The One Who Hesitates and Wanders / Promotion: Bishop Form

Why are those Little Sprite used as a source of information for Xiao Cui, and not just simple magical creations?

Were those Little Sprite not created, but some kind of magical life form summoned from nowhere?

Or was it that some kind of consciousness was imbued into it during the process of being shaped?

"Wait, so that means it wasn't Little Shadow's magic, but some unknown magic belonging to the 'Demon King'?"

Kurenai said this belatedly, and it wasn't the whole truth... which is reasonable, because no one would believe that Yaochuan Guang is the Demon King.

After all, Yaochuan Guang a genuine magical girl.

"No, that's Yaochuan Guang's magic."

Cong Yu confessed to Hong, deciding to share this secret with her to prevent the strange situation from escalating further. "Yaochuan Guang is the Demon Monster King."

Hong laughed almost immediately at this.

"Hahaha... Yaochuan Guang the Demon King, then I'd say Lantian Zhu is the Hero... Ha... Ha... Eh?"

Hong, who was laughing loudly, looked at Cong Yu, who had no smile on her face and only a helpless expression, and realized that Cong Yu might not be joking.

Red. "!!!"

Chapter 439 The Hesitant Person

From Cong Yu's perspective, the situation is actually quite clear...

In his understanding, Yaochuan Guang's situation was quite similar to that of [Alex Mercer]...

Well, in short, it's a plot where [XX eats so-and-so, inherits so-and-so's memories, believes that he/she is so-and-so, and lives like that].

It's quite common in many works, and also frequently seen in tokusatsu (special effects) films.

Alien Insects or something.

However, Cong Yu didn't really care about that... He wasn't the kind of person who would exclaim, "Rah! The Yaochuan Guang I know isn't Yaochuan Guang! Ahhh--"

From the very beginning, he knew this Yaochuan Guang.

Whatever Yaochuan Guang is, he is still the Yaochuan Guang he knows, and that is beyond doubt.

Cong Yu was more worried about Yaochuan Guang's reaction after learning about this, and whether Yaochuan Guang would awaken someday in the future.

Okay, let's call it awakening...

What would happen if Yaochuan Guang knew he was the Demon Monster King and could foresee his awakening?

What will happen?

Cong Yu couldn't say for sure what would happen, but according to convention...

The way it's portrayed in movies and TV shows... it feels like it would be a really stomach-churning plot twist.

Therefore, it's best to avoid it if possible.

But...

"Is this really okay? This isn't like you."

As Hong said this, carrying the curry home, she looked at Cong Yu and said, "In the past, you would lay everything out in front of the other person and be completely White-White with them. You wouldn't choose to tell a 'white lie'."

In fact, Cong Yu is still the same as before; she hasn't changed at all.

Hong immediately raised this possibility, saying, "Or is Yaochuan Guang really that important to you?"

"..." Cong Yu paused for a moment, but not wanting Hong to take her silence as agreement, she explained, "You can't say that... it's more like a habit."

Red tilted her head slightly.

"Habit?"

Faced with this question, Cong Yu nodded. "Yes, I'm used to my current life and don't really want any major changes."

Ah, this...

It's turned into a little goldfish (sad).

After shaking her head helplessly, Kurenai didn't bother to express her opinion. "Whatever... After all, I'm just your corrupted magical girl."

Hong has always positioned herself as "Cong Yu's subordinate"... but in reality, she could also be considered "Cong Yu's wicked servant."

"But is this really a good idea? After all, even if you don't say anything, the Little Sprite that Xiao Cui summons know a lot. Sooner or later, Yaochuan Guang will find out the truth, right?"

Regarding Hong's words, Cong Yu couldn't help but ask, "Putting aside the truth for now, what exactly is going on with Xiao Cui's Little Sprite?"

Even if a normal Summoning Formula can summon a relatively intelligent creature, it is merely a creature with intelligence bestowed upon it by magic.

It may have independent intelligence, but it shouldn't have "unique" intelligence.

The summoned creature's thinking ability should be limited by the caster's cognition and knowledge, but Xiao Cui's Little Sprite doesn't seem to be like that.

However, Hong clearly couldn't answer Cong Yu's question. She shrugged. "How should I know...?"

Hong waved her hand, squinted at the setting sun, and thought that it was getting late and she should take the ingredients back as soon as possible, so she quickened her pace.

While gesturing for Cong Yu to hurry up, Hong suggested, "Why don't you ask the Doctor? She's mentioned before how special Xiao Cui's technique is, and she always spends a lot of time studying it. She might know something."

The Doctor is currently focused on developing Fake-Death Potion, so she must be quite busy. It wouldn't be appropriate to bother her further.

It's best not to bother the Doctor for a while.

(Doctor: I'm not busy!!!)

"..."

"Sigh, really... I'll talk to Yaochuan Guang about her identity later. You can just go along with what I say or not say anything at all... just don't give anything away."

Cong Yu reminded Hong of this, and Hong immediately understood what Cong Yu meant. "You're not going to tell the truth?"

There's nothing we can do about it.

Suddenly they say... you're not actually you, but Monster ate you and inherited your memories!

Leaving aside whether Yaochuan Guang's brain could understand it, even if he did, he might not be able to accept it... or rather, there was almost no possibility that he could easily accept it.

Let alone Yaochuan Guang, even if Cong Yu just imagines herself in Yaochuan Guang's position, she'd probably be driven to depression.

