[Bad End, Maid TF, Brainwashing, Corruption]

"I'm so glad you decided to come with me, Mikai! You don't know what it means to have you with me!"

"Ehehe, you were so excited when you talked about that Cafe that I couldn't help myself. Besides, I don't remember the last time I went to a Cafe like that. Maybe it'll be really fun!"

Two ordinary friends walked down the streets of Mimoto with a bright grin on each of their faces. Usually they would both be busy with what was important to them, whether it was heroics or dealing with the kind of studying that young people like them should be focusing on. But today was a different kind of day. Today was going to be filled with nothing but joy.

The less experienced of the two was Mikai Fushimi. The city's unexpected heroine, who's experience with the world had regressed due to the time she spent wallowing in some sort of emotional void. Now that she had recovered and gotten better than ever, she really wanted to try out everything that she could get her hands on, just so she could form an opinion and figure out how much she liked it.

Her friend, and the one that had invited her out in the first place, was Tsubasa Sato. A nerd in the simplest possible sense, the boy had managed to figure out his friend's identity as the Heroine, Jõtaider MImoto, and kept it as close to his chest as possible. He didn't ask for anything in exchange, but he was honestly surprised that she showed so much interest in the things that he liked. Whether it was something like magical girls or the various games that he had to offer her.

The reason why they were heading out together, instead of staying at home and binging one of Tsubasa's shows so Mikai understood more about the general conventions of being a hero, was because a brand new Cafe had just recently opened its doors in Mimoto. Due to the iron grip that Atlas Corp held on the city, it wasn't often that a new business that had no explicit ties to the megacorp managed to open. But this was one of those rare occasions, so they just had to check it out.

"I don't see what's so important about a Cafe." Darkness briefly swirled around Mikai as her mental scape made itself manifest, and a rather large looking lady started to cast a shadow over her. A lady that she put a lot of trust into with how she had managed to help her pull herself out of the brink of endless despair. "What even is a Cafe?"

Mikai scratched her chin a bit before looking straight up at the passenger inside her mind, the ancient predator Chimera. "Somewhere you have nice talks with people and get nice food served for you by very nice looking girls. Sometimes boys too. At least, that's what keeps happening in everything that Tsubasa shows me, so it has to be true, right?"

"Seems about right." Chimera nodded before rubbing her cheek a bit, narrowing her eyes and trying to deal with the vaguest sense of danger building inside her heart. "Wouldn't you go here with Yumeko and the others besides him then? Isn't it kind of lame to just go with one friend?"

"Nope! It's good to spend time with somebody you like!" Mikai shot back with a grin, before grabbing ahold of her mental partner's cheeks and pulling her close enough to peck her on the forehead while her head was nearly upside down. "I'd go there if it was just you and me, Chimera. But since you're stuck in there, we're gonna have to wait until there's a chance for you to get out!"

Chimera blinked a few times before blushing, using the wings that had manifested when the girl's Eagle power unlocked to cover up her face. "Y-You're learning way too much from those games with the harem leads, Mikai. Even I wasn't that smooth with my mates back then."

"You had mates?" Mikai asked, tilting her head a bit. "Were they nice? Were they just as big as you? Did you help them out like you helped me? Tell me, Chimera!" The young girl was way too excited to hear about her partner's past. Especially since it was nice to learn about the world before humans really took over, a world where Monsters fought endlessly!

Chimera paused before quietly starting to disappear. "Let's... Let's leave that topic for another day. Focus on having fun with Tsubasa, alright..?" She muttered, as the darkness tore itself apart and let the girl become aware of the world around her once more...

Mikai frowned a little. Did she hit a sour spot? Maybe. But she knew that Chimera could handle it, so it was probably best to let her  just be alone for a bit. Give her a chance to breathe and then tell her about that stuff.

