Chapter 104: Scythe Spirit (w)
“A wig made from your own hair? I wondered why there was nothing off about it…” After rubbing Luo Shuangyue’s wig in her hands, Xia Mo finally understood why she had never seen through Luo Shuangyue’s disguise before.
Because in a sense, Luo Shuangyue wasn’t really disguised; the Dark Butterfly was simply a version of Luo Shuangyue with longer hair and a bit of light makeup on her face.
Now that all disguises had been removed, a little magical power to stimulate hair growth was all it took for Luo Shuangyue to transform from ‘Luo Shuangyue’ to the silver-eyed version of the Dark Butterfly.
“There has to be a little disguise, otherwise you’d be recognized right away, wouldn’t you?” Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Luo Shuangyue let out a helpless sigh.
If she didn’t wear colored contacts or keep long hair, her identity would be directly exposed, which was not what she wanted to see.
Her goal had always been to separate the world of magical girls from her real life, preventing her friends and family from being influenced by another world.
In the end, after all her efforts, she turned around and realized that the people she was trying to protect were all magical girls, which drove her mindset to the point of explosion.
With all this happening, keeping secrets seemed meaningless.
This was also why she confessed so readily this time; with Xia Mo already being a magical girl and visibly unwilling to give up that identity, hiding the secret of Bai Ye would only hurt Xia Mo.
“So your habit is wearing only socks and no shoes?”
“Cough! No, absolutely not!” The question made Luo Shuangyue blush. “I just think it’s more convenient to go to your room like this.”
Think about it; the few times she went without shoes were always late at night to sneak up on Xia Mo. She couldn’t very well go wearing her own slippers, could she?
Plus, there was no way Luo Shuangyue could leave the shoes prepared for the Dark Butterfly at home, leaving only the option of going barefoot.
“But I heard that a magical girl’s transformation form is the image she is most satisfied with, yet your transformation…” Xia Mo continued to stare at Luo Shuangyue’s feet.
There was nothing wrong with Luo Shuangyue’s transformation except for her lower half being a bit different from other magical girls.
Other magical girls wore pretty little shoes or crystal high heels, but the Dark Butterfly wore nothing at all, just some bindings.
Now it wasn’t bindings but thorny vines, making Xia Mo want to ask Luo Shuangyue if that really didn’t hurt her feet.
“I usually float, so there’s no contact between the thorns and my feet, it doesn’t hurt.” Luo Shuangyue’s facial muscles stiffened at Xia Mo’s question. Please, were these questions really that important?
Besides, I am a magical girl when I transform, a magical girl!
What magical girl gets hurt by her own clothes?
At least from what Luo Shuangyue knew, not a single one.
“So you really do like going barefoot, huh?”
“No!” Luo Shuangyue felt this topic couldn’t continue any longer; she really wasn’t a weirdo! She always wore shoes when outside.
“Then do you prefer black stockings over white ones?” Xia Mo changed her approach.
Luo Shuangyue felt this was an outright torture; she’d rather Xia Mo bring the magic cannon and hit her a few times than discuss these issues with her.
Her relationship with Xia Mo was already weird enough, and Luo Shuangyue wasn’t prepared to interact with Xia Mo from a girl’s identity.
Now that her identity was exposed, she couldn’t continue to deceive herself by interacting with Xia Mo as a male, but here was Xia Mo, diving directly into such intimate discussions.
“I…” Luo Shuangyue’s face turned bright red as she stammered for a while before slowly and heavily nodding.
Yes, she did like black—there, it was said! She liked the exceptional sense of temptation brought by the slight glimpse of white visible through the black!
“Yeah, but you don’t see others dressed like that usually, so you chose to dress like this?”
“Can we talk about something more serious, like saving the world or finding my mom?” Luo Shuangyue finally couldn’t hold it anymore, grabbing Xia Mo’s shoulders and shaking her hard.
Xia Mo, you’re not usually like this! Aren’t you a refined and gentle girl?
Why did you turn into a girl gangster now?
Isn’t this the kind of topic that magical girls shouldn’t be discussing? Aren’t those bonds established in a different way?
“I’m just trying to understand you better. You hid so much from me; I don’t even know if the you I knew is the real you,” Xia Mo gave Luo Shuangyue a resentful look, and it was her own fault, wasn’t it?
