[Honkai: Star Rail] What Should I Do After the Director Played with My Feelings!

[Aventurine pairing]

Yidi spotted a handsome guy on the school's confession wall and worked up the nerve to message him, only to find that they couldn't keep a conversation going. Then he realized the handsome guy was his new advisor this semester.

Wait... How could his advisor be Dr. Ratio, the man famed throughout the galaxy for his strictness?

Like a fuse being lit, the ordinary world around Yidi began to crumble. A mysterious treasure chest appeared around the corner below his dorm, and all kinds of big shots started showing up at his door for no apparent reason, asking to work with him.

Yidi: Open your eyes and look! I'm just an academic slacker!

The school invited the Interastral Peace Corporation, known for its incredibly high hiring standards, to hold a recruitment briefing.

...Damn it, Aventurine and Jade were the ones who showed up.

Faced with the company director's inexplicable overtures, Yidi was skeptical. When the director suddenly invited him on a date, Yidi decided to play along. Then he discovered the director's deeply concealed secret identity...

Yidi: Ha! Your wife is gone!

Director Aventurine: (appears with a rose between his teeth) Good evening, miss. I was wondering if you would... (gets pricked in the mouth) (hurries off) (comes back) (swirls a glass of red wine) I was wondering if you would... (spills wine all over himself) (hurries off) (comes back) It's a little cold under the bridge. Could I come home with you tonight?

[Not every character is perfectly understood. I'll do my best to keep them in character. I'm not big on research. Aventurine pairing, possibly with a little win-her-back arc for Aventurine, and a teacher-student bond with Dr. Ratio.]

[The win-her-back arc is very minor, since Aventurine hasn't done anything too terrible.]

Coming soon (add it to your favorites if you're interested!):

"Yokohama Guide: Benefits Package Included, Pets Welcome at Work"

Yueqin Yokosuka is a diligent guide. Every day, she opens her eyes and gets straight to work, soothing sentinels in the Tower from dawn till dusk and striving for a promotion and a raise, until at last... she drops dead from overwork.

But it's fine, she's reborn! The irritable orange-haired man who shakes her awake tells her this is Yokohama, where there are no sentinels, no Tower, and no large-scale wars.

Yokohama? Yueqin sits bolt upright.

That's great! It's a big city!

Wait, why is he on the phone with someone from the Port Mafia, saying something about Dazai having slipped away?

...What the hell kind of Yokohama is this?

The orange-haired man glances at her as he speaks to the person on the phone:

"Yeah, before she woke up, she kept muttering about sentinels, guides, and soothing them. Maybe she's an ability user, too."

A few minutes later, the orange-haired man hangs up and glares at her.

"Want to come work for us? Full benefits, meals and accommodation included."

She doesn't want to work hard in this life, so she firmly refuses. The orange-haired man stomps a hole in the ground with a sharp "Huh?" and Yueqin immediately nods.

"I'll do it, I'll do it."

Why do I have to work again?!

Luckily, working for the Mafia is much easier than it was in her previous life. Sentinel spirit forms are usually fierce and huge, making them hard to handle, but here...

Chuuya's Chihuahua looks fierce, but it's actually very clingy. The moment it sees her, it sticks to her feet and won't leave.

Dazai Osamu's fox always lets her pet it with a smile. Every time she leaves, she realizes she's covered in fox fur.

Akutagawa's spirit form, which won't go near strangers, is actually a fluffy lop-eared rabbit. Yueqin is going to die from cuteness!

Ever since the Mafia got Yueqin, there have been more club activities, better work benefits, and a much better workplace atmosphere. Yueqin saves up enough money to buy a house in Yokohama and retire, but then her former coworkers and former rivals, whom she'd soothed, all show up at her door to corner her.

No! I really don't want to work anymore!!

(Akutagawa pairing.)

Theme: Study hard so you can graduate smoothly, aaah!