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Kuroe wasn't quite sure what to think of the two newcomers. of course she knew who they were, but given that they were supposedly 'seniors' they were quite bad at giving advice. Shizuri might have taken the criticism badly but her magical girl identity took it in stride. Being an author was all about taking those kinds of comments and sorting out the important parts.

But maybe not everyone had that kind of mental resilience.

Kuroe looked over at that new girl, the one that seemed to have received the brunt of the treatment and felt something stir in her chest. She knew that kind of feeling intimately. Hadn't her own first novel been rejected several times before finding an agent that would give her chance?

She put a smile on her face and walked over, almost bouncing with each step. Wasn't Kuroe just a character anyway? Let's add a happy ending to this chapter. She threw her arm around the dragon girl.

"Hey! That went well. We should pick up a pizza or something and head back to my apartment, it's right around the corner."

And she could have her own way after all, and no fairy could do anything about it.

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