Teacher Mikado Ryoko was like this, Ebihara-sensei was like this, and now even Kushida Kikyou thinks that this friend of hers is her.
None of them hesitated at all, 'Just where am I going wrong?'
"Forget it, if you want a maid outfit, Kirisu-sensei, come in and pick the right size."
Seeing that Kirisu Mafuyu had been stumped by her question and wasn'ttalking, Kushida Kikyou's eyes darted around. She didn't flat-out refuse Kirisu Mafuyu, but instead let Kirisu Mafuyu come in and get it herself.
"Really? Then I won't hold back—Kushida, why aren't you wearing clothes yet?"
Kirisu Mafuyu's expression lit up at the words. She turned to look at Kushida Kikyou, but as soon as she turned, she couldn't help turning back.
"I'd have to take them off anyway soon. There's no point wearing them now. It's fine. Since you're interested in maid outfits, Kirisu-sensei, maybe you're also interested in our maid work. In the future, we'll work together, serve the master together, and it's normal to bathe together. Just seeing each other without clothes on is nothing at all."
Kushida Kikyou didn't think it was a problem, and even puffed out her chest.
But seeing that Kirisu Mafuyu was still very shy, she had no choice but to turn and go back to the living room.
"Come over here, Kirisu-sensei. The maid outfits are right here in the living room. But the space here isn't big, so I didn't bring out many styles. If you like a particular style, you can send me a picture. We're exclusive personal maids, so we can have our own maid outfits custom-made."
"With your looks, figure, and status, Kirisu-sensei, if you became a maid, you'd definitely be an exclusive personal maid like Ebihara-sensei."
"Uh..."
Listening to words that might have been praise or something else, Kirisu Mafuyu followed Kushida Kikyou from the entryway to the living room. She suddenly noticed there was another person in Kushida Kikyou's room.
"Karuizawa, you're also working part-time as a maid? Why are you both... why are you both dressed like that..."
The black-and-white maid dress hung loosely from her snow-white, slender arms, slumped at the elbows. It seemed like only the bow tie was properly in place on her upper body. The skirt was also hitched up, tucked around her waist, and her whole body was sprawled on the living room floor, stretching out like a cat.
Although Karuizawa Kei was wearing clothes, Kirisu Mafuyu felt that at this moment, Karuizawa Kei was even more "excessive" than the naked Kushida Kikyou.
"Mm... Karuizawa isn't really a maid yet. She's just wearing a maid outfit to practice various difficult yoga poses."
Looking at Karuizawa Kei, whose face was flushed red, breathing rapidly and unable to speak, yet still with her bottom prominently raised, Kushida Kikyou pouted slightly.
"Practicing yoga in a maid outfit?"
Kirisu Mafuyu stared blankly at Karuizawa Kei. A single golden ponytail was held in her mouth, her slender arms supported her on the floor, sweat dripped from her thighs, from her knees onto the floor, and her cheeks were buried deeply in the crook of her arm, not lifting her head to meet Kirisu Mafuyu's gaze.
Although she didn't really understand, this maid part-time job seemed really improper.
To have to train like this, wearing a maid outfit.
"Haa... Haa..."
Karuizawa Kei, who had been doing yoga, suddenly started panting heavily. Her whole body trembled as she lay collapsed on the floor, her head buried deeply in her arms.
"Are you sure Karuizawa is okay?"
Kirisu Mafuyu watched Karuizawa Kei, who had been kneeling and lying on the floor the whole time without ever lifting her head, with some concern.
"She's fine. She'd already been exercising for a while before you came. See the water on the floor? That's all from her sweat," Kushida Kikyou looked at the pure and innocent Kirisu Mafuyu, and at Karuizawa Kei who was clearly at her limit but had to desperately suppress her voice, and explained without changing her expression, "If I hadn't just gotten back and hadn't changed into my maid outfit yet, I might have sweated that much too."
"Well..."
