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

Incidentally, to prevent any unserious plot developments, such as the scene from last semester where the two of them spent countless hours studying for magic before the end of the semester, Yuuki once again politely declined Baqi's request to tutor her at home during the last break between classes.

"If you're so good, why don't you tutor me?" Nishio Reki was speechless for a moment after being hit where it hurt, but she couldn't stand Baqi's sarcasm and retorted.

"Want tutoring? Please ask me for help." Baqi pressed her luck.

Nishio Reki's lips twitched a few times. He gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, then clasped his hands together above his head and said, "Please!"

Very good, Nishio Reki's purpose is not to replenish magic but to catch up on lessons, which relieved Yuuki Yuki.

"Ah, well, well?" Being asked by Nishio Reki, Baqi was in an extremely good mood. She deliberately hummed a few times, dragging out the sound to keep Nishio Reki from giving her a definite answer: "If Yuri participates, I'll agree."

This is bad. Baqi's goal wasn't tutoring at all; she came here specifically to help him catch up on magic!

If I were to participate, I definitely couldn't go to Tomoe's house, and Nishio Reki's house was also unlikely. The only option would be to go to my own house for tutoring after I finished my part-time job.

Yuuki Yuuki had already imagined the scene at the end of the tutoring session where Baqi would say, "Yuuki's house is quite big, you can just sleep when you're tired of studying," and then she would be sleeping in her own bed instead of a bed.

But on the other side, his childhood sweetheart showed a weak and pleading expression that he had never seen before.

"Xiao Yuan... is it okay?"

"Well, it's not impossible," Yuuki Yui reluctantly agreed.

"Yay!" Baqi clenched her fist, as if she could already see the ending.

But Baqi still overlooked one thing: besides Yuuki Yuki's house, there was another place where Yuuki Yuki could avoid her clutches.

It just so happens that Minato Nana mentioned the day before that Yuuki Yukino could go to the coffee shop to study, so let's just take them all to the coffee shop.

The leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts did the same thing, and there's absolutely no problem with it.

And so, the tutoring at the coffee shop where Yuuki Emi worked began without any difficulty.

Chapter Nine: Cute Omelet Rice

"A rose latte with a heart drawn on it! Xiaoyuan drew it by hand with love!"

"Then I'll keep it simple: a cup of filter coffee. Could you fold the filter into a heart shape? I'll treasure it."

"Oh! Right! I'd also like an omelet rice! With 'Bachi, I like it' written on it in ketchup."

"I want one too, and I want to add the magic of 'Hoo-li hoo-li, sha-ka sha-ka, meng-ai-meng-ai, ku-li ku-li, xin-dong xin-dong, wah-ku wah-ku, bian ya duo, bian ya duo'."

With veins popping on her forehead and a professional smile, Yuuki Yukino was recording the orders of the two great masters she had brought in her cute little notebook.

Yuuki Yui has never allowed them to enter the coffee shop where she works, precisely because she's afraid of this kind of situation happening.

Not only did it happen, but it was even more serious than I had imagined.

"This guest..."

"Xiaoyuan, don't be so formal. Just call me Li as usual." Nishio Li said in a serious tone, even though it was anything but serious.

“Yes, yes! Call me Baqi~” Baqi chimed in.

“Okay, Baqi, first of all, I don’t know how to do latte art yet, nor can I write on omelet rice with ketchup.” Yuuki sighed.

"It's okay! I don't mind that Xiaoyuan's work is ugly!" Baqi leaned on the outside of the bar, resting her chin on her hand.

The point isn't whether it looks good or not!

"Also, Li, firstly, not only do I not know how to fold the filter paper into a heart shape, but even if the filter paper for filter coffee is folded into a heart shape, it cannot be used anymore. Secondly, I don't know the 'Make it taste better' magic either. This is not a maid cafe, so there is no such service."

Minato Nana stood to the side with a "It's not so bad" smile, looking like she was enjoying the show and egging everyone on.

"It's okay! There's a first time for everything! I'm also eager to see Yuuki's delicious magic."

"Miss Minato, please stop joking around..."

