A New Day ☆ / Points Redemption ☆☆

You should know, if they had fallen into the hands of other Astral Mark Executors, hehe, even if they didn't die, they'd be stripped of a layer of skin!

According to the Law of Destiny, Astral Mark Girls and Magical Girls were mortal enemies!

Though under normal circumstances neither side would take the other's life out of basic humanity, such incidents had truly happened before! The Destiny Sign would erase every trace of that person's existence. Even the police would be useless!

Yet none of them showed any fear now, because they knew Ling Feng would not do anything to them.

"Stand properly!" Ling Feng shouted angrily. At her words, the three immediately lined up, and none of them dared say another word.

"What do you have to say?"

"We'll never do it again," the three answered in unison.

Satisfied, Ling Feng nodded. Then her gaze suddenly fell on Tang Ling, who was standing to the side, and she said coldly.

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

Tang Ling's body jolted. "I..."

"Alright, hurry home. You still have class tomorrow. Don't do this again."

They had thought Ling Feng was about to give them another scolding, but her tone softened with her next sentence.

After saying that, Ling Feng ignored the three of them. Her figure flashed, moving with incredible speed, and she vanished from their sight in an instant.

"Phew." Once Ling Feng had left, everyone finally let out a breath.

"Dream Sis really is a good person. She's nothing like the other Astral Mark Girls."

"Mm-hmm. She didn't even take our points."

Illusory Voice and Illusory Xin nodded in agreement, while Illusory Spirit alone snorted angrily.

"Hmph, she's only a little prettier and stronger than me. What a slut!"

A New Day☆

Early the next morning, Ling Feng went to set up her stall on the street. Though her parents sent money home every month, that little bit of living expenses was obviously not enough for the two siblings.

"Xiaofeng, you're here already? So early today. You two siblings really have it tough."

"Hehe, just making a living," Ling Feng replied.

The middle-aged man speaking to Ling Feng was Uncle Wang, her next-door neighbor. Everyone usually called him Old Wang. It had also been his suggestion for Ling Feng to set up a stall, and sometimes he even helped the siblings out.

Uncle Wang had been a bachelor all his life, with no wife or children. He had struggled on alone until now, and Ling Feng admired him quite a bit. Poor Ling Feng had to bicker and fight with those little girls every day. What kind of proper behavior was that?

Linzhou City appeared calm and peaceful on the surface, but the Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls lurking in the shadows had gradually begun to appear before the public. Some Magical Girls had even debuted as idol celebrities.

They were all glamorous and eye-catching. Based on looks alone, they were no worse than second- or third-tier stars. Energetic young girls were especially popular on the market, and they only needed to follow the Magical Girl Association's rules and refrain from revealing themselves publicly.

"Boss, one tea egg."

"One fifty."

"Here."

"Come again~"

Carefully accepting the money, Ling Feng hurriedly put it away. Although she was an Astral Mark Girl, the points she earned could not be exchanged for money, so she did not pay much attention to them.

Dragon Soaring High School was one of the top five schools in Linzhou City, with quite a few clubs on campus. Just a few days ago, someone had founded a Magical Girl Club, leaving Ling Feng utterly dumbfounded.

And people had actually joined it! What the hell, did they have to be this blatant?

Fortunately, most students only thought they were cosplaying anime characters or something.

After packing up, Ling Feng called it a day. If she stayed any longer, she would be late again.

The classroom was buzzing with activity. The students were discussing all sorts of recent happenings—where they planned to go during Spring Festival, final exam revision, and even Magical Girls!

"Hey, I saw a Magical Girl a few days ago!" a boy said excitedly.

"Pfft, you've watched too much anime. You believe in that stuff?"

"It's real. I saw her flying over my house on a magic wand with my own eyes."

"Oh, give it a rest."

The boy wanted to argue further, but after thinking about it, he felt they had a point. If he had not seen it himself, he would not have believed it even if someone beat him to death.

Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, a delicate-looking youth in black clothes and a white shirt walked in.

Some students noticed him, but most merely glanced over before lowering their heads and continuing their conversations. Only a few girls looked at him for a while longer.

Ling Feng set down her backpack and took a seat in the corner by the window at the last desk of the first row.

After sitting down, she reached into her desk drawer, moved the several dozen love letters hidden beneath the desk onto it, and only then took out her books.

"Ling Feng, I'm suffering so much. That slut bullied me again last night."