Kirisu Mafuyu looked at Karuizawa Kei, whose body was trembling non-stop, and nodded as if she half-understood.
She really wanted to ask if the difficulty was really that high?
School had only been out for a short while. Even if Karuizawa Kei came back earlier than girls like Haruka Hasebe, she couldn't have gotten back to the apartment earlier than her.
This yoga pose didn't look that difficult either. Was the training effect really that good, to make her sweat so much in such a short time.
"Kirisu-sensei, all the maid outfits are here. Which one do you want? Take whichever one you want, you can even take several. Just as long as you return them. I'm preparing these for interviewing other students."
Kushida Kikyou walked over to the two rows of clothes racks placed at the edge of the living room and introduced them to Kirisu Mafuyu.
The maid outfits on the racks were all from the Rurikawa residence. The maid outfits there could be considered consumables; it didn't matter if they got worn out, someone would replenish them at any time.
Furthermore, the maids' outfits were custom-made according to each person's measurements. If Kirisu Mafuyu were to come and work as a maid at the Rurikawa residence, she would also need to have various styles of maid outfits custom-made anew.
However, since Kirisu Mafuyu was only here to borrow clothes now, she naturally couldn't say that.
"Aren't your maid outfits work clothes? Do you need to wear clothes like this when you work?"
"You use clothes like this for interviews? Are Ebihara-sensei's work clothes also like this?"
Looking at the two full rows of maid outfits on the drying racks, Kirisu Mafuyu picked up a strapless one with a cut-out section exposing the midriff, then picked up another backless one with a heart-shaped opening over the buttocks. She looked left and right at the surrounding maid outfits, which were almost all similar, all extremely revealing. Her cheeks flushed as she put them down. She stared wide-eyed at Kushida Kikyou, asking incredulously.
She had originally thought that since Ebihara-sensei Urara was working as a maid, and Kushida Kikyou was also working as a maid and even helping to recruit maids, the maid outfits worn for this job would be quite normal, maybe even covering everything up tightly. She never expected them to be even more extreme than ordinary maid outfits.
"Mm, don't worry, Kirisu-sensei. We're working at the home of Vice-President Rurikawa from the Student Council. In her residence, apart from her, everyone else is a maid. Family members have already been dispatched to various places to manage the family businesses, so usually there are only girls at the Rurikawa residence."
"That's not okay even if it's all girls. This kind of clothing is just too..."
"Which set would you like to borrow, Kirisu-sensei? Actually, it's fine if you want to pick several sets, Kirisu-sensei. I'm not in a hurry to use them myself. If I were in a hurry, I could also go back to the Rurikawa residence and bring some more maid outfits over."
Kushida Kikyou seemed not to have heard Kirisu Mafuyu's words, and still kept a sincere smile for her.
Although she hadn't yet recruited maids to overthrow the Chief Maid, Kone, she was already learning about the situation at the Rurikawa residence, preparing to become the Head Maid there in the future.
The Rurikawa family didn't just consist of Tsubaki Rurikawa alone. It was just that the Rurikawa family had developed very rapidly, and branch family members had been sent out to take over and manage the family businesses.
Currently, in the main residence, there were only Tsubaki Rurikawa, who was still in school, and the maids: the maids handling daily work, and the maid corps dedicated to serving the master.
So she was boldly and confidently recruiting people into the Rurikawa family.
If she recruited too many, and too many pretty girls, she was a bit worried she might fall out of favor and be usurped by later maids. But with so many maids in the Rurikawa family, if she didn't recruit more people, she couldn't possibly overthrow Kone.
If she could recruit a few more special maids... special maids who wouldn't compete with her for the position of Head Maid.
Clearly, the Kirisu Mafuyu before her was one of them, a stern-faced female teacher who was on par with Ebihara Urara.
She didn't know why Kirisu Mafuyu, who was obviously going to wear it for the master to see, didn't even have a single maid outfit and even had to borrow from her.
