Since the April opening ceremony, two months had quietly passed.
In a certain small classroom at Shuchi'in University, originally an abandoned room.
Yes, for Shuchi'in Academy with over 100,000 students and staff, it was just an abandoned classroom. While not available in unlimited quantities, they were certainly not rare.
The classroom, which should have been cluttered and messy, was now spotlessly clean. It even contained a table for meals, a few small sofas, and 'luxury' items like tea sets.
Skritch-skritch...
The sound of a brush lightly touching a canvas.
"Eriri, does the art club have that much work? I see you busy every lunch break."
Beneath dark eyes and an exquisite face, while eating the bento her brother made and watching Eriri, who even painted while eating during lunch, Yukino was curious, 'Did the school's art club really have that much work?'
"Huh? Art club?"
Seemingly still pondering how to perfect a certain line, hearing Yukino's voice, Eriri struggled to swallow the cheese in her mouth.
Seeming somewhat choked, she took a big gulp of water before asking with a confused look, "What art club?"
"Huh? Aren't you working on art club assignments?"
It had been half a month since forming the 'Mutual Aid Club'. With the club established, a satisfied Yukino naturally hadn't sought new members.
Peacefully coming to this small classroom with Ryuya every lunch break, she finally avoided those shameless seniors of all sorts who actively tried to chat up Ryuya.
But...
Should we say relationships between girls are naturally easy? Perhaps Eriri's straightforward personality was hard to dislike. Perhaps because Eriri only painted in the classroom daily and never initiated conversation with Ryuya, which skyrocketed Yukino's favorability, the two had gradually become... club friends who could call each other by their first names?
"Eriri, you draw different things here every day. Aren't these for the art club?"
Watching Eriri paint seriously, Yukino somewhat understood why she was called a prodigy painter. This level of effort was truly admirable.
"What assignments? The art club... I haven't been there in a long time."
Her airheaded demeanor revealed her true thoughts. As Eriri said, she hadn't visited the academy's art club since joining the 'Mutual Aid Club'.
"You haven't been to the art club? Then you draw so much every day... is it your own hobby?"
Looking up slightly surprised at Eriri, due to the angle, Yukino couldn't see the content on the sunlit canvas, let alone the detailed artwork on the digital screen.
Out of respect for Eriri and their acquaintance of only half a month, she didn't proactively go look at what Eriri was drawing.
"My hobby? It's kind of my hobby, but it's also my real job, my work."
With her procrastination at home worsening, Eriri found she could only get into a working state in this small classroom of the Mutual Aid Club.
Thinking about it, she proactively handed her tablet screen to Yukino. Although simple-minded at times, Eriri could distinguish trustworthy friends.
"Yukino, look, this is my work."
"Your work... Th-this... these are such explicit images!"
Having no experience with doujinshi, looking at Eriri's images emphasizing sexuality, violence, and eroticism, Yukino's entire CPU felt like it was overheating.
"Hehe, this is actually my job! I'm a doujinshi artist, a doujinshi artist is me!"
Quite satisfied with Yukino's shocked expression, Eriri, who never had friends, sharing her doujinshi with someone indicated she truly accepted this person as a good friend.
Quickly searching for 'Kashiwagi Eri' on Google, she soon showed the results to Yukino.
"Yukino, look, this is me."
Not yet recovered from the previous images, Yukino could only let Eriri operate, forced to see things not meant for her age again.
After a long while, finally regaining her composure, she looked at Eriri with a complex expression, seeming to want to speak but hesitate.
"Yukino, what's wrong? Just say it."
"Eriri, do you usually... draw these... things?"
Really unsure how to describe Eriri's artwork, in Yukino's immature heart, some things were clearly excessive and hard to accept.
Looking bewildered at Eriri, then glancing at her doujinshi, looking back at Eriri, glancing again at the doujinshi... Repeating this, Yukino was like a shy young girl newly exposed to this realm yet unable to extricate herself.
"This is my job! I love it super much."
Noticing Yukino's shyness, Eriri grew more excited, even proactively sitting next to her. "Yukino, look, this is one of my favorite characters. Feminine charm is fully displayed on her..."
Although she's intending an academic discussion with Yukino, Eriri clearly forgot that some things were completely beyond the syllabus for Yukino. Their conversation was like two people talking past each other.
Finally, after Eriri's 'assault', Yukino's defenses broke. She could only look towards Ryuya not far away, her face clearly saying 'Onii-chan, save me!'.
"Pfft..."
Unable to hold back laughter at Yukino's expression, Ryuya pulled his dazed younger sister back.
Gently stroking his sister's hair while looking at Eriri's artwork, he smiled and said, "Sawamura, Yukino has never seen doujinshi since she was little. Your stuff is still too advanced for her. Let it go."