Magic Can't Buy Cigarettes

p1
>>Koide Tobacco
>No.1, please.

p2
>Ah.
>Sure.
>A No.1, right?

>That'll be 420...
>yen...

>Wait!
>Eh!?
>Miss, the money...
>Eh?
>Um, wait...
>Hey...

p3
>STOP, THIEF!!

>...Yumesaki Love-san.
>Age... 20 years?

>Hah...
>So...

>Why were you trying to steal this?

p4
>...I'm sorry...
>I... just...

>got a little pissed...
>...

>Pissed?
>Huh?

>...Just now...
>I got fired from the job I've been doing for several years...
>Fired?

>That is quite the outfit you're wearing.
>What's that? Is that your job(?)'s uniform?
>Something like a maid café?
>...

>...The truth is...

p5
>I'm...
>a former magical girl.

>...
>Hm?

p6
>Erm...
>What exactly...
>the heck does that mean...?
>I...
>was scouted as a magical girl when I was 12.
>>Familiar
>>Sixth grade Love
>Ever since, I've been fighting for the peace and safety of this town.

>...And yet...
>The moment I turned 20,
>I was instantly
>discharged!!
>Wah
>Isn't that just too much!?

p7
>Nobody told me that!
>I can still keep fighting!
>>Boss
>I tried to persist but...

>No.
>It was written in your contract when you signed up, wasn't it?
>Your contract ends when you become an adult.
>Besides, you can't exactly call someone in her 20s a "girl", can you... lol
>is what he said.

>Isn't that just too cruel!?
>They can't expect an innocent 12-year old girl to understand the fine details of a contract!
>And 20 years is still young!!
>They're way too bothersome!!

>What should I do...
>This girl's pretty crazy...
>Does she have chunibyo or something...?
>Are you listening!?
>Yeah...

>I should try to send her home without any fuss...
>!!!

p8
>Hey...
>Why are you crying...?
>W-
>Well...
>because of that, I got kicked out of my company-owned house...
>I got so pissed off about everything that I ended up... doing that...

>...
>I'm sorry...

>I still have some magic left, but I'm banned from acting as a magical girl anymore. How am I supposed to live from now on?
>...Things just keep getting worse for this girl.
>I'm starting to feel sorry for her.
>Hmm...

>...Hey,
>if that's the case...

p9
>Wanna work at my store?

>...Eh...
>Why...?
>I mean...
>Not having a job would be troublesome, right?
>I was just thinking that it was time to hire a part-timer.
>You can also reflect... on the whole stealing thing...

>Well, that's only if
>you want
>to...

p10
>Alriiiiiight!!!

p11
>Ah
>Oh crap! I got so happy that I just...!
>These are clumps of magic that spring out whenever I get happy! They're not harmful or anything, so please don't worry about them!
>...
>Sure...
>Eh...?

>Alright!
>I'm gonna work hard from now on!
>Good to...
>have you...?