Is it only magical girls?

"Why?!"

"Unpleasant."

A nameless anger rose within Hongshi. She wasn't quite sure what caused this agitation, but she felt that Yuanxing's sincere feelings shouldn't be distorted by the power of the spirits. However, if she couldn't sit still, others would surely be even more restless. She needed to hand this opportunity over to others, to those spirits who were infatuated with Yuanxing's words and actions.

The singing incident garnered popularity, and the extermination of the witch earned tangible results. Farstar is now clearly on the elves' radar, and it's not impossible that some elves would be willing to descend and stand with Farstar. Currently, the elves are still in the observation phase, wanting to further determine whether they are willing to entrust themselves to Farstar.

For elves, wishes are very important. After all, each elf only has one chance to have their wish fulfilled, and they hope that their wishes are the most important and special. That is why elves are so indulgent towards the "push" in their hearts. Only the "push" in their hearts can bring them the ultimate wish that best realizes their value.

Being watched by the elves is like becoming their backup [pusher]. The elves cannot bear to see their [pusher] suffer any misfortune, even if they are backup [pushers].

Yuanxing rubbed his forehead: "Put it away. The matter you entrusted before, you mentioned it was related to my junior, right? Sister Hongshi said if it couldn't be resolved, my junior wouldn't be able to come back—" He paused suddenly: "Hmm? But my junior has already returned, back then—"

Yuanxing felt a moment of confusion, but the bewilderment and confusion lasted for less than a second before she regained her senses: "Back then, Sister Hongshi said that if we didn't resolve that request, we wouldn't be able to bring my junior back, but she's already back. Or is it that if we don't resolve the request, she'll leave again?"

"What I said back then is still true. I'll remember that sentence. I'll tell you the details when you get home from school."

"That works too. We'll have plenty of time after school."

After seeing Yuanxing off, Hongshi finally breathed a sigh of relief. The flower-clad elf had just tried to provide after-sales service, but she had interfered right in front of her. This behavior was too arrogant, and the maids' anger almost instantly soared to its peak. They wanted to teach her a lesson.

Yuanxing and her companions left Momomo together. As soon as she left, she noticed something peculiar about the trees along the street. Many birds were in those trees, but for some reason, one crow was sky blue. She distanced herself from the flock, looking lonely and forlorn. She gazed at the crows with a look of envy, but ultimately, she took flight.

Looking at the blue crow, Yuanxing suddenly felt as if he had lost something important.

"Xiaoxing, what's wrong?"

Hearing Qingyin's call, Yuanxing turned around: "Nothing, I just saw a blue crow that was far away from the flock, and I felt sorry for her."

Mi You asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell? Yuanxing has never been this beautiful before."

"That's called being sentimental and melancholic."

Ye Liu corrected her, then quickly focused his attention on Yuan Xing: "Aside from using the wrong idiom, Mi You is quite right. Is Yuan Xing feeling unwell? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"How could I not sleep well when I slept in the same bed as Sister Hongshi?"

Yuanxing was certain she had plenty of energy and felt perfectly fine; she had even been working for Hongshi recently. She simply couldn't stop thinking about the blue raven. That blue raven shimmered with a kind of spiritual light, as if it weren't just a simple raven, but more like…

An elf?

Just like the little flying squirrel she saw when she first met the Phantom Thief Girl II.

And blue...

Why is it blue?

This question had been troubling Yuanxing, even during class. Yuanxing sat in the second-to-last row by the window, almost unnoticed by the teacher, allowing her to leisurely gaze out. Outside, she saw once again the blue raven perched on a branch, trying to shine a round glass in her direction; the round glass, illuminated by the sunlight, resembled a full moon.

Why a full moon?

Shouldn't it generally be the sun?

She touched the headdress on her head, a slightly curved lilac branch headdress, but she felt that the headdress on her forehead should be more curved. This sense of incongruity lingered in her mind.

"Teacher!" Yuanxing suddenly raised his hand: "I'm not feeling well and need to ask for leave!"

