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

However, it's not realistic to ask Chiyu to work, and Koumori also has her student council president duties to attend to. Working for several days in a row would interfere with her normal work.

When talking about the student council president and St. Yūkyū Academy, there is one person who cannot be ignored.

"Speaking of which, you said you're still working as the student council president, so what about Sheng Shiyin?"

"What's wrong with her? Just like before, she doesn't care about anything. For a while at the beginning, she even stopped going to school, but she didn't shortchange me on my pay." Hong Moli said with a hint of confusion.

Genki Mashiro's actions are absolutely contrary to Seishion's beliefs, but why Seishion assisted Genki Mashiro remains a mystery to Yuuki Yuuki to this day.

Yuuki Yuu wasn't worried at all about what would happen to Seishin, but she was somewhat glad that she hadn't killed Seishin back then.

To find the original, corrupted magical girl, besides Urouge Mashiro, who might know but Yuuki Enishi can't find, and Hayashi Mustard, who causes a ruckus whenever her personality switches, Seishion seems to be the safest and most reliable option.

The only person who knows about Seishin's current situation is Hong Moli, so Yuuki Yui can only ask her.

Although Saint Shion was defeated once, the many mysteries surrounding her have not yet been solved.

The lack of news about Seishin for some time gave Yuuki Yuuki a sense of foreboding.

"No, it's nothing, I was just asking casually. We took good care of Sheng Shiyin back then, so it's only natural that we'd like to ask about her."

No one cared about these thoughts except herself, so Yuuki Yukino casually brushed them off.

"Nabaqi, the manager specifically asked me to ask you for your thoughts. What do you think? It's just about wearing a role-playing costume, taking notes on customers' orders, and serving them coffee. The rest will be handled by Ms. Minato and me. Our main task is to create a lively atmosphere."

"You want me to role-play as a guest greeter?" Baqi pouted and thought for a moment. "Absolutely no problem."

Yuki Yui wasn't entirely at ease with Baqi, but Baqi was different from Hayashi Keko next door. She just liked to let loose, but that didn't mean she wasn't dignified at times. This job shouldn't be a problem for Baqi.

Speaking of which, when Yuuki Yuuki first met Koumori and Hyakki Senyu, their manners were quite different from the three people they are now.

A little sunshine, a little foodie, and a fellow sufferer just like himself.

With this problem solved, I reckon that Yuuki Yuki probably won't refuse.

To help Mizuno Yu win that naive business battle, Nishio Reki made a lot of efforts, including having the two of them busy with company affairs at Mizuno Yu's company—of course, this is part of the game's storyline.

But Li's personality can be glimpsed through that plot.

Next comes today's official task: combining the butter, sugar, and flour in some way to make cookies.

"What's so difficult about this? Isn't Xiaoyuan very good at baking?" Baqi said dismissively, "Besides, the recipe is all written down. As long as you follow the correct proportions, there won't be any problems!"

Yes, that's right. Yuuki Yuki thought so too that winter when she enthusiastically bought the oven.

"So do I need help?" Hong Moli pointed to herself.

"Of course not! Xiao Yuan, sit still! Just wait and enjoy the cookies your big sister made for you!" Ba Qi said, patting her chest.

Making cookies doesn't require that many people. Yuuki Eri was probably just looking for an excuse to have everyone gather at her house, and also to dispel the jealousy of Hyakki Senyu, which didn't actually exist. That's what Baqi thought.

Normally, she couldn't help Yuuki with cooking at all; in fact, some of the recipes for Yuuki's dishes couldn't be found online. But if the recipes and cooking times were fixed, Baqi felt she could really show off her skills.

Rolling up her sleeves, Baqi volunteered to go into the kitchen.

after an hour

"Zero points, it's burnt." It was rare to see Qianyou make such a contorted expression. With a pained look on her face, she spat the cookie in her mouth onto a napkin.

"It's so bitter." Yuuki Yukina stuck out her tongue.

Only Hong Moli swallowed the food in her mouth with a complicated expression.

Five seconds later, the blonde girl got up without a word and went into the bathroom.

“Every oven is different, and different ingredients vary, so you can’t just follow the recipe exactly.” Yuuki Yui patted her pants, got up, and went into the kitchen. “Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you, I’ll do it myself.”

A little faster than Baqi, about forty minutes later, Yuuki Eri came out carrying a plate of food that looked completely unrelated to cookies but seemed to be from a distant relative.

“It tastes good.” Ba Qi picked up a piece, put it in her mouth and chewed it. “But, Xiao Yuan, why is it so soft?”

"Because it's a soft cookie," Yuuki Yui said, barely suppressing the wavering on her face.

"Yuki, why are your cookies puffed up?" Koumari poked the cookie that Yuki had made, and a large part of it had collapsed from the girl's finger.

"It...it's a cookie," Jie Basan Mengcheng Yuan explained with great difficulty, his tense expression on his face on the verge of collapse.

"But the recipe doesn't seem to include any leavening agents like baking powder, does it?" Hong Moli frowned slightly, recalling the types of ingredients she had brought back.

All the materials were given to me by Minato Nana. Koumori was also there at the time. After a little recollection, she came to the conclusion that there was no such thing.

After taking another bite of the cookie baked by Yuuki Yuki, Koumori's eyes started to look strange.

It was an expression that was both admiring and strange, as if to say, "It's amazing that cookies can puff up."

As expected, it was impossible to fool someone like Hong Moli, who was also an expert in cooking. Under her gaze, Yuuki Yuen wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into immediately.

At Yuuki Yuuki's most awkward moment, an unexpected person offered her a helping hand, showering her with praise.

"However, the sweetness is just right, and the softness is also good. It feels fluffy in the mouth and easily falls apart, and you can also taste the rich aroma of butter."

