The Defeated Valkyrie
"Rest assured, she's safe now. Very, very safe—so safe that even if you searched the entire world, you wouldn't find her." Li Xuan still smiled calmly, like a gentle and refined scholar.
"You'll pay for this..." Lilika's entire body trembled. She did not know of the Delusive Badlands and assumed Li Xuan was implying that Alulu had already been killed. Fury immediately filled her chest. She took out a heart-shaped badge and transformed without hesitation.
A flash of golden light streaked past, and a valiant warrior appeared before Li Xuan. She wore a winged golden helmet, a silver battle robe with slightly tattered edges, and sleek, heroic armor. Golden boots set with jewels adorned her feet. The badge split in two, becoming a sword in her left hand and a shield in her right. She stood with the elegance and majesty of a Valkyrie. Though her body was small, she stood between heaven and earth with an aura that looked down upon all others.
"That outfit looks pretty nice. Very shiny," Li Xuan praised sincerely.
"It'll shine even brighter once it's covered in your blood. Take this—Eclipse!!" Lilika raised her shield high, and a dim yellow halo immediately appeared around Li Xuan.
[Negative effect received: Eclipse] [Movement speed decreased, physical defense greatly decreased]
The system issued its prompt at that moment, and Li Xuan could clearly feel his movements slowing. It was his first time encountering such a move. A former Grade A magical girl truly lived up to her reputation.
"Holy Strike!" Lilika shouted next. Her longsword immediately radiated holy light. The powerful energy gathered on it made it obvious that some sort of enchantment had been applied. Taking that attack with his defense greatly reduced would clearly be quite dangerous.
"Monster, die!" Carried by towering rage, Lilika swooped down like an eagle and slashed at Li Xuan.
"Fallen Blood, use 200 milliliters." Prepared in advance, Li Xuan created a shelled monster in front of himself. Holy Strike's power was indeed astonishing; it shattered the monster in a single hit. However, the energy gathered on the sword also dissipated, no longer posing a threat to Li Xuan.
"Damn it, I'll fight you to the death!" Lilika still refused to give up and charged forward.
More than a decade had passed. Her age and mindset were no longer suited to being a magical girl, but some remnants of her formidable foundation from back then remained. Those remnants alone were enough to give her Grade C magical power. Because of the difference in experience, the combat strength she could actually display even surpassed that of an ordinary Grade C magical girl. Meanwhile, Li Xuan's Evil Energy was only Grade C+. If they fought directly, the outcome was still uncertain.
However, Li Xuan did not fight her head-on at all. He simply kept his distance and used Fallen Blood to summon monsters that drained her magical power and stamina.
"Monsters... give me back my daughter's life!" Lilika had been overwhelmed by rage and no longer had the leisure to consider tactics. She only wanted to take Li Xuan's life. Several times, she broke through the monsters' blockade and charged directly before him, but Li Xuan's own strength was no joke. Even when Lilika gave everything she had, she could only cut off a few of his tentacles.
As time passed, Lilika gradually became exhausted, and her magical power had long since run dry. Forget launching a proper attack—even swinging her sword had become difficult.
In truth, even if Lilika instantly regained the strength of her prime, she would still be completely unable to threaten Li Xuan now. He had already taken photos of Alulu in the stone chamber and could use them to threaten this adorable loli mother whenever he wished. The only reason he did not reveal it immediately was that he wanted to use this opportunity to completely crush her proud attitude and collect the system rewards he was due.
"Your turn should be over, right? Now it's my turn." Li Xuan grinned viciously, twisting several thin tentacles together into a whip before lashing it hard across Lilika's body.
With a sharp crack, the whip struck Lilika's tender shoulder, which was not covered by armor, leaving a red mark. With Li Xuan's current Evil Energy, he could create a sonic boom without using any special technique. Though the tentacles were soft, being struck at such speed still caused intense pain.
The clothes magical girls wore after transforming were made of magical power. Lilika's magical power had already been depleted, so her armor naturally no longer possessed its initial defensive strength.
As the whip continued to strike, it gradually shattered. Forget blocking attacks—even the most basic concealment became impossible. Fortunately, it was nighttime, and due to Cognitive Obstruction, no one could notice what was happening here. Otherwise, merely having her clothes burst apart in public would have been enough to make Lilika die of shame.
Li Xuan used his tentacles to seize Lilika's limbs, and the whip struck her body again and again. Lilika refused to cry out before her enemy and could only grit her teeth and endure silently.
