Is it only magical girls?

Useless! The emotions involved in being "close friends" are too shallow and lack depth. This kind of "closeness" is a low-level emotion, an unawakened emotion, and Qianchan certainly wouldn't want to be close to you! Utterly useless; you shouldn't get a 50% discount on your friendship fee!

Qingyin understood Miyu's feelings and completely understood Lingling's feelings, but she had never thought about this before. She really couldn't believe that their club was so small with only six people, and that the members were made up of Stars, Star Party, Star Party, Star Party, and spectators. Weren't there too many Star Party members? She felt that they would definitely fight!

While the chatter on one side couldn't come up with any good solutions, Lingling on the other side didn't want to wait any longer, so she chose to take the initiative.

Lingling walked over holding the baby: "Even if we're not best friends, I still want to be with Yuanxing. Is that okay with me?"

Qingyin's eyes twitched violently: There's another expert? Wanting to be with Yuanxing means we don't care at all, right? That's even more direct than Yeliu!

Mi You tried hard to suppress her smile. Everything was just as she had imagined: the moon lost its stars, and the world chased after them!

Yuanxing hugged Lingling, baby and all, and said, "Mmm! Mmm! I'm so glad you're willing to be with us!"

Chapter 15. Because of the distant star, extraneous feelings sprouted in my heart.

"You must remember what you said. You said you would teach me the joy of being a magical girl."

"Yes! Yes! Don't worry, I will definitely teach you."

Ye Liu couldn't take it anymore: "What about me?"

"Yes, yes."

Yuanxing raised his right hand, gesturing for Yeliu to come over. Yeliu hesitated for a moment but then moved closer, and together with Lingling, he was embraced by Yuanxing.

That's interesting!

Miyu ran over and squeezed a gap between Lingling and Yeliu, then squeezed in by herself: "Me too, me too, take me with you."

Yuanxing looked at Qingyin. "Our club is all hugging each other. We can't show favoritism. We need to hug Qingyin too."

Qingyin waved her hand: "Thank you, but I don't need to. I'm rather resistant to this kind of thing."

If you ask why, the answer is simple: because yuri is forbidden for yuri otaku! When a yuri otaku immerses themselves in yuri, their yuri otaku identity is erased, and in order to preserve themselves, they must resolutely deny their own yuri behavior.

Qingyin turned and ran, but escaping was not an easy task. With Yuanxing's order, everyone except Lingling set out to capture her.

"Even Mi You is causing trouble?!"

"Qingyin is so much fun."

Fun my ass!

Even with all her supernatural powers, Qingyin couldn't avoid being hugged tightly by Yuanxing. Soon, the other three also hugged her, and the five members of the club formed a sphere with Qingyin at the core.

Qingyin felt regret. If she hadn't run away earlier, at least she wouldn't be in the center now.

After the hug ceremony, Yuanxing rallied: "Okay, next we need to find the senior and have a good talk with her to find out why she disbanded the club. I believe she must have a reason. When the time comes, the five of us will talk to her. With the strength of the five of us, we can definitely persuade her and get her to tell us her reasons."

"Yes, it will definitely be fine."

Ye Liu nodded, her peripheral vision almost entirely fixed on Ling Ling as she did so. She vividly remembered what the girl had said when Qian Chan mentioned disbanding the club. Part of the reason everyone hadn't acted then was because they were mentally shaken by the triple blow; otherwise, they would have remembered the magical girl code of conduct.

Qingyin's gaze was also fixed on Lingling. She was afraid that Lingling would create another sensation like before, saying something like "Qianchan is not needed," otherwise the newly reorganized half of the club would immediately fall apart again.

Lingling had no such intention; she was busy worrying about other things and was feeling down.

“Let’s go to the Demon Demon now. We need to talk to Sister Hong Shi about the basic rebuilding of the club. Besides that…” Yuan Xing glanced at the baby and said, “We should also ask her what to do. Otherwise, I really don’t know what to do. I can’t think of anyone else who can help besides Sister Hong Shi.”

You can't exactly call her mom and say, "Mom, I have a baby!" What do you suggest?

Yuanxing also wants her butt!

No one objected to the fact that the focus now was on the "magic" aspect. Considering there was a small baby in the car, everyone unanimously decided to choose a more expensive mode of transportation—a taxi.

