Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

When Yuuki Yuki woke up Tomoe, who was sleeping next door, and told her to secretly take her away like last time after the festival started, Tomoe only said one sentence.

"I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep a little longer. Have fun tonight, Xiaoyuan!"

I'm happy! I'm not happy!

In the end, Yuuki Yukino, feeling utterly hopeless, put on that yukata and went to participate in the festival.

Incidentally, she also saw the Lava Mountain Lantern selling fried chicken at the festival, and under the Lava Mountain Lantern's incredibly kind smile, Yuuki Yukino had no choice but to buy five servings of fried chicken.

This includes her own, Hayashi Mustard's, Tenrai Herika and Mizuno Yu's, and the latest addition, Sakura Hanako.

It's not that I can't afford it, but it really hurts!

And what's more! And what's more! The batter on these fried chicken nuggets is way too thick!

While this method of coating fried chicken nuggets with batter is indeed delicious, half of a serving of fried chicken nuggets is probably just batter!

I can't eat or sleep well, and just standing here is exhausting.

I want to go back! I want to go back to sleep!

Once the fireworks display ends, the festival should be coming to a close, right?

Just bear with it a little longer, and you can go back once the fireworks are over!

As Yuuki Yuki grew drowsy, she tilted her head back, closed her eyes, and heard a series of explosions filling her ears.

Suddenly, Yuuki Yukino's hand was grabbed.

A gentle force pulled Yuuki Yukino through the bustling crowd.

Yuuki Yukino saw clearly from among the countless shoulders the blond figure who was always holding her hand.

Squeezing through the crowd, the figure dragged Yuuki Yukino out of the throng and onto an open space.

"Hoo-hoo—" The breath that Yuuki Yui had been holding back in the crowd was finally exhaled from her chest.

The smell of sulfur that wafted into her nostrils with the evening breeze helped Yuuki Yukino clear her mind somewhat.

“This place was damaged before, all the stalls have been removed, and it's not fully repaired yet, so no one will come. Just rest here for a bit.” Helica put her hands on her hips. “You're still saying it's nothing? You're swaying and about to fall over, don't you know that?”

Yuuki Yui nodded, still somewhat dazed, tilted her head back, poured the slightly melted shaved ice into her mouth, chewed a few times, and let the coolness drive away the weariness in her mind.

Now, Yuuki Yukino was somewhat more sober.

"Haha, thanks."

"It's nothing. I didn't know you were like this and I dragged you out like this. It was my fault." Herica mumbled incoherently.

"Hmm?" Yuuki Yuuki, who was focused on recovering her energy, didn't hear what Helica was saying and asked with a soft hum.

"It's nothing! It's nothing!" Helicara shouted, drowning out her own words.

"Really?"

Really?

Amidst their minor squabble, which wasn't really a fight, the others jogged over.

"I, I, I, we are very worried."

"Seniors, really, where did you all suddenly go?!"

"Let's watch the fireworks somewhere else! Let's watch the fireworks!" Herika awkwardly turned her head away.

“But the view from here isn’t as good as over there.” Mizuno Yu said, then wisely shut her mouth after catching a glimpse of Yuuki Yui.

"Mind your own business! I like it this way! I'll watch it right here!" Helica retorted, adding a couple more words of protest.

Amid the girls' clamor, everyone's gaze turned to the sky, to the fireworks rising into the air in this place where the view, while not the best, was still quite open.

The awkward noise also stopped amidst the sound of fireworks.

Yuuki Yukino was initially thinking that being called out by Helica was too much trouble, and that she preferred to sleep at home more.

But actually, watching fireworks with friends, eating delicious food together, and spending this last summer together isn't as bad as I imagined.

Perhaps, it's actually quite enjoyable.

The fireworks that burst overhead, colorful as blooming flowers or a falling galaxy, illuminated everyone at the festival and the entire city of Yuehai.

"It's so beautiful." Yuuki Yukina exhaled a breath of cool air through her mouth, which was stuffed with shaved ice.

Her hand, which had been holding the shaved ice cup, unconsciously lowered. Yuuki Yukino looked up at the sky, watching the fireworks climb to their peak and explode. The colorful flames illuminated the girl's expectant eyes.

In the firelight, the blonde girl's eyes, sparkling in the firelight, only reflected the figure of the pink-haired girl adorned in a purple yukata.

Helica moved closer to Yuuki Yuuki and stood beside him.

Then she leaned her head on Yuuki Yuuki's shoulder.

Then, very softly, in a tone completely different from his usual one, he sighed.

Summer is almost over.

Chapter 130 Calendar

"Xiao Yuan! You went to see the fireworks last night, didn't you! You went to the festival to see the fireworks, right?!"

Arriving at school early in the morning after the start of the semester, Inuyama Tomoe, who was sitting in front of Yuuki Emi, turned around and began to complain to Yuuki Emi in a half-coquettish and half-serious manner.

On the night of the siege against Kuroba Reisei, Inuyama Tomoe also expended a great deal of energy. That same night, she also expended a great deal of energy in another sense, in her form as a berserk Rape Wolf.

To recharge, Baqi slept in bed all day.

Her memory of yesterday is as follows: Yuuki Yuki shook her awake and asked if she wanted to go to the festival. She groggily refused Yuuki Yuki, went back to sleep, got up to eat dinner, scrolled through her phone, went back to sleep, and then went to school early this morning with her little backpack.

