"Mm, your guesses weren't wrong."
After a night had passed, at noon the next day, in a café in the Emerald Zone, Mint propped her cheek up with one hand while holding a strangely colorful drink in the other, her teeth clamped around the straw as she spoke indistinctly.
Lin Xiaolu naturally had to make good on the treat she had promised Mint earlier, so during the rest day before the second assessment, they had followed online recommendations and found a highly acclaimed café. The three of them were now having lunch together in a corner of the café.
"Though I could still find plenty of excuses if we really wanted to nitpick the wording, fundamentally speaking, I am indeed one of the people you call Black Ash Dawn."
Lin Xiaolu had assumed the other girl might not be willing to tell them much truth, but halfway through the meal, Mint frankly laid all her cards on the table. "Do you even need to ask me that? Aren't you two as well?"
"Huh? Me? Black Ash Dawn? What the hell are you talking about?"
Lin Xiaolu found it utterly baffling, and her voice rose half an octave. But considering they were in a public place, even though there were no other customers nearby, she still tried to lower her voice and asked warily, "When I first became a Magical Girl, I almost got killed by you people several times, you know? What makes you think I'm one of you? Hell, I'm tempted to call the peacekeepers right now. What are you people from Black Ash Dawn doing in the Magic Kingdom?"
"Quit pretending. I, a Beast Child, have already come clean, so why are you two Sacrificial Children still putting on an act?"
Mint casually sipped her drink. "Just as