Volume 1 Chapter 1: The Things About Keeping a Magical Girl
“Here, lick this spot.”
“Y-You want me to lick... lick a place like this!?”
“It’s an order, an or~der~”
Facing the proud look of the girl in front of her, and seeing the small foot she slightly raised, Shen Jingyi’s pretty face instantly turned red. She bit her lip, and a trace of struggle and hesitation flashed across her face.
But in the end, this magical girl who had saved the city from danger many times still slowly bent down and moved her lips closer to the fair and soft top of the other girl’s foot.
It was shameful. It was humiliating. But she had no choice.
Because it was clearly written in the contract.
From the day the contract was signed, everything belonging to Shen Jingyi would belong to Bai Muxue.
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One day earlier, when Shen Jingyi signed this agreement, she felt her whole body shaking, as if she had sold her soul to the devil.
...Although many things were written in the contract, in the end, it was simply a “sugar mommy agreement.”
She, once the young lady of the Shen family, an excellent student in her classmates’ eyes, and a magical girl who secretly fought disaster beasts, would from now on be kept by another woman and become that person’s possession!
The contract was detailed in every way. It even listed many conditions that made Shen Jingyi blush and feel her heart race after reading them, to the point that she felt they were insulting to her dignity. Bai Muxue directly stated in the contract that she had some “special hobbies” that Party B needed to satisfy.
But even though this agreement looked so humiliating, Shen Jingyi had no other choice.
Ever since Shen Jingyi and her mother left the wealthy Shen family, their life had fallen badly. To support herself, Shen Jingyi had always worked while studying. But no matter how busy she stayed every day, she still felt deeply powerless when facing the endless daily expenses.
And just at that time, a woman named Bai Muxue suddenly came to her and said that her grades were not very good, so she wanted to pay a high price to hire Shen Jingyi as her “private tutor.”
Bai Muxue was said to be the daughter of a director from one of the city’s leading companies. Though still young, her personality was very bad. Relying on her family’s power, she acted lawlessly and was famous for being useless at studies.
Naturally, Bai Muxue had no plan to find a real tutor. She directly threw the “sugar mommy agreement” in front of Shen Jingyi.
Shen Jingyi had heard Bai Muxue’s reputation and knew this rich young lady was not someone easy to deal with. But when she looked at her poor home, she wrinkled her washed-out skirt countless times. On the last day before the deadline, she still brought the agreement and came to Bai Muxue’s place.
‘It’ll be fine... Even if that woman really tries to do something too extreme to me, I’m not some weak flower she can play with.’
Thinking this, Shen Jingyi gently rubbed a small box in her pocket that gave off a strange glow. Under the maid’s guidance, she pushed open the door to Bai Muxue’s room.
The girl sitting on the luxurious large bed, wearing a short black lace dress and crossing her legs in a relaxed way, had clearly been waiting for a long time. She slightly raised an eyebrow at Shen Jingyi.
To be fair, Bai Muxue was truly beautiful. Even though she was only one grade younger than Shen Jingyi, she looked very youthful. Together with her skin that was so pale it almost lacked color, she gave off a sickly kind of fragility that made people feel pity for her.
But her slightly mature style of dress, along with several white streaks in the hair near her ears, gave her both the youthful face unique to a young girl and a charm that made her more attractive than others her age.
But only Shen Jingyi knew how terrible the personality of this delicate “doll” really was.
“Oh? Teacher Shen?”
Bai Muxue said she wanted a teacher, but anyone with eyes knew what kind of role she really wanted. Even though she called her Teacher Shen, her tone was full of mockery.
“......”
Hearing the girl’s ridicule, Shen Jingyi bit her lip and tremblingly handed the agreement to Bai Muxue.
But unexpectedly, Bai Muxue did not even look at it. She casually set it aside, took a gummy candy from the candy jar tied at her waist, put it into her mouth, and slowly showed a playful smile.
“Why are you just standing there, Teacher Shen? Sit down.”
Shen Jingyi pressed her lips together and unwillingly sat on the soft large bed.
“There’s no need to be so stiff.” Looking at Shen Jingyi’s embarrassed expression, Bai Muxue softly sighed. “Come sit a little closer.”
With no choice, Shen Jingyi moved a little nearer to Bai Muxue.
“Not enough~ Is it really that hard to sit next to me? I’m not going to eat you.”
The girl shook her head as if disappointed, while looking at the fingers painted with dark red nail polish. Then she spoke casually,
“If I remember right, Teacher Shen’s mother lost a lot of money gambling outside and owes a huge debt, right?”
“If she can’t pay it back... then...”
You’re using my mother to threaten me!?
Hearing those light words filled with threat, a flash of anger appeared in Shen Jingyi’s eyes. She tightly dug her nails into her palm, sharp pain spreading through her hand, forcing down the anger in her heart.
Calm down, calm down...
She took a deep breath, stopped her body from shaking, then stood up unwillingly and sat right beside Bai Muxue.
“That’s better.” Bai Muxue smiled with satisfaction and brushed aside the loose hair on Shen Jingyi’s forehead. Then she picked another candy from the jar, pressed it to Shen Jingyi’s lips, and mocked her as if teasing a child.
“Come on, ah~”
“Who would eat something given by a person like you!?”
Bai Muxue’s mocking act of feeding her only made the anger in Shen Jingyi’s heart burn stronger. She felt ashamed and furious. Her originally fair face was now fully red.
Without thinking, she raised her hand and knocked the gummy candy from Bai Muxue’s hand.
