Flower Fairy: After transmigrating again, I became An'an's younger brother.

"Don't be so pessimistic."

An Yingchun gently placed her hand on Xia Tong's shoulder. "You still have me."

"Do you even believe what you're saying?"

Xia Tong looked like she was giving up, "Fine, just give me what you promised me first."

Seeing this, Shadow Chun said no more, raised her hand and gathered her power in her palm—as the dark halo flowed, a condensed ball of dark energy floated in her palm.

For her, once this kind of thing is used up, it's used up; it can be slowly replenished over time anyway.

As she handed her the energy ball, she casually asked, "What do you need this for?"

Xia Tong's expression remained unchanged as he reached out, grabbed it, and began to refine and absorb it. He glanced at Shadow Chun, his tone tinged with amusement: "Besides becoming stronger, what else could it be for?"

When Shadow Camellia saw that after he absorbed the energy, apart from the contract with her, there was not a trace of darkness on his body.

"You're really funny."

She floated around Xia Tong once, then asked curiously, "You can use dark power, but I can't sense the darkness on you. Is it only when you use it that I can sense it? How do you do that?"

"Uh... that's complicated to explain."

After all, Xia Tong's mage cultivation system originated from her previous life and is different from theirs. Mages can use the magic power in their bodies to cast different spells through various incantations or other methods.

Xia Tong thought for a moment and continued, "You can think of it as me being able to convert all those miscellaneous energies into the same thing and store it, then use it in the form I want when I need it."

"That's really convenient." Shadow Chun looked at Xia Tong lying on the bed.

At this moment, Xia Tong suddenly sat up, looked at her palm, sighed, and realized she still had to find a way to cover up this aura.

"Chun, do you have any ideas?" Xia Tong asked her.

"No." Shadow Tsubaki's answer was straightforward.

That's true. Xia Tong recalled that the other Chun didn't seem to have tried to hide her own scent either.

As expected, she still had to rely on herself, so Xia Tong used the method from her previous life to conceal her aura.

"Hmm? Why can't I feel it anymore?"

At this point, Shadow Chun could no longer sense the dark aura emanating from Xia Tong due to her contract, but the guardian contract still existed.

"What did you do?"

"I did what you just did," Xia Tong stretched. "To protect myself."

"There's no other way. Darkness is universally hated on the continent of Labbel. How can we not cover it up?" Xia Tong continued.

"But we're not there now, are we?"

Shadow Chun flew a little higher, looking down at Xia Tong.

"You're still too young. I remember that flower fairies can come here. There might be a hidden flower fairy nearby."

"I'm not young!"

When An Yingchun heard Xia Tong treat her like a child again, she raised her voice.

"Yes, yes, Master Chun is the most important." Xia Tong echoed in a tone used to coax a child.

"Of course."

Shadow Tsubaki crossed her arms, raised her head haughtily, then realized something, "Wait a minute... that's not right..."

Xia Tong immediately interrupted her thoughts, "Then Chun, could you please tone down your aura?"

After listening, Shadow Chun closed her eyes, tried it for a moment, and replied, "No, this is too difficult."

She can improve, but restraint is too difficult for her.

Xia Tong stared at the figure of Dark Shadow Chun floating in mid-air, wondering if his method would work on Flower Fairy.

After that, Xia Tong taught his method to An Ying Chun.

"This thing you've made is so complicated," Shadow Chun said, frowning.

"There's nothing I can do, you'll have to practice slowly." Xia Tong ignored her and turned to finish her unfinished homework.

Half an hour later, Xia Tong finally finished writing while taking a break. Seeing that An Ying Chun was still gesturing in mid-air, she went downstairs and took a bottle of iced cola from the refrigerator.

Just as I reached the door, I heard her excitedly shout, "I did it!"

He pushed open the door and entered, only to see Shadow Chun floating in the center of the room. The dark aura around her was no longer perceptible—only the faint, visible light revealed her identity.

"Look, look!"

She floated excitedly to him, twirled in front of him, and exclaimed, "I did it!"

Xia Tong raised an eyebrow and secretly probed out some magic power. Sure enough, apart from the connection of the contract, the dark aura on Shadow Camellia's body was almost completely covered up, leaving only a very faint energy fluctuation, which could not be detected at all without careful perception.

"Not bad, Tsubaki-sama."

He deliberately dragged out his words, put the cola on the table, and said, "It's much faster than I expected. I thought you'd have to practice all afternoon."

Shadow Camellia immediately straightened her back, crossed her arms, and floated a little higher. "Of course, don't you know who I am! This little thing is no problem for me."

