Milt City, commonly known as Academy City, is built around the academy and is primarily inhabited by students' relatives and personnel engaged in related services. Although there are no large-scale chambers of commerce or other organizations settled in, it can still be considered as a small but complete city with all the necessary facilities. It also includes various strange existences.

For example, there is a student union specially established to help students find part-time jobs and earn money, like this café. Although students enrolled in Mertz generally do not lack money, it usually refers to the ability to participate in various task tower bounties after entering the internship period. For ordinary students who want to earn some pocket money effortlessly, working in the city is still a good option. As for Feilin... she does have the ability to take on bounties, but unfortunately, her influential brother refuses to let her go for safety reasons.

"Anyway, it's great that you're working here. Can you find us a seat?" Aya showed a relieved expression.

"No, I can't." Feilin blinked her eyes and replied.

"Indeed a reliable former colleague..." Aya's expression turned disappointed after hearing Feilin's response.

Feilin sighed and pointed to the seats inside, "All the seats are taken. We can't just kick someone else out, can we? Aya, cheating is a good habit."

"That's true..." Aya's expression was somewhat regretful. It would be guilty to kick someone else out.

"In that case, how about takeout? It would be a good idea to bring one for His Highness Irizer as well. She must be working hard guiding the students." Sulvisin suggested.

"That's possible." Feilin furrowed her brows, "But even for takeout, there are quite a few people in line now..."

"...It's better to stay at home at times like this." Aya rubbed his face. He didn't know if he was infected by Tiran, lately he started to dislike going out and felt a headache whenever there were crowds and queues.

"However, even though we can't do that... Aya, I have a proposal for you to consider." Suddenly, Feilin's eyes sparkled as she reached out and held Aya's hand.

"Huh?"

"Please come and work at our shop! Just today! As a reward, you can drink as much coffee as you want here after we close, for free!"

"Never mind whether free coffee can compensate for the work, who would stay here to drink coffee after closing?" Aya was speechless for a moment, "Besides, I came out to relax, not..."

Wait a minute, wasn't it because he was idle that he came out to find something to do? It's not like it couldn't be considered. Moreover, he remembered that the waiters' uniforms in cafes were pretty cool. He had seen them in a comic book given by Miss Tiran before. The charming older brother type of manager who was gentle, reliable, and could make great coffee should be quite attractive to teenage girls, right?

At this moment, Aya's firmly held inner self wavered a bit.

"Please, Aya! I'm really tired on my own!" Feilin still held onto Aya's hand tightly, seemingly having no intention of letting go.

"Are you not going to let go if I don't agree?"

"...Hmm." After a moment of silence, she nodded. Wait, she actually admitted to it like that? Aya suddenly felt that he might have underestimated Feilin's boundaries in certain aspects, such as the thickness of her face.

Makes sense, after all, she's from the same family as Miss Mimi and she acts exactly the same as Mimi when she pesters Tiran to tell her bedtime stories.

Mimi, who was thousands of miles away, sneezed.

"Well then," Aya glanced at the coffee shop, which seemed to be getting busier, and finally nodded reservedly, proudly saying, "Well, let's just consider it as a senior taking care of a junior."

"Aya, according to the order of arrival at the academy, I'm actually the senior."

"Oh... whispering."

Ding ding ding!

The urgent sound of a bell came from the kitchen window, urging the next round of delivery.

"Oh oh, I'm coming!" Feilin grabbed Aya's sleeve and hurriedly ran towards the kitchen.

...

Five minutes later, after completing another round of coffee and dessert delivery, Feilin returned to the lounge with Aya, who had changed into his work uniform, and they entered the kitchen.

"Since there's a bit of free time now, let me introduce you to the work here, Aya." Feilin was very enthusiastic about this, after all, having a helper would lighten her workload.

"Oh..." Aya's interest was not high as he replied listlessly.

"This is the storage room, used to store various ingredients and coffee beans. This is the place for washing utensils and cups, with semi-automated magitech equipment to assist."

"Oh..."

"And this is the dessert production area, managed by the shop manager."

"Oh..."

"This is the area for making non-coffee beverages, also managed by the shop manager."

"Huh?"

"This is the place for grinding coffee beans, managed by the shop manager."

"What?"

"And this is the coffee making area, also managed by the shop manager. By the way, the shop's signature is the manager's cappuccino art."

"The manager does everything by himself?!" Aya widened his eyes, looking at the shop manager who was already running between the various positions in the kitchen, amazed. So this shop only had two people right now! It's not easy to keep it running until now!

"Hehe, after all, it's the Martial Arts Festival, and the students are not easy either. I can't have them all working for me. I do have helpers during normal times."

The shop manager, who took a break from his busy work, slowly stood still, twirling the two strands of mustache above his upper lip and smiling at Aya, "By the way, besides latte art, I'm quite confident in making blended coffee."

