Xia Youyou had never traveled far from home.
Her only experience with short trips had been going to Shen City while working as a Magical Girl, so she did not have much of an impression of modern metropolises.
Still, compared to a country girl like Shasha, she could at least be considered a city girl. When she arrived in Rongcheng, she had no particular thoughts—except about the temperature.
"It's so hot! Why is spring this hot?"
Basking in Rongcheng's spring sunshine, the bunny girl held her tall ears up to catch the breeze and cool herself down. She had taken off her jacket, leaving only a light T-shirt and suspender shorts, inadvertently showing off her girlish figure.
"Because this is more or less the south. It can't compare to back home."
Xia Taotao sat beside her younger sister, popping a freshly peeled chestnut into her mouth as she spoke.
She also stuffed one into Xia Youyou's open mouth. The two bunny girls sat in a shaded corner of the plaza, munching through their bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
East Suburb New District was the only urban district in Rongcheng that had remained relatively intact and avoided widespread devastation. Sheltered by the Dragon Spring Mountains, many of its buildings had retained their structural integrity, though they had still been affected by shockwaves and the Shadows' invasion.
Using this place as the starting point and foundation for reconstruction, construction machinery had swiftly entered the area with the aid of Heroes and Magical Girls. In just three days, two or three eastern districts had been almost fully repaired, and even the shopping malls had reopened.
"I never expected this mall to reopen so quickly. I thought it would need at least another week of repairs."
Xia Taotao tossed aside a large handful of chestnut