"You know, Mikai?" Tsubasa said, the two now standing right outside the Cafe in question, though the boy had managed to pick up on a subtle trait. "You have a tendency to just kind of space out. You're okay when you do that, right?" He asked, his hand grasping the girl's a little firmer than normal.

Mikai nodded. "M-Mmhm. Just, you know, thinking about stuff. Bit hard to think when you're me, eheh..." She nervously chuckled. She was more than happy to tell somebody like him about her heroic duties, especially since he had managed to figure things out all on his own. But she wanted to keep Chimera a bit of a secret for now. Nobody needed to know that she had a big predator inside her mind, much less one that was as nice and as helpful as her.

"If you say so. Just remember that you can always talk to me or Yumeko about it. Agatha... Might also help? I'm not so sure, she's still a bit too violent." Tsubasa said, a bit of sweat running down his face as he mentioned their much richer friend. "But, we're here! Magical Miracle Cafe's right here! Aren't you excited?"

Magical Miracle Cafe. Just looking at it, Mikai could certainly see that it wasn't just any ordinary Cafe. The images of cute girls dressed up like they were ready to fight for justice with all those frilly outfits and staves brimming with magic being plastered across the front of the Cafe... It was definitely themed. But what did that imply, exactly? Were she going to meet other heroines in here that were undercover to try and make a bit of cash? ...Did other heroines besides her and Hiro exist? That'd be a real riot if it were true, and maybe she could get a bit more help dealing with all the Jõtaijin that Golden Freedom tossed into the wild every week or so.

"Yeah!" Still, she was excited. The big grin on her face was unmistakable. Whatever the case was, she was ready to go inside and have a nice little meal. Who knows, maybe she'd find a new thing she really liked to eat. Then she could come here over and over until she'd get tired. But at least she could chat with the waitresses and see if they were nice and make a couple friends that way. Then she'd have an even better reason to protect the city than she already did.

As the two walked inside, they immediately noticed how much the interior of the Cafe mimicked that of the exterior. So many posters and scrolls depicting magical girls both new and old. There were even a couple scrolls that seemed familiar to Mikai, specifically because Tsubasa had shown them to her before. Those depicting the sentai-like Natura Couleur, and a couple of the purified Aces from that very old Shining Ace show that he didn't have any episodes of. Would be really nice if she could watch that with him one of these days.

"Hiiiii!" One of the waitresses chimed as she practically skated towards the two, a little trail of light carrying her along the floor as it seemed like she was using magic to propel her through the Cafe. The outfit she wore was like a blend between a maid uniform and a frilly magical girl outfit. Though it could be called a little excessive, since the skirt was incredibly short letting her show off her  and her top was loose enough to show breasts that were at least a D in size, though the cute and cartoony lightning bolt scribbled on the inner side of her breast made it hard to really focus on anything else. "I'm Lovely Lily-chan, I'm so glad you decided to stop by Magical Miracle! How many seats do you need, cuties?"

Tsubasa was blushing heavly as he listened to the cute magical maid talk, the boy stuttering wildly as he looked straight into her heart-filled eyes. Oh god, oh man, he was standing in front of... W-well he wasn't sure if she was a genuine magical girl or not but he definitely thought she was so cute that he couldn't possibly get even a single word out.

"Two seats, Lily-chan!" Mikai chimed as she had to take over after her friend got completely paralyzed. "And, uh, can I ask something while we find a table?" Honestly, the question was burning in her mind. Either all of this was an aesthetic, or they were genuine magical girls. And she was inclined to believe the latter with how she moved.

Lovely Lily-chan giggled as she reached into her cleavage and pulled out a tiny block to scribble on. Only she just moved her finger along the paper, and the letters wrote themselves using the tiniest sparks at the tip of her finger. "Of course, ask away! We're here to serve, no matter if it's to give you something lovely to eat, or answer your burning questions. It's all for the sake of making people happy!"

