‘She has a dexterous side too, huh?’ Was it cooking?
But the next moment, the eggshell smashed into the bowl, and egg liquid splattered everywhere. At noon, this gray-haired girl had said with a completely straight face, “Isn’t it just cracking an egg?” As she spoke, she effortlessly performed a one-handed egg crack as a demonstration.
Tonight, Tang Nai was preparing dinner as an apology. Just follow the recipe, as your Tang Nai sister, I also…
She had been messing around in the kitchen all afternoon and finally managed to produce something that looked edible.
Later, no one knew how Tang Nai managed to coax Su Yong over, but the impression of the two had already shifted from mysterious young ladies to juniors who had uprooted the family’s prized cabbage, so Tang Nai still had to put in some effort to placate her.
Of course, Su Yong had already returned to her normal state by this point.
As for Su Mu… Tang Nai wouldn’t give her the chance to tease her like this.
“How can you even manage to explode an egg while cracking it?” “Hey, I remember you once had a cooking showdown with Ning Lv, didn’t you?”
Su Mu quietly sidled up next to Tang Nai, a mischievous smile on her face as she teased.
Tang Nai spread her hands helplessly.
How did she manage to subdue Ning Lv back then? It was a two-step process.
“Does hotpot count as cooking?”
Step one: Buy tomato hotpot soup base online.
Step two: Use it according to the instructions, add magic power and stir…
What did Ning Ling do? The only difference between her operation and Tang Nai’s was that she used a homemade soup base.
“Industrial products are more delicious…”
To be fair, what Ning Ling made couldn’t be called terrible, but it certainly wasn’t “So, you used magic power to season it again?”
As she spoke, Su Mu tried picking up a piece of egg and putting it in her mouth. The next moment, her face went through a series of green and purple changes before she finally managed to swallow it with difficulty.
“Is it really that bad?”
Tang Nai said expressionlessly while trying a piece herself.
Bland and tasteless.
“I can’t taste anything myself, there’s nothing to be done about that.”
“No, I’m just surprised you didn’t use magic power…”
Su Mu toned down her exaggerated performance and returned to normal.
“It turns out it’s not as bad as I imagined.”
Hearing this, Tang Nai gave a wicked smile.
“Of course, after all, I’m exceptionally talented.”
Su Mu rolled her eyes at her.
“I knew it, you love pushing your luck the most. The key point is, my mom helped, didn’t she?”
“Actually, no… I just had her help taste-test it.”
Su Mu’s threads vibrated.
“Lying in front of me is useless.”
Su Mu’s eyes curved into crescents, having to admit the convenience of this ability.
Tang Nai neither confirmed nor denied it, just avoided her gaze.
“Let’s start eating, the dishes are all served.”
Su Mu’s home was unexpectedly lively again today, with six people at the dining table. It was just a pity the other two Magical Girls weren’t here.
The key point is, they’re not familiar, it would be too awkward to just gather and eat together like that.
“Hey, how do you have the nerve to pick up a bowl?”
Su Mu looked unfavorably at a certain green-haired little loli wearing loose clothes and snatched the chopsticks from her hand.
The little loli was stunned for a moment, then an almost sycophantic smile actually appeared on her delicate little face.
“Oh my, haven’t I already sobered up?”
Su Mu grabbed Sun Chuan’s little braid, pulling until she yelped.
“Don’t make such a disgusting expression with that loli face of yours, if you don’t want to be dealt with.”
Only then did Su Mu let go, looking speechlessly at this creature who could now be categorized as a little girl.
After Sun Chuan’s core was replaced, what happened to her was similar to what happened to Lu Shan back then—her body underwent severe infantilization.
Lu Shan became younger because her Monster Core was contaminated, leaving behind the memory of being humiliated by Tang Nai. Sun Chuan’s case was much more severe than hers. To survive, she completely abandoned her self-respect, letting Su Mu trample over her, and also lost almost all her power. It was understandable that she would shrink to this degree.
