My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl!

"Wealth and honor cannot corrupt me; what use are ten thousand bushels of grain to me?" Lu Ming retorted righteously. In truth, he had stashed away a little emergency money, but Lu Annuan didn't need to know that.

Lu Annuan huffed and rolled her eyes.

Her grades were only average, around four hundred points on mock exams, but even she knew Lu Ming was butchering classical Chinese and rewriting history.

One sentence, and the famous beautiful girl of Haiyang City rolled her eyes at me.

No tutorial. Don't ask.

Lu Ming glanced at Lu Annuan. "If there's anything you want, toss it in too. My treat, so my mom doesn't call me over the weekend and say I'm not looking after you."

As if you take such good care of me.

Lu Annuan muttered under her breath. Feeling both aggrieved and annoyed at Lu Ming, she unceremoniously picked out several fresh oysters.

"This one, this one, and this one." Lu Annuan carefully selected the fresh oysters, picking out all the lively old-timers tucked in the corner. The shop owner, who had been happily watching the pretty girl, nearly lost his temper.

Lu Annuan's hands were terrifyingly steady, and her gaze was as cold as if she had spent ten years gutting fish at RT-Mart. Not a drop of water splashed when she grabbed the oysters.

What Quan Hongchan?

With water-splash control like that, you should compete in the next Olympics.

Lu Ming nodded. Lu Annuan really did like food that replenished energy. After all, she was half an athlete herself. If she didn't eat more, she wouldn't have enough stamina during training.

The more she ate, the more she could build up her strength.

As long as she didn't use that energy on me.

Lu Annuan actually wasn't stupid at all. If she focused on studying, getting into a top university would be no problem. It was just that she currently devoted part of her energy to figure skating. Her father was a manager at a listed company, and she had won plenty of awards. Even if she didn't compete with the exam grinders in the college entrance exams, she could still live as a privileged, beautiful girl.

But you... how did you suddenly become a Magical Girl?

"They sell Magical Girl stickers here too, but they're all sold out. The girls at our school really love them." Lu Annuan's eyes lit up.

I see. But I don't like stickers. I'll just like Magical Girls directly instead, so those heartless manufacturers don't get to profit off the middleman markup.

Lu Ming looked at Lu Annuan's sparkling eyes. Her chest puffed out beneath her clothes, and her features carried all the sweetness of a southern girl. Her skin was fair and translucent. She was simply unbelievably beautiful.

Lu Ming said casually, "How many Magical Girls do you think there are in our city?"

"How would I know? But Polaris must be the cutest one, right?" Lu Annuan raised her pale chin proudly.

Look at you showing off.

Cute enough to fall in love and fight to the death with me in the future.

Fine, fine. Full marks for you.

"Why are you suddenly asking that?" Lu Annuan leaned over to look at him, black strands of hair falling past her fair cheeks. She teased, "Are you interested in Magical Girls too?"

Lu Ming was about to deny it, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Kind of."

He remembered the system saying that, in the future, he had not known Lu Annuan was a Magical Girl, which had led to the bad end. If he said he was interested now, could he uncover Lu Annuan's secret later?

I need to warm things up with Lu Annuan.

But not too much. Back in kindergarten, we even bathed together in the bathtub. That'd be too explicit to air.

"Alright, let's just buy these." Lu Annuan stopped.

"Not buying the Violent Bear?" Lu Ming pointed at the white Violent Bear beside them, nearly five feet tall and grinning with huge white teeth.

"It's too expensive." Lu Annuan waved her hand. "You worked hard for that money. If I spent it carelessly, I wouldn't be able to face Auntie."

If you don't spend it carelessly, then you can face my mom?

What exactly do you think you are to me?

"Alright." Lu Ming nodded and paid.

After they left the supermarket, Lu Ming jogged back alone a little while later.

Lu Annuan was back at Lu Ming's house, helping cook for the first time in a long while. She had only been away for a few months, but it felt like much longer. Maybe their relationship had become a little distant during that time. Teenagers grew up quickly; even a few months could feel unbelievably long.