Mikai nodded as she started following behind the magical maid, taking note of the other tables. It definitely seemed like they were popular, as there were plenty of other people dining here. And some of them had other maids tending to them, kissing them and spoonfeeding them their meals. How cute. They even had different colors and different boob scribbles, making it easy to pick out what their 'element' was...

"Soooo..." The girl started to trail off as she was guided towards one of the tables in the far back, sitting down with Tsubasa as she kept looking directly at Lovely Lily-chan. "Are you a real Magical Girl, Lily-chan?" She had to ask the burning question. Especially since Tsubasa was still starstruck by how cute and hot she looked.

Lovely Lily-chan smiled and twirled around, lightning forming around her as it started to make her short and tomboyish hair stand up to the point where it looked like she had powered up. "Does that answer your question, Master?" She giggled, curtsying in front of the adorable girl that had chosen to stay at this establishment. "I sure hope it does, because I need to go check if we have more Masters coming in. Please wait, and your designated Magical Maid will come by shortly!"

Mikai giggled as she watched the Magical Maid skate off with a bright smile on her face. Yeah, she was real. Fantastic. As long as she could make friends with one of them, then she had the chance of getting an ally in the fight against the Jõtaijin. And then...

"Ahhh... L-Lily-chan..." Tsubasa muttered, utterly starstruck. To the point where you could see cartoony chibi depictions of the Magical Maid skating around his head, blowing kisses at him as if he was the one and only for her. He really wanted that. He wanted nothing more than to be spoiled by somebody as cute as her. It would be the last thing he'd experience in his life before his untimely and well deserved death... ahhh...

Mikai just chuckled at the sight of the lovestruck Tsubasa. She should probably just leave him alone while he drifted along inside his dreams. Better than to interrupt him while he was enjoying himself.

Still, something was ever slightly bothering her. It was like this nagging feeling inside the back of her head. Why would Magical Girls, that were supposed to fight for the sake of Justice and the people that they protected... Why would they just casually act as maids for some Cafe? Beyond that, why wouldn't she have... Okay she wouldn't have heard of any Magical Girls because it had only been a few months since she started paying attention to the world around her and maybe they were just really good at keeping a low profile.

But she just couldn't shake the feeling that-

"Haaaai! Happy Hiro-chan, ready to serve you two lovelies!"

Mikai's eyes slowly froze as she looked to her side, and standing at the table was a familiar looking lady. She could easily identify her as Hiro Fukano, her fellow heroine by the name of Jõtaider PAWN. But the fact that she was wearing the same sort of Magical Maid uniform, with a Pawn inscribed on the inside of her breast and a cute smile plastered across her face that seemed incredibly out of place... It was wrong. So, so wrong.

"Hiro? Hiro, hello? Why are you acting like a Magical Girl?" She asked, standing up as she looked straight into the older woman's eyes even though she couldn't stand up that far. She had to tilt her head so she didn't look at those nearly magnetic boobies because otherwise she'd focus way too much on them. Were they bigger? They had to be, she was definitely a busty lady but these seemed like they could rest on her head and make her smaller...

Happy Hiro-chan giggled and booped the worried girl on the nose. "I've been a Magical Maid for as long as I can remember, Master. Why, is that a problem?" She asked, tilting her head as that wonderful smile remained on her face. "If you think I've done a bad job, you can always punish Hiro-chan. I know what it's like to be a baaaad girl..."

As Happy Hiro-chan put emphasis on how bad she could be, she started to climb onto Tsubasa's seat and weaved her legs around his, gently caressing the paralyzed young man as she pushed her lips against his cheek. "You're into that sort of thing, aren't you, Master..?" She giggled softly into his ear, her eyes glowing ever so slightly...

That same glow started to reflect inside Tsubasa's eyes, as he started to wrap his arms around Hiro-chan. "M-Mmhm. I've always wanted to do something like this with you, Hiro-chan..." He muttered as he placed his lips up against hers, panting and gasping as he made good use of his submissive Magical Maid. Something that he did always kind of want, though it was only enhanced due to the fact that she was who she was.

