In the following days, everything was as usual.

As usual, that means...

"Ms. Shizuku, should I go find a job?"

Shizuku, who was sitting on a chair reading a newspaper, was stunned when she heard Kurosawa Aise's anxious question. She raised her head and looked at Kurosawa Aise, who was standing behind the desk, staring at her in confusion.

"What's wrong? What made you want to find a job?"

"Because... there have been no guests here, right? And all our expenses have to be borne by Miss Shizuku, I feel really bad..."

"Well……"

Actually, there has been no business for more than half a month. Originally, Kurosawa Aise was learning how to be an assistant from Hinasaki Shinku, but if there is no business, it doesn't matter whether she is an assistant or not. Hinasaki Shinku doesn't care, after all, she is still a high school student and has to go to school, but for Kurosawa Aise, this is her main job. So if there are no customers, then she will feel that she is just a freeloader.

"In that case, how about working at the coffee shop downstairs?"

At this time, Jing Shuijiu came over and put forward his own suggestions.

“Is the coffee shop downstairs open?”

Shizuku didn't pay attention to this. After she had no midnight snack, she no longer paid attention to the situation below.

"Well, they are hiring recently. I saw a notice posted outside before..."

"Maid??"

Hearing this word, Kurosawa Fengye tilted his head in confusion - for people a hundred years ago, this word was somewhat new.

"The main responsibility is to serve tea and water to customers, and to greet and see off guests. It's similar to what you learned at Crimson. However, the number of customers in the office is much smaller than that in the coffee shop. If you are interested, you can give it a try."

"I do. I want to go."

Hearing that what she had learned could be put to good use, Kurosawa Fengye immediately became excited. After all, she had worked hard to learn so much just to put it to use, rather than just doing nothing every day.

"Then go ahead. It's just downstairs anyway."

Kurosawa Aise was very serious about learning from Hinasaki Shinku, and she was also pretty. Plus, the coffee shop downstairs had been vetted by Shinku, so it definitely wasn't some weird place. So if Kurosawa Aise wanted to go, then Shizuku certainly wouldn't stop him.

So quickly, Kurosawa Aoi changed his clothes, and then followed Shizumi Hisahisa downstairs with an expression as if he was going to the battlefield - this was normal. Although she had become accustomed to modern life, this was the beginning of her real work, so it was not surprising that she was nervous.

After a while, Shizumi Hisahisa came back alone and said that Kurosawa Aise had been accepted by the coffee shop. After all, Kurosawa Aise herself was very beautiful and was very attentive when she was learning from Hinasaki Shinku. In addition, as a shrine maiden, she possessed a mysterious temperament, so she was naturally noticed by the shop owner at first sight and he nodded in agreement.

After hearing Shizuku's report, Shizuku felt relieved.

However, when Kurosawa Fengye came back in the afternoon, he looked uneasy.

"Hey, you're back...what happened?"

Seeing Kurosawa Aise's somewhat depressed expression, Shizuku also asked curiously. Facing Shizuku's question, Kurosawa Aise hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice.

"It's nothing, actually. I'm just... not used to it."

"Get used to it? What do you mean you're not used to it? The maid uniform over there?"

After all, in Shizuku's impression, the uniforms of many maid cafes are those short skirts that cover the buttocks, or those extremely revealing clothes. For Kurosawa Aise, she might not be able to accept such clothes.

"The uniform is fine. The skirt is long enough, so there's no problem..."

Shizuku Hisanori quickly answered Shizuku's question, which in turn filled Shizuku's mind with question marks.

"Why is that? Did the store manager and your colleagues exclude you?"

"That's not the case. Everyone takes good care of me. It's just..."

Speaking of this, Kurosawa Fengye blushed slightly.

"Most of those guests... well... were too explicit..."

"oh……"

Hearing this, Shizuku suddenly remembered that Kurosawa Aise was a shrine maiden of Higashiyama, and she had a powerful ability to see. To put it bluntly, it was actually reading minds. Although this ability requires two people to look at each other, as the most powerful shrine maiden of Higashiyama, Kurosawa Aise can easily distinguish the thoughts deep in the hearts of others even without directly "seeing".

You don’t need to be able to read minds to guess what kind of people who go to maid cafes are like. Modern people have long been accustomed to it, but "ancient people" like Kurosawa Aise seem to be unable to adapt to it for a while.

"So you want to resign?"

"No, I, I want to try harder!"

