Chapter 33 : I’m Not a Magical Girl Anymore

Why hate the Red Spider Lily?

What other reason could there be?

Who would like a bastard who forcibly slept with them!

Although after her defeat, Yijinmo didn’t resist much, that didn’t mean she could accept it!

The lack of resistance was simply because she knew fighting back was useless.

If she provoked the other party’s rebellious mentality, the one who would suffer would still be herself.

But Yijinmo definitely couldn’t say this to Luo Shiyun.

This dark past was far too embarrassing—how could the strongest freak be pinned down and violated by a rookie magical girl… If possible, she wanted to bury it deep in her heart forever.

Luckily, she ran fast back then, or else she’d probably be a dutiful wife in that person’s home by now.

“…Just think of it as me not liking her attitude. That girl is way too self-righteous, arrogant, narrow-minded, overestimating herself, looking down on everyone, and oblivious to her surroundings!”

As she spoke, the girl glanced around cautiously… It couldn’t be helped; ever since she learned that the Red Spider Lily was also at the White Night Castle, her vigilance had been raised to the highest level.

If that bastard overheard her badmouthing her behind her back, heaven only knew what would happen.

“Is… is that so?”

Quite cultured, actually.

Holding his wife’s small hand tightly, Luo Shiyun pursed his lips, his expression carrying a hint of grievance.

How could this be?

His wife actually hated him…

As for Yijinmo’s earlier criticisms of the Red Spider Lily?

Luo Shiyun reflected deeply, but couldn’t find any sign of arrogance in herself.

After all, it was the truth—she had won all her life without encountering any real setbacks.

What others considered the pinnacle of achievement was just within her grasp.

“But as for you, Miss Luo, I don’t hate you at all. In fact, I quite like you just the way you are.”

With such a sudden turn of events, Luo Shiyun’s mood instantly cleared up like the sun breaking through the clouds upon hearing this compliment.

“Really?!”

“Yes, although sometimes your behavior can be a bit puzzling, all in all, Miss Luo, you’re a very good person.”

Anyone willing to shower her with gold coins was a good person in her book.

“Well, let’s head back now. The banquet should be about to start, and I’m already a bit hungry.”

“No problem!”

Though Yijinmo only gave her a simple compliment, Luo Shiyun walked with a noticeably lighter step.

Yet in her heart, she was still pondering the girl’s earlier words.

Her wife hated the Red Spider Lily, but she was the Red Spider Lily.

Her wife liked Luo Shiyun, and she was Luo Shiyun.

What should she do…

Ah, she had an idea!

Miss Luo’s mind spun, as if discovering a new continent.

Since her wife didn’t like the Red Spider Lily, why not stop being the Red Spider Lily?

After all, the reason she accepted this power in the first place was to get closer to Yijinmo, to have Yijinmo.

And now that she was already by her side, why keep being the Red Spider Lily?

Was she just bored and looking for trouble?

If she stopped being the Red Spider Lily, she’d gain an extra half hour every day to cuddle with her wife, and her wife wouldn’t have to see the magical girl she hated.

Haha, a win-win!

That settled it.

Tomorrow she’d find time to resign from the guild.

From now on, she would be Luo Shiyun, the one her wife loves—not the Red Spider Lily her wife hates!

No one would have guessed that the magical girl who had dominated Jiangnan City for three whole years nearly vanished because of such a ridiculous reason.

And the Lightning Freak was just one step away from completing her revenge plan…

Seeing Luo Shiyun’s expression so happy she could hum a tune, Yijinmo knew her tactic had worked.

Everyone knows the “step on one, praise the other” strategy has been effective since ancient times.

Besides her own impulse to put down that twisted magical girl, Yijinmo did it partly for her patroness’s sake.

The more she belittled that twisted Red Spider Lily, the more it made Miss Luo look kind and beautiful.

This way, she vented her resentment, and Miss Luo’s mood lifted after hearing the flattering words.

A win-win!

She really was a genius.

If it weren’t for her hand being held, Yijinmo would have put her hands on her hips and struck a proud pose right then and there.

“By the way, Miss Luo, do you know anyone in Jiangnan City?”

“Like… someone really, really powerful?”

“Powerful?”

Luo Shiyun thought seriously for a moment. “There probably are.”

Does the mayor count?

“Do you think those people have the ability to cover up really vicious things?”

“Wife, you mean…?”

“Like, if someone is conducting terrible experiments but they have some secret connection with the experimenters, so they have to suppress it and keep the public from finding out.”

