Chapter 310

Song Niandong stared intently from the middle, several question marks popping up above her head, looking quite confused.

Aurora muttered to herself from the side:

"That's strange, Xiao Bai and Uncle have never appeared together before. I thought they didn't get along..."

"Because Xiao Bai had been avoiding Brother Fang Ming before," Xiao Qiu explained to Aurora with an expression that said, 'I already know everything.'

"Xiao Bai lost her existence for some reason, which caused none of us to remember her, not even Brother Fang Ming. So... she has always been resisting meeting Brother Fang Ming."

"Did he suddenly come to his senses?"

Chen Xiaoxia poked her head out from next to Xiao Qiu and whispered to the two people cooking in the kitchen:

"Judging from their seamless teamwork while cooking together, this must be more than the first time they've done this, right?"

Aurora shook her head and said, "I don't know, but when Uncle was with me, he hardly ever saw Xiao Bai."

"I see... By the way, why do you call Brother Fang Ming 'Uncle'?"

Chen Xiaoxia asked curiously.

Aurora tilted her head. "An old man is an old man, what's the reason for 'why'?"

"... Then you're a generation younger than all of us," Xiao Chun said, popping her head out from the other side.

Aurora: "! Short!? Who's short!?"

She jumped up from the sofa, angrily telling Xiao Chun, "It's just a form of address! It's my special way of addressing you, Uncle! It has nothing to do with seniority or anything like that!!"

"Eh... a 'special nickname'..."

Xiao Chun, who originally intended to 'attack' Aurora, turned even darker upon hearing Aurora's 'exclusive nickname'.

She turned her head away from the kitchen, went to sit on the single sofa next to her, her hair covering her eyes, and seemed lost in thought.

Song Niandong paid no attention to the brief squabble between Aurora and Xiao Chun; she was still staring intently at the kitchen, her mind filled with increasing questions.

It's as if they're pondering some age-old question.

Volume 4 <The Magic Autumn> Theatrical Edition and Season 3: Chapter 338 Sun, Moon and Stars, Stella

The Magical Girls were secretly observing each other, unaware that Xiao Bai and Fang Ming were actually chatting.

However, they used a special kind of Telepathy magic.

What exactly do you want to do?

Xiao Bai took the vegetables that Fang Ming handed her and started chopping them on the cutting board, while asking Fang Ming a question.

Fang Ming chuckled lightly, "I just wanted to see you all."

"Then why use this method?"

Xiao Bai looked up at the other person, her gaze scrutinizing him.

"I can't possibly come here in my true form to meet you; that would be too dangerous," Fang Ming replied.

"Put the chopped vegetables into a plate, "Xiao Bai said.

"The fact that you think this way proves that what you're about to do is very dangerous, right?"

"Don't make wild guesses. You always think the worst of everything... Maybe I'm trying to help you?"

"... Don't talk like you know me so well."

Xiao Bai's voice became even colder.

Fang Ming laughed, "I do know you very well. After I hypnotized... this body, no one in this world knows you better than me."

"Is this your magic?"

"Yes, it's my magic, so I know everything about you, and the fact that I haven't told them anything yet is enough to prove my 'sincerity,' isn't it?"

The bear-eared girl using Fang Ming's body said this.

Xiao Bai paused slightly, turning her head to look at Fang Ming beside her, pondering the credibility of his words.

However, there are too few clues so far, and Xiao Bai has no way of confirming whether what the other party said is true or false.

She pondered for a moment, then said:

"That's not enough sincerity. At the very least... you should tell me your name."

Stella.

Without much hesitation, Fang Ming revealed his name: "Before my family sold me, my name was Stella Hawke, and now... my name is Stella."

'Fang Ming'... Stella whispered her name.

Stella... a 'star'?

Xiao Bai's eyes flickered, and his gaze inadvertently drifted towards Aurora.

Similar to the four-member group of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the Central Continent District, the names of the Magical Girls in the Americas District also have special connotations.

Aurora's name translates to 'dawn' in Latin, referring to the sun.

Luna's name translates to 'moon'.

And Stella at this moment... her name means 'star'.

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the trio from the Americas District is 'Sun, Moon, and Star'. Based on this, Stella should belong to the Americas District and be a future companion to the Magical Girls Americas District.

But... can the facts really be calculated that way?

Xiao Bai wouldn't naively assume that a combination of names close to 'sun, moon, and stars' would necessarily be companions.

She always felt that Stella was hiding something, so she didn't trust Stella very much.

Especially... the appearance of that Giant Demon today.

Why did you release the Demons into the city?

Xiao Bai handed the prepared dishes to Stella, watching Stella cook using Fang Ming's body, and asked her a question.

Stella chuckled and said, "That's a secret."

"..."

"Don't make that face. I know this won't convince you, so how about I help you get rid of the corrosion problem in exchange?"

