Unpaid Laborer

(Bai Ziye)

The office area of City School.

"Done."

I pressed Enter, sent out the last batch of forms, and breathed a sigh of relief, stretching for more than ten seconds.

"Sister Miluno, have you finished the teacher and student statistics for each language?!"

Upon receiving the file I Past, a joyful shout came from the workstation across the way.

"Well, there are some less common languages that I can't distinguish, so I'll have to ask a professional to check; and some magical girls are bilingual, so we'll re-count them after the start of the semester to make it easier to schedule classes according to the teachers' schedules."

"This is a huge help! Now the communication problem can be solved once the control system is moved in!"

As I said this, Xiao Yi excitedly ran around the desk to my back and started massaging my shoulders with her little hands.

It's quite comfortable.

"You must be tired after a long night! You should get some rest!"

"I'm fine. Magical girls aren't that physically weak... But you, you're just an ordinary person now. Are you alright after working all night without sleep?"

Look at the time in the bottom right corner of the screen.

This went on for far more than just all night; it's almost noon now.

I really did work as a clerk all night...

"I slept during the day yesterday! Besides, I'm young and have plenty of energy!"

"Is that so?"

Xiao Yi smiled wryly, "Besides, you don't need to treat me like a child. According to my ID card, I'm several years older than you!"

But her time had stopped for six years; she was a true little girl, only Past cruel past made her look more mature than her peers.

At first glance, my sister;

But strictly speaking, she's the older sister.

It is precisely because she is legally an adult that she can become the principal of this City School; otherwise, SpiCa would be employing child laborers.

"You said you were going to put me in solitary confinement, but you ended up bringing me here to be your secretary?"

"Because Miluno processes documents very quickly! She completed the filing of information on over three hundred magical girls at lightning speed, all in one night!"

"Actually, it's not fast. I just used magic to speed up time... But, as the principal, do you really have to do such a small thing as organizing student information yourself? Couldn't SpiCa send you a few more clerks?"

"Skyborne City School can be considered the territory of magical girls. There are no other ordinary people besides me, at least that's what SpiCa stipulates."

What about those people who are office ladies during the day and transform into magical ladies after get off work? Surely there are some, right? Let's bring a few of them!

In the end, I was working for free again...

After a year of exterminating Monster, plus the frequent fierce battles recently, a bounty of two or three million is to be expected, right?

But to receive money from the Association, you still need to register.

But I must be honest with Ceruno before I can register.

I must tell her this in person.

If she finds out through other means, she'll definitely hold a grudge, given her petty nature...

Therefore, the occasion for being honest is also important.

You can't just casually mention it like a greeting; that would definitely cause an uproar.

Therefore, I need the right time and the right place...

That's what I was thinking.

Guh--

A stomach throbbed behind me. I turned around and saw Xiao Yi blushing and giving an awkward laugh.

As a former Morning Star, this girl is just too adorable.

I held her and let her sit on my lap.

"Little one, are you hungry?"

"Yeah, after all, I haven't eaten anything all night."

"Let's go get something to eat first, then we'll take you back to your place to sleep."

My tone made her puff out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.

"Sister Ceruno! You're treating me like a child again!"

"But aren't you just a child?"

"I've already said I'm not..."

Buzz--

Activating the Crystal within my body, I opened an upward-facing Teleportation Halo on the ground.

This time I controlled my power output better, so I didn't open a wormhole-sized halo like last night, the buzzing sound alone disturbing all the witches in the Dormitory District...

Then, I picked up Xiao Yi, who looked surprised, and jumped down.

"Huh? Whoa!!"

Clinging tightly to my shoulder out of fear, her small, warm body pressed against my chest, her eyes closed, looking terrified.

The once legendary magical girl who dominated the world is now just a child.

Before she could even react, I had already put her on the ground. The sense of security of her feet touching the ground made her quietly open her eyes.

"Have we arrived yet?"

Because teleportation magic involves short distances, low internal pressure, and short passages, ordinary people can pass through safely.

This is the Materials Distribution Center.

No one recognized Principal Xiao Yi, and they didn't react much to our sudden appearance on the street...

Wow! Miluno!

Well, it's not like no one reacted at all.

Ceruno had charged at me with the ball, hugged me from behind and said softly, "I thought you were going to be locked up until tonight!"

Behind her followed the Decomposer and the Extinction Sisters...

And Aunt Yuehan.

I wasn't surprised, because she had come to see me last night.

If Miluno were to come to school with Ceruno, then the fact that Yezi wasn't home couldn't be kept a secret any longer. So, my mom had already dragged Aunt Yuehan out to explain my situation beforehand.

Last night, in front of Sirius, I frankly admitted my ambiguous relationship with Ceruno and won her forgiveness.

She also promised to help me keep it Ceruno until I confessed...

But I must make a decision within this month.

This isn't a condition for me, because I was planning to find an opportunity to make things clear in the next couple of days. If I hadn't been put in solitary confinement, I probably would have brought it up last night.

At this moment, Ceruno, completely unaware of this, is still asking without a care in the world.

"You and Xiao Yi haven't had lunch yet, have you? Why don't you eat together?"

"Hmm, what would you like to eat?"

The same street yesterday, but it's quite different today.

The resourceful magical girls also set up a food stall next to the maid cafe, cooking for everyone using ingredients from the Materials Distribution Center, also free of charge.

It's worth mentioning that Falcon was also mixed in, Heat Haze was using his fire scales to melt thick cheese, pouring it over a tenderly seared steak like lava...

Faced with this tempting heat bomb, the Golden was drooling.

But I really can't let her eat these fattening foods anymore, yet everything I see looks like a calorie bomb...

"Let's take some ingredients back and cook. Anyway, with teleportation magic, this distance is just a turn of our heads."

Ceruno chuckled.

"You only mastered it last night, and now you're already dependent on it?"

"Since there are better tools available, there's no reason not to use them."

"But cooking takes too much time, so I'll just eat something quick. We might have to conduct drone reconnaissance over 'the Other Side' this afternoon, and it would be troublesome if I got called in before I could eat."

"Investigation?"

I hadn't heard of this plan, but Xiao Yi explained, "This is just a simple drone reconnaissance mission. Ceruno just needs to put a protective film Past the drones. It's not a large-scale operation, so there's no publicity."

"What if Aldebaran shoots another arrow through the wormhole?" I asked.

"Don't worry about that~ The same trick won't work on a Saint Seiya!"

SpiCa clearly has some countermeasures, but we can't be completely at ease yet.

"I understand, then I'll go with you to take a look."