Shadow Camellia continued to float and spin in mid-air, the dim light around her swaying gently with her movements.

Xia Tong let her be smug and picked up the iced cola on the table and took a sip herself.

A cool sensation ran down his throat, and he breathed a sigh of relief. His gaze inadvertently swept over the two plants on the windowsill—they seemed to need watering.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, he picked up the kettle and walked towards the window.

As Xia Tong watered the two potted plants, she noticed the snow outside the window melting rapidly.

"Strange, the temperature didn't rise this quickly today, did it?"

Xia Tong reached out and wiped the fog off the glass. As soon as her fingertips touched the cold glass, she heard a soft "thump".

Looking back, I saw Shadow Chun rubbing her forehead. She hadn't been paying attention and had bumped her head on the glass.

Be careful.

Xia Tong walked over helplessly and reached out to rub her soothing pain, but An Ying Chun dodged her.

She floated to the window, casually staring at the snow outside, and said, "This... seems to be something another version of me did."

Xia Tong casually picked up a can of cola and took another sip. After thinking about it, he realized it wasn't really his business. It was probably his sister, Xia An'an, using magic.

Just then, he noticed that Shadow Camellia was looking at the cola in his hand, so he shook the bottle and asked her, "Want some too?"

"We flower fairies don't need to obtain energy through such a low-level method as eating," Shadow Camellia shook her head and replied.

Despite saying that, she couldn't help but look curiously at the cola in Xia Tong's hand.

"Hmm? But then again, we humans don't rely on this to replenish energy."

"Then why drink it?" Shadow Camellia asked curiously.

"Um..." Xia Tong couldn't quite explain why, "...because it tastes good? At least I quite like it."

Shadow Camellia blinked her ruby-like eyes, her face filled with incomprehension.

"It tastes good? Just for that vague, intangible feeling?"

She watched as Xia Tong tilted her head back and took another sip. The soft sound of the carbonated bubbles in her throat sounded a little strange to her.

"Yes, it's like suddenly finding a garden particularly fragrant, which makes you feel happy."

Xia Tong tried to explain it in a way she could understand, "It's a kind of... sensory enjoyment."

He shook the half-full bottle of cola and handed it to her. "Want to try some?"

As Shadow Chun looked at the dark brown liquid that was still bubbling slightly, a hint of hesitation and intense curiosity flashed across her face.

She doesn't need to rely on this to survive, but the word "enjoyment" is somewhat foreign to her.

"Hmph, since you've invited me so sincerely..."

She raised her chin haughtily, floated closer, and stretched out her small hand, "Then I'll reluctantly try a little."

Xia Tong smiled and handed the Coke bottle to her. An Yingchun touched the bottle with her fingertips first, and the cool touch felt quite nice to her. Then she carefully leaned over and took a small sip from the bottle.

A sweet, icy sensation instantly spread through her, but before she could even savor the flavor, the moment it entered her mouth, tiny carbon dioxide bubbles exploded on her tongue, startling her so much that she jerked back half a meter. "Cough... what... what is this strange thing?!"

Seeing her coughing while covering her mouth, Xia Tong smiled and said, "It's a carbonated drink, just drink it slowly."

It took An Ying Chun a while to catch her breath before she frowned and swallowed the sweetness in her mouth, but she couldn't help but steal a glance at the cola bottle again: "It's sweet... but this feeling is too weird."

Despite saying that, as she drifted back to the table, her gaze never left the dark brown liquid.

Xia Tong saw through her thoughts and simply placed the Coke bottle in front of her: "If you want to drink, have a few more sips. Nobody's going to take it from you."

She immediately turned her face away, crossed her arms, and pretended not to care: "Who wants to drink more? I just... wanted to confirm what's so special about this stuff."

Even so, I couldn't help but take another sip. This time I slowed down, and the bubbles slowly dissipated in my mouth, revealing a different kind of sweetness.

Xia Tong didn't expose her hypocrisy and turned to organize the homework on the table.

After he finished folding his notebooks, he turned around and saw that the Coke bottle was empty. Shadow Chun was hurriedly pushing the bottle to the corner of the table, trying to cover up the "evidence," with a few traces still on the corner of her mouth.

"you……"

Before Xia Tong could finish speaking, Shadow Chun hurriedly transformed into a beam of light, which then coalesced into a card with Shadow Chun's image printed on it before falling onto the table.

Xia Tong walked over, picked up the empty bottle and the card, threw the bottle into the trash can, and then waved the card at her: "Chun?"

The card didn't react at all, and he scratched his head in frustration.

Huh? This silly kid, if he wants to drink, he can drink. He won't stop him.