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

Those awful liqueur-filled chocolates! Baki is definitely up to no good! Definitely!

"Ah! I understand!" Herica slapped her palm, but this action only brought her closer to Yuuki Yuki while she was holding him, allowing Yuuki Yuki to feel her burning body and the strands of hair at her temples more clearly.

It doesn't matter! I'll be thankful as long as Helica lies down obediently.

"Okay, that's good. Shall I take you to rest?"

"Yuan wants to go to bed with me and get intimate!"

"That's not it!"

"Yuan doesn't want to be intimate with me? So, so Yuan hates me that much... I, I knew it! I knew it!" Helica sniffled, feeling wronged, and then choked up.

Yuuki Yukino quickly explained, "No! That's not what I meant! I don't dislike you!"

"Don't you hate it?" Helica sobbed twice, blinking her clear, golden eyes, glistening with tears. "Do you like it?"

"Well..."

Yuuki Yukino's momentary hesitation was met with Helica's wailing.

"You hesitated! You're lying to me! I knew you didn't hate me! Waaaaaah!"

Damn it! Why is Helica being so honest right now? Normally, she would rather keep it to herself than act like a child and drag me along to beg for forgiveness, right?

The opposite of "like" isn't "hate," it's "dislike"!

Besides, besides, I never said I didn't like it...

That's right, but Helica is my only favorite, and I don't have any plans to date...

Ugh! This is so chaotic! I'm so confused I want to cry!

Thankfully, thankfully, when she heard Helica crying, Baki didn't rush out of the room to find out what was going on.

Well, I still have to coax her.

"I didn't mean to lie to you, I won't lie to you, can you calm down?"

"Oh no! You lied to me! You never told me you were a corrupted magical girl! You lied!"

Please, don't bring up old memories and discard old ones at this time, okay?

"I'm not lying to you now, am I? I'm being honest now, right? Look, I'm still with you now. I don't dislike you at all. If I disliked you, why would I be with you?"

Yuuki En has no experience in comforting girls. In most cases, she just deals with the matter at hand. Even when she does offer comfort, it's usually someone else who rushes to comfort her more than half the time. Now, if she were to think about it, all she could come up with were some glib and smooth-talking remarks.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Helica shook her head like a rattle.

"Then, how can I tell you so you'll believe me?"

"Prove it to me!"

How can I prove it?

"You can't prove it to me! And you still say you don't hate me! I knew it! You're still lying to me!"

I'm so devastated, so desperate. How could Helica have become like this?

Yuuki Yukino could guess what Helica wanted, but the problem was that it wasn't just the two of them here.

While she was thinking, Helica was still wailing loudly, and if she cried any longer, she might actually lure Baki out.

In the heat of the moment, one can't think of anything else!

Yuuki hugged Helica tighter from behind, rested her chin on Helica's shoulder, and whispered awkwardly in Helica's ear.

"I...I like you."

"Hehe." Helica sniffed hard, then giggled with tears streaming down her face.

That was easy to handle.

But Yuuki Yukino was a little too happy too soon.

Herlica gave Yuuki a hard kiss on the cheek, staring at her with a silly expression that shouldn't have been on her face.

Say it again.

If it works, let's do it again.

Just as Yuuki Yuki was about to bring her mouth close to Helica's ear again, Helica pushed her away.

"No, say it like that, louder."

"I..." Yuuki Yuuki was speechless for a moment.

As soon as Yuuki hesitated, Helica's tears immediately flowed, making Yuuki personally experience what it meant to change one's mind faster than turning the pages of a book.

"Waaaaah, you lied to me again."

"Okay, I like you."

"Hehe, say it again."

"Do I need to say anything more...?"

"Woo, woo woo, woo ee ee ee—"

"I like you, I like you, I like you the most."

"Hehe, I'm so happy. I knew you liked me the most. Well then, say it again."

……

Yuuki Yukino herself had lost count of how many times she had repeated it. If it weren't for keeping Helica calm, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths.