Anyone would find this unbearable...

It falls completely into the category of "frightening" or even "terrifying".

"Otherwise what? I can't exactly say something like, 'You're actually the Monster who ate your whole family,' can I?"

With that said, Cong Yu tentatively prepared to go over her story with Hong: "Didn't Yaochuan Guang say before that she has a second personality?"

"I'm going to tell her that her so-called 'second personality' is actually Monster, and the legendary Demon King at that."

"See, this explanation makes sense from the perspective of someone who doesn't know the truth, doesn't it? Because Yaochuan Guang really does have a second personality, and he really is Demon King..."

"Although that so-called 'second personality' might just be something like her Monster instincts."

"..." Hong thought Cong Yu's words were pretty impressive, thinking that Cong Yu was a master at lying—a mix of truth and falsehood.

Poor Yaochuan Guang, how did he end up in Cong Yu's hands?

However... perhaps the truth is the opposite?

Actually, it's possible that Cong Yu was being manipulated by Yaochuan Guang.

Thinking this, Hong carried the curry into the house. "We're back! We brought the ingredients back too, dinner's ready!"

In response, Yaochuan Guang, wearing an apron and preparing other ingredients, poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "Welcome back."

Lantian Zhu, sitting on the sofa, looked deathly pale and wailed, "Dinner! Dinner! I want dinner!"

Xiao Cui was peeling chocolate wrappers and stuffing them into Lantian Zhu's mouth, saying, "Sister Little Lan, don't die! Hang in there!"

In response, Little Lan slumped against the back of the sofa with her mouth agape, waiting for Xiao Cui to feed her with great difficulty, like a useless person.

His eyes rolled back, his head tilted to the side...

Yamete! If [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] is defeated by hunger, wait until night...

Fan Lantian Zhu's Divine Power will also be burned away.

Please, please don't die, Little Lan!

If I collapse here, what will happen to my dream of having an affair with Yaochuan Guang and Cong Yu?

Soon we'll be able to eat chocolate! If we just hang in there, we'll definitely be able to wait until the curry rice is ready!

Next time, "The Death of Lantian Zhu" --

Eat standby!

Chapter 440 Ascension - Bishop Form

Although she was prepared to tell Yaochuan Guang some of the truth, Cong Yu didn't know when or what opportunity to bring it up.

After all, he couldn't just suddenly say, "[Yao↑Chuan↓Guang↑! Why do you have a second personality? Why can you use the power of Monster?!]"

Then Hong, yelling "Stop talking!", rushed towards him... Surely they wouldn't arrange such an awkward performance?

Ugh, this is such a hassle.

I shouldn't have been so long-winded.

Could it be... that I actually have a bit of a crush on Yaochuan Guang?

Cong Yu had some self-doubt, but then he thought it was unlikely; it was unlikely that he would really fall in love with anyone.

As a cold-blooded and ruthless predatory snake, even if he craves the warmth of peace, he shouldn't be so easily moved.

Thinking this without any self-awareness, Cong Yu realized that she preferred something else to a certain person... like her nest, or home.

This is about 80% similar to reality.

It can only be said that Cong Yu is quite self-aware when it comes to her love for "a place to return to".

However, will this affection extend to everything connected to the person they love? And which side represents the person, and which side represents the person?

That's something that's not very clear.

Meanwhile, Cong Yu, who was pondering how to explain the situation to Yaochuan Guang in a more reasonable way, was watching Hong abuse the small animals.

Yes, in front of the magical girls, Red is abusing small animals.

That was a magical beast... In recent days, magical beasts have started to appear gradually, and they often come one after another.

In Wind City, a place with few eccentrics and few awakened powers, magical beasts seem to have gradually become the mainstream of enemies.

Fortunately, while it's stronger than those newly awakened, weak, and monstrous newbies, not all monsters are as powerful as the previous Demon Bear.

To be fair, most of them are relatively weak.

Moreover, it's fine if they're more lethal; a few magical girls can easily handle enemies with high attack and high agility.

Yaochuan Guang and her friends have dealt with this type of strange person many times before.

At this moment, Hong finally found a tough-looking magical beast to use for further teaching... Teacher Hong is indeed Teacher Hong.

They are quite dedicated to teaching techniques.

For health and physical education classes...

Well, after all, she's a professional as a magical girl, but as a school doctor and health teacher, she's a complete novice.

It's impossible to expect a magical girl who rarely gets sick to know what medicine an ordinary person should take for a stomachache, right?!

"The simplest way for you to deal with this is... use magic to erode the opponent's skin, or tear open an opening to break through the enemy's defenses."

Hong taught diligently, demonstrating how to use magic to corrode and create holes in the enemy's hard shell.

The magical beast, which was probably a large pangolin, immediately began to emit blue smoke from its hard scales due to the red magic.

Amidst excruciating pain, the demonic beast, enveloped and controlled by countless Crimson Blood Crystal, immediately let out a mournful howl. "Ugh! Armadillo! Armadillo!"

Lantian Zhu was eating candy on the side, clearly not intending to participate in the study. So why was that?

I get it, it must be that Little Lan doesn't like to study.

She's definitely proud of her status as a veteran magical girl, hence her arrogant attitude and refusal to learn anything new!

Of course... that's not the case.

Because she was a senior, Lantian Zhu herself knew that... her magic was neither corrosive nor sharp.