The next morning.
Su Tianqing was woken up by her 8 AM alarm.
A wriggling lump of blanket squirmed on the bed, and a small hand quickly reached out from within to turn off the alarm, as if a fox demon was hidden inside.
The fox demon rolled over on the bed, then suddenly shrieked:
"Guwa! So painful!"
Golden Fox had pressed down on her own tail.
Su Tianqing sat up in bed, her hair messy around her, her eyelids and ears drooping, unable to rouse her spirits. Only the stinging at the base of her tail reminded her—she must never sleep flat on her back again.
"Mm… Mm-hmm—~"
Fox Fox stretched her body to her heart's content, straightening her tail and ears, dispelling all the fatigue from her body, and welcoming a brand new day.
"Good morning, world! Ben Hu, the Villain Fox Fox, is back!"
After silently reciting a slightly chuunibyou line to herself, Su Tianqing habitually reached for her phone from the bedside, opening a video app as she walked towards the bathroom, looking at the Hero Association channel she followed yesterday.
A newly published announcement video caught her eye.
"An announcement? Related to Magical Girl Hyacinth?" Su Tianqing mumbled to herself, a bit surprised.
An ominous thought popped into Fox Fox's mind, and she recalled what happened yesterday:
She went to Green Heart Park to enjoy nature, and incidentally ambushed Magical Girl Hyacinth, giving her a little surprise—in the form of an enhanced Monster.
After playing a game of spinning top with Hyacinth for a while, she quickly left. Ben Hu needed to sleep too!
On the way, she even specifically tried out the Magic Girl's flying ability and various messy magic spells, playing until midnight before returning home. She took a quick shower and then became a tired furball, collapsing onto the bed and quickly falling asleep. When she opened her eyes, it was the next day.
"Could it be that after all that torment, she had a mental breakdown and decided to graduate from being a Magic Girl and quit?"
Su Tianqing pinched her chin, pondering.
That shouldn't be the case, it really shouldn't.
She had set a strict no-lewdness restriction for the Tentacle Monster; at most, it would tickle her feet and armpits. How could there be such a strong reaction?
It couldn't be that her feet had some strange reaction, could it?
Su Tianqing opened the video.
"Last night, a Monster attack occurred in Rong City's Green Heart Park. Magical Girl Hyacinth went to suppress it but unexpectedly fell into the Monster's trap and was not rescued until 3 AM."
"Hyacinth has not commented on this."
"3 AM? ...Heh, hehehe..." Villain Fox Fox revealed a sinister smile.
She had specifically checked the time before leaving; it was 8 PM then, meaning Hyacinth had been hung up for a full seven hours.
Although the lewd scenes were strictly limited by her, being tormented for such a long time... it probably wasn't pleasant.
Who cares! First, claim the mission reward!
Fox Fox impatiently finished washing up, ran to the living room, picked up the ancient book, and opened it to the daily mission page.
【Daily Mission 1: Find Trouble with a Magic Girl, Completed】
It's completed!
100 divine code stone received. Deducting the Reinforced Potion A bought at great expense yesterday, a net profit of 50!
But when she looked closely at today's mission, Su Tianqing paused.
【Mission: Possess a Magic Girl Codename】
【Every Magic Girl should have her own unique codename】
【Reward: 200 divine code stone】
Magic Girl codename? What's that?
After a quick search on Baidu, Su Tianqing suddenly understood.
Every Magic Girl is registered with the Hero Association and given a corresponding identification codename based on her fighting style or personal request.
For example, Hyacinth, after her first appearance half a year ago, had Hero Association staff approach her and, with her consent, she was given the codename 【Hyacinth】.
"It's like a stage name," Su Tianqing complained.
Since the secret codex arranged it this way, she would also try to come up with a nice codename for her Magic Girl identity.
Fox Fox's gaze fell on another mission.
【Mission: Long-cherished Wish】
【Gain 200 followers】
【Become a shining Magic Girl, let everyone remember your name, and live on with her share.】
It seemed simple but was actually quite difficult to do.
