Chapter 47: The Curious Case of the Women’s Restroom

“Ugh!”

Just as Xiao Xi was once again pushed down by the witch, Mia, who was about to do something mischievous, Mia suddenly remembered something.

Her face flushed with panic, she quickly got up, anxiously looking around.

Oh, this…

Xiao Xi, who had already closed his eyes, bracing himself for a ‘beating from society,’ blinked.

He felt like he was being ‘left to play,’ completely ignored. This girl… what was this girl so eagerly rushing off to do?

Uh…

Could it be…?

Oh, right!

Xiao Xi suddenly remembered—this girl needed to use the restroom! That was it!

Phew…

Safe!

A person in a state of holding their bladder could never harbor any wicked thoughts. Xiao Xi, having witnessed this many times, was quite experienced, as Sister Yuan was often like this.

“Wuwu, Xiao Xi-chan, quickly help me find a restroom here!”

Mia looked at Xiao Xi with a tense expression, asking urgently. Ah, it seemed she was truly desperate to the point of being disoriented.

This was a teaching building; hadn’t she ever used the restroom here before? How could she not know where it was?

“Quick, tell me, Xiao Xi! I… I only attended class for one day and haven’t used the school’s restrooms!”

Mia stomped her feet and jumped in frustration. Xiao Xi frowned. ‘Hmm? Only attended class for one day?’

Ah… oh, right, she was currently suspended!

‘But, you only attended school for one day before doing something like that? Your nerve is truly outrageous!’

Xiao Xi was too astonished to speak, but he kindly pointed in the direction of the washroom. Uh… it seemed a bit far.

Could Mia hold it long enough to run all the way there?

Wait a minute…

Xiao Xi suddenly remembered that there was another place. Among all the school’s teaching buildings, only the floor they were currently on had a backup restroom.

However, it was rarely cleaned, a bit dirty, and no one was willing to use it. But their current location was quite close to it.

‘Hmm… If it’s dirty, then it’s dirty. Solve the problem first, then worry about the rest!’

With this thought, Xiao Xi stood up, pulled Mia along, and shouted, “Follow me!”

The two ran, quickly arriving at the somewhat dilapidated, old-fashioned restroom. It was said that when the teaching building was originally constructed, they intended to build the main restrooms here.

However, due to some reasons, the location was changed, and only this one remained. Now, it had fortuitously come to Mia’s rescue.

Upon seeing the restroom, Mia immediately ditched Xiao Xi and rushed inside without a word. Her speed left Xiao Xi dumbfounded.

He felt… he felt that this girl might even consider a career as a professional female track and field athlete. At that speed, Xiao Xi felt that even if he ran twice as fast, he wouldn’t be able to catch Mia now.

Well, that was understandable, he supposed. How to put it… ‘Hmm.’

‘Can this girl please use the restroom before playing her self-binding games in the future?’

Tsk, tsk~

Xiao Xi leaned against the wall, silently waiting for Mia by the door. ‘Hmm… should I consider making a run for it now?’

‘Since I’ve achieved both goals—watching Mia to prevent any falling accidents and teasing her a bit—my mission seems to be complete, right?’

‘Though I had originally prepared a small stool and sunflower seeds for this trip, wasting my precious afternoon dinner time and living expenses on these two items.’

‘I had even planned to just sit in the corridor, crack sunflower seeds, enjoy the breeze, and go home if I didn’t run into Mia. Sigh~’

Just as Xiao Xi was contemplating whether to escape, a sudden shout came from inside the restroom!

“Holy crap!”

Mia let out a profanity from inside the restroom. Xiao Xi looked inside with a bewildered expression, but immediately turned his head back. ‘No, no, I’m a boy, I’m a boy. See no evil, see no evil.’

“Holy crap, Xiao Xi!” Mia suddenly rushed out of the restroom, looking at Xiao Xi with a serious expression. Then she looked up at the sign on the door.

When she saw the large character for [Female] and the pink skirt icon, she fell into deep thought.

‘Hmm… You… you’re surprised you entered the women’s restroom?’

‘Wait, let’s not discuss that first. Did you wipe yourself properly before rushing out like that? You didn’t just pull up your skirt and run out, did you?’

‘Cough, cough… It… it shouldn’t be, right?’

“Holy crap, something’s not right, Xiao Xi! Something’s not right inside the women’s restroom!” Mia said, looking utterly confused.

“Inside the women’s restroom… what could possibly be wrong?” Xiao Xi pondered. ‘Could it be… Sadako? Ah, no, no, Sadako wouldn’t crawl out of a squat toilet… So that’s it, it’s Lao Ba!’

Cough, cough, cough—

“Oh, there’s no such thing in the women’s restroom! Oh… it’s hard to explain! Come in with me!” Mia grabbed Xiao Xi’s hand, about to charge into the women’s restroom.

‘Wait… wait a minute!’

‘No way!’

‘I’m a boy, how can I enter the women’s restroom?’

Xiao Xi clung desperately to the door frame, shouting, “I really can’t! If someone sees us, it’ll be a huge problem!”

“Hmm? Someone sees us? What if they do? Oh, never mind, there’s no one inside, you can totally come in!”

Mia suddenly exerted force, and Xiao Xi’s hands, which had been clutching the door frame, were forcefully pulled loose by her immense strength. ‘Seriously… why are all you magical girls such super-strength girls? If you can win with brute force, why bother cultivating magic, huh?’

In any case, it seemed that, despite Xiao Xi’s reluctance, this realm of the women’s restroom was destined to be breached!

It was Xiao Xi’s first time entering, and he felt a little nervous. ‘What should I do… I don’t seem to be wearing women’s clothing, so I feel a bit unaccustomed… No, it’s because I’m not wearing women’s clothing while entering a women’s restroom that I feel unaccustomed, it’s not that I want to wear women’s clothing!’

“So… what’s the problem?”

Xiao Xi pouted speechlessly. Mia was a little exasperated. ‘How could this guy be so dense!’

“Look here!” Mia pointed to a row of fixtures hanging on the wall. Xiao Xi looked closely…

Holy crap!

This… wasn’t this a urinal?

‘Hmm? Why would there be urinals in a women’s restroom? Can the girls in our school already pee standing up? No way, right?’

‘Is it really… okay?’

Xiao Xi and Mia looked at the urinals, both falling into deep thought.

This…

‘Could it be… that the pink skirt icon on the door actually refers to cross-dressing men in skirts?’

‘No, no, no… That’s impossible, right?’

‘Then how would you explain the character [Female]?’

“Hmm… so, why would there be something like this in a women’s restroom?” Mia asked.

“Hmm…” Xiao Xi fell into contemplation. After a long pause, he finally said, “Perhaps… perhaps the girls in our school are special? Everyone can already pee standing up?”

‘Cough, cough, if I can’t think of a reason, I can only make something up.’ Mia, standing beside him, looked at Xiao Xi with a shocked expression, deeply pondering his words, yet still unable to comprehend their meaning.

‘I don’t understand, but I am greatly shaken.’

So…

“Hmm… how about we… how about we just go out? Looking at these urinals, I always feel a bit uneasy…”

Xiao Xi suggested. Mia nodded. “Hmm, no choice then. In that case, let me, your familiar Xiao Xi, show you something even more interesting!”