Moka and Tsukune heard the lunch bell ring and the two of them left their secluded spot to return to the academy.

Watching Moka waking happily, Tsukune had a thought.

Just wanting to get close to her isn't enough.

Steeling his resolve, Tsukune accompanies Moka to their next class, once again taught by Ms. Shizuka. Unfortunately, the academy's true nature limits its access to the vast pool of teachers available worldwide. Not every monster graduating from the academy pursues higher education, especially in an environment with limited opportunities for high societal positions. Moreover, the academy cannot recruit human teachers, as the rule of remaining in human form is often viewed more as a guideline than a strict regulation.

Taking a seat, Tsukune began to listen to Shizuka’s lesson. As usual, the lesson was about basic human etiquette, which she claimed to have learned while pursuing her teaching degree in the human world.

"Well then, everyone! Since it's been a month, you surely know that the academy's goal is to teach and educate us on how to adapt to human society.”

After momentarily gathering her breath, Shizuka continued with excitement.

“That means! Starting today, you're all going to take up club activities!"

Tsukune was a bit surprised but didn't react much.

Ms. Shizuka… is a bit eccentric.

Turning toward the blackboard, Shizuka started filling it with information. Pointing at the words written on the board, she began to explain why everyone would have to join a club.

"By joining a club, you will gain a deeper understanding of humans by experiencing their activities and practices."

A student who’s sitting at the front boldly stands up while raising their hand.

“Uh! Um, sensei!”

Seeing such an enthusiastic student respond to her lesson, Shizuka felt happy. She quickly calls the student.

“Yes?!”

With a mischievous smile, the student points out Shizuka’s obvious cat tail springing out of her clothes.

"But... Sensei, wouldn't you have a grade of F in transforming then?!"

Shizuka looks at the student and then at her tail. She quickly realizes that the student is making fun of her.

Since it was pointed out, the class also noticed Shizuka’s tail.

“Oh, he’s right.”

“A tail…”

“Sensei’s tail…”

Annoyed, Shizuka playfully, but with a hint of aggression, scratched the face of the joker student, even growling while doing so.

The student slumped in his chair, his face bleeding. If this had happened during the first month, Tsukune would have been worried and started to panic internally. However, after multiple altercations with various monsters, he had become slightly inured to such situations.

Completely ignoring the fact that she had just mauled a student, Shizuka continued her class with the same enthusiasm as before.

“So, does everyone understand why you’ll be participating in club activities?!”

The class nodded quickly, afraid of being sliced to pieces themselves. Satisfied with their agreement, Shizuka concluded her lesson with one final assignment.

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"But of course, before you join a club, you should first check it out to see if it's something you like or would want to do. Please visit many clubs today and decide which one you want to enter!"

As the students prepared to leave, Shizuka called for their attention one last time.

“Almost forgot! Be sure to visit the newspaper club that I’m the advisor for, okay?!”

After her shameless plug, Shizuka finally dismissed the class.

Before Tsukune could even stand up, Moka was already grabbing his hand, eager to pull him away.

“Tsukune! Let’s go! We’ve got to see the clubs!”

Tsukune smiled and let himself be dragged away by Moka. Once they exited the classroom and entered the main hallway of the academy, they were immediately surprised by the sudden change in environment.

Instead of the wide open space that Moka and Tsukune were used to, the academy hallway was jam-packed with students and club stalls.

Both of them were in awe at the sheer number of students filling the hallway. Looking around, Moka and Tsukune could hear countless people advertising their clubs to the freshmen and sophomores who hadn’t joined any clubs yet. They even saw a student with a horrendous human disguise clinging to a staircase, holding a megaphone.

“PING PONG!!!”

“Got a strong arm! Join the baseball club!!”

“For the buff and the strong!! Ruuugggbbbyyy!!”

“Karate! Looking for students interested in Karate!!”

For a moment, Tsukune turned to the karate booth but quickly remembered he was with Moka.

Joining karate would be good… but they’d quickly find out that I’m just human.

He then turns to Moka, who’s looking around with stars in her eyes.

And… I want to go to the same club as Moka.

"Moka, isn't this place awesome?! I bet every club has someone advertising themselves."