The mission description was heavier than the bassist from the next set, and combined with the gradually resurfacing memories of her original body, Su Tianqing finally realized how gloomy the original body's life was, to the extent that even two hundred followers had to be described as a "long-cherished wish"—
"Su Tianqing's" monthly expenses were about a thousand yuan. After deducting the five hundred yuan subsidy from the mutual aid society, there was still a shortfall of about five hundred yuan.
So, this Miss Fox Fox chose to write web novels online, "Magic Girl Crisis," which told the story of a slime protagonist and Magic Girls on an adventure in another world.
She updated ninety thousand words every month, with single-digit subscriptions, and nothing else besides the five hundred yuan full attendance bonus.
And now it was the end of the month. Presumably, the original body had died suddenly from fulminant myocarditis due to staying up late to meet the full attendance quota at the end of the month, coupled with the Beastman Flu.
What? You're asking why all loli protagonists use writing novels as their source of income?
Please, you can't expect this delicate little fox to go out and work, let alone being an introverted social phobic.
...Wait a minute.
Su Tianqing suddenly realized a fatal problem.
If the original body completely relied on the five hundred yuan full attendance from that trash novel to make a living... and she hadn't written a single word yesterday, wouldn't that five hundred yuan full attendance just go down the drain?!
Fox Fox dashed to the bedroom desk in a few steps, opened the laptop, entered an unknown novel website, and clicked on the author's backend.
The red words "2 days of broken updates" were prominently displayed in the full attendance bonus column, almost making Su Tianqing faint.
This apartment was rented with the help of the mutual aid society near Rongcheng Medical College, so she didn't have to worry about the rent. But the direct loss of five hundred yuan in full attendance made Fox Fox feel a sudden surge in living pressure.
That was a huge sum of five hundred yuan! Enough to eat five hundred steamed buns!
Fox Fox sat in front of the computer, hugging her tail and wailing.
At this moment, missions and such were no longer important.
Getting her future living expenses sorted out was the priority!
Go out to hand out flyers? Find a restaurant nearby to wash dishes? Or try the traditional art of urban rebirth dramas—
—plagiarizing books.
Su Tianqing recalled her past life's experiences.
In her previous life, she was a doctor who enjoyed writing web novels in her spare time, and she had written quite a few books over time.
Although none of them achieved great success, opening up a completely new path in this unfamiliar world was not a problem.
Can copying one's own books be considered plagiarism? Certainly not!
No sooner said than done, Su Tianqing quickly logged out of the original body's account and then re-registered.
Pen name... Ten Thousand Mercury.
The book title would remain the original: "The Abyss Lord Is My Loli Wife."
Relying on her memories from her previous life, twenty thousand words flowed smoothly, and she gathered enough words to sign a contract in one morning, casually finding an editor's email to privately submit her manuscript.
It wasn't until midday, when the sun was high, that Su Tianqing stretched her body and walked out of the bedroom, the empty hunger in her stomach bringing Fox Fox back to reality from the cyber world.
While soothing her restless belly, she pondered her future.
She hoped her book would be accepted soon so she could get the five hundred yuan full attendance next month.
So, next...
Fox Fox picked up the secret codex from the table.
200 followers, a Magic Girl codename—she had no ideas for these two missions.
Then Su Tianqing noticed today's daily missions.
【Daily Mission 1: Document the Magic Girl's Embarrassing Situation】
【Reward: 100 divine code stone】
【Daily Mission 2: Have at least 100 people witness the Magic Girl's embarrassing situation】
【Reward: 100 divine code stone】
...Hmm?
Fox Fox's brain began to work at high speed.
Documenting embarrassing situations, having people witness embarrassing situations.
If she were to connect that with the 200 followers... Su Tianqing quickly flipped the page to the intelligence section, looking at the entry for Magic Girl Hyacinth.
Sure enough, a few more lines of text appeared in the information description box below.
【Magical Girl Hyacinth】
【True Name: Nan Xiaofeng】
【19 years old, attending Rongcheng Third College of Arts and Sciences】
【Currently troubled by catching up on summer homework】
【Home Address...】
Oh my god! Doxxed!
Severely shaken by this sudden doxxing blow, a brilliant idea suddenly popped into Su Tianqing's mind.
Su Tianqing closed the secret codex, a smile appearing at the corner of her lips.
Fox Fox, I've got an idea.