You call this a love game?

Bai Yu stared at Mami Tomoe with a blank expression, seemingly completely innocent.

Even though he was already in bed with an immature girl, even though he was discovered in the same bed, and even though it was in her home.

Mami Tomoe took a deep breath, a gentle yet dangerous smile appearing on her face.

"Little White Feather, it's not too late to turn yourself in!"

"Huh?" Bai Yu blinked innocently. "Confess to what? I didn't do anything."

"Didn't do anything?" Mami Tomoe narrowed her eyes, her fingers cracking as she clenched her fists. "Then why was Nagisa in your bed? I remember Nagisa went home quite early last night, didn't she?"

Upon hearing her name, Hyakue Nagisa, who had intended to come out and explain, shrank back in fear, revealing only a tuft of hair sticking up.

"Who knows?" Bai Yu was not flustered at all. Instead, he joked in a serious tone, "Maybe this is a reward from God for my kindness and generosity. Amen."

"what?!"

Now it was Mami Tomoe's turn to be shocked; she never expected anyone to be so shameless.

award......

Putting aside why God said "Amen," what god would reward a beautiful girl?

If there were such a god, the threshold of the shrine would probably be worn down by all the footsteps!

Seeing Mami Tomoe's expression, as if she was about to call the police if he didn't explain, Shiraha had no choice but to explain, "Okay, actually it was Nagisa who came to wake me up, and I thought it was you, so I just..."

"Just casually dragging a girl into bed?" Mami Tomoe put her hands on her hips, seemingly having finally found a legitimate reason to attack Shiraha, her voice rising eight octaves, "What kind of awful habit is that!"

This isn't your fault...

With a silent grumbling in his heart, Bai Yu simply gave up resisting.

After all, if he were to really engage in a verbal battle with Mami Tomoe, he would be the one who suffers in the end.

It's not a question of whether we can win or lose; the point is that regardless of winning or losing, there will be absolutely no benefit in the end.

Needless to say, he lost, lost face completely, and might not be able to hold his head up in front of Mami Tomoe for the rest of the week. He finally managed to win once, but he'll probably be relentlessly criticized.

If she wins, given Mami Tomoe's personality, she'll either go back to her room and sulk, or she'll just cry, the louder the better. Then he'll have to obediently go up to comfort her and sign a bunch of unequal treaties before it's over.

Of course, Mami Tomoe, who is already a middle school student, doesn't shed tears easily. More often, she vents her dissatisfaction with him through the first form of passive-aggressive behavior, which is why he said that there is no benefit in winning or losing.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong." He opened his mouth, then gave up resisting.

"What did I do wrong?" Mami Tomoe persisted.

"The mistake was..." Bai Yu scratched his head, "The mistake was that he was sleeping too soundly and didn't recognize Xiao Zhu's voice?"

Mami Tomoe stomped her foot in anger, "Is that the point?!"

"So, it means I shouldn't sleep in front of you?"

"?"

He was furious, absolutely furious.

Warning sounds rang in Mami's ears, her clenched fists seemed to itch with desire, and even her teeth seemed to have grown longer out of nowhere, as if she wanted to find a teething toy to grind them down.

"Um..." Nagisa carefully observed the expressions of the two, finally mustering the courage to speak, "Nagisa, isn't this a bit of a bad time...?"

Shiraha instinctively wanted to say that he had arrived just in time, but Mami Tomoe beat him to it.

"how come!"

Mami Tomoe suddenly raised her voice, took three steps in two, yanked off the blanket, and pulled Nagisa Hyakue off of the blanket that was draped over Shiraha.

"Come on, let your sister take you to eat some delicious snacks."

"Wait, Mami-nee—" Bai Yu wanted to say something, but was glared at by Mami Tomoe.

"You!" Mami Tomoe pointed at Shiraha, "Right now! Get dressed and come down here!"

After saying that, she hurriedly carried Bai Jiangzhu out of the room.

Nagisa Hyakue was practically being held under Mami Tomoe's arm. She turned to look at Shiraha with a blank expression, silently mouthing:

"Help me..."

Bai Yu sighed and could only resign herself to her fate as she began to change her clothes.

Soon, downstairs came Mami Tomoe's deliberately raised voice, Nagisa Momoe's weak reply, and Aunt Tomoe's barely audible chuckle, which was quite intriguing.

