"Wh-why won't master eat me!"
"I want to be eaten ;-;"
"Dear Pudding Lord, turn me into something more edible for master, amen ;-;"
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"Bless you dear Lord, thank you so much for this delicious looking treat ✧ \(Ｔ▽Ｔ)> ✧"
Riko gave one final glance at the defeated foe before turning heel to join her two comrades.
"Good work today too, two of you." A girl with long brown hair smiled, her eyes closed and hands clasped together good naturedly.
"It was the same as usual, though..." Another girl mumbled, playing with a strand of her short, dark blue hair.
"Have a bit more of a high spirit Hina-chan!" Riko laughed, wrapping her arms around Hina's neck. "R-Riko-chan...!" A faint pink appeared on the shorter girl's cheeks, as she tried pushing off Riko with not much effort.
Riko giggled at Hina's reaction before turning to look at the brunette who was smiling at them. "By the way, Akane-chan, why was the alert I received saying that this was an emergency. This one's just good-for-nothing idiot. There's no way he could've been a threat."
"Eh?" An obvious look of surprise passed over Akane's face. "Is that so? I don't remember sending an emergency signal though. Must've been a mistake."
Riko smacked her face and groaned. "I rushed here when I could've just taken time to properly explain to Pudding-chan!" She dramatically fell to her knees, ruffling her hair. Hina and Akane sweat dropped at her.
They opened their mouth to say something but Riko suddenly whipped her head up with a horrified sounding, "Ah!" as though she just had a horrible realisation.
She crawled towards the other two girls, shakily holding their skirts. "What if mom walked into my room and saw Pudding-chan on my desk and thought I might be doing something weird and took him from there and gave him to dad or-" Riko mumbled under her breath, the words coming out of her mouth in a way as though she had been possessed.
"R-Riko-chan... Scary. You're being scary, oi." Hina muttered, blue lines* on her face. Akane nodded, agreeing to Hina, her expression same.
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The elevator tinged, indicating that they had reached the floor they were headed to; the 10th floor.
The three girls were in the building of their agency, 'Gurume'* where other magical girls were employed at. The girls are separated by rankings and given units. The lowest ranking is C, the highest being S.
Each unit has three girls except for the only unit in the S rank, consisting of two girls- which is really not relevant at the moment.
Anyway, the girls were currently on the last floor where their, well, CEO, or chairman's office is located at. After each mission the units are given, they must report to him with the captured criminal.
Akane, Riko and Hina exited the elevator, Akane holding the rope which tied up the criminal, this time.
"I see..." Akane mused. On the elevator, Riko had explained to the both of them about Pudding-chan. The brunette tugged at the rope a bit, to get the criminal moving.
"Don't you think it's better for you to go, Riko-chan..." Hina suggested.
"Eh? I couldn't possibly leave you both with that perverted chairman!" Riko interjected.
Akane gave a warm smile to Riko, "It's fine. Pudding-chan probably needs you more than us. I'm sure."
Riko's eyes brightened. "Then," she gave them a grin running towards the window, "see you later, guys!"
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It stinks... Riko thought bitterly, regretting her jump as she lay on the pile of garbage. Riko had miscalculated where she would be landing as she jumped out from one of the windows. With her powers, she wouldn't get injured from a ten-storey drop, but she had made the mistake of transforming back right before she hit the ground. Ultimately ended up where she is now.
Face green, Riko struggled to her feet and groggily took a few steps before sprinting off. Pudding-chan, I'll be there soon. Wait for me!
It didn't take really long, nor was it short but Riko finally managed to get home. The sun was almost setting, casting an orange glow over the neighbourhood. Riko panted as she took off her shoes, stumbling into the house calling out a hurried, "I'm home!"
She didn't mind the sound of her mother saying, "Welcome home, dear" from the kitchen. Riko simply hurried up the stairs to her room and burst in. Her breathing still heavy, she walked to her desk and her eyes widened.
"P-Pudding-chan...!" Her eyes widened in terror, her heart thumping vigorously against her chest. Pudding was gone.
Amidst her panicking, Riko heard shuffling from across the room. She abruptly trailed her eyes over to the bed. A figure poked their head from under the covers. A watery voice meekly called out,
