Chapter 5 : Luo Shiyun

My name is Luo Shiyun, and I am eighteen years old.

My family lives in the villa district in the northeast of Chaoge City, and at present, I am living as a widow.

Although my family is distinguished, as the eldest daughter, my life is just as heavy.

Since I was ten, I have had to follow my mother to learn how to manage the family affairs, while also keeping up with my studies, always staying in the top tier.

Every day, I had to attend various tutoring classes until eight in the evening before I could go home.

I don’t smoke, and I only ever sip alcohol.

I go to bed at eleven every night, making sure to get a full eight hours of sleep.

Before sleeping, I always drink a cup of warm milk and do twenty minutes of stretching exercises.

As soon as I get into bed, I fall asleep instantly.

I sleep soundly until morning, never allowing fatigue or stress to carry over to the next day.

Even the doctors say I’m very healthy.

This kind of life continued until three years ago, when it was shattered.

A familiar called “Xiaoxing” came to me and signed a magical girl contract with me, making me the one codenamed “Red Spider Lily”.

But compared to other magical girls, I always seemed out of place… No, rather, as long as I compared myself to my peers, I would always be unique.

But this uniqueness wasn’t due to any sort of unattainable excellence.

Instead, it was a coldness that kept everyone at arm’s length.

It was as if everything in the world had nothing to do with me… and, truthfully, that was indeed the case.

In my eyes, those called humans were nothing more than ordinary combinations of carbohydrates.

Eating was just for survival, studying just to meet expectations, and even entertainment seemed so unnecessary.

Even talking became noisy and exhausting.

Everything was so tasteless, so unbearably dull, even being a magical girl.

This world, in my eyes, had no color, nor did it need any.

Gray lines and shapes were enough to satisfy all my needs.

If I had to give this state a scientific name, I would call it energy-saving mode.

The power that my unused familiar gave me… until the first day I transferred to Jiangnan City.

It was still autumn then, fallen leaves swirling and covering the asphalt underfoot.

I stood by the roadside, replying to my mother’s instructions.

In a daze, I looked up and saw a black-haired girl about my age.

She wore a gorgeous blue-black dress, a wanton smile on her face, and arcs of dazzling electricity danced at her fingertips.

A magical girl?

No, a weirdo…

Before I could react, that person scooped me up in a princess carry.

Perhaps it was the power of changing magnetic fields… In any case, we flew up into the sky, and that was my first time reaching such heights without riding any sort of aircraft.

There was no barrier of cabin windows, no engine noise—only the fresh scent of a girl drifting to me from up close… Everything on the ground was so tiny, the cold wind brushed my face, and the clouds were within reach.

In the end, we landed on the rooftop of the tallest building in the city.

I asked her why she did this, and her answer was simple, casual and lazy, as if she’d just plucked a flower that barely caught her eye from the roadside greenery.

“Because you looked so bored, and…”

“I just happened to need a hostage!”

“Lightning Weirdo, surrender yourself now!!”

The scene was utter chaos—red, blue, pink, green—magical girls of all colors rushed up the landmark building one after another.

Even when faced with so many opponents, she still maintained that inexplicable arrogance and confidence, defeating everyone with ease and composure.

Finally, she left just as coolly as she arrived, not saying another word to me.

But before leaving, she accidentally dropped a Comic Book.

I took the opportunity to pick it up, and after careful reading and research, I determined it was an educational book detailing the process of human reproduction and physical and mental health.

In popular terms, it was a Comic Book—the kind that minors theoretically shouldn’t read.

That experience left a deep impression on me, and I remembered the girl’s name and color.

Lightning Weirdo…

When she picked me up and flew into the sky, and when I watched her defeat the magical girls, for some reason, my mood also became very joyful, as if her wanton smile could infect me too.

Unrestrained and free, like a bird.

I wanted to get closer to her, to see more of her ever-changing expressions and her wild, provocative words.

According to the Comic Book, the best way to get close to someone is to defeat her both physically and mentally, and then ** with her to bear offspring.

That way, she would never leave you.

Though it felt a bit strange, my subconscious urged me to believe this.

But after all, she was a weirdo, and a particularly troublesome one at that.

Nearly all the magical girls in Jiangnan City had been defeated by her… Taking her down would not be easy.

For this, I used the power granted by Xiaoxing, accepted the identity of a magical girl, and under the guidance of my seniors, underwent a week-long period of ability development and special training.

After that, armed with combat power, I carefully investigated the whereabouts of the Lightning Weirdo.

In the end, I found her, defeated her, and did her.

But since it was my first time too, I overindulged and woke up too late.

By the time I woke, my wife—the Lightning Weirdo—had already run away.

That wouldn’t do. I hadn’t even gotten her pregnant yet, how could she just leave?

I immediately started chasing after her, but then I heard a piece of news that filled me with despair.

The Lightning Weirdo was dead.

It was a magical girl in charge of intelligence who told me this personally.

But I refused to give up and wanted to wait a little longer…

But a month, two months, three months… Even after a year, there was still no news of the Lightning Weirdo.

I was in despair.

For the first time, I experienced the feeling of loss… My chest felt tight, my heart ached, and I understood what that feeling was.

Purer than light, deeper than darkness… love.

I made the Comic Book she left behind into a cenotaph, and planted a small tree beside it as her only relic.

As someone who once possessed that girl, I resolved to remain a widow for her.

My world was colored by her, so I must cherish these autumn leaves.

Until today, on the eve of the graduation festival, a few people I could barely call friends coaxed me into coming to this bar.

…

“…Can you, can you move your hand away now…”

“Mm.”

Pretty obedient, huh?

The moment the other person withdrew her hand, Yijinmo immediately retreated into the corner, full of wariness.

“Ahem, first, I want to apologize. I accidentally got your clothes dirty earlier…”

“It’s fine, I don’t mind.”

“…That’s for the best, ah, no, I mean thank you so much!”

“So, as an apology, may I help you take a bath tonight?”

“Okay.”

Luo Shiyun nodded calmly, but the corners of her mouth curved up ever so slightly.

After recognizing through the chest-grab that the other person was her already deceased wife, she was very happy.

The heavy burden and fatigue on her shoulders suddenly lightened a lot, and her eyes softened as she looked happily at the girl in front of her.

“Yay!”

But before Yijinmo could be happy for long, the next sentence nearly made her choke.

“Then, in return, can you marry me?”

“Eh?”