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

The interaction between these two people was too complicated.

If Yuuki Yukino were in Nana Minato's position, she wouldn't know how to answer Shirogane Rei's question about how to repay the favor.

Making unreasonable demands out of spite? Insisting on arguing with Sakuragawa Nana? Neither seems quite right.

People with other personalities might do the same, or someone with slightly higher emotional intelligence might make a difficult but harmless request, but Minato Nana is not that kind of person.

Yuuki Yukina's guess was wrong. If the person standing in front of her wasn't Shirogane Rei, Minato Nana really could make some similar request to get by.

But it was precisely because she was angry with Platinum Rin that she couldn't bring herself to make demands of him.

Just by looking at Shirogane Rei's attitude towards Sakuragawa Nana, Minato Nana knew that Sakuragawa Nana had definitely run away from Shirogane Rei behind his back, and that she was forced to come here by Shirogane Rei. Shirogane Rei only played the role of the fuse in the whole incident.

But how could she possibly teach Sakuragawa Nana a lesson? Sakuragawa Nana has vanished somewhere now.

Even if it's about to teach a lesson, I don't need to say anything; Platinum Remora will definitely do it, and it will definitely be stricter than I can imagine.

Besides, it's not something Nana should do to hold a grudge against someone else's younger sister and keep harping on it.

There's no need to teach the younger generation a lesson for their bad behavior, and we can't bring ourselves to teach the peers a lesson for their own sake, so this is how things have turned out.

Platinum Rhino's expression remained as serious as before: "I'm not joking with you."

"I wasn't joking with you."

"I don't need to consider your feelings now. If this didn't involve magical girls, I wouldn't have gone this far."

“I don’t need you to consider my feelings. The matter with Chestnut is long over, and there’s nothing I need you to do for me.”

"Is this what you truly believe?"

"Can't you hear my true feelings? I've already made it very clear that I don't need you to do anything. You don't owe me anything, understand? Do you get it? Is that enough? Do I have to say it a few more times?"

"Okay, you say I don't owe you anything, fine, no problem, but how are you going to repay what you owe others?"

"I did it? What did I do?"

"You know best what you did, and love has become like this because of you!"

"Platinum Phoenix, stop playing games with me. Tell me clearly, what has she become?"

"Explain yourself? Fine, then I'll explain it to you clearly. You can quit the band, that's your freedom. But what about Aiko? She doesn't even have the right to choose! She can never step onto the stage again, you know that?"

"Do you think I wanted to give up? Do you think I had the right to choose? Didn't you know whether the band could have continued in that situation? What did you say, 'Ah, did something unforgivable, something about magical girls'? Don't you think what you did was even worse?"

"Okay, it was my fault. I shouldn't have said those hurtful things to you. So, what about the apology you owe Aike? Fine, Aike doesn't need it, and I won't ask for it on her behalf. Just tell me what compensation you need, and we'll be even, okay?"

"I've already said I don't need it, and these things can't be settled so easily! You're not Aike, and you don't represent Aike!"

This atmosphere is so awkward.

How much of what these two people said during their argument was genuine, and how much was just said in anger?

Minato Nana and Shirogane Rei each left room for the other to continue their argument, and neither of them wanted to leave, so they just stood there arguing incessantly.

After arguing, the two glared at each other angrily, neither saying a word.

Why is this happening?

Yuuki Yuki felt like her head was going to double in size.

I've already interrupted once, I can't do it again, can I?

How embarrassing, so embarrassing! Yuuki Yuki wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground and let the two of them perform their act.

Why not just pack them both up and throw them out?

Otherwise, would these two people just stand there facing each other all night?

It didn't last all night, but it did go on for quite a while.

It wasn't actually that long, maybe only about a minute at most, but the deathly silence made every second Yuuki Yuki endured incredibly agonizing.

It was Platinum Remora who broke the silence, but she brought up something completely unrelated to the conflict between them.

"Yuki Yukino works for you, does Tamaki know that?"

Why did you suddenly start talking about yourself?

"If you want to catch up with me, you're welcome. Please sit down." Minato Nana's tone had softened considerably, perhaps because the argument had calmed her down a lot.

Nana Minato seemed less averse to the topic of Yuuki Yuki.

That's not bad, using yourself as a new topic to break free from that oppressive atmosphere is quite nice.

But Platinum Rin didn't seem to appreciate it. Even though she was the one who changed the subject, she didn't seem to have any intention of going into any deeper conversation.

"No need, I can just stand and talk."

Nana's expression, which had just relaxed, froze on her face. Fortunately, she didn't show any further aversion, but her eyes returned to their previous indifference.

When the conversation turned to her, Yuuki Yukino had to interrupt to break the silence, otherwise she wouldn't be able to leave and would really be feeling stifled.

"My sister knows. Actually, it's like this: I was planning to find a place to work, and then someone introduced me to this place. Later, I heard about the relationship between the store manager and my sister. I didn't expect that the two of them actually knew each other."

"Oh? Is that so?" Bai Jinling was also slightly surprised. According to her guess, she could never have guessed that this was the process.

But she didn't think Yuuki was lying to her, or rather, Yuuki had no reason to lie to her at all, even though Yuuki was now on Minato Nana's side.

