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

The most serious injury was to a girl who twisted her ankle after falling down the stairs.

After that, all ties between Yuuki Yuki and Nijisanji were severed.

No one approached Yuuki Yuki, and Yuuki Yuki didn't approach any member of Nijisanji either. Even the Nijisanji group chat remained empty, with no one saying a word in it anymore.

Unspoken understanding prevailed, and Nijisanji seemed to have reached its end.

However, this also freed up most—almost—of Yuuki Yuuki's free time.

Yuuki Enishi felt that she should do something to enrich her daily life.

"Getting back to the point, you came to me expecting my help, right?" The post-war summary, which no one was really listening to except for Lava Mountain Lantern, finally came to an end.

“Yes.” Yuuki Yui sat up, brushing the dust off the back of her clothes, then sat cross-legged and pulled down her uniform skirt. “I want to work.”

"Working? With your little girlfriend around, you shouldn't be short of money, right?" Rongshan Deng glanced at Ba Qi lying on the ground and saw her grinning foolishly.

Focused only on Baqi's magma lantern, he didn't notice that Nishio Reki suddenly glared at him, then changed his previous fighting demeanor and began a new round of lectures.

“At your age, my advice is to decide on your future aspirations, whether to continue your studies or to work, and what direction you want to take. There’s no need to spend your time working to earn money.”

"Whether it makes money or not doesn't really matter. I just want to find something to do," Yuuki Yuki explained softly, looking at the tips of her shoes.

Yuki Yui originally planned to use excuses like self-improvement and social interaction as a pretext, but ultimately abandoned her plan in the face of her true purpose.

She was actually looking for a replacement for Nijisanji, but that wasn't something she wanted to tell Lava Mountain Lantern.

"Oh." Laughing Loose Mountain responded, then stared at Yuuki Yukina, who was looking at her shoes, for a while: "Did you have a falling out with those friends?"

Yuuki Yukino didn't answer, nor did she hide the expression on her face that revealed the answer at a glance when she heard those words.

"Your identity has been discovered?" Lance asked again. "I've seen Mizuno Yu a few times recently, but she's always alone. Sometimes she's with another child, but none of the other children she usually goes to kindergarten with have ever been there. Am I right?"

Rongshan Deng and Baqi are quite similar in these aspects; they generally don't like to keep their thoughts to themselves.

However, Rongshan Deng and Baqi are a little different. She doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. She only asks questions to satisfy her own curiosity.

There's something special about Rongshan Deng: she always does her best to do things when asked to do them, and she never slacks off. However, asking her to do things is never for free; Rongshan Deng is very clear about her price.

For example, she promised Nishio Reki to rescue Yuuki Yukino and Tenrai Herika from Kuroba Reisei, and she also took on so many jobs.

For example, he promised Yuuki Yukino that he would help her with this favor if she fought him.

"Forget it, when should I start working?"

"After school, the hours should be fixed, not short-term work, and occasional leave is allowed."

"Is it okay if we work the same hours on weekends as well?"

"can."

"You all together?"

"Myself."

"Okay." Rongshan Deng took out his phone from his pocket and swiped the screen to search.

"The flyer distribution job won't work, the kindergarten job won't work either, there is a barbecue restaurant, but it's a bit far, so it probably won't be very convenient..."

Lava Mountain Lantern continued paddling, deliberately muttering about various possible tasks.

The working warrior truly lived up to his name; the work recorded by Lava Mountain Lamp was far more extensive than the small advertisements that Yuki En had seen on various software programs online.

"How about working at a maid cafe? All you have to do is say to the customers, 'Welcome back, Master,' and draw a heart on an omelet with ketchup. The pay is pretty good too."

"I think..."

"no!"

"Absolutely not!"

Before Yuuki Yukino could finish saying, "I think it's pretty good," Inuyama Tomoe and Nishio Reki both rejected her in unison.

"Ah, if maid cafes aren't an option, then bunny girls won't work either. That's too intense for middle school students."

"You can't work as a bunny girl, but you can wear it for me."

"I think so too."

"You two!" Xiao Yuan punched each of the two people next to her on the head, then asked Rong Shan Deng, "Anything else?"

"How about this coffee shop job?"

"How about it..." Yuuki Yui pouted and thought for a moment.

Yuuki En prefers easy part-time jobs like family tutoring or telephone customer service, such as working in the food service industry or convenience stores. She can foresee the scene where her sister, Baqi, or Li would patronize these places like crazy.

No, if it were a telephone customer service line, that line would probably be overwhelmed with calls.

"Isn't there anything else?" Yuuki asked tentatively.

“This is the one that best meets your requirements right now,” Rongshan Deng replied.

In any case, working in a coffee shop is much more normal than working as a bunny girl or a maid.

"Alright, this one will do." Yuuki Yuuki gritted her teeth and accepted the commission.

"Write this down, this is the store manager's contact information."

As he spoke, Lance handed over his phone screen, waiting for Yuuki Yuen to take a picture of the information on it before putting the phone back in his pocket.

"Thank you." After putting away the contact information, Yuuki Yui stood up from the ground.

Inuyama Tomoe and Nishio Reki, who had come with Yuuki Yuki, also stood up and stood with her.

"You're welcome." Rongshan Deng, who also stood up, waved his hand: "If you can't do this job, just tell me and I'll find you another one, for free. You don't need to spar with me."

"If we keep fighting, we might really die here. Let's just give up," Yuuki Yui joked.

