Is it only magical girls?

"Then let's talk about compensation. I've compiled this report based on the appearance fees of other independent magical girl production companies on the market—"

Before Miyu could finish speaking, Hongshi interrupted, "Okay."

"At least let me finish!"

Faced with Miyu's questioning, Hongshi showed little interest: "I don't want to. You can talk to the finance minister of Momomo about the compensation issue. The finance minister is..." Hongshi looked around and then pointed at Miyu: "You're the one. I won't trouble two people with one thing. You'll be the finance minister. You can talk to yourself about the compensation issue for your Starlight Team."

"Nami, you guys have also switched to a company now, right? If you have any questions about compensation, just ask Miyu."

Nami nodded.

Yuanxing quickly replied, "That won't do, because the reward I want can only be given to me by Sister Hongshi. I don't want money."

"Sure, I'll give you whatever you want."

Miss Hongshi's thinking was simple: whatever she could give was a magic chip or something similar. As long as Yuanxing wanted it, she would give it to her, regardless of what kind of magic chip it was.

"Really? Since you've already agreed, I'll say it! I want you to wear a maid outfit and call me Master!"

"Ok?"

Hongshi felt like she was hallucinating; she couldn't quite hear clearly. She guessed that her mind was a little foggy and she hadn't been able to properly understand what Yuanxing was trying to say.

So Yuanxing repeated, "I want Hongshi to wear a maid outfit and call me Master for the next week as payment."

Hong Shi, who had been listless, was no longer so. She had never been so energetic. Her eyes were wide open, staring intently at the distant star. It took her several seconds to react: "Are you serious?"

"Sister Hongshi, you've already agreed. You won't suddenly go back on your word, will you? You're not a good person, not a good master."

Hong Shi took a deep breath, suppressing his emotions: "You still know how to call me Master, you rebellious disciple! But since I've already agreed, there's no other way. The next week will be as you wish, but don't forget, I'm still your Master. I'll make you suffer a fate worse than death. Do you understand what I mean?"

Yuanxing nodded vigorously: "I understand! 'Being worse than dead' means that you will live a good life, overcome difficulties, and become even more powerful than you are now."

Qingyin was so excited she wanted to jump up: Master-disciple pairings are a must! This irresistible, immoral feeling is the essence of it all! Just thinking about it makes her want to rush out and howl at the heavens! Master-disciple, kill me! Kill me!

Hua Yi looked around and found that no one thought anything was wrong with this. Obviously, everyone was used to it and took it for granted. Mo Mo Mo was really too lewd!

The matter is almost over, and there's no need to continue the meeting.

Hongshi glared at Yuanxing resentfully and left first. On the way, she thought about how to make trouble for Yuanxing tomorrow and teach her a lesson about respecting her teacher.

Yuanxing waved to her: "Hongshi-jie, remember to prepare your maid outfit today! I want to see Hongshi-jie in a maid outfit tomorrow!"

Hongshi responded by giving Yuanxing an upside-down little finger without turning her head.

Yuanxing didn't care at all and laughed happily.

After watching Hongshi leave, Yuanxing said with regret, "Actually, I wanted Hongshi to wear a bunny girl outfit, but I thought she wouldn't agree."

Qingyin said, "It was already beyond my expectations that she agreed to wear a maid outfit, but you want her to wear a bunny girl outfit? I don't even want to think about such a thing."

“Sister Hong Shi will definitely retaliate,” Ye Liu said with some worry. “Just like she said, her revenge will probably be very difficult.”

Ye Liu still remembered what her previous training was like. To help her quickly adapt to spinning, she was directly strapped to a ceiling fan and spun around and around. After that training, Ye Liu felt that nothing in the world could frighten her anymore; nothing was worth mentioning compared to a ceiling fan.

Yuanxing, on the other hand, didn't seem to care at all: "I was originally planning to accept that kind of training. I watched the surveillance footage, and Aunt Anlian and Aunt Yuehuai are incredibly powerful even without transforming into magical girls. If I really had to face them, my current strength wouldn't be enough. But just accepting the training would make me a little too timid and unable to muster the courage. But if it's a punishment, then I can't choose. Plus, I get to see Sister Hongshi in her maid outfit, so I feel like I've hit the jackpot. Next time, I'll make her wear a teacher's uniform."

Ye Liu was speechless: What kind of pure-blooded rebellious disciple is this? He wants to cultivate, but instead of honestly telling his master that he wants to cultivate, he deliberately provokes him.

Lingling felt she had learned a new skill that she could use on Yuanxing later. But upon closer inspection, she realized that this way of thinking violated her five principles. If she were to negotiate with Yuanxing, it would violate the third principle: support all of Yuanxing's proposals. Negotiating would mean not supporting enough, and not supporting enough would mean not supporting at all.

