Magical Girl? There's No Going Back Now!

"Hehe, I finally get to work with you. Please take care of me from now on~" Xu Rou greeted her as well, speaking in a sweet voice.

Seeing how friendly the two of them were, Tan Xiang could not help feeling guilty. After hesitating for a while, she finally said, "Boss, Senior Xiao Rou, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I came to say goodbye."

Tan Xiang then told Li Xuan the excuse she had made up yesterday, saying that there was an urgent matter at home and she had to return, so she could not work here.

"I see. Well, there's nothing we can do about that. It's just a shame—I specifically adjusted the size of the maid outfit for you," Li Xuan said, sounding somewhat disappointed.

"I'm truly sorry for causing you trouble. I'm willing to pay for the alteration work..." Tan Xiang said sincerely.

"That won't be necessary. It was only a small effort. What I regret is that you really suited that maid outfit," Li Xuan said, shaking his head.

"I'm truly sorry. And Senior Xiao Rou, you went out of your way to recommend me for work here, yet I have to break my promise. I hope I haven't caused you any trouble..." Tan Xiang apologized to Xu Rou after speaking.

"Stop apologizing already. It makes me uncomfortable. Manager! How about this? Take out the maid outfit and let her put it on, then take a photo of us together as a memento. It won't take much of her time," Xu Rou said, winking at Tan Xiang.

"Huh? If it's just a photo together, I suppose that's fine." Tan Xiang was filled with guilt at the moment, so she naturally had no reason to refuse Xu Rou's small wish.

"Xiao Rou, you really are willful. Fine, you two can change and take a photo together." As Li Xuan spoke, he went inside and took out the prepared maid outfit, handing it to Xu Rou. "It's not easy to put this on alone. Take her inside and help her change."

"Leave it to me!" Xu Rou winked at Li Xuan, then linked arms with Tan Xiang and led her into the changing room.

"Your figure is really amazing. Your waist and thighs are both so slim, unlike me—I've even got a little bit of belly fat." As Xu Rou helped Tan Xiang take off her clothes, she could not help sincerely praising her figure.

"It's not like I wanted to be this way. I had a serious illness when I was little. Although I recovered later, my health has never been very good. I think a figure like yours, with a little softness to it, is nicer." Tan Xiang rarely exposed her body in front of others, and she felt quite embarrassed even around another woman.

"Aww, you're blushing. Come on, let me see." Xu Rou jokingly pinched her waist a few times, then tickled her underarms. While Tan Xiang laughed and trembled uncontrollably, Xu Rou slipped the maid outfit over her.

"Just as planned!" Li Xuan, who had watched everything through the Hunting Radar, curled his lips into a sharp smile.

Although it looked like an ordinary change of clothes, Li Xuan had secretly sewn Li Sijie's stockings and the lining of the skirt together. The instant Tan Xiang put on that outfit, her fate had already been decided.

"You look really good in this outfit! I'm practically falling in love with you!" Before long, Xu Rou emerged from the changing room holding Tan Xiang's hand intimately. Li Xuan turned to look and saw Tan Xiang wearing the maid outfit he had designed himself. She was tall and slender, making her look exceptionally upright, with the imposing air of a capable head maid. Yet her expression seemed somewhat timid, carrying three parts shyness, two parts sickliness, and five parts hidden bitterness.

"Don't look so worried. Things will get better eventually. Come on, let's find a good spot for photos!" Li Xuan said, bringing Tan Xiang and Xu Rou to the storefront. He set up the camera and directed the two maids into cute poses.

"Three! Two! One! Chicken~" Li Xuan pressed the shutter with a click, capturing Tan Xiang's somewhat forced smile.

"Boss, now that the photo is done, I'll be leaving first." Seeing that the photo had been taken, Tan Xiang turned to go inside and change.

"You can't leave." Li Xuan dropped his friendly tone and spoke blandly.

At the same time, Xu Rou had already grabbed the straps at the back of Tan Xiang's maid outfit hard.

Tan Xiang turned around in shock. The boss who had been so kind moments ago was now expressionless, while the maid who had been laughing and playing with her wore a vicious expression.

