“Ha! You actually dared to come back?”
Luoyou lay sideways on the sofa with calm indifference, her words dripping with sarcasm as she looked at the rebellious girl who had returned.
“I was the one who touched your legs and your ass, were practically a succubus starved to death in a past life. Are you coming back because you feel you haven’t been violated enough?”
“Sorry.”
Luozining’s tone remained neither servile nor arrogant, but she didn’t dare to talk back anymore.
“Oh? Why so meek all of a sudden?”
“I thought it over again. What you said actually makes sense. I apologize for my shallow thoughts.”
Unlike before, Luozining quickly knelt down, and Luoyou found this attitude quite agreeable.
If this had been a normal father-daughter conversation, this rebellious girl would have been dead long ago, still stubborn with her mouth.
For her to admit fault, Luoyou herself would have had to lower her head first.
“Heh heh, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood, I thought you were someone who could stay pure despite coming from the mud. Turns out you’re just like those other Magical Girls.”
Luoyou shook her head.
“I’m very disappointed in you.”
“You’re the one doing the lecturing.”
“Speak. Why the sudden change in attitude?”
“There’s an unexpected situation in the Realm Sea. If we don’t quickly find ‘those people’… the consequences will be dire,” Luozining said through gritted teeth.
“Hmph! You Magical Girls, when you need someone, you flatter and seduce them, but when you don’t, you all expect me to be responsible for you. Is the world really that kind?!”
“Sorry.”
Besides lowering her head, Luozining had nothing left to do.
Yet inside, she was burning with rage.
【That damned brat… act a little tough and you get all cocky, huh?】
Magical Girls are naturally bound to deal with evil forces, but this submissive attitude was something she’d never shown before in her life!
Luozining began to consider how to probe Ellera and negotiate the aid.
Unfortunately, her lack of experience left her unsure how to ask.
At that moment, Luoyou spoke.
“But hey, heh heh, since you’re now my Ji Ming Disciple, as long as you keep your attitude right, I can give you some help.”
Luoyou was generous, enjoying how the rebellious girl was now serving her humbly, and continued:
“I had a great time with Mistress last night. That counts as an unspoken agreement between me and the Smuggling Faction. From now on, as long as I show up, someone will come to test me. Though they’re just insignificant lackeys… whether you can seize the opportunity depends on you.”
“What’s the Irregular Organization’s attitude on this?”
“Oh ho, I don’t know. Haven’t contacted them for a while.”
“If those people really come after you, which side would you take?”
“Who knows~”
Luoyou smiled faintly, evading a direct answer.
Hearing this, Luozining pressed her lips tightly.
If even Ellera sided with the enemy, it would be truly irreparable.
“Ellera, I heard you have a daughter, right?” she suddenly asked.
“…Yes, why?”
The question slightly shook Luoyou’s spirit, who was about to step out and test the waters.
She smiled, “Is it those Magical She-Devils who want you to spy for them?”
“Uh, no. It’s just my personal curiosity.”
“If you’re hoping I’ll stand with my daughter instead of those people, then you’ve got the wrong calculation.”
Luoyou snorted twice.
“I’m the Aurora Witch. There’s no way I’d change my stance just for one daughter. No one can change my mind. If you don’t get it yet, imagine my daughter kneeling and crying, begging me to stop bullying Magical Girls—I wouldn’t even pay attention. Instead, I’d catch a Magical Girl every day and bring her home to talk right in front of my daughter! That’s how firm I am!”
“Ugh… What a scumbag,” Luozining whispered.
Talking with a Magical Girl in front of her daughter—can she really be that tough?
“What kind of person is your daughter?”
“Ha ha, she’s a… uh…”
Luoyou covered her mouth, thinking for a few seconds. She decided to bluff a little, thinking it might come in handy later.
“She mainly plays the role of pure and sweet, with a hint of spicy. She completely inherited our good looks.”
Luozining thought for a moment and then raised a finger, pointing to herself, “Is she like me?”
“Look at you. Is there even a tiny bit of resemblance? Even if you wanted to scrape by, you’re miles away.”
Luoyou immediately showed a look of utter disgust.
I was just talking nonsense, but you actually dare to agree?!
The real situation was: their own rebellious daughter was a mix of defiance and poison.
Just to be safe, Luoyou asked the reason.
“I can’t believe you really dare to admit that. Are you that confident?”
“No… I just feel like the way you treat me sometimes sounds like how elders speak to their children,” Luozining confessed.
She didn’t know how other parents treated their kids, but at least her own family atmosphere was similar.
But at this moment, Luoyou suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
What? Is it really that strong?
She panicked briefly, but luckily her mask covered her face, or she would have been exposed.
If there was a mirror nearby, she really wanted to take a look at herself.
“Really? Which parents talk to their children like that? Making lewd jokes and insulting their personality.”
Luoyou said calmly, “If that really happened, what a twisted family that would be.”
“Hah.”
Luozining turned her head in shame.
Sorry, that’s exactly how my family is.
Being adopted into such a twisted family really is something to be sorry for.
“Alright, go out now.”
Luoyou, afraid that saying more would risk exposure, left on her own.
Thinking to herself, “Oh wow, that rebellious girl actually noticed? Did I really never make dirty jokes at home? She makes more of those toward me! Always talking about Star Fury, Star Fury.”
Changing her attitude toward Luozining now would be strange, so she just had to persist.
“From now on at home… just treat her a bit better? Once a month at most… no, twice… no, five times.”
If that rebellious girl ever uncovered the truth, it would be the end of the world.
Luoyou shuddered in fright.
For now, she just had to keep her stable.
Meanwhile, Luozining was deep in thought.
“I couldn’t get anything out of her… and I can’t prove she’s telling the truth.”
She lay exhausted on the sofa.
She wanted to doubt Ellera, but she just couldn’t reconcile Ellera’s image with that of her own father.
Looking at the height and figure, they were very similar, but in reality, completely different.
“So strange…”
Luozining murmured.
She could only start from the other two places left.
But first, she needed to handle the important matter the Broken-Winged Butterfly had entrusted to her.