Lingling is overloaded with thought!

Aone said, "I'd rather see a shrine maiden outfit than a teacher's outfit."

Mi You said, "Aristocratic attire is also great. I always thought that Sister Hong would look especially beautiful in aristocratic formal wear."

Surprisingly, they could gather together, openly discussing their hobbies and sharing their preferred styles and preferences...

Demons are so lewd!

Chapter 60: Sixty As long as it's for you, I'll do the impossible.

Senfunia Girls' Academy is a prestigious girls' academy with over a century of history, known as the academy that produces many young ladies.

Yuanxing thought it was just so-so, not as good as her school, which was famous for producing magical girls.

She came to Senfunia Girls' Academy entirely because the Golden Serpent told her that her senior might be there. It was probably Yuanxing who added that information; she couldn't assume her senior was there just because the elf said so, she had to come and see for herself. Arriving alone at the academy gate, she found it was celebrating its anniversary, and social elites were everywhere.

Yuanxing had no interest in social celebrities. She closed her eyes and sensed Qianchan somewhere in the academy.

Yuanxing opened her eyes. She had determined the direction of Qianchan's location, but there were simply too many people in the academy, which posed a serious obstacle to her search.

"No, we can't pinpoint the location accurately."

She couldn't find Qianchan directly using automatic pathfinding, even with aids like blindfolds and earplugs.

Yuanxing knew very well how Lingling had found her before; that precise, almost automatic way of searching was something even Yuanxing wasn't confident she could achieve. Lingling had surpassed her, which made her extremely unwilling, giving her a feeling of defeat. Her feelings for her senior were being overshadowed by Lingling's feelings for her—this couldn't be acceptable; she couldn't accept this defeat. She had to work even harder to strengthen her own feelings and reach Lingling's level.

She chose the direction where Qianchan was, but there were many people in that direction, so she could only move forward slowly. Fortunately, Qianchan's position did not change; she remained almost entirely in that direction. This made Yuanxing even more curious: what was her senior doing over there? What was her purpose in coming to this academy?

"Distant Star!"

It was Tao Ying's voice. Yuan Xing immediately searched and soon found Tao Ying calling her from the small building not far away.

Of course, she wasn't in her magical girl form, but in her ordinary form, only she was wearing a butler's uniform and looked like she was attending a school anniversary celebration.

Yuanxing planned to go upstairs to see Taoying first. She wanted to ask Taoying what was in that direction and if there were any shortcuts to avoid the crowds. Going about like this was a waste of time. She could just transform into a magical girl and fly there, but with so many people around, causing chaos was not her intention.

The girls' academy was having a festival, so it was easy to explain why Tao Ying was wearing a butler's uniform; it was perfectly normal for a student to attend a festival. Once inside, she discovered it was a casual dining place, selling salads and light meals that young girls would enjoy, as well as coffee and tea.

"Why is Yuanxing here?" Taoying asked. "I'm so sorry I couldn't help when we were fighting the witch. My mother was watching me almost 24/7, and I couldn't find a chance to get away. The witch incident was finally over, but then the school anniversary came around. My mother completely forgot about the witch incident. She said it was okay to indulge myself occasionally before, but I was absolutely not allowed to do it during the school anniversary. She simply couldn't find time to come find you."

Yuanxing said, "Ordinary classmates don't remember this either. Only magical girls can remember the witch. I think it's because the power of the spirits created this rule. For ordinary people, it's enough to just remember that magical girls are glamorous, elegant and powerful."

Yuanxing felt that enough small talk had been exchanged and immediately got to the point. She pointed in the direction where Qianchan was: "Taoying, do you know what's over there? I came here because my senior is here. I feel like she's in that direction, but there are just too many people on campus. Is there any way for me to get there quickly?"

"There's nothing there, it's just a gymnasium. I can't think of any reason why your senior would be there."

"Wait for me a moment."

As she spoke, Tao Ying took off her clothes and handed them to a nearby classmate: "Yoko-kun, I'm sorry, could you please cover my shift? I have something so important that I have to leave no matter what. Can I leave this to you? I'll repay you later."

After dealing with her classmate, Tao Ying took Yuan Xing's hand and ran outside: "I'll take you there on my motorcycle. That way, we can take a slightly longer route and you'll get there faster."

Yuanxing readily accepted Taoying's kindness: "Thank you, Taoying."

"No need to be so polite, in my heart—"

Tao Ying's words came to an abrupt end, turning into a sigh.

Although Momo's words were only general, Tousei understood the unspoken meaning. Momo had said she wanted to establish a sisterly relationship with her, but Momo was absent when facing the witch. While Tousei didn't care at all, Momo herself couldn't help but care; she deeply regretted not being able to help in the witch battle.