If you hadn’t hid things from me before, would I even need to check your identity now?
“Are we considered lovers now?”
“Lovers? Since when…” Luo Shuangyue couldn’t remember confessing to Xia Mo, and even after realizing she was a girl, Xia Mo still wanted to become her lover?
“I gave you my first kiss; are you trying to go back on your word?” Xia Mo’s gaze suddenly became dangerous.
Instinct told Luo Shuangyue that if she dared to shake her head now, Xia Mo would twist her head off.
So, she could only nod.
Ah, it turns out I’m already in a relationship with Xia Mo.
Realizing this reality made Luo Shuangyue a bit dazed. She originally thought she and Xia Mo were fated to be apart. Now that she had become a girl, she believed there was no future for her and Xia Mo.
But… she didn’t expect Xia Mo to not care about her gender at all, actively pursuing their relationship even after knowing she was a girl.
This gave her an illusion that her original gender was just a stumbling block between her and Xia Mo.
“Now that we’re lovers, don’t I deserve to know more about you, like what you like?” Xia Mo tilted her head and asked.
“I thought you already knew…”
“No, I don’t, Shuangyue. I want you to think carefully before answering this question.”
Xia Mo’s expression became serious.
Hearing Xia Mo’s serious tone and looking at her solemn expression, Luo Shuangyue also put away her relaxed feelings. She knew the next question Xia Mo would ask was very important.
“Do you think your current self is the Luo Shuangyue I know or the Dark Butterfly I’m unfamiliar with?”
Am I Luo Shuangyue or the Dark Butterfly? Isn’t that a simple question?
“I am Luo Shuangyue,” Luo Shuangyue instinctively replied.
“Are you sure?”
What’s not to be sure about? Luo Shuangyue felt a bit confused; of course, she was still her! The Dark Butterfly was just her transformation form; fundamentally, she was undoubtedly Luo Shuangyue.
Why would Xia Mo ask such a strange question?
“Of course I am.”
“Don’t you think that when you’re Luo Shuangyue, you feel very constrained, but when you’re the Dark Butterfly, you feel free?” Xia Mo rephrased.
This made Luo Shuangyue pause; it was indeed like that, but wasn’t it normal?
Luo Shuangyue’s identity required constraints because she was an ordinary person, not allowed to do things that ordinary people shouldn’t do.
But the Dark Butterfly was different; that identity was like a castle in the air, her actions wouldn’t affect anyone outside of her identity as the Dark Butterfly, so she could let herself go and do things she wouldn’t dare to do as Luo Shuangyue.
Just like how a person’s courage often increases after putting on a mask, the Dark Butterfly was Luo Shuangyue’s mask, allowing her to do whatever she wanted.
“That’s because I didn’t know you knew I was the Dark Butterfly. If I had known you knew, I definitely wouldn’t have done some things…” Luo Shuangyue retorted quietly.
Her self-awareness of her identity was still the same; she was an older brother, a childhood friend. Even though the physical changes were undeniable and she had already gotten used to wearing the opposite sex’s clothes in her day-to-day life, her fundamental recognition hadn’t changed.
Simply put, she was inconsistent within and without.
She had always been demanding herself from Luo Shuangyue’s standards but hadn’t realized she had long since stopped resembling that Luo Shuangyue.
“But don’t you feel more at ease as the Dark Butterfly? You don’t have to hide your thoughts or worry about being discovered. I feel that that you is the most genuine version of you,” Xia Mo cupped Luo Shuangyue’s face, staring into her eyes, articulating her thoughts clearly.
“I’m just acting.”
“Really? But I feel that the you like that is the real you without a mask,” Xia Mo shook her head, leaning a little closer to Luo Shuangyue. “Shuangyue, I hope you continue like this. You don’t need to pretend to be ‘Luo Shuangyue’ anymore.”
Let the older brother who has long since disappeared stay gone; Luo Shuangyue should be her true self, not play an illusory role.
“But…”
“There are no buts. I like you as you are now, and Shuangxing definitely likes you just as you are now. You can let go of those burdens from the past and be your true self.” Xia Mo interrupted Luo Shuangyue without mercy, pointing out a very brutal truth.
That is, as an older brother, Luo Shuangyue really didn’t need to exist at all.
Did Luo Shuangyue even have friends or relationships?