If it had merely been humiliation on this level, that would have been one thing. But the force behind every strike was precisely measured, causing her burning pain without leaving any wounds behind.
The repeated pain caused her brain to continuously secrete painkilling hormones. While greatly reducing the sensation of pain, they also gave her faint traces of pleasure.
When had the noble Lilika ever been whipped like this? Naturally, she had no idea that the human body possessed such a strange mechanism. She was only startled to realize that she had begun to feel something from the whipping.
Was I born with this kind of inclination? Or had my body already submitted to him after that close contact with the monster before me?
Noticing that she had adapted to the pain, Li Xuan immediately activated Mental Domination and planted the suggestion of heightened pain in Lilika's mind. The sudden surge of agony made Lilika howl again. To escape the pain, she instinctively began struggling, only to be ruthlessly pinned in place by the tentacles coiled around her limbs.
As the number of lashes increased, Lilika gradually lost consciousness from the burning pain. Under the effects of Mind Interference, her brain secreted more and more painkilling hormones. At last, amid the intertwining of pain and pleasure, she experienced something like heaven.
[Defeat CG unlocked: Whipping Play (I)] [CG elements: Whipping & Tentacles & Pain Conversion] [Experience +3] [Current experience: 35/100]
Seeing that the CG had been unlocked, Li Xuan stopped. He stepped forward, gently lifted Lilika's chin, and said, "Madam, you were too hasty. Your daughter is still alive. If you had really killed me just now, she would never have been able to return."
"My daughter... is alive?" A glimmer of hope immediately appeared in Lilika's previously unfocused eyes.
"That's right. I'll show you proof right now." Li Xuan released her left hand, took out several photographs, and placed them in her hand.
Ignoring the numbness in her arms, Lilika hurriedly raised the photos and looked through them.
The contents of the photos were largely the same. They all showed her precious daughter imprisoned in a stone chamber, wearing tentacle clothing and wildly masturbating. The photographs were taken from different angles, and the lighting was completely natural. They were clearly not forgeries.
Her daughter was alive.
Having confirmed this, Lilika let out a long breath. Her tense expression finally relaxed.
But upon closer examination of the photos, her daughter seemed to be masturbating in front of a monitor. From certain angles, Lilika could see that the monitor appeared to be playing a video of herself and Li Xuan having close contact. In other words, the material her daughter was using was actually her?
Lilika's relieved heart immediately leapt back into her throat. This child... doesn't have a mother complex, does she?
Madam, You Wouldn't Want To...
"Madam, before we discuss the terms of our deal, shall I apply some medicine to your wounds?" As Li Xuan spoke, he extended his hand and carefully inspected the whip marks on Lilika's body.
"No need. Just state your demands." Lilika instinctively raised her free left hand to block him, only to accidentally touch a whip mark on her forearm.
The stabbing pain made Lilika's lips twitch, but she still endured it without making a sound. She was the kind of woman who yielded to kindness but not force. Although she could lower her proud head for her daughter's safety, she did not want the monster to see her vulnerable side.
"Madam, the whip marks may be light, but if they aren't properly treated, they could still leave scars."
Li Xuan tried using the gentle tone that anime male protagonists used to conquer everything.
"No need. Besides, weren't these whip marks inflicted by you?" Lilika nearly laughed from anger. If Li Xuan truly cared about her, what had he been thinking when he whipped her just now?
"Madam, you wouldn't want that whipping to be inflicted on your daughter, would you? Though if that happened, you two would be sharing hardship and happiness together." Seeing that gentleness was useless, Li Xuan could only return to the face of a villain.
"No! As long as... as long as you don't hurt my daughter, I'm willing to do anything." Lilika immediately panicked. Li Xuan's suddenly cold tone reminded her of the position she was in. If she angered him with a careless remark, the one who would suffer would be her beloved daughter.
"Really? You're willing to do anything?" A smug smile rose at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.
"Anything. If you want my body, then use it as you please. Anyway, I'm already old and faded. I imagine you'll grow tired of me soon enough." Lilika had now completely abandoned her reserve and pride, begging Li Xuan in the humblest tone not to hurt her daughter. Seeing her shattered battle robe fluttering in the wind, Li Xuan felt a little reluctant as well.
