"Hi, H-Hikigaya-san, um, since you do not need to use this method to turn us into magical girls, could you help untie the ropes on us?"
Watching plate after plate of appetizers and side dishes appear out of thin air beside her, and even feeling the invisible force gently slice open her Japanese-style uniform, cool sushi landing on her skin, as if the main dish were herself and Takina, Nishikigi Chisato could not help but speak up, wanting to escape the miserable situation of having both her hands and feet bound.
Her strength was not small. As a Lycoris agent, she had even learned how to cut free from restraints under special circumstances.
But the ropes binding her hands and feet were not only extremely sturdy, they also seemed to sap her strength. Even moving a little took great effort, let alone secretly undoing the ropes and escaping.
"Although this method is not a necessary ritual for developing magical girls, it is not impossible to develop your magical girl talent this way."
Hachiman smiled at Nishikigi Chisato, who was trying to persuade him to untie the ropes, then turned his head to look at Inoue Takina beside her, whose expression remained calm.
"Takina, do you want to give it a try?"
"But I should make this clear in advance. I can indeed help you develop your magical girl talent and let you gain the power of a magical girl, but this power is not completely without side effects."
"Will it turn people into monsters? Will it make people lose their sanity?", Inoue Takina asked directly, as if she had already expected this.
She did not really believe in extraordinary power with no side effects at all. After all, for many people, the price paid to Hikigaya-san could practically be said to be no price at all.
However, if the side effects were within what she could bear, she still would not refuse this excellent path to increasing her strength.
"Turn into a monster? Lose sanity? Of course not."
Hearing Inoue Takina's question, Hachiman could not help but shake his head and smile. He was not QB. Even if he signed magical girl contracts with everyone, he could not grant their wishes.
"Awakening and developing your magical girl talent is essentially just giving you a seed of extraordinary power that can grow."
"The subsequent improvement of this extraordinary power seed requires frequent watering and training here with me, completely dependent on me."
"If you cannot accept this, then there is no point even if I help you awaken your magical girl talent."
The magical girl awakening template only restricted the magical girls to the human race and did not impose any other restrictions. Talent was merely divided by how long one could persist and did not affect later strength growth.
If there was any restriction to speak of, it was probably himself.
The source of magical girls' power relied entirely on his output, which was rather troublesome.
Once they accepted his magical girl power seed and underwent long-term training and development from him, there would be no way to break free from dependence on him.
After all, he also had a subtle absolute taming ability and a service aura where the more service units he had, the stronger he became.
It could be said that he did not need to worry at all about any problems with the magical girls who left from his side.
Because these magical girls were truly taught by him hand in hand, heart to heart, little by little.
"Frequently accepting your watering and training, Hikigaya-san... do you mean something like a lifelong instructor? Once we become your disciples, we have to accept your training for our entire lives."
Inoue Takina tried to understand Hachiman's meaning through the training system she knew from Lycoris.
"You can understand it that way, but in reality it is quite different. Temporary instructor might be more appropriate, since you have to pay a price every time you train."
Discussing these matters so seriously with Inoue Takina made Hachiman feel a bit strange.
But he did not dwell on it too much. After all, this kind of situation was also a rather nice experience.
"Then, Instructor, would you be willing to come to DA headquarters to develop magical girl talent? As long as you are willing, DA headquarters will definitely meet all your needs with full effort. In the future, the Lycoris you train will all be beautiful girls that fit your aesthetic."
Noticing that she might frequently have to accept Hachiman's training in the future, Inoue Takina proactively invited him to join Lycoris and serve as their magical girl instructor.
She had never been interested in future topics like romance or marriage. Lycoris were just killing tools. She believed that many Lycoris thought the same, treating the DA organization that had raised them from childhood as their home.
However, if their bodies could satisfy Hikigaya-san and allow him to grant them magical girl power, they would also serve Hikigaya-san with everything they had.
In that case, would their relationship with Hikigaya-san count as a romantic relationship?
They did not even have household registration, so marriage was impossible. But they also had this kind of special relationship with Hikigaya-san that would last a long time. It should be better than a romantic relationship that could easily end in quarrels and breakups, right?
"Uh... today I will first let your magical girl talent awaken. We can talk about the rest later."
Hearing Inoue Takina say that the DA organization could meet all his demands, Hachiman felt helpless inside.
He had not even tried to poach Lycoris, yet Inoue Takina wanted to help Lycoris poach him instead?
A lifelong instructor for an agent organization sounded pretty good, but he had no intention of working for others.
Although, if in the end all the Lycoris in the entire organization became his people, that would not be impossible either. But if he really had that idea, he could just let excellent and beautiful Lycoris come over to receive his training. Anyway, it was impossible for him to turn all the Lycoris spread across Japan into his own magical girls.
"Mm, okay," Seeing Hachiman politely decline her proposal, Inoue Takina nodded calmly, then honestly admitted that she might not understand anything.
"Also, we Lycoris are an assassination unit. We rarely do spy missions. I never learned how to serve people at DA headquarters, so I am not very good at making the instructor happy."
