Chapter 17: A Step Forward

‘…Today, I have to make progress.’ On the way to Li Lu’s house, Mengjian Yue thought to herself.

She looked calm and elegant on the outside, but no one could understand the anxiety inside her.

Yesterday, Little Lu, who had always been wrapped around her finger, suddenly seemed like a different person.

She could counter Mengjian Yue’s words and easily get under her skin too.

Mengjian Yue didn’t know if it was just her imagination, but she wasn’t going to sit around waiting for things to get worse.

She had left a little later today because she’d put more effort into breakfast.

As a childhood friend, she knew Li Lu’s every preference with perfect accuracy, like what she liked to eat and drink.

So she’d gotten up early specifically to prepare a delicate boxed breakfast for Li Lu.

Everything inside was something Li Lu liked.

Preparing it had taken too much time, which was why Mengjian Yue arrived about ten minutes later than usual.

‘Little Lu… she probably didn’t eat properly yesterday… she must be starving.’

Thinking of Li Lu’s face, the corners of Mengjian Yue’s mouth curled up uncontrollably.

Just imagining Li Lu happily eating the lunch she’d prepared filled her with joy.

She liked Li Lu. She loved the way Li Lu looked when she was happy because of her.

It gave her a deep sense of accomplishment.

Once Little Lu finished eating, she would have a serious talk with her.

She was partly to blame for what had happened…

The fault was…

‘Little Lu still… has too much free time.’ Mengjian Yue lightly bit her finger, her water-blue eyes giving off an eerie light.

Next, she would drag Little Lu into a club, occupy the last of her free time, and leave her with no time to think about anything else.

She hadn’t wanted to put Li Lu in the public eye, but there was no choice. If she didn’t get closer to Little Lu now, she felt she would lose her.

As for the club…

Mengjian Yue belonged to a small club of four.

The club’s name… it was better not to mention it. It was too long, and Mengjian Yue couldn’t be bothered to remember it.

Naturally, Feng Zhiling had used her authority to drop them into the club. Normally they didn’t have to do any activities. They just ate snacks and drank tea.

Because… all four members were magical girls.

They had formed the club for convenience. Every magical girl in the school except Li Lu was in it.

But soon Li Lu would have to join too.

‘Sigh…’

Still, she really didn’t want anyone else to know Li Lu was a magical girl.

It had originally been their secret.

But other than that, Mengjian Yue had no reason to force Li Lu to stay by her side at all times.

‘Whatever… I should cheer up. I can’t let Little Lu see a bad expression~’

Mengjian Yue slowly curved her lips. She could think about those things later.

Right now, she couldn’t wait to see Little Lu’s delighted little expression!

Just as Mengjian Yue reached the area near Li Lu’s house, she suddenly heard the voices of two girls.

“Lady Li Lu, you have to believe me! I really didn’t put any hidden cameras in your bathroom or bedroom!”

‘Hm? That voice is so familiar… and why did I hear Li Lu’s name?’

Mengjian Yue froze and looked blankly toward the source of the voices.

At a glance, she saw two girls pressed close together.

“You pervert, don’t cling to me! Get away from me!!” Li Lu tried disgustedly to push Feng Zhiling away, but Feng Zhiling stuck to her like a plaster, impossible to shake off.

“And! When did I ever say bathroom and bedroom?! I only asked if you put cameras in my house, you pervert!!!”

Li Lu was about to break down.

This idiot had just confessed. Now it was clear there were cameras in the bathroom. Worse, this bastard had sneaked into her bedroom while she was asleep!

“Huh? Huh?” Feng Zhiling blanked for a moment, then awkwardly turned her head away and pretended to whistle. “Whew… whew… whew…”

“You’re not even whistling! You perverted woman, look at me!” Li Lu roared.

“Ah…” Feng Zhiling gave a fake smile and blinked innocently. “Lady Li Lu looks super beautiful today. You’re practically Nuwa’s biased masterpiece!”

That wasn’t a lie.

Today’s Li Lu was completely different from usual.

Her appearance hadn’t actually changed. The same white hair and purple eyes, the same small, delicate figure, and the same soft white thighs in white stockings.

But she was different.

Today’s Li Lu didn’t hang her head, and she didn’t deliberately hide her eyes behind her bangs. She was like a confident, irritable cat on a rampage.

Yes, the difference was that today’s Li Lu was more confident than before.

That made Feng Zhiling notice just how cute Li Lu was.

So cute that Feng Zhiling was about to drool. Hehe…

“Hey, don’t say stuff like that while drooling, you…” Li Lu nearly died of anger. She raised her clenched fist high and brought it down without hesitation.

Ah… oh no, she really was drooling.

Seeing Li Lu’s raised fist, Feng Zhiling realized things were bad.

But she wouldn’t dodge, because this was exactly what she wanted!

Bang.

“Pervert!”

“Ugh!” Feng Zhiling hit the ground. Li Lu’s punch held nothing back. She even added a bit of magic.

It was a small punishment for a perverted magical girl.

Li Lu lifted her head in disgust and looked down at Feng Zhiling trembling on the ground, not a trace of sympathy in her eyes.

“You’d better clean up all that stuff in my house. If I find out there really are cameras, I don’t mind letting everyone know what the new star magical girl [Red Moon] is really like!”

“Guh…”

Feng Zhiling trembled, then finally nodded in a pathetic mess.

“Hmph, good that you understand!” Li Lu narrowed her eyes, nodded, and turned to leave.

This time, she should have learned her lesson… right?

However…

Feng Zhiling slowly got up and watched Li Lu’s back with a lovesick smile.

“Hehe… Lady Li Lu… you were clearly angry, but you’re still so gentle!”

Feng Zhiling’s heartbeat kept speeding up. She felt like she had glimpsed the real Li Lu.

Even though Li Lu held blackmail that could ruin her life, she only used it as a threat, and only for small things like ‘don’t bother me, don’t go too far, don’t install cameras.’

She had discovered it. Lady Li Lu was really soft-hearted.

Even though she had been so awful, even though she had once led the other classmates to isolate Li Lu, Li Lu still wouldn’t destroy her.

“You really… are so gentle, Lady Li Lu.”

But Lady Li Lu’s gentleness would probably only make her push further.

The girl curved her lips and quickly hurried after her.

As for why Li Lu knew she was a magical girl, and even knew her title…

She had transformed right in front of her yesterday. Of course she would know! She was a fairly famous new star magical girl after all!

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