"Yes, I know everything my sister went through in the past, but so much time has passed, and it's not Minato-san's fault. Besides, Minato-san has taken good care of me, so it's not bad to continue doing this."

As if sensing Yuuki Yukino's unspoken meaning, Shirogane thought for a moment, then sighed even more heavily.

"Never mind, I have nothing more to say about today. If you don't need it, I'll go back."

"Suit yourself, take your time." Minato Nana snorted heavily through her nose.

……

Platinum Remora is gone; the whole night was a huge farce.

The gossip was inexplicable, the arguments were inexplicable, and the attacks were inexplicable. Yuuki Enishi's limited imagination left her with no other words to describe it except "inexplicable".

I've learned more about Minato Nana and seen a completely different side of her. Is that a good thing?

"Forget it, don't take it to heart. I'm used to it. When we were in a band together before, we argued even more."

At this moment, Minato Nana was still trying to calm Yuuki Yuki and the others down, but Yuuki Yuki could tell that Minato Nana was not hiding her anger at all, and her gloomy face had been there for a long time.

Helica seemed startled by the argument and became unusually quiet: "I didn't really take it to heart, but I'm a little worried about you."

"Don't worry, what do I have to worry about? In the end, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken you to Ryou's shop. Who knew she would have such a problem with me?" Menka Nana snorted again when she mentioned Shirogane Ryou.

Yuuki was very interested in what Minato Nana said. According to Minato Nana, she didn't know that Shirogane Rei had a problem with her, but Shirogane Rei acted as if she had been harboring resentment towards Minato Nana for a long time.

The two sides' current way of getting along is completely incompatible.

However, both parties knew the location of each other's shops, so it didn't seem like they had no connection at all.

"Manager, have you two been in touch for a long time?" Yuuki asked casually, partly to follow the topic and partly to satisfy her gossip.

Minato Nana isn't a child, so I don't need to think of her as so fragile when I'm talking to her.

"Not really. We keep in touch occasionally, but we've hardly seen each other in the last few years," Minato Nana replied after a moment's thought.

"How long is 'occasionally'?"

"Will you send a New Year's greeting text message?"

That means there's practically no contact!

In Yuuki Yuuki's previous life, during the New Year, these blessings were all edited and sent to the group. Most people would just copy one, and those who were a little more thoughtful would add "So-and-so wishes everyone" at the beginning. As for writing their own, very few people did it.

Yuki En might choose to make a phone call to friends or relatives with whom she has a slightly closer relationship, although every New Year's Eve, Yuki En feels that sending New Year's greetings to relatives and friends has become a burden.

Anyway, no matter how Yuuki Yuki looks at it now, she feels that the relationship between Minato Nana and Shirogane Rei isn't as good as Minato Nana thinks.

Yes, that's the key point. Minato Nana may think that the two of them have a good relationship, but Shirogane Rei doesn't think so. They're just maintaining a superficial social relationship. Today, Shirogane Rei couldn't tolerate Minato Nana's uninvited arrival and excessive jokes anymore. That must be it.

Oh, and there's also a minor conflict between the two caused by Sakuragawa Aika, which is the crux of the problem and the fuse that ignited Shirogane Rei. Minato Nana's appearance was just a spark.

However, it was really inconvenient for Yuuki Yukino to ask what had happened.

"So, Minato-san, what exactly is the conflict between you, Shirogane Rei, and Sakuragawa Aika?" Helica asked directly.

Hey! How can you ask such a question!

"I do not know."

Hey! That's not how you answer!

What is it? Are you just trying to fool us?

"Miss Minato, please tell us, Yuuki Yukino wants to know too."

I wanted to know, but I didn't actually ask that question.

"But I really don't know what's wrong with Sakuragawa Aika."

I……

Yuuki Yukino is so tired that she doesn't have the energy to complain anymore.

“However,” Minato Nana rolled her eyes, “I only remember that I seem to have done something excessive to Aika.”

……

"Yuan, why did you suddenly ask me about Platinum Remora?"

On the other end of the video call, Yuuki Tamaki, leaning against the bed in the company's single room, asked curiously.

"I'm just curious, just curious," Yuuki Yui replied dismissively.

Even if Yuuki Yukino can't help Minato Nana and Shirogane Rei restore their relationship, and doesn't have such a thought for the time being, she does have the idea of ​​watching the drama unfold.

If you want to hear the gossip, you should definitely find someone who knows the situation.

Yuuki Yukino happens to know such a person, and there is absolutely no way she would hide anything from her.

So, after washing up at home, Yuuki Eri immediately raised her umbrella and made a video call to her good older sister.

On the other end of the video call, Yuuki Tamaki touched his nose, his expression one of knowing exactly what Yuuki Yuuki was thinking, and asked with a hint of suspicion, "Really? Just curious?"

"Well, not entirely. Something little happened today, but you're not allowed to tell the manager." Yuuki Yui stammered. Even if she wanted to hide something from her sister, she couldn't, so she prepared to tell her everything honestly.

Of course, we also have to include Helica's plan to form a band, and that has to be mentioned first.

The decision to form a band was only made yesterday, and I haven't told my sister about it yet.