Chased by Magical Girls After Becoming Their Enemy

Ye Xiaoying crossed her arms over her chest, extremely displeased by what Ling Wanqing, this little girl, had said.

"So you admit it?"

Ling Wanqing truly lived up to being a top student. Her reply was incredibly logical and nearly angered Ye Xiaoying to death.

"Y-you-you... Hmph!"

However, Ye Xiaoying had not forgotten the objective of this mission. She needed to gather information about Luo Xiyan, and the organization had specifically noted that it would be best if she could bring her back. The reward would be ridiculously high—after this job, she could retire immediately! Hehe!

Gripping her Dark Angel Staff, Ye Xiaoying turned around and began chanting a spell.

She knew Luo Xiyan was strong and had an assistant, so she immediately adopted the strategy of striking first—no, that was wrong. It was supposed to be catching them off guard!

Yet no matter how perfect Ye Xiaoying's plan was, she had never expected that she would fail to cast even a single spell before inexplicably falling flat on the ground the next second.

Seeing this, Ling Wanqing was briefly stunned. Luo Xiyan had apparently transformed at some point already and was now dressed in the robes of a magical caster, leaving Ling Wanqing speechless.

"So Sister Xiyan is a Magical Girl?!"

Ling Wanqing said in surprise. Still, she usually did not pay much attention to such things about the people around her, so she was not overly shocked. After all, there were quite a few in her class.

In any case, everyone around Brother Ling Feng had to be good people. She could not be suspicious of everyone.

Luo Xiyan glanced at Ye Xiaoying, who was sprawled on the ground, then took a step forward and walked straight toward her.

Seeing Luo Xiyan's calm expression, Ye Xiaoying could not help feeling a chill in her heart. What kind of magic was this? She only felt as though an invisible force had bound her entire body, making her almost unable to move.

But from an observer's perspective, there was nothing on Ye Xiaoying at all. It was as though she had been restrained by the air itself.

"Hmph! Even if I lose, I won't give you any points! Kill me or torture me as you please! A great fallen angel will never submit to you!!"

Ye Xiaoying pursed her lips. Although she tried desperately not to cry, tears kept welling up in her eyes.

"Wait, what are you doing?!"

"Y-you, don't come any closer!"

"N-no!!"

"Don't~"

"Waaah~"

Ye Xiaoying suddenly recalled certain rumors she had heard before about Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls.

In the end, she could not hold it in any longer and burst into tears. Large teardrops streamed from her eyes amid her sobs.

Ling Wanqing was still standing beside the stone table. She thought Ye Xiaoying looked rather pitiful and suddenly felt a little sympathy for her.

"I-I know I was wrong. Please let me go. I-I'll never do bad things again... Uh, no, that's not right. What I did wasn't a bad thing!"

Ye Xiaoying panicked so badly that even her thoughts became muddled. However, she did not suffer the torture she had imagined afterward.

"The spell will dissipate on its own in two hours. Don't worry."

Luo Xiyan spoke indifferently, pulled Ye Xiaoying beneath a pine tree, and then, as the glow faded and her transformation was undone, walked away without looking back.

She could not even be bothered to look at Ye Xiaoying again. She had not cared much about the matter to begin with; she merely found it somewhat regrettable that she had failed to hear certain things.

"Wanqing, let's go."

"Mhm!"

An Unknown Plan

"Sister Xiyan, why do you want to know so much about my brother?"

After leaving the park, Luo Xiyan accompanied Ling Wanqing to a milk tea shop by the street at her request rather than returning to the esports arena.

First, Ling Wanqing wanted milk tea. Second, Luo Xiyan still could not help wanting to ask about Ling Feng, so the two of them coincidentally walked into the shop together.

There was still some time before the match ended, and it would be nearly noon by then, so neither of them was in a hurry to return. They sat together by the glass window.

"Can you promise not to tell anyone else?"

After thinking for a while, Luo Xiyan still insisted on asking.