Aside from playing the role of the older brother at home, she was essentially wrapped in the skin of the Dark Butterfly, wasn’t she?
So did Xia Mo and Luo Shuangxing really care whether Luo Shuangyue was the old Luo Shuangyue?
To put it plainly, they didn’t care.
Xia Mo had already shown her attitude; she liked this version of Luo Shuangyue much more than the constrained, timid one.
And Luo Shuangxing? Compared to an older brother, she wanted a sister more.
So both of her closest people thought that the older brother Luo Shuangyue was inferior to the Dark Butterfly Luo Shuangyue; then did the former really have a reason to exist?
It would be better to just disappear!
“But I…” Luo Shuangyue felt her thoughts were a mess. She felt there was some truth to Xia Mo’s words, yet something also felt odd.
Had she already stopped being Luo Shuangyue at some point?
Recalling her experiences over the past few years, Luo Shuangyue indeed felt something strange; it seemed increasingly difficult for her to play the role of Luo Shuangyue.
Yet when she was the Dark Butterfly, she felt a long-lost sense of ease.
“Of course, if you want me to make my words clearer, that’s fine too.”
Xia Mo pushed Luo Shuangyue’s shoulder hard, sending her back down on the bed.
Looking at the slight panic in Luo Shuangyue’s eyes, Xia Mo smiled, “I like you as you are now, got it?”
Luo Shuangyue blinked under Xia Mo’s gaze from above; her current situation seemed a bit dangerous.
Why did Xia Mo’s aggressiveness spike after knowing she was a girl?
You weren’t like this before!
“Xia Mo, you’re a girl too. Can you please pay a little attention to your image?”
“Who told someone to always keep others in suspense? Shuangyue, I’ve been waiting for so long…” Xia Mo leaned down, her face wearing a slightly twisted smile. “Now that we’re both girls, if you don’t want to take the initiative, then I’ll have to be the one to take action, right?”
I used to think you were a boy and didn’t want to push you too hard; now that I know you’re a girl, there’s no way I can just let you go!
Tonight, Xia Mo was determined to make sure Luo Shuangyue truly understood her feelings!
…
The next day, when Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo arrived together at the Eastern Extreme City Magic Department, Akabane Enji asked Luo Shuangyue a question.
“Your heart rate suddenly spiked last night; did something happen?”
After the fight yesterday, Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo went back to their resting place, and naturally, the monitoring wristband on her hand hadn’t been removed.
Then last night, the monitoring wristband reported unusual signals; at some point, Luo Shuangyue’s heart rate had become quite rapid.
So fast that it almost broke the scales.
Akabane Enji was so startled that she wanted to rush over to see what the situation was, but Lin Xixuan held her back, fearing she would rush in to check.
However, the anomaly disappeared after more than ten minutes, and Akabane Enji lost interest in looking further, redirecting her focus to more important matters.
Now, encountering Luo Shuangyue, out of pure brotherhood, she felt it was better to ask about it.
“It’s nothing; nothing happened at all.” Luo Shuangyue’s cheeks flushed as she denied Akabane Enji’s claims.
Did something happen last night? Nothing happened!
How could one childhood friend pin down their childhood sweetheart and kiss them, leaving them dazed afterward?
That absolutely couldn’t have occurred!
Right?
“Right, nothing happened; everything is normal.” Xia Mo offered a natural smile. “You’re overthinking it, Enji.”
With both parties denying anything happened, Akabane Enji scratched her head, considering it better to just think nothing happened.
Anyway, from their demeanor, it didn’t seem like a major issue, so it was probably fine.
“You two are looking for Senior Qianfang, right? She’s currently at the research institute; just take this card and head straight over.”
Akabane Enji understood their intentions and handed a white card to Luo Shuangyue while indicating the direction.
As for herself, well, let’s not go there.
After the battle yesterday, although the battle centered around the Purification Palace, many places in the Eastern Extreme City were still destroyed by magical creatures, and she had to discuss how to accommodate the homeless with other departments.
Not to mention the aftermath of the Vengeful Spirit Demon Emperor incident—those who provided technology to the Royal-class Magical Creatures must also be rounded up and thoroughly interrogated in the Magic Department.
Eliminating the Vengeful Spirit Demon Emperor was relatively simple; it was these remaining issues that truly gave Akabane Enji a headache.