Agents usually had to learn many skills, but they were an assassination unit hiding in the city under the appearance of ordinary high school girls. Their main task was killing, and they never needed to act as spies.
"Don't worry, Takina. As your instructor, I will naturally teach you properly."
Hachiman lowered his head and gently bit the swordfish sashimi that had just appeared on Inoue Takina's fair, round thigh. He raised his head, brushed aside her smooth, jet-black long hair, gently stroked her smooth and delicate cheek, smiled, and untied the ropes binding her hands behind her back.
He could tell that Inoue Takina did not care about herself at all and completely treated her own body as a tool.
In the past, he would definitely have tried to properly guide Inoue Takina first, waiting until she realized her mistake and understood that she should cherish her body before expressing his feelings to her and letting her decide with her own thoughts whether she wanted to join his harem.
But now, he no longer struggled with such things. At this point, had he not already wronged plenty of girls? With the cold, black-haired Inoue Takina delivered right to his mouth, how could he possibly push her away?
After he slowly tasted Inoue Takina bite by bite and finished her cleanly, he could take his time to guide her later.
In the future, letting Inoue Takina go from not being shy to being shy, then from being shy back to not being shy again, would definitely be an amazing experience.
"Instructor likes this?"
Seeing Hachiman tasting the food placed on her thigh, Inoue Takina blinked, straightened up, and proactively placed the tuna sushi from the plate beside her onto her fair, smooth shoulder. She gently shifted her body and delivered it to Hachiman's mouth.
"Takina, you are really good at this. I like it a lot."
Watching the faintly puzzled expression appear on Inoue Takina's cool face, her slightly raised, round, white, fragrant shoulder revealing delicate and alluring collarbones, Hachiman pulled her into his arms and licked the tuna sushi that was about to fall into his mouth.
"As long as the instructor likes it."
Inoue Takina still did not quite understand why Hachiman liked this, but she continued to pick up food from the plate beside her, switching different places for him to eat.
Seeing Hachiman especially happy because of her service, her mood also seemed to improve.
"Hikigaya-san? Takina?"
Watching Inoue Takina and Hachiman, who seemed to have already forgotten about her, Nishikigi Chisato was on the verge of going crazy and could not help but speak up to remind them that she was still here.
Originally, she wanted to test the authenticity of the so-called magical girl development ritual for Takina first. If Hikigaya-san tricked her, fine, but she did not want Takina to be tricked by magical girl power.
Who knew she could only watch from the side.
She had clearly been teleported in together with Takina.
"Chisato, wait a little. The instructor should be coming over to train you soon."
Inoue Takina gently hugged Hachiman, who was lowering his head to savor a silky cream cake. She turned her head to look at Nishikigi Chisato, who was staring straight at her, and comforted her to not be anxious, saying it would be her turn soon.
Chisato was the first seat, she was the second seat, and Chisato was a very capable Lycoris. Normally, any special training to enhance strength should let Chisato go first.
But this time, she wanted to return to DA headquarters to carry out missions as soon as possible. She had just gone ahead of Chisato.
"..."
Realizing that Inoue Takina had misunderstood her as being dissatisfied about not going first, Nishikigi Chisato was speechless.
Although she was indeed angry and frustrated that she could not snatch the chance to let Hikigaya-san train and develop her magical girl talent before Takina.
But was that what she meant? She was worried about Takina. This kind of thing, agreeing so easily, not even thinking about whether there might be traps or other hidden side effects.
In the end, they had not even seen a single magical girl yet. From beginning to end, they had only heard people talk about magical girl development and awakening.
Although she also did not think Hikigaya-san was lying to them, at least judging from his ability to teleport them to a family restaurant out of thin air, if he really wanted to do something to them, he could just do it directly. There was no need to go through so much trouble to deceive them for fun.
Still, if DA headquarters found out that Hikigaya-san could mass-train magical girls, Takina's proposal just now might really come true.
After all, Lycoris were just ordinary girls trained to use firearms. They could not deal with vengeful spirits, could not deal with yokai, and certainly could not deal with powerful demi-humans. They could only deal with ordinary people and some demi-humans whose bloodlines had not awakened or had not fully awakened.
Compared to otherworldly magic that required a huge amount of time and effort to master and even required corresponding magical talent, magical girls who could use magic just by paying a certain price were obviously much more cost-effective.
Even if Hikigaya-san already had quite a few beautiful girls around him, and their level was quite high, they could still find many suitable beautiful girls to become Lycoris and let Hikigaya-san develop and train them into magical girls.
"Chisato, come over."
"Ah? Is it my turn already?"
Nishikigi Chisato suddenly felt her calf being grabbed. Her heart jumped, and she looked at Hachiman, who was dragging her over, with a mix of surprise and nervousness.
"No. I just think it would be better for you and Takina to awaken together."
Hachiman placed Nishikigi Chisato beside Inoue Takina, letting their firm, round legs cross together. Looking at their refined faces pressed close together, he nodded in satisfaction, lowered his head, and focused on savoring the two Lycoris who were about to become magical girls.
