Longing

Huali had heard countless times through various channels that he would become a girl someday, so he was not overly surprised.

The change was bound to happen. He just did not know when it would come.

But it was his own body, after all, so he could not help being curious about the changes.

That faint blush of pale pink was only around his pupils, as though some pink color were spreading out from beneath his irises.

He stared into the mirror for a long while. Other than that subtle change in his eyes, he could not see any other changes with the naked eye.

But he also knew that the changes happening to him were not limited to his eyes. They were occurring from the inside out. The clearest sign was that his skin had become far more sensitive than before, and much softer to the touch.

Under his sister's guidance, he had always made a habit of applying body lotion after bathing. Recently, because of the changes in his skin, he could clearly feel that the process was different from before.

His skin had been fairly well cared for in the past and was quite smooth, but it had never possessed that baby-like softness. Now, he could easily make the skin on his arms jiggle. The mochi-like texture brought by plump fat had already begun to show in his current body.

This was not his first or second time transforming into a Magical Girl. Whenever he recalled his first awakening, he could not help feeling embarrassed.

Most people awakened suddenly when they encountered danger. Many Magical Girls awakened after running into Fierce Beasts, but he had been different.

He had encountered a snake in a mall restroom and, in his panic, suddenly transformed into a Magical Girl.

After transforming, she had clearly frightened the snake. Without hesitation, it bit her.

A Magical Girl's body was vastly different from an ordinary person's. A body altered by magic was more like another body, separate from one's original one.

Even if a Magical Girl's body suffered catastrophic damage, she would not necessarily die. Even fatal wounds such as losing her head or heart would not cause a Magical Girl's death.

For a Magical Girl, the Magic Core was what mattered. As long as the Magic Core was not completely destroyed, even fatal injuries would only force her to cancel her transformation.

But if the Magic Core was destroyed, or the human body was killed, the Magical Girl would die.

A Magical Girl's body did not poison easily, and injuries could be healed with magic. Her Healing Spell had very little effect on ordinary people. She had tried it; it could ease pain and speed up healing to some extent, but the results were not obvious.

But when a Healing Spell was used on a Magical Girl, its effects were especially clear. After being bitten by the snake, she had merely cast a Healing Spell on herself, and the two holes in her leg had returned to normal—even her damaged Magical Girl outfit had healed.

At the time, she had grabbed the snake and run out of the restroom in a daze, frightening everyone nearby.

Fortunately, people were no strangers to Magical Girls. Once the passersby understood what had happened, they helped her find the police.

Whenever she thought about how she had been frightened by a snake in the men's restroom, suddenly felt warmth flood through her body and turned into a girl, then immediately got bitten on the leg and let out an instinctive, shrill scream that scared several brave men who had intended to fight the snake into screaming in panic and fleeing the restroom, she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

After becoming a Magical Girl, a natural confidence had risen within her. Driven by that confidence, she caught the snake with her bare hands. With the police's help, she confirmed that it was actually nonvenomous, released it back into the woods, and was then taken to the Magical Girl Division for Magical Girl registration and basic training.

After that, he began operating as an official Magical Girl.

Although transforming into a Magical Girl consumed quite a bit of magic, curiosity had driven him to secretly transform alone more than a few times. Naturally, he had gained a basic understanding of a Magical Girl's body.

That was necessary. Otherwise, if he only learned about his body whenever he had to fight, he would naturally be unaccustomed to so many changes. Setting aside anything else, the altered length of her arms and legs caused by her changed build alone required time to adapt to.

As for the other details, he had naturally done some research as well.

As a Magical Girl, every part of his body was soft to the touch, with no sense of muscle at all. No matter where she touched, it felt as soft and springy as mochi, sometimes making him wonder what would happen if he took a bite.

Her loose, flowing long hair often blocked her vision. Though two small ponytails were tied at her chest, they still did not solve the problem of strands easily obscuring her sight. But they said hair was the soul of a Magical Girl, and cutting it would greatly weaken a Magical Girl's abilities, so this was a difference she had to get used to.

As for the other differences, what left the deepest impression on him were the obstructions on her chest, along with decorations such as bows and gemstones that filled her vision.

And whenever she lowered her head and could not see her toes, with her vision clearly obstructed, he would slip into a slightly embarrassed state.

Though after transforming she was merely a little girl just over five feet tall, looking more like a middle schooler, her figure was unexpectedly voluptuous in certain places.

When she had first begun transforming, her skin would jiggle violently as she ran because it was too soft. Even her arms and legs, which did not look particularly fleshy, would sway noticeably, making her very uncomfortable.

Looking down, she could even see the bow dancing up and down. It had taken her a long time to overcome that difference as well.

Thinking back to herself in Magical Girl form, he could not help blushing again.

There was still a huge gap between his current body and his Magical Girl self. That much was obvious.

He patted his chest. A boy's broad, hard chest remained just as sturdy.

Once he realized that he would become a girl someday, his entire mindset began changing in many ways.

The greatest change was how he felt when he saw other girls.

If he had once been surrounded by a group of girls, he definitely would not have been as calm as he was now. Whether it was Huang Xing or Green Yi, both possessed more than enough beauty as girls. If he were his past self, would he not have been thrilled just to speak with them?

Had he become indifferent?

Not really.

Thinking back to the sight of Fu You blasting the Witch to death with a single shot during the day, he suddenly felt his heartbeat quicken again.

That shock, that killing intent, that utterly incomparable air of majesty—

A senior was a senior. She was someone no other Magical Girl could compare to!

Could he become as powerful as her someday?

As someone in the healing category, he felt that he would never have a chance to be like her, right?

(Cough, cough... My stiff neck has been hurting nonstop, and I haven't slept well /w\ I'm being lazy today, so there's only one update, meow...)