"Senior Xiao Rou, stop joking around... Boss, why are you joking too?" Tan Xiang asked helplessly.

"Quit pretending, you little bitch. Smiling along with you every day wore my cheeks sore. Even when the Master made me bite him, I wasn't this tired." Xu Rou rubbed her cheeks and spoke viciously.

"What is going on? I don't know anything!" Tan Xiang said fearfully.

"Would this make things easier to understand?" Xu Rou transformed as she spoke, her outfit changing into the blue-black miniskirt of an evil girl. Li Xuan also used Dark Pact, and black mist spread around him, with several tentacles occasionally extending from within it.

"Evil Energy? You're one of the three magical girls who fell that day!" Tan Xiang was startled. She hurriedly tried to transform, only to find that she could not summon even the slightest bit of magic. She could not even sense the existence of her badge.

"Don't waste your effort. Xu Rou, watch her—Qi Mo, Wu Yan." Li Xuan called toward the open space.

"Master!" A yellow and a red figure quickly appeared before Li Xuan. Seeing how the other two magical girls addressed him, Tan Xiang finally realized that the man before her was the true mastermind behind this incident. What she and Yun Ye had found in the abandoned warehouse had merely been a decoy meant to lower their guard.

Thinking about how she had naïvely believed she had truly made friends, Tan Xiang's heart ached. She looked sorrowfully at Xu Rou, seemingly still unwilling to believe that the kindness Xu Rou had shown her had all been an act.

Li Xuan had no idea she was having such complicated thoughts. He directly ordered the two magical girls, "Go to the Sylvie Grand Hotel and bring Yun Ye here too. Since Miss Tan Xiang has already fallen into our hands, we can't let her companion stay lonely for too long."

"Yes!" The two magical girls answered, then swiftly vanished.

"Was this part of your calculations too? You even know where Yun Ye is staying... Your intelligence network is truly frightening. You must have seen through every step we took, haven't you?" Hearing that Li Xuan intended to capture Yun Ye, Tan Xiang did not look particularly worried. Instead, she vaguely felt a sense of vindictive satisfaction.

"Since you're so smart, you must know what's going to happen next." Li Xuan gave an evil smile and had Xu Rou carry Tan Xiang all the way to Qi Mo's home.

Seeing Li Xuan's ill-intentioned smile, Tan Xiang immediately panicked. She had always been extremely conservative, and at the thought of the "treatment" she might receive next, she felt as though the sky were falling.

"Let me go! Let me go! What kind of dirty trick did you use? Dare to let me regain my power and fight me fair and square?!" Even after being thrown onto the bed, Tan Xiang still tried to provoke Li Xuan into fighting her. She believed that, with her strength, she could easily defeat Li Xuan head-on. However, he clearly had no intention of giving her that chance.

"The tying method Li Sijie taught me is really useful. It's both pretty and sturdy. I'm really looking forward to using it on her someday." Li Xuan took out the rope he had prepared long ago and easily tied Tan Xiang's hands and feet.

"Master, what kind of play do you want today?" Xu Rou had already brought over all sorts of props purchased online, looking even more eager than Li Xuan.

"Don't do this. If you really dare lay a hand on me, I'll never forgive you!" Looking at the sharp, spiked, hooked, and ridged objects in Xu Rou's hands, along with other strange little toys whose purposes she could not even imagine, Tan Xiang became even more frightened at the thought that they might soon be used on her, even inside her. She could only raise her voice to bolster her courage.

"Then I'll have to think carefully about it." Li Xuan looked at the tall maid struggling nonstop and gave a meaningful smile.

Thoughts on Going Premium

Alright, brothers! All eyes on me!

I'm Tang Yi, the author of this book. Thanks to all you dear readers for putting up with me and reading this far. It is only because all of you have accompanied me along the way that this book has reached the day it goes premium.

