I Was Just Curious

The escalator reached its end, Xiao Chun took Xiao Bai's hand and walked towards the movie theater, saying to Xiao Bai at the same time:

"From now on, I will visit Brother Fang Ming often. Whether you want to come or not is up to you. But no matter which side you're on, I hope you can trust me and discuss things with me, instead of sacrificing yourself alone in silence."

"I did not sacrifice myself..."

"You've indeed Oblivion the knowledge you once learned, haven't you?" Xiao Chun interrupted Xiao Bai.

She turned to look at Xiao Bai again and said, "I don't want you to do this kind of thing again in the future."

"I won't ask you why you became Magical Girls. I just hope... you can love yourself a little. Sacrificing yourself for others isn't cool at all to people who know you."

"..."

Xiao Bai really wants to say that you've misunderstood.

But seeing the pleading look in Xiao Chun's eyes, Xiao Bai finally shut his mouth and nodded silently.

Xiao Chun then laughed and pulled Xiao Bai along, saying:

"Alright, let's leave the heavy topics here. Let's go see a movie! I heard this movie was in development before the Sky Screen appeared, and after the Sky Screen appeared, they even put us in the movie as an Easter egg!"

"..."

Xiao Chun happily pulled Xiao Bai into the movie theater, and after that, she indeed didn't mention anything related to reality again.

After the movie ended, the two went to an arcade together, took some photo booth pictures, and finally parted ways by the river.

Xiao Chun had originally planned to have dinner with Xiao Bai, but since Song Niandong was the only one left in the 'safe house', she parted ways with Xiao Bai before dark.

Let Xiao Bai go back and take care of Song Niandong.

Hearing her say that, Xiao Bai was completely certain.

She already knew!

"... Thinking back carefully, her attitude changed after she hugged me... So what did she leave on me yesterday?"

After parting ways, Xiao Bai and Youyou discussed why they had been exposed.

Because Xiao Chun's attitude was off yesterday, Fang Ming carefully examined his body after she left to make sure there were no marks or anything like that left on him before meeting with Xiao Chun today.

In the end... we still lost by one move!

So where exactly does this difference lie?

Xiao Bai didn't quite understand. She checked her entire body again with magic, but still couldn't find anything.

In the end, it was Youyou who reminded her:

"At that time, she said 'taste,' right?"

"... Smell?" Xiao Bai frowned, sniffing himself all over, but couldn't smell anything unusual.

Seeing this, Youyou said, "Unless the smell is extremely strong, you definitely can't smell yourself... Waaah!"

She had barely finished speaking when Xiao Bai tossed her onto herself, "Smell me, does it have any unusual smell?"

"... Isn't it inappropriate for me to do something so intimate?"

She said it Youyou, only to be met with a roll of her eyes from Xiao Bai:

"Smell!"

"Just smell it, why are you being so fierce!"

The black rabbit sniffed around Xiao Bai's body, finally stopping abruptly on the lower right side of Xiao Bai's nape. It sniffed again and again before saying:

"There seems to be a faint scent of grass here... very faint... but it's definitely there!"

"..."

Even Youyou's sense of smell found the smell very faint, so for Xiao Bai herself, the smell was practically nonexistent!

But the problem is, Fang Ming also took a shower yesterday! So why is that?!

Xiao Bai was completely puzzled.

"Heh, I didn't expect that the side effects of using healing magic would have such an unexpected benefit."

After parting ways with Xiao Bai, Xiao Chun looked at the photo of herself and Xiao Bai in her hand and smiled.

What remained on Fang Ming wasn't strictly speaking magic; it was just a minor side effect of Xiao Chun's Healing magic.

What no one knew was that after Xiao Chun's healing magic Healing someone, the Healing area would retain a grassy fragrance.

The fragrance was so faint that Xiao Chun herself wouldn't be able to detect it unless she used her healing magic to sense it.

The fragrance won't fade away for a while; even if you wash your body every day, it will take two days for the scent to dissipate.

If you don't clean your body for a long time, this fragrance will probably last for a very long time.

Because it's not magic, it cannot be detected through magical perception.

Because the residue can linger for a long time, it will remain on your body even after washing.

If it weren't for knowing Xiao Chun's 'information' beforehand, no one would have overlooked this scent that was practically undetectable.

Fang Ming was very cautious; he must have used magic to check his body after Xiao Chun left yesterday.

But unfortunately... this isn't magic.

"I really look forward to our next meeting..." Xiao Chun thought to herself, raising her wrist to look at the photo in her hand.

In the photo, Xiao Chun is smiling happily, while Xiao Bai next to her, although still looking cold, shows signs of melting the ice on her face.

Gazing at the Xiao Bai in the photo, Xiao Chun waited a long time before putting the photo away and quietly treasuring it.

"... Brother Fang Ming"

As the night breeze blew, Xiao Chun's figure disappeared.

Only this last sentence remained, lingering in the wind.

Chapter 100: Just Curiosity

Fang Ming thought about it all night.

He still couldn't figure out what kind of magic Xiao Chun used to determine his identity.

Finally Fang Ming simply gave up thinking and sat on the sofa, lying there reading.

