"Phew, I'm exhausted. This was even more tiring than fighting Monsters."
Apparently, my popularity had breathed new life into this Maid Café on the verge of closing down.
Heat Haze was in a good mood, too. For once, she wasn't scowling at me. She even sidled up with a fawning smile and said, "Thanks for all your hard work! I made some grilled meat just for you in the kitchen. Go eat!"
"Ha, thanks."
It was ten at night.
The mall was about to close, and the Maid Café had officially finished business for the day.
None of the young ladies who had come to support the café today had treated me as a maid. Every one of them got excited at the sight of me, and just walking past with a tray of food set off a wave of squeals.
When it came to making requests, though, these fans were bolder and more eager than the last. Almost everyone asked me to do something...
Things like signing their omelet rice in ketchup, lifting the hem of my already-too-short maid skirt to curtsy, or making a heart with my hands and doing a "moe moe chu" pose... Those were all fairly standard requests that the other maids got, too. I managed to shamelessly go along with each of them.
But there was even a magical girl who rushed at me with blood gushing from her nose, shouting, "Big sister, please give me a full-body spa treatment! You can touch me anywhere!"
Of course, I turned that one down on the grounds that I hadn't received the necessary training.
All in all, business had been so good today that the owner could have dropped to her knees and bowed down to me. That wasn't an exaggeration...
The owner really did come