Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

ui-31 shrugged. If I have no money, he certainly doesn't.

This shows that he and I are really not a good match.

"However, once we reunite, Seruno can pay you, but the time ahead might be a bit boring."

Miss Gila, however, chuckled while clutching her chest, "There's really no other way. I'll just have to use my savings for now."

"is this okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with it; just consider it a special loan service."

I looked at ui-31 and I exchanged glances, and in the end, I accepted their kindness. After all, I would definitely pay them back, and it would seem guilty to refuse.

"Thank you in advance, but aren't you worried that we'll spend the money and run away with it?"

Miss Gila waved her hand.

"Don't worry, Hawaiians are warm and hospitable."

"..."

I stared at her silently to express my disbelief.

"I just think that magical girls in big cities must be quite wealthy."

I was stunned. So she already knew who we were?

Although Seruno changed her hair color, she didn't hide how we addressed each other. Miss Gila, who pays any attention to magical girls, would probably recognize us... Compared to me, "Bubble Witch" Seruno is quite popular, especially after she became Sirius's backup dancer, and she has become a hot topic of conversation.

"Since you knew, you should have said so sooner."

“Miluno is easier to get along with than she looks. I thought you were the cold type.”

Not only Seruno, do I know her too?

"I don't have many facial expressions, but I don't think of myself as a cold person."

"I can tell!"

The translator offered to provide the funds, so I simply enjoyed the pleasure of shopping. With the unsettling UI-31 right beside me, I could temporarily put aside the mess with Spica. The only problem was that this mute wolf could only carry things and couldn't speak human language, so my only conversation partner was Miss Gila.

She asked me many questions about Changkong City.

"Is that so? Changkong City is a good choice..."

"Miss Gila wants to go to Changkong City?"

"Yes, I'm pretty good at Chinese."

Although it shouldn't have been her who said it, Miss Jira's Chinese was indeed quite good. I didn't need to slow down my speech, and she answered without hesitation. It's rare for a native-born foreigner who has never left the Hawaiian Islands to speak Chinese so fluently.

"I'm a little curious, how did you learn Chinese?"

Blinking her clear blue eyes, she pointed to herself and said, "I grew up in Chinatown. I'd earn more working there than as a tour guide here, and I also know people in Changkong City."

"Perhaps."

I'm not entirely sure either.

In my opinion, $250 a day is a high income for a translation guide, even though she doesn't get a full day's work every day. For example, today she might only get $80 for three hours.

"We're here, let's eat at this restaurant!"

At lunchtime, Gila took us to a restaurant.

Generally speaking, the best restaurants in a place are not those fancy shops on the street, but small shops in relatively remote locations that only locals know about.

This rule applies almost worldwide.

“mom~ I'm back~”

puff--

So they've brought us here to help their own business?

"Hey, what's this all about?"

"Little sister~ you asked me what the best food was in Hawaii, and for me, it's naturally my mom's cooking."

Gila's enthusiasm hides a shrewdness, and you have to be careful when you're with her. However, her restaurant has a rather strange theme, with Japanese food on one side and Western food on the other. There is no wall between the two shops, but the decoration styles are completely different.

Cultural integration is also a timeless theme in Hawaii. Hawaii was originally an island with nothing. It is the cultures, languages ​​and cuisines from all over the world that have blossomed here, turning it into the passionate resort paradise it is today.

Gila's mother is also Hispanic; this plump lady is a Western-style chef.

"I already told Mom that this lunch is on me, so you can eat to your heart's content. Isn't that a good deal?"

Gila brought us some chilled homemade fruit wine.

"Oh? How could I possibly accept this?"

ui-31 nodded in agreement.

boom--

Gila pulled the cork off the bottle and placed it in front of me.

"Come on, friend, you can pay me back with a meal when I get to Changkong City~"

A simple, unpretentious "friend".

It made me truly feel the warmth of Hawaii.

But then, two familiar figures walked into the store...

Hawaii is really small.

Chapter Fifty-Six: A Story of Misunderstandings

(Sun Yao)

Miss Spica seems to have misunderstood.

She misunderstood my relationship with Ye Zi.

They think I broke them up because they are unhappy with her approaching Ye Zi.

Although I was a little reluctant, it probably wasn't based on "that kind" of feeling.

For me right now, I'm more likely to fall for Miluno than for Yezi... but I don't deserve that right, do I?

A rather old-fashioned ringtone suddenly sounded from Miss Spica's cell phone.

"I'm going to answer a phone call."

"Oh well."

She took her phone and ran to the bushes nearby, thinking it would take a long time, but she came back in no time.

I asked in a low voice, "Is it about work?"

I thought she would refuse to answer on the grounds of confidentiality, but she said instead, "It's Yin Lu. Your father took away Xiao Yangyan's medical records, and some additional tests have been added these past few days. She found it strange, so she asked someone to call me to ask about the situation, but I don't know the reason either."

"Huh? Dad? You want Yang Yan's medical report?"

Not to mention Miss Lu'er, I also find it strange. What does Father want this for?

"She'll be fine staying at the treatment facility, let's not worry about it for now."

Spica put away her phone and then looked at the large and small bags I was carrying in both hands.

"However, your magic is really convenient."

"Huh? Hmm! It's very effortless!"

Everything I bought was lightened with magic membrane. Paper bags containing heavy local products (indigenous wood carvings and masks) felt as light as a feather in my hand, and I couldn't feel their weight at all... Apart from lacking aggression, my magic is very convenient in every aspect of life.

At first I was dissatisfied, but now I genuinely love my unique magic.

I'll continue the topic from before.

"Regarding Yang Yan, I'll ask my dad about it when I get back to Changkong City tomorrow. I don't know if I'll be able to talk to him..."

It's not about whether you can or can't;

It's not a question of whether or not one dares to do it.

I felt genuinely guilty and in awe in front of my father, even though he never blamed me for my mother's accident.

“Serno…”

Spica hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question.

"...You and your father didn't exchange a single word for a whole year?"

"We've met so many times we could probably count on one hand, but as for the things we've said... we probably haven't even counted on one hand."

My father still resents me because of what happened to my mother. I know very well that I caused her to become like that.

“Aji wasn’t like this before.”

"I know..."

Mentioning her father easily triggers an overwhelming sense of sadness.

Miss Spica could tell, so she took the initiative to change the subject.

"Let's put the ostrich aside for now. It's about time we found a place to fill our stomachs. Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"I'm easy to please, I think the snacks at the market are pretty good too."

"You're quite like Yuehan in this respect. She's not picky about food and is quite greedy. She always regrets eating afterward."

Miss Spica may not be very good at comforting people. At this moment, hearing my mother's name, I couldn't even muster the last bit of appetite, and all that was left was a bellyful of melancholy.

Nevertheless, we entered a peculiar restaurant.

Although the restaurant is a Japanese restaurant, the other half of the long and narrow storefront is a Western restaurant, which is a rather peculiar layout.

There's no wall separating the two stores?

Or perhaps it was originally one store?

The menus are also placed together, so even though we're sitting on the Japanese side, we can still order dishes from the Western side.

I must say, this is a really interesting setup.