"How could that be, Madam? You look even younger than your daughter. I wouldn't get tired of you no matter how long I played with you." Without giving her a choice, Li Xuan lifted Lilika's petite loli body in a princess carry. Lilika had not been held like that in who knew how many years, and she could not help feeling intensely shy. Yet she did not want Li Xuan to notice, so she could only turn her face away. Instead, it looked as though she was burrowing into his embrace.
Li Xuan noticed her thoughts but did not expose them. He merely quickened his pace and made his way to her home.
From Lilika's wine cabinet, Li Xuan chose the bottle of red wine that looked the most expensive. Mixing it with a tiny amount of Fallen Blood, he carefully applied it to every inch of skin on her body.
Being treated like that by a man she had only met twice filled Lilika with extreme shame. However, she feared angering him and causing her daughter to suffer, so she never dared make any move to resist.
The medicine worked quickly. Lilika had not actually suffered any injuries, and the pain she felt had merely been an illusion caused by Mind Interference. After the alcohol stimulated her circulation and Fallen Blood healed her, her body returned to normal before long. Her skin was even fairer and more delicate than before.
"Now let's discuss the terms. The place where your daughter is being held is somewhere only I can freely enter and leave. If I die, then your daughter will never have another chance to come out. I have already prepared many monsters there. If you don't care, then with a single thought, I can have them taste your daughter's adorable body one by one. I hope you consider my terms with a full understanding of this." As Li Xuan spoke, he took out another photo of Breeding Uncle and tossed it to Lilika.
Lilika took the photo. When she saw such an ugly monster, her face turned green. At the thought of that hideous thing possibly entering her daughter's body, panic surged through her heart. Her expression completely changed from that of a fearless Valkyrie back into that of a young mother worried for her daughter's safety.
"Don't worry. Your daughter is safe for now. I haven't let any monsters touch her, and I even arranged for people to take care of her daily needs." Li Xuan placed particular emphasis on the words "for now." Someone as intelligent as Lilika naturally understood what he meant.
"Sir, there's no need to pressure me further. I have completely surrendered now. Tell me what you need me to do. Whether you want my property or me myself, I will willingly give it to you." Lilika stared at the man before her and let out a helpless sigh.
"Ms. Lilika, my request is very simple. I hope you can return to the Church and provide me with some necessary intelligence." Once he was certain that the legal loli before him had completely lost her proud spirit, Li Xuan finally revealed his purpose.
"Before we discuss that, can I put my clothes back on first?"
"No. Looking at you puts me in a good mood," Li Xuan said bluntly.
"All right, I accept your terms. But I've been retired for many years, so it may be difficult for me to reach the higher-ups." Lilika could only use her arms and legs to cover herself, making her sitting posture extremely stiff. Yet that reserved and helpless air was more enticing than openly displaying her body.
"Hm? Why did you agree so smoothly? No hesitation caused by a guilty conscience or anything?" Li Xuan asked in surprise.
To force Lilika into submission, Li Xuan had not only captured her daughter, but repeatedly emphasized the consequences of defying him. He had even used whipping to shatter her proud bearing. He made all those preparations because he feared that she would rather die than betray the Church. But now, it seemed that he had worried too much?
"Of course I feel guilty. To me, the Church is not only the organization I once served, but also a place where many of my comrades and I spent time together. But at my age, my daughter is more important than anything else. I can only put those feelings of shame aside for now."
Lilika smiled helplessly, and the glow of maternal love bloomed once more on her tender face. That captivating contrast almost made Li Xuan become Cao Cao again. Fortunately, he had already communicated thoroughly and deeply with the three little ones in the Stone Tower, so he could still keep himself under control.
"I don't need intelligence from the very highest level. You only need to go to the Flower River City branch and help me learn what measures they are taking against Clear Lotus City. To be honest, the Church learned of my existence through the Oracle Machine and even sent people to subjugate me. That's why I need intelligence to protect myself."
Seeing from Lilika's attitude that she no longer had any intention of resisting him, Li Xuan honestly revealed his purpose.
"No problem. I have a few old friends in Flower River City. It won't be difficult to greet them and get inside to do some work. But it really isn't easy to be noticed by the Oracle Machine. That thing generally only responds to Grade A or higher monsters. Throughout my entire career, I only received instructions from the Oracle Machine a few times." Lilika agreed.
"Speaking of which, how much do you know about the Oracle Machine?" Li Xuan asked curiously.
