Liohime had returned home just about one hour after he had initially left the house, and nervously expecting to step into a world of misery and mayhem due to Shihon's antics, he exhaled.

Then, he stepped forward and knocked three times.

Silence.

He knocked twice and waited once more, but nothing responded.

Why am I even bothering to knock? She's probably breaking down right now in the bedroom because I left her by herself again, he concluded.

Thus, Liohime decided to grab the house keys from his pocket and twist them into the keyhole before turning the doorknob and letting himself in-

"Oh, hey, Master. Welcome home."

"H-Hello, Mister Liohime."

"Hey, Margaret, keep your eyes in front. You're in last place right now."

"I-I know…I'm trying my best, though."

--And there was both Shihon and Margaret, the young woman who she had reportedly saved days ago, together in the living room, playing a racing game as they gripped their consoles and mashed the buttons ferociously.

Liohime blinked, completely dumbfounded by the inclusion of the guest that Shihon had brought to his home, and stared in shock while his brain tried to find the right words for his mouth to say.

"E-Eh…..Wait, huh?"

"Master, it's about time that you came home. I missed you. Just give us a few more seconds. I'm just about to crush Margie here with another perfect win.

M-Margie…she already has been given a nickname…!? he questioned.

Just what had happened while he was gone!?

Wouldn't you like to know, ladies man. Alright, let's go back in time for just a bit.

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"...Margaret…?"

"H-Hi."

And there she was, the woman who had been named Margaret, standing at the front door with a shy smile and an awkward posture as she waved at the starstruck Shihon.

The Magical Beast Girl, who had actually been expecting Liohime, looked at her from head to toe.

Her yellowish-white hair blew gently in the small gust of wind that passed by, and her light red eyes shone as she glanced back at her-

"Sorry, no one's home. Goodbye."

She didn't even give my any fucking time to give her a proper description as she slammed the door shut. Also, didn't she literally show herself at the door when she opened it? That was a terrible excuse.

"Wait, please!" begged Margaret, knocking again gently but with rapid urgency. "I-I don't mean any harm, I swear-"

She was once again cut off as the door reopened, and Shihon's head poked out from the side, eyeing her with suspicion as she began to interject.

"How the fuck do you even know that I live here?"

"Uh...uh…."

"Out with it, Margaret, or I'm not giving you the time of day. If you're here to meet my Master, which I seriously doubt, he's being hit on by male prostitutes, so I don't think you'd be able to go out with a guy like him."

Nice defence, Shihon. A little wild, but nice nonetheless.

"Uuh, well…I don't know who this Master of yours is," Margaret began, "But as for knowing why you live here…"

"Mhm?"

"I….might have…followed you from a distance by myself after you saved me in the alleyway that day…?"

".....So you're a stalker, too. Noted. Sayonara."

"W-Wait, please! Just…hear me out, will you!?"

"Ugh."

Shihon halted, and pondered before stepping outside and scanning the surrounding area of the neighborhood.

"U-Um, what are you…?"

"Okie, come on in. You better explain yourself quickly. And if this is some kinda undercover police shit, you're getting speedblitzed."

"-hk, n-noted."

Welcoming her into the house reluctantly, Shihon shut the door behind her and re-entered while Margaret admired the scenery of the interior.

"This is pretty nice…"

"You may sit on the living room couch."

"Thank you."

Margaret sighed and sat down, relaxing herself before quickly speaking up once more.

"I…like your horns…"

"Huh? Oh."

She had unknowingly kept her horns exposed as her favorite outgoing hoodie and robe were not covering her body right now, and only a simple t-shirt was not enough to hide her beastly-features.

Thankfully for Shihon, Margaret had been informed of her being a Magical Beast Girl the day before, when both of them were in the latter's car after the Laser Tag Game.

Speaking of which…

"First of all, I want to clear things up with you, in case you might still be apprehensive," the guest began. "I can assure you that nobody knows about the relationship that I have with Derrick."

"Dewhothefuck?"

"Derr….oh, right, you don't know. The guy that tried to retrieve you from my car last night."

"I see."

"Also, I'm not on his side. As you can tell by his handling of the situation, I was forced to do his bidding."

She subconsciously touched the side of her neck where the wound of the blade that had slightly cut her existed.

"Okay, then…if you say so," replied Shihon, still on edge. "However, I can't just take your words for it."

"I know, I know, and unfortunately, that's all that I can say to convince you that I'm harmless. Anyway, I also wanted to come here to apologize to you."

"Apologize, huh?"

Shihon, who had been standing this entire time, finally sat down next to her but with a sizeable gap between them, and folded her arms haughtily.

"Yes. I got you mixed up in this mess. I believe that a search party has already commenced to find him, as he is an important member of the Magical Beast Cornerstone Corporation."

Shihon swallowed hard.

"And this Derrick guy…..what did you do to him? He was in your car when my Master came to collect me, and you were still knocked out by then."

Her eyes widened and she waited for an answer, and soon enough, it came with a faint voice.

"He's currently being treated by my own Magical Beast, in the basement of my own house. I decided not to take him to a hospital."

"….He's…alive?"

"Barely. His spinal cord was damaged a bit but it wasn't severed. He'll live, but it will take a long while before he's up and running again. My Magical Beast's power that helps with healing the human body takes a lot of mana and time to process, after all."

Shihon's face relaxed, and she breathed a sigh of relief, despite still being conflicted about the man's survival.

"W-Well, that's good to hear…I guess. And thanks for apologizing."

"Of course. And finally…I came here to ask…"

Shihon and Margaret exchanged glances, and the former's eyebrows twitched as the latter concluded her sentence.

"You're the first ever Magical Beast Girl. How is that possible, and where did you truly come from?"

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