魔法少女?已经回不去了! 第20章

Alulu Saves Her Mother

While Xu Rou took Alulu racing all over the city, Li Xuan had already made an emergency teleportation to the Delusive Badlands and returned to his old trade: construction work.

He had the privilege of controlling this space and could edit its structure outside of battle. First, he used floating matter to create a patch of ground, then built a twelve-story tower on it, placing monsters from weak to strong on each floor. He then summoned Qi Mo and Wu Yan through a mental channel, explained the script to them, and had them each enter the stone tower as well.

Besides monsters, there naturally had to be rewards to motivate Alulu to work her way upward. However, all the rewards had been produced by the monsters under Li Xuan's command, so whether they would have side effects after use was difficult to say.

He would also add some surprises and twists to the final boss battle, letting the young Alulu experience the treachery of people's hearts.

Once everything was arranged, Li Xuan could no longer wait to see how his creation would run. He eagerly sent Xu Rou a signal to bring Alulu over, then opened a portal nearby.

"Big sis, big sis, how much farther do we have to run?!" Alulu panted as she followed behind Xu Rou. Though they were flying, simply maintaining balance consumed energy. The two had already been wandering through the city at night for over an hour, which was clearly no small burden for Alulu, whose magic was still weak.

"Almost there, almost there. Look, it's right ahead!"

Having received Li Xuan's instructions, Xu Rou looked around, then suddenly turned and pointed at a pitch-black opening in a nearby wall.

"Huh? That door is giving off an ominous aura. Isn't it a trap?" Alulu asked worriedly.

"Of course it feels ominous, because that's the entrance to the enemy's lair. While the enemy is weak, we'll charge in and save your mother!" With that, Xu Rou took the lead and rushed inside.

Alulu was still hesitant, but at the thought of her mother being inside, she could only steel herself and follow.

Beyond the dark portal lay a dim world where sky and earth could not be distinguished. The ground beneath her feet seemed to float in the void. On that desolate land stood nothing but a single tall tower.

"Hehehe, I never thought you'd chase me all the way here. Are you tired of living?" Li Xuan emerged from behind the tower, waving more than a dozen tentacles.

"Damn it, he's here too. Little sister, I'll hold this demon back. Take this chance to rush into that tower! Your mother is being hidden in there, and the power to defeat the demon is hidden there too!" Xu Rou shouted, pointing at the stone tower's entrance.

"Damn it, you figured out my secret too? You'll never get inside in your entire lives!" Li Xuan said in a panic as he guarded the entrance.

"Demon, I'll use your skull as a bowl!" Without giving Alulu much time to react, Xu Rou charged forward, swinging her giant axe in an exaggerated pose.

"Huh? I'm supposed to go in?" Alulu looked at the towering stone tower, worry appearing on her face.

"Don't mind me, brave girl! Go create a miracle!" Xu Rou desperately shoved Li Xuan away from the entrance, fighting him with her giant axe while still turning back to shout righteously.

"Big sis, hold on! I'll definitely come back and save you!" Seeing that she could hesitate no longer, Alulu could only clutch her crystal ball and rush into the stone tower.

"Demon, as long as I'm here, don't think you can stop Miss Alulu!" Xu Rou continued wildly swinging her giant axe at Li Xuan's tentacles, looking thoroughly engrossed in the act.

"Alright, alright, stop getting so into the role. She's already gone in, you know~" Li Xuan hooked Xu Rou's foot with a tentacle and tripped her straight into his arms.

"Master is so mean, always making me play the role of someone who tricks innocent little girls," Xu Rou complained.

"Weren't you having plenty of fun with it too? Come on, let's hide in the secret room at the top of the tower. We can watch a good show from there." Li Xuan wrapped an arm around Xu Rou and flew to the top of the tower, taking a seat in the audience area he had arranged in advance. Since there was only one seat, Xu Rou naturally sat on Li Xuan's lap, until the soft seat became a hard seat, and the hard seat became an outlet.