Seeing Yuki turn around and look at her with a look of utter despair, Minato Nana added, "If you do it, I'll give you a raise this month."

Yuuki Yukina begins to reflect on whether it's a good thing that she and Minato Nana get along well.

The most difficult bosses to deal with are those who don't prioritize efficiency and making money, but instead want to see their bosses humiliated.

It's precisely these kinds of bosses who don't care much about making money that have such incredibly successful businesses; otherwise, ordinary, traditional coffee shops wouldn't need to hire more staff to alleviate the pressure.

……

"Cute—cute—chirp—chirp—" Yuuki Yui made a heart shape with both hands with a blank expression, gesturing towards the omelet rice on the table with a heart shape drawn with ketchup.

On the table, next to the omelet rice, are two cups of coffee with crooked latte art, clearly Yuuki Emi's masterpiece.

For the sake of having three people take turns watching over these two cups of coffee, Yuuki Yukino has already done a great job of making sure that the heart shape is visible.

Actually, it wasn't just the shop manager and the two people attending the tutoring session who were watching; some curious customers also came over to take a look.

Fortunately, the omelet rice sold in the store is a semi-finished product. The fried rice part is already prepared. You just need to open the vacuum packaging, heat it in a pan, and then fry an egg on top.

Fortunately, making an omelet was no problem for Yuuki Emi, whose cooking skill tree was very high, so she didn't have to put too much effort into it.

Only at this moment would Yuuki Eri be incredibly grateful for the great invention of pre-cooked meals and for Minato Nana's wisdom in using semi-finished fried rice to make omelet rice.

But the last step of making omelet rice stumped Yuuki Yukino.

"No, no, Yuuki, you should be more energetic, like this, cute, cute~ Do you understand?" Minato Nana stood behind Yuuki Yuuki, still giving her instructions meticulously, and even gesturing a few times in a very professional manner.

“If Miss Minato thinks I haven’t done a good enough job, you can do it yourself.” Yuuki Yukina turned her neck with a forced smile and gave Minato Nana a friendly smile.

“I wouldn’t mind helping Yuuki, but would your two lovers agree?” Minato Nana gave him a taste of his own medicine.

She had long since realized that these two people were either suitors of Yuuki Yui or, like her, mischievous people who wanted to play pranks on Yuuki Yui, yet Yuuki Yui was utterly helpless against them.

"No."

"Absolutely not."

Baqi and Li joined in the commotion.

"Hold on!" Yuuki Yui couldn't help but snap back.

Only at this time would Minato Nana reveal her ugly capitalist face, threatening Yuuki Eri with her precarious salary.

"Yuki, how can you treat a customer like this? If you keep doing this, you'll get your wages docked."

Just as Yuuki Enna and Tomoe were helpless, she was also helpless about having her salary deducted.

"Fine, fine, fine, you're bullying me like this, aren't you?" Yuuki Yui rubbed her temples, using all her youthful chuunibyou energy and spirit to make a heart shape with her hands: "Become delicious, okay? Become delicious, okay? Chu~"

"Hmm, six points, barely passing." Minato Nana stroked her chin, giving the score with a serious expression, as if she wasn't among those who had just been making a fuss.

“I would give it a perfect score.” Nishio Reki nodded solemnly.

"I'm a perfect 100! The extra part is all my love for Yuuki! *kiss*" Baqi swayed excitedly on the sofa and blew Yuuki a kiss back.

"Manager! We want one too! It's that cute little magic omelet rice with the JK (high school girl) design." A customer sitting next to us couldn't help but raise his hand.

Damn it! Don't make me die any longer!

Yuuki Yukino silently cried out in her heart.

"Sorry, sorry, this is a limited edition item, it's sold out for today. But the proprietress can still cast a delicious spell on you." Minato Nana timely helped Yuuki Yukino out of the predicament.

"Forget it, a working professional in their twenties can't compare to a high school girl. I'll just have a regular omelet rice."

"How dare you talk to me like that! Watch out, or I'll put a lethal dose of chili in your omelet rice!"