"Very little. It is something controlled by Prayer Type magical girls. I've heard that every city branch has only one terminal. Even I have never seen the real thing, but it is said that the Oracle Machine's instructions come directly from the world itself. It is the foundation of the Church's existence and the guideline for its actions. As long as the Oracle Machine issues an order, the Church will carry it out no matter what." Lilika explained.
"I've really gotten myself into serious trouble..." After hearing Lilika's words, Li Xuan felt a headache coming on. If what she said was true, then the world itself was his enemy. Wouldn't that make him and the Church mortal enemies? The Church had influence all over the world, so he truly had nowhere to run.
"Sir, since you intend for this to be a long-term partnership, could you tell me what I should call you?" Lilika suddenly asked.
"Me? Just call me... Brother Xuan." Naturally, Li Xuan would not tell an uncorrupted magical girl his real name, so he casually made up an alias.
"Brother Xuan, I've accepted your terms. Could I ask you to hear my request as well?" Lilika no longer dared put on airs. Even when making a request, she tried to use as humble a tone as possible. She even added an affectionate, coquettish repetition to the name Li Xuan had given.
Are Magical Girls' Feet Food-Grade Too?
"I know what you want to say." Li Xuan had long anticipated the thoughts of this loli widow, and he immediately laid out his terms.
"Your daughter will temporarily live with me during summer vacation. I will guarantee her safety and provide for her food and clothing. You may write her one letter every week. If you provide valuable intelligence, I can increase the frequency of your correspondence and even allow you to send her things. But if I suspect any unusual behavior from you, I can unilaterally stop all communication at any time and impose punishments on her that you would not want to see."
"I can accept those terms, but her grades are really terrible. I was wondering... could I bring her summer homework along too? If possible, I'd also like to ask someone to tutor her. Of course, I know these requests are excessive, but if she's just left there with nothing to do, wouldn't that drive her mad?" Lilika pleaded sincerely.
Hearing Lilika's conditions, Li Xuan could not help laughing to himself.
Alulu, it's not like I wanted to do this. You never would have imagined that after being locked in a secret room in another world, you'd still have to do summer homework, would you?
"Fine, I agree. Immediately pack some of her daily necessities and summer homework, and I'll deliver them to her. As for tutoring, I know a few students from elite high schools. I'll have them help look after her." Following the principle of giving a sweet date after a slap, Li Xuan agreed to Lilika's request.
"Thank you. You really are a kidnapper with a human touch." Lilika gave a bitter smile, then hurried into her daughter's room to pack, as though she feared Li Xuan might change his mind.
With nothing better to do, Li Xuan sat on the sofa where the two had fought and waited. Lilika's living room happened to have a huge screen spanning an entire wall, along with an exceptionally high-end projection setup. So Li Xuan turned it on and watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Li Xuan watched until Sayaka realized she was an idiot before Lilika finally finished packing her daughter's things.
When Li Xuan entered the bedroom, he was immediately stunned. Having always lived alone, he had never imagined that girls could have so much luggage. Big bags and small bundles were piled from the bed all the way to the floor. From pillows and blankets to a huge teddy bear, then towels, slippers, and other small items, there was everything imaginable. It was practically moving house.
"Madam, I have to remind you that your daughter is living as a hostage, not going on vacation," Li Xuan said, unable to laugh or cry.
"I'm sorry. Just consider it advance payment for future intelligence, all right? She's been pampered since childhood and has never suffered much. The place you arranged is also rather... simple, so..."
"Madam, keeping her in a greenhouse forever won't be good for her growth either. I'll allow you ten minutes to prepare two boxes of things. Leave everything else here. Don't worry, she'll still need these things. As long as you do well enough, I'll let her return here." Li Xuan refused.
"All right..." Lilika knew she had no room to bargain, so she could only select the two boxes of most essential things and hand them to Li Xuan along with the summer homework.
"This is my number. You can begin working whenever you like. Then I'll be leaving tonight. After all, it wouldn't be appropriate for a lone man and woman to stay together overnight. As they say, there's always gossip around a widow's door. It wouldn't be good if it damaged your reputation, Madam." Laughing as he spoke, Li Xuan stroked Lilika's soft golden hair, turned around and opened a portal, tossed all the things into the Delusive Badlands in one go, then slipped in himself and fled.
"Damn it, you've already done everything you wanted to do, and now you're saying that? Head pats, head pats! I'm not the heroine of an H-game. Just because you pat my head doesn't mean my affection will increase!" Lilika grabbed the triangular piece of fabric she had taken off and set aside while applying the medicine, then angrily hurled it into the portal.
