Soman Shuchiin, starting from Fulilian to become a magician

"Try?"

Chapter 17: Xuehua Qijing’s contract and the transaction of the mercury lamp.

"Good afternoon, Hayama-senpai, and Azusa-senpai as well."

On Sunday, in the Angel Cafe, Nanami Aoyama, wearing her school uniform, trotted through the door of the cafe, with beads of sweat on her forehead, and greeted the two of them with energy.

"Are you feeling alright now?"

Azusa Azusa handed the customer's order in her hand to Akira Yeshan, with a hint of worry in her emerald green eyes.

Nanami Aoyama raised her arms, showing off her not-so-obvious muscles, and smiled with energy:

"I went to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said my vital signs are good."

"That's good."

Azusa breathed a sigh of relief.

"But it's still very strange. I had a strange dream last night. It seemed like there was a mysterious castle. I also dreamed of you and Senior Ye Shanming, but I can't remember the details very clearly."

"That's normal. It might be because you've read this kind of story somewhere, and then you had a related dream. From a psychological perspective, this is called the dream assimilation effect."

Ye Shanming lowered his head to grind the coffee beans and calmly responded to Aoyama Nanami's words.

Although Aoyama Nanami didn't quite understand, she nodded. Without dwelling too much on last night's dream, she carried her schoolbag and went to the staff locker room to change clothes.

"Scum Senior, Nanami really doesn't remember what happened yesterday?"

"I've already erased her relevant memories. Theoretically, she shouldn't remember anything. There might be some residual impression, but it's not a big deal."

Ye Shanming explained.

After solving the problem of the Rozen Maidens yesterday, he used mind control magic to modify Nanami Aoyama's memory of the incident that was involved with Yuika Qijing, allowing her to return to normal life.

"I wonder if Canary will fight with Mercury Lamp..."

Azuki sighed softly. Since the Alice game was over, there was no need for her to take the canary out.

After the Rozen Maidens discussed it, they all decided to go to Ye Shanming's house for a tea party today. Only Xuehua Qijing, who had just obtained a physical body, did not attend.

She needs to find a medium to support her activities in the material world.

"Sorry for disturbing you."

The door of the cafe was pushed open, and a girl in school uniform with her long burgundy hair tied into a high ponytail walked in. The two teardrop moles under her right eye were extremely conspicuous.

Xiaodouzi subconsciously wanted to go up to greet him, but saw the girl bowing and asking:

"I saw the recruitment notice outside the door. Are you still hiring here?"

"The manager is not in the store right now. Let me call and ask for you."

"My name is Jingu Kyoko, please excuse me!"

The enthusiastic Azuki Azuki took out her cell phone from her pocket and called the store manager. The girl, with a very Showa-style temperament, bowed again, leaving Azuki Azuki a little at a loss.

"Find a place to sit down first... Hey, why is your phone dark?"

Xiaodouzi said something polite, and then was surprised to find that her phone screen suddenly became distorted and then went out. No matter how she fiddled with it, it would not light up again.

"Sorry, that's my problem."

Jingu Kyoko saw this and quickly apologized, her face somewhat gloomy. "My luck has always been bad, and it will affect other people. Once I leave, everything will return to normal."

"No, how could such an outrageous thing happen?"

Azusa Azusa smiled and waved her hands, wanting to persuade her further, but Jingu Kyoko had already opened the door and left.

However, not long after, the phone screen suddenly returned to normal. Azusa blinked and stared blankly in the direction where Jingu Kyoko left.

Ye Shanming quietly dispersed the magic circle in his hand. He recognized Jingu Kyoko as soon as she entered the door.

Although her appearance is completely different, her face and the two iconic teardrop moles are exactly the same as the magical girl who previously stole the Magic Stone from Gasi.

It's just that this magical girl looked a little dazed. He was already prepared for her to attack, but he didn't expect that she didn't even notice him from beginning to end.

It happened that Aoyama Nanami had changed her clothes and walked out. The two looked at each other, without saying much, and threw themselves into their work.

