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

Helica has always had a bad temper, but she has never been an impolite child.

After calling out several times, the woman sitting in her seat seemed not to hear him, and instead lowered her head and took out her phone to fiddle with it.

However, when dealing with rude people, Helica will not resolve the issue within the bounds of politeness.

"Are you deaf or brain-damaged? Can't you understand when I speak to you properly?"

On the tram in the morning, all the noise came to an abrupt halt with Helica's loud voice.

The middle-aged woman, who had initially been pretending to be deaf and dumb, did not expect Helica to suddenly do this, and raised her head with slight surprise.

After the woman reacted, she was met with an even more direct and relentless barrage of questions from Helica. At first, the woman tried to put up a few arguments, but she quickly gave in to Helica's relentless onslaught and fled when the car door opened again.

But the atmosphere in the car didn't improve after Helica yelled at the woman and drove her away. Instead, many people unconsciously moved a short distance away from Helica, and for a moment, there was no one around her.

"Even if you're offering your seat, is it really necessary to go to that extent?"

"Judging from her uniform, is she a middle school student? I'm amazed that middle school students would act like this these days..."

"I think she did nothing wrong, but it was a bit too extreme, and it felt a little scary."

People in the carriage began to whisper and discuss Helika's behavior, but there were more voices that took a neutral stance or criticized Helika.

A bunch of idiots. When I needed you, you all played dead. After you solved the problem, instead of criticizing the person who actually made the mistake, you turned around and blamed me. These guys are hopeless.

In fact, Helica was already used to this kind of thing. She knew very well that this behavior could not be called right, but could only be considered violence against violence. But she couldn't change it, nor did she have the determination to change it.

Just as corrupted magical girls can only be defeated by magical girls, she doesn't mind becoming the target of public criticism for punishing those who are immoral but haven't broken the law.

Helica is currently unaware of the error in her thinking.

"Grandma, please sit down." After shooing away the woman who was taking up the seat, Helica softened her tone and invited her gently, a change from her previous irritability.

"No need, I'll just stand for a while. You can sit here." The old woman didn't show much emotion, but her polite refusal and the distance she intentionally or unintentionally conveyed were enough for Herika to understand a lot.

That seat remained empty. Even when new passengers boarded, they were frightened by the eerie atmosphere in the carriage and instinctively moved away from the only available seat.

As Helica got off the train, she heard the passengers behind her breathe a sigh of relief in unison, grit their teeth, and quickly leave the platform.

She's gotten used to even this kind of thing.

As Helica walked into the school and went up to her floor, the students who were having a heated discussion would fall silent wherever she went.

She felt like a dark cloud that would block out the sunlight around her.

So Helica wanted to find a place to stay.

As Helica entered the classroom, the first thing she saw was Lin Jiezi, who was quietly packing her books in preparation for class.

Lin Jiezi is someone Helika often overlooks; she seems to be everywhere yet doesn't attract attention.

When Helica and Mizuno Yu discuss magical girls, they always subconsciously group Hayashi Mustard and Yuuki together, and most of the time they only talk about Yuuki.

Not only in matters related to magical girls, but also in class, Lin Jiezi's grades are not bad, but she is always invisible.

Perhaps it is precisely because she has no outstanding achievements or shortcomings in either academic performance or appearance that she is overlooked?

Could she also be a child with nowhere to go? Just thinking about this made Herika empathize with Lin Jiezi.

"Morning."

As she passed Lin Jiezi's seat, Helica tapped on Lin Jiezi's desk, waved to her, and said good morning.

"Waaaaah! Heavens... Tian Tian... Tian Lei, classmate..."

Lin Jiezi shuddered and looked around frantically. Before she could finish her greeting, Helica had already walked past her seat to the back row.

After putting down her backpack, Helica followed the flow of people into the corridor.

Honestly, Helica didn't think of herself as a good child. She had a bad temper, acted rashly, and didn't know how to get along with others.

Helica was never a confident child, which is why she used those annoying personality traits to arm herself.

She herself knew she had gone too far, that hurting others in order to protect herself was excessive.

But without realizing it, it has already developed to this point.

But she also has one advantage she's proud of—her grades.

Therefore, many of her classmates regarded her as an arrogant girl who had gone crazy from studying. Although no one would mention these things on the surface, Helica was not stupid and she could perceive many things herself.

The school-wide rankings for the final exams were posted on the blackboard in the hallway, one of the few ways Herika could find confidence.

However, this time she was not in first place.

"Hehehe, see? Xiaoyuan didn't believe my results before, did she? I'm number one, number one!"

The silver-haired girl, whom she had met a few times but wasn't very familiar with and with whom she had even argued, was standing with one hand on her hip, showing off.

There was only one person she was showing off to: Yuuki Yukino, who stood next to the girl.

“Yes, Baqi is the best.” Yuuki Yukina raised her hand and stroked the silver-haired girl’s head a few times, as if petting a small animal.

"Xiao Yuan is also very impressive. She wasn't ranked this high last time."

Baqi squinted comfortably and pointed to the spot where Yuuki Yukino's name was written.

"It's all thanks to Baqi's teaching. Hmm, it's a bit lower than I thought. I thought with my abilities, I could at least be ranked in the top ten of the grade."

"Xiao Yuan! Don't get too cocky! Without my help, your ranking might have doubled!"

Some people are excited about their results, while others are frustrated by them.

Helica wasn't the only one feeling frustrated. Mizuno Yu, who was passing by the corner, peeked out and started looking for her name from back to front. In less than three seconds, she found her ranking, gritted her teeth, and muttered to herself, "Tch, a hair's breadth difference," before walking away.

