It turned out that while feelings could indeed be useful in certain matters, skill was also an indispensable requirement.
When the sun rose the next day and the girls sleeping in each other’s arms opened their eyes, they tacitly agreed not to mention what had happened yesterday.
One could only say they were certain that neither had experienced anything similar before; they were truly each other’s first and only.
As for the specific experience… Luo Shuangyue could only describe it as having no technique and being fueled entirely by emotion.
She had truly felt Xia Mo’s love, but she hadn’t experienced much else.
Both she and Xia Mo were incredibly clumsy when it came to how lovers should interact.
They were so clumsy in their attempts to satisfy each other that the results were almost comical.
Cough! Anyway, it was in the past now, and what needed to be done was finished.
It was time to get to work!
Using Demonic Energy to condense her clothes, Luo Shuangyue nodded to her reflection in the mirror, then turned to look at Xia Mo, who was putting on her clothes one by one.
Demons were much more convenient than humans in this regard; they didn’t need to dress piece by piece but could simply use Demonic Energy to manifest them.
This time, Xia Mo didn’t choose anything complicated to wear. Instead, she picked a set of clothes suitable for movement.
After dressing, she immediately used her magic stone to enter her Transformed State.
These clothes were merely to ensure she wouldn’t be naked if she ever had to cancel her Transformation.
With the preparations complete, the two left the room and flew straight toward the experiment field.
Along the way, they noticed that the entire Magic Department Headquarters had entered a state of high combat readiness.
Countless transhuman staff sisters were using various Magic Power products recently developed by the Magic Department to fly around, darting between different branches of the Magic Department to prepare for the upcoming war.
The Great Crisis from a few months ago was still fresh in everyone’s minds.
This time, the warning issued by the Magic Department was being executed even faster than the last.
After all, those who refused to listen had already been eliminated months ago.
Almost everyone currently holding a high position was smart enough to know who was really protecting this world—and who the real Boss of the world was.
When the Magic Department spoke, they naturally cooperated obediently.
Though they didn’t know it, their cooperation wouldn’t actually accomplish much this time.
When Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo arrived at the experiment field, a Starlight Magic Circle four meters in diameter already stood at the center.
This was the result of Yi’s hard work throughout the previous day.
“Sister Shuangyue, Sister Xia Mo, you’ve arrived at the perfect time. The magic circle was just completed half an hour ago, and the final tuning is still underway,” Yi greeted them with a wave as she saw Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo flying over hand-in-hand.
Normally, she wouldn’t have been able to work this fast because her internal Magic Power couldn’t support such a massive project.
However, before leaving, Luo Shuangyue had stored a vast amount of Magic Power into several Sealing Cards and handed them over, which greatly alleviated Yi’s shortage.
Whenever her Magic Power ran low, she would simply absorb a bit from the cards, instantly refilling her stores to continue working.
Toward the end, it was Yi’s Mental Power that struggled to keep up with the progress, but she eventually succeeded in completing the construction of the magic circle before her Mental Power was entirely exhausted.
After all, this was something she had been studying for months.
As long as the Magic Power was sufficient, she could have drawn this thing with her eyes closed.
“You two… come take a look. This magic is just the starting point. We won’t be able to help you with what comes next.” Luo Shuangxing, who had been staying by Yi’s side, glanced at her two sisters with a slightly odd expression.
These two had left yesterday while dragging each other along and only returned after the sun rose today.
Luo Shuangxing wasn’t an innocent little rabbit who knew nothing. In her eyes, these two had definitely gone off to do something “bad.”
Otherwise, why would they stay away for so long?
To still have the mood for those things at a time like this—Luo Shuangxing truly admired her sister’s nerves.
“It looks quite good, much better than the magic circles I made.” Luo Shuangyue walked over to the magic circle Yi had constructed, sensing its aura before stepping inside to check the quality of the spatial channel.
Finally, she concluded that the original Magic Power was indeed better than her knock-off version.
Even though Yi’s strength was far inferior to hers, as long as Yi was given enough Magic Power to squander, her results would be much better than Luo Shuangyue’s.
