My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl!

"I lost some chips and cola... First, tell me whether anyone was hurt." Policewoman Zhuang Ming paused, then said.

"We questioned all the nearby residents. No one was injured or missing."

Zhuang Ming's pretty face relaxed. "Once again, we have Polaris, the magical girl, to thank. We adults can't help much with these matters, but at the very least, we have to make sure they aren't troubled by anything else. Help out more."

"Yes!" The officer replied, turned to leave, then quickly ran back. "What about the two bags of chips and the cola?"

"...I'll pay for them." Zhuang Ming took out her wallet and pulled out several bills. She wasn't good at electronic payments, but she quickly noticed the loose change on the warehouse table.

Were evil organizations this polite nowadays?

Or had the magical girl suddenly gotten hungry for a late-night snack after fighting an evil beast?

Was that... kind of cute?

Two people sat atop Haiyang Tower as the night breeze gently swept past them. This strange landmark had originally been built because the mayor of Haiyang City wanted to compete with the neighboring Yangcheng Tower. But more than a decade ago, funding had run out halfway through construction. The mayor had been unwilling to cut funding for education and poverty relief, so he could only painfully cut the tower short, turning the planned 600-meter Haiyang Tower into a 300-meter one.

Though its body had become that of a child, Haiyang Tower's foundations were still those of an adult. It still stood majestically today, and Lu Ming and Polaris, the magical girl, were there.

"You're saying you suddenly became this powerful, with no other reason?" Polaris asked in disbelief.

She ate chips while staring at him in shock.

Lu Ming had somehow become so powerful without her knowing. Had an evil organization captured and modified him?

But why would an evil organization capture that annoying guy? Did they think their lives were too easy and wanted to add some pressure to themselves?

If they captured Lu Ming today, by tonight the entire evil organization would probably be driven red with rage by his Tang Monk-level nagging. They would desperately want to throw him into a meat grinder and turn him into pulp to vent their hatred. How would they have the leisure to modify him?

"I'm confused too. I hope Miss Magical Girl can enlighten me," Lu Ming said, happily munching on chips as well.

"Wait, these chips!" Polaris suddenly realized something.

"Don't worry, they're cucumber-flavored. Even dogs won't eat the original flavor," Lu Ming hurriedly said.

"Oh, then that's fine..." Polaris replied, before realizing something again.

Fine my ass!

That wasn't the point!

How had they ended up naturally eating chips together here?

Still, cucumber flavor really was tasty. She ate two more chips.

"It's fine. I left money on the table," Lu Ming said, and her expression improved a little. "I have the physique of a Star Bearer and abundant magical power, so that evil organization called Death Spiral wants to capture me, right?"

"Mm, but it's okay. I'll protect you," Polaris said with a light laugh.

"That's good. I was worried about my childhood friend getting hurt. She lives next door to me," Lu Ming said.

"You're so worried about her. Do you like her?" Polaris asked casually.

"No. She isn't as pretty as you," Lu Ming said.

"..."

Polaris's fists clenched.

"And her personality isn't as good as yours either."

"..."

"But she must have some good points, right?" Polaris couldn't help asking.

"She does, she does. She eats white rice really fast. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—five bowls!" Lu Ming's eyes lit up.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Did he think he was feeding a pig?!

"So you really dislike her, huh?" Polaris puffed out her cheeks.

Her blood pressure was already high.

"No, no." Lu Ming shook his head and smiled. "She's my best friend."

Polaris smiled brightly beneath the starry sky.

She looked especially beautiful when she smiled.

"Then you have to protect your childhood friend properly." Polaris stood up, her silver hair gently swaying in the night wind. "Goodbye. I hope you won't run into danger again, but if you really do, I'll appear and protect you!"

The next day, Lu Ming ran into Lu Annuan when he left for school and raised a hand to greet her.

Lu Annuan glanced at him. She had wanted to speak to him, but after thinking about it, she ignored him and gave a little huff.

So he said I wasn't as pretty as Polaris, and that my personality wasn't as good as Polaris's either?

Even though he was comparing her transformed self, she was still angry!

I'm ignoring you!

Lu Ming's warm greeting met her cold shoulder.

Still, Lu Annuan's legs had been saved. She could keep skating the figure skating she loved. If he couldn't see her smile when she won, his life would probably lose a little of its joy too.

[Task completed: Protect Lu Annuan from injury. Reward: Magical Item · Antique Pocket Watch]

[Magical Item · Antique Pocket Watch: A pocket watch crafted with the painstaking effort of a master clockmaker. Over the course of long years, it gained a different kind of power.]

[Effect: Time can be stopped for one second every hour.]

Lu Ming saw an illusory pocket watch appear in the air. In an instant, it shot into his heart, and he immediately felt a strange power.

Holy shit, was this time stop?!

System bro, didn't you give me a late-game reward by mistake? Was the law of time something I could master right now?

A future Demon King with time stop... Wouldn't that make me Dio?!

But I didn't dress nearly as flamboyantly, and I wasn't interested in Egypt either.

Oh, no, Cleopatra was still interesting.