By then, Alulu had already entered the stone tower. Its interior was incredibly empty, with simple, rough lines, as though some modeler had spent five minutes making a shoddy test asset. Yet several Slimes really were bouncing around in the center of the tower, while a girl in a dark gold cake dress was tied to a nearby stone pillar—though compared with Alulu's age, she should have been called big sister.

"Save me! Please, save me!" The tied-up big sister immediately cried for help upon seeing Alulu.

"Don't be afraid! I'll help you!" Alulu hurriedly fired a beam of starlight from her crystal ball, blasting the clustered Slimes to pieces, then rushed over to untie the big sister.

"Thank you for helping me. Otherwise, I don't know how much longer I would have been trapped. Oh, right, my name is Qi Mo. What's yours?" The big sister stretched her sore, numb limbs and looked gratefully at Alulu.

"My name is Alulu. Are you a fallen magical girl too?" Alulu asked.

"That's right, but how did you know?"

Alulu then roughly explained how she had come here searching for her mother. When Qi Mo heard this, she immediately grasped Alulu's hands. "What a noble goal! The power that demon fears is hidden on the top floor. Let me help you get there! After I regained consciousness, I was tied up by monsters, so I'm still weak, but I can still use some simple support magic to assist you."

Alulu was isolated and helpless, so she was happy to have a companion. She immediately agreed and brought Qi Mo with her up the spiral staircase to the second floor.

The monsters on the second floor were still Slimes, but Alulu had fired three consecutive shots of starlight today, and her weak magic had long since run dry. Fortunately, Slimes were very weak monsters. She rushed forward with her staff, smashing and stabbing until she finally destroyed them all, though plenty of sticky fluid splashed onto her body.

[Challenge completed. Time used: 4 minutes 28 seconds]

[Reward: 1 Vitality Potion]

[Reward item: Sword in the Stone]

[Sensitivity Level: LV1]

A lively female voice came from overhead. At the same time, a hidden little room opened, containing a bottle of potion and a sword embedded in stone nearby.

"Who was that voice... and what the heck is Sensitivity Level? What are these potions and weapons supposed to be?" Alulu froze for a moment, completely unable to understand why such strange things were happening.

Qi Mo naturally recognized the voice as Wu Yan's. Thinking that Wu Yan only needed to remain at the top of the tower and announce messages according to their master's instructions, while she herself had to accompany the little girl in front of her through the entire ordeal, she could not help feeling resentful. Still, she dutifully explained, "They're dungeon-clearance rewards. You get rewards for defeating monsters. Isn't that common sense?"

"Huh? That's common sense in games, right? This is enemy territory, so why would they thoughtfully arrange supplies for me?" Alulu asked Qi Mo in confusion.

"Don't worry. Your mother is waiting for you upstairs, isn't she? You need to recover your strength quickly and go save her!" Qi Mo urged.

At that moment, Lilika's wailing seemed to drift down from the top of the tower. Hearing her mother's voice, Alulu's mind immediately fell into turmoil. She no longer had time to think, hurriedly drank the potion, pulled the Sword in the Stone free, and rushed up to the third floor.

Sensitivity Level UP! UP! UP!!

The monsters on the third floor were somewhat stronger, but Alulu's newly acquired sword was extremely sharp, so she passed through without trouble. Every floor after that became harder, but the reward potions became more numerous and increasingly powerful. There were not only potions to restore stamina and magic, but also ones to heal wounds and strengthen physical ability and magic. Whenever she encountered an enemy she truly could not defeat, Qi Mo would step in to save her, and they would return to the previous floor to recover before trying again.

With that help and her determination to save her mother, Alulu fought more bravely with every battle. Yet whenever she drank a potion, her Sensitivity Level would rise by one. At first, she did not think much of it, but when her Sensitivity Level reached LV10, she realized that being struck by monsters caused a faint sense of pleasure in her body.

It was not touching, not even contact. How could even rough attacks make her feel something?

