Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 46 13. "Landmine Girl"

"This lady is..."

The girl who appeared in the Starry Coffee Shop so late was a girl with twin ponytails, and the burgundy highlights in her hair were quite eye-catching.

She is not tall, but her eyes look very majestic, even fierce.

Masumi always felt that she seemed a little familiar.

Asami and Chiai both walked forward curiously.

"Sorry, I forgot something here."

The twin-tailed girl spoke calmly.

She was wearing a black plaid lace short-sleeved dress, and her exposed snow-white arms were wrapped in circles of bandages, which was a bit shocking.

Masumi doubted whether he would see dense knife cuts if he removed the bandage.

He and Mami exchanged a stealthy glance and whispered to each other.

"Mine system?"

"Yeah, that should be it."

"The bandage on your arm is probably from self-harm."

"Looks so dangerous."

"--that……"

Her burgundy eyes narrowed slightly, and her stern gaze swept across, causing Masumi and Asami to immediately stop whispering and answer in unison.

"Yes!" ("Yes!")
"I came here to drink coffee today and left a paper bag here."

"Oh!" Asami reacted and quickly walked to the lounge, took out the paper bag and handed it to the girl with twintails, "This is it, it should be intact, take a look."

"Thank you."

The girl with twin ponytails bowed as per etiquette, nodded in thanks, took the paper bag, and subconsciously glanced inside.

Then he asked in a nonchalant tone:

"Have you read the contents?"

Raise your head while speaking.

The burgundy contact lenses seemed to be narrowed even tighter, the corners of the lips were tense like sharp blades, and the whole person exuded a dangerous aura.

"Absolutely not!" ×2
Both of them immediately denied it.

A heart-wrenching silence clung to the few of them.

The twin-tailed girl stared at the two of them for a moment, her eyes flickering several times behind her wine-red lenses. Before the cold sweat on Masumi's temples was about to drip down her chin, she spoke:
"I have a favor to ask of you all."

"Ok?"

Masumi, Asami and Chiai all turned their eyes to her, but Hanekawa Kaizuki didn't even raise her head, still sitting on the chair over there looking at her phone.

"Your store is currently recruiting part-time workers, right?"

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"Let me introduce myself. My name is Inukai Yuyuko, and I'm a sophomore at West High School. I'd like to apply for a part-time job at your store."

The twin-tailed girl's crisp voice echoed in the store.

Sitting across from her were the interviewers for this interview: Acting Store Manager Rinne Kamishiro and barista Masumi Miyazawa, currently the top and second-in-command at Fanxing.

Asami Seno and Chiai Asahina sat at another table and listened. At some point, Kaizuki Hanekawa had quietly returned to her room.

Masumi was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this girl who looked like a dangerous character was actually here to apply for a job.

"Ms. Inukai." Rinone rested her hand on her chin. "Could you please tell me why you want to apply for a job at this store?"

"Ok."

Inukai Yuyuko sat up straight, took a deep breath, and said, "My school is not far from here. In the evening, I came here to try the coffee and omelet rice. It was delicious. I saw the recruitment notice at the door and thought it would be nice to work in a coffee shop like this."

"Also... it's about finances. I've been reading several magazines at once lately, and my allowance isn't enough."

She talked at length about the reasons for her part-time job, and revealed a hint of distress when she said the last sentence.

When she mentioned the magazine, Masumi suddenly remembered that she had met the twin-tailed girl named "Inukai Yuyuko" in front of the magazine shelf in a convenience store.

No wonder it looks familiar. Kobe is really small.

It is the seventh most populous city in the country.

"Can I ask a question?" Asami said, raising her hand.

Inukai Yuyuko nodded, "Excuse me."

"You said you came to the store in the evening, right?" Mami frowned, "But I had no recollection of you when I was receiving you."

"about this……"

Inukai Yuyuko paused, and suddenly reached out her bandaged hand, grabbed the burgundy-dyed hair, entangled her fingers for a few times, and untied the hair - Masumi only then realized that the burgundy part was a wig.

She took off all the wig pieces and placed them on the table. She pinched the ribbon with her fingers, untied her black hair from the ponytails and let it fall softly on her shoulders. She then took out a pair of black-framed glasses from her pocket and put them on properly.

Masumi stared at the changes in her body in amazement: the part above the neck suddenly changed from a landmine girl to a literature girl.

Behind the lenses, the ferocious look seemed to be neutralized, the corners of the eyes slightly widened, and only the burgundy colored contact lenses occasionally flashed a captivating color under the light.

"Huh..." Inukai Yuyuko breathed a sigh of relief: "I feel much better after wearing glasses. I was in such a hurry when I left home just now that I put on the wrong contact lenses."

It turns out that I always squint and squint because I am nearsighted and can't see clearly.

"I usually look like this at school. I only dare to dress like that when I'm outside."

Her whole temperament also changed from that cold aura that kept strangers away to a more gentle one.

"That's incredible." Asami's eyes flashed.

She showed her student ID to several people.

"So..." Rinone calmly steered the conversation back to the interview: "Miss Inukai, are you planning on applying for a job in the kitchen or the dining area?"

"The kitchen area!" Inukai Yuyuko blurted out, then her face suddenly darkened and her voice weakened a bit: "Let's go to the dining area. I'm not very good at cooking."

"Miss Inukai, are you interested in cooking?"

"Yeah." She nodded slightly, then sighed and said without hiding her annoyance, "But my cooking skills are very bad."

"When I was in home economics class, neither my friends nor the teacher dared to let me get close to the kitchen knife or pot. I could only do some minor work and help out."

"Are you worried that you might accidentally hurt other people due to improper operation?" Masumi asked directly.

At the same time, I thought of Hanekawa Kaizuki cooking curry.

The twin ponytails that had been tied up again swayed gently.

"They were worried that I might accidentally hurt myself."

As she spoke, she untied the bandage wrapped around her arm. Masumi subconsciously half-closed her eyes, and then slowly opened her eyelids completely.

On her fair and slender arms, there were several healed knife cuts with pink scabs, as well as scars from hot oil splashes, which must have been newly added recently.

It wasn't self-harm, but an injury caused by carelessness while cooking.

From this point of view, she just seems to like the mine-style outfit.

In fact, she is just an ordinary high school girl who likes BL doujinshi.

Masumi was completely relieved.

"If you're not good with kitchen utensils, you can consider making sweets like cookies and wagashi, which don't require exposure to high temperatures or knives."

Linyin said calmly, "If you like, you can observe and learn during the breaks between receptions and meals."

"Eh? Is that okay?" Inukai Yuyuko clasped her hands together, a bright smile quietly blooming on her face, and then the smile suddenly froze, as if she realized something, and said softly:

"You mean... am I hired?"

Her voice trembled, and she carefully suppressed her surprise.

"Well, welcome to join the Stars."

Kamishiro Rinone extended her hand toward her.

"Great! Now I can have money to buy magazines."

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