She would rather fight the army of magical creatures from the Vengeful Spirit Demon Emperor for another day than deal with these administrative problems!
Akabane Enji’s woes were lost on Xia Mo and Luo Shuangyue, as they hadn’t gone through such experiences.
In Xinghai City, the Magic Department was managed by the director, so Xia Mo only had to focus on fighting magical creatures.
As for Luo Shuangyue, she was more of a villain who only knew how to fight monsters and people.
After bidding farewell to Akabane Enji, Luo Shuangyue strolled slowly with Xia Mo toward the direction of the research institute.
The Eastern Extreme City Magic Department was vast, and the area occupied by the research institute was several times larger than that of the Xinghai City branch.
After wandering around for over ten minutes, Luo Shuangyue finally found the Soul Guide.
“You’re here? How was your rest?” The Soul Guide, dressed back in her usual attire, cheerfully waved to the two.
Behind her, a large group of people in white protective suits was fervently discussing a black gemstone. Drawing closer, Luo Shuangyue could hear various terms she couldn’t comprehend.
Something about magical power conductivity, structural anomalies—basically a heap of highly specialized terminology.
“I’m nearly recovered, but my magical power hasn’t fully restored yet,” Luo Shuangyue replied.
The recovery speed for magical girls was neither fast nor slow; it was a dynamic number. If they had consumed half their magical power, they could recover with a half-day’s rest, but if they depleted their magical power to the point of being unable to maintain their transformation, it would take at least two to three days to recover.
Currently, Luo Shuangyue had about two-thirds of her magical power restored.
“During your rest, I had others come over to try something out. We discovered that under high-intensity magical power impact, the magical creatures’ original magical power indeed shows signs of fusion, and the fused original magical power carries characteristics of that magical girl’s power.”
As the Soul Guide guided the two to the side, she pointed to several colorful crystals stored in a transparent case.
These were the fusion crystals created by other magical girls.
“But it seems that because the fusion process takes too long, or perhaps this original magical power’s consciousness is too weak, these gems don’t have a clear consciousness like that one over there.”
“So, what are they useful for?” Luo Shuangyue curiously asked.
The Soul Guide’s expression turned peculiar as she realized that what she was about to say might be difficult to understand, yet it truly existed.
“They… can enhance the weapons of magical girls.”
“Ah?” Upon hearing this, Luo Shuangyue was stunned for a moment before skeptical sounds slipped through her lips.
What do you mean? The original magical power of magical creatures can enhance the weapons of magical girls?
Why hadn’t anyone discovered this before?
“What’s the principle behind this?”
“Uncertain. However, it’s not that no magical girls have tried to absorb the original magical power of magical creatures in the past, but the results weren’t great,” the Soul Guide shook her head, explaining that the issue of magical girls absorbing original magical power for enhancement was not a recent finding.
Long ago, some magical girls discovered they could absorb original magical power to boost their strength, but this enhancement method had significant downsides; absorbing a large amount of magical creature power would eventually lead to the magical girl being influenced by the creature’s consciousness, gradually losing their human traits.
At that point, whether it was the magical girl absorbing magic creatures or the creatures taking over the girl’s consciousness was harder to say.
In any case, the initial few magical girls who tried this all experienced mental issues, and the Soul Guide happened to be an expert in this area, having treated those magical girls.
“When compared to the time and effort required for subsequent treatment, the slight power increase from absorbing original magical power was simply too minimal.”
Upon realizing this, the Magic Department stopped pursuing the original magical power of magical creatures altogether, focusing on destroying any they captured rather than giving creatures a chance to come back.
As a result, no one discovered that there was indeed another application for their original magical power.
“How significant is the enhancement effect of these crystals on weapons?” Xia Mo posed a pointed question. “Can they enhance only once or can they be enhanced multiple times?”
“Based on yesterday’s testing, the crystals formed from the original magical power of three general-class magical creatures can enhance a weapon of an initial bloom magical girl by a fraction of a percent. It’s small, but it can indeed be enhanced indefinitely,” the Soul Guide gestured for a nearby researcher to come over, receiving a thick report in hand.
“To say it more simply, the enhancement value of these items is fixed; whether you absorb the bigger ones or the smaller ones first won’t make a difference. At the same time, magical girls can only absorb crystals catalyzed by their own magical power; absorbing someone else’s crystal will cause the weapon to face rejection reactions.”
