She had to confront her relationship with Xia Mo head-on!
Or rather, had she already done so?
Touching her lips with her free hand, Luo Shuangyue felt her heartbeat quicken.
She didn’t believe Xia Mo’s previous initiative was just to defeat the Resentful Demon Emperor. There had to be more meaning behind it.
So how should she respond to Xia Mo’s feelings?
Luo Shuangyue felt as if she had no other choice.
“Awake?”
A soft voice entered Luo Shuangyue’s ears.
Her heart skipped a beat in fright as she turned her head to see Xia Mo, who had opened her eyes at some unknown time.
Those beautiful eyes, black with hints of purple, were staring right at her.
“Mm… I’m awake.”
“I took off your contact lenses and put them in the case. It’s not good to sleep with those on.”
A cold sweat dripped down Luo Shuangyue’s forehead. Xia Mo’s words were practically saying she already knew her identity.
“Oh, thanks…”
“Besides thanks, don’t you have anything else to say?” Xia Mo raised an eyebrow.
“Sorry, I was wrong!”
What else could she say? If she didn’t take this chance to admit her mistake, did she want Xia Mo to hold a knife to her throat to force it out?
Don’t ask her what she did wrong—she was just wrong. Apologize first!
After all, if she thought about it seriously, Luo Shuangyue’s mistakes were far from minor.
“How did you find out?” Luo Shuangyue felt her throat dry.
Hearing this, Xia Mo let out a soft laugh and leaned her head toward Luo Shuangyue’s side, softly answering:
“Scent.”
“Huh?”
“It was Shuang Xing’s idea. She found your scent was very similar to Dark Moth’s and told me to compare the difference between the real Dark Moth and you.
So that day I carefully memorized your scent.”
A flash of realization appeared in Luo Shuangyue’s eyes.
No wonder Xia Mo seemed so eager to get close to her that day—it had been purposeful.
Then, after returning home, Xia Mo was the first to approach her, probably using that moment to compare her scent to the real Dark Moth’s.
And the culprit behind all this was none other than Luo Shuangxing! Her little sister really liked to cause trouble for her dear brother!
You guys all rely on scent to recognize people? Are you Magical Girls dogs or what?!
Damn it!
“If you already knew, why still…”
“Because at that time, we hadn’t figured out how to face this reality.
If we had hastily exposed the secret, it might have caused consequences we didn’t want to see.”
Xia Mo exhaled softly.
“Finished with your questions?”
Luo Shuangyue nodded subconsciously.
Then she heard Xia Mo’s tone that brooked no resistance:
“Then it’s my turn to ask!”
In an instant, Xia Mo transformed from the soft, cute girlfriend to a ruthless hellish queen.
Her brows furrowed, and her eyes glinted so brightly Luo Shuangyue didn’t dare meet them.
Her instincts told her that none of Xia Mo’s upcoming questions would be easy to answer.
“Can I not answer?”
“What do you think, Shuangyue?” Xia Mo grabbed Luo Shuangyue’s cheek hard.
“Or should I call you Dark Moth, or even White Night?”
White Night’s identity had been exposed too?!
Luo Shuangyue was stunned. How had that been revealed? It couldn’t have been scent again!
“First, tell me how you got your Transformation Ability, and when you became a girl?”
“Three years ago, on my coming-of-age day, the power sleeping inside me awakened.” Luo Shuangyue lowered her head.
Things had already come this far; there was no need to hide anymore.
Now that Xia Mo’s strength could barely keep up with hers, telling her these things wasn’t a big deal.
On her eighteenth birthday, Luo Shuangyue gained the Transformation Ability of Dark Moth and learned of her parents’ true identities from what they left behind.
From then on, she began her journey to find her family.
“The power sleeping inside? Not that a Magical Gemstone suddenly appeared before you?”
“No, I discovered I was already in the transformed state when I awakened.
Later, it took a lot of effort to get out of that Transformation.”
Luckily, Luo Shuangxing had to go to school that day, or Luo Shuangyue’s identity would have been exposed long ago.
“What about White Night? What’s the story there?”
“Do you know White Night’s true identity?”
Xia Mo was stunned by the question.
She was just one of the countless children White Night had saved; how would she know White Night’s true identity?
She shook her head, indicating she didn’t know.
“She’s my mother.”
Xia Mo’s gaze went blank.
White Night was Luo Shuangyue’s mother?!
Huh?!
The young and beautiful woman next door seemed more like a sibling of the Luo family (Shuangxing’s mother was the revered senior White Night, the very person Xia Mo admired)!
No wonder Shuangxing looked so much like Senior White Night. Could this be the so-called family legacy?
“What about Senior White Night now…”
“She’s missing. But I’m sure she’s still alive.
The Royal-Class Magic Beast I defeated also knows my mother is alive.”
Luo Shuangyue clenched her fists and whispered.
“I want to find her, but I don’t want you to come with me on this dangerous journey, so I’ve been hiding this from you.”
“Don’t look at Shuangxing like she’s already out of the shadows.
Once she knows our mother is still alive, she’ll recklessly try to find her, which is too dangerous for her now!”
Right now, Luo Shuangxing was still too weak.
She was just an Initial Bloom-class Magical Girl, unable to defeat even a Royal-Class Magic Beast.
And the demon who made their mother disappear had to be at least Royal-Class or higher.
Luo Shuangyue didn’t want to watch her sister recklessly go against such a foe.
She already had a hard enough time trying to find her mother without having to manage a crazed sister.
“So Xia Mo, you absolutely must not tell Shuangxing about this!”
Luo Shuangyue sat up on the bed, looking at Xia Mo with eyes that said “This is non-negotiable.”
From that look, Xia Mo could see Luo Shuangyue’s resolve.
Although Luo Shuangyue liked to bully Shuangxing, in her heart, her sister occupied a vast and important territory.
Maybe even more important than Xia Mo’s place.
“Then you just told me all this? Aren’t you afraid I’ll freak out like Shuangxing?”
Xia Mo sat up too, lifting Luo Shuangyue’s chin.
That question was basically asking Luo Shuangyue which mattered more: her sister or her childhood friend.
Luo Shuangyue felt conflicted.
Actually, this had always been clear—one was her sister, the other her childhood friend.
Of course, her sister was more important.
But now, things had shifted slightly.
The ambiguous feelings between childhood friends had been made clear by Xia Mo’s active approach.
Their current relationship was no longer just innocent childhood friends.
“You’re different.
You’re more mature and stronger.
I believe you won’t go crazy like Shuangxing.”
Luo Shuangyue stammered to explain.
Xia Mo admired White Night like a devoted fan.
She wouldn’t react so drastically to her idol’s disappearance.
But Shuangxing was different.
White Night was her biological mother.
These two relationships were entirely incomparable.
That’s why Luo Shuangyue trusted Xia Mo to handle the truth rationally, but expected Shuangxing to lose her mind once she found out.
It was precisely because she understood both of them so well that she made this judgment.
“Hmph, your answer passes.
But after hiding this from me so long, your punishment won’t be light either…”
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