Chapter 238
I only think about it now because Qing Bao was the one who gradually brought her closer to the Magical Girl.
So yesterday, Little Sakura was unusually eager to kiss him, almost as if she had been corrupted by Xie Qingxuan. Even her hands were a little restless, like a sculptor searching for the golden ratio and the most beautiful curves. This made the Pure White Witch, who always chose to play dead and let the other party do whatever she wanted, very distressed.
Kiriwake Yayoi stopped thinking about it and went outside to the Living room. Her teammates were all sitting in a row on the sofa, four pairs of fair legs pressed together, looking quite harmonious.
On television, a highly respected meteorologist sat smiling outdoors, speaking eloquently to selected viewers by the roadside. He possessed the solemnity and kindness unique to elders, analyzing the wondrous weather phenomenon of the previous night, which resembled a rain of jewels covering the entire country, in a very professional tone.
Well, because this miraculous creation, [Pure White], has remained unscathed for 17 years across the world, the public's acceptance of it is clearly very high.
Everyone was happy to have professionals who could fool them, making the gem rain sound harmless, or even auspicious.
Of course, the Little Idol present didn't think so.
Chu Wangshu was the first to speak, and she said with great confidence:
"This must be the aftershock of some incredibly powerful magic, just like the dazzling light from Qing Bao's mercury birdcage exploding!"
The Green Eyed Cat was a little wary, and she said seriously:
"That must be something bad!"
The reason she felt dizzy for a moment after seeing the Rainbow Light yesterday was because she almost tripped and fell flat on her face!
And...
The girl possessed an astonishing wisdom hidden within her soul, and she vaguely sensed an approaching threat. Like a cat guarding its food, she harbored great hostility towards that strange celestial phenomenon, displaying a kind of adorable, silly charm as she secretly breathed on people with her back turned.
Chu Yuanqing patted the Little Cotton-padded Jacket's head, feeling helpless.
Perhaps because she had just witnessed magic the day before yesterday and had her worldview shattered, Xiao Shu seemed to have developed a habitual way of thinking that attributed all strange and unusual things to magic.
This will make it difficult for me to be honest with myself later.
However, it must be said that the spectacle of that jewel-like rain was Stage Aura constructed from the three elements of Heart Tide, magic, and brilliance. It could easily be called magic; it was simply a lucky accident.
Of course, most importantly, it even smells like Charlotte.
When the Pure White Witch woke up, she had already obtained Charlotte's stage video from someone before the official website of <Flash Dance>. After confirming the source of the "Jewel Rain", she watched it ten more times with great interest before seriously replying to the praise-filled "little essay".
Well, it's actually less than a hundred words, but it's a lot for her.
Chu Yuanqing recalled the last message Charlotte sent, and a cute smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
"Jiang Jiang! The commercial performance has successfully ended, and I'm free now. Aren't you looking forward to coming to see me?"
--"The answer is... a secret!"
"Anyway, it definitely won't be today. Yesterday was really tough, I'm going to sleep all day at the hotel! So, Xiao Qing, just relax and enjoy your last few days in Vienna."
Chu Yuanqing was in a good mood and couldn't help but look forward to it. Even if she was only witnessing the stage through a video, she could still guess a lot from the melody and lyrics of the song, as well as the emotions and appeal of the singer's voice.
Charlotte definitely still remembers some things from the old era, and in the worst-case scenario, there are many things that, once touched upon, would trigger an explosion of memories, and her progress is probably even faster than that of the Little Idol around her.
Perhaps this is because she herself was a driving force behind the correction of the Worldline?
The blessing of [Funeral Procession] was only transferred to Charlotte herself at the very last moment, which probably makes it easier for her to recall those memories than her other friends.
Little Sakura clapped her hands and spoke up:
"Okay, stop watching the news. Aren't we still supposed to complete our street dance assignment?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuanqing composed herself, stood up, glanced at her attire, suppressed the shame she had recently grown accustomed to, and forced a nonchalant tone as she said:
"Okay, it's about time to set off."
Although I'm used to performing on stage in front of an audience, street performances are definitely a bit different. I hope... nothing disastrous happens!
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Vienna Airport.
Charlotte looked at her reflection in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction.
The girl braided her azure hair into a bun, then used magic to change it to an inconspicuous brown in Vienna. She wore a flowing white Roman dress, a sun hat, and sunglasses, and then cunningly used magic to make her face just averagely pretty.
"Now, even Xiao Qing probably won't be able to recognize me at a glance, let alone my fans, right?"
The Doomsday Diva patiently prepared for the game of hide-and-seek, trying her best to eliminate the possibility that she would be recognized by fans halfway through before she could scare Chu Yuanqing, causing the plan to fail. She got off the plane alone, blended into the crowd, and boarded the bus to the inner city.