The important things first:

1. This novel is planned to exceed one million words upon completion.

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Tang Yi has written all kinds of random nonsense in many places before, but I am still a complete novice when it comes to web novels. It is a process of gradually adapting. This one has clearly been much smoother to write than my previous book, and it will naturally be longer as well. Although there are still many shortcomings, with my experience of reading over 20,000 books, I am certain I can make this story bloom~

The first novel I ever wrote was a story about magical girls. Back then, Tang Yi was still a middle school student, and my only reader was the girl sitting next to me. Driven by passion, I wrote dry countless pen refills and somehow produced more than three hundred thousand words of incomprehensible garbage. (The original manuscript is still at home to this day.)

Therefore, magical girls can be considered the work of my original aspiration. From Sakura to Madoka, and then to the Maple Syrup Commander, the styles and content have become vastly different, but my original desire to take down magical girls has never changed.

So, writing a story about magical girls has always been my wish. I also made a great deal of preparation for this book. The most extensive part was character design: I prepared more than a hundred named magical girls, most of whom have real-life inspirations. Well-read readers can try guessing them.

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The Timid Maid's Game

"No, we won't be playing all those fancy tricks today. Student Xu Rou, please get a few cans of beer from the refrigerator. I'm going to have a few drinks with Miss Tan Xiang," Li Xuan said with a wicked smile after thinking for a moment.

"Huh? You mean drinking in the literal sense? With the mouth on top?" Xu Rou froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting her Master to be so gentle.

"...Who taught you all those fancy ways to play? I really just want to have a drink with Miss Tan Xiang. Go quickly!" Li Xuan ordered.

Seeing that Li Xuan had used an ordering tone, Xu Rou did not dare joke around anymore. She darted off to the kitchen to get the beer.

Li Xuan turned his head and saw that Tan Xiang also looked somewhat confused, seemingly rather dismissive. Clearly, she still did not know what kind of treatment awaited her.

Although Tan Xiang, as a B-rank magical girl, was far stronger than Xu Rou, her resistance appeared far less intense. That was not because she was willing to let Li Xuan toy with her, but because her personality was simply more timid.

When Xu Rou had learned what awaited her, what she showed was mostly hatred. Tan Xiang, although angry and constantly voicing threats, had eyes filled with fear she could not hide.

Xu Rou had already brought several cans of beer into the bedroom. Since she thought they were too cold, she had carried them over in the fold of her apron. "Master, I brought the beer~ It's been in the fridge for ages, nice and cold."

"I advise you to give up on that idea as soon as possible. I may have been captured, but it was entirely because of your dirty tricks! Don't even think about making me drink with monsters!" Tan Xiang glared at Li Xuan angrily.

"What if I told you that I could let you go once you finish drinking?" Li Xuan opened a can of beer as he spoke. Amid the sound of bursting foam, wisps of white vapor rose from it.

"Huh? Really?" Tan Xiang asked in disbelief.

"Of course. I chilled a dozen cans of beer. Six for you, six for me. Once we finish them all, I'll let you go. Of course, you can choose not to drink. Then I'll have these tentacles serve you instead." As Li Xuan spoke, dozens of writhing tentacles emerged from his body.

"I'll drink! I'll drink!" Seeing the wet, slippery tentacles, Tan Xiang shuddered. Thinking that she could leave after forcing herself to finish the drinks, she agreed to Li Xuan's demand.

Seeing Tan Xiang's foolish expression, as though she truly believed he would let her go after she finished the beer, Li Xuan secretly found it amusing. She was even more naïve than Xu Rou before her Demonfall. It seemed a magical girl's strength was not proportional to her mental fortitude.

"Then without further ado, let's start with a toast." Li Xuan opened another can and handed it to Xu Rou, secretly adding the diuretic and computer components he had hidden in his hand.

"Miss Tan Xiang... No, judging by your years of magical girl service, I should call you Senior. Please~" Although Xu Rou spoke politely, her actions were merciless. She pried open Tan Xiang's mouth, pressed the can against her forcibly opened lips, and poured it in with loud gulps.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Tan Xiang choked somewhat from being force-fed. After finishing a can, she kept coughing, with plenty of beer foam still lingering around her lips. Some beer had even flowed onto the front of her maid outfit. Since the summer fabric was especially thin, it clung tightly to her body once wet, becoming semi-transparent and tantalizingly revealing.

