My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl!

She must have put a spell on me.

After Lu Ming sensed Lu Annuan getting to her feet, the fragrance he smelled grew even stronger. He realized he really, really liked the scent; it even made his body feel much lighter.

Later, I should go outside and see if there's any perfume like this for sale... Lu Ming thought.

Lu Annuan stepped out of the bathtub. Just as she reached for a towel, her wet foot slipped, and she fell forward into Lu Ming's arms.

Lu Ming held the warm, lovely body of the girl. With an arm around Lu Annuan's waist, he hurriedly said amid the darkness behind his blindfold, "You fell on your own. This has nothing to do with me!"

A universal safety disclaimer absolutely had to be issued.

It wasn't that he was afraid she would call the police. Lu Annuan would never report him anyway.

But she would tell his mom. If that woman found out, his living expenses would probably go from comfortably middle-class to scraping by like a homeless drifter.

Lu Ming felt two soft, round things pressing against his chest. Lu Annuan's waist was so slender that he wondered how she managed such high-intensity figure-skating jumps with a waist that thin.

"I know!"

Lu Annuan's face turned shockingly red. She quickly steadied herself, then somehow found the strength to shove Lu Ming again. "You can leave now!"

Lu Ming was pushed out. Even while sitting in the living room, he could still smell that fragrance from before.

After a while, Lu Annuan emerged from the bathroom fully dressed. She still carried the dampness of a recent bath, and her cheeks were as red as ripe apples.

"It's your turn to bathe." Lu Annuan pretended nothing had happened.

Lu Ming also acted as if nothing had happened, grabbed his clothes, and went inside. The moment he entered the bathroom, he smelled Lu Annuan's fragrance.

It really did smell good.

After Lu Ming finished bathing, Lu Annuan had already prepared lunch. She scooped herself a large bowl of white rice, the kind of student cafeteria ladies loved—the ones who only ate plain rice.

"I was too tired today, so I'm eating a little more," Lu Annuan explained when she saw Lu Ming. "Normally, I eat a third less than this."

In other words, she had gone from Godzilla-level appetite to two-thirds of a Godzilla.

Don't worry, I won't say anything.

As long as you don't turn into a Haiyang ghoul and come chew on me.

Lu Annuan had always been able to eat a lot since she was little.

Of course, that also had to do with how much she exercised. Her activity level surpassed ninety-nine percent of high school and college students, so it was perfectly normal for her to eat more to replenish her strength.

As for whether her diet was balanced, what did balanced diets matter in a world with Magical Girls?

Lu Ming sat down to eat as well. Remembering the arrows from his earlier battle with the Evil Beast, he asked Lu Annuan about them.

"That was probably the Magical Girl Crystal," Lu Annuan said. "She appeared before I did. I don't know her true identity, but she seems especially skilled at attacking Evil Beasts from afar with a bow and arrows. She's the Magical Girl who has protected the most people."

"That makes her sound stronger than you," Lu Ming said.

Lu Annuan got angry. "I'm strong too! If there are a lot of Evil Beasts, I definitely won't be scared."

She practiced figure skating often, so her balance and flexibility were incredibly good. Even if she fell into a crowd of Evil Beasts, she could take Lu Ming with her and carve their way in and out seven times over.

No, who was she calling an idiot prince?

So after becoming a Magical Girl, the things you were already good at became stronger too, right? Then was this Magical Girl Crystal some kind of archery athlete?

As Lu Ming pondered that, Lu Annuan had something to ask as well. Casually, she said, "Speaking of which, I saw a girl in a Haiyang No. 2 Middle School uniform before. She had a really big chest and was very tall. Do you know who she is?"

Lu Annuan had not actually seen her. She was describing the girl she had seen in Lu Ming's dream.

"Oh, oh, that's probably our student council president. She's from Ludong, so it's normal for her to be a little taller," Lu Ming said.

Lu Annuan fell silent and chewed her rice hard.

Lu Ming definitely liked big boobs.

No, then why was Ran Yanyue in his dream too?

Right, this guy was just a pervert!

Lu Annuan became even angrier.

Since he had taken the day off, Lu Ming had nothing to do for the rest of the day, so he went out to a nearby perfume store.

"Hello, do you have any gardenia-type perfumes?" Lu Ming asked.

The sales clerk rarely saw boys come in to buy perfume, much less a handsome one. She immediately smiled. "Is it for your girlfriend?"

"No, it's for me," Lu Ming said.

A guy buying some perfume for himself—got a problem with that?

The clerk was not surprised either. She brought over several perfumes for Lu Ming to try.

Lu Ming smelled them all and felt that none of them were right.

None of those perfumes smelled as good as the scent on Lu Annuan.

In the end, he could only give up and head home.

Lu Ming had to consider one possibility.

Did he really like Lu Annuan?

After pondering for a while, Lu Ming reluctantly admitted that he probably did like Lu Annuan a little, which was why he liked the fragrance on her so much.

And besides... he had always used Japanese teachers as side dishes.

But recently, he had even started thinking about Lu Annuan.

He often recalled the fair, smooth back he had seen that day, along with her long, beautiful legs. Her butt was pretty perky too.