When they arrived at the Demon Realm, they met Crimson World without any problems. However, Crimson World was clearly more interested in the baby that Rin was holding than the five magical girls. She pointed at the baby and asked, "Where did you pick up this little girl?"

Yuanxing pondered how to answer: "This is a bit difficult to say..."

Ling Ling was more direct: "It is said to be the culmination of my and Yuanxing's lives."

Hong Shi knew very well when the baby-giving crane would deliver the baby. Besides, the intimacy period was very short, less than a month. What baby-giving crane would deliver a baby so quickly? What do you take the baby-giving crane for? Do you think it's some busybody auntie rushing you to have a baby? It's a professional. If you want a baby, you first need to get approval, registration, and verification from the records department, then it's transferred to the production department for integration, nurturing, and growth, and finally transferred to the distribution department to clarify the baby-giving crane, assign responsibility, and conduct a distribution drill. No matter how fast it is, it will still take about a year.

“It can’t be that fast,” Hongshi chuckled. “Where did you find this child? The baby-giving crane doesn’t just leave babies at the door, you know?”

Lingling said, "The child appeared in my bedroom, and a cradle came with it."

This really is a place where cranes deliver babies and children...

But Hongshi's thoughts did not change: "It is indeed the place where the storks deliver children, but it is also possible that they delivered the wrong one. There are bound to be blind storks among the storks. Come on, put the child on the bar, hold her hands on the left and right, and pour magic into her palms."

Yuanxing and Lingling each held the baby's hand. Yuanxing's magic was golden, while Lingling's was deep blue. The two lights slowly flowed towards the baby. At first, the two magics were clearly distinct, but they quickly merged perfectly, becoming a magic that radiated a sky-blue light.

They can actually be combined?!

Hong Shi rubbed his eyes. Magic carries a strong personal spiritual color, and unless the magic originates from the same source, it is absolutely impossible for them to merge. The baby easily merged two kinds of magic, and there is no other possibility than what Ling Ling said.

Kurogane felt she was falling behind, so she decided to start from the beginning: "Let me be honest with you all, if magical girls want to receive a child from a stork, they first need to have that thought. During the kissing incident, Suzune, what were you thinking? If you didn't have that thought, then you definitely wouldn't have a child."

"I am not sure."

Lingling shook her head: "Because of Yuanxing, extraneous feelings have sprouted in my heart. I've thought about so many things, but I can't even describe what those feelings are. I watch them laugh, thinking about all the smiles they've shared so far, and about the smiles they'll share in the future. I watch them cry, thinking about all the tears they've shed together so far, and about the tears they'll shed together in the future. I can't catch up, I can never catch up, how can I become the best?"

Hong Shi remained silent, her heart filled with mixed emotions: Are kids these days playing such elaborate games?! Thank goodness, I was born many years too early; this wasn't popular back then, otherwise my friends wouldn't have stood a chance against me even if they had several lives.

Qingyin felt she should leave the club; given its current state, it was only a matter of time before it disbanded.

Miyou is very happy, extremely happy.

Yuanxing didn't understand. Who were they referring to? She looked around in confusion, and seeing that everyone was silent, she realized that no one understood, so she felt relieved.

Ye Liu patted Ling Ling's shoulder to comfort her, saying, "Friendship isn't something measured by time, but by the distance between hearts. Even in the beginning, you can become good friends. Don't dwell on those negative emotions."

Ling Ling glanced at her sideways and simply nodded.

Qingyin and Miyu instantly understood: Like Yuanxing, Yeliu, although acting on instinct, was essentially still a useless thing.

Mi You's heart skipped a beat: "What does Ling Ling think?"

"Useless snack."

Miss Lingling is very insightful. She has a lot to say, but she won't say anything unless asked. Once asked, she will speak, and once she speaks, she will burst forth with words.

Chapter 16 I Will Be a Star in the Darkness

Hongshi set aside the girls' overly novel lifestyle and focused her attention back on the baby; the baby's situation was her top priority. Hongshi didn't intend to let the girls handle this themselves; a sixteen-year-old girl raising a baby on her own—she feared she'd soon be seeing such a horrifying thing on her classmates' social media.