Mikai rubbed her cheeks a little as she had to deal with the sight of Hiro getting awfully lewd in front of her, and Tsubasa... Well okay she kinda knew that Tsubasa would be like this. If there was one thing he had been very open about, besides his love for shows with Magical Girls and how he really liked how Mikai saved people... It was that he had a very unsubtle crush on Hiro. Because she had managed to save him while Sleepy Sheep had attacked their Highschool. So the fact that he went straight ahead and fell under her spell like this was entirely expected.

"Uh, Hiro-chan?" The sandy-blonde girl spoke up, trying to break her away from her friend so that she could get some clues as to how she had ended up like this. "When did you start working at Magical Miracle? And is there a spot open for another Magical Maid?" She asked, since that was about the only way she thought she could find out more about this joint. She couldn't just transform right here and now, even if everyone seemed to have been seduced by one of the Magical Maids...

Happy Hiro-chan broke away from her kiss with Tsubasa, whose eyes were outright swirling with pure bliss at this point, as she started to tap at her chin. "When did I... start..." She muttered as the glow disappeared from her eyes, her usual gaze returning as she put her hands on her head. "I... I never... Started... here-"

Just as it seemed like she was about to snap out of this fabricated persona, Happy Hiro-chan's pawn mark started to glow, and she started to giggle again as she smiled blissfully. "I've always been serving Lady Miracle, she's the one that blessed me with my powers and told me that my duty was to serve my Masters with all my heart. I'm sure that she has room for you too, Master. All you have to do is show up at night and bring this, okay?"

Mikai watched as the older woman pulled a card out from her cleavage, a card marked with a star on both sides. A star that reflected in her eyes, as it felt like something just washed over her. Something that she couldn't quite put her finger on, and yet it seemed as if she had gotten her lead. She just needed to be back here at night, and then Lady Miracle would... Yeah...

"Thank you, Hiro-chan!" Mikai chimed, smiling widely as she got up from her seat. "Please take care of Tsubasa for me, alright? He's going to want lots and lots of love from you, he really likes you!" She proclaimed, as she practically dashed out of the cafe without as much as a moment to pause and breathe. She had a lot of preparation to do so she was ready for a long night. Especially if this Lady Miracle was all that she was cracked up to be...

Happy Hiro-chan giggled. What a nice little girl. She would make such a cute Magical Maid once Lady Miracle got her hands on her. But for now, she had to play the role of a submissive maid... And her Master was mooore than happy to feel her up, with how much he loved her...

Ah, it was wonderful being a Magical Maid...

---

Night had fallen on Mimoto by the time that Mikai returned to Magical Miracle. And in her hand was the same card that Hiro-chan had handed her, the star shining in her eyes. Ever since she had given it to her, the young girl couldn't get it out of her mind. It was like it wormed its way into her mind and refused to let go...

What was more worrying was the fact that Chimera hadn't bothered saying anything about that card. Was she still mopey about earlier in the day? No matter how hard Mikai tried to think about her, that star just blocked her way. It was kind of frustrating, but at the same time it served as her only potential lead in this case. She had to deal with it so she could figure out how to save Hiro from her face as a Magical Maid!

Mikai took a deep breath as she pushed open the doors to Magical Miracle, flames covering her and sheltering her inside her usual armor. She needed her power as Mimoto for this, but at the same time... She didn't call out her usual chant. It didn't feel right to do, for some reason. Neither did keeping her head hidden from everyone.

"Welcome, Mikai." Happy Hiro-chan smiled. So did all the other Magical Maids that stood inside the Cafe, all of them lined up perfectly in a straight line leading towards the office belonging to the manager. "I'm glad you decided to come. Lady Miracle has been waiting very patiently for your arrival."

