Even in Hell 6

Tsumugi: Hello...?

(Wow, what is this room...? It must have been a storeroom at one point and is no longer in use.)

(But there are clear signs that someone has been keeping it properly maintained.)

(Just like Eichi-kun said, it’s feels exactly like an “underground library.”)

(Ah... Eichi was right about this, too: here are the books that vanished from the library. I had no idea they were here.)

(And it looks like there are many books of suspicious origin that aren’t even registered in the library collection...)

(Not only books, but scrapbooks and files filled with documents, too.)

(Something doesn’t sit right with me about this...)

(But it’s my job as a member of the library committee to inspect the books, and if I don’t get that done I won’t be able to relax.)

(It’s just that the volume of books in this “underground archive” is massive...)

(I don’t think I can check them all by myself, but Eichi-kun has already left for the day.)

(Or more like, as soon as that “Eichi-kun Gauge” dropped to zero, someone who looked like the Tenshouin family’s butler appeared to collect him.)

(I don’t understand it that well, but life must be hard for the heir to a big conglomerate.)

(Well either way, Eichi-kun isn’t on the committee, so I’d feel bad having him help me with this work just because we’re friends.)

(I’ll just whack away at it on my own. It’s not right for me to make someone else do the work for me.)

(And besides, I got hold of the key, so I can go in and out of here whenever I want.)

(If I take some time every day to work on it... I should get it done in about a month.)

(I’m glad I could get in here with the key, though... I guess the door is usually locked, and when I asked a teacher about it, I was told the key went missing.)

(They should probably keep better track of their things, but what can you do?)

(I talked to Rei-kun about it, and he lent me the master key. I wonder why he had something like that, though. He has so many layers to him.)

(Of course, he is the student council president, so it shouldn’t be that strange for him to have the master key. This is obviously just a duplicate of it, though.)

(I wonder if it’s okay to have this without getting permission first...)

(Well, It’s Rei-kun, so I’m sure he’s figured things out so that no problems arise.)

(He really helped me out big time. I’ll have to repay him someday.)

(Now let’s see. I should start with the bookshelves here at the end and then go in order... hm?)

(Sniff, sniff... Wh–what’s that strange smell? Is there a–a fire?)

(No, no, that’s not quite the smell... but what is it?)

(Umm... it’s coming from over here.)

(Hm, there’s another small room under the stairs? Is this the source of that smell?)

(So there’s a secret room within the secret underground archive, huh...)

(It’s like a “chamber of secrets,” of sorts—reminds me of Harry Potter~ So it feels pretty unrealistic.)

(Hmm, I hear noises coming from inside this room, too... So, is someone up to something in there?)

(I hope there’s not a delinquent smoking in there. Drugs would be the worst-case scenario, right?)

(Gulp. What do I do? Should I just report it to a teacher and wait for their instruction...? No, what if I’m wrong about this?)

(S–so for now... I should just take a peek inside and check it out. If it looks bad, I’ll make my getaway.)

(Yes, I can do that.)

(Just one little peek, one liiiiittle...)

Natsume: ~... ♪

Fufufu ♪ Abracadabra, ja alla, ja alla cu... There ♪

Tsumugi: I–it’s a suspicious person, but in a totally different way?!

Natsume: Hm? Who are you...? How did you get in this secret room?

Tsumugi: Huh? So this place really is called the secret room?!

Natsume: I just call it that for my own purposes, Aoba Tsumugi-senpai ♪

Tsumugi: Eep... Um, how do you know my name?

Natsume: You’ve done great work in the library committee. I quite admire how diligent and hard-working you are, Tsumugi-senpai.

Allow me to commend you. What a good kid you are ♪

Yͮ́̽e͛t̥̐̎ you̗ neeͭḋ̀ņ̥’͔t r̜̾ed͌ͦù̡c͚̪e y̜oͪ͞u̶̗ͣŗsͣ͜e̟l̯ͅf̻̑̈́ to͓͌̈ a̺ s̲͒lá̗͟v̹͉́e͐;̀ e͒v̻ȩ̴r̟ͦy̥͐o̚n̻͝ͅe͂͘ a͆l̖̹͠r̕e̼ͦad̍ͤ̈́y̽ adọres yo̯ͯ͜u̞̒ ♪^[1]

Tsumugi: Oh, no. Ahaha, now I’m embarrassed. I’ve become too well-known, it seems... I’ve been putting a lot of effort into my idol work recently, so it must be paying off ♪

Natsume: ...Huh? Did my magic not work on you?

I must still need more training. Master will surely have some choice words for me ♪