"Here, I think..."
Kozue glanced at the flyer in her hand, then looked at Red Ponytail beside her. The latter nodded.
They were currently standing outside a restaurant. It was not because they were hungry, but because while investigating the strange rumors in Kamihama City, Yachiyo, the proprietress, had recommended they come here for information...
"Well then, excuse us..."
As she spoke, Kozue carefully pushed open the door. However...
"Welcome to Chuka Restaurant Wanwanse!"
Along with a lively voice, a girl with a side ponytail suddenly bounced out and jumped in front of Kozue, shouting loudly and startling her.
"Uh? Um..."
"Ah!"
The moment she spotted the flyer in Kozue's hand, the side-ponytailed girl broke into a huge smile.
"So you're a Magical Girl too! Come in, come in!"
"Ah, okay..."
Faced with the side-ponytailed girl's aggressively sales-pitch-like enthusiasm, Kozue nodded blankly and entered the restaurant with Red Ponytail.
The interior of the restaurant looked rather like the Chinese restaurants commonly seen in Japan—well, the sort of Chinese restaurants people in Japan thought were Chinese restaurants.
After all, Chinese people would not put garlic in dumplings, then eat them with rice or ramen...
"What would you like to eat?!"
"Um... one bowl of..."
At that point, Kozue instinctively glanced at Red Ponytail sitting beside her.
"Two bowls of ramen."
"Got it! Please wait a moment!"
With that, the side-ponytailed girl cheerfully ran into the kitchen, where a cacophony of clanging, banging, thudding, yelling, howling, and squealing soon erupted...
"Sorry to keep you waiting!"
As she spoke, the side-ponytailed girl brought out one huge bowl, then another huge bowl, and then yet another huge bowl...
"I never thought a Magical Girl would see the flyer and come by. I'm so happy! Oh, right!"
As she set the food before them, the