Fortunately, through her relentless efforts, Helica's emotions finally stabilized a little, but only a little.

Unfortunately, Helica is now clinging to him like a sloth, and he is the log that has to bear her entire weight.

In any case, Yuuki Yukino hadn't forgotten that there was still someone in her room.

Put Helica in her sister's room first, then explain what happened to Bachi, and then let Bachi leave first. Yes, that's how it should be done.

"Can we go and rest now?" Yuuki asked cautiously, afraid that her tone might be too soft or too harsh and make Helica burst into tears again.

"Hehe, okay." Helica nodded with a silly grin, and casually wiped the tears that hadn't dried on Yuuki Yui's pajamas.

Having finally received Helica's affirmative answer, Yuuki Yukina put her arm around Helica's waist and pulled her into a tight embrace.

Although Helica was now wrapped around Yuuki Yuki's body with both arms and legs, Yuuki Yuki felt it was necessary to stabilize her a little to prevent her from falling and crying later.

It was indeed necessary. Yuuki had only taken two steps toward her sister's room when Herlica started punching, kicking, and punching her. If Yuuki hadn't held on, Herlica probably would have run away in a flash.

"Let me go! Let me go! This isn't the way to bed!"

“That’s right, this is the bedroom, with a comfortable big bed and warm blankets.” Yuuki Yuka hugged Helica tightly like she was holding a little pig while enduring Helica’s punches and kicks, and had to patiently explain.

"No! No! I want to sleep in Yuan's room! I want to sleep with Yuan!"

"We can sleep together in this room too... Pfft!"

Before Yuuki could even finish speaking, she was hit squarely on the head by Helica, and staggered back several steps.

As expected of Helica, she managed to push Yuuki aside while she lost her balance, and then landed steadily on all fours.

Immediately afterwards, Herica crawled on all fours toward Yuuki Yuki's room in the shadows.

By the time Yuuki Yukino tried to stop it, it was already too late.

Still half asleep, Helica pushed open Yuuki Yukino's door and barged inside.

We're doomed! We're doomed! We're completely finished!

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Isn't this also a kind of unspoken understanding?

Yuuki Yuuki was devastated as she watched Tenrai Herika disappear from her room.

I've struggled for so long and done so much, all to prevent Helica and Baki from dying in their cages (I witnessed this myself).

Now that's settled, the delirious Helica and Baki collided head-on, and a major battle is now inevitable.

Yuki Yuki could only pray that the two of them would go easy on each other when they fought, and try not to actually blow up her house. She hoped they would just have a little argument.

Even if you're arguing, don't get too heated, otherwise it'll be difficult for you to handle things when you're caught in the middle.

It's difficult... Wait, no, why hasn't anything happened?

Yuuki Yukino quickly went into her room to find out what was going on.

Helica had already pounced on her bed, hugging her pillow and sniffing it.

But what about Inuyama Tomoe?

Yuuki Yukino glanced at the corner of the room out of the corner of her eye.

Windowsill, OK.

Under the bed, OK.

Ceiling, OK.

The wardrobe... The bottom of the wardrobe was piled with my clothes, from underwear to coats, from the yukata that Nishio Reki gave me at the festival to the summer uniform of Tsukimi Middle School, all of which were lying there in a mess.

Okay, now I know where Baqi is hiding.

No, it's better to confirm.

Yuuki glanced at Helica, who was lying on the bed, and tiptoed to the wardrobe, opening it a crack.

Sure enough, Baqi was huddled up inside her legs, hugging them.

Seeing Baqi's current state and thinking about the liqueur-filled chocolates she bought, Yuuki Yuen was furious, but she couldn't show her anger too obviously, so she could only lower her voice.

Why aren't you wearing any clothes!

"Wasn't it too late?"

"You didn't have time to get dressed for so long?!"

"Isn't this eavesdropping?"

"You were eavesdropping, you..."

"Isn't it because I'm curious about what Xiaoyuan is talking about with that blond-haired dwarf?"

Did Baqi really eavesdrop for such a long time?