It's just that something seemed to have happened to Nanami Aoyama when she was changing clothes. Although she still had that energetic smile on her face, she always gave people the impression that she was not in a good mood, and she even made a lot of low-level mistakes.

"Sorry, I ordered a mocha, not a snow coconut."

"Mocha is on my side."

"Sorry, sorry."

After the fourth mistake in the order, Nanami Aoyama kept apologizing. Azusa Azusa was recording the new customer's order. She looked at her worriedly and asked softly:

"Nanami, are you okay? Why don't you take a day off today? I'll talk to the manager on your behalf."

"It's okay, Azusa-senpai."

Aoyama Nanami forced a smile and said, "I just didn't pass the audition this morning. I will try to adjust and won't make the same mistake again."

After saying that, Aoyama Nanami cheered up and devoted herself to her work again.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Angel Cafe closed on time. After saying hello to the two of them, Nanami Aoyama left first, feeling a little dazed.

The manager was away from the store all day today, and left the entire cafe to Ye Shanming to manage, even giving him the spare key.

Ye Shanming didn't know whether to say that he was careless or that he trusted himself too much.

"Nanami..."

Azusa Azusa looked at Nanami Aoyama's departing back worriedly, and Akira Hayama patted her head:

"Believe in her, she's actually quite strong and will adjust herself."

Azusa nodded, and the two of them walked side by side down the road towards the station.

Although she said that she had no problem, Nanami Aoyama was still quite disappointed inside. She had made too much preparation for this audition. Even though it was just a casual role with five lines, she still put in a lot of effort.

“Is pursuing the dream of being a voice actor really the right thing to do?”

After breaking up with his family, he came to Tokyo alone to attend high school. In addition to his regular studies, he also had to go to a voice actor training school, and all his expenses had to be supported by odd jobs.

She barely held on for almost four months, and her body and mind were at their limit every day. As a result, she failed the first audition this morning, and Nanami Aoyama fell into confusion.

As if to reflect her mood, Tokyo, which had been sunny all day, suddenly began to drizzle.

The neon signs that are usually a bit glaring now emit a soft glow in the rain, and pedestrians without umbrellas jog towards the station to take shelter from the rain.

Nanami Aoyama was unaware of what was happening and was walking on the street in the rain, not knowing where she was or where to go.

She looked up at the night sky, her eyes full of confusion. There were tall buildings everywhere and people rushing around, but where was her place?

"boom……"

The deafening roar of engines echoed through the streets as four or five modified Suzuki motorcycles, emitting black smoke, raced through the rain.

The flag standing at the rear of the vehicle had the words "Evil Dragon" written on it in Chinese characters. The young men riding the motorcycles were wearing windbreakers with various unclear Chinese characters written on their backs.

When pedestrians holding umbrellas saw this group of bikers, they all showed disgust on their faces and moved away from them.

"Alas!"

A strange cry pierced the night sky, and the speeding motorcycle tires kicked up a lot of raindrops, splashing all over Qingshan Nanami. Her clothes, which were already half wet, were completely soaked and stuck tightly to her body. Fortunately, her school uniform was relatively thick, so nothing that should not be seen was exposed.

One motorcycle after another demonstrated their skills, stopping suddenly in front of Nanami Aoyama and surrounding her.

Stimulated by the cold rain, Nanami Aoyama's consciousness was pulled out of her chaotic thoughts. She hugged her schoolbag to her chest with both hands and looked at the group of bikers in front of her vigilantly.

"Little sister, why are you still out in the rain so late? Come in the car. I'll take you to take a shower and change clothes."

The biker who had deliberately splashed rain on Nanami Aoyama with his motorcycle smoothed his hair, smiled what he thought was a very friendly smile, and stretched out his right hand to Nanami Aoyama.

"No, I still need to get home. Bye."

Nanami Aoyama replied coldly and was about to leave, but another biker blocked her route with a motorcycle.

"It's raining so hard, how about you guys give you a ride home?"

"No, I'll take the tram back."

Nanami Aoyama refused again, walked around the motorcycle blocking the road, and was about to leave again.

"We just wanted to get to know each other, how can you be so disrespectful?!"