Without a doubt, Mami Tomoe probably exaggerated what she said to Aunt Masayo, and then told Nagisa to be wary of him.

When he finally came downstairs, Mami and the other two were already kneeling on the soft carpet next to the triangular table, enjoying hot black tea and sweet snacks.

"Shiraha-kun~" Bayayo greeted with a smile, "Come and try the cheese Nagisa brought, it's really delicious~"

However, when he was about to sit next to Nagisa Hyakue, he was glared at by Mami Tomoe, who then patted the cushion next to her, gesturing for him to sit down.

There was nothing he could do; circumstances forced him to obey Mami Tomoe's orders for the time being and sit down beside her.

Since I'll be sleeping with her in the future, I might as well let her collect some interest in advance. Anyway, the sulking Mami Tomoe has a unique kind of deliciousness to her.

Just teasing the kids, it's fun.

But when he saw that there was only a small piece of cheesecake on the plate, the smile on his face instantly froze.

"This is......"

He pointed to the pastry on his plate that had clearly been scooped out with a spoon.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry~" Mami Tomoe smiled sweetly, "I thought you didn't have much of an appetite today~"

Bai Jiangzhu looked at the food piled high in front of her by Baya Dai, then at Shiraha's empty plate. After hesitating for a moment, she quietly pushed the cookies toward him.

Mami Tomoe immediately noticed this little movement.

“Nagisa is so considerate~” She gently held Nagisa’s hand. “But Shiroha is on a diet recently, so she can’t eat too many sweets.”

"When did I-"

Just as Bai Yu was about to retort, he shut his mouth under the kind gaze of Ba Mami.

Seeing Shiraha's discomfiture, Hyakue Nagisa suddenly found the pancake in her mouth even sweeter. So Shiraha-nii is also afraid of Mami-nee.

She ate in small bites, her eyes curving into crescents.

P.S.: Sorry it's so late, I really have no inspiration. I wanted to end Nagisa's storyline, but I felt the emotions were still lacking. Leaving it open felt like it was dragging on too much. I'll finish this part of the storyline tomorrow, then we'll officially move on to the main story.

Chapter Seventy-Two: Koko, Justice and Anger

After the pleasant and brief tea party in the morning ended, and after Bayayo stayed at his house for lunch, Hyakue Nagisa called Shiraha and went to his room alone with him.

Although Mami Tomoe also wanted to go in and listen to what they were doing, her subconscious modesty stopped her from having the idea. She wouldn't stingily do something like eavesdropping.

Even though I was thinking that, I couldn't help but lean against the wall separating the two rooms, secretly listening to the conversation that I couldn't hear on the other side.

She admitted that she might be a bit too controlling as an older sister, but after all, they were family members she would live with for a lifetime, and she couldn't let Xiaobaiyu go astray. She had to let him know what the right understanding was.

Young girls... are absolutely unacceptable!

Has she lost her appeal?! How could Xiaobaiyu fall for another woman?!

Looking down at her own voluptuous figure, and then comparing it in her mind to Bai Jiangzhu's slender body, her confidence instantly returned, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

Seemingly wanting to carefully compare the differences between the two, she reached out and gently pinched it. One hand could barely cover half its size; the soft touch was as comfortable as cotton candy. If she buried her face in it…

Hmph~ You're really lucky.

Imagining that scene in her mind, Mami Tomoe's fingers unconsciously quickened their movements, even gradually moving downwards. Her legs were tightly clamped together, rubbing back and forth, her fingers gently teasing through the cotton fabric of her panties. A strange and unique new experience welled up inside her...

Unlike the enchanting atmosphere of Mami Tomoe's room, the atmosphere in Shiraha's room was relatively more lively.

Although he knew that Baijiang Zhu had come to see him for something, he still opened the game, handed her a controller, and chatted casually while playing the game.

"Is Brother Baiyu also a magical girl? How does he know so much about magical girls?"

With clumsy fingers moving the joystick, Bai Jiangzhu asked curiously.

Bai Yu took a sip of the juice Aunt Yayo brought him and casually replied, "I'm not, but I know so much because I know other magical girls."

"Huh? There really are other magical girls? I thought Yu was lying."

"Yu? Who's that?"

"Hmm... Yu is..."

Bai Jiangzhu pondered how to explain this to Bai Yu.

A murderer? Or a righteous messenger punishing villains?