"You shouldn't keep her, Mikai." Lovely Lily-chan was there as well, a little jolt of lightning sparking around her eye as she winked at the possible new recruit. "She'll show you what it means to serve. Just like she's shown all of us. We're happy to serve, and we're happy to help others learn as well..."

Normally, Mikai would probably try to save them. But the star's influence on her mind stopped her from using her flames to try and break them free. There was something about the idea of serving that really stood out to her. It made her smile just as much as all the other Magical Maids.

Little by little, she walked towards the door at the end of the long row of Magical Maids. And they treated her like one of them. Bowing and curtsying before her, knowing that she would understand. It felt right. It felt extremely right. Like they were bowing to somebody that was better than them, yet at the same time one of them. Maybe she should try and see if she could make Happy Hiro-chan sit on her lap and show her what it meant to serve. It certainly seemed like it'd be... fun...

Mikai licked her lips as her eyes filled with stars, all while she opened the door leading into the manager's office. This was where she'd find Lady Miracle... And if she was lucky, she could... make them all hers...

Right after she stepped inside, the door shut behind her and it felt like she just lost control of herself, as her legs started to idly wriggle around in the air. For a good reason, as it turned out. The floor itself had disappeared, as had the rest of the room. It was like she had stepped straight out into space, with the stars starting to shine around her, all while one of them slowly approached her, shining brightly as its light reflected off Mikai's eyes.

As it came to a sudden stop in front of her, the star's flames extingushed and revealed a simple looking Maid with a single star worn on her headband. Compared to the other maids, she wore a much more conservative and less revealing outfit, one that reached all the way down to her ankles and revealed absolutely nothing. She was thoroughly focused on the functionality of it all... Which made her stand out against everything else. And yet at the same time... She fit right in, like the essence of being a Maid being joined among the stars...

"Good evening, Mikai." The ordinary maid said as the star on her headband started to glow. "I'm glad that you decided to join me. Because your potential as a Magical Maid has started to awaken. Happy Hiro-chan saw it with her very own eyes..." She muttered, as she extended one of her gloved hands out towards the girl, gently caressing it.

Mikai felt something bubbling inside her. It felt... Good to be touched by this woman. And yet... There was something wrong. Something that told her all of this was just one big sham. But at the same time, wasn't it right? She did have the same sort of powers as Happy Hiro-chan, so... Why shouldnt' she be able to be a Magical Maid..?

"You're... Lady Miracle, aren't you..?" Mikai muttered as she tried to reach out towards the maid. Mostly towards that headband. She could tell that the star atop of it was bothering her. Something about it, and the star that had been on her card. It was... It was making it harder and harder for her to stay herself. She needed to get rid of it. She needed to get rid of it so she could keep all these maids for herself..!

The maid grabbed her wrist as she noticed the look of desperation in the girl's eyes, as her gentle smile twisted into one of pride. "I suppose keeping you in the dark would just drag this out longer than it needs to. Especially after you've already shown great potential. Just as I expected Mimoto's new heroine to do." She said, clearing her throat as her star started to glow.

The brighter the glow of the star, the brighter Mikai's eyes grew as her focus was drawn in by the light it gave off. All while she listened to the maid. "I am Lady Miracle. As a maid, it is my sworn duty to make sure that my Masters are taken care of. And this world is not one that they need to concern themselves with. As long as I enact this will upon them, they will remain blissfully unaware. And I need girls like you and the others to act as the shining beacon to blot out the world from their eyes. That is what I desire. That is what you desire as well, is it not, Miracle Mikai-chan?"

Mikai trembled as she heard that name, and the star grew stronger and stronger inside her mind. To serve and make everyone utterly ignorant of the world around them... It was... It made sense. This world was not one that they should concern themselves with. Masters should just listen to their maids and focus all of their love on them. And Magical Maids like them could do so many wonderful tricks that would keep their attention on them and them alone. It was the perfect plan...