But maybe this was the master's preference. If she worked hard to help the master win over Kirisu Mafuyu, and she became the master's exclusive personal maid, wouldn't that add a huge achievement to her record?
Mm... She heard from Teacher Hoshinomiya and Ebihara Urara that there would be a welcome party after school tomorrow. Everyone at the party would be young female teachers, all adults. Given the personalities of two teachers like Hoshinomiya Chie and Chabashira Sae, they'd probably both drink some.
Teachers like Mizuho Kagami, Kisaragi Miyuki, Tachibana Haruna, Kashima Risako... With so many young female teachers tomorrow, maybe she could win over more than just Kirisu Mafuyu.
Plus Shiina Hiyori, Io Ibuki, and the others, this wouldn't be as simple as 1+1=2.
"I, I'll think... For now, just lend me one set..."
Kirisu Mafuyu was stared at by Kushida Kikyou's burning gaze, making her feel a bit uncomfortable all over. She wanted to leave, but now she really did need a maid outfit to fulfill her promise with Hachiman. She could only steel herself and choose from the two rows of maid outfits.
No matter how she chose, she could only pick a black-and-white maid outfit that exposed her midriff and had a very short skirt.
It wasn't that there were no long-skirted maid outfits, but the long skirts were all slit up to the waist, or had the front and middle parts cut away, leaving the side panels that couldn't cover her underwear at all.
There were also tops that didn't expose the stomach, but if they didn't expose the stomach, they exposed the chest, the back, had side cut-outs, or could even be lifted up directly.
Compared to those, she felt the maid outfit she had picked was the most conservative among all these.
Although it was still very absurd, lifting her shoulders would make the top ride up, exposing more than just her stomach, or bending over would show her underwear.
Were Ebihara Urara, Kushida Kikyou, Karuizawa Kei, and the others really wearing these kinds of maid outfits for work? Were they deliberately tricking her?
"Mm? Kushida, can I take a look at that one you're holding that you haven't put on?"
Kirisu Mafuyu was a bit hesitant, unsure which maid outfit to choose. Suddenly, she saw the one in Kushida Kikyou's hands that she hadn't put on. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly asked.,
"Huh? This one? Uh... Are you sure you want this? This outfit isn't an ordinary maid outfit, you know."
Seeing Kirisu Mafuyu staring at the maid outfit the master had just been about to have her wear, Kushida Kikyou was momentarily startled. She handed the maid outfit to Kirisu Mafuyu while couldn't help but glance towards the spot behind Karuizawa Kei.
"I'm sure! This is the one!"
Kirisu Mafuyu took the maid outfit, inspected it, nodded, and confirmed without hesitation.
Of course this maid outfit wasn't ordinary, it was the only one among all these that didn't expose her chest, back, or underwear, and looked completely proper.
"Well then... Since you want to borrow this one, borrow this one. But don't regret it. This maid outfit really is unusual, not the same as those other ones. It's the kind only exclusive personal maids are qualified to wear."
Seeing that Kirisu Mafuyu had really taken a liking to the maid outfit she had been about to wear, Kushida Kikyou's expression turned subtle. She warned her in a low voice.
"Is the material very expensive? Or is the custom price particularly high? If it gets damaged, I'll pay you back for it. I can also go with you to explain the situation to Rurikawa."
Kirisu Mafuyu didn't quite understand Kushida Kikyou's words, but she answered seriously anyway.
She was just going to wear it; she didn't even need to do much work. At most, she'd wash this maid outfit clean and return it.
If she did accidentally damage it, she'd just pay for it. Although she wasn't wealthy, it wasn't like she couldn't afford even one maid outfit.
"Actually, that's not what I meant..."
Seeing that Kirisu Mafuyu was set on this particular maid outfit, Kushida Kikyou sighed softly and didn't continue advising Kirisu Mafuyu to be careful.
This maid outfit was very magical. After wearing it, one could master a great deal of knowledge, and could even use space magic.
If she let Kirisu Mafuyu wear it away to serve the master, and the master captured her right away, then how could she use Kirisu Mafuyu as an achievement?
