Magical Girl? There's No Going Back Now!

Only then did Lilika remember that there was still a guest in the house. She hurriedly put on an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry you had to see that. I really haven't disciplined her well enough. I'm willing to compensate the victim double for their losses, and I can meet with them privately to apologize as well. But I think we shouldn't make a big deal out of this, should we? After all, this is her first offense. I think she deserves another chance. Teacher Li, you look like a good person. As long as you're willing to help us out, I can guarantee you won't be disappointed."

"Well..." Li Xuan put on a troubled expression.

"Sweetie, go play outside for a while. I need to talk to Teacher Li alone." Seeing this, Lilika assumed he was worried that the amount she had offered would not satisfy his appetite, so she coaxed Alulu outside. After all, it was somewhat inappropriate to discuss such matters in front of a child.

"Teacher Li, now that the child is gone, please be honest with me. How exactly does the school intend to handle this?" Lilika asked anxiously.

"This incident had an extremely negative impact, and the victim put a great deal of pressure on the school as well. So the school's opinion is... expulsion." As he spoke, Li Xuan lifted his cup and took a sip of coffee.

"Expulsion?! This... this... she's still so young. What will she do in the future?" Lilika's worry was plain to see. Alulu attended a private elite school. Being expelled would not only leave a stain on her record and deprive her of quality educational resources, but more importantly, she would lose many future connections. The impact on her life would be enormous. How could Lilika, who doted on her daughter, not be worried?

"Madam, to be honest, I also find it deeply regrettable. That is why I strongly suggested to the school that I conduct a home visit and make a decision based on the results of the interview. After all, I am this child's new homeroom teacher. I should bear some responsibility for her future." Li Xuan sighed and deliberately put on a worried expression.

"Does that mean your opinion will affect the school's final decision?" Lilika hurriedly asked, as though she had grasped a lifeline.

This Is All for My Daughter!

"That would be fair to say, but I also have to consider my own future..." Li Xuan looked troubled, as if he regretted letting something slip.

"Teacher Li, please, you must think of a way! She's still young. Her whole life can't be affected by something like this!" Lilika pleaded, taking Li Xuan's hand.

The little girl's hand, not long out of the bath, was soft and smooth, with a cool, silky feel that Li Xuan found quite pleasant. But he knew it was not yet time to enjoy himself, so he continued with a bitter expression. "Madam, it's not that I can't understand how you feel, but..."

"Teacher, as long as you're willing to help, I'll do anything," Lilika continued to plead.

"I'm sorry, but if you intend to bribe me with money, then forget it. I don't lack money, and I can't take yours." Li Xuan shook his head regretfully, while secretly applying Mind Interference to Lilika.

Mind Interference could not produce hypnosis-level effects on a Grade C magical girl, but influencing her thoughts was no problem. This time, Li Xuan's interference was simple: it infinitely magnified Lilika's long-suppressed desires, filling her mind with springtime thoughts.

"But..." Lilika had said that in preparation for him to name a price, yet he apparently did not care about money. In that case, she would have to find another way to satisfy him.

Lilika was not some ignorant little girl. From the moment he saw what he should not have seen when she opened the door, to the way his eyes still occasionally drifted toward her underdeveloped chest, she could tell that the man before her was very interested in her little-girl body. If sacrificing her looks could secure her daughter's future...

Lilika's heart fell into a brief struggle.

Come to think of it, because he had seen something he should not have at their very first meeting, Lilika had actually felt rather ashamed. Though she looked like a little girl, Lilika was, after all, a fully grown woman and naturally had corresponding needs. Now that they were alone in the room, Li Xuan's refined temperament and fresh, handsome looks were very much to Lilika's taste. For an adult who had suppressed herself for so long, it was difficult to have no thoughts at all.

I'm only doing this because I have no choice. It's not because I've gone without for too long, and it's not because I was moved by the sight of a young, handsome man.

Forgive me, husband! I'm not cheating on you. I'm only doing this for our daughter's future. If you were still alive, I'm sure you would agree, wouldn't you? Probably...

In any case, this is all for my daughter. It definitely isn't because I want pleasure for myself.