If Lu Annuan wore that outfit—wait, no, why was I thinking about Lu Annuan again? Did she put some kind of curse on me?!

Still, Lu Annuan really did have an incredible figure. Her long legs were astonishing.

As Lu Ming was thinking, the bus arrived at the stop.

"What are you standing around for? Get on," Lu Annuan said irritably.

Though she was sulking inside, she couldn't completely ignore Lu Ming.

Besides, Lu Ming had been praising Polaris, the magical girl. Wasn't that the same as praising her? That made it hard for her to stay angry.

Yet she still felt irritated inside. Damn Lu Ming!

Lost in thought, she forgot to watch her step and accidentally missed the bus stair. Her entire body pitched forward, her face heading straight for the bus floor. She didn't even have time to react.

When they weren't transformed, magical girls were ordinary people too.

Her nose was definitely going to get smashed.

Lu Annuan could already feel the phantom pain.

But in the next instant, she suddenly felt an arm around her waist, stopping her from falling. She turned back in surprise and saw Lu Ming supporting her.

Hadn't Lu Ming been sitting on the bench at the bus stop just now? How had he suddenly gotten beside me?

"Pay attention when you walk." Lu Ming frowned and scolded her. "Don't avoid getting injured during practice only to get hurt in everyday life instead."

Lu Annuan didn't get angry at being scolded by Lu Ming. She merely muttered, "I know."

Well, this guy still cared about me.

He talked badly about me last night, so this time, they were even.

Lu Annuan's mood involuntarily improved a little.

The two got on and took their seats as the bus steadily moved forward.

Lu Ming looked at his hand. Just now, he had used the power to stop time.

When he saw Lu Annuan nearly fall and ruin her face, time had successfully stopped. Fallen leaves and mosquitoes in the air, pedestrians walking by, and even airplanes in the sky had all frozen. He had even had enough leeway to walk over to Lu Annuan and keep her from falling.

He had also seen the white panties beneath Lu Annuan's lifted skirt.

Mm, he had pulled her skirt down to cover her. Lu Ming was a good person.

Then time began to flow again.

What a fucking awesome ability.

Lu Ming sucked in a breath.

No wonder the final bosses in the JoJo series all had time-based Stands. It really was powerful.

"You have to believe me! I was beaten black and blue by a teenage boy. He was definitely just too strong!" The executive Lion wailed into a satellite phone.

"Really? You aren't lying because you felt too embarrassed about being defeated by a magical girl, are you?" A suspicious female voice came from the other end.

"Of course not!"

"If that's true, then we really need to pay attention to him. After all, Haiyang City has that ritual we prepared. We can't let our plans be ruined."

English class.

Lu Ming had been bad at English for both of his lives. His average score hovered around eighty, and whenever he opened his mouth, he spoke with a Haiyang accent. He was complete trash at it. But Ran Yanyue, his deskmate, was different. Her family was wealthy, and with her excellent educational environment, she basically got perfect scores on English exams. Her spoken English was also very fluent, yet she listened as attentively in class as everyone else.

Though he had a system, Lu Ming could only rely on himself when it came to studying. Otherwise, he would really end up on the Olympics arc.

Lu Ming didn't mind that, but he didn't want it to be his only choice. Since he had a system, he should have more options, rather than letting the abilities granted by the system bind and control his future instead.

Just as Lu Annuan had chosen the figure skating she loved.

His path would be chosen by himself!

Still, becoming good at English in a single semester was truly difficult. He needed help from someone capable.

Lu Annuan was out of the question. Her grades were those of an athlete. Student council president Tang Zhiqing ranked in the top ten of the grade, but her English was only around the top thirty. That left only one answer.

"Sis Ran, lend me your English notes," Lu Ming whispered.

When he needed something, she was Sis Ran. When he didn't, she was Little Yue.

Flexibility was the key.

"Don't talk to me during class. The teacher is lecturing," Ran Yanyue said mercilessly. It was no secret in Year Two that she and Lu Ming didn't get along.

"How did you practice your spoken English? Teach me. What English movies should I watch? Or we could go watch one together after school." Lu Ming was sincerely asking for advice, as humble and adorable as Sun Wukong begging Patriarch Subhuti to take him as a disciple.

I'm learning a foreign language from the study representative.

Discipline committee member, stay away from me—oh, right, Ran Yanyue was a discipline committee member too.

Ran Yanyue ignored him.

Lu Ming got another cold shoulder. With no other choice, he listened carefully to the lesson.

During break, all the other students went to rest. Ran Yanyue glanced at the empty seat beside her and placed her English notes on Lu Ming's desk.

Then she suddenly heard several female students whispering in the hallway outside.

"Hey, did you know? I heard Ran Yanyue has had heart problems since she was little. She's basically a sickly girl."

"How do you know that?"

"I heard it from somewhere else. Maybe Lu Ming mentioned it. Aren't the two of them on bad terms? It wouldn't be strange for him to know since they sit together."

Ran Yanyue expressionlessly took back her English notes and put them into her desk.

Her hand... trembled slightly.

The Secret of Ran Yanyue Obtained

Her S attribute exploded. Time to study!