Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

Chapter 197 A Story About the Curtain Fall

The lion stood up defiantly, seemingly somewhat embarrassed. His once composed face was now quite gloomy.

However, her puffed-up expression is exactly the same as her sister's.

Is this the only place where they feel like real sisters? Lion, you bastard—Little Green thought to herself.

Then, the lion opened its mouth.

"Completely unacceptable!"

Her voice was booming and she spoke with great confidence, as if she had never fallen at all.

"First of all, the smoothness of the ice surface is completely unacceptable; it's too rough!"

"I see."

Xiao Lü simply stood aside, silently watching her.

Yes, that's right, the ice surface I made wasn't smooth enough.

But that fall just now was absolutely your own fault. Absolutely, absolutely.

"And look!" the lion pointed in a direction.

Xiao Lü looked in the direction she pointed, and there was indeed a slope on the ice surface that was quite difficult to detect with the naked eye.

"This uneven surface will cause the athletes to slip and fall! What if I fall and die?"

This woman, without batting an eye, shifted the blame to the venue. Xiao Lü was speechless.

Immediately afterwards, Lion skated over and gently scraped the ice surface with his skates, scraping up some fine ice shavings. He then picked up a little with his fingertips and brought it to Little Green's eyes.

"And this too!"

She pointed to the black particles mixed in with the ice shavings.

"Freeze those black, thread-like things all the way to the bottom! The top three centimeters of ice must be clean and smooth!"

"The purity is too low!"

She paused, as if feeling it wasn't enough, and added another sentence.

"And it's too slow, way too slow! Unleash your magic at top speed, you idiot! Who do you think you are, some kind of old lady?"

Finally, with a wave of her hand, she delivered the final verdict.

"Redo it for me! Redo it!"

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Little Green was at a loss for words.

Forget it. Arguing with this woman is pointless.

Her only thought now was to plunder this scumbag's gold coins.

She silently flew back to the shore, opened the wooden box, and picked out a few smaller "blessings".

Without hesitation, she crushed it with her hands.

Pure magic surged into my body instantly. The feeling of being instantly filled with magic wasn't bad; in fact, it could be described as quite comfortable.

The magic has been fully restored.

Little Green turned its gaze back to the ice surface it had just frozen over.

She poured the enormous amount of magic power that she had just replenished into it without reservation.

With a loud bang, the solid ice layer instantly crumbled, turning into countless tiny ice fragments that flowed back into the turbid current below.

Then she became serious.

Close your eyes, extend your senses, and feel the water around you.

Then, she unleashed the magical power surging within her body with an unprecedented burst of force.

The magic instantly enveloped the entire body of water in front of them. The ice surface froze again.

This time, she tried to perform more precise control.

The purest ice blocks are lifted upwards and gathered to the surface; at the same time, ice blocks mixed with black thread-like substances are squeezed downwards and sunk to the bottom of the ice layer.

The entire process was completed in a very short time.

Little Green gently landed on the newly formed ice surface and tentatively slid along.

Although it is still far from perfect, the smoothness and purity of the surface are indeed much better than before.

"Oh?"

The lion, who had somehow returned to his recliner, let out a soft, slightly approving exclamation.

"Let's say you barely passed this time. Now, have someone else do it the same way."

She paused, then put on that devilish coach face again.

"Exactly! Too much magic was used up; it's all wasted and useless!"

"Remember, make sure the entire ice rink is ready before tonight!"

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Little Green expressionlessly crushed another "blessing," letting the magic flow back in.

The lion was absolutely right.

That last burst of anger was purely a venting of frustration and was incredibly wasteful. In reality, releasing just a small portion of it would have been enough.

So her next task became a repetitive experiment on cost control.

Time and again, the ice surface was frozen, and time and again, the output of magic was adjusted, trying to find that "just right" critical point.

To be honest, it was quite boring.

But the effects are also significant.

She could definitely feel that she had become more proficient in controlling the flow of magic. The frozen surface was also visibly becoming smoother.

But is that really useful?

Xiao Lü remained skeptical. She couldn't think of any other practical value in it for the time being.

