Magical Girl? There's No Going Back Now!

Chapter 115: A Penny Stumps a Bratty Girl

"Fine, since you asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you: one hundred thousand, in cash," Li Xuan calmly named his price.

"One hundred thousand? Did water get into your brain?! A few crappy lyrics cost a hundred thousand? That's enough to have fun with a shrine maiden at a shrine!" Yao stared at Li Xuan in disbelief.

"It's not expensive. My lyrics were originally written for a top-tier band. If you buy them, I definitely won't have time to write new ones anytime soon, and I'll have to pay a breach-of-contract penalty. So I need at least one hundred thousand in cash before I can give you these lyrics." Li Xuan refused to budge.

"One hundred thousand... Can I write you an IOU?" Yao painfully clutched her hair. One hundred thousand was not actually much to her; setting aside the band's income, the money she earned as a mercenary hunting monsters far exceeded that amount.

But like many young people who had made a fortune, Yao could never control her urge to spend. The moment money reached her hands, she would splurge on luxury after luxury, and after spending it all, she would even have to borrow from her teammates.

So forget one hundred thousand—even a tenth of that was more than she could immediately produce.

"Would two hundred and fifty do?" Yao turned her wallet inside out, but even counting the coins, she could only find a little over two hundred.

"Miss, finish that drink and go home. If your mother finds out you're fooling around in a bar, she'll definitely spank you."

Li Xuan had finally seen the bratty girl get humbled, and he immediately felt a weight lift from his chest. Even the bland sake in his glass suddenly tasted delicious.

"One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand! How am I supposed to get one hundred thousand?! I still haven't paid back what I owed before. Felia and Saroye definitely won't lend me more, and borrowing money from Black Cat feels like bullying a child... Aaaahhh!!! What an annoying trashy old man! It'd be great if I could just kill him with one slash! A penny stumps a beautiful girl... What kind of world is this?!"

Seeing that Li Xuan would not yield to threats or persuasion, Yao frantically scratched her head. But while doing so, she suddenly caught, from the corner of her eye, Li Xuan staring greedily at the armpit exposed when she raised her arm.

"What's this, old man? I thought you were some kind of decent gentleman, but you're just a trashy shut-in who stares at girls' armpits with horny eyes~" Yao felt that she had found Li Xuan's weakness, and her arrogant smile returned.

"One hundred thousand! As long as it's one hundred thousand, I'll let you see the peaches of the ultimate invincible music beauty! How about it? That's worth it, right?" As she spoke, Yao deliberately yawned with exaggerated movements, allowing Li Xuan to clearly see her armpit and the faint glimpse of sideboob beneath her short-sleeved uniform.

"Not worth it. Not worth it at all." Li Xuan disdainfully shook his head. That was not entirely against his conscience either. After all, he had recently kneaded Li Sijie's massive breasts; compared to those, Yao's chest was only barely passable.

"Then I'll show you under a beautiful girl's skirt! This is a rare sight that a virgin old man like you will never see in his life. That's got to be worth one hundred thousand, right? Don't get so excited that you fire immediately!" Yao proudly lifted her JK skirt slightly, revealing two tender white legs brimming with youthful vitality.

"Not worth it. Far from worth it," Li Xuan said dismissively.

"Damn it... Then tell me, what would be worth one hundred thousand to you?!" Yao asked in exasperation.

"Let me think..." Li Xuan looked Yao over from head to toe. She had a long braided ponytail tied behind her head. Beneath her tight JK uniform were red-and-white striped thigh-high socks. She had only one uniform shoe on her feet—the other had already been tossed into Li Xuan's wineglass to soak in alcohol.

"How about this? If you can make me go biu with your feet, I'll count it as you having paid the one hundred thousand in royalties. But I don't think you have that kind of nerve, do you? So hurry home instead. If you wait any longer, you'll miss the bus," Li Xuan said in a mocking tone.

"Trashy old man, don't look down on me! It's just stepping on that ugly thing a few times, right? I'll do it!" Provoked by him, Yao became somewhat impulsive. Coupled with how badly she wanted those lyrics, she steeled herself and readily agreed.