Moka nods in agreement.

“Hey hey! Which club should we join?”

Tsukune wanted to join a club that would help improve his body but for a moment, this young teenage boy had a perverted thought.

“How about the swimming the swimming club?”

Tsukune couldn’t help but blush at the thought of Moka wearing a bathing suit. Seeing Moka furrow her eyebrows at his suggestion, Tsukune quickly explains himself.

"W-Well, actually! My parents made me take swimming classes when I was younger. They said it was for my health... so... maybe... we can go to the swimming club together."

Tsukune couldn’t fully suppress the slightly perverted thoughts in his mind.

Moka… in a swimming suit…

Unfortunately for Tsukune, Moka clearly didn’t share the same sentiments.

"Err... but... I..."

Seeing Tsukune’s slowly forming worry, Moka quickly changes her tune.

"Anyway! It's still too early to decide! Let's visit all the clubs since they're clearly putting so much effort into this."

Moka spreads her arms to emphasize the size of the effort provided by the clubs. Her argument was sound so Tsukune quickly nodded in agreement.

Moka then walks ahead with Tsukune beside her.

As usual, the crowd parted to admire the pink-haired beauty of the academy. With the club stalls set up by the upperclassmen, the crowd was larger than normal, adding to the bustling atmosphere.

“Hey, it’s Moka!”

"Whoa! This is the first time I've seen such a cute girl!"

“Well, duh! She’s a freshman!”

“She’s so pretty!”

Despite the crowd giving Moka some space, the senior students clearly had thicker skin.

“B-Beautiful!”

Accustomed to ignoring the crowd around her, Moka was taken aback by the proximity of that voice. Both Moka and Tsukune turned toward the source and saw an almost completely emaciated man approaching them, his pitiful human disguise barely holding together.

"M-Moka, you must become a model!"

“Huh?”

Moka’s surprised squeak causes the emaciated man to think that she is agreeing to his scream.

"Yes, you must join our phantom photography club! Let us immortalize your beauty with thousands of pictures."

Tsukune couldn’t help but feel terrified while Moka was only semi-interested.

Oh, Moka! Why do you always see the best in people?!

“Oh? A photography club?! That sounds great!”

Hearing even the slightest hint of agreement from Moka, the photography club member immediately forgets any semblance of decorum and pushes normal boundaries.

"Are naked photos okay?!"

At once, Tsukune quickly drags a confused Moka away.

"Moka, go! And no, they're not okay!"

The club member attempts to chase after them, but years of neglecting their youki control and lack of exercise result in them quickly losing sight of the duo.

After losing the photography club member, Moka and Tsukune were immediately stopped by an entire group of club members. Seeing their white lab coats, the excessive number of chemical bottles in their hands, and the monstrous insects surrounding them, Tsukune quickly sensed another ominous club.

One of the senior students, a member of this eerie group, called out to Moka as they passed by.

"Moka! You must join our alchemy and chemistry club!"

Tsukune felt bad vibes as he slowly pulled away the curious Moka.

“Let’s make love potions together!”

"Okay, that's out of the question!" Tsukune said, pulling Moka away again, only to be stopped by another crowd of voracious club members.

"Moka! Join our acupuncture club!"

"No, our mummy club!"

Tsukune ran off with Moka in tow. Moka, on the other hand, was mostly just confused about the situation.

Why would they ask me to join? I'm not even a mummy. Also, isn’t that a very exclusionary club? I wonder who approved it.

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Somewhere in a well-lit and clean clinic, Mayumi sneezes. She rubs her nose and stands up.

“I just cleaned yesterday. Is it dusty again?”

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Moka and Tsukune continued to avoid the onslaught of clubs that wanted Moka to join them.

Nothing but weird clubs?!

“Moka, run!” Tsukune whisper-shouted at Moka to run away but it was more him dragging her around, avoiding the obsessed crowds.

But before they could fully run away from the crowd, they both heard a voice calling out to them.

“Couldn’t find a club worth joining?”

Turning toward the voice, Tsukune sees an older girl adorned in tropical attire, her bare skin exposed for all students to see.

Whoa… a swimsuit?

“Then, what about the swimming club?”