CH 8.3

「Let’s go to Yuri Miller for a preview. The members will be me and Nanba-kun, who thought of it. Who else do we need? We don’t want to go there with too many members.」

TN: It’s Yuri Miller now.

Watanabe was the one who suggested that.

It was before the days of blogs, and websites of the companies were not that well developed.

It would certainly be a good idea to take a look at least one of the stores that would be used as a model.

「Then……」

The members I designated were Yui and Hatori-san from the clothing club.

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So, after school, in front of Yuri Miller.

「I was asked to join the two famous beauties of our school and Nanba-kun, whom I sometimes hear rumors about these days. Why did you ask me to join you?」

Hatori-san said so and although she was supposed to be wearing the same school uniform, the way she dressed was amazing.

I don’t know if it is because of the exquisite length of her skirt, the makeup that hits the very edge of not attracting the teacher’s attention, or her loosely wavy hair.

A slender girl that could be considered as a model, was looking at us with her furrowed brow.

She would be called a beautiful girl but with Yui and Watanabe, who are so high level, standing with her, she can only be buried in the crowd.

Most of the people on the streets were staring at our group.

It’s no wonder people say things like “Are they filming or something?”.

This is a combination that never happened in my first life.

「I heard that Hatori-san is the best at making clothes at the clothing club.」

「You’re right but what does it have to do with you taking me to Yuri Miller? You kidnapped me by saying it’s on the house but let me say this first, I don’t have much free time.」

「Kidnapped, that’s not a very nice thing to say.」

I guess she’s not fond of being sandwiched by two beautiful girls.

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Also, she must be quite good as she admits it without modesty.

I’ve heard that even in high school, she already publicly stated that her dream is to be a designer.

She even won a prize in some contest or something.

「I want you to take a good look at those uniforms.」

「I don’t mind if it’s only that much but…..I mean, the uniforms here have a reputation of being cute so I’d love to take a look myself.」

「Right? That means there’s no problem.」

The other two were tilting their heads.

Well, I honestly don’t know what’s going to happen.

It’s called an investment.

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Upon entering the restaurant, I was greeted by a waitress in a cute uniform I had heard so much about.

The uniform is an apron-like miniskirt that emphasizes her breasts.

It reminded me of the first time in my life when I entered the restaurant with my fellow otakus.

We were two guys back then.

We were into “Welcome to Viva Kakarot”, a bishoujo game modeled after Yuri Miller’s uniform.

「Yeah, it’s cute…..」

「Yes, it’s cute. The design is excellent.」

「I guess you can attract all the customers you want in those uniform.」

All three girls are glued to the waitress’ uniform.

「Hey, Hatori-san, do you want to try make that uniform?」

I looked into Hatori-san’s face as I opened the menu.

「So that’s why you brought me here……it’s for the café or something at the school festival.」

「It’s as you guess. I’d like to ask the help of the clothing club.」

「That’s a tempting offer but I must apologize to you now. Our club is supposed to make costumes for the drama club every year.」

「Even if I say that we’ll buy the costumes you’ll make for us? The clothing club doesn’t have much budget to spend on activities, does it?」

「Of around 15 girls? I don’t think the budget assigned to the class is enough to pay for that.」

「Heh…… you mean you’ll do it if we can pay you? How much?」

The amount of money Hatori offered was not what a high school student could afford with his allowance.

However, if you multiply the unit price by the number of hours worked, which is about the same as a part time job, and add in the limited time express charge, this is what you’ll get.

「Just to verify……if I can give you that much, can you do it for me?」

「If you can」

She looked at me as if saying it was impossible.

「Wait a minute, Nanba-kun. Our class budget is not enough. Shouldn’t we just make it ourselves? 」

「Can you make clothes at Hatori-san’s quality? No, right?」

「That’s true but……」

When the class project was decided, a survey was conducted but none of the members could boast that they were good at sewing.

「The main selling point is the look of the uniform so I don’t want to sacrifice that.」

「Y-you’ve got a good eye……」

Hatori-san blushed a bit and hid her mouth using the menu.

She seemed like a high-handed girl but she might be a little cute.

「Even so, I’m not going to give you a discount. I’ll have to find time doing it even though I’m already making clothes for the drama club.」

「Don’t worry, I won’t bargain.」

If quality is compromised because of this, we gain nothing.

「What are you going to do then? You’re not going to fill the gap by asking donations, do you?」

Watanabe was right.

Many students will be reluctant to pay out of their own pocket and it may make the school festival boring if they have a say in the amount of money that goes to the event.

「Let’s order first before talking about the strategy.」