Tan Xiang clearly was not much of a drinker. After only one can, her cheeks were flushed and her gaze had become slightly unfocused.

"Miss Tan Xiang is quite bold. The weather is hot, so why not take off your shoes and cool down?" Li Xuan smiled and gently removed Tan Xiang's sneakers and white socks, shifting her closer toward the head of the bed.

"Hm? Don't touch my shoes. Let's just keep drinking." Without the covering of her shoes and socks, Tan Xiang felt deeply uneasy. Afraid that Li Xuan would do something else to her, she hurriedly suggested continuing to drink.

"You want to drink? No problem." Li Xuan opened two more cans of beer—naturally, he added a small amount of diuretic and computer components to the can meant for Tan Xiang, as usual.

After the second can went down, Tan Xiang's face grew even redder. Because beer had so much foam, she let out a small burp. Due to her health, she normally did not eat much, so drinking so much beer at once made her stomach feel bloated. Combined with the diuretic's effects, she gradually felt the urge to urinate, and her legs began rubbing together involuntarily.

"What's wrong, Miss Tan Xiang?" Li Xuan knowingly asked.

"Um, could you let me use the bathroom first?" Tan Xiang asked awkwardly. With her conservative personality, asking such a question in front of a man was no different from social death, yet her physical need left her no choice.

"No. We agreed that I would let you go after you finish six cans. How can I untie you before then?" Li Xuan shook his head.

"Huh? That's too cruel!" Tan Xiang said in disbelief. In her view, using the bathroom was a basic need that should naturally be met, a right she should retain even as a captive. Being refused over something like this was far beyond what she had expected.

"Miss Tan Xiang, have you misunderstood something? I'm bullying you right now." Seeing Tan Xiang's shocked expression, Li Xuan could not help laughing.

"Damn it... I considered that your subordinates still had their own will and didn't kill them. Can't you spare me in consideration of that kindness?"

Although she knew he most likely would not agree, Tan Xiang still pleaded as though grasping at any straw in desperation.

"Well said! A drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring! That's why I'm treating you to beer without charging you a cent—someone, give the lady more to drink!" Li Xuan laughed.

"Shameless..." Tan Xiang had only gotten halfway through the insult when Xu Rou seized the opportunity to force two more cans of beer down her in succession.

Four cans amounted to two thousand milliliters, far exceeding Tan Xiang's drinking capacity. Combined with the various drugs Li Xuan had added, her body was now full of water. Her lower abdomen had slightly swollen, and the urge to urinate had gone from faint to unbearable.

"Please, let me use the bathroom... Sob..." Tan Xiang's face was flushed red and her eyes had moistened. The effects of the computer components gradually took hold, making her body burn hot. She constantly rubbed her legs together, trying to ease the urge slightly, but it was futile.

"Miss Tan Xiang, I hear the bladder holds five hundred milliliters, while you just drank two thousand milliliters of beer. Tell me, how many trips to the bathroom would that take at minimum?" Li Xuan smiled maliciously.

"Please stop tormenting me... I'm almost at my limit~" Tan Xiang pleaded with wet eyes. It was the first time she had experienced such torment. Her muscles had been tense for so long from holding it in that fragrant sweat covered her body, and her wet maid outfit had become even more transparent.

"Don't rush. There are only two cans left. Once you finish them, I'll let you go." Li Xuan whispered beside Tan Xiang's reddened ear like a demon.

"I really can't drink anymore. Let me go..." Tan Xiang bit her lower lip and tightly shut her almond-shaped eyes. Her face was full of grievance as she used the last of her willpower to keep her body from breaking through its final barrier.

If You Can't Hold On Here, Then a Magical Girl's Career Is Over, Right?

"Hurry, I really can't hold it anymore..." Tan Xiang knew the man before her probably would not let her use the bathroom, so she could only settle for the next best thing and beg Li Xuan to quickly let her finish the final two cans so she could escape this den of monsters sooner.

"Is that how you ask for something? At the very least, you should add the word 'please,' shouldn't you?" Li Xuan said sternly.

"Please hurry..." Tan Xiang could only follow his lead.

