The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Alice wants to build a coffee shop so she can enjoy the feeling of brewing coffee herself in her mental world.

What should a coffee shop have? Su Tianqing couldn't offer any useful suggestions on this matter either.

"Because caffeine is poisonous to foxes, I've never been to a coffee shop," the golden fox said.

So Alice went to Fenrir.

"...Although orcs cannot be equated with their corresponding animals, they do inherit many characteristics, which is why I have never drunk coffee," Fenrir said.

So the big bad wolf is also a canine. Alice seemed to understand something.

If that's the case, then Hellcat and Cheshire Rabbit...

"It's a pity." "Cats and rabbits are also very sensitive to caffeine."

Both of them shrugged helplessly.

Alice abandoned her idea of ​​consulting her teammates about the coffee shop layout and decided to do it according to her own understanding. So she built a beautifully decorated coffee shop with all the necessary equipment and seating, but she always felt that something was missing.

Looking at the coffee shop lobby in front of her, Two-Colored Alice circled a table for a long time before finally understanding what was going on:

"I understand," Alice in her primary colors exclaimed in realization. "The café needs a maid."

"...Why a maid?" A question mark appeared above the heterochromatic Alice's head.

But as the two Alices, who were essentially the same person, exchanged a glance, they immediately understood each other's meaning. Little Jack then showed the same look of sudden realization and nodded repeatedly.

"I see, we need a maid."

The two Alices huddled together, whispering and brainstorming. After some discussion and research, they arrived at a very plausible conclusion:

A café needs maids to effectively boost its popularity and enhance its style. At the same time, a maid must be able to use a magical touch on the food to be considered a qualified maid.

"so."

"The maid café is now open."

Golden Alice is on the left, and black Alice is on the right. The two are showing the girls in front of them the café where maids have already moved in.

"Maid...cafe..." Bai Lili stroked her chin thoughtfully.

"This is a theme I've never heard of before. How is it different from a magical girl café?"

"The difference shouldn't be that big, right?" "Maybe it's the kind where they have the waitresses dressed as maids."

The girls chattered amongst themselves. Tian Nanxing was the first to push open the door and enter the coffee shop, where she immediately spotted a familiar figure at the counter—

Her red hair was tied back with a hairband, and she was wearing a maid outfit. Nervously clutching a tray, she met Tian Nanxing's gaze and mustered the courage to utter her lines from the maid café:

"Welcome to Fox Cafe...Master..."

Bern Hill's wagging tail remained behind him, staring intently at the red velvet, deep in thought for a very long time.

It wasn't until Bai Lili followed her into the café and their eyes met those of the veteran magical girl dressed as a maid that she uttered a soul-searching question:

"...Red Velvet, blink if you've been kidnapped by Hellcat."

"I'm listening."

The catgirl appeared behind Bai Lili without her noticing, and her quiet words sent a chill down Bai Lili's spine.

Before Bai Lili could voice her deepest question, the remaining members of the Red Velvet team, cowering behind her, came into view—all dressed in maid outfits, addressing the "customers" entering the café:

"Welcome to Fox Cafe, Master!"

……

The Heart Moon Fox is truly terrifying.

Terrifying in every sense of the word.

Sitting in the coffee shop, sipping a half-sweet latte, Lily and Hyacinth thought to themselves.

Across the table, Tiramisu, wearing a black headband and veil, was serving omelet rice to Tian Nanxing and Shuo Ye. Just as the two were about to pick up their spoons and dig in, the maid Tiramisu suddenly struck a strange pose:

"We need to cast a spell on the food before we eat."

"Let's become delicious—so cute and adorable~"

Tiramisu makes a heart shape with her hands, while Tiannanxing and Shuoye raise their hands and wings in celebration.

Having witnessed the current state of the Red Velvet Squad, Bai Lili glanced at the deeply shocked Hyacinth and continued:

"Hyacinth, so you've been fighting such a terrifying villainous fox all this time? I admire you more and more."

"No... While Xin Yuehu does have a lot of strange ideas, it would be very difficult for her to achieve such perfect mind control... It would require at least legendary magic."

"You mean she can actually do it?? I thought Red Velvet was just being fooled." Bai Lili was speechless.

Since Shingetsuko's debut, in Bai Lili's eyes, she has been constantly redefining the magical girl genre's definition of a "villainous magical girl."

Before that, most villainous magical girls were transformed by chance after accidentally finding a guardian star, like Hell Shrike, Bumblebee, and Oleander. However, because they did not have a stargazer to help them establish a connection with the star gods, they could not obtain an effective supply of magic power and could only replenish it by attacking other magical girls and magic-talented individuals.

Initially, the magical girls abhorred this act of attacking supplies, with the London Association and the Foehn Squad being the most prominent. They took strict precautions against the local oleander, who herself seemed to think that attacking others was not a respectable act... which ultimately led to the Great Fog of London.

Since then, the Hero Association has turned a blind eye to the villainous magical girls' magical energy replenishment activities, and has even hinted to the local teams that they could be more lenient.

After all, magic can be regenerated, but if something happens to a person, it's irreversible.

But Xinyuehu has arrived.

Her total magical power was approaching the level of Red Rose, and even more abundant than that of the ultimate old Red Rose.

Her magic and props are bizarre and unusual, and since her debut, she has been constantly redefining people's understanding of "There are such magical props?"

As for the mental world and that unique summoning magic...

"Red Velvet, could you come here for a moment?"

Seeing a lull in Red Velvet's activity, Lily waved to her.

The woman in red velvet, dressed as a maid, walked to the table, exchanged glances with the two girls who were tasting lattes, took a deep breath, and prepared to deliver her rehearsed lines.

"Lord—" "Stop, stop, stop, this is serious business."

Bai Lili quickly interrupted.

"Seriously, have you all been fooled by Xin Yuehu, or does she really possess some powerful mind control magic?"

“…………”

The maid's smile, which had been forced onto the red velvet face, gradually faded, and her eyes darted away, avoiding Bai Lili's gaze.

"Well... it's not exactly deception, it's just a normal transaction..."

"A deal? Senior, you absolutely mustn't make a deal with that fox. She's definitely up to no good—"

"Cough."

With a soft cough, Hyacinth felt a chill run down her spine. Turning around, she met the gaze of the catgirl who was enjoying a dessert cake. She saw a playful expression in the catgirl's heterochromatic eyes, and then she saw the albatross chatting and laughing with a golden fox next to her.

Hyacinth silently restrained herself, not daring to act recklessly in front of the young old woman and Xin Yuehu, the person involved.

"No, we all volunteered," Red Velvet sighed and said.

"So what exactly did she promise you that made you dress up as a maid in a coffee shop?" Bai Lili's confusion deepened.

"This...?"

After hesitating for a moment, Red Velvet leaned close to Lily and Hyacinth's ears and whispered:

"If we work as maids for a day, she will give each of us a custom-made fox-girl maid."

"Fully functional, fully transferable, no need to worry about privacy leaks, and free after-sales support in case of illness or problems!"

Bai Lili remained silent for a long time, pondering and struggling with the decision, before looking at Red Velvet with a serious expression.

"...Are you still hiring at your maid café?"