The matter passed without any further commotion. After that, the cafe remained open until most of the schoolgirls who came to chat after school and the working people who came to have a cup of coffee after get off work had left, and nothing particularly unexpected happened.

During her occasional free time, Yuuki Yukino secretly glanced at Tomoe and Reki's seats a few times, and the two of them were actually studying hard.

That's true. Although there's some distance between Baki and Li, it's not like the irreconcilable conflict they have with Helica.

Moreover, most of the problems were resolved after the school trip ended. Now, Tomoe is simply dissatisfied that Arata deceived her and made her a corrupted magical girl, but at the same time, she is glad that she met Yuuki Yuuki because of Arata.

"Alright, leave the rest of the guests to me. Yuuki, you go study first." Minato Nana patted Yuuki Yuuki's shoulder: "Want fries or calamari rings? Fry them yourself and bring them over. I'm not going to fry them for you."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, Miss Minato." Yuki bowed slightly to Minato Nana and took off the coffee shop apron he was wearing.

"No way, didn't Yuuki bring in two customers? Yuuki, you should focus on your studies from now on. It's okay if my coffee shop stays open late; maybe we'll run into some new customers by chance?" Minato Nana said cheerfully.

When Yuuki Yuen returned to her seat with a small plate of fries, Reki consciously made way for her.

"Honestly, I thought I'd see Yuuki in her work uniform, but she's just wearing an apron?!" Baqi complained, pushing Yuuki's books in front of her.

“JK is the best mascot. Wouldn’t changing the clothes erase the characteristics of a JK?” Minato Nana, who sat down next to Baqi without any sense of incongruity, chimed in.

"So, does that mean I'm positioned the same way as Little Reincarnation?" Yuuki Yuuki couldn't help but retort.

"About the same?" Minato Nana thought for a moment and replied, "But Yuuki is much more useful than Kojiro, even though his salary is also higher."

"Who will I be in my next life? That birdman?" Baqi wondered.

“It’s Miss Minato’s cat, just a coincidence that they have the same name,” Yuuki Yui replied. “Also, that cat’s wages are the leftover fried chicken nuggets and squid rings sold every day.”

“Oh…” Baqi nodded thoughtfully, only then realizing that Minato Nana had already sat down next to her quite naturally: “Wait! Manager, why are you sitting down?”

"It doesn't matter, you guys just do your thing. Do you think my sitting here will cause any trouble?" Minato Nana narrowed her eyes mysteriously.

"That's true..."

"Don't forget that your omelet rice won't have its delicious magic without my permission. I'm your great benefactor."

Just as Baqi was about to give a somewhat embarrassed reply, Minato Nana shut her up with her next words.

Sure enough, it's this somewhat outgoing personality that allows him to get along so well with all sorts of guests.

It's only half a semester's worth of material, so there's not that much to review. Apart from the parts that Yuuki Yuki already knows by heart and that she learned before she transmigrated, there are some things that are unique to this world that she needs to memorize.

Strengthen short-term memory so you don't forget during the exam, then fill in the gaps in your weak areas. The rest is to work with Baqi to critique and guide Nishio Reki's poor academic performance.

Minato Nana originally planned to join the team, but after glancing at the questions in Yuuki Yuki's notebook, she asked three questions in a row: "What's going on? What is this? How do I do it?" and then gave up completely.

Three magical girls who used to have a bad relationship sat at the same table, engrossed in discussing something that had nothing to do with magical girls. Life was so nice.

I hope this kind of life can continue in the future.

No, we can definitely continue.

However, this scene seems somewhat familiar.

In that sweltering summer that can never be returned, I enjoyed the cool air conditioning in the family restaurant, smelled the aroma of rice bowls, and listened to the noisy sounds around me.

Holding her handheld console, she set off from the starting town to catch Pokémon. The blonde girl sitting opposite her was loudly scolding the blue-haired girl for her mistakes, while the bespectacled girl with long, milk tea-colored hair next to her was secretly erasing the wrong answers.

Finally, because the noise was too loud, everyone was kicked out of the family restaurant and fell asleep huddled together in an afternoon ice cream shop.

At the time, I thought to myself, "I wish I could continue to get married like this in the future."