"Can--"

The teacher had barely uttered a word when she saw Yuanxing run out of the classroom. She could only shrug: "Please, when you say you're not feeling well and need to ask for leave, at least pretend you're not feeling well. It's so disrespectful to me."

Yuanxing ran out of the classroom and hurriedly turned on her phone. She remembered that she had many selfies on her phone, and in those selfies—

All of them were headdresses made of lilac.

“I understand completely now,” Yuanxing continued, flipping through the photos. “My memories have been altered by the elves! No wonder I always felt something was off, no wonder Sister Hongshi sometimes hesitated to speak. It’s all because my memories have been altered by the elves. Elves, do you know where you slipped up?”

The teddy bear suddenly appeared in front of Yuanxing: [Where? I can't possibly have a flaw. After all, I didn't alter your memories; I altered reality.]

"What girl in this world wears the same hair accessory every single day!"

【Are you kidding me? Of course I only changed the moon hair accessory! The reason all your selfies feature lilac hair accessories is because you wear the moon hair accessory every day!】

Suddenly, a voice sounded on Yuanxing's shoulder: "Shut up. Whatever I say goes."

She turned her head and saw a golden snake whose body shimmered like starlight.

This is so beautiful!

Yuanxing subconsciously reached out and touched the golden head, and the golden snake affectionately rubbed against it in return.

Chapter 55: Why weren't a few of the monsters killed?

Yuanxing had initially sensed something was amiss because of Blue Raven, but now, with the arrival of the elf, her understanding of the situation had returned to normal. Before yesterday, she had no junior classmates, only one senior classmate; this was all due to the elf's wish.

Most importantly...

"I really have been wearing a moon headdress all along..."

Right? I told you the reason you just discovered was completely inexplicable!

Unimportant topics can be skipped.

Yuanxing looked at the little bear spirit and asked, "What do you want now?"

[Since you also possess a spirit, I can no longer fulfill Flower Robe's wish. I can only return to her and tell her this regrettable news. I'm staying here to ascertain your feelings towards Flower Robe and how I can gain your forgiveness.]

Huayi did something really outrageous, actually replacing her memories of her senior with her own. Logically, she should be angry, but she didn't feel that anger at all. Instead, she was actually a little happy because the blue raven had appeared beside her early this morning, and it was clearly not the same kind of elf who liked her as the golden snake.

Looking at the golden snake, she understood. The spirit would appear in the form she liked, and her liking for the blue raven was more of a love-by-love, meaning that it was Qianchan's spirit.

I'm so glad that Qianchan was able to provide support in such a short time. She was basically watching the screen 24/7!

It felt like we were connected in spirit, even though we weren't physically together. Compared to this pleasant mood, Huayi's little actions didn't seem so important or worth getting angry about.

"Although Huayi did do something really wrong, she told me that she was scared when she saw the witch, but with the elves, there shouldn't be any need to be afraid of the witch. So she was afraid of Anlian, the person in charge of the park, right? She did something wrong out of fear, and for some reason I wasn't that angry. As long as she doesn't do that kind of thing again, I'll forgive her."

The little bear elf bowed and vanished instantly.

I advocate compassion!

The golden snake hissed, and the head perched on Yuanxing's shoulder shook back and forth.

Yuanxing was also curious about the elf on her shoulder, and she asked, "Can you grant any wish?"

[Any wish can be granted as long as it isn't negated by other spirits.]

"Is it possible to have a wish that monsters disappear from this world forever?"

Too many spirits rejected this wish.

Yuanxing wasn't too surprised by this answer. After all, there were people in this world who used elves to create witches, so there must also be people who wouldn't accept the disappearance of monsters. Anlian could create witches, so she definitely wouldn't agree to the disappearance of monsters either, since if monsters disappeared, there would be no reason for magical girls to exist. She felt that Anlian must be the kind of person who enjoyed being a magical girl, so she would never allow magical girls to become unnecessary.

She's already asked the teacher for leave, so wouldn't it be silly for her to go back to class?