Charlotte put on her headphones. With half an hour to go before reaching her destination, she continued watching videos, catching up on the <Flash Dance> program from the Sea Capital region.
Well, even though it was a special version edited by Dreamweave for her fans, she still only saw the end of the first Public Performance on the plane, and only just started watching the battle for teammates.
Charlotte has the most memories, and her feelings about watching this talent show are quite complex.
Tang Liuli, Green Eyed Cat, is timid and socially awkward, but an incredibly cute junior. In Peaceful Era, she unexpectedly entered the entertainment industry at a young age and is hailed as a rare child prodigy in the Chinese Entertainment Industry. As a child, she had a very angular face and even stumbled into the show "Flash Dance," becoming an idol trainee.
"So..."
"Even without the Calamity Beasts, would Liuli be made into a shameful and cowardly person by other factors?"
Charlotte stopped the video, did some research, and was immediately filled with righteous indignation.
Liuli's parents went too far. What kind of ridiculous artistic pursuits did they have? She said a lot of bad things about Liuli's father to Dreamweave, ruining his upcoming art exhibition, before poking the Green Eyed Cat on the screen with her fingertip and revealing an expectant smile.
Yes, she's still as cute as ever. We need to get along quickly after we meet and pet her head like we used to.
"Let's go check out what other people experienced on their second playthrough."
Charlotte's curiosity had been piqued, so she first went to find Xie Qingxuan's information.
In the first playthrough, she is naturally affectionate towards acquaintances, but becomes very attached to Xiaoqing because of certain events, belonging to the type who is completely detached from idols.
After all, it's hard to imagine a young girl who fought against the Supreme Calamity Beast and shattered the continental plates actually dancing on stage; it just seems so incongruous.
Well, a big reason she used to drag him into making a promise to form an idol group together was because she thought it would be fun for Xie Qingxuan to dance.
However, in the second playthrough, this good friend was hailed as the Great Demon King by the Great Xia Show fan circle, and was also given the titles of Stage Tyrant and Imperial Fierce Tiger, reflecting each other's style in various ways.
But what surprised Charlotte the most was something else entirely.
That is, Xiao Xuan actually has an older sister! And this older sister is even someone she knows well!
Charlotte opened the app, clicked on the chat box with someone, and the last sentence was a simple and unadorned "My sister hates me."
Xie Qingyu, Captain-Class [Witch], was sent by Dreamweave to exterminate the Calamity Beasts within the territory while I was providing protection magic to Saint Wolfgang. She also provided some magical support.
Charlotte and Xie Qingyu had a good relationship, and she felt some pity for her. Golden Haired Doggy are the kind of dogs that are very perceptive and intelligent, but they can easily get stuck on things when it comes to people, so it's no wonder that Xiaoyu was disliked.
All I can say is, if you don't go straight to the point, Xiao Xuan will never know you're apologizing, even in your next life.
The Doomsday Diva decided to give her best friend some advice, typing "Listen to Violet obediently" before looking at Little Sakura's past experiences. She suddenly felt happy about Yayoi's second playthrough.
Although being exploited by a ruthless company is unfortunate, at least the foolish Witch is doing what she loves, unlike before when she was forcibly worshipped as Saio, exploited to the point of exhaustion, and coughing up blood day and night from using [Heart Forging].
Finally, she noticed the last player in the team.
--Chu Wangshu
Charlotte frowned, realizing something was wrong. What was going on? Why did she have this urge to pick up the child and hold her high in the air, clinging to her close?
Just like how everyone has completely forgotten about the past, are there many people you yourself haven't remembered?
The girl racked her brains but still couldn't grasp the shocking reality that this was her own daughter. Otherwise, she would have been able to uncover the secret behind Chu Yuanqing's ultimate social death and realize that the Sea Capital she was watching, "Flash Dance," was an abstract program where husbands, daughters, and best friends would abandon themselves and team up to become idols.
After a long while, Charlotte gave up thinking and decided to ask Chu Yuanqing in person. She continued watching the show and soon saw Chu Yuanqing and Xie Qingxuan dancing to "Dangerous Party" in a battle.
It's worth mentioning that a certain Super AI provided a stage version with more perspectives than the audience, revealing more ambiguous and strange little details. This is the kind of video that would be treasured as Qing Cheng Qing Guo if released.
"Why did you kiss?"
"Xiao Qing has never kissed me!"
That's outrageous! How could they play such a sexually suggestive game in public without waiting for me?
Charlotte's pretty face was almost puffed up with anger. Her pupils reflected a scene, and after thinking for a while, she decided that it was probably a stage mishap. She suppressed her emotions and generously forgave the other person.
Then, she looked at the section where the mentors would give their comments.
--Chen Baijiu: "I noticed that Chu Yuanqing used a different approach in a certain dance segment compared to the original. Was the kiss on the lips a simple mistake, or was it pre-planned?"