Only… Su Mu found it hard to look directly at her childish little face.
She couldn’t help but want to tie Sun Chuan up in Tang Nai’s secret room and make her receive a harsh lesson. Just thinking that this dead loli’s body housed a wanton hussy…
“I already said I used to be a Magical Girl too, you have to believe me.”
“If you keep using that tone of voice, I’ll…”
After making a fuss for a while, Sun Chuan finally settled down. Su Mu looked helplessly at the spot that had been forcibly pressed out by the back of Sun Chuan’s head. It had been repaired by Tang Nai now, with no trace left, but Su Mu could still recall her miserable state.
She’d think about how to deal with her later. For now, this meal was made by Tang Nai.
The fluorescent light at home was a bit old, flickering from time to time, giving off a horror movie vibe.
Su Ya was quite happy, after all, in her view, everyone who came to the house today was her daughter’s friend, along with that troublesome but reliable junior of hers. She wasn’t very good at socializing either, just frequently putting food in Su Mu’s bowl.
The light was getting darker. Su Mu felt a bit puzzled and decided to go check the circuit breaker.
But before she could get up, she felt her body go limp.
Oh, so it wasn’t the light getting darker; it was her eyelids getting heavier.
“What’s… going on?”
Su Mu turned her head to look at the people on either side and only then realized that, apart from her, everyone including Su Ya had already slumped onto the table, motionless. Only Tang Nai was quietly continuing to munch on the corn in her hand.
Su Mu was about to speak, but she weakly slumped onto the table too, unable to even lift a finger.
Tang Nai gently closed her eyelids for her, her gray eyes filled with helplessness.
“It wasn’t helping with the cooking… but having her, the one with the strongest drug resistance, take sufficient magic potion in advance. Sorry, I lied to you. Actually, I had senior go to the kitchen…”
“Don’t worry, it’s just a dream. To avoid unnecessary trouble.”
None of the people present noticed anything unusual before they completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.
Tang Nai looked apologetically at Su Ya, then meaningfully at Su Mu.
In fact, in her prediction, the moment the Transcendence Authority and the Ordinary Authority gathered around Su Mu, she should have awakened and fallen into the dream. Su Ya’s faint, almost imperceptible embrace had suppressed this change.
She still ultimately didn’t want Su Mu to walk this path. This was her little bit of selfishness.
The reason Su Ya took Su Mu away from the center of conflict, letting her live her life as an ordinary person, wasn’t just out of a wish for her to live a peaceful life. Because she was a mother, the moment Su Ya gave birth to Su Mu, she had already seen clearly what the authority gestating within Su Mu’s body truly meant. That’s why she tried with all her might to prevent its awakening.
But Tang Nai understood that this delaying tactic couldn’t last forever.
“Senior, believe me. This time, I will give you a satisfactory answer.”
Tang Nai’s gaze swept over the people at the table.
Behind her, Tang Yin silently appeared from a corner and came to Tang Nai’s side. “I’ve done as you said. Now you can finally forgive me, right? Lemon carries Transcendence, Su Mu carries Ordinary, Domination is carried… Everything is proceeding according to plan.”
“Mhm. Next, I’ll still need to trouble you to maintain the flow of time within the dream.”
“Really? How big can this Dream World be?”
Hearing this, Tang Nai raised her eyes, looking thoughtfully at the wall clock opposite the dining table.
“Probably… about half the size of the Second-Layer Dreamscape.”
Tang Nai’s eyebrow twitched.
Tang Nai pinched Su Mu’s soft cheek and smiled slightly.
“Aren’t you afraid the Combat Division people will come in and cause trouble?”
“I deliberately stayed outside the barrier for a month. It’s entirely possible I lost control accidentally. If they want to die, they’re welcome to come.”
“Speaking of which, what kind of dream should we weave… Ah, right. That Su Flower Queen or whatever, I’m a bit interested. Let’s have our Magic Girl Irina go adventure in a Wuxia World.”
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