Lilika kept finding excuses for herself. The thought that had already existed within her was further magnified by Mind Interference until it became a genuine urge to act.

"Teacher Li, I want to know... what do you think of me?" Lilika finally made up her mind. She bit her lip and, with an awkward movement, pulled one of her dress straps down slightly, revealing half of her rounded shoulder.

"I think you're very beautiful. To be honest, I can't see any sign that you've had a child at all. When you stand beside your daughter, I'd believe you if you said you were her sister," Li Xuan flattered her.

Women liked compliments at any time, and Lilika was no exception. Thinking of what she was about to do, her little face reddened. She forced out a faint smile. "For certain reasons... my body has never been able to grow. If you don't mind, we can do something pleasant together..."

"You want to do it? Now? Here?" Li Xuan looked astonished, as if he had never imagined things would develop this way.

"Yes. Are you willing?" Lilika lowered her flushed face to look at her toes. Though she was already a mature woman and had long prepared herself to offer her body, this was still an extremely shameful matter, especially since she was the one proposing it.

"It would be my honor." Li Xuan had come for exactly this. How could he possibly let such a fine opportunity pass? He smiled easily, stood up, and placed a hand on Lilika's slender shoulder.

Lilika trembled all over. Mentally, she was still somewhat resistant, but her body, which had not touched a man's presence for many years, had already made preparations to accept him on its own.

Damn it, what's wrong with me? Since saying goodbye forever to that man, shouldn't my heart have turned to ashes? This was obviously only a task I had no choice but to undertake, so why did it still feel so intense? Could my attachment to love have been so shallow after all?

Bitterness welled up in Lilika's heart, yet her body had already gone limp beneath Li Xuan's hand and fallen onto the sofa.

Before stepping onto that already muddy path, Li Xuan turned her head so that her face faced him, allowing him to appreciate the complex expression on it.

It was an intricate expression combining sorrow, regret, anticipation, pleasure, and a sense of liberation she herself was unwilling to face. It was the result of her bitter, struggle-filled heart reflected upon her face. Such a marvelous expression appearing on a tender little girl's face was truly a strange experience.

Li Xuan was in no hurry to devour the food at his lips. He slowly toyed with the new buds that brought pleasure, ignoring the flooded river valley entirely. He admired Lilika's expression and slowly waited for the moment when her inner pain fermented to its peak, like an experienced chef controlling the heat of a soup.

Lilika did not receive what she desired, and this added another layer to her guilt. She had clearly felt regret before anything happened. She had clearly been given enough time to come to her senses. So why could her body still not summon even the thought of resistance?

Lilika began to hate her own body. It had to be this sinful body that was dragging down her noble spirit. Otherwise, how could she possibly try so hard to please a stranger she had only met for the first time?

No, this can't go on!

The face of her late husband appeared in Lilika's mind. It was a face she had nearly forgotten. More than a decade was enough to blur any countenance once etched into one's heart, yet time also sanctified and symbolized that longing. From a specific person, he had become an obsession within her heart.

A dead lover was perfect. The man pressing down on her now could never surpass her love for her late husband, no matter what. That was beyond question, and it could not be questioned. Otherwise, her whole world would collapse.

Which meant that she had to resist! Even if that resistance was futile!

"No... no, you can't go inside. Just rub against the outside. I absolutely can't betray my husband!" Lilika struggled to make her increasingly disobedient body move, lightly pushing at Li Xuan's chest. Yet the force was so weak that even she could no longer tell whether it counted as resistance or caressing.

Even worse, she happened to touch Li Xuan's firm chest muscles. That thick, hard sensation stirred a woman's innate yearning for strength, making her already limp arm grow even softer.

The Shame and Sorrow of a Magical Housewife

Although Lilika's resistance was so light that it seemed more like a welcome, Li Xuan still straightened up without hesitation, grabbed his clothes, and put them on as though he were about to leave.

"Huh? Why are you..." Lilika froze for a moment. What she had imagined was that, after a bout of futile resistance, she would half-push, half-accept the established fact. That way, she could preserve her inner chastity while also gaining physical benefits. She had never expected Li Xuan to have such self-control that he could simply get up and leave at such a critical moment.