Lu Annuan had actually wanted to talk to Lu Ming all along, but whenever she saw him hurrying off to school and back, she could never find a chance to call out to him. Over time, they simply stopped talking.

Maybe that was what childhood sweethearts were like. Little by little, they forgot each other in the vast world.

Lu Annuan was much better at cooking than Lu Ming. She used scallions, ginger, garlic, and vinegar with the skill of a master chef. She was a JK who belonged in the kitchen, and several steaming dishes were soon placed on the table.

"I still haven't forgiven you for peeking while I changed clothes before." Lu Annuan shot Lu Ming a glance as a reminder. Fortunately, she had not taken off her underwear yet, or Lu Ming would have seen everything.

"I told you, I wasn't peeking. Your door lock was broken. Besides, didn't you steal my chips before?"

"That doesn't count as stealing!"

Yes, yes, yes. You were a robber. Under criminal law, that really is a level above being a thief.

I'll give you a bigger bullet.

I want the smaller one.

After entering high school, Lu Annuan had not really made many friends. She often could not join in other people's conversations and only had one or two friends.

Pretty girls did not necessarily receive special treatment. They could just as easily earn the dislike of other girls at school.

Some boys would come over and greet her too, but she always avoided them. She knew she was pretty and highly attractive to boys.

She often thought back to when she had been with Lu Ming. Now, she secretly looked up at him. This guy seemed to have grown another two centimeters over the past two months. How did he grow so fast? And he had gotten a little more handsome too. Did he have any girls he was close to at school?

Lu Annuan thought to herself.

Ever since Mom passed away, it feels like we haven't eaten together like this. It's kind of... nostalgic. I guess that was when I started sinking into my own little world and gradually stopped talking to Lu Ming. Thinking back, he used to come to my house all the time to cook for me.

It tasted awful. He didn't even know how to use soy sauce or vinegar. Lu Ming, you big idiot.

They bickered as they ate, and before they knew it, they had finished. Lu Annuan even felt they had eaten a little too quickly. She... still wanted to talk to Lu Ming a little longer. It had been so long since she had enjoyed talking with him this much.

But they had finished dinner. She could hardly stay the night, could she? It had been no big deal to visit each other constantly when they were children, but now that they were teenagers, it felt a little awkward.

Lu Annuan could not bring herself to say anything. After helping wash the dishes, she planned to return home. When she reached her doorstep, she suddenly saw a white Violent Bear sitting outside. It was baring its teeth in a happy grin.

"Huh?" Lu Annuan froze for a moment.

Her phone received a message.

Lu Ming had sent it through QQ.

He had sent an emoji.

Lu Ming: "(Grinning)."

Lu Annuan's face immediately turned red. Her mood became as bright as a sky clearing after rain, and she carried the Violent Bear back to her room, giggling to herself.

Lu Annuan lay on her bed with the Violent Bear in her arms.

"Annuan looks so happy." A palm-sized little deer, snow-white and holy all over, stood on the windowsill. It spoke in the voice of a little girl, its eyes shining with curiosity.

"Xiaomi, I'm not!"

"So he's Lu Ming. I didn't expect his constitution to be so special. His magic power is abundant. To Evil Beasts, he's the most delicious food in the world. He's even more conspicuous to them than a Magical Girl. We absolutely cannot let anyone from that evil organization, Death Spiral, discover him!" Xiaomi said seriously.

"Mm. I'll protect him." Lu Annuan nodded firmly.

Because... he was her childhood sweetheart.

"When will they discover Lu Ming?" Lu Annuan asked seriously as well.

"Based on estimates, there will probably be an incident the day after tomorrow."

Lu Annuan nodded.

As the Magical Girl Polaris, Lu Annuan would protect Lu Ming.

"And... I didn't expect him to take the initiative to ask me to eat with him. I thought he wouldn't speak to me again until graduation." Lu Annuan hugged the bear plushie and muttered softly. Her light, silver-bell laughter gradually filled the quiet room.

"This is nice."

[Mission complete. Relationship with Lu Annuan has warmed up. Reward: Constitution +3]

A warm current surged through his body, and he felt sturdier.

