alistair's blunt admission, in contrast, made them think he was quite honest and trustworthy because he just spoke his mind.
They all knew what men were like. Their enjoyment of sex was unchangeable. There might be extremely faithful men, but they didn't think such men would be so common, and everyone knew his girlfriend, Anna Komiya, was right there. They suspected he was just trying to suck up to her.
Of course, this only worked because Alistair was exceptionally good-looking and had that special aura that drew girls near. If an ordinary or even ugly person had said the same thing, they would definitely have been disgusted. That's just how cruel this society was. However, in this inner-dimension world, there was one way to achieve an ultimate change of fate: conquer them with ability.
It was well-known that many cuckold-themed doujin and manga featured physically unattractive, abstract-looking fat men as protagonists who could still make the heroines degenerate. They achieved this using extraordinary length, stamina, hardness, etc., that surpassed most others. Regardless of their methods, if Alistair didn't have the Horse Talisman, his recovery ability wouldn't be nearly as good. It only restored physical fatigue; it couldn't recover mental loss, or he truly would be a perpetual fuck-machine.
"I apologize, Koyama-kun. My boyfriend is just like that; he always says strange things."
Anna Komiya reached up to smooth the hair behind her ear, "scolding" President Yūta Tomoto with a hint of tsundere affection, showcasing their good relationship. If Alistair hadn't been at her house just the day before, where he pinned her against the mirror in her room and thoroughly fucked her, completing a very exhaustive session, he might have believed her.
Of course, Alistair knew the truth, but others didn't. The girls actually believed it, feeling like they were being force-fed excessive public displays of affection. Only Alistair knew that President Yūta Tomoto was just a Cuckold (clown).
"You've got this."
Alistair walked over and patted President Yūta Tomoto on the shoulder, encouraging him, which confused everyone present except Anna Komiya.
"Uh, oh, oh. Thank you for your blessings, Koyama-kun."
President Yūta Tomoto, who couldn't figure out anything wrong with the comment, just nodded awkwardly, thanking Alistair for his blessing.
"Oh, right, is the exchange program based on application or school nomination?"
Alistair, suddenly remembering, decided to try his luck. If it worked out, he could visit that religious academy.
Heh, nuns~
"About that, most of the exchange slots are reserved by internal nomination, but there are two application slots. Since there can be up to seven exchange students, and St. Lux Academy will send some of their Student Council members here to negotiate the terms, we can bring up that issue then."
Sayuri Takamine looked at the exchange program details document as she spoke.
After reading for a bit, she put the document away and locked it in a drawer.
"Regardless, the exchange activity is after the evaluation period. So, for now, you just need to focus on the evaluation period. Also, the exchange student selection isn't something we can directly decide, so you should put it out of your mind for now. The Sisters are still a bit distant from you."
Sayuri Takamine reminded him with a slightly condescending tone.
"I see. Looks like I'll just have to wait then. Since there's nothing else for me to do, I'll be going now. I'm not needed here."
Hearing that the time was still distant, Alistair lost interest and, after a few perfunctory remarks, planned to leave.
"Have fun~"
Shizuku Hatsufuji said goodbye. She correctly guessed that Alistair wouldn't be going to class, so she simply wished him a good time.
"Hey, at least help us... Ah..."
Sayuri Takamine was about to object but saw Alistair had already opened the door and walked out. She sighed and turned to glare at Anna Komiya and the others...