Hearing such praise from Luo Shuangyue, Yi immediately waved her hands in embarrassment. “My role was actually very small. This was a group effort…”
The magic circle had been conceptualized by Luo Shuangyue and optimized by the Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls and researchers from the technical departments.
She was merely the tool that turned those designs into reality.
In this matter, her greatest contribution was providing the Starlight Magic.
“Alright, no one is going to steal the credit that belongs to you. Besides, you’ve been busy all day; it’s time to get some rest,” Luo Shuangyue said to Yi with a smile.
After speaking to Yi, Luo Shuangyue turned her gaze toward her younger sister.
She had noticed a hint of displeasure in her sister’s voice just now.
She was standing up for Yi.
Intuition told Luo Shuangyue that the relationship between her sister and Yi could no longer be described as a simple friendship.
Perhaps it hadn’t reached the level of her and Xia Mo yet, but the seeds of a shifting friendship were already sprouting.
There was no telling when those seeds would take root and bind these two innocent girls together.
Luo Shuangyue had no objections to this. She found Yi quite likable; if her sister could actually bring Yi home, she would certainly welcome it.
So, at this moment, she didn’t mind providing her sister with an assist. “Shuangxing, take Yi back. Let her get some proper rest. And… don’t leave yourself with any regrets.”
“Don’t leave any regrets?” Luo Shuangxing’s breath hitched.
She suddenly understood why her two sisters had taken time out of their busy schedule yesterday to do those things.
‘Was that their way of not leaving any regrets?’
If the hope of success was truly that slim, then they should at least finish everything they wanted to do before despair arrived.
But… did she really have any regrets in her heart?
Luo Shuangxing walked over to Yi and reached out to support the petite elf girl, her heart rate unconsciously quickening.
She looked up at her elder sister and noticed a look of encouragement in her eyes.
‘Encouragement? What does Sister want to encourage me to do?’ Luo Shuangxing wondered silently.
As she wondered, her gaze involuntarily fell upon Yi, who was leaning against her.
A slightly bold thought flashed through her mind, only to be quickly snuffed out.
‘No, Sister couldn’t possibly mean that. Absolutely not.’
What kind of sister would encourage her younger sister to do something like that?
“I’ll take Yi back to rest now,” she said, putting on a stern face.
“Safe travels~”
Tsk.
It was that suggestive tone again.
Luo Shuangxing was certain her sister was up to no good.
However, she didn’t dare to confront Luo Shuangyue here, so she could only leave with her small conflict and unhappiness, taking Yi with her.
Watching the two girls fly away, Xia Mo finally stepped out of her role as a spectator and asked Luo Shuangyue, “You seemed to have a hidden meaning in your words just now.”
She could clearly tell Luo Shuangyue was encouraging Luo Shuangxing to do something, but she felt those two children hadn’t reached that stage yet.
They were just good friends with a bit of mutual affection.
“Just a little encouragement. I think Yi is a very good girl.”
“She is indeed. But is her identity okay?”
“If she covers her ears, is there any difference between her and us? Don’t tell me you’re actually a racist who thinks an elf isn’t good enough for our sister…”
Before Luo Shuangyue could finish, Xia Mo knocked her on the forehead in annoyance.
“I took you as my girlfriend—how could I possibly be a racist?”
An elf was at least a humanoid creature and an ally standing on the side of humanity. But Luo Shuangyue wasn’t even human anymore; she was a demon.
Demons were the mortal enemies of humanity, and yet Xia Mo had accepted Luo Shuangyue’s identity.
It would be absurd for her to have a prejudice against Yi.
“I just think we should let the two of them decide for themselves,” Xia Mo explained.
Outsiders shouldn’t meddle in matters of the heart.
Even if Luo Shuangyue was Luo Shuangxing’s biological sister, it was better not to interfere recklessly.
What if they messed up and destroyed the sisters’ bond?
“As her sister, I must always keep her happiness in mind. Besides, don’t you think it’s interesting to watch Shuangxing awkwardly and ignorantly try to pursue another girl?”