Although she had not known Ling Feng for very long, she seemed to see a trace of her former self in him—carrying a hint of loneliness and sorrow. Even though she did not know much about him yet.

But that was all right. There would be opportunities in the future.

"Mhm, go ahead, Sister Xiyan."

Ling Wanqing nodded seriously, looking as though she would not reveal a secret even with a knife held to her throat.

Only then did Luo Xiyan calm down slightly. Yet the moment she thought about what she was about to say, she found it somewhat difficult to voice.

A blush spread across her face as she lowered her head slightly. Her hesitant appearance made even Ling Wanqing anxious for her, though she did not know how to comfort her.

"It's okay, Sister Xiyan. You're so pretty, my brother will definitely agree to anything you ask. Look at that guy at the counter—he hasn't taken his eyes off you since we came in~"

No one knew how Ling Wanqing's mind worked. She flashed a bright smile and immediately teased Luo Xiyan.

This made Luo Xiyan feel an inexplicable panic, as though she had done something she should not have.

Still, Ling Wanqing was right. Because of the two beautiful girls, the milk tea shop had gradually become much busier, and there were noticeably more people around. Most of them had come to look at the beauties.

Even the female attendants at the counter were overwhelmed. As for the young man at the counter who had been staring at Luo Xiyan's face, he was now busy to death.

"That's not it. Your brother isn't that kind of person." Luo Xiyan spoke with a serious expression.

"Oh? You understand him so well already?" Seeing Luo Xiyan respond, Ling Wanqing smiled slyly and teased her again. "Are you in such a hurry? You're already speaking up for my brother?"

Others might not believe it, but Ling Wanqing had learned all these things from Ling Feng in the past. Although Ling Feng had tried his best to quit those habits now, Ling Wanqing had not forgotten their essence.

"I..."

This time, even Luo Xiyan was unable to keep herself under control. Whenever the topic involved Ling Feng, she seemed unable to think clearly.

"All right, Sister Xiyan. Just trust me—I'm worthy of your trust." At that moment, Ling Wanqing patted her small chest and assured her.

"Th-then, all right. Actually, I... I want to date your brother."

Ling Wanqing: ??

After saying it, Luo Xiyan herself felt rather confused. She had blurted it out in fits and starts, leaving Ling Wanqing utterly dumbfounded. She had not expected such a beautiful girl to say something like that. It was simply outrageous.

Still, Ling Wanqing quickly calmed down. After all, she had long been used to the girls at school who wanted to pursue Ling Feng.

So Ling Wanqing honestly answered the questions Luo Xiyan wanted to ask afterward.

A plan was even born by accident. As for what it involved, no one knew~

If Ling Feng found out Luo Xiyan wanted to date him, he would probably be even more surprised than the person involved.

The Finest Things of Heaven and Earth, the Essence of Grass and Trees

"B-boss, my plan failed."

Beneath the pine tree, Ye Xiaoying carefully held her phone in both hands and spoke hesitantly.

Not long ago, Ye Xiaoying had finally waited for that damned unknown binding spell to wear off and regained her freedom. The first thing she did was hurry to call and report the situation.

"Oh, it failed? That's fine. Big Sis expected this already. You have a new mission, and you can come back now."

The man on the other end sounded somewhat impatient, as though he did not care much about the matter.

He was mainly responsible for handling various handover tasks, such as the latest potions and secret reports. Anything requiring combat was Hell Girl's business and had nothing to do with him.

Normally, he was happy to have things easy, but if the people he coordinated with made mistakes on their missions, he would be implicated as well.

More importantly, the higher-ups had not demanded much from this test. They only needed to probe their strength.

"B-but..."

Although the man had said that, Ye Xiaoying was still worried. She felt vaguely uneasy, wondering whether there would be some kind of punishment.

The older sisters were all so scary, waaah~

"All right, all right. That's enough for now, Xiaoying. I have things to do, so I'm hanging up."

After saying that, the man truly did not hesitate in the slightest before hanging up.

