episode_0023

I have decided which club to join.

The club I chose was the Animal Love Club.

It was founded by Seo Yi-eung, the best female student at the academy.

I didn’t choose this club because of Seo Yi-eung.

I can’t say she has any share at all.

I was even more drawn to it when I saw that it was a gathering of animal lovers.

‘Because people with similar tastes become friends faster.’

If you are someone who likes animals.

Even if it’s a pretty girl, you’ll be able to become friends with her right away.

Even if it wasn’t possible, it would have been easy to progress the relationship to Seo Yi-eung’s level.

‘But why hasn’t a single person applied to join here?’

Is there anyone at the academy who likes animals?

That can’t be possible…

Maybe I missed it though.

There was no other club similar to this.

This seems to be a major club compared to most other clubs, but the number of real-time applications is 0.

Bad rumors about Seo Yi-eung.

I don’t think it’s because of that effect.

Of course, there is some influence, but not all Academy students know Seo Yi-eung.

A time when I was questioning an incomprehensible situation.

‘···ah. Could it be because of this?’

I found a phrase that gave me an idea of the reason.

◎ Conditions for admission: You will be interviewed, so come to class 3 immediately after applying.

I think it was because of this.

I guess they didn’t apply because they felt burdened by the interview.

‘Why does this guy even go through interviews to recruit club members? A club is not a company.’

A bad image attached to Seo Yi-eung.

In addition, the attitude of going to the interview.

Lastly, there is a promotional article for the club located at the bottom.

It seemed like these three combined resulted in the number of applicants being zero.

‘Is it possible for this club to be founded? They said it would be rejected if there were less than 5 members, including the manager.’

I don’t know.

First, we need to apply and increase the number of people.

If the number of students stays at 0, other students will hesitate to apply.

I used my cell phone and submitted an application to join the club.

At the same time.

●「Number of people applying for real-time registration」

The number of people increased to 2.

It looks like someone applied at a similar time as me.

After all, there is no way that there are no people who like animals.

‘Then can I go for the interview now?’

There was no need to move far.

Because Seo Yi-eung is in the same class.

Plus, it’s right next to me.

For your information, I returned to my seat after talking with the male students earlier.

Seo Yi-eung continued to stay in his seat.

“Seoi···.”

That was when I was about to call the name of the woman sitting next to me.

Duuung-!

The cell phone I was holding in my hand vibrated.

When I checked, I saw that a text message had arrived from Seo Yi-eung.

『Seo Yi-eung』

─Hey.

Why are you texting me when you’re right next to me?

As I was wondering, one more text message arrived in succession.

─You passed, so just sit quietly in your seat. Don’t talk to me.

▶Do I not have to go through the interview?

─What kind of interview is this? I know for sure that you like animals. And you should never give an interview.

▶Isn’t there something wrong with giving special treatment to only me?

─It’s not for special treatment, it’s to filter out bitches who apply to join for impure purposes.

▶What do you mean?

─Kang Ha-hwi If other kids see you doing the interview, they will know that you are joining here and some will follow you. We don’t need people in our club whose goal is you, not animals.

Surprisingly, he had a thorough personality.

Anyway, I didn’t want to participate in club activities with someone like that.

─Do you see the number of applications going up now?

▶Wait a minute.

I received a text message from Seo Yi-eung.

I opened the app and checked the number of applicants.

●「Number of people applying for real-time registration」

The number of applications really went up.

As many as 11 people.

I sent a text message to Seo Yi-eung again.

▶Are these people who applied because of me? I haven’t had an interview, how do I find out and apply?

─Until now, the number of applicants was 0, so it was obvious that they were waiting to see if the number of applicants had increased, and then suddenly applied.

▶You won’t know that I applied.

─I guess they know that I have a close relationship with you and are trying to interview you as a provocation.

There was some truth to this.

There was no way the number of applicants would suddenly increase so quickly.

▶Is that so? But how do I filter out people who came in after me?

─During the interview, you can just pretend that Kang Ha-hwi is not in our club. I was going to secretly tell you that you applied to another club. Then, the kids who applied because of you will automatically give up on joining.

▶Who applied at almost the same time as me?

─He also plans to go for an interview, but it’s just a formality, so you can assume he’s already passed.

▶Can you tell me who that person is?

─Did you know it was a tambourine? A foreign girl in my class.

It seemed like he was referring to Isabella Chambers.

Isabella also liked animals.

▶It’s not Isabella Tambourine, it’s Isabella Chambers.

─Either that or that. Anyway, I’ll take care of recruiting members, so you just stay in your seat.

