In the past, she used to find a place to live on her own. As long as there were not too many humans around, and innocent humans would not get caught up if the demon race came looking for her, that was fine.
But now, with the Service Club being an incredibly safe place and having many helpers she could ask for aid at any time, she naturally chose to live in the Service Club.
After all, the Service Club's space was huge, with plenty of empty rooms, and there were even nightly activities every day that could increase one's strength.
The only thing that made her a bit conflicted was that the human student she had brought out, Majima Yuuri, who had awakened and become a Goddess Angel, had also been pulled into the Service Club. It was just that she was still unclear about the relationships between the other members of the Service Club and Hachiman.
Right now, she also felt embarrassed to tell Majima Yuuri about the humiliating experience of asking Hachiman to help her collect desire energy in order to save people, and then continuing to maintain this kind of relationship even after the matter was resolved.
But it would not work to keep hiding it from Majima Yuuri forever. Hachiman could help those human girls awaken magical girl powers. Although their strength was not strong yet, and some had only just learned how to transform, as daily training increased, the strength of these magical girls was rapidly growing.
Majima Yuuri, whose strength improvement speed was far inferior to theirs, would likely be overtaken by others very soon. By then, trying to join and catch up would be troublesome.
"Okay, Rione-sensei. I will chat with them for a bit, then go back and rest early."
Majima Yuuri felt that the way Suzune Rione looked at her was a bit strange, always seeming hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but held back.
Maybe she thought her strength was insufficient. Even though Rione-sensei and she worked together to eliminate the demon race, they still could not eradicate the demon forces rampaging everywhere.
Even tonight, when they were eliminating demons, they ran into other magical girls who were fighting other evil forces.
From now on, she had to work harder and strive to make Rione-sensei stop worrying.
Watching Suzune Rione's departing figure, Majima Yuuri adjusted her mood, looked around the oversized living room with people coming and going, many familiar Sobu High girls she even had good relationships with, then stepped toward Miura Yumiko and the others and smiled as she spoke, "Good evening, everyone. I did not expect to see you here so late. Is there some special activity tonight?"
In the afternoon after school, she had helped notify Miura Yumiko to remember to come to the Service Club, but she did not expect Miura Yumiko to still be here so late. There were even quite a few Sobu High students present, even though there was an exam tomorrow.
Come to think of it, this time seemed even livelier than the last time she came to the Service Club. Did nobody need to sleep?
"Weren't you the one who told me to come this afternoon? Whatever. Sit down first and then talk. What is your relationship with that guy Hikigaya? This afternoon you suddenly disappeared on the spot right in front of me, Sairenji, Kitamura, and the others. You teleported to the Service Club to get cozy with that guy Hikigaya, right?"
Miura Yumiko looked at the pretentious Majima Yuuri, curled her lips, and asked bluntly.
She did not believe that Majima Yuuri had nothing to do with that guy Hikigaya. Now that she was already in the Service Club, would Hikigaya really not take a bite?
That guy Hikigaya had already eaten most of her good friends. A girl like Majima Yuuri, pretty, sweet-voiced, gentle, and kind, how could he possibly let her go.
"This... Miura-san, you misunderstood. Hachiman-san and I really are not that kind of relationship. We have not even talked much with each other."
Majima Yuuri sat down beside Ijichi Nijika, whom she was relatively familiar with. Hearing Miura Yumiko's clearly off-key questioning, she blushed and hurriedly waved her hands. She looked at everyone in this small sofa group, hesitated for a moment, then explained softly:
"The reason I suddenly disappeared on the spot was indeed because I teleported back to the Service Club, but it was not to get close to Hachiman-san. It was to save people."
"Save people?"
Miura Yumiko, along with Ijichi Nijika, Kita Ikuyo, and the others who were about to speak up to ease the atmosphere, were all stunned by Majima Yuuri's answer.
Because of their preconceived impression of Hachiman, Ijichi Nijika and the others had actually thought that Majima Yuuri had a rather close relationship with him.
After all, when they went to buy a bottle of drink after class, they could casually run into several pretty girls who had already been messed with by Hachiman.
"Actually, at that time I sensed an evil force appearing somewhere, but it was quite far away. So I used the Service Club's teleportation function, first teleporting back to the Service Club. Then members who were nearby also teleported to the Service Club, and finally I followed her to the vicinity where the evil power was erupting."
Majima Yuuri nodded seriously and explained to them the simple method of mutual aid among Service Club members, while also protecting ordinary members of the club.
"As a Goddess Angel, my duty is to eliminate evil forces and protect humans. When someone is in danger, there is naturally no time to worry about other things."
Originally, Rione-sensei wanted her to keep her identity confidential, but considering that most of the members in this Service Club already knew about the existence of magical girls, she hesitated for a moment and then stopped hesitating.
After all, Rione-sensei had not continued to hide her identity either, but instead joined the Service Club together with her. In that case, she did not need to hide anything from the club members.
"Goddess Angel? Not magical girl?"