Yuanxing didn't intend to point it out: "Speaking of which, Taoying said before that she wanted to become sisters with me, right? I think it's great, from now on we're sisters."

"You're such a person."

Tao Ying didn't continue speaking; she simply took out her transformation device, a small motorcycle the size of a palm.

"Transform!"

As the motorcycle roared to life, Tao Ying's body shimmered with light, and a cacophony of noise rose around her.

This is a traditional magical girl; her transformation needs to have effects and music, but I don't know if she'll announce her name.

The motorcycle was grabbed and flipped around, swinging wildly. Amidst the roar of the motorcycle engine, Tao Ying completed her transformation.

As the transformation sound effect ended, Momo Sakura perfectly timed her recitation: "Yoroshiku!"

"Get on, let's go."

"it is good."

The motorcycle immediately set off, heading at full speed towards where Qianchan was.

Guided by Yuanxing, the motorcycle swiftly navigated the park's paths and arrived at the stadium. Yuanxing's intuition told her that Qianchan was inside, but the stadium was completely empty, and there was no way Qianchan could hide in the unobstructed interior.

Yuanxing frowned, unsure of what to do. Her senses told her Qianchan was there, but her vision indicated that her senior wasn't there at all. Could she have used some kind of invisibility spell? But Qianchan had no reason to use invisibility to hide here, so…

Yuanxing looked down at the ground: "Could it be that it's not above ground, but underground in the stadium? You often see those hidden vaults, armories, research institutes, and the like in novels. I wonder if we could just break through the floor and find the research institute or something..."

"I'll do anything for you, even things I can't do before."

With a wave of her hand, Momo Sakura summoned the motorcycle parked outside the stadium, which transformed into a giant drill and burrowed straight into the ground. The magical girls jumped down into the hole created by the drill and found themselves facing a round iron gate, with a blue-haired magical girl trying to unlock it.

Yuanxing's eyes lit up: "Senior!"

With a door in front and people behind, Qianchan was completely blocked!

Checkmate!

Chapter 61 The kind of person who would provoke his ex-girlfriend

What would be a better description of the current situation?

Yuanxing thinks the name "Moon in the Well" is quite nice!

Now that the senior has been cornered, Yuanxing has more room to maneuver.

She held onto Tao Ying's shoulder: "Senior probably doesn't know her, right? Her name is Tao Ying, and she's a wonderful older sister I met when you weren't around! The first time we met was on my way home from school when you weren't with me. I encountered a terrifying monster, a human-faced crab. Just when I was about to be killed by the crab, Tao Ying saved me. Later, when you weren't at school, a giant monster attacked the school. The terrifying monster only needed one sweeping attack to destroy the school building. Just when we were about to be wiped out, Tao Ying appeared in time again and stopped the giant monster, allowing us to turn the tide. Afterwards, to calm her nerves, she treated me to delicious little cakes and fruit tea, and then we exchanged hairpins and became sworn sisters."

Huh? Most of the first part of what you said is wrong, isn't it?

Tao Ying felt that her newly sworn sister was a bit troublesome, and if she really was her sister, that would be really unlucky.

She felt the distant star's gaze and knew it was her turn to speak: "From now on, we will be of one heart and one mind, of one mind and one heart. In heaven, we will be birds flying wing to wing; on earth, we will be trees with intertwined branches. We will make a vow of life and death, never to be separated until our hair turns white. In life, we will share the same bed; in death, we will share the same grave. I will never let her shed tears other than those of happiness. In this life and the next, we will become every beautiful and important part of each other's lives."

Tao Ying didn't know what to say at this moment, but in short, what she said was right. As for whether it exceeded or not, or whether it counted as a sisterly exchange, that didn't matter. Saying something meant she hadn't lost.

I've seen the news too! Do you think I don't know what a super-sized monster looks like!

Qianchan opened her mouth as if to say something, but she couldn't utter a single word, as if her mouth had become mute. She felt her eyes welling up with tears, probably because she saw Yuanxing's expression change from that mischievous and cute look to one of regret and remorse. Don't look like that; I didn't really want to make you sad.

Qianchan saw Yuanxing rush over and hug her tightly, gently patting her back with her right hand to comfort her: "It's okay, it's all over now. It was all a misunderstanding. Senior, there's no need to be afraid."

Tears are a weapon. When there is nothing to attack, tears are useless. But when a target appears, tears will start to attack wildly, as if sadness is an irresistible force, and tears are flowing unrestrainedly.

Every tear felt like a bullet piercing Yuanxing's heart: "I know that Senior Sister acted on her own because she was worried about our safety, but everything is fine now. It was all a misunderstanding. Aunt Yuehuai did nothing. She was just looking for a way to find happiness."

