Magical Girls? There's No Going Back Now!

"Do you know two magical girls like this? One is called Tan Xiang, and the other Yun Ye." Li Xuan took a sundae, picked up the cherry on top, and popped it into his mouth.

The Childhood Friend I Saw as an Older Sister Trembled All Over Because She Knelt Before Me—Was Something Wrong?

"How did Master come to know those two?" Wu Yan, who was drinking orange juice, looked shocked and nearly choked on it.

"Wu Yan knows them?" Seeing Xu Rou and Qi Mo both wearing confused expressions, Li Xuan asked curiously.

"I only transferred to Clear Lotus City in high school. Before that, I went to school in my hometown, Flower River City, so I met more magical girls. Those two are both Church inspector deacons, specifically responsible for investigating abnormal incidents in various regions and punishing magical girls who have committed wrongdoing. I heard they even executed several magical girls somewhere. They interrogated me there too, and it felt... like being questioned as a criminal. It was very unpleasant." As Wu Yan spoke, she could not help shuddering. A trace of fear flashed through her eyes; clearly, that experience had been far more than merely "unpleasant."

"Are they coming to Clear Lotus City?" Qi Mo asked in surprise.

"That's right. Wu Yan, tell me: are they strong?" Li Xuan asked the question that concerned him most.

"Very strong," Wu Yan said with certainty. "Their magic power levels are both B-rank. Although that is only one rank above C-rank, the gap is like that between an adult and a child."

Li Xuan nodded. After rising from D-rank to C-rank himself, he had also clearly felt the evil energy in his body increase dramatically. Fallen Blood, which had once drained him dry after a single use, was now as effortless as sprinkling water.

"And that is not all. The two of them work extremely well together. Tan Xiang is a combat-type magical girl. Her physical abilities and reaction speed are outstanding, but she also possesses firepower no weaker than that of a fantasy-type magical girl. Her explosive power is especially terrifying. I once saw her kill a B-rank evil-energy monster in an instant," Wu Yan said gravely.

"Instantly killing someone at the same rank? That's too exaggerated, isn't it? Energy rank cannot completely represent strength, but if it has reached B-rank, it can't be that weak," Xu Rou said, equally shocked.

"But that kind of explosive power must come at a cost, right?" Qi Mo said calmly from the side.

"That's right. The price of her powerful magic is the buildup of large amounts of toxins in her body. If she cannot detoxify within a certain amount of time, her lifespan will be drastically shortened. She might even die on the spot," Wu Yan said with a nod.

"Wouldn't that mean hurting the enemy for a thousand while harming herself for eight hundred?" Xu Rou said as she secretly stole Li Xuan's sundae and ate it.

"I think the one called Yun Ye can make up for that cost, right?" Li Xuan guessed.

"Master is wise. Yun Ye is a rare prayer-type magical girl. She can use purification magic to remove the deadly toxins from Tan Xiang's body. Together, they allow Tan Xiang to use magic without restraint. Besides, prayer-type magical girls generally have no combat ability themselves, but since Yun Ye can serve as a deacon, she is probably not easy to deal with either," Wu Yan answered.

"I roughly understand now. Then there is one more important question," Li Xuan said solemnly.

Seeing Li Xuan's expression so serious, the three girls leaned closer and pricked up their ears. Even Xu Rou put down the half-eaten sundae in her hand.

"That is—are the two of them pretty?" Li Xuan asked earnestly.

Hearing that Li Xuan was still concerned about whether the enemy was attractive with a powerful foe at their doorstep, Qi Mo wore a meaningful smile. Xu Rou, meanwhile, showed an expression of just as expected of you and snickered as she shrank back to eat her sundae.

Only Wu Yan still answered seriously. "Tan Xiang is very beautiful, at least on par with Xiao Rou. But I have not seen her for more than two years, so I cannot say what she looks like now. As for Yun Ye... that is harder to say. She always covers her face with a veil, so I could not tell whether she was beautiful."

Li Xuan thought that, purely in terms of looks, Xu Rou was probably the prettiest among the trio. If Tan Xiang was on par with Xu Rou, then she was naturally a true beauty as well—worth putting some thought into conquering.

"What is her magic like?" Li Xuan immediately asked.

