Magical Girls Exposed!

"I want to be friends with you. Is that okay?"

Xiao Bai's eyes widened slightly.

She looked at Future Qiu, at the girl she had watched grow up since childhood, and at the undisguised hope and expectation in Future Qiu's eyes.

Future Xiao Qiu truly wanted to be friends with Xiao Bai.

Even after learning Xiao Bai's identity, Future Xiao Qiu had never changed her mind.

Because her desire to be friends with Xiao Bai was genuine.

No matter who Xiao Bai really was, and no matter whether she and Fang Ming were cousins, she simply wanted... to become Xiao Bai's closest friend. That was all.

Xiao Bai gazed deeply at her. After a few seconds, she suddenly smiled.

"Aren't we already friends?"

The pink-haired girl's eyes lit up the instant she heard those words from Xiao Bai.

She smiled too, her smile innocent and radiant.

"Yeah! We've been friends for a long time! Best friends!" As she spoke, the pink-haired girl hugged Xiao Bai tightly again. "...So, Xiao Bai, even if I leave, don't forget that. I want to be friends with you forever... whether I still remember or not."

"...Mm."

Xiao Bai understood what she meant.

She wanted Xiao Bai to become friends with Yu Muqiu of this world too—the very best kind of friends.

And perhaps that was also this world's Yu Muqiu's wish.

After saying that, the pink-haired girl fell silent.

She simply held Xiao Bai, hugging her tightly.

At first, Xiao Bai let her hold her. But after five or six minutes had passed and the pink-haired girl still made no further move, Xiao Bai vaguely realized something.

"...Xiao Qiu?"

"Ah... Huh?! Xiao Bai?!"

Hearing Xiao Bai call her, the pink-haired girl seemed to snap back to her senses. She hurriedly released her hands, looking