What goes up must come down.
The kids had gotten carried away.
The two veteran Magical Girls, who knew how long they had been active, knelt on either side of the chair like a pair of stone lions guarding a gate.
"I was wrong. I'll never let Yaohua drink again."
"I was wrong. I'll never drink again."
Listening to the two Magical Girls apologize, Qingyin crossed her arms, feeling rather helpless.
It was not a matter of whether they should drink. The issue was moderation and rational control over how much they consumed.
"You two don't even know what you did wrong," Qingyin said flatly.
"Wasn't I just dragged into this?" Youyue muttered quietly, then immediately shut up when she noticed the stern look directed at her.
Like students being scolded by their homeroom teacher after making a mistake, they did not know how to respond. In any case, they just had to endure the scolding for a while, and then it would be over.
Rather than merely seeing an obvious attitude of repentance, Qingyin preferred that they understood their mistakes.
She turned her gaze toward the three people sitting on the sofa and watching the show.
"Feiyan, Yuyan, Yalin, come here."
The three trembled all over, huddling shoulder to shoulder as they whispered among themselves.
"Honestly, we should've stayed farther away."
"No matter how far we hid, we would've been dragged into it, right?"
"I need to use the bathroom."
"Using the bathroom as an escape is the right call."
The three Magical Girls nervously lined up before Qingyin and waited for her judgment.
No, that was not right. They clearly had not done anything, so why were they so scared?
"Tell me, what did Yaohua and Youyue do wrong?" Qingyin asked.
"They shouldn't have waved blades around in