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[Service Club, Central Grand Living Room]
"It has already been half an hour. Why haven't Chisato and Takina come back yet? Does it really take that long to eat?"
Gotou Hitori, Yamada Ryou, and Kita Ikuyo sat on one sofa, while Ijichi Nijika sat on the opposite sofa with Kitagawa Marin and Miura Yumiko.
Besides them, there were other people eating, drinking, and having fun in the central grand living room. Not only were there girls they were familiar with from school, but also girl idol groups from other schools, and even elves, vampires, and snow women.
However, after running into those mature ladies in the bath earlier, they had already understood that the member scope of this Service Club was not limited to Sobu High. Given the connections Hachiman showed at school, the appearance of even more demi-human girls here did not seem surprising.
Now, none of them took advantage of this rare opportunity to greet or chat with idols or demi-humans. Instead, they all gathered here waiting for Inoue Takina and Nishikigi Chisato.
Just now, right after Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina finished signing their names on the front desk menu, they suddenly vanished. Head maid Shion said that seats had opened up at the family restaurant, and the restaurant had simply re-served dishes and teleported Inoue Takina and Nishikigi Chisato over.
Ijichi Nijika and the others did not suspect anything. Magic was just that amazing, and they had basically all experienced it.
But they did not expect to wait in the central grand living room for more than half an hour. Girls came and went here, either teleporting away or teleporting in, yet there was still no sign of Nishikigi Chisato or Inoue Takina. Not even a single one of the six of them had been teleported to the family restaurant.
Kitagawa Marin, Kita Ikuyo, and the others sitting on the two sofas silently exchanged glances, secretly guessing what kind of situation Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina were in right now.
Was the awakening ritual for developing magical girl talent really that long?
Or were Nishikigi Chisato and Inoue Takina having too much fun with Hachiman and forgot that they were still waiting?
Although Inoue Takina looked very cool and Nishikigi Chisato did not seem very willing, according to Miura Yumiko, she even saw the two of them running errands for Hachiman after school this afternoon, heading off to handle a crime scene with just one phone call.
But they were all experienced people. They knew that appearances meant nothing.
Bocchi-chan was socially anxious and introverted, right? In reality, she was the one who played best with Hachiman among all of them. She just tried not to talk when unfamiliar people were around.
Ryou, who looked cool and handsome, would sell them out for money, constantly pushing them into Hachiman's arms.
The cheerful and lively Marin secretly held cosplay-themed parties, calling Hachiman "Master" together with a group of elves and letting him carve words on her thigh.
Yumiko, who "bullied" Hachiman, even lost all face in the recording studio together with Kitagawa Marin. She complained about Hachiman with her mouth, but still came along with everyone else to wait for the magical girl development awakening ritual.
Even Nijika herself had let down her good friend Yumiko, spending an entire night playing at Hachiman's house with Ryou and Bocchi-chan, only going to school the next day to formally apologize and beg for forgiveness.
Now among the six of them, perhaps only Kita Ikuyo, who had not yet completely joined in, still maintained purity and innocence.
Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin exchanged a glance, then both looked toward Kita Ikuyo, who seemed to have noticed Yotsuya Miko and Yuragawa Hana and wanted to go greet them. They felt helpless inside.
It seemed that they did not really have the qualifications to criticize Chisato and Takina, who were very likely still having fun.
After all, strictly speaking, they did not have very deep relationships with Chisato and Takina. At most, Nijika was a bit more familiar with Chisato.
Everyone coming together was just a coincidence, wanting to stick together... Unlike Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin, who were deeply reflecting while waiting, Miura Yumiko was simply getting impatient.
If it were before, she would have immediately gone to settle accounts with Hikigaya. She was already prepared to protect Nijika anyway, so why should she have to put up with Hikigaya's nonsense? But since everyone was quietly waiting, she could not say much, or it would look like she was eager to let Hikigaya bully her.
Suddenly seeing a somewhat familiar figure appear in the living room again, Miura Yumiko immediately stood up and waved.
"Majima! Over here!"
"Miura-san? And Nijika, Marin, Kita-san?"
Majima Yuuri appeared in the living room together with Suzune Rione. Hearing someone call her, she turned her head and saw Miura Yumiko and the others beside her, and was immediately a bit surprised.
As a girl with good looks, figure, and personality on campus, she naturally had good relationships with popular girls like Ijichi Nijika and the others, and immediately recognized the girls in yukata.
She was just surprised that, aside from Miura Yumiko, all of these people had joined the Service Club. After all, she herself had only been pulled into the Service Club by chance through the power of the goddess angel and meeting other magical girls.
"They all seem to be students from Sobu High. Yuuri, chat with them for a bit, then go home early and rest. Don't worry about the Supercharged Angel matter. I will talk to Hachiman-san about it."
Suzune Rione followed Majima Yuuri's gaze, glanced over, then withdrew her eyes. After giving Majima Yuuri a reminder, she turned around and left, directly returning to her own room.
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