Helica always felt disappointed when she didn't achieve her best results, no matter the reason.

But she never gets discouraged by setbacks. She attributes the reason to the recent incident involving Tsukimi Rie, which greatly affected her mood for studying, and she resolves to learn from the experience and try harder next time.

On the last day of classes after the final exams, the teachers won't impose too many restrictions on the other students. Today's plan is simply to go over the final exam papers, followed by self-study until after school.

There's nothing special about these things; they're just a corner of a gloomy daily life.

Helica is good at studying, which is the result of her hard work to prove herself, but she doesn't like school.

This is because the school is not a safe haven for her.

Ending a day of classes in distress, welcoming summer vacation, and taking the tram home—this is an ordinary day for Helica Tenrei.

But this day was destined to be anything but ordinary.

Just as Helica was about to draw the curtains, she happened to see two familiar, corrupted magical girls passing by outside the window.

A small purple motorcycle made of tentacles floated past Helica's eyes. A pink-haired magical girl, riding on the tentacles that resembled a motorcycle in appearance but had nothing to do with it, carried a white-haired girl in a military uniform. The two of them were filled with a joy that Helica had never seen before, and they floated slowly in mid-air.

I got so excited that I started hallucinating.

Helika pulled the curtains back up, rubbed her eyes, then realized what was happening and abruptly pulled the curtains open again.

The figures of the two magical girls riding on the small motorcycle had not yet faded into the distance, especially the girl in military uniform who was still happily waving her matchlock gun, creating colorful fireworks in the already dark sky.

What are these two up to?!

Helica jumped out of the window and chased after him, brandishing her hammer.

Chapter Seven: Is anyone getting impatient because they can't get eel rice?

The weather is really nice today.

As the scorching sun receded at dusk, the chirping of insects outside the window gained strength in the cool evening breeze, singing even more resonant songs.

Yuki Emi often wonders where the chirping of insects comes from in the steel jungle of the city. Is it from the bushes, the flowerbeds, or somewhere else?

But without these, summer might really lose its flavor.

Summer is definitely here, and it would be even better if the two of them didn't oversleep on the sofa.

After Yuuki was awakened by the sound of running water, the room was almost completely dark, and Baqi was nowhere to be found. Only a little light shone through the crack in the door not far away.

Yuuki Yui got up from the sofa and looked around for Baqi. After pushing open Baqi's room door, she found Baqi taking a shower in the bathroom. The sound of water that had woken her up was coming from there. For a moment, she thought that the other party had done something lewd to her again.

Baqi specifically called her nanny to remind her that she didn't need to come over to prepare dinner after tonight, a routine she does every day.

It would be quite awkward if the nanny came in and found herself and Baqi in the middle of something indescribable.

But it's also embarrassing to be subjected to unspeakable acts while you're asleep!

Upon realizing this, Yuuki quickly checked what had been done to her. After examining herself repeatedly, she discovered that there was indeed an unnatural water stain on her clothes, but it wasn't in any particular area; it was on her shoulder.

She recalled the posture she had when she woke up, the heavy touch on her shoulder in her sleep, and the faint scent of a young girl lingering on her body. Then, looking at the resentful look in Ba Qi's eyes, even if she didn't understand, she could guess the situation pretty accurately.

This is the least girlish episode I've watched since I time-traveled.

Things like wrapping the towel in the wrong place before happened when I was home alone, so no one would see me making a fool of myself. But now I'm making a fool of myself in front of Baqi.

Before Baqi came out, Yuuki also went into the bathroom in the room prepared for her, changed out of her dirty clothes and underwear all at once, took a quick shower to wash away the fatigue from a day of classes, and then changed into her usual clothes before coming out.

After washing up, it should have been dinner time according to the plan, but since the two of them overslept, Yuuki Yuki had to start preparing from scratch.

Yuuki Yui had originally planned to cook a lavish dinner to celebrate the arrival of summer vacation, but now it was obviously too late. By the time she finished cooking, it would be almost time for a late-night snack.

But having a big dinner as a late-night snack is also a good idea; isn't the same true for New Year's Eve dinner?

Just as Yuuki was about to put on her apron, she was stopped by Baqi.

"Xiaoyuan, it's so late! How about we go out for dinner tonight?"

Although I did almost nothing all day, I still worked hard, so I'll take this opportunity to slack off.

"Is there anything you'd like to eat, Baqi?"

"Yes! I saw a place selling eel rice online! I'll go eat there!"

So the two of them set off in a grand procession to eat eel rice.

Once outside, the two realized they had overlooked a very important and real problem.

This eel rice restaurant is too far away; it requires two tram transfers and a long walk to reach Baqi's home.

No matter what world it is, food always has a strange way of marketing itself.

Just like a barbecue master who has been grilling chicken skewers all his life might be called a "Yakitori Master," people always add strange labels to themselves in order to increase their mystique.

This eel rice restaurant carries the label that its owner grew up with eels and went to the mountains to cultivate himself in order to make the best eel rice. He controls every step of the process, from eel farming to serving the food, just to present diners with the most perfect enjoyment.

Yuki En gave a simple translation: A guy who raises eels in the suburbs opened his own eel rice restaurant. Someone took a picture of him and he unexpectedly became famous, turning it into a popular food. However, he didn't have the money to move the restaurant and the fish farm into Moonsea City.

That's roughly the idea, but if Baqi wanted to eat it, Yuuki En naturally wouldn't spoil the mood by explaining these things to her.