Want to be human, but cube-like

As soon as she entered the classroom, she spotted the blue-haired girl sitting alone in her seat, her face expressionless.

"Xiao Mu... she might know...!"

Subconsciously muttering to herself, Su Shi pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and made a decision.

……

After school in the afternoon.

In the garden of the Moon Forest Courtyard, in a small pavilion, Su Shi had been waiting for a long time.

"Xiao Mu~"

Only when she saw the girl with light green hair carrying a bag slowly walking towards her did she stand up and call out softly with a seemingly joyful smile.

"Su Shi..."

With a calm and composed expression, Wakaba Mutsu nodded almost imperceptibly. However, one could vaguely see a faint hint of joy slowly spreading across her eyes.

"I never expected to be in the same group as Xiaomu!"

Holding Mu's little hand, Su Shi led her into the pavilion and chuckled softly.

"Ah."

The taciturn Mu simply responded with a light murmur; someone unfamiliar with her might think she was unapproachable.

But Su Shi was already used to Mu's appearance. She stood aside with her hands clasped together.

"But why didn't I see Xiao Xiang's name on the notice board?"

Su Shi gently touched her index fingernail with her thumb, and then put on a worried expression.

"Did she transfer schools?"

As if speaking to himself unintentionally, Su Shi finished speaking and looked at Mu, who had already lowered his head.

"Xiao Mu, do you know?"

"..."

The latter simply remained silent, responding to her question with silence.

"Really? Xiao Mu doesn't know either..."

Outside Mu's sight, Su Shi frowned slightly, then quickly regained her gentle expression and spoke softly.

"What exactly happened? Xiao Xiang won't say anything. If everyone just sat down and talked it out, the problem could definitely be solved..."

As she spoke, even Su Shi's own emotions gradually became low. She looked at the large flower bushes outside the pavilion, and her voice grew weaker.

……

After a peaceful farewell to Wakaba Mutsu, Suze walked home alone.

On the phone, there was my mother's usual apology for not being able to come home and have dinner with me.

With a sigh and a dejected expression, Su Shi put away her phone and pondered what she should buy at the supermarket later to prepare for dinner.

"Would you like to sign a contract with me and become a magical girl?"

Suddenly, a strange voice resounded from the depths of her heart.

Startled, Su Shi suddenly...

But when I looked up, I found that the street was completely empty.

"Who...who is it?!"

Her pupils contracted slightly, she trembled, and asked in a soft voice.

"Hello, my name is Cupid."

In the corner, a strange white creature slowly emerged from the shadows.

Would you like to become a magical girl?

Its snow-white body was on all fours, its fluffy tail brushing the air behind it, and long fur trailed on the ground below its ears, adorned with two golden rings. It looked neither like a cat nor a rabbit.

"As a condition of your contract with me, you may make one wish."

Its deep red eyes gazed silently at Su Shi.

"A miracle that can grant any wish."

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PS As mentioned earlier, Kyubey is very polite and wouldn't barge into a girl's home. Therefore, as a homebody, Sue didn't see Kyubey once during the holidays. It wasn't until after school started that she went out for the first time, and Kyubey approached her.

Volume 2: Chapter 197 Cheer Up!

The first day of school is always a bit easier.

Shoko Toyokawa, who had no interest in club activities, left school early and headed back to the hamburger shop.

She wasn't in a good mood today.

Or rather, she had been thinking about how to deal with Alex during this time, and was therefore quite distressed.

Today, at Haneoka Girls' Academy, Shoko unexpectedly runs into former members of the band Crychic.

My mood worsened even further.

She had thought that she might meet another drummer in Haneoka, who also attended Haneoka in junior high and might go straight to high school, [Shiina Tatsuki].

But Xiangzi never expected that she would meet the person she had personally invited to be the lead singer of the band.

A delicate and sensitive child named Takamatsu Akari.

Yes, that confused girl who used song lyrics to tell her... about wanting to become human.

But all of that is in the past.

Because on the day he left the band, Xiangzi said some very hurtful things to her, which led to the complete disintegration of the band.

Perhaps, the other party still hasn't forgiven her.

Even now, Xiangzi still doesn't know how to face the other person.

Not long ago, I had shamelessly told Alex that as long as she went to talk to Aine and made things clear, the problem could be solved... But in fact, even I couldn't do that.

With his head down, Xiangzi walked down the bustling street, but he seemed to be rejecting everyone, and the atmosphere around him was extremely lonely.

With mixed feelings, she returned to the hamburger shop.

But when I looked up and saw the scene inside the burger shop, my thoughts became even more complicated.