Miura Yumiko was stunned. Ijichi Nijika, Yamada Ryou, and the others were also a bit confused. Hearing Majima Yuuri talk about eliminating evil forces and protecting humans, they had subconsciously thought of magical girls.
"Mm... it is not wrong to think of it as magical girls. But Goddess Angels are beings from the Goddess Realm, so they are still a bit different from magical girls. For example, Rione-sensei is a Goddess Angel who came from the Goddess Realm, while I am a human who awakened into a Goddess Angel."
Majima Yuuri nodded. Knowing that most of Miura Yumiko and the others had just come to the club today and did not understand much, she continued to explain using the knowledge she herself had only learned not long ago.
"However, aside from Rione-sensei and me, there are also many magical girls in the club."
"Like Miss Hanabishi over there, Miss Mizukami, Miss Tenkawa. Do not be fooled by the fact that they are known outside as the magical-girl-themed idol group Tres Magia. They really are magical girls."
"And Kirisaki Kyoko, who is from the same idol agency and is currently filming the live-action tokusatsu drama Magical Girl Kyoko, also seems to be a magical girl."
"Besides the magical girls in the club, there are magical girls protecting humans in many places."
"Like the Supercharged Angel that Rione-sensei and I encountered tonight. Um... the power she uses might be a bit different, but she should also be a magical girl who protects humans."
Rione-sensei said that Supercharged Angels obtained their transformation ability by implanting special items into their chests. Although their strength was not weak, the side effects were very severe.
However, she felt that since they were all protecting humans, if they were in trouble, they naturally needed help.
She just did not know yet how to talk to Hachiman-san about letting Supercharged Angels join the Service Club. After all, the way Supercharged Angels obtained their transformation power seemed a bit wrong.
Mm... she hoped Hachiman-san would be willing to help them. Otherwise, with that extremely special way of obtaining energy, there was absolutely no way they could deal alone with the increasingly frequent evil forces.
Even if they were unwilling to do that kind of thing, at the very least, at the very least, letting Supercharged Angels join the Service Club would allow them to run back to the Service Club to seek help when their energy was exhausted and they could not defeat their enemies.
"Rione-sensei is also a magical girl?"
"So magical girls actually come in many types?"
"Why are magical girls all going off to become idols and act in TV shows?"
After listening to Majima Yuuri's introduction about magical girls, Ijichi Nijika, Kita Ikuyo, Miura Yumiko, and the others did not know how to complain anymore.
They had thought magical girls were extremely rare and uncommon beings, but they did not expect them to be everywhere here, like wholesale goods.
Teachers were magical girls, idols were magical girls, actresses were magical girls. What else was not a magical girl?
"Marin, Nijika, what about you? It is so late and you are still at the club. Are you not worried about tomorrow's exam?"
After finishing her thoughts about magical girls, Majima Yuuri saw that everyone was too shocked to continue the topic, and could not help but ask the gentle and considerate Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin why they were here.
It was so late, yet there were still so many people in the Service Club not sleeping, coming and going, eating, drinking, and playing in the grand living room.
If it were just demi-humans, she could understand. Demi-humans came here for the elf princess, basically did not need to worry about academics, and had the Service Club as a place they could teleport to at any time, with food, drinks, and beds provided. She would not be surprised even if demi-humans stayed here twenty-four hours a day.
But besides Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin here, she also saw many familiar faces on other sofas, including even members of the disciplinary committee and the student council, which made things puzzling.
"Uh... well..."
Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin exchanged glances. Both of them looked a bit awkward, not knowing whether they should explain to Majima Yuuri their purpose for coming here tonight.
Hearing Majima Yuuri say she was a Goddess Angel, and that Rione-sensei had helped Majima Yuuri awaken, they had already guessed that Majima Yuuri probably did not know that Hachiman could help awaken magical girl talent.
If she did not know that Hachiman could help awaken magical girl talent, then she naturally would not know why everyone had gathered here tonight.
After all, Majima Yuuri was both human and a magical girl. If she had any relationship with Hachiman and had participated in activities where everyone played together, she absolutely would not be unaware of how formidable Hachiman was.
While they were hesitating, Yamada Ryou's figure suddenly vanished from the sofa.
"Did Ryou leave, or is it her turn to go eat at the family restaurant?"
"Then what about Chisato and Takina? Why have they still not come back?"
"Nijika, then if we wait, won't we also—"
Before Kitagawa Marin and Kita Ikuyo could finish exclaiming, less than half a minute later, Kita Ikuyo, who was still shocked, also vanished from the sofa.
"That bastard Ryou!"
Seeing this scene, Ijichi Nijika clenched her teeth in frustration.
Either everyone should be teleported together, or nobody should be teleported. How could Ryou be teleported first, and then Kita be teleported immediately afterward?
This was definitely Ryou's doing. She did not even need evidence.
"They just..."
Majima Yuuri looked at the spot where Kita Ikuyo and Yamada Ryou had suddenly disappeared, feeling confused. They had been talking just fine, and suddenly they were gone halfway through.
"Ahem! Actually, they went to develop their magical girl talent. The reason we came to the club so late tonight is because of this."
