An Incompetent Explorer Who Failed to Make His High School Debut but Mastered Being a Human Being

Episode 052: Plan to Capture Fuhito (Third Party Perspective)

"Yo."

"Oh, welcome, Saotome-kun."

 Shinji Saotome, Head of the Dungeon Exploration Department, visited Hojou Tokine, who is working in the Student Council Room.

"Tokine, did you fail to invite Fuhito?"

"What!?"

 When Shinji asks a question confidently, Tokine opens her eyes wide and raises her face from the desk.

 She didn't expect that topic to be brought up by Shinji. It only happened yesterday, and she didn't talk to anyone.

"After all. Fuhito has joined our Department."

"Eeh!?"

 The sound of surprise again. Her brain is confused by something that doesn't make sense. She hasn't even been able to fix her facial expression.

"Do you know why he joined?"

 After a while, when Tokine calmed down a little, she asked why.

"Aah, Katsuragi Alexia brought him along."

"What? It's that girl!?"

 The third surprise.

 For some reason, it was also surprising that Katsuragi Alexia, a girl who seemed to be unpopular, invited Fuhito.

 What happened?

 She was very worried.

"I don't know why, but it seems that Fuhito was asked by Katsuragi and accepted."

"I see ..."

 Tokine was visibly depressed.

 The fact that that girl was successful while she herself failed was overwhelming. She also had a reason to get her hands on Fuhito.

 However, Alexia's success mainly involves luck, but she doesn't know that, so it's no wonder she's depressed.

"Well, wait. It's too soon to be depressed. Club activities and the Student Council can be compatible."

"That's true, but he turned it down once already ..."

 Although encouraged by Shinji, Tokine, an excellent ojou-sama who has almost never failed, already gives off an air of resignation after having been refused once.

 She felt that he would hate her if she pressed him too many times.

"What kind of invitation did you do?"

"I used seduction techniques."

"Huh!?"

 Shinji shouted and opened his eyes so wide that his eyes nearly popped out when she answered with a straight face.

 Shinji didn't think that she would make seduction techniques her first move. However, when he thinks about it a little, he thinks that Tokine was a sheltered ojou-sama.

 It can't be helped that the plan was slightly out of alignment.

 Shinji decides to come up with a plan himself to bring Fuhito to their side as a member of the Student Council.

"So, how did you approach him?'

"First of all, I entwined my arm around his arm and pressed against my chest."

"Haa ... you. It's true that Fuhito wanted to be popular, but what you did is too close right from the start."

 He retorted to Tokine's method of conduct while holding his head in his hands.

"Yes ... what is it?"

"You. What would you think if you are suddenly pressed against by a man you haven't met yet?"

"That's ... scary."

"That's what you just did."

 It's been about a week since Tokine and Fuhito met. Moreover, there were not many opportunities to interact properly.

 If you suddenly do something like that even though you're not close to each other, it can't be helped that the wariness jumps up.

 Tokine has a beautiful appearance, and considering the historical Hojou clan, it's no wonder you would think there's something going on. Regardless of whether Fuhito knows or not.

"Maybe so. What should I do?'

 When she finally understood after putting herself in his position, she asked about the future policy.

"First of all, he's not the type of person who is good at socializing, so you can't just close the distance suddenly. You have to take time to get to know each other like melting ice."

"I see."

 For some reason, Tokine puts on glasses and starts taking noes in her notebook. She is such a serious ojou-sama.

"First of all, it's important to have contact. You have to say hello and call out so that he can recognize that it's not strange for you to be near Fuhito."

"Fumu fumu."

"After that, it's a good idea to start talking about small things and things that the other person is interested in. Let's start from that path. When you get to know each other to some extent, we will move on to the next stage."

"I understand."

 With Shinji's advice, Tokine makes a plan in her head.

 It's a little while before Shinji realizes that the plan is beyond his expectations.