The losers in daily youth have all become witches

"You have only one daughter from beginning to end, and that's me, Aine!"

"Okay, I understand."

Mrs. Chihaya responded perfunctorily and continued to prepare the ingredients on the sink.

Looking at her mother's back, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but recall the feeling she had before she died, so she couldn't help but whisper to her mother's back: "Mom——"

"what happened again?"

"Aine loves you~"

Mrs. Chihaya put down the kitchen utensils in her hand, turned around, looked deeply at her daughter, and responded solemnly.

"Even if you say that, your pocket money won't increase."

"Hearing your daughter's heartfelt confession, aren't you moved at all, Mom?"

Chihaya Aine was a little discouraged.

"That kind of thing completely disappeared after my daughter graduated from kindergarten."

Mrs. Chihaya wiped her hands and said with a nostalgic look: "I really miss that chubby and cute little Aine~"

"Little Aine is so cute now!"

The pink-haired girl bared her fangs and argued.

"I know, I know."

"Damn it, you said it so perfunctorily..."

"Here."

"what?"

"Fried chicken nuggets, aren't you hungry? Eat some first to fill your stomach."

Mrs. Chihaya handed the fried chicken nuggets to her daughter and said, "Don't eat too much. It won't look good on the plate."

"mom!"

Chihaya Aine made a sound of emotion.

"Don't touch me with hands that have touched chicken nuggets. They're too greasy!"

Mrs. Chihaya made a sound of disgust.

She looked at her daughter's expression as she was happily eating chicken for a moment, and her originally frowned brows relaxed a little.

"It seems like you've really changed a bit, Aine."

"Well?"

The girl with fried chicken nuggets in her mouth looked confused.

"Before, you would be swallowing your saliva while worrying about the calories."

Mrs. Chihaya said: "The fact that you can be so relaxed now means..."

"Does this mean I'm doing well in my new school and don't have so many worries?"

Chihaya Aine said as she tried hard to swallow the food in her mouth.

"That means there's no one you care about in your new school anymore, so weight doesn't matter anymore."

Mrs. Chihaya joked seriously.

But Chihaya Aine hesitated for a moment before she started to act coquettishly with her mother.

This tiny discovery made Mrs. Chihaya's brows raise with interest again.

"So, Aine, what's your relationship like with that Asakura-san?"

"It's just a normal friendship..."

Chihaya Aine's expression became even more unnatural.

This is not to say that she has any improper thoughts about Li Mo, but because the girl is not yet accustomed to the supernatural to the point of regarding it as a part of life, she shows some discomfort.

However, this expression obviously meant "there is hope" to Mrs. Chihaya.

She looked at her daughter carefully again, and then smiled.

"If we're just normal friends, do you really need to dig out your favorite necklace and put it on?"

“…It was just a matter of convenience.”

Chihaya Aine paused, her expression becoming even more awkward, and she mumbled as if wanting to brush it off.

But in a sense, she did not lie. In order to install the pendant mirror, she did take out the necklace on the outermost side of the jewelry box and took it off.

Although this was her favorite necklace in the past, after facing death, this kind of material possession has become a "whatever" thing to the girl, and she doesn't attach as much importance to it as before.

"Really? So there's really no one you care about in the new school?"

Mrs. Chihaya asked meaningfully.

Chihaya Aine subconsciously thought of Li Mo: Regardless of his appearance, the image of him wearing a fur coat that looked like flames and suddenly appearing in front of her like a savior did make the girl's heart flutter.

Moreover, as someone who has experienced supernatural events and knows that this world is actually much more vast than what normal people call "common sense", can you really be willing to return to the world of ordinary people?

Perhaps this was one of the reasons why I accepted the pendant that Li Mo gave me so easily.

Thinking of this, the girl suddenly realized that she might actually care a little about Asakura-san...

Chapter 272: Wonderful Feelings.

Of course, even if you have such an understanding psychologically, you must never show it on the surface.

This is what Chihaya Aine judged.

After all, no matter how slow she was, she could see that Asagumo-senpai had a considerable degree of affection for Asakura-san.

Although she had only known Senior Asagumo for one day, his warm chest gave her soft comfort when she was most helpless. Even if Senior Asagumo did not think so, Chihaya Aine had already unilaterally regarded him as her friend.

So after hesitating for a moment, she said decisively: "Yes, actually I have someone I care about."

"Really? Go talk to Mom about it!"

Mrs. Chihaya, who had not originally expected her daughter to open up to her, suddenly showed a look of surprise, and immediately approached Chihaya Aine mysteriously and asked excitedly.

Even if it wasn't that Asakura classmate, it didn't matter. I was just concerned about my daughter's interpersonal relationships in the new school! She said this in her heart.