But she couldn't stop it now either. The master was right behind her; if she spoke recklessly, she would displease the master and be punished.
"Kushida, I'm heading back now. Sorry for the trouble. After I'm done using this maid outfit, I'll return it to you as soon as possible!"
Seeing that she had gotten the maid outfit, Kirisu Mafuyu stopped nagging Kushida Kikyou about these embarrassing topics. After thanking her, she put the maid outfit into the large bag she had brought.
Ignoring Kushida Kikyou behind her who seemed to want to say something but stopped, and seeing that time was tight and Hachiman might come over at any moment, Kirisu Mafuyu quickly left Kushida Kikyou's room and stealthily returned to her own room.
Having made the trip safely and quietly back to her room without any trouble, Kirisu Mafuyu breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't rush to change into the maid outfit, but instead sent a message to Hachiman asking if he was done with his work and if he was already on his way.
School was out now, so if Hachiman came to her place, it would be easy for someone to see him.
If Hachiman was coming, she would need to cover for him first.
Kirisu Mafuyu waited for a while, but seeing that Hachiman wasn't replying, she had no choice but to change into the maid outfit first.
Was he on his way and just couldn't hear it? Or was the matter with the demi-human transfer student still not resolved, and he was still busy and hadn't had time to look at his phone?
Kirisu Mafuyu changed into the maid outfit while keeping an eye on her phone, still very worried inside.
She was really worried about someone bumping into Hachiman entering her room.
If someone saw that, she would want to ask Hachiman to go chat with those girls first. Otherwise, coming directly to her would absolutely be social suicide.
Especially since Teacher Hoshinomiya Chie was very interested in these kinds of things. If Teacher Hoshinomiya saw, she would definitely come every day to talk to her about Hachiman.
'Huh? No, wait a minute...'
Kirisu Mafuyu pulled on the white silk thigh-highs of the black-and-white maid outfit. Just as she was about to turn to the mirror to properly see herself in the maid outfit, she was horrified to realize that her mind seemed to have gained a lot of knowledge that shouldn't be there.
Cooking, tea ceremony, housework, financial management, driving, combat, space magic, serving the master... all kinds of maid arts.
The first few maid arts didn't scare Kirisu Mafuyu yet; at most, she was extremely surprised that Kushida had kept emphasizing this maid outfit was unusual.
No wonder Kushida had hesitated so much when lending it out just now. Maybe she really couldn't afford to compensate for such a precious maid outfit and would have to return it immediately after borrowing it.
But how was "serving the master" also one of the maid arts?
Against her will, Kirisu Mafuyu's mind was filled with various kinds of knowledge about how to serve the master and make the master happier. Besides a series of theoretical knowledge, there were even practical video tutorials.
There were ones featuring the Elf Princess Iris, the Mermaid Diva Elio, Ebihara-sensei, Rurikawa Tsubaki, Kaede, Kushida Kikyou.
And the one and only male lead in all the practical tutorials was—
"Ding-dong~"
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
'Who could be at the door at this time?'
Kirisu Mafuyu, who was still profoundly shocked by the various maid arts of serving the master surfacing in her mind, shuddered at the sound of the doorbell and immediately guessed who it most likely was outside.
She hadn't thought much about it before, genuinely believing that Karuizawa Kei was sweating profusely from practicing yoga in a maid outfit, leaving a puddle on the floor, and that Kushida Kikyou was just about to change clothes.
But thinking about it carefully now, Hachiman might have just been in Kushida Kikyou's room, just hiding in the bedroom or bathroom.
Kushida Kikyou opening the door so late must have been to clean up the evidence.
This wasn't simply Kirisu Mafuyu's guess.
Because in the maid practical tutorials, you could switch between first-person and third-person perspectives. In one of Kushida Kikyou's videos, the background was Kushida Kikyou's room, and right beside her was Karuizawa Kei, also wearing a maid outfit.
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