"Disgusting old man, lie down obediently. It'll be over in just a few seconds." As she spoke, Yao removed the sock from the foot that had no shoe, revealing a small, fair, tender foot.

Li Xuan sat up against the sofa backrest, undid his belt, and waited for Yao's service. Her feet were not as beautiful as Wu Yan's, nor as pleasing to look at as Li Sijie's, but her loli build made them smaller and more delicate than either of theirs, as though they could stand in his palm.

"You're already reacting? How disgusting." Seeing the tent already raised in Li Xuan's pants, Yao could not help showing a look of disgust.

I just need to endure it and it'll be over. A useless old man like this will last two or three minutes at most... Besides, he doesn't know who I am. Once I finish the job and leave this city in a while, it'll be as if nothing ever happened.

Yao comforted herself internally, then used her toes to grip Li Xuan's pants and slowly pulled down his trousers.

"Your feet are quite nimble," Li Xuan praised.

"Hmph, you needed to tell me that?" Yao raised her jade-like foot and stepped on Li Xuan, then immediately showed a shocked expression. "No way? It's this big?"

Li Xuan said nothing, merely narrowing his eyes as he enjoyed her service. The bratty girl who had been so arrogant moments ago was now forced to use her tender little feet to serve him in exchange for money to buy lyrics.

As long as he saw her unwilling, even nauseated expression, Li Xuan felt as comfortable as though he were soaking in a hot spring.

"Hey, why aren't you done yet? Why is it getting bigger?" After idly teasing him for several minutes and finding no sign of Li Xuan going biu, Yao began to grow impatient.

"Who knows? Maybe your service isn't attentive enough. Perhaps showing me some rare sights would make me more interested," Li Xuan said with a wicked grin.

"Trashy old man with a head full of filth... What a pain." Yao gritted her sharp shark teeth in anger, but in order to end this service as quickly as possible, she could only reach out, undo her buttons, and pull down her inner top, allowing Li Xuan to admire her ( . )( . )

"Try a little harder. I can't feel much," Li Xuan urged.

"Got it... Stop talking. It's disgusting as hell." Yao got up and sat on the sofa backrest, took off the shoe on her other foot, and used both feet to clamp Li Xuan as she rubbed him diligently.

Caught between two tender little feet, Li Xuan immediately felt incomparably comfortable, but his expression remained restrained.

"Miss Trash, is that all you've got?" Li Xuan looked at Yao mockingly.

"Of course not! I... I haven't shown my true skills yet! If I use my true skills, I'll turn you into a fountain in minutes!" The word "trash" stirred Yao's competitive spirit. No longer caring about shame or dignity, she directly stripped off Li Xuan's boxer briefs and began direct skin-to-skin contact.

Chapter 116: Puppet Yao's "Yao"

Though it was only the removal of one layer of fabric, the difference in Li Xuan's sensations was like heaven and earth. After all, even with the thinnest little raincoat, the gap between wearing one and not wearing one was like a chasm.

Li Xuan could no longer keep up his composed act. He took a deep breath, desperately suppressing the urge to erupt, while an expression of enjoyment appeared on his face.

"Haha, so you've finally exposed your useless nature! Are a loli's little feet really that comfortable? Or are you such a trashy old man that your pathetic little toy is just as trashy as you are?" Noticing Li Xuan's trembling and the change in his expression, Yao immediately resumed her arrogant look.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right about everything." Li Xuan did not argue with her. He merely watched as she diligently tried to please him in order to show off her skill. By now, Yao had been teasing him for quite a while. Her feet were already sore, and fragrant sweat had unconsciously formed on her face, yet she still pretended to be relaxed as she continued squeezing and stroking.

Seriously... Why isn't this over yet? How long is this going to take? This useless old man is insanely durable! And it's so big too. If it really went in, I'd definitely die, right? No, no, no, there's no way it could go in! It must be deformed! A freak!

Yao frantically added drama in her heart, as if the sense of security she had painstakingly built would collapse without some excuse to belittle someone else.