"All of Tan Xiang's magic is fire-elemental. The power when she uses it probably would not be weaker than when I awakened," Wu Yan answered.

"Fire-elemental? I need to think carefully about countermeasures... Right, do they know the true identities of you three?" Li Xuan asked.

Qi Mo answered softly from the side, "Master, a magical girl's true identity is like what lies beneath her skirt. She would never show it easily. Unless they are close friends like us, or fixed teammates who have worked together for a long time, they rarely reveal their true forms to one another."

"Hmph. Who is close friends with you?" Xu Rou put one foot on the table and rolled her eyes at Qi Mo.

"Be good, Xiao Rou. The table is for food, so you cannot put your feet on it." This time, Wu Yan became the peacemaker instead, stroking Xu Rou's chest to calm her down.

"Ah, speaking of that, I nearly forgot to do what I promised Qi Mo." Looking at Xu Rou's tender white foot in its sandal, Li Xuan suddenly remembered that he had not fulfilled his promise to Qi Mo. He hurriedly slapped his forehead. "Xiao Rou, take off your panties and give them to Qi Mo."

"What?" Xu Rou pulled her foot back with a shocked expression. Instinctively, she clamped her hands between her legs and pressed down her skirt, as though the panties beneath it would grow wings and fly away at any second.

"Master, it would be better not to do this in front of everyone..." Qi Mo looked alarmed. She had thought Li Xuan would quietly hand the panties to her, but she had not expected him to directly order Xu Rou to take off a fresh, warm pair in front of her and give them to her.

"As expected of Master. He easily did what Qi Mo could never do..." Wu Yan said from the side, eagerly watching the commotion.

"Do I need to repeat myself? This is an order." Li Xuan emphasized his words.

"I understand... Master must have been deceived by Qi Mo to give such a shameless order. Even so, Master's orders are absolute. Xu Rou must obey." Xu Rou's expression seemed frozen as she muttered to herself, coming up with an acceptable reason. Then she turned and looked at Qi Mo with utter disgust.

"Sorry... Xiao Rou, I never thought it would suddenly happen in a situation like this..." Qi Mo rose from her seat, so flustered that she did not know where to put her hands.

"Kneel."

Qi Mo slowly bent her legs and knelt on the cold floor, lowering her proud head before the childhood friend who had once regarded her as an older sister.

"Xiao Rou, no matter what, this is too cruel. If you truly do not want to, we can beg Master together to withdraw the order," Wu Yan said with a frown, rising to persuade her.

"Yan, stop trying to talk me out of it. She likes it when I treat her like this. She is completely willing." Xu Rou stared at Qi Mo, who was prostrate on the floor, disappointment in her eyes.

Wu Yan lowered her head and looked carefully. Only then did she realize that Qi Mo, kneeling on the floor, was trembling all over in excitement. Her scorching breath even formed white mist in the air-conditioned room.

"This is insane... How did I ever take someone like this as a role model?" Seeing this, Wu Yan could only give up on persuading them and returned to sit in Li Xuan's lap. Hearing Wu Yan's disappointed tone, Qi Mo somehow became even more excited, as though she were about to awaken some strange new fetish.

Do You Magical Girls All Play This Wildly?

"Lower your head further. If you dare raise it to look, I will kill you immediately," Xu Rou ordered with disgust.

Qi Mo said nothing. She merely maintained her kneeling posture and buried her head even lower. This made her rear stick up high, inviting unwanted thoughts.

Xu Rou was dressed casually today. She planted her white sandal on Qi Mo's head, pressing her already lowered head to the floor. Maintaining her disgusted expression, she lifted her skirt and slowly slid down her cool silk panties to her ankles. After adjusting the hem of her skirt, she bent down, threaded the panties through her sandal, and cinched them over Qi Mo's face.

"Ah... finally... This day has finally come. The scene from my dreams." Qi Mo took a deep breath, an utterly intoxicated expression appearing on her face.

"Qi Mo, I once saw you as someone to admire. You were calm, dignified, and resourceful. For years, I looked up to you and trusted you. Back then, I did not know you had such disgusting thoughts about me. Otherwise, I would definitely have stayed far away from you." Xu Rou carefully pressed her sandaled foot onto Qi Mo's head, making her face, bound by the panties, slowly rub against the floor.