"Hurry and do what? I can't read minds. How would I know if you don't say it?" Li Xuan knowingly asked.

"Please give me... Please let me drink, let me drink that strange-tasting liquid..." Tan Xiang felt as though her sanity were about to collapse. She had even forgotten how to say the word beer, and could only describe it by sensation.

"I understand. You want beer, right? Xu Rou, give it to her." Li Xuan gave Xu Rou a look as he spoke. Xu Rou immediately understood, lifting the can but only giving Tan Xiang a small sip.

"Huh? Why did you only give me so little?" Tan Xiang tilted her head back and opened her mouth wide, yet she had only gotten a sip of beer. She could not help becoming anxious.

"How much does Tan Xiang want? You didn't make yourself clear just now, so how would I know?" Li Xuan deliberately slowed his speech, making Tan Xiang twist her whole body like a pretzel in desperation.

"All of it? Give me all of it~" Tan Xiang could only use the last shred of her rationality to shout.

Xu Rou looked at Li Xuan. He nodded, and Xu Rou fed the fifth can of beer into Tan Xiang's mouth sip by sip.

Tan Xiang swallowed the beer mouthful by mouthful, feeling as though some part of her body were about to burst. Yet in pursuit of speed, she could only force herself to drink even more against every instinct. Every swallow was like torture, like a prisoner on the execution ground tightening the fatal noose around her own neck.

"This should be over now, right? Let me use the bathroom, please? I really... I'm really at my limit..." After forcing herself to finish the fifth can, Tan Xiang looked at Li Xuan with hopeful eyes. Her mind had become utterly muddled, and the computer components' effects were gradually rising, lending a strangely alluring quality to her trembling voice.

"Unfortunately, that was only the fifth can." Li Xuan shook the beer in his hand.

"Huh? There's one more?"

Tan Xiang felt her teeth ache and itch. The large amount of liquid accumulated in her bladder pressed against strange places through its dome, making the bizarre sensations in her mind grow increasingly intense.

"Waaah? I'm going crazy... So full, so hot... It hurts... I really can't drink anymore, I really can't drink anymore!!" Tan Xiang broke down crying. Though both her body and mind were at their limits, her good upbringing and common sense still kept her from wanting to release liquid in front of Li Xuan.

"How pitiful. How about this: I'll take a loss. As long as I pour this last can over you, it'll count as having drunk it. How does that sound?" Li Xuan asked in a negotiating tone.

"Huh? Really? Please hurry, I really can't hold it anymore—ah~" Li Xuan's words gave Tan Xiang a thread of hope in her despair. As though grasping a lifeline, she desperately forced back the occasional drops of liquid that had been pushed into the narrow passage, leaving only a few water marks on the white porcelain.

"Of course. I swear by the Luo River that once I pour this bottle out, I'll let you leave!" Li Xuan waved his hand grandly, pulled the tab, shook the can in front of Tan Xiang, then poured the icy beer over her lower abdomen.

"Ahh?~" Tan Xiang let out a scream. Although she had not drunk it directly, the impact and coldness of the beer pouring down from above further pressed against her bladder and stimulated the urge to urinate. When a bladder was filled to its limit, even the slightest external force was agonizing, let alone the sound of flowing water guiding her hazy consciousness. Tan Xiang could no longer remember how many times she had forced back the liquid already rushing to the exit. That motion washed through the narrow channel, making her thoughts grow strange as well.

Tan Xiang breathed heavily, her blushing face filled with despair. This final can of beer had undoubtedly pushed her to the edge of collapse. She did not know how much longer she could endure and could only look helplessly at Li Xuan, her eyes full of pleading. The pouring stream was her final support in despair. She stared without blinking at the thinning flow. Finally, the last drop of beer hung from the edge of the can, about to fall under the pull of gravity.

"It's finally over... Untie me, quickly!" Tan Xiang tensed her mind, as though she had seen the dawn at the end of despair.

However, Li Xuan had no intention of kindly letting her leave.

At the instant the final drop fell, Li Xuan stepped aside and used Mind Interference on Tan Xiang. "Tan Xiang, you don't need to hold it in anymore."