5 Bullseye!
"So… You aren't going to say anything about it?"
Kento was a bit embarrassed by the whole incident. Intentional or not, he did peek at the girls changing room and Aika did notice that.
"Eh?" Aika smirked. "Don't worry, it's not your fault that the management thought it would be best to give the girls a locker room with windows that anyone can peek from. Like come on, it's a co-ed school… They should have at least that much sense."
Kento nodded. It was quite weird that the school decided on that thing.
"But it should be the student council working on these things. They have all the ability to do it."
One thing that he did not understood about this place was the ridiculous authority that the student council had. In one way, they were same as the professors which made no sense to him.
When he used to go to school, all the student council did was to act as the voices of the students.
That was it.
"Anyways." Aika shook her head before putting on her sleepy smile. "You said that you wanted to visit the clubs, right?"
"Mhm." Kento nodded.
"How about we go to the archery club first?"
Kento shrugged. "Why not?"
The archery club was a female-dominated club, much like the other clubs at the Kuoh Academy. However, they surprisingly did not discriminate against boys or girls.
"Let's go then."
Situated at the corner of the cafeteria, was a massive area designated for the archers.
"This academy is truly massive."
"It is." Aika said. "I got lost when I first joined."
Kento could definitely see that happening.
"Are you guys here to watch us practice?"
As they stepped inside the place, one of the girls who had dyed blue hair asked the duo.
"Kind of." Aika said as the girl showed them around.
"Impressive." Kento commented as he saw a girl hitting the solid seven-pointer. "That is a seven right?"
"It is." The blue haired girl said. "Do you have experience in archery?"
This got even Aika interested. "Do you?"
Kento immediately denied the claim. "I don't. I just saw a little on TV."
<<Quest Alert!>>
'Dammit!'
<<Quest: Hit a bullseye on the first try!>>
<<Rewards: Points ×10, {Blindshot (F)}>>
'I have been getting a lot of F grade skills, which I cannot complain about. Skills are always nice.'
However, looking at the quest, he sighed.
'How am I supposed to hit the bullseye on the first try?'
"How about you give it a try?" Aika suggested but honestly, Kento really wasn't sure about it.
"You should give it a go." The blue haired girl said. "You said that you are not in any club and if you try and like archery, you can join us."
This was really difficult for him to say no to.
"Err… Alright, I guess?"
The main reason he was doing it was because of the reward. He had absolutely no interest in Archery.
"Misa!" The blue haired girl called for one of the girls that was at the shooting range. "Would you mind letting him try out shooting once?"
She said while pointing at Kento.
The girl in question wiped the sweat on her forehead before giving a nod.
"Uhh, sure."
Kento walked towards her as she passed him the bow.
"Make sure not to pull too hard or it might end up hurting you." She said. "I will be behind you in case you need help."
Kento nodded. 'How do I hit the bullseye though…'
But as he was contemplating, he remembered something.
'Wait!' Kento smirked. 'Status.'
<Name: Kento Yamazaki>
<Age: 17>
<Race: Human>
<Class: Inferior>
<Title: The Plunderer>
<STR: 10>
<AGI: 10>
<DEX: 10>
<PER: 10>
<INT: 10>
<WIS: 20>
<CHA: 40*>
<POINTS: 30>
'I am not sure how good my stats are, but considering I am quite average physically and the forty is charisma works like a charm…' He wondered. 'System put thirty points in perception!'
<<PER: 40>>
"Are you ready?" The girl asked, and this time he confidently nodded.
"Then straighten your posture and pull till you think would be appropriate, but do not pull too far."
Nodding once again, Kento did as instructed. Pulling the string with a decent amount of strength and aiming at the bullseye.
'Let this work!'
"Shoot!"
*Swish!*
The arrow flew straight towards the target at a surprisingly high speed and even before he knew it, it had struck the target.
"That…"
The girls were shocked at the display.
The arrow had hit the target exactly in the bullseye.
"How?" The blue-haired girl mumbled while Aika immediately burst out in applause.
With a proud grin on her face, she said. "I told you that you had it in you."
Kento simply smiled at her. "That you did."
<<Quest Completed!>>
<<Reward Obtained: Points ×10, {Blindshot (F)}>
<<Blindshot (F): The first shot or strike made by the host is guaranteed to hit the target.>>
This put a smile on Kento's face.