Alulu began to fear the potions. Ignoring Qi Mo's advice, she insisted on ascending to the next floor without drinking one after clearing the sixth floor. However, she was soon beaten badly by the monsters and nearly captured and humiliated.

After several failed attempts, Alulu could only drink the potion, and her Sensitivity Level immediately shot up to LV20.

This time, her heightened sensitivity began affecting her movements. Whether she swung her sword or felt the recoil of striking a monster, her body experienced a sensation like an electric shock. It was becoming difficult for Alulu, who was in the midst of puberty, to endure, and restless agitation gradually stirred within her.

On the ninth floor, at Sensitivity Level 31, Alulu's skin began reacting to the friction of her clothes.

On the tenth floor, at Sensitivity Level 45, even the movement of air around her brought her a little pleasure.

On the eleventh floor, at Sensitivity Level 67, Alulu could no longer move normally. Even the friction caused by swinging her sword once brought overwhelming stimulation, and the worst part was that she still had to endure it as she killed the monsters before her one sword stroke at a time.

When the final monster fell, Alulu had overflowed so badly that the stone floor was washed glossy as though it had been waxed. She could even hear liquid dripping down the stone steps to the floor below.

The thought that she herself had caused that dripping sound filled Alulu with unbearable shame. Although she came from the Ice Sea Kingdom, where attitudes toward sex were relatively open, she had grown up being educated in the more conservative local culture. Nor had she had the opportunity to encounter improper enlightenment materials at her aristocratic school. Naturally, she could not accept herself constantly dripping like clothing that had not been wrung dry.

The reward chamber had opened. Inside were six large potions of different colors, as well as a black one-piece school swimsuit.

By now, Alulu was showing signs of dehydration. She knew perfectly well that she could never defeat the monsters on the next floor without those potions, so she could only force herself to step forward and gulp them all down.

[Challenge completed. Time used: 39 minutes 47 seconds]

[Reward: 1 Advanced Vitality Potion, 1 Advanced Life Potion...]

[Reward item: Hero's Armor]

[Sensitivity Level: 99]

The notification sounded from overhead again. This time, it seemed much closer, and she could even vaguely hear echoes from the dome.

"Looks like the next floor is the end. The secret to defeating Master... ah, no, defeating the demon, and your mother are both hidden there! Hurry and put on this hero's armor. Go save the world!" Qi Mo pulled out her phone behind Alulu and recited the lines Li Xuan had written with feeling.

"But... this outfit looks kind of disgusting." Alulu cautiously pinched the black one-piece swimsuit between the tips of her thumb and index finger, apparently trying to minimize the area of contact between it and her body. She could clearly see that its lining seemed to be covered with tiny fleshy buds, which wriggled constantly while secreting sticky fluid. If that thing touched her body directly...

"What are you hesitating for? Only the chosen one can wear this Hero's Armor. It can bring out your potential to the fullest! Wear it directly against your skin so you can have enough strength to save your mother!" Qi Mo urged from beside her.

"Huh? I have to wear it against my skin? No matter what, that's too..." Alulu looked at Qi Mo helplessly. The Hero's Armor before her was far too tasteless. One look was enough to tell it was not anything good. And setting that aside, her Sensitivity Level had already reached LV99. Simply standing still required tremendous willpower. If she put on those clothes and was constantly stimulated from every direction by the fleshy buds inside...

Alulu did not even dare imagine what she would become.

However, at that moment, her mother's hysterical screams suddenly rang out overhead.

"Ahhh!!! I'm dying, I'm dying! It's too big, I really can't take it... I'm really going to die! Ah!"

That was followed by the sound of spraying liquid and a man's wicked laughter. Alulu's heart jolted. The monsters upstairs had to be tormenting her mother with unimaginably cruel methods, to make her cry out in such pain. Compared with her mother's suffering, what did her own suffering matter?

With that thought, Alulu resolutely removed all her clothes and put on the Hero's Armor that could make her stronger.

Then she collapsed unconscious on the spot.