--Chu Yuanqing: "It was prepared in advance."
?
Was this kiss not a mistake, or was it pre-planned?
So how many times did you practice before you kissed?
Charlotte was stunned and bewildered. She rewound the progress bar a little and listened to Chu Yuanqing's response again. After turning on the bullet comments, she saw a bunch of CP fans shipping them to death.
The girl grew increasingly jealous, her cheeks puffing out like a pufferfish.
That's outrageous! How could they really not include me in the game?
What's most infuriating is that Xiao Xuan and Xiao Qing- Ching are like this on stage. It's alright on shows with cameras, but what would happen if they were traveling and staying in hotels?
"I am the rightful wife!"
Charlotte finished speaking indignantly, but couldn't help but smile. She looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and all those trivial emotions melted away in her sense of happiness for this era. Her eyes, like clear gems, shimmered with expectation and tenderness.
The Doomsday Diva let out a long sigh of relief. A bittersweet feeling welled up inside her, and her smile deepened. After watching the show and learning about her companions' experiences, this dreamlike and unreal second time around seemed to settle down like blood and bones, becoming a reassuring reality.
Everyone is still alive, and even the same as before, as if drawn together by a preordained fate to form a wonderful team.
Although it's no longer a heavy and solemn savior team, isn't it great to have a girl group idol plus Magical Girl?
Rather, it's more accurate to say that the second playthrough, forged through blood and fire, countless tragedies and sacrifices, should be as dreamy as clouds and as sweet as sugar.
Let bygones be bygones; in the future, simply enjoy peace and embrace happiness.
And this was precisely the most beautiful dream that everyone had imagined back then.
After Charlotte regained her memory, she witnessed the realization of her dream. The emotions of gratitude, bitterness, and joy in her chest surged like a tsunami. So even the special edition that Dream Weaver Rabbit deliberately edited only added a few harmless hints of jealousy.
Right now, all I want to do is see those familiar people immediately, to share these incredibly complex emotions with my comrades who have worked together to build this future.
"Most of you probably haven't remembered that memory. Maybe you, like me, can only recall these things by relying on [the Flower Bloom]. But Xiao Qing definitely remembers it, otherwise she wouldn't have asked for my contact information."
"... Wait! Something's not right! If Xiao Qing remembers me, why is she only coming to find me now? [Pure White] appeared back in 2017, didn't she?"
At this moment, the Doomsday Diva discovered a blind spot she hadn't noticed before. Her frost-blue eyelashes trembled, her jewel-like pupils widened, and her face puffed up again.
Could that blockhead really not have come looking for me for 17 years? That's just too much!!!
Although she felt jealous, unhappy, and had some minor emotional outbursts when she saw Xiao Qing being intimate with other girls, those girls were family members she considered her family, and this kind of close family interaction was the best outcome she had envisioned.
But it's a different story that they didn't come looking for me even though they reached the second timeline 17 years ago.
Charlotte was furious. She decided to play a trick on that wretched Xiao Qing, so she continued watching the video, and then... the more she watched, the angrier she became!
Yes, this is Dream Weaver Rabbit's open scheme.
Although they couldn't object to the wishes of the two [Lighthouses], after some analysis, Dreamweave discovered that there were as many as 29 Little Idol in the Sea Capital competition area who secretly admired Chu Yuanqing, and among them, four or five had clearly been intimate with him.
From a secular human perspective, the Amaterasu Destiny of the Donghuang Federation is too tempting; one can become the best Sea King without doing almost anything.
On the contrary, while Miss Saintess is indeed very charming, with a strong sense of approachability and an air of mystery, she doesn't form teams and doesn't get close to any women.
In addition, because she has to sneak out from time to time to work as a part-time Magical Girl, the Program Group even arranged a single dormitory room for her.
Therefore, although this person has a sweet tongue and can easily get along with people, he has absolutely no chance of being a player and is pure and innocent in every sense.
For this, Dream Weaver Rabbit edited a special version for fans of the couple, also known as a "family heirloom" for CP fans!
Because... it's packed with all sorts of sticker videos that weren't shown on other shows!
For example, the Green Eyed Cat massages the thighs of the Pure White Witch.
For example, Xie Qingxuan leaned very close to Chu Yuanqing and helped him apply lipstick.
It even included behind-the-scenes videos of Little Sakura and Chu Yuanqing taking wedding photos and kissing under an umbrella.
If it were a formal program, in order to ensure a certain degree of fairness in editing, it certainly couldn't be done so recklessly, but it's different for something specifically for Miss Saintess.
Dream Weaver Rabbit worked so hard just to tell Charlotte that Qing Bao from Donghuang next door already had too many suitors and was a "bad woman" not worth entrusting your life to!