The losers in daily youth have all become witches

"Yes."

Li Mo continued to hold the girl's hand and led her around the round table to the wall on the other side.

A door squeezed out from between the bricks. Li Mo opened the door, and what appeared before them was the familiar society hut.

"Oh? Isn't this Asakura-kun and Asagumo-chan?"

Ai Hoshino, who was depicted in the poster on the wall, rubbed her eyes as she looked at the two people who had suddenly appeared. She yawned and asked, "When did you come?"

"It's none of your business, go to sleep."

Li Mo made a gesture to drive away.

Hoshino Ai mumbled something incoherently and disappeared from the poster. Li Mo thought that she must have run to the photo over there with Goto Ichiri to scare him and seek comfort at the same time.

When he thought of this, Li Mo couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"Can I go directly back to the association's hut from that shop?"

Asagumo Chihaya, who still didn't let go of her hand, looked at the door behind her with interest, her eyes full of curiosity and surprise.

"Theoretically, you can return to the Round Table Hall. However, going from the Round Table Hall to the Association Hut requires another certification..."

Having said that, even in the system authentication, the association hut and the shop seemed to be considered as one. The evidence was that the ability to summon food from the elf kitchen, which was originally only usable in the association hut or a certain distance near the association hut, could now be successfully activated in that shop.

Li Mo thought about it and felt that the association hut was basically completely open to other people in the association anyway, so there was no need to block the path from the round table hall to the association hut.

In this way, with the store as another entrance, junior high school students like Gokou Ruri, or non-Sobu High School students like Goto Ichiri, can go directly through the back door when they want to come to the club's hut.

However, in order to protect the prestige of the magic society, some sense of ritual is still needed.

For example, 'Count three bricks from this chair, then two bricks to the side, knock on them with chopsticks, and a door will appear'. Anyway, I can do this with my Secret Keeper privileges...

"This does make things a lot more convenient...but what kind of shops will open there is a problem."

The girl thought for a moment, but in the end couldn't come up with any particularly good ideas.

After all, at present, all the members of the association are students, and their schedules are basically the same. It is impossible for someone to be stationed in the store to prevent customers from accidentally entering the Round Table Hall.

"Don't be too anxious. Even if we open the store, we'll still have to spend some time cleaning up and rearranging it. There's plenty of time."

Li Mo comforted the girl who looked a little distressed.

"Speaking of it,"

The girl suddenly asked curiously, "People with magical powers are all around our age, aren't they all that old?"

"Not really."

Li Mo shook his head.

Although it is not clear whether the cultist in Yunqushan has magical powers, judging from the situation on his side, this world itself should have some mysterious powers.

Although I only have 'magical girls' and 'magical loli' (Gokou Ruri is only 14 years old, so she still falls into the category of loli in a broad sense) here, if I look hard enough, I might even find a magical mature woman or a magical aunt...

After being reminded by the girl, Li Mo also had some ideas in this regard.

If he could find an adult who was troubled by supernatural powers like Chihaya Asagumo and the others, and who was unemployed because of it, then wouldn't his shop have a very stable and hardworking... worker?

Chapter 277: Deja vu.

The next day, in the classroom.

"How was yesterday?"

After a whole night, Li Mo still had no idea how to solve the problem of the store. He yawned and poked Yanami Kyoko who also looked a little sleepy and asked.

"It sucks."

The girl replied.

"Eh, why do I have this inexplicable sense of déjà vu..."

Li Mo touched his chin and muttered.

"Because we had a similar conversation yesterday."

Yanai saw Xingcai's eyes half-open. Perhaps she had been infected by Li Mo's sleepiness. She covered her mouth with her hand and yawned a little. "No, it's not so much similar as it's exactly the same."

"So in the end, Yukinoshita was finally defeated by Toyokawa-san, who's a year younger than her?"

Li Mo couldn't help but perk up after hearing that.

"Ronpa...it's not quite that serious."

Yanami rested his chin on his hand and thought, "How should I put it... Compared to Toyokawa's aggressive stance, Yukinoshita's argument seems more... well, a bit pretentious? Anyway, the momentum of the two sides is completely different."

"Even in school, Yukinoshita is always so arrogant, but outside of school, he's easily overwhelmed by his juniors. Is this what they call a bully at home?"

Li Mo said cheerfully, clearly delighted to see Yukinoshita suffer a setback: "She's just that small fry! I'll go find her and play Uno later."

"Why Uno... No, that's not the point. I don't think it's a matter of bullying..."

Yana saw Kyouka's eyebrows furrowed, looking a little troubled. "That Toyokawa-san, I'm afraid what Yui said was right. He has some unspeakable secrets, so he's taking a part-time job on the higher-paying night shift..."

After hearing what she said, Li Mo could guess what happened yesterday.

If that Fengchuan classmate was like me in the past, and was in urgent need of money from a part-time job to supplement his life, and suddenly someone came out and said something like "You are violating school rules", "You must do something more appropriate to your student status before working part-time", "Don't talk about your difficulties, there must be a better way to solve it", I would definitely be furious.

I can barely even eat, and you're talking to me about this?

One side is fighting for survival, while the other side is just using the teacher's commission to practice a vision that they may not even believe in. The levels of internal motivation on both sides are completely different. It is understandable that Yukinoshita Yukino would be overwhelmed by the other side in momentum.

"Takuma-tan, there's a cute schoolgirl looking for you outside the classroom~"

At this time, Yuigahama Yui shouted at Li Mo at the door.

For some reason, Li Mo always felt that her expression looked subtle and a bit decisive.

