Volume 1 Chapter 116: Running Away Without a Second of Hesitation
The two magical girls were stunned. Bai Muxue, who felt a slight pain, was also stunned.
Only Heidi was not shocked. On the contrary, she was feeling a little proud inside.
Hehe, you wouldn’t let me pull it out, so I did it anyway! That’s the kind of spirit a villain should have!
And it was just one strand of hair. Surely Miss won’t blame me for something like this...
Heidi nodded to herself in satisfaction. A smile slowly appeared on her face. She was almost impressed by her own quick thinking.
But in Amber’s eyes, that smile looked like pure provocation.
“You!!!”
Amber knew very well that Heidi might only be bluffing. She might not actually do anything to Bai Muxue, because if she did, she would lose the advantage of controlling a hostage and would immediately face the fierce counterattack of two magical girls...
But knowing that did not mean they dared to take the risk. After all, Bai Muxue, the hostage, was just an “ordinary person.” Even the smallest mistake could lead to unpredictable consequences...
Amber understood all of this, but that did not mean she could ignore Heidi’s mocking attitude!
She felt like her lungs were about to explode from anger... After being a magical girl for so long, she had never met someone this annoying before!
With her naturally proud personality, how could she possibly endure such provocation?
“Hehe... Fine, fine...”
Amber’s angry face suddenly showed a cold smile. Her anger had already reached its limit, and she no longer wanted to think about anything else. The silver rapier decorated with ribbons was already in her hand.
“Amber, wait...”
Before Amethyst could finish speaking beside her, the blonde girl had already raised the rapier glowing with golden light high into the air.
“You dare use Xiao Xue to threaten me?! You dare mock me right in my face?!”
“I’ll show you right now what real cruelty looks like!”
From the viewpoint of the currently powerless Bai Muxue, Amber had only just raised her hand one moment ago, but the next moment her figure disappeared instantly. The cold sword blade cut through the air with a sharp sound as it stabbed straight toward Heidi’s chest.
So fast!
Facing Amber’s sudden attack, surprise flashed across Heidi’s face. Although she had secretly stayed alert against a sneak attack from the two girls the entire time, what she actually saw was completely different from what she had imagined in her mind.
Even if she was not as strong as Sasha, Heidi was still a vampire, and her reaction speed was far beyond that of a normal human. But even so, she only saw a blur before Amber’s rapier was already right in front of her chest.
Faced with the girl’s sudden strike, Heidi had no choice but to pull Bai Muxue backward several steps. At the same time, the red color in her eyes became even brighter. Countless miserable screams came from the shadows as clawed figures rushed toward Amber, bringing a freezing cold feeling that spread everywhere.
“Tch!”
Amethyst bit her lip when she saw this. But since Amber had already attacked, she could no longer stand by and watch. Sharp arrows quickly shot toward the dark figures, and even the nearby walls caught in the attack were pierced through like tofu.
Yet even after losing their forms, the shadows still did not disappear. They continued screaming as they charged toward the two girls.
Facing the strange black shadows filled with endless cries, Amber swung her rapier and used the momentum to dodge their attack with a leap. But instead of retreating, she paused slightly, and then golden beams that had long been prepared burst out from the blade of her sword, spiraling and splitting apart as they shot forward.
One beam after another struck the terrifying shadows rushing toward her like meteors. The clawing shadows froze for a moment after colliding with the light, then instantly turned into dust.
Although Amber’s response and Amethyst’s support were already very fast, Heidi still had enough time to react. The girl took a deep breath, then moved close to Bai Muxue’s ear and softly whispered to her,
“Okay... now’s the time! Miss, hold on tight!”
“Eh? N-now?”
Before Bai Muxue could react, a huge pair of bat wings suddenly appeared behind Heidi. Holding Bai Muxue in her arms, Heidi shot out through the window like lightning.
She was incredibly fast, almost as if she was riding the wind.
Although Heidi did not expect Amber to attack first, her response was still very quick... She first used a defensive move to force Amber and Amethyst to fall back, and only then did she find the chance to escape with Bai Muxue.
Amber and Amethyst quickly dealt with the dark shadows in front of them, but when they looked toward Heidi again, they saw that she had already flown far away like a gust of wind, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.
“Eh...?”
The sudden turn of events made both girls lower their weapons and stare at each other in confusion. Just a moment ago, the villain had the upper hand and was openly mocking them, but then she suddenly turned around and ran away. The change happened so fast that neither of them could react in time.
They had been worried the whole time about whether Heidi would hurt Bai Muxue, but they had never considered the possibility that she would simply kidnap the hostage and escape.
But that was understandable. Looking at Heidi’s arrogant behavior, both Amber and Amethyst naturally assumed that her real target was the two of them, and that taking Bai Muxue hostage was only a way to threaten them...
Who would have thought that from the very beginning, Heidi never planned to fight them directly at all? She only wanted a chance to escape with Bai Muxue!
“Damn it! So that girl’s target from the start was Xiao Xue?!”
After finally realizing what happened, Amber gritted her teeth. She exchanged a look with Amethyst, and in the other girl’s purple eyes, she saw the same sharp determination.
“There’s no choice. Split up and chase her! We’ll attack from both sides!”
There was no more time to think. Amethyst gave a slight nod, and without another word between them, the two girls turned into streams of light and chased after the direction where Heidi had disappeared.
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“So... Miss, were you satisfied with my performance just now...?”
After successfully shaking off the two girls chasing them, Heidi and Bai Muxue were now sitting on an abandoned rooftop.
Under the soft moonlight, the excitement in Heidi’s heart still had not faded. Because of that, even someone as timid as her gathered the courage to quietly ask Bai Muxue that question.
In a way... this was the first task her young lady had ever given her. Even though many unexpected things had happened, she should have completed it pretty well... probably?
Hearing this, Bai Muxue glanced toward the countdown timer in the corner of her vision. The time displayed on it had actually returned to twenty days.
“Mhm, you did very well.”
She nodded in satisfaction and showed Heidi a faint smile.
Bai Muxue was not too surprised by this result... After all, putting aside the tense atmosphere between the two girls earlier, Amber had definitely been furious after all of Heidi’s provocation. That proud little girl probably felt like her lungs were about to explode from anger, and her negative emotions must have risen rapidly...
Ah, although Amber’s sudden appearance had disrupted her plan, high risk really did bring high rewards. The negative emotions from two magical girls were much stronger than from just one!
Uh... maybe later I should find more ways to get those two together? After all, they already dislike each other. I can just stay behind them and absorb the negative emotions... That sounds much easier than constantly thinking of ways to tease and bully little girls, right?
As her thoughts wandered, a very bold idea suddenly appeared in the girl’s mind.