"Your suspicions were right. Fox Fox specially released these Familiars."
Heartmoon Fox stood amid the foxgirl maids, letting them surround Hyacinth and Albatross as she spoke.
Albatross held a piece of cake she had gotten from Red Velvet. The Familiars that had turned into Fox Fox Maids gathered around her, acting cute and begging for cake, and Albatross took the chance to scoop one up and take a deep sniff.
"Mmm—delicious!" said the gray-and-white Magical Girl, beaming as she was surrounded by foxes.
"..."
Unlike Albatross, who had fully immersed herself in fox-sniffing heaven, Hyacinth silently watched the curious Fox Fox Familiars peering at her and fell into thought.
These foxgirl maids were Heartmoon Fox's handiwork.
That meant the maids were essentially all her Familiars. If Hyacinth tamed them with cake and kept them by her side, Heartmoon Fox would be able to monitor her anytime, anywhere...
After thinking it over from every angle, she absolutely could not tame these maids! This was a trap!
The Fox Fox Maids had no idea Hyacinth was on guard against them and continued curiously edging closer.
"Ha!!"
Hyacinth hissed at the maids.
The frightened Fox Fox Maids fled back to Albatross, hiding behind the gray-and-white Magical Girl with tearful faces. This immediately triggered Albatross's protective instincts, and she switched to a battle-ready expression as she stared at Hyacinth.
"You can't bully these little ones. They're very friendly." "...All right."
Seeing Heartmoon Fox mixed in with the Fox Fox Maids, hiding behind Albatross while poking her head out and giggling at her, Hyacinth could only shake her head and sigh.
Under the maids' adorable offensive, the Fox Fox Maids successfully joined the various teams and proved exceptionally useful:
The maids could farm and chop wood. For Red Velvet and the others' leisurely retirement-style cooking