Lu Ming took off his shirt and looked at himself in the mirror. He had exercised before, but now the lines of his muscles were much more defined. His six-pack was clear, and he looked powerful. Even his clothes fit him better.

Let's see whether my thighs have muscles.

"Lu Ming, my family has extra cola. If you want some, I'll give you—" Lu Annuan happened to push the door open and walk in, just in time to see Lu Ming taking off his pants. Her face instantly flushed red. She let out a piercing shriek, turned around, and ran away.

Lu Ming froze too. Was she really that scared? It wasn't as if they had never changed clothes together before.

Still... their relationship had at least returned to its peak, right?

Buying that Violent Bear emptied all my secret savings.

Lu Ming sighed.

He had been young then. He had not known that every massive supermarket discount had already secretly marked its price.

At least Lu Annuan's wall around her heart must be gone now, right?

Lu Ming lay spread-eagled on the bed, staring at the ceiling. The system had said that everything in the bad-end future originated in high school. Did that mean Lu Annuan was not the only one responsible for that outcome? Were there other people I knew too?

Are there other experts?

One step at a time. Since things have come to this, I should sleep first.

The Discipline Committee Member Is the Best at Breaking Discipline

After getting up, Lu Ming found himself refreshed. His body felt light, his mind clear, and he had never felt so energetic. Was this also the change brought by Constitution +3?

Lu Ming got out of bed and excitedly stretched his body.

This system was solidly awesome.

But if possible, Lu Ming would have preferred the system's rewards to be RMB.

Even if Lu Ming would become a world-destroying Demon King in the future, he was currently just an ordinary handsome high school boy. The money he earned came from hard labor, and yesterday he had even bought Lu Annuan a Violent Bear.

That bear landed a Black Flash on Lu Ming's wallet, knocking the new computer he had planned to buy from the JD App shopping cart down to another app's ten-billion subsidy section. His standard of living had plummeted.

Life was falling apart, and world-destroying Demon King Lu Ming was patching it back together.

Who said Demon Kings could not save money? Some Demon Kings even worked part-time jobs!

It was just that the ending for working Demon Kings was a little absurd.

And when it came down to it, why did I become a Demon King in the first place? What was the benefit of fighting Magical Girls? Did I want to open a harem filled with beautiful girls from all over the world?

That did sound pretty great. No wonder Lu Annuan would come beat me up.

Lu Ming looked out the bright, sunny window. Birds chirped on the branches, while the city streets were filled with the harmonious, warm ordinariness of morning.

"She liked crying so much. She must have cried while beating me up in the future too," Lu Ming thought.

When they were children, Lu Ming had been mischievous and loved climbing trees. He would climb incredibly high, while Lu Annuan stood beneath the tree, shouting for him to be careful and come down quickly. She cried until her face turned red. When she cried, she also liked hugging the curtains. She was that kind of girl who worried about others.

Yet in the future, she had still stood against him. How badly must she have cried in private?

"Lu Ming, Lu Ming, get up and go to school!"

Lu Annuan was knocking on Lu Ming's bedroom door. She had a key to his house, one Lu Ming's mother had personally given her. After Lu Annuan's mother passed away, Lu Ming's mother had truly pampered Lu Annuan like her own daughter.

"I'm getting dressed, don't open the door! Why are you here today?!" Lu Ming hurriedly shouted.

She had not come over in so long. The last time she had come to wake him up was when they were still in the same middle school. Why was she in such a mood today?

"I just... took your bear, so I should take care of you a little." Lu Annuan said from outside the door, blushing.

After all, it had been a while since she had done this. After getting up, she had hesitated for a long time before making up her mind... What if Lu Ming thought she was acting too suddenly? What if he disliked her coming to wake him? What if he didn't like it?

After hesitating for a long time, she had still gathered her courage and come over, knocking on his door as if nothing had happened.

Luckily... Lu Ming was still the same as before.

"Since you're already here, could you fry me an egg?" Lu Ming called through the door.

"Ah... sure."

"And add a bottle of milk."

"Ah, okay."