"It's been a busy day today."

Soaking in the hot spring, Kuon Asuka stretched out his body, while Maple and Sally also lazily soaked in the hot spring, not moving at all.

"Yeah... but it was really comfortable... and we saw a lot of interesting things..."

"By the way, Miss Xiaoyan is really amazing. What is your professional skill?"

Kuroyukihime was obviously more interested in the wave of light arrows that Homura Akemi fired at the end. She swam to Homura Akemi like a mermaid and looked at her curiously.

"Did you get it in the Gift Game?"

"Eh? Ah... No, this is an ability I originally had... The master also helped me a little."

"An original ability?"

Hearing this, Sally also came over curiously.

"Are you also a person with super powers like Miss Asuka and Miss Yao?"

"Superpowers? No."

Homura Akemi shook her head when she heard Sally's question.

"I'm a magical girl."

"Why?!"

"Magical girl?"

“Is this true?!”

After hearing Homura's answer, not only Sally and Kuroyukihime came over, but even Maple and Kasukabe Yō swam over excitedly. Only Asuka looked at everyone in confusion, not knowing how to react - her era was still post-war, and she had rarely seen a television, let alone magical girls.

"This is the first time I've seen a magical girl."

"Does a magical girl really ** when she transforms? Aren't you shy?"

"By the way, what exactly is a magical girl's transformation like? Is it a long cutscene like on TV? Aren't you afraid of being interrupted by the enemy in the middle of the transformation?"

“…”

Faced with the questions from the three people, Homura Akemi didn't know what to say for a moment... She had never thought about these questions herself!

"I'm not sure, because the transformation only takes a moment... that's different from the animation... and it's unlikely to be interrupted... you see."

As she spoke, Homura jumped out of the hot spring, and the next moment everyone saw a flash of light, and then Homura, who was originally naked, instantly changed into a magical girl's outfit. Seeing this scene, Maple's eyes sparkled.

"How convenient... Hey, if I could be a magical girl, I wouldn't have to worry about having no clothes to wear."

"Eh? Is that the question?"

After that, everyone made a lot of noise around Homura Akemi for a while, and then Homura untransformed and returned to the hot spring. And then... naturally, it was time for the girls to... envy each other.

"But I have to say, Miss Asuka has a really nice figure."

Looking at Asuka Kuon who was sitting in the hot spring and playing with the elves, Kuroyukihime couldn't help but sigh, and Maple and Sally nodded.

"Yeah, her skin is so white, and her breasts are so big, she doesn't look like she's fifteen at all..."

"Eh? Yes, is that so?"

Hearing everyone's sighs, Fei Niao covered his chest a little embarrassedly.

"But I'm just average, right? What I really want to say is..."

However, before Asuka could finish his words, he saw a young girl push open the door and walk in.

"Ah, I didn't expect there would be such a nice hot spring... Looks like I can wash away today's fatigue."

As she spoke, the blonde girl walked to the hot spring, slowly entered the hot spring under the gaze of everyone, squinted her eyes, stretched comfortably, and then sat down.

“…It’s floating.”

"It's the first time I know that it actually has buoyancy..."

“…Shokuhou-san, I think she’s only 14 years old…”

Staring at the two lumps floating in the hot spring like balloons, everyone's expressions became inexplicably complicated. The oldest of the group were Maple and Sally, sixteen-year-old high school students. Then there were Kuroyukihime, Kasukabe Yō and Kuon Asuka, all fifteen, and Akemi Homura, fourteen...

"Hmm? What's wrong, everyone?"

Noticing the complicated looks from the crowd, Shokuhou Misaki giggled and looked at everyone.

“No, that… I just didn’t expect you, Shokuhou, to be so well developed…”

"Um……"

Kuroyukihime answered with a slightly bitter expression, and Kasukabe Yō silently nodded. Although they are older than Shokuhou Misaki in terms of age, in fact, if they are ranked by body size, then the first place in this group is Shokuhou Misaki, followed by Kuon Asuka, followed by Maple, Sally and Kasukabe Yō, and as for Kuroyukihime and Homura Akemi - well, they are only slightly better than average.

"Are you so surprised? You can see it on weekdays, right?"

“No, well, I thought it was because of the chain of that shoulder bag you always carry, Shokuhou…”

"...It's impossible for it to be that serious, you guys are really..."

However, just as Shokuhou Misaki sighed helplessly, the wind suddenly stopped.

Time stopped flowing.

For a moment, the girls in the hot spring were frozen in place like statues, but Homura Akemi instinctively jumped up and reached out for her longbow. At the same time, a light "click" sound was heard behind her accompanied by a dazzling flash.

"Owner?"