If I had to nitpick, the burst speed at which she released her magic seemed a bit too fast. Or rather, she had found a trick to unleash magic in an instant.

But once this trick was mastered, it quickly hit a bottleneck. From then on, it seemed that only persistent, gradual effort would suffice.

If the apocalypse ends, and I use this skill to repair ice rinks for the national team, the salary shouldn't be low, right?

Could the five social insurances and one housing fund also guarantee this?

As she mechanically repeated the operation, her mind began to wander.

After an unknown amount of time and several iterations, a new ice surface finally took shape.

Xiao Lü looked up and felt fairly satisfied with the results this time.

The ice surface was quite smooth. Although the murky water underneath detracted from the overall impression, the reflection of the crimson sky on the ice surface was still quite impressive.

She was about to look up and report to the supervisor when she suddenly realized that the recliner was empty.

The lion is gone.

Meanwhile, bursts of laughter could be heard from nearby.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the wolf had somehow found several more pairs of ice skates and was skating with Xia Zhaozhao. The lion was also there giving instructions.

They just went off to play by themselves in the distance.

Of course, it was mainly a solo show for the lion.

Whether she had completely regained her touch or simply wanted to show off, her movements were incredibly skillful and her posture was exceptionally elegant.

Little Green stopped working and just floated in mid-air, silently watching the three figures playing on the ice in the distance.

For a moment, she even had a strange feeling.

It was as if the apocalypse had never happened; it was just an ordinary afternoon when a friend took me to an unfortunate tourist spot, where I watched my friends playing on the ice rink.

In that moment of tranquility, she quietly activated her magic.

An ice spear condensed in the air beside him and landed in his hand.

The feeling of having the Ice Gun is definitely different from before.

The gun body is no longer the rough, whitish appearance of before, but presents a more perfect texture, almost transparent throughout, with a smooth surface.

The molding process seemed to be going more smoothly — perhaps it was just my imagination.

Little Green weighed the new weapon in his hand.

If she had to call this progress, she herself felt it was a bit of an exaggeration. After all, they hadn't done this before, perhaps simply because there was no need for it.

In actual combat, she couldn't care less about the appearance of the weapons. As for the purpose of these cosmetic improvements—she couldn't figure it out for the time being.

"Feed—! Little Green!"

Xia Zhaozhao's shout came from afar, interrupting her thoughts.

Xiao Lü looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xia Zhaozhao gliding on the ice, her movements—quite—impressive.

Instead of the graceful movements of a lion, she performed a variety of unbelievable maneuvers on the ice with a wide, sweeping motion. It looked less like skating and more like some kind of combat drill.

Little Green understood it at a glance.

She floated over and asked bluntly, "Did you use your ice skates as weapons?"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Xia Zhaozhao answered excitedly and came to a steady stop beside her.

"Just use this thing as a weapon and then use it to punch the air, and you can make perfect moves!"

————It's not perfect.

It completely lacks the flowing beauty of a lion.

Xiao Lü silently complained in her heart, but wisely did not say it out loud.

"Mayfly-chan, take a break!"

The lion's roar suddenly came from behind, and a hand reached out to touch the top of her head.

Xiao Lü reacted quickly, dodging to the side in an instant, causing the hand to miss its target.

"—First of all, I'm older than you."

She turned around and looked at the woman in front of her with a somewhat speechless expression.

"Just because you're older than me, doesn't mean I can't be your older sister? Is an older sister such an inconvenient thing?"

Lion nonchalantly withdrew his hand, speaking as if it were the most natural thing in the world, spouting some utterly nonsensical logic.

"Well done, you should take a break."

As she spoke, she began to glide slowly around Little Green, using it as the center.

"—What are you doing, turning around like that?"

Looking at her spinning like a top, Xiao Lü felt a little dizzy.

"Well, there's nothing I can do. I only have one leg, so I can't maintain my balance when I'm still."

In the distance, Wolf and Xia Zhaozhao glided out, seemingly having a lot of fun.