“Even if discovered, they’d minimize the problem, make a mountain out of a molehill, or cover up the matter.”

“…I don’t really know how to answer that right away, but the one thing I’m sure of is… if these experiments require such cover-ups, the number of people involved is definitely not small.”

Like the cockroach theory—you never really know how many roaches are hiding in a room.

Jiangnan City is far from a paradise.

On the contrary, its prosperous economy conceals it as one of East Continent’s most notorious crime hubs, where countless dark secrets lurk beneath the city’s glamorous facade.

Until three years ago, when that lv.5 Lightning Freak—the black-haired girl before her—rose powerfully, almost single-handedly shattering the city’s shadows and wiping out those unknown evils.

But she was still young and inexperienced; many problems can’t be solved by violence alone… The deep darkness didn’t vanish.

Instead, after all the upheaval, it grew even more resilient.

In some people’s words, the Lightning Freak even became a kind of debt collector fairy, handling countless troublesome accounts for them.

“Wife, did something happen?”

If the Lightning Freak could stir up a storm back then, naturally her Red Spider Lily could too.

But Luo Shiyun was too lazy and saw no need.

Her mother had taught her that people of their caliber must master the art of balance… some rooms simply can’t be swept clean no matter what.

“…Just a small matter, but don’t worry, I’ll handle it myself.”

She wanted to extract some information from Miss Luo, not foolishly drag her into their freak affairs.

Besides, Miss Luo’s serious tone suggested this wasn’t something an ordinary rich girl could handle.

If her patroness were affected because of this, Yijinmo would feel guilty for a very long time.

But it wasn’t without gains… just as she expected, those chasing after Ice Thorn definitely had powerful backing.

And that backing was probably here tonight, inside the White Night Castle.

“Sigh.”

Why did that bastard Luo Shiyun suddenly show up?

Was it open? Or did she just not close it at all?

Her movements had been so secretive, so how did she still catch her red-handed!

Alice rubbed her old back as she climbed down from the wall… Though it looked brutal, for an athlete like her it was only minor external injuries, recoverable in no time.

Just her head was still a bit dizzy.

A side effect of close contact with the wall.

But more than that, she was curious—how did Luo Shiyun’s combat ability get so high? She defeated Alice, an athlete, in just a few moves?

Alice was the one who could take down Mr. Tiger with a sliding tackle; ordinary people couldn’t get near her. It made no sense.

Not to mention she had another hidden special identity!

Could it be?

A spark of insight flashed in the girl’s mind.

“I get it—this is the legendary East Continent martial arts poison bite!”

Damn locals, so insidious! Luckily, she was smart enough to nearly fall for it.

Looks like next time she meets Luo, brute force alone won’t cut it.

She’ll have to use strategy.

The Western girl quickly settled on her future approach and decided to find the maid.

Even if she couldn’t defeat Luo Shiyun, she wanted to show her never-give-up attitude!

But…

“…Where did they go again?”

Her green eyes turned bewildered.

When the two left, she was still in baby-like sleep.

So much time had passed, who knew where they had gone?

The meeting room Alice and the maid had planned to visit could be ruled out—there was nothing worth seeing there, and Luo Shiyun probably wouldn’t stay long.

After thinking for a bit, Alice finally trusted her gut and randomly picked a direction upstairs.

A gamble—maybe Luo Shiyun took the maid to eat.

It was just mealtime now… If she didn’t find anyone, she’d just eat by herself, then look for Luo Shiyun to duel.

No, to outsmart her.

Just as she walked, Alice suddenly sensed an aura.

Savage and depraved, dark and chaotic.

A freak?!

The blonde girl stopped abruptly and looked toward the window.

The White Night Castle was huge, with more than one entrance.

The direction she was looking at was a side gate.

Through her eyes, a black silhouette was steadily approaching.

Several security guards immediately stepped forward to block her… but in the next second, two streams of fire shot out from the figure’s feet, spreading into the nearby flowers and bushes.

“Whoosh!!”

Scorching heat swept over them, the powerful shockwave sent the guards flying to the ground.

Flames quickly rose, engulfing the entire side gate in moments!

“How could a freak appear in a place like this?”

Alice frowned and without hesitation punched through the viewing glass blocking her path.

Before the flames could reach the civilians, she leapt out the window.

The flower-shaped necklace on her chest simultaneously emitted a golden glow.

“Magical Equipment Reconstruction!”

Magical Girl · Ice Thorn!