▶ㅇ

─Don’t give a short answer. ㅡㅡ

▶ㅇㅇ

Thing!

I felt a murderous gaze from the seat next to me.

Seo Yi-eung was glaring at me with fierce eyes.

Feeling the threat of death, I hurriedly corrected the text.

▶Yes.

Only then did Seo Yi-eung give up his life and turn his head.

From now on, you shouldn’t give him a straight answer.

***

“Over there… I applied to join the animal love club.”

Isabella’s voice came from the seat next to me.

When I glanced sideways, I saw Isabella standing blankly in front of Seo Yi-eung’s desk.

“What kind of interview do you have to do?”

“Nothing much, just answer a few simple questions.”

I prick up my ears.

I overheard the conversation between Isabella and Seo Yi-eung.

Seo Yi-eung asked Isabella a few questions.

“First of all, the first question is… I don’t know. You really applied to join because you like animals, right?”

“My name is Isabella, not Isamola.”

“Don’t worry about personal matters and just answer the questions.”

“I don’t think it’s personal to get someone’s name wrong… Anyway, if I didn’t like animals, why would I have applied? Of course I liked it, so I applied to join.”

Listen to the answers to your questions.

Seo Yi-eung nodded slightly.

“Seo Mi-eum. Why are you asking this question?”

Isabella asked.

I deliberately called Seo Yi-eung’s name differently.

It felt like timid revenge for not being able to remember his own name.

“I thought there might be people who felt the same way about joining any club, so I asked. Unless you are a true animal lover, I have no intention of becoming a member.”

“Ah. That could be possible. Anyway, I sincerely like animals and am planning to join your club, so don’t worry.”

“Okay. Then next question.”

“Is there anything else?”

“Have you ever raised an animal in your life?”

“When I lived in England, I had two dogs.”

“Good. Questions are over, now I just want to make one final confirmation.”

“Check what?”

“Turn on your phone now, access YouTube and show it to me.”

“Why are you suddenly on YouTube again?”

“It’s an algorithmic verification process to filter out fake animal lovers. For fakes, no animal videos appear in the algorithm.”

“It’s very picky…”

Isabella turned on her cell phone and held it out to Seo Yi-eung.

He follows that obediently again.

If it were me, I would have just turned around and said I would join another club.

“Um······.”

Seo Yi-eung was drooling and looked closely at Isabella’s cell phone screen.

Isabella watched this anxiously.

“···Why am I so nervous?”

Seo Yi-eung soon showed a satisfied expression.

Then he handed the cell phone back and said.

“Good, passed. You can go back to your seat now.”

“Uh, yes…”

Isabella was confused, scratched her head, and then returned to her seat.

After Isabella’s membership in the club was confirmed.

Female students who had applied for admission through the app came to Seo Yi-eung one after another.

Unlike Isabella’s time.

Seo Yi-eung conducted the interview a little more rigorously.

therefore.

I quietly bring out my story.

I leaked false information that I was thinking of joining another club.

And the female students who heard that information,

“Ah… Ha-hwi is not joining the club here…”

“···I’ll just go to another club.”

“ Now that I think about it, I don’t want to join a club while going through interviews like this.”

“Can I come and look around other clubs?”

Everyone gave up on joining, making various excuses.

It really seemed like he had applied for membership in anticipation of me joining that club.

‘How can everyone have the same goal without even one exception…’

It’s a good thing.

Because it’s better not to join people like that.

But there was one problem.

Currently, the only members of our group are Seo Yi-eung, Isabella, and me.

It is impossible to create a club with less than five members.

Even if someone has an impure purpose, isn’t it inevitable that they will receive at least two?

‘I don’t have much time now.’

After thinking about it for a while, I tapped my phone as a last resort and asked for assistance.

I don’t know if it will work or not.

I should at least ask a favor first.

So after some time.

“Carrot.”

“Lotus root.”

Professor Santoto and Instructor Forest Toto approached Seo Yi-eung at a slow pace.

“I will also join. Carrot.”

“We will also join. Lotus root.”

“Yes? Can professors and instructors join the club?”

“Carrot. Of course.”

“Lotus root. We are also part of the academy, so what can we not do?”

“Ah. Are you joining the club as an advisor or something?”

“I am joining the club as a member.”

“I have no hobby of torturing. Lotus root.”

“If you want to join the club, you must have an interview…”

“What kind of interview is it? Carrot.”

“Accept the application for admission immediately. Otherwise, I will have you abolished. Lotus root.”

“······.”

With the support of Santoto and Forest Toto, our animal love club was filled with five members.