Li Xuan had already seen through her thoughts from her expression. Seeing that she seemed to have been pushed to her limit, he no longer deliberately made things difficult for her. The moment he felt a little pleasure, he went with the flow and sprayed onto those soft, tender little feet.

"Eww! Something disgusting got on my feet! Why didn't you warn me in advance?!" The arrogant expression on Yao's face immediately twisted. She picked up the expensive alcohol from the glass and poured it over her feet to rinse away the sticky fluid.

"Ah, why won't it wash off? Why is it this sticky... Are you a glue-spraying monster? Aaaah! So annoying, so annoying~" Yao found that the alcohol could not completely wash away the sticky feeling on her feet, but she did not want to touch it with her hands, so she could only endure the discomfort and put her socks back on.

"Your payment. Take it." Li Xuan had already calmly pulled his pants back up. He opened his computer, copied the lyrics onto the back of the drink menu, and handed them to Yao.

"Yes!" Yao excitedly took the lyrics and read through them once, then carefully tucked them into the pocket of her JK uniform. The hardship and humiliation from earlier, along with the sticky feeling on the soles of her feet, seemed to have vanished into thin air.

With this, even Felia would have to acknowledge her talent!

Yao felt her heart bloom with joy and turned to look at Li Xuan, who was adjusting his belt.

In her heart, this old man before her, having lost his usefulness, no longer had any reason to live. At the thought of him drunkenly bragging to his friends about trading a set of lyrics for her foot service, Yao felt sick.

Yao gently pushed the sword guard with her thumb, already harboring the thought of killing him to silence him.

But at that moment, a deafening boom suddenly came from outside the bar, followed by screams from the crowd.

With her extremely sharp senses, Yao immediately detected the aura of Evil Energy. Forgetting all about Li Xuan, she rushed out of the private room and onto the street.

The monster on the street had naturally been arranged by Li Xuan. All it needed was his command, and Wu Yan would open the passage and release it.

Li Xuan had already placed a Hunting Mark on Yao, so he wasted no more time. He told Wu Yan and Tan Xiang to retreat with him to the Delusive Badlands, where they could watch Yao's battle.

This time, the monster Li Xuan had created was extraordinary. Not only had it consumed a full 1,000 milliliters of Fallen Blood, it had also been temporarily enhanced with Wine of Ecstasy. Speaking of which, this was Wine of Ecstasy's first appearance, and Li Xuan was quite eager to see its performance.

Yao looked at the monster before her and frowned slightly. It looked like a rhinoceros beetle standing on four legs. Though it was only around three meters tall and not especially enormous, its body seemed to have been specially optimized against her slashes. It was covered from head to toe in heavy armor and looked like a tank.

"Magic power level... probably around Grade B. Combined with its specialized defense, perhaps it can take one slash from me." Yao's frown quickly relaxed. No matter what, it was only a brainless insect-type monster. It could never be her opponent.

With that thought, Yao drew her long blade and instantly transformed.

In the Delusive Badlands, Li Xuan almost held his breath as he watched Yao's every movement. Normally, Sealing Type transformations were the slowest, slow enough that the entire process could be observed with the naked eye. Yet Yao's transformation was completed almost instantly.

It seemed the system's intelligence had been correct. Yao not only possessed the sensory abilities of the Sealing Type, but also the transformation speed and physical capabilities of the Battle Type. She was truly the product of combining the strengths of both.

After transforming, Yao did not seem much different from before. Only the striped stockings on her lower body had changed into yellow skintight pants, while her shoes had become strapped sandals. Her JK uniform had gained many thin lines as decoration. It seemed she had deliberately chosen her usual clothes to resemble her transformed appearance.

"Die, damn it!"

With a flash of blade light, sparks flew from the rhinoceros beetle's body. Its powerful armor was cut more than ten centimeters deep, yet it was not pierced through. It even swung its crab-claw-like modified forelimbs to attack Yao.

"It didn't cut through?" Yao was startled. Unable to pull out her long blade in time, she could only abandon it and retreat more than ten meters away from the monster.