The hot-tempered biker could no longer contain his anger. He shouted and stretched out his right hand to grab Nanami Aoyama's shoulder, trying to force her to stay.

Ripples appeared on the motorcycle's rearview mirror, and a white rose vine quietly stretched out, wrapping around the biker's hand. The sharp thorns pierced deeply into his flesh, and blood mixed with raindrops dripped onto the ground.

"It hurts! What the hell is this!"

He shouted in panic, and then more white rose vines entangled the others into a ball. Several bikers howled in pain and fell to the ground.

It was just raining at night, and coupled with their previous street bombing, the Tokyo residents, who usually didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, subconsciously avoided this street. At this time, there was no one else except them.

Nanami Aoyama stared blankly at the vines, feeling a sense of déjà vu. The next moment, the scene from last night's dream reappeared in her mind. The sudden headache made her squat on the ground with her head in her hands.

“It’s really not beautiful.”

A sweet voice sounded from above her. Nanami Aoyama shook her head, and when she felt the severe pain in her head subside, she raised her head.

A doll wearing a snow-white dress stood on the back seat of a motorcycle. It had long pink and white wavy hair, and there was no eye in its right eye, but a blooming white rose.

The moment she saw her, all kinds of images appeared in Aoyama Nanami's mind again, blood flowing from her nose, and she fell to pieces on the concrete floor.

"It's you!"

She had completely remembered it and couldn't help but scream in shock.

Xuehua Qijing smiled sweetly and raised her hand, where a ring inlaid with a ruby ​​lay quietly.

He jumped onto Nanami Aoyama's shoulders, gently stroked her face, and handed the ring to her lips, saying in a very gentle tone:

"Come on, kiss it."

There seemed to be a special magic in Xuehua Qijing's words. Aoyama Nanami followed her instructions in a daze and kissed the ring.

Feeling the Rose Madonna in her body replenished with strength, Xuehua Qijing's smile became sweeter, and the white vines automatically retracted into her body. Several bikers got on their motorcycles in a daze with dull eyes, cut through the rain, and drove away.

Xuehua Qijing held her face in her hands, her right eye filled with longing. An abnormal blush welled up on her face. She looked into the distance and whispered softly:

"I will definitely make you sign a contract with me."

Just when Aoyama Nanami and Xuehua Qijing met again, Ye Shanming had already returned home. Although it was drizzling outside, his body was still dry due to the isolation of magic.

The room was in a mess. The bathroom was full of water and the shower head had fallen to the ground. The floor was covered with rose petals and black feathers. Zhenhong and Mercury Light's clothes were hanging on the balcony. They were both sitting in the room wrapped in towels.

"You two are tearing the house apart again?"

Just by looking at this scene, Ye Shanming could imagine what happened. It must have been during the afternoon tea party when they had another quarrel and fight. He sighed helplessly.

"I will definitely not be irritated by her next time."

Zhenhong glanced at the mercury lamp and said with confidence.

"You said the same thing last time."

Mercury Lamp didn't care about her words at all and threw out a sentence lightly.

"Okay, this is for you."

Seeing that the two were arguing again, Ye Shanming decisively interrupted them and threw the newly bought lactic acid bacteria to Mercury Lamp.

Mercury Lamp took it with both hands, a little surprised.

"You said last time that you liked to drink lactobacillus. I just saw it in the vending machine and bought it."

Ye Shanming explained, walked to the balcony, pinched the clothes of the two people, found that they were dry, took them off and threw them in front of them.

"Now that Alice Games is done, let's finalize our deal tonight."

Mercury Lamp hid the joy on his face and silently drank a sip of lactic acid bacteria:

"it is good."

In the hospital ward, Tachibana Kanade leaned against the head of the bed, quietly listening to the sound of the rain. She turned her head and saw her father talking to the doctor through the glass on the ward door.

Although I couldn't hear what he was saying, seeing how excited my father was, I thought my condition had worsened.

Kanade Tachibana thought silently, looked out the window again, and missed the black-winged angel.

She hasn't come for three days. Does that mean she doesn't need me anymore? Then have I been able to help her?