So Yuanxing chose to go to MomoMomo. Yesterday, she brought back some information that was closely related to her senior. Just thinking about it made her restless; she had to go to MomoMomo immediately to find out what was going on. The reason she didn't rush to ask yesterday was because Huayi had replaced Qianchan, and she was right beside her. The information was insignificant then. But today was completely different.

go to school?

What's the big deal about skipping school for a few days? It's only one day, and besides, she already asked for leave.

When Yuanxing entered the Demon Demon Demon, the first person she saw was Huayi, and she felt very unlucky: Isn't this person in Paradise? Why is she still in the Demon Demon Demon?

Before Yuanxing could say anything, the person opposite him was already trembling, looking like a little white rabbit being eyed by a snake. This guy was really bold when he was doing things, but after the incident, he was a cowardly little thing trembling with fear. He seemed to have been scared out of his wits by Anlian. He would do anything as long as he could escape from the amusement park.

Hong Shi smiled broadly and waved for Yuan Xing to come over: "Don't be so mean to her, wasn't she your junior yesterday?"

Yuanxing raised an eyebrow: "Yesterday you were even fiercer to her, so why are you protecting her today?"

"She applied to change her nationality today. Yesterday she was the evil girl of Paradise, today she is the magical girl of Magic Magic Magic."

Hongshi handed Yuanxing a cup of corn cocoa: "Here, let me treat you to a cup of corn cocoa. Please forgive Huayi's foolishness yesterday. Back then, she was still the evil girl of Paradise. The bad things she did to you were all because of Paradise's influence. Huayi isn't inherently bad. As long as she leaves Paradise, it won't be long before she realizes that Paradise's system is the problem."

"What a contrast! Yesterday she was a born bad seed from Paradise, and today she's an adorable magical girl. Isn't Sister Hong Shi's prejudice against Paradise a bit too strong?"

"That's what Paradise is like. She'll tell you that there aren't enough good things in the world, not enough love, not enough time, not enough beautiful girls, and not enough of anything you like. She'll deeply implant anxiety into your heart—anxiety, anger, fear—and then you'll be entangled in resentment, becoming a very un-magical girl."

"So you recommended Qingyin to go there before?"

Hongshi avoided discussing this, saying, "That's how it is in the development of amusement parks; even good people can turn into bad people once they go in."

That's ridiculous.

Yuanxing's first reaction was disbelief, her second was worry: "Senior should be in the amusement park right now, right? If it takes too long..."

"This is exactly what I wanted to tell you. I was planning to tell you after school, but I didn't expect you to be so impatient now."

Yuanxing didn't care what Hongshi was saying at all and kept urging him on.

Even as Yuanxing urged him on, Hongshi calmly retorted, "What's coming next might be quite impactful for you. Are you prepared?"

"I've always been prepared!"

Hong Shi didn't give any more instructions. With a wave of her right hand, several images appeared in mid-air, all of which showed An Lian interacting with a certain woman.

Yuanxing stared at the woman, her expression shifting from contemplation to astonishment, then to fear: "I know this person... She's Qianchan's mother, she's hosted me several times..." She abruptly turned to Hongshi: "Is there some mistake?! This person should just look like Qianchan's mother, right? There's no other connection between them?"

"Unfortunately."

“This person is Magical Girl Tsukuyomi. I can’t be wrong, after all—” Crimson World had been trying to keep her face serious, but she could no longer maintain it and revealed a clear look of disgust: “This guy was my former colleague. Why didn’t these guys get killed by monsters when they were active? Their contribution to the world would be greater than eliminating king-level monsters.”

Chapter 56: The method for eternal happiness has been found.

Yuanxing felt uneasy, but she had probably figured out the whole situation.

The birth of the witch wasn't solely Anlian's plan; behind it was a skilled facilitator, the bespectacled woman in the image. She appeared to be in her early twenties, shrewd and capable. In Yuanxing's memories, this woman, though busy, always smiled gently, warm and friendly, whenever they met.

Furthermore, Qianchan's reason for leaving the club is easy to understand. She must have discovered the secret behind it and felt she couldn't ignore it, so she left the club. The danger of such a matter is indeed something that cannot be discussed with magical girls who are just playing around in the club; she herself would probably find it difficult to talk about it.