Furthermore, infants, especially those lacking love, are most prone to giving birth to monsters. These infant monsters are also more unpredictable and difficult to deal with than ordinary monsters. Magical girls, with their strong enough spirits, will not give birth to monsters. However, the descendants of magical girls are merely descendants, not magical girls themselves, and could still potentially breed monsters.

"It would be difficult for Yuanxing and Lingling to take care of this baby, and there are some complicated things going on behind her back. Besides, I think it's already too much to ask that you two be able to take care of yourselves. Let me take care of the baby."

And this good thing? !

Yuanxing almost jumped for joy. She immediately looked at Lingling and said, "What do you think, Lingling? I think Sister Hongshi is absolutely right."

"I'm willing to listen to you."

Yuanxing was overjoyed: "Then I'll leave it to Sister Hongshi! Sister Hongshi is the best, I love Sister Hongshi the most in the world, Sister Hongshi, marry me!"

"go away."

Hongshi picked up a tray and tapped it on Yuanxing's head, then picked up a walkie-talkie and said, "Someone come here, I need your help with something."

Immediately afterwards, a roar of "Ha!" came from the walkie-talkie, followed by a response like "I got the walkie-talkie first!" and then there would be phrases like "I'll handle this mission!" "Let's see what you're capable of!" "You're no match for me!" "Leave it to me!" "The first person to arrive will handle the mission!"

It's clear that the competition for this 3,000-yuan-a-month job is fierce, with some even resorting to physical violence.

Qingyin asked, "Aren't we going to leave them alone?"

"It'll stay like this, we won't die anyway, let them do what they want."

After about five or six minutes, the final winner was decided on the other end of the walkie-talkie. With a sound of running footsteps, a maid rushed out: "I'm here! Just give me your orders, I can do anything, and there won't be any mistakes!"

Hong Shi pointed to the baby on the bar: "There's a baby here, can you help me take care of her?"

"A baby!"

The maid rushed forward and picked up the baby, her face glowing and radiant: "Could this be the child I pushed? Ha! Ha! Ha! Just holding this child makes me feel like I pushed him—"

"The child of Yuanxing and Lingling".

The previously excited maid instantly calmed down: "Oh, I see." But she quickly cheered up: "It's just something I asked you to do, so just leave it to me. Whether it's raising, educating, or nurturing, I'm the best in the world, no one is better than me!"

The maid walked away in a circle, and soon Yuanxing and the others heard voices like "Give me the child!" and "How dare you, I'll beat you to death!" again.

After the maids left, Yuanxing remembered to ask, "Who was that maid?"

"It's about time I explained it to you in detail."

Hong Shidao said, "First of all, congratulations on your partial resurrection. With your skill level, it's not impossible for the five of you to take down a large monster with a little more effort. You can also successfully run the club while looking for Qian Chan—"

Yuanxing interrupted, "Let's put that aside for now. I wanted to ask you yesterday: You asked the school to grant your senior, Hongshi, right? Do you have any contact with her? Do you know where she is? Do you know why she disbanded the club?"

"How would I know? If I knew, I would have told you. The reason I helped her ask for leave was because Qianchan asked me to. Obviously, this is a good sign. Her willingness to ask for leave means that she still wants to come back. It's just that there are some things she can't tell you. In a sense, it's also a form of protection."

“I want to protect her too! Why did you keep it from me? What kind of behavior is this? Is it because I'm not trustworthy? Is it because I'm not capable enough to be a reliable force? Or are you afraid of getting a negative answer from me? No matter what happens, I'm willing to share the burden with her. No matter how difficult or dangerous the road, I can share half of it and be her reliable support.”

The members held Yuanxing's shoulders, cheering her on and conveying their unwavering support for her.

Hong Shi's attitude underwent a complete 180-degree change: "Indeed, leaving you here to do such a dangerous thing by herself is clearly disrespectful to you, and she doesn't treat you as a partner to rely on. She didn't even ask for your opinion, probably because she doesn't think your opinion is worth considering. Qian Chan is such an arrogant person, she's not likable at all."

"No way!" Yuanxing said unhappily, "Senior was just trying to protect me. She was only worried that I would get hurt. She wouldn't have such malicious thoughts."

"You know perfectly well."

Ah! We've fallen for their trap!