"Dear magical girls, your master is home!" Li Xuan entered the Delusive Badlands with Lilika's padded panties on his head. He saw that his three little ones were boredly playing Fight the Landlord. Since none of them had brought money, they had to use spanking as their stakes. Qi Mo was splitting four twos and two jokers to play them as singles—there was no need to ask. She was clearly trying to lose on purpose so Xu Rou could thoroughly spank her ass.
"Master, is that some new kind of head accessory? It's so distinctive, and it's even made of the fashionable silk material." Xu Rou pointed at Li Xuan's head and asked curiously.
Puzzled, Li Xuan removed the fabric from his head and discovered that it was Lilika's silk padded panties. He immediately guessed that the embarrassed magical girl had thrown them at him.
Feeling the loli's lingering body heat and the silky texture on the fabric, Li Xuan smiled faintly. "This is a trophy. Hang it on the Stone Tower. From now on, this will be our flag!"
"Yay! We have a flag too!" Xu Rou had not yet realized the fabric's purpose. Still holding her remaining three queens between her lips, she threw open her arms and struck a pose praising the sun in celebration.
"Master, let's talk business first. Without you, we can't enter or leave this space. If Wu Yan hadn't hidden a deck of cards in her shoes, we would have been bored to death these past few hours. If you hadn't come back soon, we might have gotten hungry enough to gnaw on monsters alive." Qi Mo spread her hands with a miserable expression.
"Then why did Wu Yan hide a deck of cards in her shoes?" Li Xuan asked curiously.
"Eh? Bleh... those cards were hidden in Wu Yan's shoes? Why didn't you say so earlier? Bleh... Wu Yan, did you even wash your feet?" Xu Rou was shocked. She hurriedly spat out the cards in her mouth, ran aside, and began dry-heaving.
"You're making a fuss over nothing. Magical girls have a cleanliness function granted by the world. As long as we're transformed, we permanently meet food-grade hygiene standards. We're cleaner than sterilized surgical instruments. Forget indirect kissing—even if you held them and licked them directly, there would be no problem." As Wu Yan spoke, she slipped her foot out of her shoe and poked Xu Rou's raised ass with her toes.
"That's right, transformed means clean." Xu Rou suddenly understood. She immediately stopped dry-heaving and began picking up the cards scattered across the ground.
"Wait, that function was part of our contract with the world. Our current contract is with Master, so..." Wu Yan suddenly slapped her forehead.
Upon hearing that, Xu Rou, who had just picked up her hand of cards, immediately ran aside and began dry-heaving again.
"So there's absolutely no problem. The energy Master provides is different, but magical girls' basic abilities have all been retained, including the self-cleaning function." Wu Yan finished the rest with a mischievous smile.
"You jerk, do you have to pause like that? Next time, can't you just finish what you're saying?" Furious, Xu Rou pounced on Wu Yan and pinned her to the ground, tickling both sides of her ribs nonstop. Xu Rou was a Battle Type magical girl, so she was much stronger than Wu Yan. Besides, once Wu Yan was tickled, she laughed until her entire body went limp and she had no strength at all, leaving her helplessly bullied beneath Xu Rou.
"Master, should we separate them? We still haven't discussed our business." Qi Mo looked at Wu Yan with a trace of envy in her eyes.
"She's right." Li Xuan stepped forward, grabbed Xu Rou by the collar, and lifted her up like a mother cat carrying a kitten by the scruff. "Stop messing around. I have something important to say."
"All right..." Xu Rou answered with an innocent expression.
After putting Xu Rou back down, Li Xuan cleared his throat. Just as all three magical girls looked at him attentively, he suddenly turned to Wu Yan. "So, why exactly did you put playing cards in your shoes?"
Even If You're Kidnapped to Another World, You Still Have to Do Summer Homework (Sad)
Wu Yan's cheeks reddened. "Master is so mean. You have to make me say it myself? I'm a little shorter than Xu Rou, and my face can't compare to hers either. To avoid being completely outclassed whenever I stand beside her, I can only secretly cheat and use height insoles. Master called me out in such a rush today that I couldn't find my insoles, so I just grabbed a deck of cards and put it in my shoes."
"You little... I was wondering why your heels always seemed strangely high." Xu Rou looked reproachfully at Wu Yan, but remembering Li Xuan's words, she held back the urge to go over and play around.
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