Luo Shuangyue’s body tensed—this was the question she feared most!
It was just too much of a coincidence; she had no idea how to explain it.
“You both have something to do, both going away for several days… Don’t tell me you’ll even come back together?”
“No way, and besides, there’s no cause and effect between my trip and Xia Mo-jie’s trip.” Luo Shuangyue tried to argue.
Even if they left and returned together, it only proved their schedules happened to overlap—nothing more.
“Bro, are you two secretly going off to enjoy a world of your own without me?” Luo Shuangxing glared fiercely at Luo Shuangyue.
I’m your sister, your own flesh and blood! Don’t think I don’t know what kind of person you are!
You’re definitely sneaking off to be alone with Xia Mo!
And in some sense, Luo Shuangxing wasn’t wrong—this time, Luo Shuangyue really was going off to spend some alone time with Xia Mo.
In another city, no less.
“Be serious! I have real work to do. I’m just a workhorse. Orders from the boss can’t be refused.”
“You’re so busy you can’t even come home at night? I don’t buy it.”
Luo Shuangxing wore a look that said, ‘I’m not that easy to fool.’
“I heard from Xia Mo-jie that she’s accompanying a friend to Jidong City for fun. That friend isn’t you, is it, brother?”
“How could it be? If we were going together, we’d have told you about it at the same time.” Luo Shuangyue quickly shook her head.
She couldn’t let Luo Shuangxing keep thinking along those lines.
Since Xia Mo and Luo Shuangxing were both Magical Girls who knew each other’s secrets, Luo Shuangxing was bound to know who Xia Mo was going with to Jidong City.
And now, since she herself was also going away and wouldn’t be home at the same time, that might make Luo Shuangxing suspicious about her identity.
After all, her little sister had already been suspicious before. Now, with such a coincidence, this was just like falling in the mud!
And this coincidence really was impossible to explain!
“Sounds logical. But is it possible you’re hiding your identity…?”
“Ahem! Don’t say nonsense—I really am working!” Luo Shuangyue coughed loudly, cutting off Luo Shuangxing’s muttering.
She’d been right—Luo Shuangxing’s thoughts were definitely drifting.
She couldn’t let her keep going!
“Tch, you’re just here to tell me, and even if I don’t agree, it makes no difference, huh?” Luo Shuangxing rolled her eyes.
Her sister really wasn’t good at making excuses.
Always using work as a shield—couldn’t she at least think of something more creative?
Like… Like… Well, even Luo Shuangxing couldn’t think of a better excuse for this coincidence.
Work actually was the most normal and convincing excuse.
Sigh, sis, why not just admit it and rip the disguise off already?
“Hey, bro, I really want to believe you, but shouldn’t you at least give me a reason to?” Luo Shuangxing pressed her fist to her lips, winking at Luo Shuangyue.
A reason to believe her? Luo Shuangyue immediately understood—her sister was using this as leverage! In other words, if she agreed to one request, Luo Shuangxing would ignore all the suspicious coincidences between her and Xia Mo-jie.
This little rascal, always getting something out of every situation…
“Say it, what do you want as a reason?”
If it was just clothes or toys, Luo Shuangyue wouldn’t mind buying them.
But obviously, as a Magical Girl, Luo Shuangxing didn’t lack those things. What she wanted was a treasure money couldn’t buy.
“Bro, you’re really just going to study crossdressing, right? Once you master it, spend a day dressed up as a girl and play with me. I really want to have a big sister, you know.”
Hearing her request, Luo Shuangyue gasped—she was still fixated on that?
Why did she always want her brother to crossdress! Was there a little sister in the world who tried everything to get her brother to dress as a girl? She couldn’t remember raising her like this!
“I don’t think that’s going to happen.” Luo Shuangyue tried to refuse.
“Then I think this coincidence is just too much. Maybe I should talk to Xia Mo-jie.”
Damn it, she really had no way out! Luo Shuangyue clenched her fists and grit her teeth—her little sister had really found her weakness.
To keep Xia Mo from getting suspicious about her identity, she could only accept her sister’s request in humiliation.
“Fine, I promise.”
At that, Luo Shuangxing’s eyes lit up. She darted around the table, hugging Luo Shuangyue, whose face was now red.