The tentacles inside the Hero's Armor were even more formidable than she had imagined. They sucked and massaged Alulu's body like octopuses, making the violent rises and falls visible even through the clothing. Naturally, that sucking included places where a single touch could send her soaring. Even an ordinary woman could not endure such intense stimulation from every direction, much less Alulu, whose Sensitivity Level had already been maxed out.

The overwhelming pleasure made her faint on the spot. During the time she was unconscious, she had a long dream. She dreamed she was in hell, wrapped in countless tentacles and subjected to every kind of humiliation twenty-four hours a day without rest. When she woke, Alulu found herself lying in a pool of water, with Qi Mo standing beside her in anxious concern.

"You're finally awake. I replenished some of your fluids. Please continue to challenge the next floor! The decisive battle is next. May victory be yours!" Qi Mo said, clenching her fist in encouragement.

"Alright, I'll go up now." Alulu used the tip of her sword to support herself as she struggled to stand. After one climax after another, her mind was already blurred, and only sheer determination kept her moving forward. Fortunately, the tentacles in her clothing seemed to have settled down slightly. That close, clinging sensation even gave her a sense of security.

"Mom, please hold on a little longer. Your daughter will definitely save you!" Alulu gritted her teeth, using her sword as a cane as she climbed the stairs step by step with her hypersensitive body.

"Finally... I've finally reached this place. No matter what kind of enemy awaits me, Alulu will defeat it for you to see!" Wearing the Hero's Armor and wielding the holy sword of a hero, Alulu stood on the top floor of the stone tower, her body and heart both prepared for battle.

Yet what greeted her was not the powerful monster she had imagined. In the center of the empty hall stood only a... television?

The Clear Reward Is 0721?

Alulu instinctively turned around to ask Qi Mo, but Qi Mo had vanished without a trace at some point. Even the passage Alulu had just used to come up had been sealed by a massive boulder.

Was this a trap?

No matter what, the television before her seemed to be her only clue. Alulu decided to investigate it.

She cautiously approached the television. Its black screen was like a dark mirror, reflecting her shameful outfit and her body's honest reaction.

Alulu did not want to see herself like that. Instinctively, she wanted to flee, but at that moment, the screen suddenly lit up. The white light filling the display almost made her think some two-character mobile game had started up.

Yet what began was not the game she had imagined, but footage of her own mother.

Accompanied by wails that could not be identified as pleasure or pain, a pre-recorded high-definition uncensored video began playing on the screen. Alulu stared in shock as her dignified, elegant mother wildly twisted her body in the recording, accommodating the man pretending to be her teacher.

"Ahhh!!! I'm dying, I'm dying! It's too big, I really can't take it... I'm really going to die! Ah!"

Lilika screamed hysterically in the video. Her shrill voice echoed endlessly between the stone walls, dealing ten thousand points of critical damage to Alulu's young heart. She could not imagine a woman becoming so crazed, assuming such twisted poses, and making such shameless sounds.

"No, this isn't real! It isn't real!" Alulu's eyes widened as she dropped to her knees with a thud.

Her mother was not here at all. There was no item capable of defeating monsters here either. All that existed was a video of her mother being humiliated by monsters!

Alulu could not accept such an ending. In agony, she fell to the ground, her obsession shattered like Bi Gan realizing that a person could not live without a heart. The tentacles, struck by the intense emotional impact, began wriggling inside her clothing as well. Lubricating fluid spilled from the edges of the suit in stream after stream, slowly flowing forward along the seam between her body and the floor. It gathered at Alulu's outstretched fingertips, then continued onward until it reached the television.

"Snow falls softly~ the north wind blows~" Li Xuan opened the hidden stone door to the audience area. As he provided music for Alulu's current mood, he emerged with an arm around the three magical girls who had contributed to the performance.

"So it was all a lie? Sister Xu Rou, Sister Qi Mo... was all of this just an act?" Seeing the four appear together, Alulu immediately understood everything, and her last remaining hope was extinguished.

She had thought that if she just tried a little harder, she could achieve salvation. Yet the truth before her told her that every effort she had made had been useless. The road had reached its end. No matter how she struggled, it could not stretch any farther.