So the enhancement tool is also character-bound?
Wait, isn’t that the gemstone from the Vengeful Spirit Demon Emperor… Luo Shuangyue’s gaze couldn’t help but drift toward that beautiful black gemstone.
“You’re not wrong; that gemstone can only be used by you, and there’s a high probability that its enhancement to your weapon will reach an extraordinary level.”
The gap between general-class magical creature crystals and royal-class magical creature crystals couldn’t even be measured with numbers.
Even with the most conservative estimates, the Soul Guide believed that this royal-class magical creature enhancement gem could boost Luo Shuangyue’s weapon to the strength of a blooming level weapon.
“The research on it is nearly finished; all the data that needed to be recorded has been documented. The next data that needs to be recorded is the degree of enhancement to your weapon.”
The Magic Department was moving incredibly fast, accomplishing everything that needed to be done in a single day.
Well, there really wasn’t much data to record; this gemstone showed almost no response to external tests, and the researchers, while under the Soul Guide’s watch, didn’t dare use overly violent methods.
In the meantime, the replication on the other side was already yielding decent results, so they decided to study the little stone that had been replicated there. They would leave this large gemstone for now.
Now that Luo Shuangyue was here, the stalled research could finally progress. How much enhancement could a crystal left by a royal-class magical creature provide to a magical girl?
Everyone wanted to know the answer to this question.
“Transform and take out your weapon,” the Soul Guide instructed Luo Shuangyue.
Luo Shuangyue nodded and used her hairpin to enter her transformation state.
It seemed that once her presence was sensed, the black gemstone encapsulated in the transparent cover began to tremble rapidly, as if it wanted to fly towards Luo Shuangyue.
The Soul Guide pressed a button to open the transparent case while saying to Luo Shuangyue, “Its consciousness has become much clearer than when it first started, and it is closer to you.”
Before the Soul Guide finished speaking, the black gemstone quickly flew in front of Luo Shuangyue and smacked her forehead.
The little fellow seemed unable to control its speed, but its intent should have been good. After bumping hard against Luo Shuangyue’s forehead, it happily began to rub against her face.
Just like an incredibly clingy puppy, the little one’s enthusiasm was almost too much for Luo Shuangyue to bear.
“It’s so affectionate…”
The researchers nearby were stunned. During their investigation of the gemstone, it had behaved like an inanimate object. Yet as soon as Luo Shuangyue showed up, it transformed into a little dog?
What is going on here?
Is this reasonable?
Is this scientific?
Oh, it’s magic—then that’s fine.
“Ahem, weapon, weapon!” The Soul Guide coughed lightly, reminding Luo Shuangyue not to forget the main event.
Luo Shuangyue quickly nodded, extending her hand to summon her giant scythe.
As she summoned it, she said to the Soul Guide, “Soul Guide Senior, if this gemstone possesses consciousness, does that mean that after it merges into my weapon, my weapon will have consciousness?”
If that’s the case, doesn’t that imply each magical girl’s weapon can absorb at most one royal-class magical creature’s magical crystal?
The weapon couldn’t just split its consciousness, could it?
“Not sure…” The Soul Guide shook her head; this was the first time such a thing had ever happened. She could only feel her way through the dark.
However, from the simplest and most straightforward line of thought, the Soul Guide believed the consciousness within the gemstone would indeed shift to Luo Shuangyue’s weapon, turning it into a sentient entity.
Once Luo Shuangyue summoned her giant scythe, the black gemstone flew over it like it had finally found its home, happily positioning itself atop the giant scythe.
Then, the black gemstone gradually turned into fine black powder, evenly sprinkling over the giant scythe.
Luo Shuangyue could clearly feel her weapon undergoing a transformation; it was becoming stronger, sharper… and also, smarter.
After absorbing the black powder, Luo Shuangyue’s scythe shook twice before bursting apart with a loud boom, transforming into a cloud of black mist.
Before Luo Shuangyue could even gasp, the mist shrank back down, morphing into a small girl dressed all in black and holding a tiny scythe that was about the size of a hand.
The girl’s outfit resembled that of a grim reaper from a fairy tale, with a black hood covering her entire head, and her body hidden beneath a dark robe. The tiny scythe in her hand was a scaled-down version of Luo Shuangyue’s giant scythe.
