"Servant, do you want something to drink?"
Not long after, Yamada Elf returned to the living room wearing a pink and white princess dress. The girl's skirt was fluffy, and her blonde hair sparkled brightly under the lights, genuinely giving her somewhat of a princess vibe.
"No thanks." Sora shook his head. "You sit down first, I'll explain the situation regarding the side effects."
"Tell me, tell me quickly."
Elf's eyes lit up, and she swiftly sat down across from Sora.
"To make a long story short..."
Sora didn't hide anything and softly recounted the information he knew.
"There's a side effect to using the ability. Although it's a bit disappointing, it is acceptable." Elf rested her chin on her hands, leaning on the table as she listened earnestly, her small bare feet swinging back and forth. "After all, power without constraints only inflates the desires in people's hearts, ultimately leading to self-destruction... For instance, if Servant had mastered the invisibility superpower, you would definitely use it to peek at girls bathing, right?"
Sora looked at her with disgust. "Don't slander my innocence."
Using such an incredible ability like invisibility to peek at others bathing is a complete waste! Of course, I would infiltrate various high-level laboratories, retrieve top-secret data, and built my own lab!
"Hey, hey, how is Servant going to help purify the magic?"
Elf looked over with curious bright eyes.
Sora was expressionless. "Physical contact is enough, like holding hands."
"That's simple then."
Elf straightforwardly extended her small hand, offering it in front of Sora. She proudly lifted her chin, revealing a snow-white, graceful neck.
"This is a reward for Servant~"
Under the bright light, the skin of the girl's right hand was snow-white, her five fingers slender, delicate, and cute.
"Ahem." The blonde girl's voice was smug. "Hurry up and thank me. I've never let any other boy hold my hand before."
"I'm so tired today." Sora's gaze was full of disdain. "I suddenly don't want to help purify your magic anymore."
"Don't do that!" Elf immediately grew anxious. "I have to go out tomorrow. What if I accidentally make someone else's clothes disappear?"
"Dogeza and beg for their forgiveness."
"No! I absolutely refuse to dogeza in public!"
"..."
Sora looked over at a leisurely pace.
"When begging someone for help, you should have the proper attitude for begging."
"Eh?" Elf blinked. "What does Servant want me to do?"
Sora replied casually.
"Naturally, show your sincerity and proper attitude."
"T-Then fine..."
Elf's small face quietly blushed. She grabbed the hem of her skirt with both hands and lifted it up little by little.
"What are you doing?"
Sora looked over in shock.
"You're so mean. Servant clearly asked me to show my sincerity, and now you're asking what I'm doing." Elf's small face was crimson as she slightly puffed her pink cheeks. "I'm expressing my sincerity right now."
I told you to show the attitude of requesting help from others, not to use a seduction technique!
Besides, with a tiny pint-sized figure like yours, aside from those flat-chest complex weirdos, absolutely no one would be interested!
The next second.
A cold and stern girl's voice suddenly rang out.
"Izumi-kun, what are you doing?!"
Elf continued to lift her skirt, looking over with a blushing face.
"Sora told me to lift my skirt..."
"I am not, I didn't, stop talking nonsense." Sora delivered a swift triple denial. "I just told you to show the sincerity of asking for a favor!"
Elf's face was bright red. "But I saw in a manga that the greatest sincerity when asking someone for help is to expose your oppai..."
Are you kidding me! Who learns common sense from manga books!
Shiina Mahiru stepped forward briskly, swiftly reaching out her right hand to press Elf's skirt down.
"Do not believe the things in manga." Mahiru's pretty face was tense as her gaze shifted to Sora. "And you, do not bully Elf-san."
"...I understand."
Sora silently agreed, his gaze involuntarily shifting toward Angel-sama.
The pure white and black maid outfit fit her exceptionally well. It had a corset-style waist, making her waistline look astonishingly slender. Combined with the shy blush on her pretty face, her cuteness level skyrocketed by another two tiers.
However, at this very moment, even though Mahiru was clearly wearing a cute-style maid outfit, her imposing aura was undeniably that of the head of the household.
"I'm starting." Sora held Elf's fingertips, checking the purification progress bar in his mind. "The time needed is about ten minutes. During this period, we cannot break physical contact, otherwise, we'll have to start over."
"No problem." Elf agreed carelessly, even curiously squeezing Sora's fingers. "A boy's fingers are so thick and big."
Sora: "..."
Shiina Mahiru: "..."
Clearly, Elf was neither shy around strangers nor did she possess much sense of shame. She completely didn't care about a trivial matter like holding hands.
Time quietly slipped by.
Ten minutes passed in a flash.
Elf wasn't the type to stay quiet. During this time, she transformed into a hundred thousand 'whys', asking all sorts of questions non-stop.
Unfortunately, Sora wasn't omniscient and omnipotent; he was completely clueless about many of her questions.
Elf even wanted to experience what a Time Stop felt like, but was politely rejected by Mahiru.
"The purification is complete." Once the time was up, Sora finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up. "As long as you don't use the invisibility ability, there won't be any problems for a short while."
Elf tilted her small face up. "But with such a fun ability like invisibility, it's impossible to resist using it, right?"
Hearing this, Sora looked at the maid Angel-sama beside him.
Did you hear that? This is the mentality of a normal person after obtaining superpowers.
"Do not look at me."
Mahiru turned her head, averting her pretty face.
"If you can't resist using the ability, then you can only periodically ask me to help purify your magic." Sora rolled his neck, then took his leave. "It's getting late, that's all for today."
"Looks like I'll have to rely on Servant often from now on." Elf put her hands on her hips. "Tomorrow I'm going to turn invisible and go play!"
"..."
Mahiru pursed her moist pink lips, speaking softly.
"Thank you, Elf-san. I will wash this outfit and return it to you tomorrow."
"No need to return it." Elf was super generous, waving her hand directly. "It was my fault that Mahiru's clothes disappeared in the first place, just treat this maid outfit as an apology gift."
"Umm..."
"Then it's settled."
"..."
Mahiru had no choice but to let out a light sigh, planning to wash it clean and return it tomorrow anyway.
After waving goodbye, the two walked out of the house together.
"Right, there's still the stepladder."
Sora turned around and carried the stepladder back.
"I can do it myself."
Mahiru extended both hands, clearly having a personality that disliked troubling others.
"I dirtied the ladder by stepping on it, I'll do it." Sora said casually. "Besides, it's only a couple of steps away."
"...Thank you, Izumi-kun."