Miss Witch, even if we're poor, we can't sell ourselves!

The afternoon sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves of the banyan tree, spreading a golden carpet on the ground.

The three walked along the main road. Qinyin led the way, Miya followed in the middle, and Lena trailed at the back with a lollipop in her mouth, her short white jellyfish-shaped hair swaying in the wind.

"Although our Star Trails site isn't very large, the facilities are all concentrated in one place, unlike Moon Forest where it takes half an hour to walk around."

Qin Yin walked along, turning back to introduce herself, her tone carrying a hint of pride.

She pointed to a building not far ahead, and Mi Ye looked in the direction she was pointing, and unconsciously exclaimed "Wow!" again.

That's the teaching building of Star Orbit Academy.

The exterior walls are made of warm beige stone with red brick decorative lines. Above the main entrance is a small clock tower, whose spire gleams gently in the sunlight.

The buildings on both sides unfold asymmetrically, with some windows being arched and others being square with carved window frames. The windowsills are filled with potted plants and small fairy lights, making it look less like a school building and more like a small castle taken out of a fairy tale book.

The piano music pushed open the door of the teaching building. People were coming and going in the hall. The little witch carrying the piano case ran past them. From the depths of the corridor, fragments of piano etudes and the clicking of a metronome could be faintly heard.

Miya followed Qinyin through the hall, her eyes darting left and right, barely able to take it all in.

Most of the activity room doors on both sides of the corridor are made of glass. Through the glass, you can see figures moving around inside. Some are practicing dancing, some are adjusting their expressions in front of the mirror, and a group of people are sitting on the floor having a heated discussion.

"This is way too curly..."

Miya muttered something under her breath.

Qin Yin smiled awkwardly, but didn't stop walking.

"It's the new year season, everyone wants to seize the first opportunity for exposure, and everyone says that things will be better after this period."

The bitter smile on her lips betrayed her as she said this; clearly, even she herself didn't quite believe it.

The three of them went up to the third floor.

There was a full-length mirror at the corner of the stairs. As Qin Yin passed by, she subconsciously glanced at herself, reached out and tucked a few stray strands of hair behind her ear, and then continued walking forward.

As Miya was looking down, calculating what time she would finish work that night, she suddenly felt her cuff being gently tugged.

She turned her head, and Lena had somehow walked up to her side, a lollipop in her mouth, her index finger pointing straight at a half-open activity room door.

Miya looked in the direction she pointed.

Through the glass window in the door, she saw a little witch sitting on the floor inside, applying conditioner to a scythe. The scythe was large and heavy, with a dark red handle and a blade that gleamed with a cold silver light; it didn't look like something that should be used in idol training at all.

The little witch holding the scythe had her small wings folded behind her back. She wiped the scythe while muttering something under her breath, and judging from her lip movements, she was probably cursing.

Fran?!

Miya suddenly turned her head back, almost twisting her neck.

A cold sweat instantly broke out in her palms, and she instinctively pulled her scarf up higher, trying to cover most of her face.

Are you kidding me?

Bella Vita is so big, how come we had to run into each other here?

She just pretended to cry in the game last night to fool this guy, and even stole his prize in front of tens of thousands of viewers. It's only been less than twelve hours. It's not like enemies meet on such a narrow road.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Yin noticed that the two people behind her had slowed down, so she turned around and glanced at Mi Ye.

Miya quickly waved her hand.

"It's nothing, it's just... how far is the activity room again?"

"It's right up ahead, the last room at the very end of the corridor."

Qin Yin quickened her pace as she spoke, and Mi Ye followed closely behind without looking back, slipping past the door of Fran's activity room as if her feet were greased.

Lenai followed at the very back, not in a hurry. As she passed the door, she glanced inside, tilted her head thoughtfully with a lollipop in her mouth, and then looked away and secretly smiled.

The activity room at the very end of the corridor is numbered 320.

Qin Yin pushed open the door and stepped aside to let Mi Ye go in first.