Compared to Luo Shuangyue’s original scythe, this small scythe was even more exquisitely ornate, with additional strange components beyond the already existing butterfly and thorn decorations.
“My scythe has come to life?!” Luo Shuangyue gasped, momentarily stunned. She had imagined many possibilities for the enhancement of her scythe, but she never expected it would turn out like this.
Pulling down the black hood with two fingers, Luo Shuangyue saw a face strikingly similar to her own—white hair and red eyes, with a cute little face full of confusion.
“What is this…”
“Oh my gosh! We’ve made a huge discovery! This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will undoubtedly be ours!”
“Our names will be written in the history books, wahaha!”
While Luo Shuangyue was still in a daze, the researchers on the other side were already getting excited, as if they could see a successful future waving vigorously at them.
The Eastern Extreme City Magic Department Research Institute, that name would be etched into the annals of human civilization!
“How should we name this being? How about ‘Weapon Spirit’?”
“No way, that name is too boring. I suggest ‘Tsukumogami’!”
“Hey, you guys from the East District are just trying to start trouble, right?”
The entire area became chaotic like a marketplace, causing the little girl to instinctively shrink behind Luo Shuangyue like a frightened animal.
Seeing how adorable this little one was peeking out from behind Luo Shuangyue, Xia Mo couldn’t help but chuckle; this little one really was cute.
She also wanted to have a little companion like this with her.
“Silence! All senior researchers stay; everyone else go outside to sign a confidentiality agreement. This matter must remain confidential for now!” Finally, the Soul Guide managed to restore order. Although she wasn’t from the Magic Department, the current head of the Eastern Extreme City Magic Department was her daughter, and she herself was a human-shaped nuclear bomb, so no one dared to ignore her words.
The throng of white coats that had just been milling about decreased dramatically, leaving only a small number of curious researchers standing, gazing at the little girl behind Luo Shuangyue.
The Soul Guide also made two phone calls—one to summon other senior researchers from the research institute and the other, it seemed, was calling Longwen.
“You’re going to keep the little girl you sent with me for a few more days… Yes, it’s a crucial issue that could even affect future comparisons of our combat strength against magical creatures… What? You don’t believe me?”
The Soul Guide snapped a quick photo of Luo Shuangyue with her phone and sent it through the Magic Department’s confidentiality channel to Longwen.
“Her weapon has evolved.”
A minute later, just when Luo Shuangyue thought things were coming to a close, the Soul Guide suddenly moved the phone away from her ear.
From the phone’s receiver came Monise’s piercing scream.
“What is this?! I’m asking you, what is this?!”
…
A little while later, to be precise, three hours later, Luo Shuangyue met her dear boss, Miss Monise.
“Where’s the thing? Show me!”
Monise arrived on scene and immediately grabbed Luo Shuangyue by the collar, her eyes gleaming like a famished wolf looking at the prey.
“It’s over there; you can ask them for it.” Luo Shuangyue pointed to the circle of white coats gathered nearby, responding with an innocent expression.
During the past three hours, those researchers had finally convinced her little scythe to cooperate with their inspection.
Now, they seemed to be testing the little scythe’s cognitive abilities, holding up whiteboards with written words for her to recognize, but judging by the little scythe’s expression, it seemed she didn’t quite understand the words.
Monise’s eyes widened, instantly rolling up her sleeves and joining the fray, kicking aside the blocking researchers here and there, swiftly squeezing into the center of the circle.
Then, she began loudly chastising the researchers, “Is this how you conduct research? Ignorant! Stupid! How did you all graduate?”
The aura she exuded made it seem as if she was an old scholar come down from somewhere.
Although the researchers didn’t know Monise, they were nonetheless intimidated by her presence and faltered, not daring to say a word.
Thus, control of the situation soon shifted into Monise’s hands, and the previously aimless scene became much more orderly.
“Is it true you’ve been working under Longwen?” the Soul Guide asked with interest, observing how Monise had taken command of the room in mere minutes.
“Right…” Luo Shuangyue nodded numbly.
She was more curious about how Monise had managed to travel from Xinghai City to the Eastern Extreme City in just three hours. That speed far exceeded the limits of an initial bloom magical girl; only blooming level magical girls could move this fast.