Looking at Fang Zheng climbing over from the wall of the hot spring, Homura Akemi was stunned for a moment before she put away the weapon in her hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, let me take some pictures of beautiful women bathing."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he walked to the hot spring, then raised his personal terminal and started taking pictures inside.

"If I use the normal method to shoot, wouldn't I be considered a pervert if I'm discovered? So I might as well stop time and shoot. Anyway, in the torrent of time, what I do won't even exist for more than a second, which is the same as non-existence... Well, shoot, save..."

"Excuse me, but what you are doing now is enough to be called a pervert."

"What does it matter? If we are not discovered, then we do not exist. Besides, we are accomplices. Besides..."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng suddenly grabbed Homura Akemi's arm and held her in his arms.

"Even if I do, I will only do something perverted to you."

"Wow, wait a minute, right here...?"

"What does it matter? It never happened anyway."

Soon, the wind whistled past and the tree began to sway again.

"...You all have a stupid side too..."

Shokuhou Misaki pressed her forehead helplessly and sighed, and at this moment, she saw Homura Akemi with a flushed face turning around from behind the rockery on the other side.

"Ms. Homura? When did you get there?"

"Ah, I just went over there for a bit..."

"Your face is so red, are you okay?"

Seeing the blushing cheeks of Homura, Maple asked curiously, but Homura blushed and shook her head.

"No, nothing. Maybe I stayed in the bath for too long. I'll go out and take a rest..."

As she spoke, Homura Akemi left the hot spring. However, before she had taken a few steps, her legs suddenly went weak and she collapsed to the ground.

"Ms. Homura?!"

"Are you okay?"

Seeing this scene, the others hurriedly walked out of the hot spring and surrounded Homura Akemi, while the latter just shook her head slightly.

"It's nothing serious, my legs just felt a little weak for a while..."

"Let me take you out."

Kasukabe Yō helped Homura Akemi up, then she twitched her nose and frowned slightly, but said nothing, and helped Homura Akemi leave the hot spring.

"It's a pity that you, Mr. Fang Zheng, could do such a perverted thing."

This was the first thing Shokuhou Misaki said to Fang Zheng after bathing in the hot spring.

"What on earth were you thinking of doing something so perverted in a hot spring full of young girls?"

"That's exciting. By the way, how did you know that?"

"Look at Miss Homura, I'm not stupid, okay? I was just confused so I took a quick look, but I didn't expect that I would see something so disgusting... Ugh... Now that I think about it, I want to delete my memory immediately!"

When Shokuhou Misaki read Homura Akemi's memory, it must have been from a first-person perspective, and the shock brought by the first-person perspective was naturally unimaginable for Shokuhou Misaki.

At this moment, Shokuhou Misaki's face was also flushed, and it was unclear whether she was shy or angry.

"It's okay. Once you see it a few times, you'll get used to it."

“Who wants to see that thing again!!!”

If she couldn't win, Shokuhou Misaki would have pounced on Fang Zheng and scratched his face.

"Okay, stop playing."

However, Fang Zheng's shamelessness was certainly not something that could be overcome by just a few words from Shokuhou Misaki.

"Next, tell everyone to get ready. We are going to have a meeting in Bai Yasha's room. We have something important to inform you of."

Shokuhou Misaki felt that if she continued to stay with Fang Zheng, she would sooner or later develop high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.

Fortunately, Academy City has advanced technology...it should be able to be cured.

So, in desperation, Shokuhou Misaki had to go and inform the others angrily, and then everyone rushed to Shiroyasha's room, and then they learned from Shiroyasha about the crisis of the "Fire Dragon Birth Festival" - of course, Shiroyasha and Fang Zheng did not tell the specific reasons, they just said that "a demon king will come to disrupt the Fire Dragon Birth Festival."

As for the other one, it is naturally the final of the Gift Game that Kasukabe Yo will participate in tomorrow.

"In addition to Yao's 'No name' and 'Salamander', the remaining two contestants in this final are 'Willow Fire' and 'Rat Catcher'."

"Why?!"

However, after hearing Bai Yasha's introduction, the girls screamed, and then all looked at the elf who was sleeping soundly in Fei Niao's hand, while Fang Zheng laughed.

"The rat catcher... the piper of Hamelin? Very interesting."

"Mr. Fang Zheng? What do you mean?"

"What do you know?"

However, when they heard the name Fang Zheng said later, Black Rabbit and White Yasha's expressions changed and they hurriedly asked, while Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"Of course, the Pied Piper of Hamelin was once the name of a community under a certain demon king."

Baiyasha nodded vigorously and answered with a serious expression.

"But the demon king disappeared in the battle with a certain community, and the community under his command should have been destroyed..."

"So you suspect this rat catcher is the demon king that's about to attack?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

"Isn't that better? It would be easier for us to catch them all in one fell swoop?"