"You are right, Xiao Rou... Admiration is the emotion furthest from understanding. You admired me, while I only wanted to rush at you. Please give me a little time to process this. This stimulation is far too intense for me..." Qi Mo wore an expression of pain and pleasure that made even Li Xuan feel she was somewhat perverse.

"Do you magical girls all play this wildly normally?" Li Xuan asked Wu Yan in his arms.

"No, I am perfectly normal. While they play house, I can take the chance to monopolize Master..." As Wu Yan spoke, she stuffed a large mouthful of shaved ice into her mouth, lowered herself, and made gurgling sounds.

"Ah, so cold..." Every pore on Li Xuan's body tightened, and his worries about the Church duo were temporarily tossed beyond the clouds.

While Li Xuan sank into the shaved ice in Wu Yan's mouth, Qi Mo's humiliating play had also come to an end. After repeatedly warning the three girls not to transform casually, Li Xuan dismissed them and returned alone to the shop to check on Li Sijie.

Li Sijie had only just arrived for work. Li Xuan did not disturb her, merely opening his laptop in the break room. As he checked the accounts, he watched Li Sijie bustle back and forth through the surveillance feed. Although she had not been at the shop for long, she was already doing a capable job. Her conduct and speech were graceful as well. Just watching her was already a kind of enjoyment.

The afternoon passed quickly. After reviewing accounts for nearly half the day, Li Xuan began to feel drowsy. It was close to closing time, and the customers were gradually thinning out. Li Xuan ordered a coffee and specifically requested that Li Sijie bring it to him.

Li Sijie soon carried the coffee over on a tray. Seeing Li Xuan reviewing the accounts, she quietly stood behind him and watched.

"What? You can understand this?" Li Xuan teased.

"Of course. My aunt used to run a women's clothing shop, and I often helped her with the accounts," Li Sijie said without the slightest modesty.

Seeing how casually she said it, Li Xuan could not help suspecting she was bragging. So he pushed the laptop in front of her. "You can, you up. No can, no BB."

Li Sijie burst into laughter at his Chinglish. Seeing no one around, she lifted her skirt and sat directly on Li Xuan's lap, her slender fingers clattering over the keyboard.

Li Xuan saw that she understood what he had been doing in a short time and could continue it properly. He could not help admiring her. He lifted Li Sijie's rear, rubbed his numb thigh, and said, "Setting aside your perverted personality, you really are the ideal wife and mother. Cooking, housework, managing accounts—you can do everything."

"Then do you intend to marry me?" Li Sijie asked with a smile behind her hand.

"That kind of thing can wait until I collect a hundred magical girls." Unable to tell whether she was joking or serious, Li Xuan answered in an equally joking tone.

"Then you will have to work hard. By the way, here is the latest news: Tan Xiang and Yun Ye have already arrived in Clear Lotus City. Have you figured out how to deal with them?" Li Sijie asked.

"So what if they have? As long as I do not use evil energy, they cannot find me. I will act after gathering enough intelligence." Li Xuan sounded unconcerned.

"Not necessarily. The reason I know they have arrived is because someone has placed a large number of Anti-Evil-Energy Beacons around Clear Lotus City. Those are magical tools. Like signal towers, they can cover a large area and react to even the slightest trace of evil energy. If you let them continue setting them up, Clear Lotus City will sooner or later become a forbidden zone for evil energy. Unless you can hide for the rest of your life without using even a bit of evil energy, you will eventually be found." Li Sijie smiled.

"The Church thinks that highly of me?" Li Xuan said with a headache.

"Anti-Evil-Energy Beacons themselves emit magical signals, so they are easy to detect. They are forcing you to show yourself. That means they have absolute confidence in their own strength."

"Interesting. Then I will see just how strong B-rank can be."

Li Sijie's words stirred Li Xuan's competitive spirit. During this time, he had created a large number of monsters with fire-elemental resistance using Fallen Blood, almost all of them lying in ambush near the outskirts. Li Xuan ordered one of them to swagger into the city—there were no magical girls stationed in Clear Lotus City now, so if a monster invaded, Tan Xiang and Yun Ye would have no choice but to appear.

The monster he sent was the Fire-Extinguishing Prince, the one he had used against Wu Yan that day. Although it specialized in fire-elemental resistance, it had cost two hundred milliliters of Fallen Blood. Its frontal combat strength was already close to that of a C-rank magical girl. The moment it appeared, it frightened the citizens into fleeing in every direction.

