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Old Wayne wore a flattering smile, inwardly marveling at Ye Qing's immense power.

"Lord Ye has fulfilled what he promised you. As for how you escape the Magical Girl Association's prison next, that depends on your own ability," Qingyin stated emotionlessly.

With that, she turned as if to leave.

"No, wait!" Old Wayne hurriedly called out in alarm.

"I am willing to become Lord Ye's loyal subordinate and make a blood pact. I hope you will help me."

How could he possibly escape the Magical Girl Association's prison on his own?

If he had that ability, why would he have needed to meet his younger brother?

He had heard of the horrors of the Magical Girl Association's prison through many channels. He did not want to remain here.

"The conditions are not met." Qingyin shook her head and refused.

How could she possibly take an old Bloodkin man who had encountered both Ye Qing and Qingyin as a subordinate?

Did she have a death wish? If her identity were exposed and the news spread, she would regret it even if she killed him.

That was a lie.

The real reason was that he was not good-looking enough, nor was he a younger sister.

"Lord Ye only promised to let you meet him, not to take you away," Qingyin added.

"I know, but can't you make an exception?" Old Wayne continued to plead.

"Even for me, taking an outsider who has just entered out of here requires going through the Magical Girl Association's procedures."

Qingyin began lying without even drafting a script, giving him a reason she had made up on the spot.

"You need to tell me everything about the Blood Purity Court in detail and prove that you have turned over a new leaf. Then there is a chance I can get you out of prison."

Old Wayne was overjoyed and told her everything he knew.

After squeezing Old Wayne dry of all remaining value, Qingyin casually splashed water on young Wayne to wake him and left the prison without mercy.

She did not care what they would encounter inside the prison afterward.

Bloodkin traffickers who dared lay hands on children of their own race just to purify their bloodlines did not deserve pity or sympathy.

In the end, they were merely fallen nobles trying to become true nobles.

They started with bloodlines and etiquette, putting on airs and doing everything they could to resemble real nobles.

The moment they committed such contemptible acts, they had already admitted that they were inferior to others. They deluded themselves into gaining confidence and superiority by matching or surpassing others through bloodlines.

If they could calmly accept their status as fallen nobles and willingly improve themselves through arduous training, Qingyin would have thought more highly of them.

"How did the interrogation go?" Youyue asked Qingyin, whom she had brought out.

"Very smoothly," Qingyin answered.

She explained in exhaustive detail the Blood Purity Court's organizational structure and objectives, as well as its recent actions, including dispatching Cockroach Evil Beasts to attack the city.

The level of detail was enough to make others suspect that Qingyin was one of the organization's leaders. How else could she know so much?

"So the current Blood Purity Court leader is also planning an attack in the near future." Youyue pondered for a moment before returning to normal. "Then stay alert."

"Thank you for your concern." Qingyin froze for a moment at the sudden concern before replying.

"No, I'm reminding you to be prepared for overtime at any time. Also, tell the students on your team about this information," Youyue explained.

"..."

Not only did they want her to interrogate criminals, but they also wanted her to resolve crises.

On second thought, there seemed to be only a few magical girls in Bailan City at the moment.

Qingyin then stared at Youyue in front of her.

Her gaze seemed to demand, What about you? Are you just going to be a hands-off manager?

"The new generation needs to grow," Youyue blurted out her reason.

True to its reputation, Bailan City's magical girls were quite "Bailan."

That said, when danger appeared nearby, they would still step in when necessary.

It was just that they needed to be a little more vigilant in their daily lives.

There was no sense in guarding against thieves for a thousand days. They could not ruin their everyday lives by being constantly on edge over a single piece of intelligence.

"Are you going back to work next?"

As Youyue flew into the starry sky of the Otherworld, she turned to ask Qingyin beside her.

"No," Qingyin replied.

Anyway, if she returned to the organization, she would just slack off.

This coming Saturday, she needed to prepare some merchandise to take to the Magical Girl Detective Squad for autographs.

She would wander around the streets later, buy some merchandise and food, then go home and rest.

"Since you don't need to work, do you want to take a look at your renovated home?" Youyue suggested.

"Sure," Qingyin agreed.

As an ordinary office worker, she had never really dared to hope for an apartment of her own.

She had not expected that becoming a magical girl would make that dream so easy to achieve.

Having a little home of her own—she would be lying if she said she was not excited.

The two landed on a street by the mountains in Otherworld District 28 and walked side by side like any pair of female friends.

If one ignored their appearances, they really did look ordinary enough.

Although the population settled in the Otherworld was nowhere near that of the real world, it was still sizable.

The population density might not compare to a city's, but it was not much different from that of a town.

Since Spatial Rifts did not appear there, natural disasters were gone, while strict management greatly reduced man-made disasters.

Thus, the safer Otherworld was better suited to a slow-paced retirement life, like settling down in a remote rural town.

Of course, this kind of retirement referred to one supported by a pension.

After all, prices were not much lower than in a massive city.

Feeling the occasional gazes drawn by her beautiful face, Qingyin, who had long been an unnoticed nobody among the crowd, felt slightly unaccustomed to it.

Fortunately, her awkwardness did not show on her face or in her movements. Her cold expression warded off the outside gazes.

Her powerful aura intimidated those with ulterior motives, and even people who merely admired her did not dare approach and strike up a conversation.

The two entered the apartment building. Qingyin looked at the brand-new elevator and turned her head with slight confusion in her eyes.

When she had come to see the place a few days ago, had it looked like this?

"A magical girl lives here, so of course it had to be renovated," Youyue replied as though it were nothing unusual.

Thanks to the magical girl, the building's residents could once again experience what it felt like to have just bought a new apartment.

"Wouldn't that mean everyone knows where a magical girl lives?" Qingyin felt it was unnecessarily conspicuous.

"They only replaced the old elevator. No one will associate it with a magical girl," Youyue assured Qingyin that she could relax.

The people above were not idiots.

They would not directly use a magical girl as the reason to renovate the environment of a particular apartment building.

They took the elevator to the corresponding floor. The door had a key lock, and Youyue took out the key to the apartment from her Heartglow Stone right in front of Qingyin.

"Do you have a spare key?" Qingyin asked instinctively.

"No," Youyue answered decisively.

"Then what if I lose mine?"

"Come get the spare key from me."

"..."

"I mean, I'll find someone to get you a replacement."

A keypad lock would be pretty nice too.

That thought surfaced in Qingyin's mind.

It seemed that while living in the Otherworld, she absolutely could not let her guard down and dismiss her magical girl form.

The magical girl before her was blinking innocently and acting cute in ways completely at odds with her mature appearance. Her intentions were as obvious as Sima Zhao's; Qingyin would not feel safe without guarding against her.