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"Haa..." Setsuka sighed when she saw her appearance in the mirror. After she and Kaede returned to their class from the student council meeting, they were surprised that their classmates and homeroom teacher had already determined their program for the cultural festival. It was a maid cafe.

Unlike the maid cafes from other classes, they will decorate their classrooms into a restaurant with a classic and luxurious feel. Their maid uniforms are also slightly different because they look more elegant and beautiful.

Setsuka and Kaede could only accept the decision because they had left it up to the class representative and homeroom teacher. Even though Setsuka is the student council president and the daughter of the current head of Fusyushima temple, she can't act arbitrarily and change the cultural festival program for their class as she pleases. So Setsuka reluctantly accepted it.

In contrast to her best friend, Kaede was happy because this was her first time being a maid. From middle school to the first year of high school, her class had never set up a maid cafe.

Kaede wanted to wear a maid uniform in public and try serving guests. Thus, she was very excited and looked forward to it very much. Of course, another reason was that Kaede wanted to see her best friend in a maid's outfit.

"Haa..." Setsuka sighed for the second time. As time passed, more and more customers came to their cafe, most of whom were men.

Some of the customers who came were male students from Suisei High School. Even the vice president of the student council, Satoru Ishida, was among them. He is from the same class as Setsuka but he doesn't participate in the maid cafe because he has to be the supervisor at the cultural festival.

Satoru had come to the place for the same reason as the other students. They wanted to see Setsuka in a maid uniform.

The customers and the other maids kept looking at Setsuka with sparkling eyes because she looked so pretty and erotic. Her appearance can stir up the crazy imagination of men.

Setsuka felt uncomfortable with their eyes on her, but she still had to stay at the cafe since it was her job. She had been showing them a cold face, but the customers were even more excited. Setsuka decided to ignore them and focus on her duties as a maid.

Fortunately, customers are prohibited from taking photos at the cafe. So Setsuka can feel more at ease and doesn't have to worry about her current appearance spreading outside the school. She had hoped that Tenku had not seen her in that maid costume and had forbidden Kohana from coming to her class. If the two people saw her now, Setsuka would feel very embarrassed.

"Why do you keep sighing, Setsuka? You should be more excited! If you keep putting on a cold face like that, our customers might run away, and we'll lose to the other classes." Kaede appeared from behind Setsuka and patted her on the shoulder. She looks pleased wearing a maid outfit and enjoys serving the customers.

"I wish they would leave this place after I treat them coldly. Unfortunately, it had the opposite effect." Setsuka's face clouded when she saw the number of customers in their cafe. At this time, there was only one empty table in the place.

"Okay. Stop complaining. If you don't want to serve the men, you'd rather come with me to greet guests at the entrance." Kaede knew that Setsuka didn't like being the center of attention of other people, especially men who looked at her with lustful eyes.

Setsuka must be in a bad mood right now. Therefore, Kaede wanted her best friend to change her sights and keep her distance from the customers inside the cafe. All Setsuka had to do was greet the guests, and he didn't need to be face-to-face with them for too long.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Setsuka and the others heard footsteps approaching their cafe. They quickly lined up neatly and prepared to welcome customers. After the cafe door opened, Kaede and the others bowed in greeting the customers.

"Welcome, master!"

There was no answer from the customers, which confused the maids. When Setsuka and Kaede raised their heads, they were shocked because the two people who had come to their cafe were Tenku and Kohana. Even though the little girl wore a mask, Kaede could easily recognize her.

Setsuka remembered that she had warned Kohana not to visit her class event, but her little sister still came and even took Tenku with her. She was angry at Kohana and glared at her.

Kohana trembled in fear under her older sister's eyes and quickly hid behind Tenku. Setsuka's face was red up to her ears when she saw Tenku staring at her silently. She wanted to bury her head in a hole in shame. But then Kaede grinned after thinking something. She approached Tenku and greeted him again.

"Welcome, master!"

"Welcome, my lady!"

"Please come in. We still have one empty table specially reserved for you two." Kaede suddenly pushed the two people from behind and urged them to enter the cafe. She led them to an empty table and asked them to sit down. After that, Kaede pulled Setsuka towards them. Her strange behavior made the maids and other customers confused.

"Kaede! What are you doing!?" Setsuka complained, but Kaede ignored it.

"Then, she will serve you directly." Kaede looked at Tenku and then pointed at Setsuka.