Seeing that Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina had still not returned, while Yamada Ryou and Kita Ikuyo had been teleported over one after another, Ijichi Nijika finally made up her mind to tell Majima Yuuri the "truth" about this Service Club.
Majima Yuuri was staying in the Service Club and was also a magical girl. Even if she did not know now, sooner or later she would be dragged in by others.
There were quite a few people like Ryou in the Service Club, just not as direct or as obvious as her.
Others sold out their friends for special purposes. Ryou did it purely for money.
"Develop magical girl talent? Hachiman-san can actually develop magical girl talent? Really?"
Majima Yuuri stared blankly at Ijichi Nijika, finding it hard to believe.
Magical girls were even rarer than demi-humans. They almost always protected humans in the dead of night, and some magical girls would even erase the memories of ordinary people afterward.
For Majima Yuuri, who was a Goddess Angel, encountering colleagues late at night was a common occurrence, so she was not surprised at all that there were magical girls in the Service Club.
But now, Ijichi Nijika and the others were all going to become magical girls?
Even though she believed that Hachiman-san was very powerful and had always wanted more magical girls to work with her and Rione-sensei to eliminate evil forces, this was still hard to believe.
According to Rione-sensei, a senior Goddess Angel from the Goddess Realm, magical girls, like Goddess Angels, required extremely rare talent, even rarer than the talent for simply learning magic.
After all, magical girls relied on talent and the power of the heart, which was quite different from ordinary cultivation systems. And now magical girls could be produced in bulk?
"We do not really understand the specifics either, but we are indeed here tonight to complete the magical girl awakening ritual. We may also need to frequently accept Hikigaya-kun's training in the future."
Kitagawa Marin blinked and spoke with a cheerful smile.
"If you do not believe it, you can come over with us later. Oh, right. Hikigaya-kun is eating in the family restaurant right now. You have to sign your name at the front desk like us before it will be your turn."
"Marin?"
Ijichi Nijika looked at Kitagawa Marin, who was dragging someone into the pit, her face full of confusion and shock. How had Marin also learned to be bad?
Majima Yuuri did not know the specifics of the magical girl awakening ritual. But did they not know? Even if they had not become magical girls yet, they all knew very well how Hachiman usually played with them.
Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina both knew what was going to happen. Bringing them along to face Hachiman together could be explained. But now dragging Majima Yuuri down as well, was that really appropriate?
"Relax. I thought it over carefully. The style of the collar on Rione-sensei's neck is the same as ours. Even if Yuuri does not come with us now, sooner or later she will have to go with Rione-sensei."
Kitagawa Marin waved her hand and gestured to Ijichi Nijika by pointing at the black collar on her own neck.
Normally, Rione-sensei wore a black collar around her neck. At first, she had not paid attention to it. But later, after learning that Rione-sensei was a Goddess Angel like magical girls, and thinking carefully about Rione-sensei's appearance, she noticed something off.
The collar Rione-sensei usually wore seemed to have changed without her realizing it. It was still black, but it had become the same style as their shared-sense collars.
"This... Rione-sensei also..."
Hearing Kitagawa Marin's careful observation, Ijichi Nijika opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but could not say it.
Rione-sensei did not seem to be that many years younger than her sister, right?
Although she had a slim waist, long legs, an imposing temperament, and looked very charming, completely different from her sloppy sister who needed her care.
But if her sister were willing to tidy herself up a bit, she could look very nice too.
Since Hachiman liked the type like Rione, did that mean he really had thoughts about her sister and PA-san?
'It seems... when Hachiman was at STARRY, he has been very enthusiastic toward sister and PA-san...'
At this moment, Ijichi Nijika could not help but think again of Yamada Ryou's extremely unreliable lifelong band, lifelong sisters plan.
"Um... so what you are saying is... Rione-sensei is also consulting with Hachiman-san and accepting Hachiman-san's training? How do I join you to receive magical girl training together?"
After discovering that Rione-sensei was also participating in Hachiman's magical girl training, Majima Yuuri immediately made up her mind to join Ijichi Nijika and the others.
"Ahem! Actually, participating in Hachiman's magical girl training requires paying a certain price. If you really want to join, I think you can try this first."
Seeing that Majima Yuuri's trend of being dragged in could not be stopped, Ijichi Nijika could only take out the extra shared-sense collar Shiine had given her and hand it to Majima Yuuri.
"If you can accept it, then you can receive Hachiman's magical girl training like us."
She had already experienced it far too many times. It seemed that no one could completely ignore this immersive shared-sense collar.
Even Gabriel was still very wary of this thing and completely refused to give Ai Irith a chance to put the shared-sense collar on her.
"Yuuri, I will help you put it on."
Seeing Ijichi Nijika take the initiative to hand over the shared-sense collar, Kitagawa Marin quickly stood up and helped Majima Yuuri put it on.
"Thank you. May I ask what is special about this collar?"
Majima Yuuri was a bit confused, but seeing Kitagawa Marin come over to put the collar on her, she hurriedly thanked her. Only then did she ask about the origin and purpose of the black collar.
"This collar... Yuuri, you will know once you experience it yourself."
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