Luo Shuangyue had always been a sister who enjoyed treating her younger sister like a toy. This was common knowledge.
Their relationship was excellent, but they were never stingy about messing with each other when the opportunity arose.
And now, Luo Shuangyue had found such an opportunity—one where she could enjoy her sister’s antics while having an unassailable reason.
‘Is there a problem with me, the elder sister, caring about my sister’s happiness? None at all!’
‘Is there a problem with me telling my sister to pursue the person she likes so she won’t have regrets? Even less of a problem!’
Luo Shuangyue was certain that even if her mother found out, she would only give her a thumbs-up and praise her for a job well done.
“Alright, their mission is over. Now it’s our turn.”
With a light cough to change the subject, Luo Shuangyue walked to the teleportation magic circle and began adjusting its orientation.
Jet-black Demonic Energy surged from the ground, transforming into shimmering starlight as she made minute adjustments to the magic circle Yi had drawn.
Luo Shuangyue didn’t know how vast a distance she would have to cross this time, but since it led to the Boundary of the World, she naturally had to overstate her estimations.
At such an immense distance, any tiny error would be magnified countless times.
A miniscule mistake at the starting point would lead to an unimaginable deviation at the destination.
This was the difficulty of spatial channels.
Everything required extremely precise data as support.
Once a mistake occurred, the results would be disastrous.
“This should be about right. More detailed adjustments will have to come later.”
After tinkering with the magic circle for a while, Luo Shuangyue finally found the most suitable angle and direction.
This was the most precise orientation she could find for now.
However, there were bound to be errors.
Luo Shuangyue would need to make slight adjustments to this direction bit by bit as she constructed the spatial channel, eventually closing in on her true destination.
“Let’s go. We’re heading out!”
The spatial channel constructed by Yi was quite different from Luo Shuangyue’s own.
To put it bluntly, Yi’s channel performed significantly better.
This gap in performance was reflected in every aspect.
For example, Yi’s channel had stronger anti-interference capabilities, required less consumption to extend, and possessed a much greater ability to shorten distances.
“Now that I’ve used Yi’s channel, I suddenly feel like everything I used before was trash,” Luo Shuangyue grumbled softly as she injected Magic Power to extend the channel deeper into space.
This time, she clearly experienced the gap between the original and the knock-off.
The original Magic Power was truly worthy of its name; even she, a user of the budget version, had to admit the original’s performance was superior.
“But this is your masterpiece. In the future, when other Magical Girls mention this magic, you will be the one they see as the creator,” Xia Mo said with a light laugh, following closely behind Luo Shuangyue.
“By the way, I didn’t realize this magic circle could directly absorb and convert your Demonic Energy into Yi’s Starlight Magic.”
“Yes, this function is built into the magic circle. In essence, Demonic Energy and a Magical Girl’s Magic Power aren’t that different. They just look a bit more evil.”
Squeezing a wisp of jet-black Demonic Energy in her hand, Luo Shuangyue explained that there wasn’t much difference in quality between the two.
It wasn’t as if Magic Power was a direct upgrade to Demonic Energy.
Demonic Energy was simply the Magic Power used by demons.
It was essentially the same as the Magic Power of Magical Girls; both originated from the gifts of the world.
The Sea of Magic was where the world stored its power.
Everyone, including demons, could draw Magic Power from this sea.
“It’s a pity this magic can’t independently draw Magic Power from the Sea of Magic to extend itself. It can only maintain its own stability and existence.” Luo Shuangyue sighed. When she first designed this magic circle, she hadn’t thought that far ahead.
Now it was too late to change it.
If it had that function, she would be having a much easier time right now.
“The perception is getting clearer. We are gradually approaching that place…” As time passed, the guidance in Luo Shuangyue’s mind became more distinct.
As the guidance clarified, she began to adjust the channel’s direction once more. The Magic Power required for this adjustment was an astronomical figure.
Rotating the entrance might not take much Magic Power, but for this channel that already stretched across a vast distance in space, shifting it even a fraction required enough Magic Power to drain a Full Bloom-Class Magical Girl dry.