Aya: "...(￣□￣；)"

"Forget about coffee for now, so you see, my job is actually not helping in the kitchen, right?"

Glancing at the shop manager, who was flashing between each position in the kitchen again, Aya wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. He was a bit disappointed; he thought he would learn how to make freshly ground coffee so that he could make a cup for Tiran when he returned... Huh? What am I thinking?

"Well, because the shop manager is too busy, I asked Aya to help me with the delivery work." Feilin folded her hands together, smiling apologetically, "Please help me, please."

"Helping is one thing, but..." Aya twitched at the corner of his eye, pointing at his clothes, "Can you explain this?!"

Feilin was wearing a gothic-style backless maid outfit, matching it with high heels and thigh-high socks. It looked more like a cosplay costume for a manga character than a proper uniform!

"Um... because I saw Aya and thought it would be suitable, I couldn't resist..." Feilin touched her hair and chuckled.

"Aya, forget it. Why should I help? I have to go back and comfort His Highness Irizer." Sylvixin patted the sleeve of his steward's uniform and frowned.

What a cheeky guy who takes advantage of others! Aya stared at him without saying a word. This is the steward's uniform! It's even cooler than the uniform of a male waiter, as she had imagined. Especially for Sylvixin, as an Elf, with his natural charm, the moment he put on the clothes, his presence was off the charts. It was the kind that would make a bunch of girls scream.

Hmm, Aya was jealous. She also wanted to attract girls instead of men.

Speaking of which, this café is definitely not a regular café!

"Tsk." Aya rubbed her head slightly, feeling a headache, wanting to say something to refute him.

"There are customers urging us. Everyone, let's start working."

The store manager's words cut off any room for Aya's struggle.

...

Today, the turnover of a certain café invested by the student council was astonishingly high. Although it had to do with the day-off during the Martial Arts Festival where people were leisurely exploring the city, it would be false to say that it had nothing to do with the two volunteer service staff.

Anyway, there was quite a response on the college forum, and because they were both students of Mirt Academy, there was even more attention focused on the discussion of the identities of these two mysterious individuals.

"Hey, have you been to that café run by the student council?"

"Are you talking about the new guy and the maid girl today?"

"Yes, forget about the new guy for now, that maid is awesome! I think she can make it to the goddess ranking."

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Hmph, you wouldn't understand if you haven't seen it in person..."

"Does anyone know which class the maid girl is from? Since she's working in the store, she should be from our school, right?"

But in the end, they couldn't find the identity of the mysterious maid, so it became a famous unsolved mystery at the academy.

...

"So tired..."

As the night grew darker, the number of customers in the café gradually decreased, and so did the workload. After all, this was just a café that served various drinks and small desserts like cakes and cookies, not a place where people would have their dinner.

And a little later, the café would also close.

"Finally, it's over." Aya watched as the last customer left, and the sound of the bell on the door gradually diminished. She heaved a sigh of relief and casually lay down on the two-seater sofa by the window.

"Yeah, good job." Sylvixin was still cleaning the dishes and coffee cups left by the last table.

"Aren't you a rogue? You seem very proficient in cleaning..." Aya stared at Sylvixin for a while before suddenly speaking.

"Usually, I take care of His Highness's daily life, so I'm used to it."

"It seems like true love." Aya casually commented, then felt awkward. Ah, she remembered what her own princess had done, brother, wear your hat properly.

"Yes, I do love His Highness Irizer deeply, but being able to protect her by her side is enough for me. I don't ask for more." Sylvixin's expression was calm.

"Well, that's really impressive."

"Then what about you, Aya? What do you think of the Silver War Maiden?" Sylvixin asked with an indifferent tone while wiping the table.

"She...," that question made Aya start thinking seriously.

"Well, how should I put it? At first, I was scared and a little annoyed. After all, she's a rude, flat-chested otaku girl. But as I got to know her better, I found out that she's actually quite a cute girl. I'm willing to protect her. Yeah, that's how it is," Aya replied.

Silvius paused his actions and unconsciously curled up his lips.

"If my work here is finished, I should go back too," he extended his hand towards Aya. "I assume Prince Tiran's side is also done."

"Yeah, thanks," Aya naturally grabbed Silvius' hand.

Usually, in situations like this, it's the other person who pulls you up, right? Aya thought as he relaxed his whole body and unintentionally used a little more strength...

And then, in a situation where the power difference between an Elf and a Dragon is vast, Silvius was caught off guard.

With a thud, Silvius ended up in a particularly standard push-down position on top of Aya.

Jingling...

Just at that moment, someone pushed open the door to the shop.

"I'm exhausted... Finally found a place with empty seats. How about coffee and cake for dinner, everyone?"

"Um, Coach, it seems like they're about to close."

That arrogant and bossy tone... felt so familiar.

Tiran?!