Volume 1 Chapter 112: The Love Rival Battle Continues
At this moment, Bai Muxue’s mind was completely blank. Amethyst’s sudden appearance felt like a bolt of lightning exploding inside her head.
Shen Jingyi, oh Shen Jingyi... you could have come earlier or later, so why did you have to show up at this exact moment? You really know how to pick your timing...
Miss Shen has no idea what is going on right now! If she accidentally says my name out loud, then won’t all my hard work just go to waste?!
Looking at the slightly confused Amethyst, then at Amber beside her, whose expression had somehow turned cold, Bai Muxue suddenly felt nervous enough to break into sweat.
Ahahaha... dreams and reality really are completely different... I already learned this after graduating from university, so why is life teaching me this lesson again now...
It’s over. There’s no saving this. Just let everything end already...
Bai Muxue mentally gave up completely, feeling a deep sense of helplessness that made her want to throw everything aside and leave.
“...You’re not hurt, are you?”
Seeing that Amber still had no intention of speaking, and that Bai Muxue’s face looked pale, Amethyst’s heart skipped a beat. She thought the delicate young lady might have accidentally been affected by the fight earlier.
Although she was confused about why someone had not transformed just now, she had no time to think deeply about it. Her expression suddenly became a little unnatural as she quickly explained.
“Well... there were suddenly a lot more customers just now, so I couldn’t leave immediately. That’s why I came late.”
Amethyst was about to step closer to check on the girl, but Amber quietly frowned and pulled Bai Muxue farther away from her.
Even though Xiao Xue seemed very familiar with this person, Amber honestly could not fully trust her.
Her small hand rested on the holster at her side, and a cold light flashed through her golden eyes.
“So you’re the magical girl people in the city have been talking about?”
Amber’s tone was far from friendly, and naturally, being questioned like this did not feel pleasant. Amethyst was no exception.
Maybe it was just her imagination, but Amethyst felt a faint sense of hostility coming from this fellow magical girl.
At the same time, Amethyst was also surprised that Bai Muxue knew another magical girl besides herself...
But after thinking about it again, with Miss Bai’s wide social connections, was it really strange for her to know another magical girl?
However...
Even though Amethyst’s mind had already found a reasonable explanation, when she saw Bai Muxue quietly standing beside Amber, she strangely felt a little jealous.
“Heh, so... I’m not the only magical girl she knows after all...”
Wait, what am I even thinking?!
The moment that thought appeared, even Amethyst herself was shocked.
Who Bai Muxue wanted to be friends with had nothing to do with her. So why would she think something like that?
So strange!
She quickly shook her head, throwing all those strange thoughts out of her mind.
Amethyst took a deep breath and stopped thinking further about it. Secretly gritting her teeth, she forced the corners of her lips upward and gave Amber a polite smile.
“Let me introduce myself. I’m Amethyst, currently the magical girl responsible for protecting this area of Wangdu.”
Her voice was cool and clear, carrying both the distant feeling of an iceberg and the refreshing elegance of flowing water in the mountains.
But together with the polite smile on her face, the cold feeling around her softened greatly. Under the bright moonlight, she seemed less distant and cold, and instead appeared more gentle and approachable.
Seeing this, Amber slightly raised her eyebrows.
Because of her work, she had seen countless beautiful girls before. But even the usually proud Amber had to admit in her heart that this magical girl truly had a stunning appearance.
Thanks to the extraordinary and elegant aura around her, even just standing there casually, she constantly gave off a unique kind of charm.
However, although she was smiling at Amber right now, Amber clearly understood that it was only a polite smile. Even though the smile looked gentle, the cold distance hidden deep in her eyes had not decreased at all...
She was like a cold winter cherry blossom. Beautiful from afar, but impossible to approach closely.
Tch, my earlier feeling really was right. A proud lady like me could never get along with someone who likes acting all cold and distant!
And also...
I really didn’t expect Xiao Xue to know another magical girl...
No wonder she didn’t look nervous at all when she first met me... she had probably already experienced something similar before.
Tch, after all this, I’m not even Xiao Xue’s only magical girl?
How annoying. Seriously annoying!
Feeling that her “special one and only” position had been mercilessly taken away, Amber clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.
Rarely, the two girls had reached an amazing agreement on this exact point.
Still, at least for now, Amethyst did not seem hostile, so Amber could not keep acting too aggressive. She curled her lips and started speaking.
“I’m—”
“Ah, this is Amber. Just like you, Amethyst, she’s also a magical girl.”
As if unable to bear the strange atmosphere anymore, Bai Muxue quickly spoke up, trying to regain control of the conversation.
The more dangerous the situation, the less she could show embarrassment or panic.
The more it felt like walking on a tightrope over danger, the more calm and natural she had to appear. She absolutely could not let the two girls notice anything strange...
Otherwise, one small mistake would send her falling straight into disaster.
Bai Muxue, who had once been very skilled at handling situations like this, lightly coughed twice. She needed to keep up her “villainess young lady” image in front of Amethyst, while also making sure Amber noticed nothing unusual. She tried hard to keep her voice sounding relaxed and playful.
“She can be considered an old friend of mine. She owed me a few favors before. Heh, now she’s working for me to pay back her debt.”
Bai Muxue spoke teasingly. This kind of joking tone matched both her “young lady” character and the way she normally interacted with Amber.
“Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean I owe you favors?! Are you turning the truth upside down now?”
As expected, Amber immediately puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
“Clearly you’re the one who owes me favors, okay?!”
Ughhh!! Seriously, Xiao Xue, is now really the time for jokes?!
Great... all the pressure and atmosphere I built up just got completely ruined...
But with Bai Muxue standing right there, Amber could not really lose her temper. She could only move her hand away from the gun holster, wave casually, and say,
“Yeah, just like this girl said, I’m Amber, a magical girl like you.”
But what Amethyst cared about right now was not that at all.
Her mind kept replaying the way Amber had addressed Bai Muxue just now.
Xiao Xue... Xiao Xue...?
With Miss Bai’s arrogant personality that looked down on everyone, she actually allowed someone to call her by such a close and affectionate nickname??
Could that really... be possible?
Had she somehow fallen into some strange illusion?
But no matter what, since they called each other so intimately, this girl really must be Bai Muxue’s friend...
To get along this naturally with Bai Muxue, who had psychological problems, their relationship must be extremely close, right?
Completely different from someone like me...
Maybe from beginning to end, she had never truly understood this girl who always seemed so untouchable and superior.
For some reason, even though Amethyst had always told herself that “whatever happens to Miss Bai has nothing to do with me,” strange feelings still quietly rose inside her heart.
The faint smile on her face slowly disappeared, and under the moonlight, frost-like coldness once again covered her beautiful face.