The next day…
"Good morning, Maly, Morgana." greeted Keiko politely to both Mallory and Morgana after she woke up from her slumber.
"Mmm… Morning to you too, Keiko." greeted Mallory back to Keiko as she also woke up from her slumber (same goes for Morgana) and rubbed her sleepy eyes with the back of her hand before both she and Keiko stood up and folded up their futons then change out of their pajamas into their daytime outfits.
"Morning, Madame Keiko and Miss Mallory. Come on and let's pawn that medal off today." said Morgana.
"Yes, we know…" said Mallory.
"Hey, are you 2 girls up already? If you 2 are then come down and help me out!" Sojiro call up to them from downstairs.
"Alright, we'll be right down, Sojiro!" Keiko call down to Sojiro.
"Oh well, looks like we can't pawn the medal off today, Morgana." sighed Mallory as she shake her head at Morgana.
"Guess you're right, Miss Mallory. We do own it to him for his hospitality… We'll just have to wait. You 2 hurry down and help him out." said Morgana.
"Of course we will, Morgana. Come on, Maly." said Keiko as she smiled at Morgana before both she and Mallory went downstairs to help Sojiro out in Leblanc while Sojiro sat down on a chair and watching the latest news on TV.
"… Sorry that I kinda pressured you girls into doing this." said Sojiro apologetically to both Keiko and Mallory.
"It's fine. We don't mind, Sojiro." said Keiko reassuringly to Sojiro as she washed the dishes and cups in the kitchen.
"Actually, we do but just a little, boss." thought Mallory slightly sarcastically in her mind as she wiped a table with a white cloth.
"And now to our next topic… Fall from Grace: The story of a dishonored Olympic medalist. Just recently, a high school coach admitted to his school that he had been perpetually abusing students. Given his prior Olympic achievements, this has caused quite a stir. What caused this habitual offender to suddenly confess these heinous crimes to his entire school? The police are hoping that the upcoming interrogations will bring light to this question." said the male newscaster on the TV.
"Hm? Isn't this…" said Sojiro as he furrowed his brows at the news while both Keiko and Mallory stop what they're doing to listen to the news.
"My friend would come back from practice with bruises on his face, arms and legs all the time… It was scary, but I'm relieved that the abuse is finally going to end now." said a male student voice.
"He would touch me and stuff all the time… I'm glad I don't have to deal with that sexual harassment anymore…" said a female student voice.
"There were always rumors, sure. Not many people believed them though. Like, I'm totally shocked they were actually true. A least now I can go to school without worrying." said another female student voice.
"I knew it. This is the school that you 2 go to, isn't it?" demanded Sojiro as he glance suspiciously at both Keiko and Mallory.
"Yeah, seems like it, Sojiro. Right, Maly?" said Keiko as she glance at Mallory.
"Right, Keiko." said Mallory as she glance and nodded back at Keiko.
"… Things might be getting turbulent at school, but you girls need to just keep your heads down, all right? …More importantly, keep those hands moving. I've got some more stuff I need you girls to do." said Sojiro slightly sternly to both Keiko and Mallory.
"Y-Yes sir!" said Keiko as she quickly resumed washing the dishes and cups.
"Uh huh." said Mallory as she resumed wiping the tables.
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Several hours later…
"Ugh… And I thought that small cafés like Leblanc would have less customers in it. How wrong I was for having that thinking for a long time." groaned Mallory as she lie down on the sofa after both she and Keiko are done in washing dishes and cups and wiping the tables.
"There, there, Maly." said Keiko reassuringly to Mallory before they felt and heard their phones vibrating with incoming messages and they take their phones out to see and read the messages.
RS: Did you girls see!? It was on the news! No way the school's gonna be able to play dumb and quiet after that.
MC: Yeah, we did.
AT: I saw it too. Shiho's name didn't come up, right?
RS: Not that I saw. I'd bet that they wanted to keep that part quiet.
AT: I'm so glad…
KA: Me too and good for you and Suzui-san, Ann.
AT: Thanks, Keiko.
RS: It's finally over then...All we gotta do is stuff our faces and put this Kamoshida crap behind us. I'm totally looking froward to this celebration party.
AT: I'll try not to let you guys down!
"The chief really works us really hard… All right, we need to go sell the gold medal tomorrow. Even if the chief wants your help, make sure you turn him down, OK, Madame Keiko?" said Morgana firmly to Keiko.
"Yeah, I know, Morgana." said Keiko as she and Mallory nodded at Morgana before they change into their pajamas, take out their futons and fell asleep but right after they do so, a misty black orb suddenly showed up in the middle of the room, flew toward then flew in a slow circle above the sleeping form of Mallory before it went down and entered her body, causing the entity sealed inside her to stir a little and which caused Mallory to winced in discomfort a little as she slept on.