Li Mo looked over there and saw a sneaky pink-haired girl wandering around the classroom door.

It’s Chihaya Aine.

The other person seemed to be a little shy and a little proud because she was called cute by a strange senior student.

Li Mo immediately came to his senses.

Speaking of which, he did ask her to take some time off to come here yesterday. After all, besides her, Li Mo also wanted to see if other people in the association would react to the mirror pendant.

However, I had originally planned to have her go to the association's hut during lunch break or after school, and now during the break, it's a bit too rushed...

Li Mo frowned slightly: He had only known Chihaya Aine for two days. He had the impression that she was always noisy, but she seemed to be quite smart. It was impossible for her to misunderstand what he had said yesterday.

In other words, did she have something to ask that made her come to see him at this time?

Thinking of this, Li Mo did not delay any longer. He gave Yuigahama Yui an apologetic smile and walked out of the classroom without saying anything. He ran to the corner near the stairs with Chihaya Aine, who looked a little uneasy.

Yuigahama Yui seemed to want to say something, but she couldn't say it until Li Mo walked out of the classroom. In the end, she could only return to her seat dejectedly.

The space under the stairs is usually used to store extra desks and chairs. Usually, no one comes here on purpose, so it is also a good place to talk privately.

Li Mo looked at Chihaya Aine, who looked a little strange but not panicked, and asked, "What happened?"

"Well, actually..."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then took out a student ID from her pocket. Judging from the photo on it, it should be her own student ID.

Li Mo didn't see anything wrong at first glance, but then he looked carefully as if he realized something, and found that the position of the student ID photo was different from that of a normal student ID, from the upper left to the upper right.

In addition, the biggest difference is that the text on the certificate is all reversed left to right.

It's like a reflection in a mirror...

Li Mo looked at the girl in surprise: "Is this the product of a curse?"

"I don't know if it counts, I was just curious when I looked in the mirror, and this is what I ended up with..."

The girl said embarrassedly.

Li Mo chopped the girl on the forehead with his hand.

"Hurt?! What are you doing?!"

Chihaya Aine said angrily, covering her red forehead.

"I remember you saying that you're not allowed to use spells unless absolutely necessary when I'm not around, right?"

Li Mo looked at her coldly: "You can't wait to play with your new toy after getting it. Are you a preschooler with excessive curiosity?"

"Even if they're not preschoolers, there are people like this..."

the girl muttered.

Li Mo raised his knife again, and the girl immediately made a move as if she was ready to fight with her bare hands.

In the end, Li Mo hit him on the forehead.

"Why, why can't I catch it!"

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes and she cried out in pain.

Because my reaction ability is seven times that of yours.

"Because you broke the agreement, you feel guilty, and that's why you can't receive my knife."

Li Mo said seriously: "This is a very dangerous behavior. I thought you would be very clear about this after going through all that."

"Um... Sorry, I don't know why, but at that moment, I suddenly wanted to use a spell..."

Chihaya Aine heard the seriousness in Li Mo's tone and couldn't help but apologize.

"Anyway, just in case..."

Li Mo reached out and patted the girl's chest. Before she could react and figure out if she was being taken advantage of, he continued, "I'll temporarily freeze your access to it. As for that student ID..."

After a brief inspection, Li Mo came to the conclusion: "It's not a big deal, just dispose of it directly. If you're worried about others seeing it, I can help you burn it."

Chapter 278: Mirror’s Conjecture.

"Speaking of which, what if we used a [Mirror] to copy something that didn't matter whether it was left or right—like a gem or a gold nugget?"

Chihaya Aine asked curiously.

Li Mo answered with a serious expression.

“That’s going to be rich.”

"Hey, is that really okay?"

The girl looked at Li Mo in surprise. "I thought you would say something like 'the gift of fate has already been secretly marked with a price' and told me not to abuse the magic spell [Mirror]."

"It's just a joke. Not abusing spells is the most basic thing."

Li Mo nodded, confirming the girl's words.

After all, with the living example of Chihaya Asagumo, Li Mo naturally knew how serious the consequences of abusing spells were.

"But as long as there's no abuse, it's not excessive to seek some legal benefits for yourself."

After all, magic isn't a public power; it's essentially something closer to personal talent. Just like someone who's naturally tall, you can't expect them to break their legs before playing basketball, right?

"But if you put it that way, then there's no need to limit the use of spells to only in front of you, Asakura-kun, right?"

The girl asked doubtfully.

"Because spells are very dangerous, beginners can easily make mistakes. So until you get used to it, it's better to have an experienced person like me watching over you."

Li Mo pointed at the upside-down student ID card in the girl's hand and said, "Take this as an example. If what appeared in the mirror at that time was not this, but something more troublesome, what would you do?"

"What do you mean by something more troublesome?"

The girl asked subconsciously.

Then she saw Li Mo staring at her without blinking.

Suddenly, a chill crept up Chihaya Aine's back, running up her spine to the top of her head: the memories of the false "self" she saw after being dragged into the mirror by the monster last night resurfaced in her mind, making her unable to help but get goose bumps.

Li Mo saw the creepy expression on the girl's face and realized she had understood what he meant. He continued, "Although I'm not sure it has malicious intent, many horror movies and thriller stories have scenes where a monster identical to you crawls out of the mirror and tries to replace you. So don't be too optimistic about that kind of situation."

"No, no, no, I'm not looking forward to it, whether it's optimistic or not!"

The girl shook her head vigorously and said, "Speaking of which, why do you use horror movies and thriller stories as arguments..."

"Many times, strange things only appear after strange stories start circulating. Do you know why?"