I slept almost the whole time, and slept very comfortably!

"Xiao Yuan!"

The classroom was unusually noisy this morning, and Baqi had to turn her voice up louder so that Yuuki could hear her.

After a whole summer vacation apart, the classmates chatted about their summer experiences, where they went, what new TV series they watched, and what delicious food they ate. Sharing online can never compare to a face-to-face conversation.

The night before was another festival in the entire city of Yuehai. Whether it was the food, entertainment, or fireworks at the festival, or the magical girl attack the day before that was grand in scale but ended with the best result, it was all excellent topics of conversation.

But for Baqi, her voice hadn't fully recovered from crying for so long the day before, and now she had to shout to communicate, which wasn't very comfortable.

But compared to her own discomfort, acting cute towards Yuuki Eri was more important to her.

"Right, right?" Baqi raised her voice even higher.

Immediately afterwards, Baqi grabbed Yuuki Yukino's hand under the table and shook it back and forth.

At school, Ba Qi would restrain herself somewhat and wouldn't pounce on him directly.

Otherwise, it would be Yuuki Yukino's body that would be shaken by Tomoe.

"Yes." Yuuki Yuen readily admitted without saying another word, gently biting her lower lip with her canine teeth, looking rather listless.

Yuuki Yukino's dark circles are also very heavy. You can see that Yuuki Yukino used light makeup to cover up the marks on her face, but it still couldn't cover up the unnatural dark circles around her eyes.

"You... how could you just admit it like that! The short, blond girl and the others were all there! Right! You actually went to see the fireworks with them! I'm so envious! I didn't see any! No, the fireworks I saw were all set off by myself!"

Upon hearing Yuuki Yukino's words, Baqi's resentment grew even stronger.

It wasn't that Inuyama Tomoe really cared about this kind of thing, or that she was blaming Yuuki Yukino for not going together.

After all, she was the one who had been sleeping the whole time.

Baqi simply confided her regret at not being able to go to the festival together in front of someone who wouldn't get angry with her.

But Yuuki Yuuki's reaction today was somewhat different from usual.

It was as if nothing could ignite her passion.

"Hmm..." Yuuki Yui didn't answer with words this time, but reluctantly admitted it with a nasal tone.

Yuki Yui's writing is so perfunctory.

Yuuki Yukino was definitely not targeting me. If she were angry with me, she wouldn't have reacted this way.

But this is just a guess; Yuuki Yuki has never been angry with him.

In Baqi's memory, Yuuki Yuuki didn't leave her house until around noon yesterday, when she went home to pack her things to go to the festival.

The festival won't end too late, and even if they've been through a lot, they shouldn't be this exhausted.

Something must have happened after yesterday's fireworks display that made Yuuki Yukina treat him so perfunctorily. It wasn't even directed at him personally.

"Xiaoyuan, what happened yesterday? Did that short, blond girl bully you? If so, I'll go find her and settle the score right now!" Baqi made a gesture of rolling up her sleeves, even though summer uniforms don't have sleeves.

"That's not how it is, it has nothing to do with them." Yuuki sighed deeply, finally giving a more formal response to Baqi's words, and clenched her hands even tighter under the table.

Yuuki Yukino's throat bobbed a few times, and she opened her mouth several times as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't make a sound and eventually closed it again.

Baqi wasn't in a hurry to press for answers. She was indeed very worried, but if Yuuki wanted to tell her something, Yuuki would tell her anyway without her having to ask.

After a long pause, Yuuki Yuki seemed to have finally made up her mind.

"I...found it yesterday..."

Yuki Yukino was still unable to finish her sentence, but what interrupted her was not her own inner turmoil, but the person who walked in from outside the door.

"Quiet down."

The homeroom teacher, now wearing a new suit and high heels, pushed open the classroom door at the start of the new semester, loudly silencing the students' noise, and slowly walked onto the podium under the watchful eyes of everyone else.

The lively atmosphere in the classroom suddenly cooled down, and the noisy classroom was instantly filled only with the teeth-grinding creaking of desks and chairs being moved and the clattering of high heels on the floor.

After the homeroom teacher slowly walked up to the podium, he tapped the podium with his bent finger, as if to remind her. At this moment, all eyes turned to the homeroom teacher.

Given the current atmosphere, it was inappropriate for Baqi to continue asking questions. She didn't have Helica's courage to rush into the classroom and carry the girl in a 100-meter sprint. She turned around, straightened her skirt, and sat down, all looking in the direction of the homeroom teacher.

"Today is the start of the new semester. After a holiday of reflection, you should have gained many new insights, or perhaps you've become complacent. As your homeroom teacher, I feel it's necessary to say a few words at this time."

It's going to be a long speech before class, Inuyama Tomoe thought, and the whole class thought the same thing.

No wonder the homeroom teacher came so early today.

"However, before we begin, I would like to introduce a student to you all."

The class erupted in a flurry of discussion, with voices growing louder about whether another transfer student had arrived. Many students even secretly cast their gazes toward Inuyama Tomoe, the previous transfer student.

Gradually, students began to discuss what kind of person this transfer student should be, and the classroom, which had just quieted down, erupted into noise once again.

"Quiet down!"