Li Xuan himself quietly hid nearby. As long as he did not use evil energy, magical girls could not find him, but his system could detect magical girls. If he made good use of the information gap, the difference in strength could be completely offset.

[Magical girl detected nearby]

[Distance: 100 meters, 75 meters, 63 meters...]

[Detailed information can be displayed after visual lock]

Li Xuan's guess was correct. Only a few minutes after the monster appeared in the city, a tall girl showed up before it.

Seeing that a new magical girl had appeared, Li Xuan could not help feeling excited. He hurriedly observed through the window:

The magical girl before him was even taller than Li Sijie, apparently over 175 centimeters. She had short silver hair, elegant dark gray eyes, and an exceptionally handsome face, though her expression seemed somewhat melancholy. She wore a green-and-white full-body bodysuit that covered everything from below her neck to the tips of her toes, including every finger. Though not a shred of skin was exposed, it perfectly emphasized the curves of her body. That feeling of clothing fitting one hundred percent against the body was something most outfits could never achieve.

The Relationship Between the Two Seems Different from What I Imagined

[Magical girl locked on]

[Name: Tan Xiang]

[Magic power rank: B]

[Type: Combat]

[Height: 177 cm]

[Cup rank: B]

The system prompt soon arrived. The girl before him was indeed one of the Church duo sent to deal with him. Li Xuan hurriedly marked Tan Xiang with the Hunting Radar. Since the Hunting Radar could only mark three people, he could only reluctantly cancel Xu Rou's mark—after all, she had fallen the most thoroughly and had the least chance of being turned.

"Not humanoid? Was the intelligence wrong?" Tan Xiang frowned as she looked at the strange white giant before her.

"Whatever. Let's finish this quickly." As Tan Xiang spoke, she took out a golden metal ring the size of a hula hoop and spun it around her waist a few times. Blazing flames instantly ignited around the ring. Using the momentum of her twisting waist, Tan Xiang flung the flames directly at the Fire-Extinguishing Prince. Though the move looked ordinary, the air around Li Xuan distorted from the heat, and he felt that this casual strike was no weaker than Wu Yan's ultimate move, Judgment.

However, the Fire-Extinguishing Prince was completely immune to fire elements. That scorching attack, hot enough to dry the air itself, did not hurt it in the slightest.

"Strange. This thing does not look that strong, yet it can take one of my attacks?" Tan Xiang frowned, and suddenly her figure flashed out of sight.

The next second, Tan Xiang appeared above the Fire-Extinguishing Prince with a forward flip. She extended her right leg and chopped downward, instantly smashing half of its body to pieces. The whole sequence was graceful and cool; even Li Xuan, her enemy, could not help clicking his tongue in admiration.

Tan Xiang followed with several more kicks, completely shattering the Fire-Extinguishing Prince into chunks. Her attacks were fast and fierce. Li Xuan could not follow the opening movements at all. Wu Yan's intelligence had not been wrong—Tan Xiang's explosive power was indeed astonishing. Even without magic, he was no match for her.

Fortunately, the mark had already been placed. Li Xuan did not linger, quietly withdrawing from the scene among the fleeing crowd. He found a secluded place to observe Tan Xiang's next actions.

After defeating the monster, Tan Xiang canceled her transformation. Without the bodysuit wrapping her, her body looked much frailer at once, carrying a sickly feeling of nearly being blown over in the scorching summer wind. Looking carefully, Li Xuan realized her thighs were only slightly thicker than her calves. She wore a very ordinary white T-shirt on top, denim shorts below, and white sneakers. No socks were visible from outside, though perhaps she wore hidden socks inside her shoes. She was clean and bare-faced, with no accessories except a string of prayer beads on her left wrist.

For someone at an age when she should have loved beauty, her appearance was a little too plain.

After the monster was defeated, its corpse slowly disappeared. The damaged streets around it also automatically repaired themselves like a film playing in reverse. Soon, the citizens who had fled gradually gathered again, and the streets returned to their former bustle and prosperity.

