Volume 1 Chapter 2: Making a Magical Girl Obey
Hearing those words, Shen Jingyi froze for a long, long time. Only after the girl in front of her, with one leg slightly raised and wrapped in black stockings, gave two light coughs did she recover from the shock.
This girl... this girl just said she wanted me to kneel and obey her!?
Humiliation.
Complete humiliation.
Even though her family had fallen into hard times, Shen Jingyi had always kept her pride and dignity. And now Bai Muxue was ordering her around like this. Was there anything more insulting?
Thinking of this, the blush on the girl’s face disappeared and turned into a cold expression, colder than winter itself.
Scary, truly scary. So this is what a real magical girl is like?
Seeing Shen Jingyi’s face grow colder and colder, Bai Muxue’s heart jumped slightly. But on the outside, she showed nothing. A small smile still remained on her face.
One week earlier, Bai Muxue had still been an ordinary office worker who did not smoke, barely drank, and lived a simple life going only between work and home every day, trying hard to earn money and raise her daughter.
The biggest troubles in her life had only been pressure from her boss, her teenage daughter’s rebellious phase...
...and whether those magical girls fighting in the city would destroy her house.
Oh, and back then, she was not even called “Bai Muxue.”
Then, on her daughter’s birthday, a speeding truck suddenly crushed that peaceful daily life.
There was no goddess, and no rebirth into another world.
There was only a girl in a black dress, whose face could not be seen, holding out a strange contract as Bai Muxue was close to death.
“You wouldn’t want your daughter to have no one to care for her after you die, right?”
“For you, signing this contract is the better choice~”
Her cheerful and careless tone sounded suspicious no matter how one heard it. But for Bai Muxue, who was about to lose consciousness, what other choice did she have?
And so, the poor office worker died in the accident.
In her place appeared this infamous rich young lady, Bai Muxue.
After signing the contract, her daughter received enough money to live well on her own, and Bai Muxue began a second life.
It seemed like everything was improving...
But of course, it was not that simple.
If you receive benefits, you must also pay a price.
And Bai Muxue’s price was…
She lowered her eyes slightly. In the lower right of her vision, a line of bright red words looked shocking.
[Death Countdown: 17 Days 15 Hours]
“If you wish to keep living, then work hard to defeat magical girls and make them your captives~”
The laughter of the mysterious girl in black still echoed in Bai Muxue’s ears.
Yes.
Now, the only way for Bai Muxue to survive was to keep challenging magical girls, defeating them, and drawing strength from their negative emotions.
Huh...? Me? Fight magical girls? Seriously?
That was Bai Muxue’s first reaction when she heard the requirement.
With her current weak body, facing those magical girls who could tear down buildings in battle, she would probably not even count as cannon fodder.
Bai Muxue strongly suspected there was some hidden scheme behind all this. But since she had already signed the contract, and did not know whether breaking it would bring a punishment worse than death, it was safer to fulfill it honestly for now.
Not only for herself, but also for her daughter.
After removing several bad choices, she selected her target.
Miss Shen, whose family had fallen into poverty.
Although Shen Jingyi had been very careful both before and after transforming, a high school student was still a high school student. Once Bai Muxue used her family’s influence to investigate, she quickly found her target.
And that led to the scene just now.
I may not have superpowers, but I do have money and influence.
A girl like Shen Jingyi, who was being pushed by life’s hardships, was clearly the best target.
Although bullying a young girl like this made Bai Muxue feel a little guilty, work was work.
And besides…
There was something strangely satisfying about watching a girl’s face slowly turn red from anger, seeing pride and embarrassment mix together in her expression.
Even if it was a bit mean-spirited, the more a calm and distant girl like Shen Jingyi bit her lip and tried to hide her emotions, the more Bai Muxue felt a subtle sense of victory.
Especially since those magical girls were always smashing things around the city. Back then, they had caused her to work many extra hours.
She could treat this as a small revenge.
Still...
Shen Jingyi’s two acts of resistance just now had frightened Bai Muxue a little inside.
Thankfully, her years of dealing with society helped her hide that fear well.
Whew...
Practice was still different from real action.
Luckily, this magical girl seemed reasonable and did not pull out a wand and blast her with a beam of light.
Everything was still going according to plan.
Keep going, keep going!
Looking at Shen Jingyi standing there with her head lowered, clearly fighting with herself inside, Bai Muxue’s rose-like lips curved into a small smile.
Then she covered her mouth and gave a light yawn. Deciding to pressure Shen Jingyi one more time, she took out a phone. The same video from before was still playing on the screen.
“Hmm, how about this? I’m not a bad person, so I’ll give Teacher Shen ten seconds to think about it~”
The girl laughed softly and held her finger above the screen, giving her final warning.
“Ten.”
No. I can’t agree to her demand. If I give in now, who knows what she will ask for next?
“Five.”
But what if... this girl really reveals my secret identity to everyone...
“Four.”
When she thought about her peaceful daily life being destroyed, and her classmates and friends looking at her like she was strange...
Shen Jingyi lowered her eyes and tightly grabbed the edge of her clothes.
“Three.”
Tick... tick...
The old wall clock moved forward with a steady sound. In the quiet room, every tick sounded especially loud.
The hand holding her clothes slowly loosened. The stubborn and cold look in her dark eyes slowly changed into hesitation and avoidance.
“Two.”
The girl’s finger was about to press the screen, but Shen Jingyi still had not answered.
“One~”
Bai Muxue deliberately stretched the final word, then finally heard Shen Jingyi’s tiny reply.
“I agree...”
“Oh? What did Teacher Shen just say?” Bai Muxue lightly moved her finger over the phone screen, her dark eyes blinking. “Could you say it louder? I didn’t hear clearly.”
“I agree... I agree to your demand!”
In the end, the girl lowered her head. When she forced herself to shout those words, she felt as if something inside her had broken. The calm reason she had been holding onto seemed to slowly disappear.
“I see. Then Teacher Shen... shouldn’t you begin?”
Good. The plan worked!
Bai Muxue lightly shook her head. The moment Shen Jingyi agreed, the worry in her heart disappeared.
She hid her happiness and calmly lifted her slender right leg, lightly moving it in Shen Jingyi’s direction.
The black stockings and fair skin contrasted under the light, giving off a faint shine.
“......”
Looking at Bai Muxue’s smooth skin, Shen Jingyi quietly bit her lower lip. At some point, her cheeks had turned red again.
With trembling fingers, she carefully undid the strap of the stocking and slowly removed it from Bai Muxue’s leg.
The girl’s skin was so soft and smooth that even a little pressure could leave a red mark.
The cool and gentle feeling at her fingertips, along with the faint sound of fabric moving, strangely made Shen Jingyi’s heart shake.
Without the stocking covering it, Bai Muxue’s fair and slender leg was fully visible before her eyes.
Her skin felt even smoother than before, warm and delicate.
For some reason, even though Shen Jingyi was the one reaching out, that strange feeling moved through her like electricity and stirred her emotions.
Why does this feel so strange...
Just touching her is already making me react like this...
Shen Jingyi’s face became even redder, and her heartbeat grew stronger than ever before.
She bit her teeth, while the calmness she had tried so hard to keep slowly fell apart. Strange thoughts rose in her mind, and her clear eyes became slightly unfocused.
Then the girl closed her eyes, as if giving up all resistance, and slowly bent forward with nervousness and fear.