Miya stepped across the threshold, then stopped in her tracks.

The activity room was much larger than she had imagined, probably twice the width of a regular classroom.

The entire wall on the right is a row of huge floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing the pale golden sunlight to pour in without any obstruction, making the whole room bright and warm.

Through the glass, you can see little witches running on the playground nearby, and further away are the walls of Star Orbit Academy and a grove of banyan trees, and even further away is the outline of the entire city.

The glass curtain walls of the skyscrapers refracted twinkling lights, and in the distance, the silhouette of a faint mountain range on the horizon.

"Wow……"

Miya unconsciously walked to the window, propped herself up on the windowsill with both hands, and looked down.

The January sunlight shone through the glass onto my face, warm and pleasant, more like early summer than winter.

A few little witches were playing soccer on the playground, their laughter drifting up faintly, obscured by the glass and only a blurry background.

"The view is nice, isn't it? This is our group's regular activity room. Although it's in the very back corner, it's actually bigger than the other rooms."

The sound of a zither came from behind her, and Miya finally came to her senses.

She turned around and saw Qinyin had walked to a row of storage cabinets in the corner and was rummaging through something.

Lena had already automatically curled up in a sofa by the window, her legs rolled up, and the lollipop was on the other side of her mouth, making her look like a cat dozing in the sun.

"Miye, let me tell you about tonight's arrangements, so you don't need to be nervous."

Qin Yin took out a neatly folded performance costume from the locker, unfolded it to check the size, then nodded and placed it on the chair next to her.

She straightened up, dusted off her hands, and looked at Mi Ye.

"Listen to the song first, then try on the clothes to see if they fit. When you go on stage tonight, you just need to lip-sync."

Just as Miya was about to marvel again at the natural light from the floor-to-ceiling window, she blinked upon hearing this.

"Lip-syncing...is that all?"

Qin Yin shrugged and gave a helpless smile.

"The school requires freshmen groups to complete rehearsals within two days, and our lead singer is sick and has taken leave, which is simply unrealistic."

She took her phone out of her pocket, opened the group chat, and turned the screen towards Mi Ye.

"Everyone has already coordinated in the group chat, so we just need to lip-sync. To put it bluntly, the pre-recorded audio is actually more stable, which is better for the audience's experience."

Mi Ye suddenly realized something, and a whole bunch of things popped into her mind.

No wonder Lucid Dream and the idols reacted so strongly when she sang a cappella in the dance studio last night; it turns out that lip-syncing is the default practice here.

I see, no wonder they were so excited.

As Miya was silently reviewing the significance of last night's unexpected incident, she suddenly felt her finger being gently hooked.

She looked down and saw that Lena had gotten up from the sofa at some point and quietly walked to her side.

The white, jellyfish-like short hair brushed against Miya's wrist, soft and squishy, ​​like a Doritos chip.

Lena tilted her head up, her pink eyes meeting Miya's. Her ahoge (cowlick) swayed slightly, and then she turned to look at Kotone.

"Qinyin, I'm taking her out for a bit."

Qin Yin was squatting on the ground tuning her bass strings, not even looking up, she just waved her hand.

Go early and come back early.

Lena nodded, took Miya's hand, and walked towards the door.

Mi Ye was pulled along by her, and her feet followed involuntarily, a series of question marks popping into her mind.

Lena pushed open the door to the activity room, pulled Miya into the corridor, and then gently closed the door.

The corridor was much quieter than before, and the piano music in the distance had stopped, leaving only the birdsong outside the window and the faint sounds of conversation.

Miya looked down at the white-haired little witch holding her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.

"Um...where are we going?"

Lenai didn't turn around, but just held her hand and continued walking forward, their footsteps so light they were almost silent.

The lollipop moved to the other side of her mouth, and her cheeks puffed out in a new curve.

"Go somewhere."

Her voice was soft and emotionless, yet it inexplicably made people feel uneasy.