Volume 1 Chapter 3: Putting a Collar on the Magical Girl
“Mmm~”
It seemed Bai Muxue felt Shen Jingyi’s warm breath, and she let out a soft unclear sound. Her pink lips lightly touched her fingertip, and even her face showed a faint blush. She looked like she was... enjoying it?
This girl... don’t... don’t make strange sounds like that!
I am a magical girl who protects the world. I’m only obeying her because I have no choice... right! This is only because I have no choice!
Tch. She looks pretty cute, but she has tastes like this... no wonder she has such a bad reputation!
Shen Jingyi’s eyelashes trembled, her body stiff with tension, and her heart kept beating fast. In her mind, she cursed Bai Muxue hundreds of times, trying to use that to calm her unease.
But just when she leaned closer, Bai Muxue suddenly gave a light hum, quickly pulled back her foot, and lightly nudged Shen Jingyi’s knee.
“Wait, you were really going to do it?”
The teasing voice sounded beside her. Shen Jingyi looked up in confusion, only to see Bai Muxue with slightly red cheeks and a hard-to-read smile.
Huh?
This unexpected turn made Shen Jingyi’s mind go blank.
Facing Shen Jingyi’s expression of surprise and doubt, Bai Muxue only played with a strand of hair near her ear and said nothing more.
Her smile stayed calm, but her heartbeat quietly sped up.
When Shen Jingyi’s warm breath brushed against her skin, Bai Muxue felt a strange ticklish feeling spread through her heart.
Good thing she didn’t notice... I hope my face isn’t too red right now.
Still, I didn’t expect such a small thing to almost expose me. Have I really been away from close contact with girls for too long?
Her fingers brushed her warm ear as Bai Muxue gave a small cough and continued,
“I was only joking. I didn’t expect Teacher Shen to be so eager.”
“Looks like someone says no, but acts differently.”
The teasing in Bai Muxue’s words instantly lit the shame and anger deep inside Shen Jingyi.
“You...!”
If Bai Muxue had truly made her do it, maybe that was one thing. But this kind of mockery and humiliation was something Shen Jingyi could not accept.
She tried hard to calm herself. Her eyes became clear again, and she straightened her face, staring directly at Bai Muxue.
It was a silent warning.
A warning for Bai Muxue not to go too far.
She really wanted to pull out her wand and teach that woman a harsh lesson...
But because Bai Muxue still held her secret over her, Shen Jingyi could only protest with her eyes.
Bai Muxue merely tilted her head lazily. Her fair foot swung lightly, her face calm, and a smile stayed at the corner of her lips. She still looked like that carefree rich young lady, with no sign of fear at all.
Hmm... if I keep pushing her, Shen Jingyi might explode.
Like a bomb with its fuse already lit, only moments away from going off.
Knowing this clearly, Bai Muxue did not continue the topic. Instead, she picked up a small black collar from the bedside.
It was called a collar, but it looked more like a delicate neck accessory. The leather was smooth and finely made, with a nice weight and feel.
But since Bai Muxue had taken it out, it was clearly not just for decoration.
“Come a little closer~”
The girl raised an eyebrow at Shen Jingyi with a friendly smile.
Although Shen Jingyi did not know much about such things, she could still vaguely guess Bai Muxue’s intention.
Without question, the rich young lady did not take out that collar as a gift for her. It clearly carried some teasing and humiliating meaning.
Especially since Bai Muxue was smaller and more delicate than her... having such a “little girl” place a collar on her was really...
Shen Jingyi clenched her fists. Many unpleasant images flashed through her mind at once. Her dark eyes shook with uncertainty as red color slowly spread across her cheeks.
“......”
Compared with the earlier demand, if it was only wearing a collar, maybe it was not as impossible to accept... right?
In the end, Shen Jingyi said nothing. She silently moved her head a little closer to Bai Muxue.
Shen Jingyi was a little taller than Bai Muxue, so to match the other girl’s movement, she had to lower herself.
The other girl’s slender fingers passed through her hair. Their breaths slowly mixed together, and Bai Muxue’s warm breath brushed past Shen Jingyi’s ear.
She stared closely at Bai Muxue’s pretty face and felt it becoming harder to breathe calmly.
The cold collar slowly touched Shen Jingyi’s hot neck, and the chill made her body tremble without thinking.
Then, with a soft click, the small collar was fastened firmly around her fair neck.
The moment it was locked in place, many complicated emotions rose inside Shen Jingyi again.
Shame. Anger. Unwillingness.
It was like a proud and free cat being forced into a chain it could not escape from.
“It suits you quite well, Miss Magical Girl.”
Bai Muxue nodded with satisfaction.
Shen Jingyi slightly opened her mouth, but in the end, she did not say a single word. The light in her eyes dimmed a little.
“Teacher Shen, if you had stayed stubborn until the end, I might have respected you more.”
Bai Muxue’s voice sounded soft and sweet, almost like she was acting cute, but her words were full of mockery.
“But you kept saying no, yet you moved closer so willingly... really boring.”
Her pale fingers lightly hooked onto Shen Jingyi’s collar, pulling the distance between them much closer in an instant.
“However...”
Bai Muxue lightly played with the collar. Her red lips parted slightly, and her warm breath brushed Shen Jingyi’s cheek.
“Since Teacher Shen now belongs to me, then naturally your life should be arranged by me, shouldn’t it?”
Shen Jingyi froze for a moment when she heard that.
Then she saw Bai Muxue’s other hand pass near her lips before casually raising it again.
This overly intimate gesture instantly overwhelmed Shen Jingyi with embarrassment. Her already red face became even redder.
“N-No...”
Unfortunately, before the angry and embarrassed girl could say more, Bai Muxue gently pushed her away, and the close distance between them disappeared at once.
“That’s enough for today. Ah, speaking of it, tomorrow during the day I need to attend a funeral. Teacher Shen, come with me.”
The smile on Bai Muxue’s face was still innocent and harmless. Ignoring Shen Jingyi’s reaction, she spoke as if nothing strange had happened.
A funeral?
That sudden word made Shen Jingyi’s mind stop for a moment.
Whose funeral? Why bring that up now?
She was still troubled by the humiliating collar, still worried that Miss Bai would make even worse demands next...
Yet Bai Muxue said today would end here?
Frowning, Shen Jingyi was about to ask, but Bai Muxue stood slightly and turned her head away, clearly unwilling to explain more.
My own funeral...
Of course Bai Muxue could sense Shen Jingyi’s confusion.
But she said nothing more.
She only hid her delicate face in the shadows and showed a bitter smile that no one else could see.