Xiao Lü withdrew her gaze, sighed, and turned to the woman beside her who was still spinning in circles.

"Have you trained before?"

"Of course~"

The lion's answer was crisp and smug.

"After making that wish that would make my body stronger, I did try quite a few things."

She was lost in memories.

"Figure skating is one of them."

"Mayfly, let me tell you, I was amazing back then! Those professional athletes couldn't even jump as high as me in a squat jump!"

However, that slight sense of pride quickly faded in her words, replaced by a sigh.

"But there's nothing I can do. I'm too old, and I don't have the talent for this kind of work."

"—Even with such overpowered physical abilities, it's still not good enough?"

Little Green found it hard to believe. In her view, the lion's superhuman physique was enough to crush mortals in any field.

"It's just made my body stronger." The lion's tone calmed down. "Although everything from strength to balance has become exaggerated, that's all."

"In competitive sports, even if you think you're cheating—or even if you really are cheating—there will always be monsters stronger than you."

"So, in order to earn money to support my younger sister, I finally decided to fight, fight—"

She gazed at the crimson dawn in the distance and began to recount her experiences, in fits and starts, about those incredibly talented and hardworking individuals.

Little Green listened quietly.

She listened as the lion described the peaceful world she had almost forgotten, and as the lion spoke of her remarkably free life.

Little Green sighed.

After all, that peaceful world where there was the Olympics, sports champions, and people could compete for their dreams is truly gone.

This made her somewhat disappointed.

"I wonder if those guys are still alive or not. Oh well, whatever~"

The lion's voice rang out again, relaxed as if the previous sentiments were merely an illusion. She was still circling Little Green.

"—Does it matter?"

"Yes, yes," Lion replied matter-of-factly. "After all, that incredibly talented girl's shining moment has already passed."

"Before the apocalypse came, she had already completed her story and successfully joined the city team."

"—How can this be considered the completion of one's own story?" In Xiao Lü's view, this was clearly just the beginning of the story.

"Oh dear, they're getting old, and it's hard for those guys to climb any higher."

"Besides, this story is already dazzling and fulfilling enough, so there's nothing wrong with it ending here."

"—Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. I'm tired. Give me a hand!"

Lion interrupted the awkward conversation, switching back to his lazy tone, and extended a hand to Little Green.

Little Green looked at her expressionlessly.

Then, on the ice in front of her, a smooth icicle slowly grew.

"————Okay, that works too."

"

Lion pursed his lips, but didn't say anything more, and steadied himself by holding onto the popsicle.

With her back to Xiao Lü, she cast her gaze toward Xia Zhaozhao and the wolf in the distance.

Xia Zhaozhao seemed to have completely mastered the knack of hitting the air with her ice skates, and even performed a fairly cool spinning jump in the air.

Full of energy.

"ephemera!"

"what?"

"Alright," the lion's voice suddenly turned serious, "Break time is over, five minutes are up!"

"Huh? What?"

Five minutes? From when does the count start?

"Your precision can't be improved by continuing to build ice surfaces!"

"So, next up is an even more advanced training session—ice sculpture making! Ice sculptures of me and my sister!"

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"Hey, what the hell is this?!"

Xia Zhaozhao, Lion, and Wolf were laughing so hard they were doubled over, surrounding the two strange polyhedrons on the ice that were made up of a few simple planes.

Little Green stood to the side, looking at her work with a blank expression.

To be honest, I can't even be considered a human being. It seems I really don't have any talent for artistic creation.

"And then, the biggest problem is!"

After laughing enough, the lion finally straightened up, pointed her finger, and righteously pointed to the ice sculpture that represented herself.

O-pie.

"Bopi is too small, far too small! I should be 10^10 times, or even 10^9 times, the size of Bopi!"

"ha?"

Xia Zhaozhao's laughter stopped abruptly, and she was so angry that she bared her teeth and started panting.

Before she could refute, the lion did something even more outrageous.

The lion, like an eel, leaned against the wolf statue and lay back on the ice.

"Hey, why is the base of the little sister statue solid?! Be honest with me!"

"elder sister----"

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