Although he seems to have done nothing lately, Fang Ming spends almost every spare moment reading.

Even while walking, he was fiddling with coins, refining his 'magic skills'.

Ever since the appearance of the Sky Screen confirmed that there were even more powerful beings among the Demons, Fang Ming has been doing this almost every day. However, from an outsider's perspective, he is just playing around or reading.

In reality, he has been spending all the time he can spare on improving his skills.

So far, he has sacrificed quite a few LV2 skills, but unfortunately, the experience gained after converting these skills into magic power is too little.

The amount of skill experience required to transform ordinary skills into extraordinary skills is enormous.

It's far less effective than directly honing your magic skills.

However, the increase in magic power is extremely slow... If this continues, Fang Ming will probably be surpassed by the Magical Girls very soon.

He needs to find a new way to improve himself.

"Youyou, how do Magical Girls usually increase their magical power?"

Fang Ming covered his face with the book and asked Youyou beside him.

The Youyou's paws swiped across the tablet as it answered:

"Fighting when emotions are running high is the fastest way to increase magic power. Normally, the Magical Girls' magic power also gradually increases until it reaches its current limit..."

At this point, Youyou suddenly looked up in confusion. "You're Magical Girls, don't you know these things?"

"My method of increasing magic power is a little different from others..."

Fang Ming muttered to himself.

Fang Ming herself did not possess the qualifications to become Magical Girls. It was her own cheat code that allowed her to collect magical power from the Demons, which is why the skill 'magic power' appeared in Fang Ming's skill bar and she became Magical Girls.

The good news is that once a skill is entered into the skill bar, Fang Ming only needs to upgrade it step by step, and the skill can be upgraded indefinitely... provided that the skill truly has no upper limit.

The bad news is that the Magical Girls ' 'automatic growth' feature does not apply to Fang Ming.

Although Fang Ming doesn't have any so-called bottlenecks, given enough time, he can become stronger than everyone else.

But the question is... do the Magical Girls have time to wait?

Who knows when the Demons will arrive?

"Hmm, since the Magic Source from the Demons side, have you tried absorbing the Nightmare Seed?" Youyou suggested.

Fang Ming remained silent for a while before asking:

"... Won't doing this have any negative effects on me? Like turning me into a mindless Demons or something?"

"If you're destined to become Demons, then you already changed the moment you came into contact with the Demons's Magic Source. I don't know why you became Magical Girls... well, it's never a bad thing to give it a try."

As she spoke, Youyou stretched out her two little paws to the side and said, "Of course, I'm just giving you a suggestion. Whether you do it or not is up to you."

"To absorb Nightmare Seed, you first need a Nightmare Seed, right?"

"Just a heads-up, that silly cat Nino has a whole bunch."

Youyou hopped up to Fang Ming's ear and whispered seductively.

He was then slapped off the sofa by Fang Ming: "Stop your little schemes. I won't do anything until the second season ends."

There are at most ten days left in the second season. If the last three episodes are still aired back-to-back, then there will be at most seven days left.

Fang Ming could afford to wait a week.

Speaking of which, the time displayed on the Sky Screen is already in mid-October, almost November, while in reality it's only just approaching November.

Based on this, it's likely that winter will arrive in Sky Screen after the first season ends.

However, in reality, time is still stuck in October.

So... everything that's about to be shown in the Sky Screen is very likely the 'future'.

Wait, could this be the reason why this anime is being shown on the Sky Screen?

Fang Ming suddenly realized that perhaps the purpose of the broadcast on the Sky Screen was not to let the world know about the existence of Magical Girls, but to tell everyone what would happen in the future so that some people could prepare in advance.

Or rather...

Let the Magical Girls prepare in advance!

If the second season was about gathering team members, then if there is a third season, this season will definitely be related to the strongest among the Demons.

By then, the Magical Girls will be able to observe the enemies they will face in the future through the third season and formulate strategies in advance!

"The future..."

Fang Ming lay on the sofa, the window not far away was open, and the Sky Screen was reflected in his eyes.

I wonder what the future will look like in the Sky Screen.

Arrive at ten o'clock.

The Sky Screen started playing on time. Fang Ming, who was already prepared, sat by the window with Song Niandong and Youyou to watch the upcoming third episode.

Fang Ming was looking forward to the story of his Sky Screen self after enrolling in school, something he hadn't done in reality.

I wonder what kind of strange chemical reaction will occur between me and Yu Muqiu and the others.

During lunch break, Yu Muqiu sat on the corridor connecting the old and new school buildings, sipping his post-lunch milk.

Because the rooftop is currently under renovation, the Magical Girls have to choose other places to eat for the time being.

Because Xiaoxia and Xiao Chun went to investigate the Pencil Monster that appeared last time, Yu Muqiu is now sitting here alone.

"Honestly, I wanted to go too..."

Thinking of this, Yu Muqiu sighed.

She originally wanted to go on the investigation with Xiaoxia and Xiao Chun, but Xiaoxia refused in the end.

According to Xiaoxia, Yu Muqiu is now far stronger than them, and Yu Muqiu only needs to take action to handle everything, which would make them seem useless.

Therefore, at least the investigation should be conducted by them.