Yuanxing looked at the screen and sighed, "If only I knew what they were talking about."

“That, that.”

Hua Yi's voice was soft, but it still reached Yuan Xing's ears clearly. She turned her head and asked, "Hua Yi, is there something you need?"

"I can read lips and know what they are saying."

A useful person!

In Yuanxing's mind, Huayi's evaluation instantly jumped three levels. As long as it was beneficial to Qianchan's return, then she was a useful person.

Yuanxing's attitude became more enthusiastic: "Then take a look and see what they are saying."

Hua Yi then opened an image and began to speak according to the content of the image: "Miss An Lian said: It has been a long time since I have seen Yue Huai. As soon as I see you, I am reminded of the happy days that Hong Shi and I had with other people."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Hong Shi glared at Hua Yi: "You little spy, you really are a born evil little devil from Paradise. You just polluted my brain and corrupted my thinking with An Lian's words."

The woman in the flowery dress froze on the spot, not daring to utter a sound.

Yuanxing patted the flowery dress and said, "Sister Hongshi means there's no need to say those useless things, just get to the point. Also, don't be so scared. The more scared you show, the more Sister Hongshi likes to scare you. If you're not so scared, she won't play those kinds of jokes on you."

Hua Yi nodded pitifully. Of course, she knew Hong Shi was joking with her, and she wasn't actually afraid because of the joke. Her fear stemmed from remembering what she had done yesterday and worrying that Yuan Xing would bring up the past. But Yuan Xing not only didn't mention it, but instead protected her once again…

Hua Yi gathered her thoughts and focused her attention on the images.

"Aunt Yuehuai said: I saw the super-large monster from before. You must have been the creator? That was my old project plan. What are you going to do with this scrap of information?"

"Miss Anlian said: Your proposal? I thought it was some kind of garbage written by someone. Although it is a pile of garbage, there is a little bit of it that has touched my inspiration."

Aunt Yuehuai said: "Everything looks like garbage to you. You think the plan is garbage because you're dumber than a pig and can't understand such profound wisdom."

Hong Shi crossed her arms and sighed involuntarily, "We still have a good relationship like before. You can see for yourselves. Seeing this will bring back painful memories of being ostracized."

"Huh?" Yuanxing found it unbelievable: "This is what you call a good relationship? Isn't this a full-blown argument? And a really fierce one at that?"

"They argued so fiercely but still cooperated, and they didn't even fight. That's what you call a good relationship."

Yuanxing sensed something was off, but upon reflection, it seemed to make sense. Arguing was a clash between souls, and if they could emerge unscathed afterward, they must have a good relationship. Yuanxing seemed to have seen similar relationships before; Yeliu and Qingyin would occasionally argue, though their arguments weren't this fierce.

Hongshi abandoned the little girls and walked to the deck chair, where he lay down and swayed unsteadily.

"Why do you look like an old woman..."

Yuanxing muttered something and refocused his attention on the images.

Yuanxing and Huayi continued searching for valuable information from the images. Based on them, Yuanxing roughly realized that Anlian and Yuehuai met in the Paradise's reception room, as many guests met there as well. Anlian had independently completed the Witch Project, but her "Witch Birth Project" referenced Yuehuai's past experimental reports: "Evil Thought Resolution and Fusion, Controllable Reproducibility of Super-Large Monsters, and the Impact of Lord Monsters on the Existing Order."

The title of the lab report wasn't deduced by Huayi's lip reading; it was Yuehuai who took out the lab report, which contained this line of introduction.

"However, there is at least one piece of good news. According to Aunt Yuehuai, she returned to the park to confirm this after discovering the super-large monster from before."

Hong Shi's voice came through: "That's good, it means Yue Huai will have another evil plan that belongs to her alone."

“I remember Aunt Yuehuai working at the research institute. She said she was working hard for the happiness of all mankind. Although she may have been bad before, she has a daughter now and has turned over a new leaf. Maybe she is simply working hard for the happiness of all mankind.”