Qianchan's tears stopped instantly; her sorrow was frozen by astonishment. Her mind was no longer capable of thought; only one thing concerned her: "What does this have to do with Mom? Why was Mom suddenly mentioned?"

Qianchan pushed Yuanxing away and looked at her expression anxiously, asking, "Why did you mention Mom?"

what?

Yuanxing was dumbfounded. This development wasn't what she had expected. Wasn't her senior the one who decided to investigate alone because Aunt Yuehuai was involved with the amusement park? But now it seemed that wasn't the case. It appeared that her senior had left the club because she was investigating something else. But it didn't matter. Anyway, Aunt Yuehuai hadn't done anything, so there was no need to hide anything from her senior.

Yuanxing said, "During our investigation, we discovered that Aunt Yuehuai used to be a member of Paradise. She was in the same team as Anlian, the person in charge of Paradise, and Sister Hongshi. However, their relationship is very bad now, and things are quite tense."

Qianchan released her grip on Yuanxing's shoulder, slowly backed away, and turned towards the laboratory door. Trembling, she raised her right hand and entered the password on the keypad, which was successfully unlocked. Behind the door, the lights shone brightly, completely revealing a long corridor.

"password···"

Qianchan took a few deep breaths and forced herself to calm down: "The password is my mother's birthday. She has always used only this one password, whether it's for her phone, credit card, or the lab."

In other words, this laboratory belongs to Aunt Yuehuai...

Yuanxing felt she had said something she shouldn't have. Why did she say that? She wondered if she could ask the fairy to grant her a wish to go back a few minutes, then she would definitely not mention Aunt Yuehuai's matter.

Qianchan continued, "I discovered this secret research institute while infiltrating Paradise to investigate. When I found the location, I found it strange that it was built underground at Senfunia Academy. But after you, Yuanxing, told me, I completely understood and figured it out. It was built here because it was my ancestor's alma mater. She was once invited to serve as the dean of the academy here. The research institute was probably built here so that my ancestor could go to the research institute at any time."

If it's an ancestral research institute, then the password to enter shouldn't be the mother's birthday, right?

Yuanxing felt as if she had missed a very important piece of information. She had heard about it somewhere before, and her intuition kept reminding her of it, but her brain was malfunctioning, and she couldn't remember what the information was at all.

Tao Ying clearly shared the same confusion. She felt that if it was the ancestor's research institute, firstly, the password was wrong, and secondly, the place was too clean, with many signs of use, making it seem as if someone had used it recently.

After passing through a not-too-long passage, we arrived at the main hall of the research institute. Inside were numerous incubation tanks filled with all sorts of humanoid creatures. Some were simply humanoid with snake-like hair, horns, and pointed ears, but their entire bodies were human. Others had human bodies but animal heads like bulls, pigs, or horses. Still others were even more bizarre, with octopus heads and human bodies, snake tails, or colossal humanoids. Occasionally, we could even see creatures completely devoid of human form, such as large eyeballs covered in octopus tentacles or humanoid cystic mushrooms floating in the tanks.

What are these things being cultivated here?

“I’ve seen this project at the amusement park,” Qianchan bit her lip. “The project is to use monsters as a basis to cultivate enemies far more powerful than monsters, in order to eliminate all magical girls. Of course, judging from the content of the project, it’s not that they really want to eliminate magical girls, but rather to create new enemies based on eliminating magical girls.”

Yuanxing felt that the project must have been abandoned in the end, otherwise how come she had never seen any of the things in these incubation tanks? Not only had she never seen them in person, but there was also no news about her witnessing them.

Chapter 62 Sixty-two: A Lifetime as a Magical Girl

Yuanxing and his group explored the research institute. The institute was not large. Apart from the experimental subjects placed in the incubation tanks, there was nothing else strange or unusual. The only other thing was the office filled with various documents.

Qianchan and Taoying's gazes were drawn to the countless folders in the office bookshelf, while Yuanxing's attention was more focused on the photo frame on the desk. The photo showed two girls together, but they were quite far apart, not appearing very close. One of the girls looked only ten years old; it was Hongshijie. The girl behind her was probably around twenty, with light purple curly hair and square-framed glasses, possessing an intellectual beauty. However, her expression was serious, and she was casting a cold glance in a certain direction, suggesting someone she strongly disliked was nearby.

The woman behind her was Yuehuai. Although she looked younger in the photo and had a different hair color, Yuanxing felt that they were the same person.

She also felt that the photo should be a group photo, but she didn't know why the photo was cut like this and put in a frame. It couldn't be that they had never taken a photo of the two of them, right?

Qianchan was very interested in all kinds of research reports and kept flipping through them quickly, trying to find some information.

But Tao Ying was different. She didn't care about research reports at all. After rummaging through her drawers, she found several photo albums and shared them with Yuan Xing.