Richie casually put her arm around Anita’s shoulders and dragged her to the shooting range. Anita had no room for objection and obediently followed. It was too hassle to go all the way inside and then turn back, and there was a chance that the strange man was still hanging around.

 As expected, the inside of the range was very huge. There was a fence between the university and the shooting range, but nothing in the other direction. Just a vast forest.

Apparently, the range used the entire forest next to the university.

“Are you a prospective member?”

“Probably.”

Under a large awning, a girl who was half-lying caught Anita’s eye. As Anita observed the girl with curly hair, the girl turned around. Their eyes met for a moment.

“Anita?”

“…….”

It feels like we’ve been running into each other a lot lately.

Seeing Liliana already made Anita feel tired, but Liliana seemed unaffected. For some reason, Liliana seemed genuinely delighted to see Anita.

“Wow, we meet again here. Anita, are you joining too?”

“I haven’t decided for sure.”

“I believe you will.”

Liliana cheerfully interrupted Anita, extending her hand. Anita had no choice but to shake hands with her.

“Good choice, because I run this place perfectly.”

“Sorry, but I thought the club president was Lice?”

As Lice playfully joined in, Liliana grabbed Anita’s arm and pulled her away from Lice.

“You can call it a puppet president. I’m the actual president.”

Anita blinked slowly, a headache coming on, as it always did when she was in a crowded place.

“Apologies for the disturbance, but Anita, you’re lucky. Just now, three applicants came and went. Of course, all three were rejected.”

“Why?”

“Well, they all had their reasons. One had a bad reputation. Apparently, her family was on the verge of bankruptcy due to her gambling-addicted father. Another one wasn’t very attractive.”

“Can that be a reason?”

“Of course.”

If there was something fatally wrong with either of them, Anita could understand. However, having a gambling-addicted father or not being physically attractive didn’t seem like the person’s fault.

“Why was the third one rejected?”

Liliana tilted her head, and the man standing next to her answered for her.

“He was from a miner’s family.”

“Oh, right. That’s how it was.”

“…….”

“Anyway, you should go to a place open to those people. Why bother coming here and facing embarrassment?”

Liliana, who nodded her head, suddenly furrowed her brow. Then she let go of Anita’s arm.

“Wait a minute. Why are miners poor? Don’t they get to keep all the gems from the mines?”

“If we follow your logic, everyone working in the mint or banks should be the world’s richest.”

Liliana seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, scratching her cheek with a serious expression.

“When I hunt any animal in this forest, I own it, right?”

“That’s because you have permission from the Earl of Aberdeen, But hunting is prohibited unless it’s for food and not for fashion.”

“Where does that even exist? I’m making a fox scarf this time!”

“Around the faux fur from the factory.”

“That’s it. What’s the point of learning to shoot if you can’t even hunt?”

When Liliana grumbled and asked with a serious expression, Lice narrowed her eyes.

“Is there a law saying you must only shoot animals?”

“So?”

“Come on, everyone, don’t we all have someone in our hearts we’d like to shoot?”

No one responded to her. Anita was more of a pacifist and nonviolent person, but today she could think of one person she wanted to put on the bull’s-eye.

Anita nodded involuntarily.

“See, Anita agrees.”

In an instant, all eyes in the firing range were on Anita, and before Anita could make any excuses, Liliana was out of her seat.

“That, it’s not me, right?”

Her tone was unexpectedly serious.

“What?”

There was no reason in the world why Anita would want to shoot Liliana. Liliana arched an eyebrow at Anita’s bewilderment.

“Give me until tomorrow.”

“…What?”

Why the hell was the word grace period coming out now?

As Anita still stood there, bewildered, Liliana took off her brown leather gloves and walked toward the entrance. Before leaving the shooting range, Liliana turned to face Lice and spoke boldly.

“Don’t give Anita a gun until tomorrow.”

“…….”

“Never.”

With that, Liliana walks out of the range. There was silence on the range for a while. After a while, Lice, who was wiping the barrel of her gun with leather, spoke up.

“She’s a bit of a weirdo, so don’t pay too much attention to her.”

“Yeah.”