"Don't give me that. You've improved a lot since the last time I saw you, though you're still no match for me." Rongshan Deng waved his hand again.

The same words sound like boasting when spoken by someone else, but they sound like a confident statement when spoken by Rongshan Deng.

"Thanks for the compliment," Baqi said, sticking out her tongue in annoyance.

"But there's something I don't understand." Lamp suddenly changed his tone, becoming unusually serious: "In your combined state just now, defeating that nun who can paint wouldn't be so easy, would it?"

"You went to Rainbow Leaf City a while ago, did you really come away empty-handed as you said?"

Chapter Three: The Interview

"Xiao Yuan, now that Rong Shan Deng has asked about this, is it really okay for you to keep it from her? She loves fighting strong people so much, maybe she can be of help to us?"

On the swaying tram, Baqi, leaning on Yuuki Yuuki's shoulder, raised her long eyelashes and looked at Yuuki Yuuki's face through the silver-white bangs on her forehead.

"That's what I'm worried about. If Rongshan Deng finds out there's a powerful figure around, she'll definitely cause trouble without hesitation. As long as it's related to battle, she's like a completely different person."

Yuuki sighed and leaned the back of her head against the wall of the tram. "Even with the Lava Lamp, it's still too much of a stretch to deal with that kind of enemy."

“That’s true.” Baqi tilted her head and nuzzled against Yuuki Yuuki’s shoulder. “But Yuuki has at least found a way to solve the problem, right?”

"Correct."

Yuuki Yukino gazed at the arched ceiling of the tram and sighed.

"I didn't expect the solution to be so simple."

……

The tram slowly pulled up beside the platform, and following the flow of people, Yuuki Yuuki finally breathed in fresh air that was completely different from the air conditioning output inside the tram.

After navigating a winding street, Yuuki Eri finally stood before her destination.

After glancing at the coffee shop sign in front of her and then at Baqi, who had followed her all the way, Yuuki Yukino spoke up.

"I'll go by myself from now on. Baqi, find a place to wait for me."

"Huh?" Baqi looked disappointed, seemingly surprised that Yuuki Yuuki would say such a cold thing: "Don't you need me to accompany Yuuki to the interview?"

"It's just a coffee shop interview, there's no need for a family member to accompany you, right? You're not a child anymore." Yuuki Yui put her hands on her hips, clearly determined to go alone.

"Huh? Family? Xiaoyuan actually considers me family?! That's great! We'll get married after graduation... Waaah!"

But Baqi's focus wasn't on what Yuuki was saying. Instead, her eyes seemed to be sparkling as she excitedly jumped and skipped around at the entrance of the coffee shop. Yuuki then delivered a sharp chop to her forehead, and she crouched down, covering her head with her hands in grievance.

Don't find fault with me!

Yuuki Yukino sternly reminded and criticized him, poking Baqi's soft cheeks several times with her index finger.

"Okay! Good luck, Yuuki! I'll find a shop nearby and wait for you." Baqi puffed out her cheeks and used her puffed-out cheeks to push Yuuki's finger back.

"Wait for my good news," Yuuki Yui said, taking a few deep breaths before pushing open the door of the coffee shop.

Aside from casual jobs that require no interview and can be done with just a few hands, this is the first time Yuuki Eri has tried a job that requires an interview.

When Yuki En first entered university, the school even dragged her to participate in the campus recruitment fair as a substitute. As long as she pretended to be a job seeker and wandered around the recruitment fair for a day, she could earn extra credits.

There, Yuuki En had witnessed an interview process. The neatly dressed interviewers always exuded an air of authority, which instilled in Yuuki En a natural aversion to interviews.

It's less of a sense of resistance and more of a sense of awe, even though a coffee shop interview might not be as serious.

Having made up her mind, Yuuki Yukino reached out her hand toward the door.

The tubular wind chimes in front of the coffee shop jingled as the door was pushed open, the metallic chorus as crisp as ice cubes colliding, making one feel as if they had returned to summer in the late autumn season.

Yuuki Yukino and Baqi's first meeting was also in the summer, in a coffee shop with wind chimes like these hanging there.

However, this place is smaller, with only five or six small round tables placed in the store besides the bar.

One wall was filled with coffee cups, various coffee beans, and related tools. The bar counter and several sets of tables and chairs that Yuuki Yuki saw, a few potted green plants, a bookshelf full of old books, and a wall full of music posters that matched the atmosphere of the coffee shop.

That's all there is to this coffee shop.

The sound of the wind chimes made the person behind the counter look up. A young woman in a light blue shirt stood up from her seat and met Yuuki Yuki's gaze across the counter.

The other person was really young, looking to be around the same age as her older sister. Her long, light purple hair, almost gray, was tied into a neat single ponytail. Her outfit was very casual, yet it perfectly suited her role as a barista and even the atmosphere of the coffee shop.

"Hello, welcome! How can I help you?"

"Hello, I'm the student from Yuehai Middle School who just spoke to you on the phone. I plan to work at your coffee shop after school. Sorry to keep you waiting."

Yuuki Yui bowed slightly in politeness and began her prepared opening remarks.

The other person looked Yuki Yuki up and down, scrutinizing her Tsukishima Middle School uniform.

Yuuki carefully cleaned up the wrinkles and dust that came off after fighting with the magma lantern while riding the train. Although it wasn't exactly tidy, it looked fine.

After Yuuki Yukino said those words, he stared at her like that, making Yuuki Yukino feel a little uneasy.