Li Xuan had heard Qi Mo describe such scenes before. It seemed to be the world's corrective force. As long as magical girls won, it would repair the traces left by monsters as much as possible, and witnesses' memories would also be altered. However, those who died during an incident could not be revived; other people would automatically recognize their deaths as accidents or something similar.

After confirming the monster's death, Tan Xiang hurriedly left the scene and jogged toward a luxury hotel. Li Xuan could not help feeling mildly surprised at the sight. This hotel was not cheap; even an ordinary room cost over a thousand. The Church was truly generous.

Just then, Tan Xiang ran into the hotel lobby and stood panting before a short girl. Using Tan Xiang as a reference, the short girl appeared to be around 150 centimeters tall. She had a plump figure and wore a sun hat, with a layer of gauze hanging from its brim to cover her face. Still, a little of her face could vaguely be seen. Its color and outline resembled a slightly deflated basketball.

"You are half an hour late. Do you know how long I waited? You actually dared make me watch the luggage. You have really grown bold." The short girl looked up. Though she was at a disadvantage in height, her tone carried a sense of looking down on Tan Xiang.

"Please forgive me, Lady Yun Ye. There should have been enough time, but after setting up the beacons, I happened to detect a monster's aura nearby. I was worried there would be casualties, so I dealt with the monster before coming here." Tan Xiang seemed very afraid of the short girl before her. As she spoke, she stared at her own toes, looking timid and uneasy.

"Lady Yun Ye?" Li Xuan froze. Could this short girl be Yun Ye, the prayer-type magical girl? Her name was so elegant, but her personality and figure left much to be desired. So not every magical girl was beautiful after all.

Just as Li Xuan felt his illusion shatter, Yun Ye snorted. "Why are you meddling? Aren't there three little trash magical girls managing Clear Lotus City?"

"But according to the Oracle Machine's information, the magic power reactions of those three have been interrupted for some time. The priest also believes they may have met with misfortune, so I..."

"Do not use the priest's words to pressure me!" Yun Ye slapped the armrest of the sofa, startling Tan Xiang into shuddering.

"Forget it. I will not argue with you about it. Why is this damned Clear Lotus City so hot? The latitude is not that different, yet it feels like a whole different season." Yun Ye spoke irritably.

"Lady Yun Ye, I brought short sleeves. Would you like to change in the restroom?" Tan Xiang asked carefully.

"Who asked you? Do not think you can stand on equal footing with me just because the priest praised you a few times. We have been stuck as deacons for so many years entirely because you dragged us down! And now we have been sent to investigate some humanoid monster... We even have to conduct a carpet search. It is all thankless hard work!" Yun Ye scolded her without restraint.

"I am sorry. I will work harder. Please do not abandon me, Lady Yun Ye," Tan Xiang hurriedly apologized.

"Hmph. At least you know your place. Hurry and book the room. I am dying of heat." Yun Ye tugged at her collar and continuously fanned inside with a tiny USB fan.

"Lady Yun Ye, would that not be inappropriate? The Church reimbursement allowance only covers budget hotels... If the expenses are too high, we will be reprimanded. We should change to another hotel, right?" Tan Xiang said awkwardly.

"Then pay for it yourself. It is not like this city lacks jobs. Aren't you good at seducing men? Just do whatever you want, and plenty of men will be willing to pay for you, right?" Yun Ye said impatiently.

"I am not... Sorry, I will go right away." Tan Xiang wanted to defend herself, but upon seeing Yun Ye's expression, she swallowed her words. She could only take both their identification documents to the front desk to book a room, then drag their heavy luggage in front while Yun Ye followed empty-handed behind her. From time to time, Yun Ye even made sarcastic remarks mocking Tan Xiang's figure, and Tan Xiang could only force a smile in response.

Damn, the relationship between these two is completely different from what I imagined... Li Xuan thought with mixed feelings.

It's Been Arranged

Upon arriving in the room, Yun Ye immediately took off her hat. Li Xuan discovered that her face beneath the veil was actually much better-looking than he had imagined. Her bone structure was very well-proportioned, and her features retained a faint charm. She was also far younger than he had expected. However, her face shape had become somewhat distorted, likely due to acquired "effort."

Yun Ye casually tossed aside the hat she had removed, then stripped at lightning speed and rushed naked into the bathroom. Li Xuan did not even want to watch what followed, immediately turning his view toward the silent Tan Xiang.