Hounded by Magical Girls After Becoming Their Enemy

Maybe all his thoughts showed on his face, letting others see through him at a glance, which was why he thought they could read minds.

So-called "mind reading" was really just judging someone's thoughts through their microexpressions and body language. Ling Feng analyzed it very rationally.

But that still wasn't right. How had she recognized him? Ling Feng was confused for a moment.

Just as Ling Feng was about to ask, Luo Xiyan spoke again.

"Do you have a lot of questions you want to ask?"

Hearing that, Ling Feng was completely dumbfounded.

Luo Xiyan looked utterly serious at that moment. After thinking for a while, she barely managed to explain.

"Maybe it was because of your eyes?"

"They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. As long as I see someone's eyes, I can generally tell how they're feeling at that moment."

"If that precious 'window to the soul' is lost, then that person's sea of consciousness will be nothing but darkness."

"If someone is important to me, I make a point of remembering the look in their eyes."

Luo Xiyan seemed to have recalled some earlier details and briefly forgot about her current situation.

"His eyes used to be bright and deep, like a tranquil, clear pool of lake water, yet they also contained the fire of sincerity. But now, there's a little more dimness and sorrow in them..."

"..."

Standing beside her, Ling Feng no longer knew how to mock Luo Xiyan's explanation.

This self-absorbed, transcendent state was truly something everyone should learn from.

But Ling Feng got it now. Luo Xiyan could identify someone just by seeing their eyes. She was basically a walking facial-recognition system!

Nightmare

By the time Luo Xiyan finished speaking, Ling Feng was already numb all over.

He looked completely unsettled. This world was too incredible.

Luo Xiyan looked at Ling Feng's sorrowful little expression again, and her heart softened at once. Then she asked curiously.

"Tell me about it."

That was right—purely out of curiosity. Yet her expression remained as bland as ever.

Still, the faint concern in her tone brought a warmth to Ling Feng's anxious heart.

Thinking about how Luo Xiyan was often mistaken for emotionless because she was calm and objective and didn't know how to express her feelings, Ling Feng felt deeply sympathetic toward her.

Why did she always speak in such a flat, emotionless tone? The way she talked made her seem so cold.

As if she were merely stating a fact, with no other meaning behind it.

After thinking for a moment, Ling Feng finally relented and gave her a rough account of what had happened to him.

"So where are you planning to go now?"

After listening to Ling Feng's explanation, Luo Xiyan fell silent for a moment, seemingly considering something.

As Ling Feng gazed into Luo Xiyan's clear, watery eyes, heard her voice, and caught the faint fragrance in her hair, his heartbeat accelerated.

The wind stirred her peach-pink hair, light and gentle, and none of it was an illusion.

Her sapphire eyes were vivid and warm. They seemed free of emotion, yet held a purity and sanctity within them.

What person could resist such a temptation?

At that moment, Ling Feng suddenly sensed the artistic grace hidden beneath the appearance of a girl as pure as an icy mirror.

Her entire body brimmed with a maiden's innocence and the splendor of youth.

"If you have nowhere to go, then come with me." After pondering for a while, Luo Xiyan spoke calmly.

At that moment, Ling Feng came back to his senses and felt that he had looked a little foolish just now, as though his whole persona had collapsed.

This was ridiculous.

It was definitely a psychological effect of being transformed!

By the time he thought that, the sharpness and confidence in Ling Feng's eyes had returned.

Even his entire temperament seemed different. Two girls with looks rated at 9.9 standing together were simply on another level!

"Where to?" Ling Feng steadied himself and asked in confusion.

An internet café? That actually seemed possible.

"To..."

Just as Luo Xiyan was about to speak, a black shadow suddenly flashed past behind Ling Feng.

A gust of sinister wind followed, making Ling Feng's back turn icy cold.

She had originally thought it was merely a normal cold wind for the season, so she didn't pay it any attention.

Yet the next second, Luo Xiyan had already grabbed her hand and begun chasing after the direction in which the shadow had vanished.

What the hell?!

What was going on??

That move genuinely scared Ling Feng. Before she could even react, she had no idea what had happened. Why had they suddenly started sprinting for no reason?

Ling Feng had just gone through a hundred-kilometer night run through the streets. She really didn't want to run anymore tonight. If she kept going, she would be exhausted like a dog.

She was only running now because Luo Xiyan was dragging her along by the hand.

Suddenly, she heard the word "Transform!" beside her. A magnificent burst of colored light flashed past, and a beautiful figure entered her sight—a princess who seemed as though she could exist only in dreams.

A gorgeous pink dress carried the pure dream of a princess, brimming with a dreamlike aura. It arrived as promised in this romantic flowering season, releasing the scent of youthful beauty and fragrant enchantment.

Luo Xiyan's seamless transformation truly stunned Ling Feng.

So all you had to do was say the word "transform"?

