Su Tianqing felt that her mission as a villain was very arduous.
She had to pick fights with the protagonists, manage live stream events, gather entertainment, and then, after making others depressed, act as a sympathetic Fox Fox to console them.
Only Ben Hu could handle such a challenging task!
But no matter what, encountering such mysterious situations twice in a row was unsettling:
“I don’t want to be a Magic Girl anymore,” the girl in front of her said.
This reminded Su Tianqing of how Hua Ling looked when she was in a low state, and memories from the past swept over her like a wave.
Then, the Golden Fox quickly calmed down and composedly refused to accept the guardian star.
“I have no right to make such a decision for anyone,” Su Tianqing said.
“A guardian star is a very precious thing. Even if you picked it up elsewhere, it is now your own. I cannot destroy it without knowing the reason.”
“But…”
The girl timidly tried to pull her hand back, but still bit her lip and continued to offer it.
“As long as I hold it, I cannot escape that evil spirit, and I will keep hurting the people around me.”
This unlucky child, why is she so stubborn?
But the “evil spirit” she kept mentioning naturally caught her attention.
What is an evil spirit?
Is it the influence of some Monster? Or is it some kind of term for witches in London?
Su Tianqing asked:
“Then can you tell me, what do you mean by that ‘evil spirit’?”
“Hmm…”
The girl hesitated, not wanting to speak, only continuously lowering her head and offering the guardian star in her hand, but her fingertips were already slightly curled.
This is a sign of timidity; she is afraid of something, Su Tianqing thought.
“…Is that evil spirit very scary?”
“…Yes.” The girl thought for a moment and nodded.
“How scary exactly? Is it scarier than Rabbit when she smiles?”
The three onlookers suddenly froze. Hellcat and Xin Yuehu turned to look at the Pink-haired Rabbit Girl, making the latter’s face flush, wishing she could immediately find a cardboard box to put over her head.
“She has some self-awareness,” Fei Yelan quipped.
Nan Jiayu remained silent, nodding in agreement with the Gray Wolf.
Setting aside everything else, Cheshire Rabbit’s smile could genuinely scare people at times.
Not only her eerie invisibility, but after she disappears, she also leaves a smile in the air, just like the invisible Cheshire Cat in fairy tales!
Can you imagine a toothy grin suddenly flashing in front of you while you’re fighting someone, followed by a strange laugh from behind and the sound of a great hammer whistling by your side?
It could scare someone half to death, both mentally and physically.
The girl had already withdrawn the guardian star in her hand, tightly hugging the plush toy in her arms, and peeked from behind the sofa at the shrinking Pink-haired Rabbit Girl.
Then she thought for a long time and nodded gently.
“It should… be scarier than Sister Cheshire Rabbit, right…?”
“Why are you even hesitating?!”
The Rabbit Girl finally couldn't hold back and wailed helplessly.
In the slightly more relaxed and joyful atmosphere, Su Tianqing learned a series of descriptions about the “evil spirit” from her.
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It was a somewhat long story.
“Two years ago, I found this guardian star.”
“But I couldn’t control it—every time the sun set, I would uncontrollably transform into a Magic Girl, and I couldn't revert until late at night.”
“Moreover, whenever I transformed into a Magic Girl, that evil spirit would appear by my side without warning and attack me.”
“Attack you?” Su Tianqing repeated.
Strange, this was a bit different from her own guess.
She had initially thought that the girl unconsciously summoned Monster servants, but her skill level was insufficient to control them, leading to such tragedies.
But from her description… how did this Monster seem more like it was hunting her…?
“I tried to resist at first, but no matter how many times I defeated it, it would reappear the next time I transformed.”
“If I ran away, it would attack the people around me until it was eliminated by the Magic Girls who arrived.”
At this point, the girl hugged herself, trembling in terror.
“I don’t know what it wants.”
“And somehow, people started associating me with that evil spirit.”
“They all said I did it, that I summoned that evil spirit, that I caused so many innocent casualties.”
“It’s all me… it’s all my fault…”
The girl’s emotions began to show signs of losing control, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Everyone says I’m a Ripper, they say I’m a murderer, but… but I didn’t mean to hurt anyone… I… I also…”
“I also wanted to be like other Magic Girls, defeat Monsters and save the city, but I can’t defeat that evil spirit, and can only let it…”
From her words, Su Tianqing felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
But she still didn't understand why the girl automatically transformed after sunset, or why she was entangled with that strange Monster.
Seeing her about to cry, Su Tianqing leaned in slightly and gently comforted her.
—“It’s okay.”
“None of this is your fault, so why blame yourself so much?”
“I… but everyone says those murders were my doing, I’m very scared…”
“Even if I throw away the guardian star, I will still transform when the sun sets. I can’t get rid of it.”
“Then, let me help you figure it out,” Su Tianqing said with a smile to the girl beside her.
The delicate girl, tear-streaked, looked at the Golden Fox beside her, pursing her lips and lowering her head.
“But… that would also bring danger to you… the evil spirit is very scary, and it…”
“No matter how scary it is, it will be defeated by the Magic Girls, right?”
The Golden Fox said with a smile,
“You should have been there yesterday when Hyacinth and the others defeated it, right? Did you see Hyacinth’s heroic attitude?”
“Mm-hmm…”
The girl nodded gently.
It must be said, Hyacinth was indeed the bravest Magic Girl she had ever seen; that London team was completely inferior to Hyacinth.
A terrifying greatsword wielded with immense power, frightening output with every sword strike, and super-high efficiency of charging forward expressionlessly to break defenses with one strike and repel with two.
“Even a formidable Hyacinth like that can only be a defeated opponent against us,” Su Tianqing said with a smile, stating this fact, as if she heard a sneeze from the direction of Huatianli Community.
The girl’s mouth was slightly agape, her brain briefly overloaded.
Hmm… what Miss Xin Yuehu said seems to make some sense?
She was very afraid of that evil spirit, Hyacinth could defeat the evil spirit, so Hyacinth was very strong.
Hellcat and Xin Yuehu could capture and tease Hyacinth, so Hellcat and Xin Yuehu were also very strong.
Thinking about it this way, it really seemed to have some theoretical basis.
“How about it, willing to believe in Fox Fox’s strength now?”
Su Tianqing still had a smile on her face, gently patting the girl’s back, helping her calm down from her nervous emotions.
Ben Hu’s talk therapy, a great success!