The girl's natural adaptability was also her downfall, as it made ideas and ideals like these easy to sink into her mind. Especially if they managed to brush past her natural defenses. Her armor slowly but surely fizzled out as all of the illusory stars around her started to fly towards her, sinking into her body and making givng her fuel for her brand new identity.

Instead of being themed after a lion, who was merely a King, Miracle Mikai-chan was a star shining brightly down on everyone. The dress that formed on her body evoked this same sense of protection as the main black colors were so deep that it felt likey ou could stare into it for hours and not find the end. All while sparkly dots that represented the stars in the universe decorated that black void, with only one star shining brighter than anything else...

That star was nestled on her bosom. A bosom that had grown to a size that eclipsed her previous, tripling the size of her modest bosom at the very least. And the top of her Magical Maid uniform certainly supported it, because it was meant to draw attention to the star resting in her cleavage... And the stars printed on the inner side of her bosom as well, to let her Master get lost inside them.

Miracle Mikai-chan slowly stretched her hands out as cloth wrapped around her arms, reaching all the way up to her shoulders until she wore the fabric of the universe on her arms. Her legs met a similar fate, yet leaving just enough of her thighs uncovered that the short frilly skirt would expose them and give her Masters something to find themselves drooling over besides her bosom.

Finally she opened her eyes, and her irises had been replaced by stars. The stars that would blot out the world and keep her Masters safe. This marked her as the leader of the Magical Maids that served under Lady Miracle, her agent in this cruel world. As long as she was there... Everyone would be alright.

Miracle Mikai-chan took a deep breath as she looked at Lady Miracle, the world around her turning back to normal as they stood within a completely ordinary office. And she held out her hand, reaching towards the star on the maid's headband. "Lady Miracle. I need your Star. So that I can make all our Masters blind."

Lady Miracle smiled and handed Miracle Mikai-chan her accessory, attaching it to the headband that had appeared in the younger girl's hair. "Do me proud, Miracle Mikai-chan. You have a heavy load on your shoulders. But as a Miracle Maid... I'm sure that you can make the wishes of your Masters come true."

"Of course, Lady Miracle." Miracle Mikai-chan smiled and winked, twirling a little as her eyes stared glowing. "I'll make sure that our Masters don't ever recognize the real world. I am all that matters to them, ehehehehe..." The slight tone of malicious intent rung through her voice, as she took her mission to heart.

And she had somebody in mind, somebody that she could use to test out her new powers on.

---

"Who's showing up this late at night..?"

Tsubasa muttered as he slowly stretched, wearing nothing but a loose fitting set of pajamas. If his sister hadn't bothered to leave behind a lot of hand-me-downs, he probably would've gone out to buy new clothes. But since she had his general build except for the way she was so much bigger, it was enough for him.

As he looked out of the peep hole of his door, he flinched as he saw two beautiful Maids outside. One of them he could definitely identify as Happy Hiro-chan, but the other... W-Was that..?

His body worked before his mind, as he opened the door to face two Magical Maids, both of them smiling towards him. One with nothing but submission on her face, and the other with an overwhelming light from her eyes, one that he just couldn't stop looking towards.

"Good evening, Master." Miracle Mikai-chan and Happy Hiro-chan spoke in unison, as they both invited themselves in and pressed the boy between them. "We've decided to come home and let you have a taste of our special service, just this once. To make sure that you return to Magical Miracle in the future..."

"After all... You're one of our beloved Masters. We wouldn't want you to miss out on our love..." Miracle Mikai-chan whispered into Tsubasa's ear, as his eyes started to light up like hers. All while she held him nice and tightly, like a dominant should...

As the Miracle Maid, it was up to her to direct the other Magical Maids. And as long as she saw more Masters to protect... She would dominate their minds and bring them under her heel. All while her Magical Maids buttered them up and made them weak and easy to manipulate...

This was her duty as a Maid... And she would carry it out, just like Lady Miracle had intended...