In the empty burger shop, there was only a silver-haired girl, silently leaning on the counter in a daze, glancing at the sign hanging on the tightly locked glass door in front of her.

The two characters for "rest" were facing outwards and came into Xiangzi's view.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, Xiangzi glanced at the main door, which could only be unlocked from the inside, and reluctantly went around to the back door, took out his key, opened the door, and went inside.

"I am back."

She greeted her softly, but Alex, who clearly heard her call, did not get up to respond.

With his lips pursed, Xiangzi closed the back door before walking over.

Part of the reason she was in a bad mood today was that she was worried about what might happen to Alex, who was alone in the burger joint after she left for school this morning.

No, what she was worried about was that nothing would happen and Alex would just sit there blankly all day.

Ever since that day when Alex came home soaking wet and crying, she has been in this listless state.

Xiangzi still remembers her, looking like an abandoned kitten, her once smooth and beautiful hair hanging limply over her shoulders and back, clinging to her skin after being soaked by the rain, making Alex look utterly disheveled.

Not to mention her red eyes, sobbing and whimpering, and her inability to speak properly, which made Xiangzi's heart ache terribly.

This was the first time she had ever seen Alex with such a vulnerable and helpless expression. While she was shocked, she was also surprised as to why Aine could be so cruel.

Seeing Alex in this state, how could she bear to abandon her and leave?

When asked again, Alex couldn't say anything either, only telling Shoko that she had been abandoned by her mother and Aine.

She only told Xiangzi that Ai Yin had told her herself that she hated being her mother.

Ultimately, this matter was just a private affair between Alex and Aine, or even their family affair. Xiangzi could only sigh and try to find a way to comfort Alex, but he couldn't bring himself to go to London to find Aine.

Should she confront the other party and ask why they are unwilling to be Alex's mother?

This is too outrageous.

Having developed to this point, the relationship was already quite distorted, and in Xiangzi's view, it was probably normal that Aine couldn't accept it.

She even considered asking Alex if she should make a wish to Kyubey to bring Aine back.

But Alex is quite resolute when it comes to this kind of thing.

She said that her mother's decisions would never change because of anything.

She was unwilling to use this method to distort her mother's thoughts.

Left with no other option, Xiangzi could only try to heal Alex with time and distract her by running the burger shop.

But the results don't seem to be very obvious.

"Alex?"

Standing beside the silver-haired girl, Xiangzi bent slightly, tilted his head, and hooked the fallen light blue strands of hair with his slender fingers, revealing a serene and gentle face.

“…Xiangzi.”

Alex, who had been staring blankly at the street scene outside the window, finally reacted when Xiangzi's face blocked her view.

"You're back...?"

She probably wanted to give Xiangzi a slight smile in return, but her expression seemed very forced.

"Is it because I'm not here that you don't want to open the shop today?"

He asked softly, and it was only in front of Alex that Xiangzi would show such a gentle smile.

"...I...forgot..."

Alex paused, glanced at the closed door of the burger shop, hesitated, and then answered.

Straightening up, Xiangzi silently took a deep breath through his nose.

A sense of powerlessness rose in my heart.

It reminded me of how I felt a few months ago when I was facing my alcoholic father.

But Alex was still willing to change.

She just easily falls into a depressed state, then forgets everything else and starts spacing out.

For more than ten days, Xiangzi pulled Alex to open the shop every day, which was enough to keep her somewhat alert while she was working.

Just as Xiangzi had feared, today was the first day of high school, and she had no choice but to leave the burger shop early in the morning to go to Haneoka for school, leaving Alex alone in the burger shop.

Even before leaving, she kept telling Alex that even if she couldn't manage on her own and didn't want to open the shop, she should find something to do, such as working on the Sky Island, going out for a walk, or even going to the Ring across the street to listen to a live performance.

Perhaps she can still see Lena in the ring after school.

Xiangzi knew that ever since the relationship between the girls had deteriorated to its current state, Le Nai had stopped playing guitar at the burger shop and instead went to the Ring across the street to mooch matcha parfaits from that coffee shop.

But it seems that Alex has been sitting at the counter in a daze ever since she came downstairs this morning.

"How about we open for business for a while? It's almost lunchtime."

It was only around four o'clock. Xiangzi thought for a while, but didn't ask Alex why she had been sitting there in a daze all day. He just smiled, took Alex's hand, and walked towards the Sky Island.

"Cheer up! Come on, let's go to the Sky Island and get some ingredients!"

It seems there are no ingredients available in the kitchen right now, since Alex hasn't done anything at all today.

With practiced encouragement, Xiangzi suppressed the unpleasant emotions that had accumulated from meeting an old acquaintance at school today, and faced Alex in the most positive state.

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