It all seems a bit off. After all, Yu herself said she wasn't a good person, but the other person's friendly attitude towards her didn't seem like that of a typical vicious murderer. In fact, it was even better than the attitude of many seemingly kind people towards her.

"Yu... she is also a magical girl. She is the sleepwalking ghost that Kyubey mentioned."

Bai Jiangzhu glanced at Bai Yu, and seeing that he didn't react much, she continued to explain.

"This morning I was attacked by a witch's familiar, but Yu appeared just in time to save me. I think she's a good person, but she says she isn't. How strange..."

Bai Yu's finger paused on the game controller. The character on the screen was hit by an enemy due to a misoperation, and his health bar instantly dropped by a large chunk.

"Attacked by a familiar? Are you alright?" His voice was lower than usual. "But that guy named Yu didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Bai Jiangzhu nodded and then shook her head, her gaze no longer fixed on the screen.

"No, she also told me some things about magical girls, about making wishes..."

"Although I really don't want to doubt her, Nagisa, that magical girl named Yu is very dangerous. She has killed many people. If it's not necessary, it's best to avoid contact with her as much as possible."

"But she saved me..."

“That’s the scariest part.” Bai Yu sighed. “Magical girls are the kind of people who would save others for no reason.”

This can be seen from the rampant witches in this city.

He's discovered several witch barriers that are either in the process of hatching or have already hatched just by passing by, not to mention some places in the suburbs that he hasn't found. This shows that the magical girls in this city aren't really putting their hearts into hunting witches.

They might even be too overwhelmed to deal with so many witches, let alone spend time saving ordinary people.

It's important to know that most magical girls choose to ignore familiars that don't have the Seed of Lamentation, allowing them to grow to the level of witches before harvesting them.

One advantage of this is that witches raised from familiars possess both the Seed of Sorrow and are significantly weaker than witches who become witches through normal means, making combat much easier. This has led to the practice of raising witches in captivity.

Although it is very unjust, it must be said that doing so does make it much easier to obtain the Seed of Lamentation.

No one dictates that magical girls must be inherently righteous. At least that sleepwalking ghost, after killing so many people, wouldn't claim to be righteous.

"So, what did she say to you?"

To prevent the sleepwalking spirit from leaving any hidden dangers, he subconsciously asked another question.

"..."

Bai Jiangzhu lowered her head, her fingers twisting together, as You's words echoed in her ears again.

"Make a wish for yourself, Nagisa, you deserve freedom."

“She…” Baijiang Zhu’s voice grew louder, as if she had truly found freedom, “She said I can make a wish for myself, for freedom…”

Hearing this, Bai Yu's expression softened, and he gently patted the girl's shoulder. "That's true, but Nagisa, are you really sure you want to become a magical girl?"

Bai Jiangzhu raised her head, her amber eyes flashing with uncertainty. "I...I want to cure my mother's illness..."

"And what about yourself?" Bai Yu looked directly into her eyes. "Putting aside your mother's matter, what does Xiaozhu truly want?"

Bai Jiangzhu remained silent, unable to voice the despicable wish that was swirling in her mind.

Xiaozhu wants to be thanked by her mother and wants her mother to know that it was thanks to Xiaozhu that her mother was able to recover from her illness.

Mom will definitely feel very sorry for not loving Xiaozhu, and will realize that it was a mistake not to love Xiaozhu.

She wanted to convey that she wanted to cure her mother in order to satisfy her own bad heart.

Nagisa becoming a magical girl doesn't mean she'll be free, nor does it make her a good child. Nagisa wants to become a magical girl.

"I'm sorry... Nagisa is a bad child..."

Bai Jiangzhu's voice choked with emotion. She felt ashamed of her unjust thoughts. In front of 'Just Shiraha', she couldn't bring herself to say such unjust reasons.

Seeing the girl's mood instantly drop, Bai Yu gently pulled her into his arms and comforted her, "Doing bad things doesn't necessarily make you a bad child. Besides, being a bad child occasionally isn't a bad thing. Xiao Zhu just needs to follow her true feelings. You don't have to think that doing good things is the only right thing to do."

No one would have high expectations for a child of that age, especially given Bai Jiangzhu's current situation. Even if she were to steal or rob, outsiders would only think she was forced into it.

Moreover, when he helped Nagisa Hyakue, he never intended to mold her into a pretentious and empty person like a "partner of justice." Just as the magical girl named Yu said, it was for herself and for freedom.