Xiao Bai's expression shifted slightly. "How do you plan to resolve this?"

"That's a secret, but... if everything goes well, I'll definitely help you."

Stella said with a smile.

She certainly didn't seem to have any malicious intent.

Xiao Bai still doesn't trust Stella, but so far, she has no way to restrict her.

If we tell everyone here that the Fang Ming here isn't Fang Ming, but rather a body controlled by Stella, then perhaps we can indeed get rid of Stella here.

However... Stella's true form has not yet been found, and Xiao Bai doesn't know where she's hiding. Moreover, her magic is quite troublesome. Until a solution is found, Xiao Bai decides to keep her occupied for the time being.

Xiao Bai stopped questioning Stella. She simply gestured slightly to Stella and, instead of using Telepathy, spoke to Stella in a normal tone:

"Watch the heat, you're a 'culinary master' after all."

"Ah!"

Stella gasped and began to concentrate intently on controlling the iron pot in front of her.

Her movements were skillful and bore a strong Fang Ming style.

Xiao Bai's gaze deepened upon seeing this.

If she hadn't been there and knew the truth, she probably would have really thought the person in front of her was Fang Ming.

(I don't understand Korean!)

(Two riddle solvers...)

(Stella? That's a lovely name.)

(Aurora, Luna, Stella... and Xilisi... uh, Xilisi? That's Latin for sun, moon, and stars... no, sun, moon, and stars!)

(As expected, the names of Magical Girls are all related!)

(Unfortunately, there are no "chen" in the sun, moon and stars on the sky...)

(Shut up! If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!)

(I'm quite curious about what Stella really wants to do.)

(She claims to have no ill intentions towards Magical Girls, yet she deliberately created Demons... By the way, is she even Magical Girls now?)

(I don't know, and unlike Xilisi, Stella seems to know a lot!)

(Is that because of her magic?)

"What exactly is Stella's magic?"

Seeing that the topic of the comments had shifted to Stella's magic, Xiao Bai began to ponder.

Judging from Stella's current performance, her magic can connect to very distant places, allowing her to observe the existence of Magical Girls.

It can also manipulate someone's mind, and even forcibly take away someone's clone.

And her cooking skills, which are exactly the same as Fang Ming's, prove that she must also have some kind of ability to quickly receive the various skills of the body's owner!

It's unclear whether this ability is a temporary replication or permanent.

Overall, Stella's magic seems to be related to the spiritual realm.

But there's a problem here.

That's Stella's magic—is it the magic of Magical Girls, or the magic that turns her into a monster?

Although Stella's magic is closer to that of Magical Girls in terms of its presentation, she seems to have never made a contract with any Magical Creatures.

Having seen countless Magical Girls, Kelly, after some thought, suddenly said:

"'Mind Link,' 'Mind Manipulation,' 'Mental Stealing,' 'Mind Profiling'... Her magic must be [Mind], the exclusive magic of Magical Girls!"

"Are you sure?" Xiao Bai raised an eyebrow.

Kelly nodded seriously. "I'm sure, this child definitely activated the Emotion Seed completely unintentionally, and unlike Xilisi, she stabilized the Emotion Seed and found a way to maintain her Magical Girl Form! This child... is a genius!"

A genius in Magical Girls!

This is an endorsement from Kelly, the teacher of Magical Creatures!

"However, this genius seems to have some secrets of his own."

Xiao Bai squinted.

First, they inexplicably escaped from the Aurora Society's laboratory, and then, somehow, they managed to get to Spring City.

They created Demons to attract the Magical Girls' attention, and now they're even controlling Fang Ming's body to get closer to the Magical Girls.

So far, no one has been able to guess her purpose.

That's the most unsettling part.

During the cooking process, Stella's performance was almost identical to Fang Ming's. With Xiao Bai's guidance along the way, the final dish Stella made actually tasted almost the same as Fang Ming's.

Even Xiao Qiu, who was most familiar with Fang Ming's cooking, failed to notice anything unusual.

They even praised Fang Ming's brother's cooking skills, saying they had improved again.

During this time, Aurora only glanced at Fang Ming a few times; otherwise, everything was normal.

After dinner, the Magical Girls quickly finished their homework for the evening before setting out together for their night patrol.

After several months of no night patrols, Xiao Qiu and her team felt a little nostalgic, and it was different from when there were only three of them at the beginning.

Tonight, they have two more companions.

"Welcome Aurora and Dongdong to the team!"

Xiao Qiu clapped and cheered for the two new members who joined the team.

As the Magical Girls group grows larger, Xiao Qiu is naturally the happiest, because it means she has more and more friends.

Song Niandong, holding Youyou, remained silent, hiding in the crowd. Aurora, however, raised an eyebrow at several Magical Girls from the Central Continent District and asked:

"Is this how you search for Demons every night?"