That evening, Luo Shuangyue, looking utterly exhausted, finally returned home.
After spending so long busy at Jiye, she could finally get a good night’s rest. Thinking this, she opened the front door and headed straight for her room.
But halfway there, Xia Mo stopped her.
“Shuangyue, wait a moment, there’s something I want to ask you.”
Luo Shuangyue paused, quickly ran through recent events in her mind, and then scratched her head in confusion.
“What is it?”
Xia Mo grabbed Luo Shuangyue’s wrist and led her into her own room, firmly locking the door behind them.
Then, she pulled out a printed training plan.
“This is the one you gave to Shuangxing, right?”
Luo Shuangyue took the plan, glanced at it, and nodded.
What’s wrong with this… Oh wait, there’s a huge problem!
When Luo Shuangyue gave this plan to her sister, she never imagined this deadly thing would fall into Xia Mo’s hands.
In her mind, her sister was her sister and Xia Mo was Xia Mo; how could they share information?
And this tiny oversight of hers led to a very serious consequence.
“Shuangyue, you might not know this, but I’ve actually been undergoing special training from a senior lately, and the content of the training is basically identical to what’s written on your plan.” Xia Mo folded her arms, glaring intently at Luo Shuangyue.
“I asked Shuangxing, and she told me the time you prepared these materials perfectly matches when I started my special training.”
Luo Shuangyue felt a little panicked, but she knew she absolutely couldn’t panic now.
Panicking would be an admission of guilt, and panicking would lead to the worst possible outcome.
Right now, Xia Mo definitely wouldn’t suspect her of being White Night; at most, she’d suspect some connection between her and White Night.
At this moment, Luo Shuangyue was very glad she had come up with a very suitable excuse earlier.
She could completely push all responsibility onto her boss.
What special training? I don’t know anything about it. I’m just an employee; once I hand in the materials, it’s out of my hands.
“Ah? Really? I thought my boss was actually using these things to train kids…” Luo Shuangyue let out a dry chuckle, as if embarrassed that her wild ideas had caused Xia Mo trouble.
“Shuangyue, I suspect your boss is the senior who’s training us.” Xia Mo finally revealed her true intention, stating her thoughts.
“…No way, right?” Luo Shuangyue certainly couldn’t just agree now.
Her current role was that of an ordinary person, and an ordinary person’s first reaction to such a thing should be disbelief.
After all, her childhood friend is a magical girl, and her boss is also a magical girl.
How could there be such a coincidence? Has she really stumbled into a magical girl’s nest?
It would be better to say her sister is also a magical girl, just to make Luo Shuangyue completely despair.
“Even if your boss, Shuangyue, isn’t my senior, she definitely has a deep connection with her.” Xia Mo shook her head.
She couldn’t definitively say that Luo Shuangyue’s boss was Senior White Night right now; maybe she’s just a friend of Senior White Night?
“What I mean is, next time you make a plan, Shuangyue, could you make it a little bit simpler? The current plan is really too hard.”
Xia Mo looked expectantly at Luo Shuangyue, her eyes full of embarrassment.
Luo Shuangyue was silent.
She thought Xia Mo was going to say something important, but it was just this?
“I’ll… try my best.” Luo Shuangyue nodded outwardly, but her thoughts were far from it.
Hmph, trying to be lazy with this method, Xia Mo, you slacker, just wait until I train you to death!
Anyway, she had already gotten some mana-recovery drinks from Monice.
Next time, the training plan she’d prepare for these magical girls would be even more intense!
Xia Mo, if you want to be a magical girl, then just honestly endure these hardships!
Two days later.
The three magical girls lay sprawled on the grass, utterly exhausted, not even having the strength to stand up.
A girl in a white casual dress, walking at a leisurely pace, approached the three and made a sharp assessment of their condition.
“This is your limit already? You’re really getting worse with each generation.”
“Senior… I think other magical girls would have fallen apart already after going through this.” Luo Shuangxing lifted her head, offering a weak defense.
Training of this intensity would be tough even for a “Budding” level magical girl, let alone their two “New Bloom” and one “Bud” levels.
“Don’t compare yourselves to those behind you; look forward.” Luo Shuangyue replied indifferently, taking out a thin vial from her shoulder bag.
“Since you still have the strength to speak, you drink this potion first.”
“Potion?” Luo Shuangxing’s expression changed.
“A potion that can quickly restore magic. I got it from an old friend of mine.” Handing the dark, bubbling potion to Lily of the Valley, Luo Shuangyue said with an angelic, warm smile.
“I’m not a demon, Senior, I won’t actually train you to death.”
Hearing this, Luo Shuangxing was somewhat skeptical. If there was really such a good thing, why didn’t the Ministry of Magic give them some?
After all, magic power was the lifeblood of a magical girl, and there could never be too many ways to replenish it.
But White Night’s identity was undeniable, and Luo Shuangxing didn’t dare question White Night.
“It won’t kill you, don’t worry.”
“The way you say that makes me more worried.” Luo Shuangxing muttered quietly, but still took the potion from White Night’s hand and opened the stopper.
A bitter smell, similar to traditional Chinese medicine, wafted out, giving Luo Shuangxing a bad feeling.
This scent… it probably wouldn’t taste good, would it? No wonder Senior White Night only said it wouldn’t kill you, not that it tasted good.
Never mind, it’s just a little bitterness, just close your eyes and swallow it!
With a look of determination, Luo Shuangxing tilted her head back and drank the contents of the vial in one gulp.
Then, she clutched her throat, her face pale green, and slowly collapsed to the ground, a nearly inaudible whisper escaping her lips.
“How could it be… so awful…”
She wanted to vomit, to expel what she had just drunk, but the potion, once in her stomach, was quickly converted into pure magic, leaving Luo Shuangxing nowhere to throw up.
And the aftertaste of this potion lingered so long that she felt her taste buds had completely gone numb.
Senior, you lied to me! This stuff really will kill people, won’t it! It’ll kill them from sheer disgust!
“Your magic is restored, right? Good. Today’s training has a second half, so no slacking off.”
“Senior, just give me a quick death, kill me instead!”