Eliminating the possibility that Longwen brought Monise over, it seemed there was only one remaining explanation.
That is, Monise had flown here herself.
The leader of this evil organization, someone who looked down on the Magic Department, was actually a blooming level magical girl.
“She’s not exactly easy to get along with. She’s had her share of conflicts with others in the past…” The Soul Guide shook her head and murmured.
If she was considered a representative with good relations with the Magic Department, then Monise would be one who looked down on the Magic Department. In Monise’s view, the Magic Department was a bunch of useless, complacent people.
“Did you have conflicts with Monise, too, Senior Soul Guide?” Luo Shuangyue asked curiously.
She was quite interested in learning about Monise’s past.
After all, when Monise was active, her relationship with her mother had been quite good; her father was even Monise’s right-hand man. Without Monise, this family would not come together.
“Well, not really. She used to operate in the West, but later on, she was pushed over here. Eventually, she became friends with Bai Ye and has stayed in Xinghai City ever since,” the Soul Guide shook her head, noting that she had met Monise few times without much interaction.
Her understanding of Monise was limited to knowing she had good relations with Bai Ye and was pushed to Xinghai City.
“Dark Butterfly, come over here!”
Just as Luo Shuangyue was about to ask something else, Monise’s voice called out.
“Coming!” Luo Shuangyue quickly answered and stepped through the crowd to Monise’s side. “What’s up?”
Monise was cradling the little scythe in her hands, and the little scythe’s red eyes were filled with wariness toward this stranger, Monise.
Yet upon seeing Luo Shuangyue approach, the little one’s wariness vanished instantly, and she jumped forward, ready to ask for a hug.
If Monise hadn’t quickly closed her palms, wrapping the little one in her hands, she would have undoubtedly leaped onto Luo Shuangyue’s face.
“Can you communicate with her?” Monise asked, once she settled the little scythe’s movements.
Luo Shuangyue scratched her head, uncertainly replying, “Maybe I could?”
With that thought, she leaned slightly forward, lowering herself to the little scythe’s height, “Do you understand what I’m saying?”
The little scythe’s eyes brimmed with grievance. Upon hearing Luo Shuangyue’s voice, she opened her mouth and let out a couple of wailing sounds, uncertain if she understood or not.
But Luo Shuangyue could feel the emotion emanating from the little scythe; currently, the little one, whose movements were controlled by Monise, seemed a bit unhappy.
Did it mean she had to communicate through thoughts?
Thinking this, Luo Shuangyue attempted to convey a calming directive to the little scythe in her mind.
Hmm… it didn’t seem to work? Watching the little scythe remain unresponsive, Luo Shuangyue scratched her head.
She reached out and poked the little scythe on the forehead, and this time she finally clearly felt the emotions coming from the little scythe, and her own feelings finally transmitted to the little scythe’s head.
So it turns out that if there was a distance between them, the signal would be poor? Luo Shuangyue felt like complaining but didn’t know what to say.
In this day and age, Bluetooth can connect over hundreds of meters! Yet you and I, just a few meters apart, couldn’t maintain a proper connection?
“I can sense her emotions and transmit my thoughts to her, but I can’t figure out what she specifically is thinking,” after a careful exchange of feelings with the little scythe, Luo Shuangyue told Monise.
The little scythe was like an infant just born; she could cry, whine, and instinctively get close to Luo Shuangyue, but clearly expressing her thoughts was still too difficult for the little one.
“Is that so? In that case, her current situation doesn’t differ much from a regular weapon…” Monise nodded, finding this outcome within her expectations.
After all, if the little one could speak, she would have done so long ago, not simply gibber like earlier.
Forget it; learning to speak can be taught gradually; Monise still had plenty of data to compute.
“Try to see if you can revert her back to your previous weapon.”
“Ah?”
“Are you going to tell me that when fighting magical creatures in the future, you’ll be holding onto this little one instead of a scythe?” Monise rolled her eyes; if Luo Shuangyue dared to do that, she’d have nothing to say.
If you’re already in this position, what more can I say? You can only comply.
Imagining herself wielding this little one while battling magical creatures, Luo Shuangyue shuddered; that sounded absolutely horrific.
Hastily conveying her inquiry to the little scythe’s mind, Luo Shuangyue quickly received a response from her.
The answer was yes.