"Hey, Old Zhang, are you done with your call yet? I've already won this hand."

"Fuck your grandfather! How did you win again? Tell me, was someone cheating??"

"What are you talking about?! I'm just asking whether you dare play another round?" said a man across the table.

"Hmph, why wouldn't I? Just watch me drain you dry today?!"

After speaking, Old Zhang deliberately showed off the Patek Philippe on his wrist, worth hundreds of thousands. Everyone around him stared with shining eyes.

Although it was already several owners old, it still had the proper prestige. Seeing this, the man casually placed his hand on the waist of the bunny girl he had ordered not long ago, slowly sliding it downward.

The startled bunny girl could not help letting out a coquettish cry, her face flushed red.

"Big brother, you're so naughty~~ I like it so much~~~"

On the other side, Ye Xiaoying could do nothing about it and could only retreat first.

Back in the organization, her silly and adorable nature had made her an easy target for bullying. However, Ye Xiaoying only considered it a harsh trial for a fallen angel.

At least the atmosphere in the organization was harmonious. It was just that the older sisters all had such strange personalities...

Without lingering any longer, Ye Xiaoying tidied up her somewhat dirty and disheveled dress before leaving as well.

Because of Ling Wanqing, Luo Xiyan was still with her in the milk tea shop.

When Luo Xiyan had said she wanted to date Ling Feng earlier, she did not really understand what she meant herself. She knew little about romance and had never looked into it before.

The reason she had said it was because Su Xiaoxiao had told her the exact same thing.

Luo Xiyan remembered Su Xiaoxiao saying that it represented a symbol of friendly affection between two people.

But Ling Wanqing did not understand that, so every sentence she said made Luo Xiyan's face grow redder, until Luo Xiyan finally could not bear it and asked her to stop.

"Well, I'll slowly learn about it later."

"Huh? All right. It's getting late, so let's head back first. Also, Sister Xiyan, are you sure you don't want anything to drink? Don't you like milk tea?"

Ling Wanqing abruptly changed the subject, looking puzzled. In her impression, girls seemed to like milk tea, yet Luo Xiyan had not said a single word about it from beginning to end. She had merely sat there quietly.

"I don't know. I've never had it."

"Huh? No way. Milk tea is delicious. Sister Xiyan, do you want to try some?"

Ling Wanqing was truly shocked this time. She had never expected that someone in this day and age had never even tried milk tea. She even wondered whether Luo Xiyan could not afford it! But she had refused when Ling Wanqing offered to treat her earlier, hadn't she?

Milk tea was the finest thing of heaven and earth, gathering the essence of grass and trees.

Yet online, the phrase "It's only the cost of a cup of milk tea" had become increasingly common. Milk tea seemed to have become the latest universal currency, capable of measuring everything, as though everyone was assumed to have had it.

"No, thank you."

Seeing her refuse, Ling Wanqing knew she could not say anything more. In a daze, she recalled something Ling Feng had once said.

"If someone refuses you, don't keep pestering them. Respect others, and respect yourself."

Although Ling Feng had told her that, he simply did not want Ling Wanqing to become like him. He just did not want to lead his little sister astray.

A Calculated Gamble

Meanwhile, at the SK Esports Arena in Linzhou City, the Winter Tournament Finals Cup had entered its most intense stage.

It was almost impossible for Ling Feng and the others to defeat such veteran professional players. Their teammates were suppressed at every turn, and if this continued, losing was only a matter of time.

Ling Feng and his team did not even have uniforms. In other people's eyes, they were amateurs.

Yet as the dark horse of this tournament, making it this far had already exceeded many people's expectations. After all, their opponents were a top team ranked among the top five in the Professional League.

The only way to control one's fate was through victory. Just like the plot of a passionate manga, youths constantly improved themselves with burning determination, building the means to face a complicated world.

They loved esports. What they loved was the way those players seized control of their own fates through hard work.

So, did you believe in miracles?