"A Grade B monster has such hardness?" Yao stared in disbelief at the long blade stuck in the monster's shell. She had thought that even if this strike did not kill it, it would at least gravely injure it. Yet she had not expected the blow to fail to even cut through its outer shell.

Seeing Yao's shocked expression, the corners of Li Xuan's mouth rose into a smile. This monster was a masterpiece into which he had poured considerable effort. Not only had he specialized its resistance to slashing to the extreme, but the Wine of Ecstasy he had used also temporarily enhanced hardness. Though it could only last ten minutes, its boost was several times stronger than that of a long-term buff.

The rhinoceros beetle let out a long roar, aimed its massive horn at Yao, and charged at her with all its strength.

"Hmph, don't get cocky just because you took one slash. As long as I use a little of my real skill, taking down something like you will be over in an instant!" Yao drew a short blade with her right hand while hiding her left hand behind her back and fiddling with something.

In an instant, the rhinoceros beetle that had been charging so fiercely was suddenly fixed in place, unable to move. It could only struggle weakly all over, as though it had been frozen.

"That move again!" Li Xuan had personally suffered this move and knew its power well, so he hurriedly looked at Yao's left hand behind her back.

Sure enough, Yao's fingers held two long wooden slats shaped like "X"s. Thin strings hung beneath the slats, and at the ends of those strings were two small wooden puppets. One of them had the exact same posture as the constantly struggling rhinoceros beetle!

In that instant, Li Xuan understood why her nickname was "Puppet Yao." This method of manipulating puppets had to be the sealing magic that had left him unable to move that day, while the two X-shaped wooden pieces, one above the other, happened to form the character "Yao."

Chapter 117: Lyrics "Written" With Her Feet

"Damn it, I never thought there'd come a day when I'd have to use this move on Grade B trash." Yao took a deep breath, held her short blade in reverse grip, and lowered her stance, her eyes fixed tightly on the joint between the rhinoceros beetle's head armor and chest armor.

First Cry: One-Character Cut.

With a metallic ring, Li Xuan could not even see Yao's movement before she had already flashed behind the rhinoceros beetle and elegantly sheathed her blade.

Looking again at the rhinoceros beetle, its body had frozen completely still. Only after several seconds did its head slowly slide away from its torso.

"That's it?" Li Xuan was greatly shocked. He knew that the rhinoceros beetle, which had only specialized in defense, could not possibly defeat Yao. Aside from rescuing him, his main reason for sending it out had been to gather information about her.

But he had never imagined that the defense a Grade B monster had gained by sacrificing everything else would still be so utterly vulnerable before Yao's attack.

"That was magic just now, right? Magic cast through a blade?" Li Xuan turned back and asked the magical girls behind him.

"That's right. Although she was very fast, it was obvious from the feeling she gave off that she had mobilized magical power." Tan Xiang, usually a woman of few words, answered.

"At least it wasn't an ordinary attack that instantly killed it... Forget it, we still got plenty of information. But we need to replenish the Fallen Blood we used up this time as soon as possible—everyone, prepare to replenish magic!"

Li Xuan wrapped both arms around the three magical girls behind him. By now, the girls all understood the meaning of "replenishing magic" from Li Xuan's mouth. Each blushed as they clung to Li Xuan and began doing shameless things.

While Li Xuan was vigorously replenishing magic, Yao had already returned in high spirits. She plunged into the villa's practice room, took out the lyrics, and tossed them onto the floor.

"Saroye! What did I say? Writing lyrics is easy as long as you have hands! A genius like me doesn't even need hands. Take a look at the lyrics I wrote with my feet!"

After saying that, Yao suddenly remembered that she really had exchanged her feet for those lyrics. A flush crossed her face, and she hurriedly ran off to get her guitar, seemingly afraid that her teammates might see her expression.

"Vodka Lime ×1, Tequila Sunrise ×1, Special Whiskey ×1... Are we really supposed to compose and perform music for something like this?" Saroye picked up the white sheet from the floor and read it in confusion.