The professional foodie, no, the gourmet connoisseur Ms. Hyakki Chiyu, gave a very pertinent review of the cookies served by Yuuki Enishi.

"In other words!" Yuuki Yui's disappointed face rekindled with fighting spirit. Perhaps continuing with this approach might be a good idea, since even Chiyuu could praise the cookies.

"Zero points, I don't consider it a cookie."

Then came the wake-up call.

"Although I am a guest, please allow me to use the kitchen. I feel it is necessary for me to correct your mistake."

Having never tasted any of the dishes cooked by Yuuki Enishi herself, Koumori's trust in these two people had long since vanished.

It's just a cookie, it's not that difficult.

Another hour later.

Amidst a rustling sound from the kitchen, Hong Moli, reeking of sugar and butter, emerged as if nothing had happened and calmly sat down beside Qian You, her face radiating composure.

Judging from her calm and collected expression now, she must have won a great victory.

Yuki Eri, who had given up hope on her baking career and the Halloween recipes in her shop because of the constant criticism of her food, has a renewed sense of hope.

Although Hong Moli can't work directly in the store, it shouldn't be a problem to entrust her to process all the raw materials into cookies and bring them to the store, right?

Yuki Yuki was already considering how to persuade Koumori to stay a little longer until all the cookies were baked before going back.

Even if you don't put it in the oven, it should be fine to process it to the state it's in before it goes into the oven.

Then, she heard Hong Moli speak.

"Give up on the cookies, they're beyond saving."

"So, what did you make?" Baqi curiously peeked out, but didn't see any cookies near the oven in the kitchen.

As everyone knows, Baqi has always been full of curiosity about the unknown, and she was ready to leave the sofa and go to the kitchen to find out.

After all, we've been working for an hour, we can't possibly come up with nothing, right?

Just as Baqi stood up, a rapidly spinning chainsaw was erected in front of her. If Baqi had taken a few more steps, she would undoubtedly have been cut in two, just like the very common way a character exits an episode in a comic book.

Hong Moli's chainsaw is made of two pieces joined together; it might be cut into three pieces.

"Hiss..." Whether it was the second or third stage, Baqi didn't want to become like that, so she was so frightened that she quickly sat back down and looked up at Hong Moli, who had already completed her transformation and was now wielding a chainsaw with a frenzied rage.

"No, don't look!"

At the same time, Yuuki Yukino screamed, "No! Don't move! The sofa! My sofa! If you move any further, it's going to cut!"

Ten minutes later, under the comforting words of Hyakki Chiyu, Hong Moli finally calmed down and calmly cleaned up the still-mysterious things in the kitchen before sitting back down.

"How about I give it a try?" Seeing that the other three had all returned empty-handed, Bai Gui Qian You finally stood up.

"Hyakki, do you know how to bake?" Baqi couldn't help but ask.

"No," Qianyou replied, "but I will eat."

Yuuki Yui really wanted to complain about what was the point of being able to eat, but in order to avoid being cut into three pieces by Koumori and to prevent Koumori from stabbing her sofa with a chainsaw, she suppressed that strong desire.

Hong Moli's somewhat unsettling expression drew a reproachful look from Qiu Wu, making Yuuki Yuen even more convinced that her decision to remain silent was extremely wise.

"So I need Mori to help me," Hyakki Chiyu stated directly.

“But what I just did…” Hong Moli was caught in a dilemma.

"It's okay, I'll happily eat anything that Mori makes." Qianyou said the most cheesy words with the most indifferent expression.

Seeing the two of them walk into the kitchen together, they immediately got busy at the worktable. Baqi, who was on the sofa, leaned to one side and lay directly on Yuuki Yuki's lap.

"Do you think it can be done?"

"I don't think it will work." Yuuki Yukina raised her hand and stroked Baqi's hair a few times.

"The butter flavor isn't strong enough, add some more butter."

"It smells off; it's not sweet enough. Add some more salt."

"This size doesn't feel quite right when you put it in your mouth? The ones I've had are smaller and thicker, so that the center will be soft when baked."

While gently sniffing the mixed ingredients in the bowl, Qianyou directed Mori's actions.

"I'll revise my statement." Yuuki Yui ruffled Baqi's hair a few more times. "This definitely won't work."

This time, Yuuki Yuki and Tomoe didn't keep track of the time, but it definitely took more than an hour. Even when the perceived time was around an hour, Chiyu was still directing Koumori to make minor adjustments.

"The aroma is about right, turn off the oven."

At Qianyou's command, Hong Moli turned the oven knob, and the oven, having finished its work, made a "ding" sound.

Wearing thick gloves and carrying a tray, Hong Moli followed behind Bai Gui Qianyou back into the living room and placed the baking tray directly on the coffee table.

"What do you think this time, Yuuki?" Baqi nudged Yuuki's shoulder with her elbow.

"I...I think it's surprisingly okay?"

Those were just round cookies, nothing to do with Halloween, but they looked neither good nor bad.

It smelled of butter and sugar, without the burnt smell of baked cookies.

“I think it’s more like a cookie than the ones I bake.” Red Morito put her hand to her lips, seemingly talking to herself, “It’s more like a cookie than the puffed soft cookies that Yuuki bakes.”

I've been shot again!

"But smell and appearance are only part of it; the most important thing about desserts is taste," Yuuki Yui said quite aptly.

Yuuki Enishi said that because the smell and appearance were impeccable. As someone who was always good at cooking, she felt extremely frustrated when she saw this dessert produced under the guidance of a girl who knew nothing about baking but only knew how to taste delicious food.

Unaware that she had unintentionally dampened Yuuki Eri's enthusiasm, Hyakki Chiyu quickly added, "And the texture too."