The losers in daily youth have all become witches

Kousaka Kirino complained: "My current makeup is the limit of what my father can accept. If I really wear that kind of makeup, I will definitely be nagged by my family."

At this moment, the phone rang again with a special attention reminder tone.

Ayase, who was about to say something, suddenly curled up her knees, but then tried hard to control her impulse.

Kirino, who was peeling an apple for her, paused, and the mirror on the bedside table where she was putting on makeup reflected her slightly narrowed eyes.

"Shibuya-style is definitely not suitable for you, Kirino."

Ayase nonchalantly pressed her palm against the flickering screen beneath her pillow. "It's best to look clean."

"Since you said so, Ayase, then it must be like this."

Kousaka Kirino stared at her fidgeting best friend for a moment, watching him subconsciously glance at his phone and then force his gaze back for the seventh time in just a few minutes. She couldn't help but sigh: "More than that, Ayase, are you hungry?"

"what?"

Aragaki Ayase was stunned for a moment.

"I'll make you something to eat...how about chowder?"

Kousaka Kirino said with a sweet smile, as if she would stay here for a while.

Cold sweat began to form on the back of Ayase's neck.

As someone who values ​​her friends, she couldn't bring herself to ask her to leave immediately. However, if Kirino stayed, it would be inconvenient for her to contact Asakura-kun...

"Don't bother, I don't have much appetite..."

she said softly.

"I need to eat because I have no appetite. If I don't take in nutrients, won't it be harder for my body to return to normal?"

Kosaka Kirino said seriously.

"But I really can't eat..."

"Then I'll eat two bowls."

"..."

So you are determined to stay here, right?

Aragaki Ayase suddenly felt helpless.

But then Kousaka Kirino couldn't help but smile: "It's just a joke, I have other things to do, so I can't stay here for too long. Ayase, you should have a good rest. If you need anything, just call me directly."

"Thank you, Kirino."

"hey-hey……"

After Kousaka Kirino left, Aragaki Ayase opened her cell phone and carefully read the message that Li Mo had just sent.

In fact, it was not a complicated matter. The first thing was to tell her that there might be a risk of being monitored if she used her mobile phone to contact him, so he planned to find a better way of communication; the second thing was to let the girl look out the window.

The girl obediently turned her head to look out the window, and then saw a small snake as thick as a little finger hanging on the balcony outside.

Aragaki Ayase opened the window, but after thinking for a while, she didn't dare to reach out and catch the little snake into the room. She just let the little snake outside crawl in by itself.

"How do you feel physically?"

The little snake opened its mouth and made Li Mo's voice.

The girl was stunned for a moment: "I'm not sick..."

If I must say, she is now healthier than 99% of people.

"It has nothing to do with illness. I'm just asking if you're in better physical shape now than you used to be."

The little snake asked.

"Yeah, I feel like I've gotten used to it. At least I don't nearly break my chopsticks while eating anymore."

Aragaki Ayase replied.

Although it was Kirino's wrist that was nearly broken.

"That's good. It seems that the most difficult stage has been overcome."

The little snake nodded with satisfaction, curling up into a poop shape: "It will be fine after a while."

After all, modern people are very forgetful. As long as there is a new hot event, the Chiba Port Tower explosion did not cause too large-scale losses, and there were not even any casualties. It can only be regarded as a topic of conversation after dinner, and it will probably be forgotten soon.

"that……"

Aragaki Ayase looked at the little snake, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"Is there a problem?"

The little snake swung the tip of its tail and took charge. "Don't worry, just tell me what you want to say. As long as it's not a matter of principle, I can try to help solve it."

"Well, in that case..."

Encouraged by the little snake, the girl mustered up the courage to ask, "Can I call you Brother Asakura?"

"Gah?"

The little snake made a sound of dislocating its jaw.

"Well, since I'm an only child... well, how should I put it? I'm a little envious of those who have older brothers and sisters..."

Aragaki Ayase said softly, looking at her fingertips embarrassedly.

This was not a lie. She was indeed a little envious of Kirino who had a brother at home. Although she had never met the brother and Kirino always spoke ill of her brother, the closeness to her brother that could not be concealed in her words still made Aragaki Ayase yearn for such an existence.

"Well, I don't mind, but is this really okay?"

The little snake stuck out its tongue, its face expressionless: "We've only met once."

"The bond between people is very strange. Sometimes we can be strangers even after spending a long time together, but sometimes, even if it's just the first time we meet, we still have a certain feeling."

Aragaki Ayase stared at the little snake seriously and said, "When Asakura-san carried me out of the ruins, I felt that if I had a brother, it would definitely be someone like Asakura-san. The saying 'once in a lifetime' probably reflects this feeling."

Chapter 323: Don’t be too serious, why don’t you go play in a band?

After chatting with Aragaki Ayase for a while, Li Mo was somewhat glad that he did not rashly go to her house, but instead conveyed the message through Xiaoshe.

It’s not that Aragaki Ayase is in any danger—for example, the other party has been instigated and is waiting for Li Mo to go up and put him in a sack or something—but the girl herself seems to be a little... well, too serious about her feelings.

Of course, it could also be because the feeling of communicating with a snake is different from communicating with a person face to face. It's like some people who act serious and solemn in public, but suddenly change their demeanor when they see cute cats and dogs, and their voices can't help but become hushed...

All in all, the communication time with Aragaki Ayase was not too long, but throughout the whole process, Li Mo showed the expression of an old man on the subway phone several times because of the other party's slightly explicit words.