Tang Ling sat beside Ling Feng, sprawled over her desk and moaning miserably. Her voice was neither loud nor soft. If their seats had not been tucked away in the corner of the classroom, the entire class probably would have heard her.

Tang Ling was considered one of the class beauties, and she often received love letters too. She would even compare the number of letters she got with Ling Feng, and whoever received more had to treat the other to a meal.

But most of the time, Ling Feng hid some of hers, letting her mooch a few more meals. Hehe!

Ling Feng pretended to be surprised. "The Astral Mark Girl named Ling Mengxue that I always hear you mention?"

"That's right. I'll definitely surpass her someday, but she's seriously amazing! I refuse to accept it! Why is she, a girl, so cool in a fight and so pretty too? Heaven must be jealous of my talent! That's it! It has to be!"

Tang Ling muttered to herself, and in an instant, she returned to being that energetic, lively girl.

The name Ling Mengxue had not been chosen by Ling Feng herself. It had been inscribed upon the Destiny Sign. Ordinary Magical Girls generally had a codename of their own as well.

Tang Ling's was Illusory Spirit, but they usually just called each other by name. There was no need to make things so troublesome.

Ling Feng needed to hide her identity, so she could conveniently use it directly.

Actually, Ling Feng had not been called Ling Feng in the past. Her former name had been too feminine, and she could not accept it. Her classmates had often mocked her for it, so later she forced her parents to change it for her. As for what it had been, even she refused to reveal it.

Ling Meng.

The Destiny Sign, also known as the Mark of Destiny, was divided into the Mark of Magic and the Astral Mark. Once obtained, it would reveal which faction you belonged to. Whether magic or Astral Mark, once you were chosen, then... hehe...

Faced with Tang Ling's question, Ling Feng was momentarily speechless.

How could she possibly tell Tang Ling that she was that Astral Mark Girl? If Tang Ling found out, would she not play her to death?

Seeing the stack of love letters on Ling Feng's desk, Tang Ling suddenly smiled and reached over to snatch them.

"Hehe, need me to read them for you? There are no fewer today than yesterday—only more."

"Uh, suit yourself."

Point Exchange☆☆

At noon after school, Ling Feng saw Tang Ling and the other Magical Girls gathering together again. Wondering whether they were about to cause trouble once more, she planned to leave quickly.

At that moment, Lan Yuxin's gaze swept over and met Ling Feng's as she approached. Ling Feng gave a faint smile, but just as she was about to walk out the classroom door, Lan Yuxin unsurprisingly stopped her with one hand.

"Classmate Ling Feng, if you still refuse to be my boyfriend, you're not leaving through this door today."

"Classmate Lan, you're a good person, but we're not suitable for each other. Besides, forced melons aren't sweet."

"But they quench thirst."

"Freedom, democracy, civility, harmony..."

Listening to their conversation, Tang Ling and Liu Yinxuan felt like their heads had grown three sizes larger. Seriously, was this something carbon-based lifeforms could say?

Ever since Ling Feng had rejected Lan Yuxin's confession in front of a dog last time, Lan Yuxin had gone all out against Ling Feng. She firmly believed that Magical Girls never gave up easily!

From that day onward, Lan Yuxin had tried countless methods.

Seductive glances, alluring charm, tender affection, bewitching seduction, graceful elegance, sexy temptress, captivating beauty—she had tried every style imaginable. Unfortunately, this blockhead simply refused to get it. Once, she had nearly stripped naked, yet he had remained unmoved!

"Stop!"

Just as Ling Feng was in a difficult situation, a beautiful girl in a school uniform rushed to the doorway in an extremely dramatic pose and grabbed the edge of the door with one hand.

The girl was breathtakingly beautiful, no worse than Tang Ling and the other two. Her autumn-water eyes were pitifully captivating, but she now wore an angry expression as she raised a hand and pointed at Tang Ling's group.

"You shameless Magical Girls! You actually dare make a move on Classmate Ling Feng? Classmate Ling Feng belongs to everyone!"

"Huh?" Even Ling Feng herself was confused this time. What did she mean, belonged to everyone? Was she public property or something?

Still, while both sides were distracted, Ling Feng took off running. Seeing this, Lan Yuxin stomped her feet in fury.

"She's Qiu Yun'er from the class next door. I remember she's on the Astral Mark side," Liu Yinxuan, who stood nearby, reminded them.

"Cut the nonsense! You dared lay your hands on Classmate Ling Feng? I won't let you off so easily!"