'This is a really good skill.'
"You said that your name was Kento, right?" The blue haired girl asked. "Even if that was a lucky shot, that does not disqualify your skill. You might have it in you to be a good archer."
Kento wasn't sure if it was a compliment or not. However, he decided not to worry about it.
"Thanks."
"Would you be interested in joining the archery club?" She asked. "With your skill, we would be glad to have you."
Hearing this, Aika elbowed him with a cocky grin. "You should say yes."
Kento didn't consider her whisper and shook his head. "Maybe in the future. But for now, I just want to explore the clubs."
This made the girl a little disappointed. "Well, that's too bad. But if you want, you can visit our club anytime. Our leader is out for a competition but even without the leader's approval, we can let you join because of your skill."
'Wasn't she the one that called my shot a lucky one?' Kento thought but did not voice it.
He did not want to join a club that he wasn't passionate about. And even if there was no passion, he wanted a club that he was interested in.
And archery was not it.
"What other clubs did you say there were?"
Aika shrugged. "A lot. There is the Kendo Club, Ping Pong, Swimming, Baseball… Basically a lot of sports and physical activity clubs. But other than that, there are literature and co-curricular clubs like art, dancing, book-keeping and so on."
Truth be told, he was not interested in sports. Sports was something he enjoyed as a pastime, but making it a clubtime activity was not ideal.
And he was definitely not taking dancing or book-keeping, so there were not a lot of options left.
'Who knew it would be so difficult to find a club even with so many options.'
"There are also some clubs that the members do not allow others to join."
"There are?" This confused Kento, as clubs were made to attract passionate people.
"The Occult Research Club and the Student Council is a perfect example."
The Occult Research Club sounded quite interesting to him, but even above that, he found the other one extremely interesting.
"The Student Council is a club?"
Aika shook her head. "Not exactly, but it started as one and later became responsible for the management and other things. Like they are also responsible for funding the rest of the clubs according to club requirements."
"Oh…" Kento was once again impressed at how much power the council held.
"So, where do you want to visit next?" Aika asked, making Kento wonder.
"What club are the perverted trio in?"
"Oh god, please tell me you are not planning to join their club."
This made Kento chuckle. "Of course not. I just want to know what club they are a part of."
Aika sighed in relief at his answer. "It's the photography club, which used to be a well respected club but their reputation was stained because of the perverted trio."
"I can understand." Shaking his head, he said. "Let's just go to the cafeteria. The ambience is pretty nice in there."
"What about the clubs?" Aika raised an eyebrow.
"Too difficult." He replied. "I will worry about it later."
Turning to her, he gave her a bright smile before placing his hand over her shoulder –immediately making her blush.
"To the cafe we go~"
…
…
Akeno Himejima was a beautiful girl, one that many of the boys lusted over –even quite a lot of girls.
She was one of the two "Big Sisters" of the academy, mostly because of her breast size. But she secretly liked the name.
It gave her a sense of power, which she rejoiced.
But that was not the only secret she had, she had a lot of them.
And what she was doing was another of her secrets.
"He is certainly cute." She mumbled as she looked at Kento from afar.
"Weirdo."
This comment made her giggle. "Sorry, Koneko. But I am free right now and just wanted to see who was the guy the caught Rias' eye."
The girl she was talking to was a petite underclassmen with short white hair. And just like Rias and Akeno, she was also a part of the Occult Research Club.
But as they talked, the teasing face of Akeno changed into a rather serious one.
"Do you sense anything off about him?"
Koneko squinted her eyes at the question.
"No." She said. "But he smells funny."
"Like supernatural or bad?"
"Neither." She shook her head. "He is not a magician or a supernatural. He smells… Good?"
Even Koneko was not sure how to feel about Kento and Akeno knew how sharp Koneko's sense of smell was.
This answer made her smile grow bigger.
"You keep on impressing me, Kento." She mumbled. "I just might have to talk to you~"
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[[A/N:
Read Ahead on Patr eon: Pat reon.com/Greedyfrog
Sorry for missing updates, I had to go for a post checkup surgery. I also have to go on 21st, so I won't be posting on that day either.
Don't worry about Kento putting thirty points randomly in perspective, he will receive more points and he needs perspective for his water arrows anyway.
And which girls do you not want in the harem (from Issei's harem, not other girls).
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