Amid good-natured laughter, Yuanxing vigorously rubbed her hair, but because of what she had just said, she calmed down and said with a slight sense of frustration, "Actually, I know that the one who is suffering the most right now must be Qianchan. She definitely doesn't want to do this. She must be confused, fearful, and in pain, more desperate than anyone else, but she can only struggle in negative emotions."

"I will find her, I will protect her, I will drive away all those hateful things, I will be the star in the darkness for my senior, guiding her and leading her to the only right place."

Hong Shi remained silent, only raising a thumbs up.

Mi You was initially very moved, but she quickly snapped out of it. She remembered how this guidance would be obtained—she guessed it would be a five-on-one brawl. The thought of that method completely dampened her enthusiasm; in fact, she even felt a bit amused.

Mi You looked at Ling Ling, hesitated for a full second, and then asked, "Ling—"

Before Miyou could ask, Qingyin covered her mouth, silencing her.

Hong Shi asked, "Then how do we find it?"

"It's good to say, but I haven't thought about doing it yet," Yuanxing shook his head. "I don't know."

"How about turning what you just said into lyrics? Form a five-person band and put the songs on screen. No matter where Qianchan is, your feelings can be conveyed to her."

Yuanxing asked, "We don't play any instruments, and I'm not very good at singing either. At best, I can only sing so-so. Can we still put it on screen?"

"You've never played an instrument or sung in your magical girl form, have you? Before the birth of magical girls, humans relied on music to pray for the mercy of magic and seek a response from the soul. For magical girls, who are the darlings of magic, music is as natural as speaking, so it wouldn't be bad for you to take a few days out and form a rock band."

Why rock and roll?

"Look, he got someone killed at sixteen. You could say he's incredibly 'rock and roll'."

Chapter 17: Seventeen, please don't change your registered residence!

"Rock?" Yuanxing asked, "What instruments are typically used in rock music?"

"Guitar, drums, bass, keyboard?"

Yuanxing was very confident: "Then let's exclude these instruments first. I know a lot about rock and roll. The spirit of rock and roll is rebellion, and the first thing to show rebellion should be the instruments, right? We don't use the things that others use, so that's what makes it rock and roll."

"I don't care about that."

“If we were to form a band,” Yuanxing said, raising his right hand to count on his fingers, “we would like to have a set of chimes, a piano, a shamisen, a flute, and a suona.”

"Whatever you want. Magical girls are the darlings of magic and the darlings of music." Hong Shi imagined the rock band based on the instruments Yuanxing mentioned, which made her frown, but she still refused to back down: "Even if it's not too outrageous, it shouldn't be a problem. We can definitely produce satisfactory results."

According to Crimson World's explanation...

It's easy for magical girls to take on part-time jobs in bands or as idols. In addition, many magical girls also work as actresses. However, the most common type of magical girl is the one who directly opens a live streaming account.

Yuanxing pondered, "Now that you say it, I understand why so many magical girls work in the entertainment industry. I used to think that magical girls becoming idols or singers was a waste of their time. But they're so good at music, I doubt they'd be good at acting, right?"

"The act of performing originated from rituals, which were born in the pursuit of the mysterious power of magic. Therefore, magical girls, as the darlings of magic, are also skilled in performing. However, generally speaking, the things you mentioned are in the hands of magical girls from paradise groups or corporate groups. Magical girls from club groups like yours basically don't have that kind of opportunity."

Qingyin asked, "If the strength is completely equal, then it comes down to resources. Is that what you mean, Sister Hongshi?"

"Yes."

Kurogane continued, "That's roughly how club-based magical girls are. Unless they have a special reason, they don't want to become idols, bands, or singers. Girls who are interested in idols or bands and want to be magical girls usually join Paradise. If they don't meet the criteria for Paradise, they join other companies."

"Music and performances can help a magical girl become the best magical girl of the year, but they're far less important than defeating monsters. They're a good way to relax, but if you spend too much time on them, you'll only drift further away from becoming the best magical girl of the year and being favored by the spirits. The question comes back to where it started: you asked me who those maids are—"

"Ah! I had totally forgotten!"

"—Don't interrupt, those maids are my fairies."

"We met a magical girl yesterday who called herself a phantom thief girl. Her spirit was a little flying squirrel, you know?"