A Swollen Butt

After studying magic under Serie for six months, Li Yan had sparred with her eighty-eight times and suffered a crushing defeat every time. He was now absolutely certain that Serie was bullying him because he had initially wanted to spank her butt.

"We're leaving, A Yan. Are you really not going to say goodbye to grandmaster? All she did was spank your butt until it swelled up."

Flamme gently stroked Li Yan's head and chuckled as she glanced at his pert backside. Frieren blinked, reached out, and gave it a gentle poke. An indescribable pain shot through him, and Li Yan gritted his teeth and glared at Frieren, who put on an innocent face and whistled.

"No way. I'm not saying goodbye to that old hag."

Li Yan spoke angrily, his merciless iron hand reaching for the back of Frieren's neck. Seeing it coming, Frieren quickly ducked behind Flamme and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Damn it, you're a demon, Frieren."

Li Yan accused her indignantly. A radiant smile spread across Frieren's face. She remembered all too well how her senior brother had tested the magic he had just learned on her.

Three days earlier, Li Yan, having mastered the Magic Thief's Secret Technique, had excitedly called over Frieren, who was gazing at a magic tome in rapt fascination, saying he wanted to test the magic he had just learned.

As the junior sister who respected her senior brother the most, Frieren had nodded and agreed. What happened afterward made her lose all control of her emotions. She unleashed all her mana and gave Li Yan a savage beating.

What Li Yan stole was a pair of blue-and-white striped panties, adorned with a little bear that made them very cute.

Having stolen them, he excitedly waved the little bear panties around. Mastering this magic made him happy from the bottom of his heart, and he completely abandoned his noble manners. Blushing, Frieren begged him to give them back, but to show his bearing as a senior brother, Li Yan declared that he would return what he had stolen only if she defeated him. If she failed, the spoils would be his forever.

After all, items stolen with Thieving Magic couldn't be returned so casually. He had expended mana drop by drop to steal them, and he couldn't waste it so casually.

The outcome was only to be expected: Frieren gave Li Yan a thorough beating...

Originally, Li Yan had planned to use the magic on Serie once he mastered it. But knowing how precious life was, he chose to pick on a soft persimmon instead. He had forgotten one fact, though: his junior sister's mana was stronger than his, many times stronger.

"Mmhmm, you had it coming. Who told you to try to steal grandmaster's anklets with Thieving Magic?"

Frieren made a gloating face. If Li Yan had dared to steal Serie's secret treasure, her inner equipment, Frieren might have thought more highly of him. But he had only dared to steal her two anklets.

"I just wanted to teach grandmaster a lesson, to stop her future enemies from stealing her inner equipment. Besides, if I'd only stolen one, she wouldn't have noticed. I was too greedy."

Li Yan pursed his lips and rubbed his tender little butt, feeling a little sorry for himself. Serie had hit far too hard. She was practically a world-class tyrannosaurus warrior. Who would have thought that her delicate, weak-looking little hand could be so powerful once she applied magic to it?

According to her, it was magic that made spankings hurt terribly. She had never tested it before, and now it had finally come in handy.

The carriage gradually set off. Watching their figures recede, Serie sat on the windowsill with a hint of loneliness on her face. She had thought that spanking Li Yan's butt until it swelled would make him stay a few more days. She had even used Amplification Magic for that very purpose; after all, a warrior's butt could take a lot of punishment.

"They've left. They've all left again."

Serie rested her cheek on her hand and quietly watched the departing carriage.

"Frieren, I'll take the left side, you take the right."

In the carriage, Li Yan gripped his staff, looking completely relaxed, because his cheat was healing his butt. In a few minutes, his butt would be perfectly fine.

"Okay."

Frieren took up her staff. She knew exactly what Li Yan wanted to do.

"Three, two, one! Cast, Flowering Magic!"

Li Yan grinned. His staff released a dazzling light, and all kinds of beautiful flowers burst into bloom on the ground, covering the entire road the carriage traveled.

"Flowering Magic? That takes me back."

Sitting on the windowsill, Serie looked nostalgic. The beautiful sight before her filled her with emotion.

"It's beautiful."

Flamme sat in the driver's seat of the carriage, watching with a smile. She would never forget the beauty of Flowering Magic. It was her favorite magic.