As a young girl, why do you always take things so seriously? If you really can't help it, why not play in a band and relax...

Finally, Li Mo couldn't bear it any longer. He felt that he would have a stomachache if he continued listening, so he quickly gave the other party a few words of advice, asked her to pay attention to her own safety, and then hurriedly logged off.

As for the little snake, it stayed with the other person, so that the girl would have a way to bypass possible surveillance and contact herself in an emergency.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike the little snake pendant given to Chihaya Aine that was mixed with a lot of alchemical materials, the little snake on Aragaki Ayase's side is just a real snake that has been transformed by the magic curse [Snake], and it needs to be fed some raw meat every two days to maintain its vital signs.

It's not that they were treated differently. It's just that Li Mo had saved up a considerable amount of alchemical materials from completing tasks. After he was able to use spells and started related research, he had almost spent all of them. The remaining ones were carefully collected by him just in case.

All in all, the shortage of alchemical materials also made Li Mo turn his attention to the task of the nameless magic book: the system's recent rewards have been a bit messy, and it seems that there have been no gold coins for a while. Maybe after completing this task, new alchemical materials will be added to the account.

The latest task is to open a store at No. 12 Tushan Shopping Street and make it profitable.

"Survival strategy—!"

Li Mo shouted with a serious face.

"Huh?"

Chihaya Aine looked at him blankly.

"About the fact that I inherited a store but didn't know what kind of store to open to make a profit."

Li Mo supported his chin with both hands and said in a deep voice.

"I feel like if you add some beautiful girl elements and quotation marks, it could be the title of a recent light novel."

Said the beautiful girl Aine-san.

“At such an urgent and important moment, Aine is the only one in the association’s hut…”

"Are you dissatisfied?"

Chihaya Aine stared at Li Mo with her cute dead fish eyes: "Senior Chaoyun is busy preparing for her class's school festival, and Senior Yui is also helping Miss Yukinoshita deal with the commission of the Service Club. Senior Xiao Liuli and that sister Jiashu are not students of Sobu High School, so I'm really sorry that I'm the only one free..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

He said that he originally planned to live a brilliant high school life when he returned to China, hoping to be surrounded by many people and become the focus of the crowd like in junior high school. It would be even better if he could join a band and become the lead singer, and be fanatically loved by countless people.

As a result, he accidentally stepped into the supernatural world, and he had to restrain his desire to show off. He hid in the dark society hut all day long, doing nothing, and ended up being criticized by Li Mo for being useless...

"Oh, my original rosy youth..."

The girl murmured with some regret.

"Let's put the rest aside,"

After listening to the girl's complaint, Li Mo asked doubtfully, "Don't mention that you can only cast spells with the help of the pendant. Even if you truly awaken your own magic spell and become a true witch, you don't have to spend all your spare time here. If you want to join a band, why not just go and do it?"

"Eh, isn't there a setting where 'if you have supernatural powers, you have to keep a low profile or you'll be caught and sliced ​​into pieces'?"

Chihaya Aine widened her eyes and asked as if she had just learned some incredible information.

"Unfortunately, there's no such setting. As long as you don't expose yourself, there's no problem. Besides, the Ministry of Magic isn't some authoritarian organization. Aside from when the Avengers need to assemble in unexpected situations, there aren't any mandatory regulations for club activities."

Li Mo spread his hands: "Look, Yui is a member of the Ministry of Magic and also joined the Service Club."

Chihaya Aine stared at Li Mo in a daze.

Chihaya Aine was thinking about something.

Chihaya Aine showed an expression of sudden realization.

"I see,"

The girl jumped up from the sofa, grabbed her schoolbag, and made a 'Hail Hydra' gesture towards Li Mo with a serious expression - Li Mo thought she was probably trying to be cool by making a 'Salad Bar~' gesture - and then walked towards the door: "Then Aine, I'm going to go find my youth!"

"Wait wait wait wait,"

Li Mo hurriedly stopped the other party: "Even if it's just Aine, it can serve as a reference for advice. If you leave too, I will have to discuss it with that guy Hoshino."

"Am I some kind of untouchable?!"

In the poster, Miss Hoshino Ai, who was watching the two people pulling each other with great interest, was suddenly cueed. She couldn't help but show a dissatisfied expression and complained loudly.

"It's not that I underestimate you, but I feel that the plan I discussed with Miss Hoshino will most likely fail..."

Li Mo said with some embarrassment.

"You are looking down on me!"

Hoshino Ai became even angrier, and her eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

"So, what exactly do you want to discuss, Asakura-san?"

Chihaya Aine couldn't help but interrupt Li Mo's conversation with the beautiful girl on the poster. To prevent him from becoming obsessed with the paper man and becoming a pathetic idiot, she took the initiative to ask him: "You've been acting a little strange since a while ago."

"Well, I think I mentioned it before, but I'm a little confused about how to open that store on Rabbit Mountain Shopping Street."

Li Mo sighed.

"Is that such an important question?"

Chihaya Aine was a little confused.

"It is very important, or rather an urgent problem."

Li Mo answered in great distress.

If he was not constrained by the need to make a profit, he would not care at all about the type of store. It would be fine even if he opened a fake antique store that had not been open for three years. However, his system tasks would be stuck in that case. If possible, he still had to run the business well.

Chapter 324: Holy Love Sound.

"When in doubt, use the process of elimination. Asakura-san, do you have any options?"

Chihaya Aine asked.

"Maid cafe."

Li Mo thought for three seconds and answered solemnly.