**Chapter 65: Intensifying**
That night, a weary Luo Shuangyue finally returned home.
After working at Polar Night for such a long time, she could finally rest for a night. With that thought in mind, she rushed straight to her room as soon as she opened the door.
But just halfway there, Xia Mo stopped her.
“Shuangyue, wait a minute. I have something I want to ask you.”
Luo Shuangyue paused, quickly recalling recent events in her mind, and finally scratched her head in confusion.
“What is it?”
Xia Mo grabbed Luo Shuangyue’s wrist and pulled her into her room, locking the door tightly behind them.
Then, she took out a printed training plan.
“This is the one you prepared for Shuangxing, right?”
Luo Shuangyue glanced at the plan, nodded.
What’s the problem with this… oh no, there’s a huge problem!
Luo Shuangyue had never expected this troublesome plan would end up in Xia Mo’s hands; to her, Xia Mo was Xia Mo, and her little sister was her little sister, how could they possibly overlap?
And this small oversight caused a serious consequence.
“Shuangyue, you might not know, but I’ve actually been receiving special training from a senior recently, and the content of that training is basically the same as what you wrote here.” Xia Mo crossed her arms, staring at Luo Shuangyue with intense eyes.
“I asked Shuangxing, and she told me the time you prepared these things coincides perfectly with the special training I’ve been undergoing.”
Luo Shuangyue felt a small panic rising, but she knew she absolutely couldn’t panic at this moment. Panicking would mean giving herself away; panic could lead to the worst possible outcome.
Right now, Xia Mo definitely wouldn’t suspect she was Bai Ye, at most she would doubt the relationship between her and Bai Ye.
At this moment, Luo Shuangyue was grateful she had found a suitable excuse previously; she could easily shift all responsibility onto her boss.
What special training? I don’t know anything; I’m just a worker, and once I hand in the stuff, it’s none of my business.
“Ah? Really? I thought the boss was genuinely using these things to train children…” Luo Shuangyue let out a dry laugh, seemingly embarrassed by the trouble her whimsical thoughts had caused Xia Mo.
“Shuangyue, I suspect your boss is the senior who trains us.” And Xia Mo, having run out of patience, voiced her thoughts.
“…That can’t be, right?” Luo Shuangyue certainly couldn’t directly affirm, “Yes, yes, my boss is a magical girl,” since she was currently playing the role of an ordinary person, and an ordinary person’s first reaction to such news should be disbelief.
After all, her childhood sweetheart is a magical girl, and her boss is also a magical girl; what are the odds of that? Did she really stumble into a magical girl’s secret?
It would be easier to say her sister is also a magical girl, which would leave Luo Shuangyue completely hopeless.
“Even if Shuangyue, your boss is not my senior, she must have a deep connection with her.” Xia Mo shook her head. She couldn’t definitively say that Luo Shuangyue’s boss was Senior Bai Ye; perhaps she was just a friend of Senior Bai Ye?
“What I mean is, next time Shuangyue, when you make a plan, could you make it a bit simpler? The current one is really too difficult.”
Looking earnestly at Luo Shuangyue, Xia Mo’s eyes were filled with embarrassment.
Luo Shuangyue fell silent; she thought Xia Mo would say something major, but it turned out to be this?
“I… will try my best.” Luo Shuangyue nodded on the surface, but her mind was entirely different.
Ha, trying to slack off in this way? Xia Mo, you lazy bugger, just wait and see how I’ll train you to exhaustion!
After all, she had already gotten some magical recovery drinks from Monise, and for the next training plan she prepared for these magical girls, the intensity would be raised a notch!
Xia Mo, if you want to be a magical girl, you better be ready to endure this hardship!
……
Two days later.
Three magical girls lay sprawled on the grass, exhausted to the point they didn’t even have the strength to stand up.
Approaching them slowly was a girl in a white casual dress, who sharply evaluated their state.
“This is your limit? Truly, one generation is worse than the last.”
“Senior… I feel like other magical girls would have already fallen apart after this kind of ordeal.” Luo Shuangxing lifted her head, providing a feeble defense.
This intensity of training would leave even Initial Bloom magical girls gasping for breath, let alone the two new buds on their side.
“Don’t compare yourselves to those behind you; look forward.” Luo Shuangyue coldly responded, taking out a slender potion vial from her shoulder bag. “Since you still have the energy to talk, you can drink this first.”
“Potion?” Luo Shuangxing’s expression changed.
“It’s a potion that rapidly replenishes magical power. I got it from an old friend.” With a warm angelic smile, Luo Shuangyue extended the dark potion, still bubbling, towards Linglan.
“Senior, I’m not a devil; I won’t really train you to death.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Shuangxing felt somewhat doubtful. If this good stuff really existed, why wouldn’t the Magic Department provide some for them?
After all, magical power is the lifeblood of a magical girl, and there’s never too many ways to replenish it.
But given Bai Ye’s identity, Luo Shuangxing didn’t dare to question her.
“You won’t die from it, don’t worry.”
“Why does what you say make me even more worried?” Muttering softly, Luo Shuangxing still took the potion from Bai Ye, opened the cap.
A bitter, Chinese medicine-like smell wafted out, giving Luo Shuangxing a somewhat ominous feeling.
This smell doesn’t seem like it will taste good? No wonder Senior Bai Ye only described it as harmless instead of tasty.
Whatever, it’s just a bit of bitterness; I can just swallow it with my eyes closed!
With a look of determination, Luo Shuangxing tipped her head back and swallowed the entire potion down in one go.
Then, she clutched her throat, her face paling as she slowly collapsed to the ground, muttering lowly in almost inaudible tones.
“How could it… taste so bad…”
She wanted to vomit, to expel what she just swallowed, but once this potion hit her stomach, it quickly transformed into pure magical power, leaving Luo Shuangxing with no place to vomit.
And the aftertaste of the potion lingered for so long, leaving her feeling as if her sense of taste had completely failed.
Senior, you lied to me! This stuff will really kill people! It’s going to make me sick!
“Did your magical power recover? Good, there’s still the second half of today’s training, no slacking off!”
“Senior, just give me a quick end, please kill me!”
