Volume 1 Chapter 31: Didn’t She Find a Little Girlfriend?
That hateful Disaster Beast made my brain act strange! It made me think about all these weird things! It’s all the beast’s fault! The beast is fully responsible!
Bai Muxue secretly pouted and blamed everything on the Disaster Beast.
Seeing that those Nutcracker-like enemies probably would not come back soon, the two girls slowly walked out from behind the mirror.
With the weak light inside the tent, Bai Muxue finally noticed that although Amber was dressed like a cowboy, she was clearly much cuter than the cowboys in western movies.
There was a pink kitten charm on her cowboy hat. The spurs on her gray-brown short boots looked like soda crackers. Even the two pistols in her holsters looked more like toy guns than real guns.
But looking at it this way, she really had the style of a magical girl...
Bai Muxue said this silently in her heart.
Of course, Amber could not know what the girl was thinking. She turned around, and the proud smile on her face faded a little. Her tone became more serious.
“But this place has already completely turned into a nest for Disaster Beasts. This broken jellyfish lures normal people into the amusement park and drains their life force. If...”
“If we do not save these children soon, then later the ones who disappear as a group may not be only children anymore.”
Before Amber could finish, Bai Muxue sighed softly and completed the sentence.
Once the beast absorbed enough life force, it would definitely become even stronger. Then not only children, but adults would also lose their minds and line up to walk into this amusement park like dumplings falling into boiling water, becoming food for the beast.
“Children?”
Amber tilted her head a little after hearing that. Bai Muxue sounded strangely mature, which made her suspicious.
“Now that I think about it, you don’t look much older than these kids... How old are you?”
Noticing Amber’s slightly cautious look, Bai Muxue smiled with closed lips. Her eyes moved lightly, like a clever little fox.
“Hehe, guess?”
Guess...
This little girl looked harmless, but she was probably much smarter than she looked! Maybe full of tricks inside!
Amber complained silently in her heart. Even the usual smile on her face became a little stiff, but she still patiently asked,
“Fine. If you don’t want to say it, I won’t ask. Then can you tell me why you came to a place like this? I just saw a wrecked car outside. Not far away, there was also an unconscious auntie who had already been bandaged... Is that related to you?”
She even knows about Sister Wang? So she really followed me all the way... I didn’t notice at all while not transformed...
Bai Muxue was secretly shocked. She fixed her messy hair and tried to look calm.
“Mm, that really is my family’s car… Sister Wang was supposed to drive me home... but I don’t know why she brought me to this place instead.”
Seeing Amber’s doubtful eyes, Bai Muxue hesitated for a moment. Then she secretly pinched her own thigh hard, trying to make her eyes look slightly wet. Her voice also started trembling a little.
“But for some reason Sister Wang suddenly became very strange, like she had become a different person, and she even tried to attack me... Then the car crashed into the tree stump beside the road...”
“After that, I pulled Sister Wang out of the driver’s seat, and before I knew it, I walked here...”
Bai Muxue sighed softly.
In a way, everything she said was actually true.
“Ah... so that’s what happened...”
Seeing that the little girl who looked sly just now was now clearly trembling, her small face pale from surviving danger, Amber panicked a little. She quickly patted Bai Muxue’s shoulder gently and comforted her in a soft voice.
“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you well. I’ve already defeated so many small Disaster Beasts that I can’t even count them!”
You’d better be telling the truth...
Otherwise, I’ll have to use my own life as the price...
Even though she felt the person in front of her looked unreliable no matter how she saw it, Bai Muxue still raised her head and looked straight into Amber’s eyes. The sadness on her face seemed to have completely disappeared.
“Really?”
Her pretty face was full of open joy and admiration.
“As expected of a magical girl who protects justice!”
“With you here, Amber, you will definitely defeat the Disaster Beast and save everyone!”
Bai Muxue held Amber’s hands and said this with a face full of “sincere honesty.”
Feeling the soft touch through the gloves, Amber froze for a moment.
The girl’s voice seemed to carry a strange magic, making Amber want to fall into it without thinking. Even her pale earlobes slowly turned red.
“I-I, it’s nothing special! Destroying Disaster Beasts and protecting strange creatures is already the job of magical girls like us!”
Amber clearly did not expect this “small but clever” girl to be so enthusiastic. She stuttered as she spoke, awkwardly looking away and pulling her hands out of Bai Muxue’s grasp.
This girl... is really strange...
But... this feeling of being relied on is actually pretty nice?
Excitement shined in the magical girl’s light yellow eyes. But in the end, she forced down her shyness, coughed twice, and tried to look like a dependable older sister.
“Ahem! No matter what happens later, remember this, stay by my side at all times! Got it?”
“Okaaay~”
Looking at how someone’s face became bright again in an instant, Bai Muxue obediently answered. A trace of laughter flashed through her eyes.
—Hmm, in some ways, Miss Amber is much easier to deal with than Teacher Shen.
Bai Muxue silently gave this evaluation of the magical girl in her heart.
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Qin Xiyao stared blankly at her phone as she still had not received a reply from Bai Muxue.
The confusion and worry on her pretty face grew stronger and stronger.
It was already almost midnight...
Why hasn’t Xiao Xue replied to my messages yet?
Qin Xiyao was not stupid. She could naturally tell that Bai Muxue in the last part of the video call was not acting normal.
It was almost as if she had ended the call on purpose so Qin Xiyao would not be dragged into danger.
So from the moment the call ended until now, Qin Xiyao had kept sending messages to Bai Muxue.
Sadly, there had still been no reply.
Did... something happen?
Her finger stayed above the phone screen for a long time. Qin Xiyao bit her lip, seeming to hesitate.
But in the end, she still called the Bai family’s house manager.
“Grandma Zhang, it’s so late... am I disturbing you?”
This elderly woman with the surname Zhang had worked for the Bai family for decades. She was a kind old lady. Back when Qin Xiyao often went to Bai Muxue’s house to play, she had also received much care from her.
“Oh, it’s Xiyao. Good evening. Why are you still awake?” the kind voice came through the phone.
“Well... there’s something I wanted to ask.”
Qin Xiyao pressed her lips together, lowered her eyes, looked out at the dark night sky outside the window, and softly asked:
“Has Xiao Xue still not come home? It’s already so late...”
“Hm? It’s normal for Young Lady not to come home at night. She probably ran off to play with some friend again.”
The old woman clearly knew very well what kind of person her young miss was. She was already used to someone staying out all night, so she casually said,
“Didn’t Young Lady just find herself a little girlfriend recently? Maybe she’s with her... ah...”
The old woman, who had spoken out of habit, suddenly realized she had said too much and quickly stopped.
“Little... girlfriend?”
The smile on Qin Xiyao’s lips froze instantly after hearing that.