Shen Jingyi stared fiercely at the girl in front of her. She had thought Bai Muxue would become furious. But the other girl only looked at the gummy candy that had fallen to the floor with slight regret, then took out a new one and placed it into her mouth.
Bai Muxue stuck out her sweet-smelling tongue and gently licked her fingertips, as if unwilling to waste the sugary taste left on them. She casually curled up her legs wrapped in black over-knee stockings. Even through the stockings, her skin still looked very fair.
“I feel like Teacher Shen is not very happy,” the girl said with a slightly troubled expression.
Shen Jingyi was almost angry enough to laugh. A cold smile rose on her lips.
“Do you think I should be happy?”
“Yes, I think you should be happy.”
Bai Muxue showed Shen Jingyi a bright smile like a child.
This girl...!
To Shen Jingyi, that smile looked extremely annoying. Before the anger in her heart could fully rise, the girl lowered the leg she had crossed, folded her hands together, gave a light laugh, and said,
“Teacher Shen, you are only one person, yet you have to carry so many burdens. That must be very hard...”
Her tone sounded half emotional and half teasing, making it impossible to know what she truly meant. Shen Jingyi frowned and was about to speak, but then the girl’s slender fingers brushed across her waist and casually removed her coat.
After the coat was taken off, only a sleeveless shirt remained underneath. Her fair and slender arms were exposed to the air.
“!?”
Shen Jingyi’s body suddenly trembled. But Bai Muxue’s smile did not change. Her fingertips slowly traced across Shen Jingyi’s smooth arm, then moved to the ribbon on her shirt as if she wanted to untie it.
However, the girl was not in a hurry. She seemed to enjoy the process, lightly wrapping the ribbon around her fingers and playing with it again and again.
“......”
Shen Jingyi’s face still looked calm on the surface. But if one looked at her tightly closed eyes and the lip she was gently biting, it was easy to feel the fear inside her.
As if doing this could hide her unease and embarrassment.
It’s fine... if it’s only this much…
The touch of the girl’s fingers brought a slight numb feeling, making Shen Jingyi’s thoughts a mess. While she kept comforting herself in her heart, she heard Bai Muxue give a small sigh.
“Sigh, Teacher Shen has no reaction at all. How boring...”
What?
Those unclear words gave Shen Jingyi a dangerous feeling. She quickly opened her eyes and saw that the girl seemed to have thought of a good idea. Bai Muxue lightly clapped her hands.
“Of course! We need stronger medicine!”
“I think a simple written contract is not enough to make Teacher Shen obedient and get into the mood. I prefer more exciting games.”
While speaking, the smile on Bai Muxue’s face slowly turned cold, like a poisonous snake seeing prey. Her slender fingers lightly played with the strands of hair near her ear.
“So, Teacher Shen—no, Miss Shen Jingyi, I am going to threaten you now.”
“...What do you mean?”
“I mean, I am going to threaten you!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Muxue took out a tablet and started playing a video.
On the screen, a giant creature with a strange shape and ugly face, like a pile of rotten flesh stuck together, smashed a tall building with one strike while people ran away in panic. It let out a roar that shook the sky.
But the monster’s destruction did not last long. Along with a brilliant purple light, a magical girl with light purple hair descended from the sky. She wore a purple Lolita dress, pale over-knee socks, and held a magic wand. She stood in front of the giant creature.
The wand in her hand quickly changed shape into a strange pale-colored longbow. She pulled the string, and purple light formed into an arrow. Then the arrow suddenly grew larger and pierced straight through the monster’s body.
The monster did not even have time to fight back. Its huge body swayed and slowly fell down, causing the crowd to cheer loudly.
...But the video on Bai Muxue’s tablet did not end there.
The screen changed. The magical girl who had disappeared in front of the cheering crowd appeared again in an empty alley. As the light slowly faded, Shen Jingyi’s tired but beautiful face was revealed.
“Turn it off!!!”
Shen Jingyi’s eyes widened as she shouted in a low voice. A flash of white light appeared, and the tablet that had been in Bai Muxue’s hand instantly moved into Shen Jingyi’s hand.
She completely deleted the video. Then with a crack, the poor tablet broke into pieces.
“Useless. Do you think I only saved one copy?”
The smile on Bai Muxue’s face became even brighter as she wagged a finger at Shen Jingyi.
“You—”
Shen Jingyi was so angry and anxious that she could not speak.
She no longer had time to ask how Bai Muxue got the video. Although she had already prepared herself for how terrible this girl was, she never expected Bai Muxue to know her true identity and use it as a tool to threaten her.
At the same time, fear rose in her heart.
If society found out she was a magical girl, the peaceful life she had worked so hard to build would disappear in an instant.
The playful look at the corner of Bai Muxue’s lips became even clearer. A cruel light shone in her dark eyes.
“Teacher Shen, you wouldn’t want others to know you are a magical girl, right?”
“So what do you want!?”
Shen Jingyi almost shouted those words with a hoarse voice. Her right hand was tightly clenched into a fist and trembling slightly.
“Ah, nothing much.” Compared to Shen Jingyi, who was close to exploding, the girl’s tone was light and careless, like a hunter playing with trapped prey. “Teacher Shen already signed the contract. I only added one more layer of protection.”
“Now, since the agreement has been made, and Teacher Shen has no objections...”
Bai Muxue smiled warmly and spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world. She slightly raised her delicate foot.
“Then please lick my foot, Teacher Shen, as a celebration for our contract.”