"Madam, after thinking it over carefully, what we were about to do would not only sadden your husband in heaven, but also have immeasurable effects on your daughter. I know you do not truly wish to accept me. You were only forced into this for your daughter's education. I have already felt your sincerity, and I respect your wishes." Li Xuan stood up and put his hand on the doorknob. "Besides, you need not worry about your daughter's matter anymore. At most, I'll bear some responsibility myself. I will definitely persuade the school to lessen her punishment."

Hearing this righteous declaration, one even Jesus could not find fault with, Lilika stood there as if struck over the head. She was already flowing like a stream and burning like fire, teased to the very moment before reaching the peak. Yet the man before her cruelly stripped away every excuse she had, then elevated her resolve to remain chaste so high that it became untouchable, like a divine statue.

What could she say? Li Xuan had already agreed to help. Her excuse of doing it for her daughter's education was gone. Was a woman of her status supposed to beg the man before her to take her simply to satisfy a base instinct?

Am I really such a shameless bitch?

"Please wait, Teacher Li... don't leave yet!" Contrary to her thoughts, Lilika had already been driven by instinct to climb up and hug Li Xuan from behind. Her body, limp moments ago, suddenly found strength again.

This had all been within Li Xuan's expectations. Passive acceptance could still leave room for explanation, but a proactive invitation was unquestionably betrayal. The difference between the two seemed small, yet it was enough to shatter the fragile heart of a widow hanging by a thread.

Only by completely overturning her world could he make her useful to him. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, this was the tactic of letting someone go in order to capture them.

"Madam, please don't do this! I was only carried away just now. Please calm down. If word gets out, it won't do either of us any good!" Li Xuan said in a startled voice while keeping his aim perfectly steady, as though he had activated a recoil-free cheat.

"Help me. I've already begged you so shamelessly. Can you really remain unmoved?" Overwhelmed by lust, Lilika looked at Li Xuan with eyes full of yearning and hatred. She hated that his technique was so skillful that she was nearly overwhelmed by it; she hated even more that her body was so pathetic that, after only a few strokes, it had already flooded like a broken pipe. Even during the few steps from the sofa to the door, it left glistening traces on the ground along her legs.

Don't misunderstand. Those were tear stains, tears that had overflowed from the three tear glands all over Lilika's body because she missed her late husband so deeply.

"Madam, why do this? Don't you love your husband anymore?" As he spoke, Li Xuan lifted Lilika by her small rear and carried her before a mirror in the posture used to hold a child while helping them relieve themselves.

"Please don't say that. My love for him is etched into my bones. No one could ever replace him..." Lilika turned her face away, afraid to look at her disheveled expression.

"Then why betray him?"

"This isn't betrayal..."

"This is betrayal. For a moment of pleasure, you betrayed sacred love." As Li Xuan spoke, he deliberately leaned toward her left side, breathing hot air against the space between her delicate neck and ear, making Lilika shudder involuntarily.

Then, he gently licked Lilika's rounded earlobe with the tip of his tongue. Ears were a woman's humidifier; that saying was no mere joke. The instant Li Xuan's tongue touched her earlobe, Lilika felt as if a current had traveled from her ear through her entire body. The part responsible for passing on great genes secreted hot liquid, and her entire body turned soft and numb.

"Yes, you're right. This is betrayal." Lilika could no longer keep up her restraint. She collapsed weakly into Li Xuan's arms, wrapped her hands around his neck, and kept reaching up for kisses, while tears streamed endlessly from her eyes.

Lilika did not understand that the reason her body was reacting so intensely was precisely because of the sense of transgression brought about by her obsession and her constant denial of her own desires. The more she deified her dead husband in her heart, the more severely she condemned herself.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Xuan threw her onto the sofa. Whenever Lilika made even a slight attempt to resist, he would forcefully twist her aside. This rough treatment constantly reminded her that the man before her did not love her. He merely regarded her as a convenient and useful tool.

The tunnel that had lain silent as ashes for more than a decade finally welcomed its train once again. At that moment, Lilika understood that everything was over. The instant Li Xuan entered, she felt unprecedented satisfaction. It was a fullness her late husband had never given her. Her body, which had never grown, felt like a leather bag being stretched open. Even though she had prepared herself thoroughly, the swelling ache still brought a strange delight.