"Look at the back, you stupid pig!" Yao took out her guitar and began tuning it.

Saroye frowned, turned the paper over, and after reading only a few lines, widened her eyes at Yao. "Th-this really is excellent lyrics, better than anything you've ever written. Did you really write this?"

"What do you mean, did I really write it? Can't I write good lyrics? That's called stereotyping! We're clearly members of the same band, yet you don't have even a little faith in me?" Yao immediately said excitedly, like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on.

"No, no, I just thought the handwriting didn't look much like yours..." Saroye explained.

"Th-that's obviously because my handwriting is awful. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to read it, so I had someone copy it out!" Yao blushed furiously, but quickly came up with a fitting excuse.

"Let me see how good it is." Felia set down her drumsticks and held out her hand with interest.

Saroye walked over and carefully handed the drink menu to Felia. After looking at it, Felia immediately frowned at Yao. "You went to a bar? And ordered this much alcohol?"

Yao froze for a moment. "Yeah, drinking gives me inspiration. Stop worrying about that and look at the lyrics first!"

"So that bar let a minor in? I told you long ago that you weren't allowed to drink before adulthood. Did you take my words as wind in your ears?" Felia frowned and pulled a grenade launcher out from beneath her skirt.

"Tell me which bar it was. I'll send them some local specialties from the Kingdom of Sleeping Snow right now!"

"Why are you being so fierce?! It's not like I did it on purpose. Bars don't check IDs, they'll sell to anyone with money." Yao said somewhat aggrievedly.

"Good girl. Head pats. Don't be scared." Black Cat, who had been practicing piano, climbed onto the piano and reached out to stroke Yao's hair.

"Who... who's scared?! That frail nun, I could cut her down with one slash—two at most!" Yao raised her voice, but her gaze darted away, not daring to look at Felia.

"Felia! Calm down. There may be lambs of the Heavenly Father in that bar. How can we kill possible righteous people by mistake for the sins of an entire city?" Seeing that things were going badly, Saroye hurriedly held down Felia's arm and persuaded her.

"This is not what the Heavenly Father wishes to see. I'll forgive you this once, but if you dare drink again, I'll smash your guitar and throw you out of the band!" Felia said sternly.

"Hmph, it's not like I've ever thought being in a band was fun..." Yao muttered quietly.

"What are you muttering over there?" Felia asked with raised brows.

"Yao said she promises not to do it again." Black Cat gently explained on Yao's behalf.

"Fine. We'll put the drinking matter aside for now. The lyrics are very good. I'll compose music for them as quickly as possible, and we'll perform it as a new song at our show next Wednesday." Felia put away the grenade launcher, her tone softening.

"Also, you'll be the lead vocalist this time. After all, the original writer understands the meaning of the lyrics best—Saroye, you have no objections, right?"

"I never mind either way," Saroye said calmly.

"Really?! This is incredible!" Yao had been utterly dejected, but when she heard that Felia was still willing to use her lyrics and would even let her be the lead vocalist she had always dreamed of becoming, she immediately became wildly excited. She grabbed Black Cat, who was lying on the piano, and kissed and hugged her.

"Yao~ Your saliva is getting on my face." Black Cat reached out to push her away, but she was far too weak, and Yao did not even notice her resistance.

"Alright, alright! Put Black Cat down and start practicing together! Next Wednesday will be the decisive moment. We have to make the audience remember the name 'King's Edict'!"

Felia took the lead in playing the drums. Saroye immediately accompanied her on bass, while Yao quickly carried Black Cat back to the piano, picked up her guitar, and began playing along.

Li Xuan, lying on the bed and enjoying Xu Rou's automatic magic-replenishing service, watched Yao's movements after returning the entire time. This was the first time he had heard the Witch Band perform. Though it could not be called heavenly music, the wild momentum that seemed capable of destroying everything still left him deeply shaken.

Even Black Cat, whom he had always thought of as soft and sweet, played with a trace of madness. Her slender fingers leaped across the alternating black and white keys at astonishing speed, every strike precise and powerful.