Fundraising Project

(Miluno)

Barbara agreed and began preparing the antidote I needed.

Although I can't give a solution right away, at least there's still a way to find one.

After that, in order to carry out this extravagant "fundraising to buy a park" project, I went directly to Nabu Island Prison and found Sirius.

The office was luxurious, with an executive chair and a wool carpet. Zara was curled up asleep on the guest sofa, while the blond idol in a suit and sunglasses was sitting with a lollipop in his mouth, his legs crossed on the table, looking up at me with his nostrils flared.

"Sirius, I have..."

Before I could even explain my purpose, she reached out and interrupted me.

"Wait! How many times have I told you, you have to call me Warden here!"

She pointed to the name tag on her boss's desk that read "Warden".

"Warden."

"Hmm! What does Miluno- chan want from me? Is it a reward you'd like?"

"What reward?"

I raised my eyebrows in confusion, and Sirius explained.

"A reward? Of course, a reward! I've always been fair in my rewards and punishments. Whether it's the characteristics of the Chu Annihilation Bomb, the technical manual for the Witch Domain, or that computer that records the history of 'the Other Side,' you've contributed to all of these... I'm all ready. The additional reward will be deposited into your account soon, and it's an amount that will definitely satisfy you."

Please, even my bank card is in Ceruno's hands, and I still won't get a single penny of the bounty!

I felt a little bitter inside, but I got straight to the point.

"No, I didn't come for that."

I briefly discussed Barbara's desire to buy the park with Sirius, but Sirius casually remarked:

"How much money can a Forest Park cost? Is a billion yuan enough?"

"Wait, you're not thinking of just buying it outright, are you?"

"Hmm, I'll just buy it for myself and promise her I won't cut down any trees, right? Anyway, the park itself generates income, so I can recoup my investment slowly. Why are you making such a small thing so complicated..."

I don't think a normal person could just casually pull out a billion yuan to buy a Forest Park; that's no small matter at all!

Sirius was still talking to himself, saying:

"Ah! So you've finally realized you're an idol and want to find a topic to launch your idol activities! Hey! You could have just told me directly! Why beat around the bush? I have a concert in the next couple of days, you guys can just come on stage with me~"

Should the fundraising performance plan still be implemented?

I shared my thoughts.

"Barbara has been making potions for the Association and saving all her earnings to buy the entire park. She has put in so much effort, and although the money is still not enough... But if you just buy the park, it's like all her previous efforts have been trampled on. While I can't say she's wrong, I think there are many forms of 'help'."

Sirius rested his cheek on his hand and nodded.

"Hmm, considering her feelings? That was indeed my oversight. Although her potions are quite effective, they can only be mixed by hand, so production capacity is low, and naturally, she doesn't earn much money... The key is that this Tree Granny is quite kind-hearted; her prices are really not high."

It's actually quite expensive, but Sirius's concept of money is on a different level than that of normal people.

I was still a little surprised; she seemed to know quite a bit about Barbara's situation.

"So you know her quite well?"

Sirius turned around and looked out the window of his prison office at the construction team still carrying out repairs in the courtyard.

She explained:

"Yin Wei was her liaison, so she told me a lot about her. I also thought about helping her solve her difficulties, but I really had no reason to interfere before... After all, the purpose of planting trees in the forest is to obtain timber, and logging is a matter of course. You can't say it's a crime, can you?"

But from Barbara's perspective, if you replace the trees with people and the "forest farm" becomes the "forest field," the style of the logging scene just doesn't feel right; it smells like a child's shoe insole.

I continued:

"I think it's a good thing to let her get out of her comfort zone. Although she's long-lived, living longer than any magical girl, she hasn't seen the vastness of this world."

"I understand what you mean. I'll have a professional discuss the fundraising plan with you in detail. You'll be in charge of the specifics... Don't worry, I'll cover the performance expenses, and I'll secretly make up for any shortfall in fundraising. You can go all out with Grandma Tree!"

This is the first time I've ever organized a performance...

"Then I'll take my leave."

"Hey~ Hey~ Miluno ~"

As soon as he left Sirius's office, Mono approached him in a coquettish voice, shamelessly saying:

"They want to debut as idols too! Can't we let them go on stage and join you guys?"

Being an idol isn't a fun thing.

"She's never been an idol before, she just wants to give it a try! All she has to do is jump around on stage and she'll be popular. What girl wouldn't want to be an idol?"

"Let's talk about that when we're finalizing the plan."

The matter of finding Sirius has been resolved, but I'm not in a hurry to leave the prison because a construction crew from the Hawaii Branch has entered the prison, so those free-spirited magical girls have to temporarily return to their cells.

After all, the construction team consists of ordinary people. If they were to see these witches, who pose a great threat to humanity, while these women were allowed to move around freely in the prison as if on vacation, it would inevitably draw criticism from the public.

However, Miss Achernar is an exception. She is not a prisoner, but the administrator and political commissar of the prison area, the second-in-command.

She was standing guard at the prison gate, arms crossed, when she saw Mono and me coming out of the prison's office area, and she seemed a little surprised.

"What brings you here today?" she asked in a low voice.

"I need to discuss something with Sirius. Has she been staying in this prison the whole time?"

"I probably have a lot to say, "Achernar cleared his throat.

"Well, if there are idol activities or matters that require her to appear, she will leave through the Wormhole Device, but when she's not doing anything, she stays here. She said this prison was built on the ruins of her home, so it's only natural that she lives here... Look, there's her little villa on that mountain over there, and she sleeps there at night with her little maid."

Looking in the direction pointed out by the Achernar, one could indeed see a villa that was obscured by tropical trees, with only the roof visible.

"Betelgeuse also temporarily residing there."

"Huh? She's not on the second floor anymore?"

I just want to go to the prison area where Betelgeuse came from.

"That building is almost a dangerous structure."

Achernar pointed helplessly to the cracked wall on the second floor.

"Betelgeuse's cell was severely damaged by Aldebaran's attack and needed complete renovation before it could be used again, but she refused to live with the other prisoners, so Sirius sent her to the villa upstairs to tinker with Ancient Computer."

Although... but... I was the one who smashed that wall...

Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore.

Aren't you afraid she'll escape?

"There shouldn't be any problem. SpiCa spent an hour brainwashing her, turning 'Mental Overlay' into 'Mental Imprint.' She can't possibly disobey our orders now."

"..."

In other stories, SpiCa would definitely be the villain, right?