While her body ascended to heaven, Lilika's spirit seemed to fall into hell. She could not forgive her betrayal, much less forgive having her pride trampled beneath the man before her. He had controlled both her limits and her desires with perfect precision, until she had no choice but to abandon her dignity and restraint and actively beg for connection. For a woman of her lofty status, this was unbearable. Lilika cried while enjoying herself, and the tears from both ends were almost equally abundant.

This duet of heaven and hell brought her an extreme sense of contrast. The experience tore apart her soul and body, flesh and heart, making her yearning rise ever higher amid the guilt of betrayal.

As this performance approached its final note, Lilika's body stopped making unnecessary movements and instead stiffened. Both her legs stretched straight, every muscle in her body tensed, and then she began to tremble like a sieve. Li Xuan had not expected it to turn out this way either, and he found it highly interesting. He could not help making a few more efforts, forcibly prolonging Lilika's cruel experience until he, too, withdrew in satisfaction. Lilika's stiffness lasted for over a minute afterward.

Lilika felt as though she had died just now, and only after a long while did her soul return to her body. By the moment she lost consciousness, Li Xuan had already put on his pants and left, not even cleaning up the disastrous battlefield.

After resting for a long time, Lilika finally managed to get up, take a bath, change into clean clothes, clean the damp sofa, mop the floor, and spray a large amount of perfume to cover the strange smell lingering in the air. She had not wanted to do any of this, but her daughter would be back soon. If Alulu saw her like this, how could she ever face the world again?

However, after hurriedly tidying everything up, she still did not see her precious daughter return. As the sky gradually darkened, Lilika's heart rose into her throat. Could something have happened to that child outside?

Alulu's Adventure

Alulu, who had been sent out by her mother to play, unsurprisingly ran into an accident.

After leaving home, Alulu followed her mother's instructions and played in the small park near their house. When Li Xuan emerged after finishing his business, he lifted the hypnosis effect on her. At the same time, he summoned Xu Rou through their consciousness and sent her the upcoming "script" by text message.

Next, it was time to enjoy the wonderful performance.

The moment the hypnosis was lifted, Alulu immediately sensed that something was wrong—she had stolen something? Teacher Li was coming for a home visit? Where had these strange thoughts come from?

Though she was still young, Alulu belatedly realized that her unnatural memories had likely been interfered with somehow. She did not know whether it had been a monster or something else, but one thing was obvious: she had led a bad person into her home and even told her mother that he was her teacher!

Thinking of how her mother had said she wanted to "talk to Teacher Li alone," Alulu panicked. Her mother was with a dangerous person! She needed Alulu's protection now!

"World! In the name of love and hope, grant me strength!"

Without hesitation, Alulu transformed. After transforming, she wore a golden crown set with a blue gemstone. Her upper body was clad in a white top and a flowing cape, while her lower body wore a royal-blue short skirt trimmed in gold. On her feet were blue, gold-trimmed ankle boots, with a stretch of pale leg exposed between the skirt and the tops of the boots.

A hexagram-shaped badge transformed into a crystal ball floating in the air. The crystal ball was roughly the size of a fist and orbited Alulu like a satellite.

"Mom! Wait for me, I'm coming to save you!" After transforming, Alulu cautiously floated into the air and flew toward her home.

But just then, a thin black membrane suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked her path.

Alulu was startled. She had not been a magical girl for long, and her control over magic was still immature. She had no ability to slow down while flying at high speed, so she crashed straight into it.

"Ah!" Alulu cried out and fell straight from the sky. Fortunately, she remained calm. As she neared the ground, she released a burst of magical force downward, canceling the force of her fall and landing steadily.

"Not bad. Your 'teacher' is very pleased." Li Xuan appeared before Alulu with a smile.

"Teacher? You're the big bad guy who tricked me!" Alulu froze for a moment. Although cognitive obstruction protected her, since the other party had mentioned the word "teacher," he was clearly the liar she had met earlier today! And judging from the Evil Energy radiating from him, he was a monster!