After saying that, Qiu Yun'er raised her hand and pulled out an Astral Mark Necklace similar to Ling Feng's from beneath a patch of snowy white skin. Astral Mark Necklaces varied somewhat, and Qiu Yun'er's Astral Mark was violet.

Without wasting a moment, she swept her hand through the air. A streak of purple light followed her gesture, then flowed back into the necklace on her body.

"O night that represents the stars and moon! Astral Mark That Ends Darkness!"

"Hey! This is school! Watch yourself!"

Tang Ling and the other two immediately panicked. This bitch was clearly a lunatic who did not care about the consequences!

But they could not worry about that now. If school had not just ended and the students had not already left, then if anyone saw this, they would never be able to clear their names even by jumping into the Yellow River!

Driven by the combat instincts of Magical Girls, the three hurriedly took out their transformation keys, bracelets, badges...

"O key that conceals the power of the stars, reveal your true power before me. I now make a sacred contract with you—release the seal that has long been buried!

"O key that conceals the power of light, reveal your true power before me! In the name of your master, I command you—seal release!"

"Beautiful Sailor Moon warrior of love and justice, Sailor Moon!"

As transformation chants rang out one after another, a fierce battle was on the verge of erupting!

"..."

"Crash!"

Ling Feng had just run downstairs when she heard the sound of window glass shattering from the school building. Shards rained down from above, scattering all over the ground. What if they hit someone? And this was a school, for crying out loud!

With no other choice, Ling Feng hurriedly used her remaining points to exchange for a Magical Guardian Barrier item, isolating the entire school building from the outside world.

The barrier blocked all sounds, magic, and bullets. It was an item anyone could exchange for, but almost no one was willing to waste points on it unless they had no other choice.

The main purpose of points was actually to exchange for beautiful outfits. Ling Feng had heard that those clothes came with buff bonuses, but she had never believed it.

That was probably just some shop for girls to change clothes and coordinate outfits.

There were hundreds of thousands, even tens of thousands of clothing types inside! And they were all women's clothing. Ling Feng remembered black gothic outfits, Lolita styles, JK uniforms, sailor uniforms, hanfu, kimono, bunny girl outfits, maid outfits, princess dresses, and more...

A-line skirts, flared skirts, paneled skirts, pleated skirts, accordion skirts, tiered skirts—the endless varieties of clothing stretched on without limit! Almost every outfit in the world was there, including ones that did not even exist! Stockings, bras, panties, hair accessories, menstrual pads, extravagant jewelry—if you could think of it, it was there!

In short, Ling Feng only wanted to leave this troublesome place as quickly as possible.

"They'll use magic to restore everything afterward. I'd better not join in the fun."

There were Restoration Crystals in the Point Exchange Shop of the Destiny Sign, but do not get happy too soon. This item only worked on destruction caused by Destiny Sign holders. Otherwise, they would have used it to do all sorts of shady things long ago.

Maid Café or Catgirl Café

Ling Feng was helpless when it came to the way those people fought and bickered. Although Qiu Yun'er could be considered her companion, Ling Feng still told herself not to meddle in other people's business!

Her Astral Mark Necklace trembled faintly, seemingly sensing the battle nearby. Ling Feng dashed out of the school gates with her backpack on her back. She felt that if she watched any longer, she would definitely be unable to resist transforming!

It only took a little over twenty minutes to walk home from school.

Then she suddenly remembered that it was Friday, and she immediately shuddered. Other students eagerly awaited the weekend, but she felt a little uneasy. As for why? To her, it was even more embarrassing than transforming into an Astral Mark Girl!

Most of the time, going home was no different from usual. But today, Ling Feng was especially cautious. She tried to make no sound as she walked, inching forward step by step before carefully pushing open the door.

Although she had been as careful as possible, the moment she stepped inside, a clear and lovely voice came from the kitchen, making her curse inwardly, Damn it!

"Xiaofeng, you're back."

Ling Feng had not yet processed it. She had clearly been so careful, so how had she still been discovered? Could she have a third eye?

Since she had been discovered, Ling Feng could only obediently answer. When it was time to eat, Ling Xiaoyu happily invited her to the table. Seeing her smiling eyes, Ling Feng knew there was no escaping this weekend either. Smiling-eyed people were all monsters!

"Xiaofeng, you choose this time. Are we going to the maid café or the Catgirl Café?"