Kurosawa Aise obviously didn't intend to give up, and after hearing her answer, Shizuku shrugged her shoulders and didn't say anything more. After all, this was Kurosawa Aise's own decision, but she did have some interest in the coffee shop.

"Then let's go to that coffee shop tomorrow."

I don't know what the blended coffee there tastes like.

With this thought in mind, at noon the next day, Shizuku brought Shizumi Hisahisa and Kaname Kirie to the coffee shop on the first floor.

"Ding-ling-ling."

"Welcome."

After pushing open the door of the shop, girls in maid outfits soon came up to greet them. Just as Shizuku said, the clothes these maids wore were quite decent, and the hems of their skirts were long enough to reach their ankles. If there was one thing to say, the opening at the chest was a little too big, and you could see an obvious gully in the middle - but it was still within a safe range.

“It’s very lively here.”

After being led by the maid to sit down at the table, Shizuku looked around curiously, and saw that the coffee shop was full of customers. However, it was a little different from what she expected, that is, most of the customers in this coffee shop were female. Judging from their clothes, they should be office ladies from nearby companies. Of course, there were also many men. To some extent, this coffee shop had a good traffic cycle. Female customers liked to come to this shop, and because there were many female customers, it also attracted many male customers.

Of course, this is somewhat troublesome for Kurosawa Aise.

But as long as she didn't break the hands and feet of these male guests and stuff them into the wooden boxes, Shizuku didn't bother to care.

Shizuku also observed Kurosawa Aise's part-time job experience. Perhaps because of her own experience, Kurosawa Aise always seemed a little nervous when greeting customers. However, she did a good job as a maid. At least she didn't fall down and break cups, or spill food on other people's heads, as is often the case in anime. Although she was a little awkward, Kurosawa Aise still completed her job well.

However, it was another girl who caught Shizuku's attention.

She was a blonde girl who looked like a foreigner, wearing the same maid uniform, except that she seemed even busier. Not only was she responsible for serving tea and water, but she was also responsible for making coffee and preparing various foods. More importantly... she was not human.

"Ah... I never thought there would be a monster that dared to live below us."

Huo Zhiwuzhi glanced at it with lack of interest, then looked away, and Jing Shuijiu also took a sip of black tea.

"It should be a Western monster..."

“Does it need to be disposed of?”

"Let's see what happens."

Shizuku didn't care much about Kagano Kirie's question, but vampires generally have a strong sense of territory. A monster inexplicably appearing downstairs of her house was obviously not a good thing for Kagano Kirie.

While comforting Kaname no Mist, Shizuku took a sip of coffee... Well, this coffee tasted pretty good, although it was a little worse than Chino's coffee.

Of course, maybe it’s because the little loli with a rabbit on her head has a bonus when making coffee.

"Is this a good idea? If this guy gets carried away and does something here, it will cause us trouble."

"I believe she won't do anything stupid."

Having said that, Shizuku looked at the girl with blonde twin tails again.

"But perhaps a little warning is needed."

Then she made a statement that sounded like a gangster boss warning newcomers not to cross the line and encroach on territory.

Shizuku didn't care about that.

After all, magical girls are essentially no different from gangsters.

At the same time, the blonde girl standing behind the counter was looking at the trio in front of her with a grim expression.

Am I going to be destroyed? I wonder if they are here to destroy me...

Holding the tea tray tightly, the blonde girl's face was pale. Just as Shizuku realized, the girl in front of her was not a human, but a monster. Strictly speaking, she was a kind of "Tsukumogami". Legend has it that if an object is left for a long time, it will develop a soul and self-awareness and become a monster. The blonde girl is this type of existence. She is a fairy transformed from a black tea cup. Strictly speaking, she is not a very powerful monster.

Frankly speaking, the blonde girl didn't want to come here. She was also a youkai, so she could naturally feel the terrifying aura of Shizuku and Frostmourne. At the moment, the blonde girl was trembling like a goblin who had accidentally entered a dragon's nest. If possible, she wanted to leave here as soon as possible, as far away from here as possible.

Unfortunately, she is a Tsukumogami, and Tsukumogami is very similar to earthbound spirits in a way, and she cannot leave her body too far. And her body, the black tea cup, is the property of this coffee shop, so she can only bite the bullet and restrain her aura and come here to work. It's like a little brother sneaking into another gang's territory to do odd jobs, for fear of attracting the attention of the other gang's boss.

But now, the other boss has come to the door.

And I am just a little monster with no one to rely on and a lonely territory.

What should I do?

The blonde girl was almost in despair at this moment.