Thinking back on all those previous transformation lines, Ling Feng wanted nothing more than to drag Xi He out and beat her up right then.

That brat definitely knew! And she hadn't told him!

[Xi He: You never asked. Don't blame me, okay?~]

A cold, mechanical female voice suddenly sounded in Ling Feng's mind, startling him again.

Why did she pop out at a time like this? No one would think she was mute if she kept quiet!

And how could she say something like that in that tone??

Once Ling Feng recovered, she realized something else: Miss Luo was also a Magical Girl?!

Hadn't they said Destiny Sign holders were extremely rare? Why were there so many around her?!

Ling Feng had originally planned to let go of Luo Xiyan's hand. She thought that way she wouldn't hold her back while she chased whatever it was.

But before Ling Feng could react, Luo Xiyan directly slung her onto her back. Then Luo Xiyan leaped forward. The sudden burst of speed over the short distance left Ling Feng dizzy and unable to tell east from west.

"Dream Red Lotus."

Luo Xiyan's soft, indifferent voice descended. Suddenly, a crimson flaming lotus exploded in the darkness some distance away.

Countless scarlet petals drifted through the air, then converged toward one spot. Only after they got closer did Ling Feng finally see what was happening.

A strange humanoid black shadow on the ground was trapped within the red lotus petals, unable to escape.

That thing was clearly a shadow. Ling Feng could vaguely make out the outline of a skirt beneath it, while a place with no visible mouth emitted an unknown, strange shriek.

It was even female?

With all its escape routes sealed, the black shadow could no longer flee through the darkness. Suddenly, a scarlet gleam flashed, and all the petals exploded at once. Flames burst outward, swallowing the shadow in a sea of fire until it dispersed and everything returned to calm...

Ling Feng watched the whole scene, and the way she looked at Luo Xiyan was completely different now.

Had she killed someone?!

"This..."

Ling Feng was already speechless.

Luo Xiyan set Ling Feng down, and her transformation was undone.

"That was a Nightmare, an executioner lurking among humans. It is a remnant produced by evil dark magic. They feed on people's greed, and if they aren't eliminated, they pose a very serious safety risk."

Luo Xiyan explained calmly, and Ling Feng only half understood.

Xi He, aren't you going to explain? Ling Feng silently asked in her mind.

[This Nightmare was actually born because that dark girl's resentment had built up too deeply not long ago...]

[As for more information about Nightmares, I'm too lazy to explain right now...]

After hearing Xi He's explanation, Ling Feng was speechless. Couldn't she explain it all at once? Why leave her hanging like this?

Then Ling Feng thought of something.

Before? That night?

The moment she thought of that pitiful little girl kneeling on the ground, Ling Feng's heart suffered another ten-thousand-point critical hit.

Was she really that vindictive?

What the hell...

A Real Girlfriend

"So that's how it was?"

Only then did Ling Feng put on a look of sudden realization. She couldn't exactly bring up the Destiny Sign directly.

"Just call me by my name from now on. No need to be so formal." Luo Xiyan said with a completely expressionless face.

Luo Xiyan had tried her best to make her tone gentler. Her voice was as lovely as a flowing spring, soothing to the heart.

Sweet as honey, it made people feel exceptionally comfortable and refreshed.

But that expression of hers still made it hard for Ling Feng to believe what she had said.

No need to be formal? Really?

Whether it was true or not, what Luo Xiyan said the next second shocked Ling Feng.

"Come with me quickly. Xiaoxiao probably hasn't returned yet, so let's go back to the hotel first."

"The... hotel? But I didn't bring my ID card?"

"You don't need one."

Every calm word from Luo Xiyan struck Ling Feng's soul without pause.

Pulled along by Luo Xiyan's hand, Ling Feng followed her in a daze to a famous high-end hotel.

The dozens-of-stories-tall building was almost too high to see the top of. The lobby's classic furnishings displayed a rich elegance while interpreting European fashion, fully embodying the quality of life associated with Neo-Baroque style—simple and grand, understated yet luxurious.

When the receptionist saw Luo Xiyan and Ling Feng walking behind her, a flash of amazement still appeared in her eyes.

Only when Luo Xiyan approached did she lower her head slightly in respect.

"Miss Luo."

"Mm."

Luo Xiyan nodded lightly. Her attitude seemed cold, though she herself didn't think so.

Perhaps because she had heard about Luo Xiyan's circumstances, the receptionist lowered her head even further.

Then Luo Xiyan added another sentence.

"I came back alone tonight."

"Yes." The receptionist merely responded.

Ling Feng walked alongside Luo Xiyan.

She could only feel Luo Xiyan's pitiful yet exceptionally cold elegance. Anyone who saw her would be left stunned.

Ling Feng remembered Su Xiaoxiao mentioning before that Miss Luo had a good personality—beautiful and aloof.