"Kaede!" Setsuka panicked upon hearing Kaede's words and wanted to refuse. It wasn't that she didn't want to serve Tenku, but she was too shy to show her appearance in a maid uniform. But before Setsuka could finish her words, Kaede interrupted her.

"Ooh, are you sure you want him served by another maid? If that's what you want, I'll have another female student take your place." Kaede wanted to call out to another maid, but Setsuka quickly held her hand to stop her.

"Okay. I will do it." Setsuka said seriously. She was embarrassed to serve Tenku wearing a maid outfit but didn't want another girl to do it.

Setsuka preferred to put away her embarrassment for now rather than watch the boy she liked being served by another girl. She quickly decided and dared to stand in front of Tenku as a maid.

"That's good. Then, please serve this master and lady. Please act like a maid!" Kaede smiled and winked at Setsuka. After that, she left her best friend along with Tenku and Kohana.

Satoru and the other male students looked at Tenku with jealousy. They had come before him and were waiting for Setsuka to serve them, but she ignored them and helped the other maids pass the customer's orders to the kitchen without speaking to them.

But now Setsuka took the initiative to serve someone, and that person was the weakest student at Suisei High School. The students were angry when they saw that.

"Why is it that weak students get the honor to be served by senior Fuyushima!? Why not me!?" a first-year student said resentfully.

"I can't accept this! My heart is burning with jealousy!" The second-year student added. After that, the other male students complained, but none of the maids responded.

The other maids couldn't do anything since none dared to command Setsuka. So whether she wants to serve customers or not, it's up to her. The presence of Setsuka in a maid uniform was already a big help to the cafe, and they didn't want to expect more from her for fear that she would get angry.

(Why did Kaede suddenly ask Setsuka to serve him? Do they know each other? Then who is that little girl? Why do I feel familiar with her? I can't accept that Setsuka has to serve that student!)

Satoru looked at Tenku intensely and squeezed the glass in his hand tightly. He wanted to ask Kaede for an explanation but quickly dismissed that thought. Satoru was sure he wouldn't get an answer to his confusion but a scolding from Kaede.

He knew that Setsuka had no obligation to serve customers at that cafe. But it was up to her if she wanted to do it, and neither the maids nor Kaede could manage. In other words, Setsuka served Tenku of her own free will.

Satoru grew even angrier the more he thought about it. But he couldn't do anything and only suppressed those feelings for now.

On the other hand, the atmosphere at Tenku's table became awkward because Setsuka didn't say a word after Kaede left her.

"Hmm... so what do you want to order, master?" Setsuka squeezed out her voice and tried to imitate what the maids did when taking customer orders. Her face was as red as an apple when she said those words.

"Could you not call me that? I'm not used to being called master." Tenku said in a low voice. He also said the same thing when he visited the maid cafe in Akina's class. Tenku felt strangely more nervous when Setsuka said it. Tenku has to admit that Setsuka is very pretty and seductive right now.

"I can't do that, master. If you are confused about the food you will order, I recommend our special omelet. For the little girl, I recommend the super spicy omelet." Setsuka looked at Kohana and said. If it weren't for her little sister not following her orders, Setsuka wouldn't be in the situation she was in now.

Kohana quickly got up from her seat and hid behind Tenku. She showed his head and said with a pitiful face to Setsuka. But it was useless for her older sister because she was already immune.

"I forgot your words, big sister. So please forgive me. But you're so pretty in a maid outfit. Aren't my words true, big brother?" Kohana winked and asked for his help to calm Setsuka down. Tenku could only sigh in his heart when he saw her behavior.

"Yes, she's right. You are lovely in that uniform. So please forgive Kohana this time. But I will leave this place now if you feel disturbed by my presence." Tenku wanted to get up, but Setsuka quickly stopped him.

"No, I'm not bothered by your presence here! I'm glad you want to come to this cafe. So please wait a moment, and I'll take your order immediately." Setsuka said, quickly leaving the table because she didn't want Tenku to see her blushing face.

Not long after, Setsuka returned with two omelets, one for Tenku and the other for Kohana. She served it at the table and wanted to leave quickly as she was still embarrassed by Tenku's compliment. But before Setsuka could take a step, Kaede appeared behind her and said.

"You forgot to give good luck charms to our customers' food." Kaede reminded Setsuka and smiled broadly.

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

Setsuka and Tenku reacted simultaneously to Kaede's words.