"I'm sorry, Alulu..." Qi Mo seemed to have some psychological trauma from this sort of thing. Her expression was full of guilt as she spoke, completely unlike Xu Rou, who felt no burden at all.

"I said I wanted to play this NPC, but Master insisted my acting was bad and would only let me be the narrator," Wu Yan complained.

"Alright, Alulu, I can tell you now. The potions you drank all contained trace amounts of computer parts infused with Fallen Blood. They won't turn you completely into a monster, but they will raise your Sensitivity Level to the extreme. Together with that outfit, you're already nearly at your limit, right? Since you can't escape anyway, you can let yourself go without restraint now." Li Xuan burst into laughter after saying that, opened a portal, and left the stone tower with the three magical girls.

"Sorry, Mom. I couldn't save you." Tears streaming down her face, Alulu turned back to look at her mother on the screen. Through her blurred vision, she seemed to replace the woman on the display with herself. Her fingers began moving uncontrollably, and she even summoned her crystal ball and rode it in search of greater pleasure.

The thought that the sacred weapon bestowed upon her by the world was being used as a little toy filled her with guilt. Yet the spellcasting material in front of her was simply too useful. Alulu's guilt lasted only a few minutes before she could not help continuing. When the video reached its end and froze on Lilika's dazed expression, Alulu also reached the highest point of her life.

[Defeat CG unlocked: 0721 Play (I)]

[CG elements: 0721 & Despair & Tentacle Suit]

[Experience +1]

[Current Experience: 32/100]

The system notification immediately followed.

"Tch, why is it only one experience point? A D-rank magical girl gives way too little." Li Xuan complained briefly to his system bro, then instructed Qi Mo to stay behind and look after Alulu's daily life. He himself returned to the main world with the photos he had secretly taken.

At that moment, Lilika was frantically searching for her daughter. Alulu's phone showed that she was out of service range. Lilika had searched everywhere her daughter often went and called the homes of several close classmates. After eliminating every other possibility, she finally grew suspicious of that teacher whose actions had been so strange.

A home visit during summer vacation was obviously rather unreasonable, but because her daughter had acknowledged him, Lilika had not thought too much about it. Now, however, everything seemed abnormal. She had simply been too worried to consider those details.

With that thought, Lilika immediately called her daughter's homeroom teacher to verify it. The result was that there was no Teacher Li at all, nor did the school have any plans for summer home visits.

"Oh no, I got played for free!" Lilika was shocked and furious upon learning this. At that moment, she overlooked the fact that she herself had initiated the bodily connection. Instinctively, she summarized the situation as simply Li Xuan impersonating a teacher and using her daughter's studies as leverage to trick her into sleeping with him.

But why had her daughter acknowledged him as her teacher, and even admitted to stealing? Could it be that her daughter had borrowed money from someone to top up a game, then worked with outsiders to sell out her own mother?

No, no, that would be far too filial. Even Arthas probably could not do something like that. Alulu had always had good character. It was unlikely that she would do such a thing.

After dismissing that absurd possibility, Lilika quickly thought of her daughter's identity as a magical girl. An answer terrifyingly close to the truth immediately surfaced in her mind.

Her daughter might have had her mind controlled by monsters! That was why she had done something so ridiculous. If that deduction was correct, then her daughter's disappearance was most likely the monsters' doing as well!

Having figured this out, Lilika abandoned the idea of calling the police. She sat on a park bench and took out her phone, preparing to contact younger members of the Church for help. However, at that moment, the culprit behind everything suddenly appeared before her with a smile.

"Hello, ma'am. We meet again so soon. Now that you've put your clothes on, I almost don't recognize you," Li Xuan teased.

"Demon, what did you do to my daughter?!"

Enemies meeting made Lilika's eyes blaze with hatred. The soft golden hair that made her look like a doll even stood on end. Being used for free no longer mattered to her. In her heart, her daughter's safety was more important than the entire world.