Chapter 1: After the Defeat of the Magical Girl～
“Oh? You’re hurt like this, yet you still have the strength to stand?”
The butterfly, wrapped in the aura of death, landed on the fingertips of the gray-haired girl, eyeing the defiant magical girl with a hint of disdain in her eyes.
“Rosemary, if you obediently kneel and beg for mercy, I might just let you off the hook.”
Clutching her light purple magic wand tightly, the half-kneeling magical girl gritted her silver teeth and shakily stood up, pointing her trembling wand at her enemy.
“I will not give up!”
Rosemary did not back down; her gaze was fierce as fire, even in the face of an enemy that was overwhelmingly powerful.
Light purple magical energy gathered at the tip of her wand, but before she could finish gathering it, her opponent transformed into countless flying butterflies, as if teleporting, appearing right in front of her and throwing a heavy punch at her abdomen.
“Too slow!”
The gray magic penetrated her body, bursting from her back, leaving a pale color on Rosemary’s face.
“Dark Butterfly…”
Letting out a faint mewl like a little kitten, she, already sustaining herself with sheer mental strength, finally lost the power of transformation under this blow.
As the light purple glow dispersed from her, the true self of the magical girl was revealed in front of Dark Butterfly.
Ha! I won! Dark Butterfly grinned, pinching Rosemary’s chin with her finger.
“Let me think about how to deal with you; your magical power is quite tasty, maybe I’ll take you back to snack on.”
“Oh my, look at this pretty face…”
Dark Butterfly’s voice gradually changed from mocking to disbelief, then grew smaller and smaller, until Rosemary could barely hear it.
“What the heck! How can it be you?” And the last sentence was something that only Dark Butterfly could hear.
In the next moment, countless gray butterflies appeared around the reverted Rosemary, transforming into a massive gray cocoon that wrapped her inside.
“Dark Butterfly, you are so amazing! This little fish Rosemary is completely no match for you!”
A cat-eared girl in a black Gothic dress rushed to the large cocoon right after the battle ended, looking up at Dark Butterfly with an admiring expression.
“What about that little fish Rosemary? Isn’t she in pieces? Let me see what she looks like…”
“Shut up! I still need to go to the mountaintop to fetch the Sealing Card. Jiuye, keep an eye on this cocoon; if it gets lost, I’ll hold you responsible!”
Ruthlessly cutting off Jiuye’s words, Dark Butterfly snorted coldly, her body once again deconstructing into countless flying gray butterflies, fluttering toward the mountaintop.
Jiuye, chastised, rubbed his nose as his two tails swished behind him.
“Dark Butterfly doesn’t seem very happy?”
“It must be that little fish Rosemary’s fault. Hmph! When Dark Butterfly gets back, you’re done for!”
Gently kicking the gray cocoon, Jiuye grumbled.
But he couldn’t imagine what his Dark Butterfly was doing right now.
As a cadre of a villainous organization, you successfully beat a magical girl to the point of dissolution, only to realize that the magical girl you just defeated is actually your childhood sweetheart, the girl next door, with whom you’ve lived for more than ten years.
What should you do at this moment?
Anyway, Dark Butterfly felt like her head was about to explode.
“How could it be her!” Clutching her head, Dark Butterfly lamented in a secluded little grove.
She still remembered when she left home in the morning, Rosemary sweetly said to her, “Let’s go watch a movie together tonight.”
And now, half a day later, she had actually beaten Rosemary to dissolution!
Moreover, the critical point was that the organization she belonged to, Polar Night, did not have a friendly attitude toward magical girls. If Rosemary’s identity was discovered by others in Polar Night…
No, I absolutely cannot let this happen! Dark Butterfly supported herself against a nearby tree, gently bumping her head against the trunk.
What to do?
Rosemary’s friends were definitely not returning in time. The gray cocoon I just laid down can only buy some time, but I don’t need much time to take the Sealing Card.
If I waste too much time, Jiuye will definitely become suspicious, and I will be affected too…
At that moment, Dark Butterfly wished she could punch her past self from a few days ago for making such elaborate plans and not leaving Rosemary a chance to turn the tables.
Now, look what’s happened, the boomerang is hitting back at myself.
There’s no other way; to prevent things from getting worse, I can only resort to the final means.
Stomping her foot in frustration, she took off the butterfly wing hairpin pinned to her left hair.
Gray butterflies fluttered out from her, dissipating like light points. The luxurious dress that rivaled that of a magical girl vanished, and Dark Butterfly transformed back into her original appearance.
A black hooded sweatshirt, black athletic pants, and neat short white hair—this was Dark Butterfly’s true form. Although dressed in male clothing, a careful observer could still see that she was a girl.
And Dark Butterfly was not her real name; her name was Luo Shuangyue.
Putting the butterfly hairpin into her pocket, Luo Shuangyue took out another hairpin from her pocket.
This hairpin was different from the gray butterfly wing hairpin; it was entirely snow white and emitted a fresh, elegant floral fragrance.
“Sorry, Jiuye, this time you’ll have to suffer a bit!”
Pinning the white hairpin to the right side of her hair, Luo Shuangyue recited the transformation incantation effortlessly, “Senior Bai Ye, lend me your light power!”
The white hairpin suddenly radiated strong light, its intense radiance transforming into a thick liquid that enveloped Luo Shuangyue’s body.
Snow-white hair grew to her waist in an instant, and then was tied into four ponytails like wings with a hairband. The black clothing vanished, replaced by a white gown made of gathered magical energy.
A slender, sword-like weapon, seemingly made of flowers and branches, hung at the girl’s waist, making her look like a noble knight rather than a magical girl.
As the brilliance faded, Luo Shuangyue, who initially exuded an aura of a villain, had completely transformed; now that she appeared like this, no one would suspect she was a bad person.
“I’m still not quite used to this transformation… Don’t magical girls feel ashamed wearing these clothes flying around in the sky?”
Looking down at her calves wrapped in white over-knee socks and the translucent crystal high heels on her feet, Luo Shuangyue felt her face grow slightly red, letting out a sigh in her heart.
It’s because the magical girl’s outfit is even more revealing than the villain’s that she was reluctant to use this transformation.
“Why did I have to become a magical girl of all things? Xia Mo, you idiot! I will remember this debt!”