"It's that Senior Chao Yun!"

"Who is Senior Chao Yun...uh?"

Just when Mrs. Chihaya was about to ask the other party which boy Senior Chaoyun was, she showed a look of excitement, when she suddenly remembered that the girl who came to her house before and was half a head shorter than her daughter seemed to be named Chaoyun.

"Could it be that Chao Yun-chan's brother?"

So Mrs. Chihaya pointed upstairs and gestured.

"No, it's Chaoyun-chan upstairs!"

Seeing her mother's gossipy nature suddenly flare up, Chihaya Aine said with a determined heart, "It's not so much admiration for Asagumo-senpai as it is longing! That's right, Asagumo-senpai is the one I like!"

"Eh……"

Mrs. Chihaya was a little overwhelmed by her daughter's sudden coming out announcement.

"Um, Aine, aren't you being a little too radical... How about we talk about this again when you calm down a bit?"

"It's not radical at all, everything comes from my heart!"

Anyway, there are many kinds of liking. Besides, Senior Chaoyun is indeed small, sweet, and soft, and knows the supernatural world just like herself. Is there anyone more suitable to be a witch's companion than Senior Chaoyun!

When she thought of this, Chihaya Aine's expression became firm.

Mrs. Chihaya, who knew her daughter better than her mother, felt disheartened when she saw her daughter's expression: it seemed that her daughter was already full of determination.

Should I bless my daughter and encourage her to bravely pursue her love, or should I correct Aine's XP so that she can find a boyfriend normally?

Lady Chihaya lost herself on a path she had never imagined.

Chihaya Aine, who was already half full of fried chicken, put down her plate at the right time and said, "Well, Asakura-san and Asagumo-senpai are still waiting for me. I'll go upstairs first. Mom, remember to call us when dinner is ready."

After saying that, she left the kitchen in a flash, leaving Mrs. Chihaya who was still thinking about her life, staring blankly at the can of red beans in her hand, feeling extremely troubled about whether to cook red bean rice today.

After leaving the kitchen, Chihaya Aine ran into Li Mo, who looked embarrassed.

"Asakura-san..."

The girl's eyes suddenly became a little erratic and she asked, "Well, how much did you hear?"

"Sorry, I just came down to find the restroom. I drank a little too much tea just now. I didn't mean to eavesdrop..."

Li Mo also showed an awkward smile, "Don't worry, I won't tell Chihaya... Oh, Chaoyun."

At this point, Li Mo hesitated again and added: "If you really want to develop further with Chao Yun, I can also help you with some assists..."

"No, no, no, it's just a misunderstanding!"

The girl hurriedly explained, "I don't have any such fantasies about Senior Chao Yun!"

It would be better to say that if Senior Chao Yun finds out that you are assisting me, I will be the unlucky one.

"What kind of aspect?"

Li Mo hurriedly asked, and even put his ear close to it, as if he wanted to keep the secret as much as possible.

The girl was completely speechless. After a long pause, she slumped her shoulders and said, not knowing how to explain, "That's it!"

"How would I know which one it is if you don't tell me?"

Li Mo said confidently.

"Asakura-san probably just enjoys seeing me in trouble!"

“It’s not that simple actually.”

"Don't just deny that meaningless place!"

The two of them pulled and tugged at the stairs for a long time.

At this time, a voice with a subtle tremor in the tone came.

"I was wondering why Takuma-kun took so long to go to the bathroom..."

Chihaya Asagumo stood at the top of the stairs, looking down at the two of them. Scientifically speaking, the expression on her face could still be considered a smile, but for some reason it brought immense psychological pressure to the people around her. It even seemed as if the air pressure around her had increased slightly. She said plaintively, "It seems I'm too much of a bother..."

"That's not the case!"

"You think too much……"

Chihaya Aine and Li Mo said in unison.

"So, could you please have a good talk with Miss Chaoyun, the one who's being marginalized, about what's going on?"

Chihaya Asagumo asked with a smile in a tone that did not contain a trace of smile at all.

"Let's go back to the room first."

Li Mo said.

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Mo's change of subject, Chao Yun Qianzao still nodded obediently.

Li Mo, who had listened to the whole story from beginning to end outside the kitchen, took the two of them back to Chihaya Aine's room: "This is a poignant story of a young girl expressing her feelings to her mother..."

"Oh?"

Chihaya Asagumo's expression became a little curious.

"Once upon a time—"

Li Mo cleared his throat and began to tell the story.

"Hey, did what just happened really require such an opening statement?"

Chihaya Aine couldn't help but protest.

"About 45.5 billion years ago, the Earth was just born—"

"That's too far-fetched! It's completely different! Why don't you start with the Big Bang?"

"That was 150 billion years ago—"