"Monster! What did you do to Mom?!" Alulu bravely stepped forward, but she was terrified inside. The Evil Energy emanating from him seemed far beyond her own. Since gaining her powers, she had only transformed a few times, and every enemy she had fought had been low-level monsters like Slimes that barely resisted. She had never encountered a monster that could speak.

"Nothing much. We just did some things children shouldn't know about." Li Xuan gave a wicked smile.

"You bad man, I'll fight you! Meteor!" Alulu charged forward angrily. The crystal ball fired a star with a dazzling trailing effect toward Li Xuan.

Li Xuan made no effort to dodge or defend. The star struck him directly, blasting apart the surrounding ground and raising a cloud of smoke where he stood.

"I did it! Mom, I'm coming to save you!" Alulu was overjoyed. The magical Meteor she had just fired in extreme anger had clearly surpassed any spell she had used before. Surely the monster before her could not withstand it. Evil truly could not defeat justice!

The next second, the smoke cleared. Li Xuan stood unharmed in the same spot, not even having moved a single step.

"That's it? That's it? Is that all the strength you magical girls have?" Li Xuan mocked after taking a magical blast to the face.

His Evil Energy had now reached Grade C+. Against the attack of Grade D cannon fodder, he did not even need to defend himself. This was the first time he had faced a magical girl with absolute strength. Having previously needed all kinds of methods because he could not win head-on, he finally got to enjoy the thrill of level suppression.

"My strongest magic... did nothing?" Alulu was shocked, but Li Xuan gave her no time to process that shock. Several tentacles shot toward her at astonishing speed. Alulu hurriedly fired another beam of starlight, but it only slightly slowed one of the tentacles. The others were about to touch her body!

I can't beat him... I can't win against an opponent like this, no matter what!

Alulu closed her eyes in despair.

"Monster, don't get cocky!"

Just as she fell into despair, a sharp shout rang out. Alulu heard a series of thuds, as though something was falling to the ground.

She curiously opened her eyes and saw that an imposing older sister had appeared beside her at some point. Holding a huge axe, she slashed the tentacles down one after another. The thudding sounds had been the tentacles hitting the ground.

"Xu Rou? Did you break free from the brainwashing? Damn it, I should have completely transformed you when I had the chance!" Li Xuan said in shock and anger.

"It's too late for regrets now! Die! Moonlight!" Xu Rou raised her huge axe high. A black radiance poured down from the moon's position, engulfing Li Xuan.

"Ahhhhh! Just you wait, I'll be back!" Li Xuan wailed in pain, abandoning the broken tentacles scattered across the ground as he fled the scene.

"Don't run! Give Mom back!" Alulu was about to give chase when Xu Rou stopped her.

"Little sister, don't chase him. That guy is full of tricks. He must have laid traps along his escape route," Xu Rou advised.

"Big sister, thank you for saving me, but Mom is still..." Alulu said anxiously.

"Your mother is currently imprisoned by that monster in his territory. I can take you to save her, but it will be very dangerous. Are you afraid?" Xu Rou asked with a serious expression.

"I'm not afraid! As long as I can save Mom, I'll do anything!" Alulu said resolutely.

"Girls shouldn't say things like that so easily. Don't worry, big sister will do her best to support you too." Xu Rou smiled gently.

"But, big sister, how do you know so much? Wait, the aura around you..." Alulu cautiously backed away several steps. She had already sensed the monster aura emanating from Xu Rou.

"Sigh, I suppose I can only tell you. Big sister was once captured and brainwashed by that monster, and my body was transformed into that of a monster too. But I broke free from the brainwashing through my own will. Now I've decided to do something to make up for my past mistakes. If you doubt me, that's only natural. I won't demand that you believe me." After emotionally reciting the lines Li Xuan had given her, Xu Rou sighed deeply and turned her back to Alulu so she would not see the smile she could not hide.

"Big sister... I'm sorry. I didn't know you had gone through something like that. I won't doubt you. Please take me to find Mom!" Alulu said firmly.

"I'm so glad you're willing to trust me. Let's go now! I'll take you to find your mother!" Xu Rou said happily, taking Alulu's hand and leading her through the city.

There are still more good people in the world after all! Alulu thought with relief.