There's No Going Back

That evening.

Yang Chen and Chen Qianqian returned home.

Association personnel had cordoned off the area during the day, so no one had seen the two of them.

Of course, Celestial Star had made such a commotion when she died that Love, whose mood had gradually settled, eventually spotted the two of them peeking and caught them on the spot.

Celestial Star was then forced to explain.

After all, Yang Chen and Chen Qianqian had been at the center of the whole affair, and plenty of people were worried about them.

The fact that everyone willingly called him "Miss Yang" said plenty about how well-liked Yang Chen was at school.

The explanation was something about them being injured during the attack and the Association taking responsibility and sending them for treatment... Honestly, the Association was loaded. With magical girls as an IP no one could replicate, calling it filthy rich barely covered it.

Since Yang Chen had only just come clean, Old Wei, who eventually arrived at the scene, told him to rest for a day instead of taking the test immediately. He also created a new identity for him.

The paperwork was complete. All that remained was to enter Yang Chen's information once he had fully become a girl.

Old Wei had been stunned at first. A boy turning into a magical girl was practically unheard of.

Lin Guo had been excited beyond words.

A prophet!

(Yang Chen: Yeah, yeah, kill the prophet...)

Who would have thought the half-joking guess she had made when they first met would actually come true?

In any case, after dealing with a string of matters at the scene, Yang Chen finally got to go home with Chen Qianqian.

But now he faced the ultimate problem.

It was arguably the greatest problem of his life.

He was a one-in-a-million magical girl who had started out male, an absolute powerhouse of the Dawn Rank, the Liberation Faction's sternest father... Yet when he dropped his transformation, he discovered that his chest had not returned to normal.

Worse, his beloved lifelong companion, his closest brother, had vanished without a word. Yang Chen was completely stunned.

She...

She had miscalculated her Magic Power...

"This isn't fair."

Chen Qianqian stared bitterly at Yang Chen's chest, which was visibly a size larger than hers... No, she was Yang Cheng now...

Yang Cheng. That was her new identity.

Her life story had already been fabricated. Old Wei was quite good at that sort of thing.

"I think so too..."

She had felt nothing unusual while in her magical-girl form, but now the faint weight against her chest felt profoundly unfamiliar.

She had still been a "he" when she left the house, so underneath her clothes, she didn't even have...

With a complicated expression, Chen Qianqian pulled the door open.

Chen Zhou and his wife had been home for some time.

As the guardians of two powerful magical girls, they enjoyed considerable privileges within the Association.

When Association personnel arrived at the scene, they had personally arranged an escort for the couple without even conducting routine questioning.

What a joke!

Magical Girl: Love and Magical Girl: Thousand Blades... One was Dawn Rank, the other Firefly Rank. Could those two possibly belong to the Liberation Faction? If they did, everyone in the Association might as well eat while standing on their heads.

Knowing Yang Chen had been there, Chen Zhou and Su Wan had waited anxiously, but they had not panicked.

Still, when they saw Chen Qianqian lead a girl through the door, both of them froze.

Su Wan was the first to recover.

"Little Cheng?"

Yang Cheng scratched her cheek awkwardly.

"Auntie..."

At the sight of Yang Cheng's blushing face, Su Wan couldn't contain herself. Her eyes sparkled as she pulled Yang Cheng into her arms.

Squeeze!

"Uh... Auntie..."

Su Wan kneaded Yang Cheng's cheeks so vigorously that her face went out of shape.

Chen Zhou sighed helplessly at the sight.

"All right, Su Wan. Let her go. She's had a long day."

"We'll have plenty of time to get to know her again."

"Yesh..."

Su Wan still hadn't let go, and Yang Cheng was starting to feel suffocated.

But the escape she had hoped for never came.

As though a keyword had been triggered, Su Wan's eyes suddenly shone even brighter.

For some reason, a chill ran down Yang Cheng's spine.

"A bath sounds perfect! The three of us girls can take one together!"

"No!"

Yang Cheng reacted instantly, breaking free of Su Wan's embrace almost at once.

To her surprise, Chen Qianqian refused at almost exactly the same moment.

Su Wan blinked.

"Why?"

Yang Cheng answered with righteous conviction.

"Auntie... I used to be a boy! A boy!"

"But you're a girl now."

Yang Cheng fell silent.

Su Wan went on.

"And you can't turn back into a boy, can you? If you're going to be a girl from now on, what does it matter?"

"Besides, you've never been a girl before. Auntie needs to teach you a few things."

"I can do it!"

Chen Qianqian raised her hand.

"Like hell you can! You can barely take care of yourself."

Chen Qianqian crashed and burned.

"Come on, Little Cheng. Auntie happens to be tired today too. I spent the whole day on edge, waiting for you to make your appearance."

Gah!

How terrifying!

Even with Magic Power strengthening my body, I can't break free of Su Wan's hands?

Yang Cheng's expression went from bashful to shocked, then to utter despair.

At last, Yang Orange gave up resisting altogether.

Chen Qianqian gritted her teeth, then rushed into the bathroom with them after all.

Chen Zhou was left sitting alone in the living room.

"We're supposed to be one family. Why do I only get two lines?"

"Oh... Little Cheng, your chest is actually bigger than Qianqian's? Looks like you'll have to wear my clothes for now. Hers probably won't fit."

"...Mom!"

"How lovely... Your hands are so soft... Who knew becoming a magical girl could make you prettier too? I'm jealous..."

"...Mom! I'm getting mad!"

"Little Cheng, why do you smell so nice? That's not the body wash. Could it be that legendary natural scent?"

Chen Qianqian's expression grew increasingly ferocious.

Mom! What are you doing?!

At long last, the grueling bath came to an end.

But Yang Cheng still couldn't escape when it was time for bed.

Su Wan cheerfully announced that, for once, they should all sleep together.

Yang Cheng had no way to refuse.

By the time she realized what was happening, she was already lying in bed.

Chen Qianqian was on her left, and Su Wan was on her right.

Yang Cheng stared blankly at the ceiling.

There's... no going back now...

"What are you still thinking about? Go to sleep."

"You have to go to the Association for testing tomorrow. Given your situation, you'll probably have to pick up your new identity afterward, then become the mysterious transfer student."

"Tomorrow's going to be busy."

Yeah... Tomorrow's going to be busy too.

Yang Cheng sighed softly.

"Could you take your hand off my leg?"

"No."