Of course, he still had not used Lu Annuan as a side dish. He could not get past that hurdle in his heart, so in the end, he still used Teacher Mikami and Teacher Kurimiya Futaba.

"I probably do like her." Lu Ming could only admit it.

Lu Annuan really was kind of cute.

There was nothing shameful about liking her.

Lu Ming was relieved.

When he walked back to his door, Lu Ming saw a female police officer knocking on the door of Lu Annuan's place next door.

"Hello, is something wrong?" Lu Ming asked.

"I'm looking for the girl who lives here, but she doesn't seem to be home. Do you know where she is?" Zhuang Ming asked.

"Oh, she's at my place," Lu Ming said.

Lu Ming's door opened, and Lu Annuan's pretty face peeked out.

Zhuang Ming froze.

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Looking at the female police officer before him, Lu Ming said, "There have been gas explosion incidents around here, so I'm here to investigate the gas pipelines."

Fuyuki... Haiyang did not have explosions very often.

It was only right to investigate.

But this pretty police officer was probably not here to inspect people's livelihoods.

She had gone straight to Lu Annuan's door with a clear purpose and had not even glanced at Lu Ming's place. Besides, inspections like this required at least two people—who would come alone?

And most importantly... this police officer was wearing orange tabby cat slippers. The silly, adorable tabby cats had wide-open eyes—(.?ω?.)

One look was enough to tell she had hurriedly thrown on her uniform and rushed out from home.

The people's police needed rest too. It was not easy being called out on a day off.

Respect.

Zhuang Ming looked toward Lu Annuan behind Lu Ming, but Lu Annuan said, "Sister Zhuang, you came to ask about the Evil Beast in the cemetery, right?"

Zhuang Ming gave an "Ah" and hurriedly looked at Lu Ming.

Could she say that out loud?

There was an outsider here.

"Officer Zhuang, the way you're looking at me is like the look underground Party members give when Nationalist troops show up during a handoff in a TV drama," Lu Ming said tactfully.

Usually, that Nationalist soldier got blown to death by an Italian cannon in the end.

"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean you were an outsider. It's just that this is confidential," Zhuang Ming hurriedly apologized.

It's fine. Now I know you do think of me as an outsider. Lu Ming thought.

The outsider stopped talking.

Seeing Lu Ming remain silent, Zhuang Ming gave an awkward laugh.

"It's fine, Lu Ming already knows," Lu Annuan said with a smile.

He already knew?

Zhuang Ming was stunned. She felt a little resentful toward Lu Annuan. How could she casually let someone else know her identity? Even if he was her boyfriend, that was still not okay.

What if he went around bragging that his girlfriend was a Magical Girl?

You could know someone's face but not their heart.

This boy looked handsome enough, but who knew what he was really like inside?

The three of them went into the living room and sat down. Lu Ming and Lu Annuan did not normally drink tea, and the tea set was only used when Lu Ming's dad was home, so they brought out a bottle of cola to entertain their guest.

Zhuang Ming's first impression of Lu Ming was that he was a handsome guy who preferred Pepsi.

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Lu Annuan introduced her, saying, "Sister Zhuang is my contact. If an Evil Beast appears, she'll notify me immediately. If I get hurt or run into trouble, I can ask Sister Zhuang for help too."

For example, things like being late for school or getting store coupons.

But... those were also little rewards for being a Magical Girl, right?

Lu Annuan felt a little guilty.

"Annuan, I really came to ask what happened at the cemetery. It looked like an intense battle took place there," Zhuang Ming asked seriously. Anything that threatened the safety of the city's residents was something she took seriously.

Lu Ming said, "The Evil Beast codenamed Wendigo appeared in the cemetery."

"What?!" Zhuang Ming froze and hurriedly looked to Lu Annuan for confirmation.

"That's right." Lu Annuan nodded.

Zhuang Ming bit her fingernail, a bad habit she had whenever she was stressed. She had not expected this Evil Beast, which had vanished two years ago, to reappear. She had thought it had gone somewhere else, but now it seemed Haiyang City was in danger.

"I'll contact my colleagues right away, quickly teach the public again about what to watch out for when a major threat appears, then prepare for battle for the next few months..."

Zhuang Ming took out her phone.

"That won't be necessary, Sister Zhuang." Lu Annuan smiled. "Wendigo has already been eliminated."

Zhuang Ming froze, then said in delight, "You eliminated it?!"

"No, Lu Ming and I did." Lu Annuan pointed at Lu Ming beside her.

"Him?"

Zhuang Ming stared at Lu Ming in disbelief. It was like seeing Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fighting, only for an Iron-Eating Beast to charge out from the side and knock them both down with one punch each.

Was that even reasonable?

"It really has been eliminated," Lu Ming said.

Still stunned, Zhuang Ming walked to the side and pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to accept that shocking fact. Then she took out her phone, preparing to discuss it with her colleagues.

"How are things on your end? I've received some pretty shocking information..." Zhuang Ming said through gritted teeth.

Was this for real?

"Don't be shocked yet. I have something even more shocking here," her colleague replied.