“Ehehe, you better keep your word, bro.”
Right now I just want to strangle you! Luo Shuangyue grumbled in her heart.
She knew that doing this would only make Luo Shuangxing even more suspicious about her identity, but her sister’s suspicions were still better than Xia Mo’s.
At least her sister wouldn’t betray her, right?
Probably not?
“You still know I’m your brother!” Luo Shuangyue tapped her sister’s forehead in exasperation. “Why do I feel like you’d rather I was your sister?”
“I do like having a sister more than a brother.” Resting her head on Luo Shuangyue’s shoulder, Luo Shuangxing replied softly.
“Why?”
“Because there’s a barrier between a brother and me, but not with a sister. If you were my sister, we could be even closer.”
Hugging Luo Shuangyue tighter, Luo Shuangxing whispered softly in her ear.
“You’re my only family now, brother. I don’t want to see the day when you get further and further away from me… If you were my sister, that wouldn’t happen.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll never leave you. I still have to find Mom and Dad so our whole family can be together forever.”
Gently stroking her sister’s soft white hair, Luo Shuangyue’s frustration finally turned into a long, helpless sigh.
Sigh, maybe… she shouldn’t keep Shuangxing in the dark forever?
Jidong City is considered one of the rare large cities in today’s world, and also one of the few where the inhabitants don’t get along well.
This city was originally established by survivors from several countries that fell apart after the Magical Beast Disaster.
At first, with the threat of Magic Creatures looming over them, their conflicts could be temporarily suppressed.
Later, when the Magical Girls drove back the Magic Creatures, those suppressed conflicts resurfaced.
Now, the three factions within Jidong City are mutually hostile, but none can do anything about the other two, so they have no choice but to keep things as they are and muddle through life.
“If it wasn’t impossible to split up completely right now, Jidong City would have been torn into three pieces ages ago,” Luo Shuangyue said to Xia Mo.
The two were flying through the sky at incredible speed, and before long they would arrive at their destination—Jidong City.
Since they were heading to a foreign city, it was only natural to do their homework. You couldn’t just barge in clueless and step right into someone else’s trap, right?
“Actually, the rift among the new generation of young people isn’t that deep. It’s just that the old folks who survived before the Magical Beast Disaster can’t let go of the grudges in their hearts. Once they gradually pass away, maybe Jidong City will become better?” Xia Mo thought a bit naively.
Hearing this, Luo Shuangyue immediately let out a mocking snort—obviously, this was textbook knowledge she hadn’t learned well.
That’s what you get for skipping class as a Magical Girl. Now you’ve embarrassed yourself, haven’t you?
And as if the old generation’s passing would make Jidong City a united whole—wishful thinking! With how things are in Jidong City, only the emergence of a Magic Creature capable of destroying the city could bring the place together.
But as soon as that Magic Creature was defeated, Jidong City would go right back to its internal squabbles.
This sort of issue isn’t something a few hundred years of slow grinding could solve.
“The ethnic makeup of Jidong City is too complicated—nothing like our Xinghai City.” Luo Shuangyue shook her head.
The three factions that make up Jidong City were mortal enemies even before the Magical Beast Disaster.
The only reason there’s no real fighting now is because the Magic Department and the Magical Girls are watching from above. “Let’s try not to cause too much trouble this time. Once we’ve seen the doctor, let’s hurry and leave. This place is nothing like Xinghai City—nowhere near as peaceful and harmonious.”
Luo Shuangyue definitely didn’t want to get mixed up in the mess that was Jidong City. She just wanted to solve her own problem and then take Xia Mo home.
If everything went smoothly, they could see the doctor in one day and rest for one day—back home in two days!
“Am I really the type who likes to cause trouble?” Xia Mo looked at Luo Shuangyue in confusion.
All along, Xia Mo had thought her image in Luo Shuangyue’s eyes was gentle, caring, and kind. How could someone like that ever stir up trouble?
If anything, it was clearly Luo Shuangyue who was more likely to start something!
“I’m just reminding you, don’t take it seriously.” Luo Shuangyue quickly raised her hands in surrender.
Sure enough, a Magical Girl is still a girl, and a girl’s thoughts will always be more delicate than those of a “not-so-proper” girl like Luo Shuangyue.