When Qian Qian was suddenly pulled into the room by Ning Chu, her heart was full of dread and regret.
She’d let her guard down!
She could already imagine this succubus transforming into a massive tentacle monster, its thick tentacles wrapping around her limbs, teasing her body, and trying to inject some mysterious fluid into her.
Even though she’d known the risks, facing the possibility head-on filled her with terror and helplessness.
“You’re dressed so provocatively! What if my boyfriend sees you like this?!”
Her expression of despair froze as she stared blankly at the anxious look on Ning Chu’s face, then glanced down at her own tight, black battle outfit.
Shame surged up inside her, her face flushing red. She instinctively covered her chest with one hand and mumbled, “Oh... right.”
A soft glow began to emanate from her magic staff, shimmering like water as it flowed over her body, transforming her outfit into particles of light that scattered into the air, revealing her bare skin beneath.
Ning Chu watched, mouth agape, as the girl stood stark naked for a moment.
In typical magical girl transformations, wasn’t there supposed to be some holy light covering everything?
Oh, but this was a magical girl from one of her own spicy novels... So, it actually made sense.
As the glow faded, Qian Qian’s face turned even redder, and the autumn-winter JK uniform materialized around her, fitting her as if by magic.
“There... all done...”
Qian Qian, still embarrassed, turned her head away, avoiding Ning Chu’s shocked gaze.
“Okay, I’ll let Wen Yang in now.” Ning Chu walked toward the door, still glancing at Qian Qian with curiosity. “So, what’s going on exactly?”
Reality was different from her stories, and while she had created some of these settings, Qian Qian would need to fill in the rest.
“Let Xiao Hei explain it.”
“The cat?”
“Yes. I’m Qian Qian, a university student and, well, part-time magical girl.”
Ning Chu opened the door, then looked back, adding, “I think you and Xiao Hei already know plenty about Wen Yang and me, so no introductions are necessary.”
“Mm.”
Wen Yang, still clueless, stood at the door, looking at the two girls. “What’s going on?”
“It was just a misunderstanding.”
He blinked, choosing not to press further, and held out the milk tea and egg pancake he’d bought. “Here’s your snack.”
With a burden lifted off her shoulders, Ning Chu’s smile was much brighter than usual. Happily accepting the snack, she invited Qian Qian and the cat to make themselves comfortable. “Feel free to sit anywhere.”
“Thanks.”
Qian Qian took a seat on the bed, wrinkling her nose as she caught a whiff of a... suggestive scent.
Looking down, she saw the sheets with their scattered white and dark stains, her expression becoming complicated as she shifted uncomfortably, fidgeting with the hem of her skirt.
Seeing where Qian Qian sat, Ning Chu’s face flushed bright red.
She opened her mouth but, seeing that Qian Qian wasn’t saying anything either, decided to pretend nothing had happened.
“Xiao Hei, go ahead and explain.”
“Leave it to me!”
“Wait, what?!”
Wen Yang nearly grabbed a broom to swat at the black cat when it started talking.
But Ning Chu quickly caught his arm, whispering, “Think of Black Bean; this isn’t so weird.”
“...Well, I guess that’s true.”
The couple settled onto the sofa, with the black cat jumping onto the coffee table, licking its paws as it began to explain.
“Normally, I’d erase your memories, but that doesn’t seem necessary here.”
“There are creatures from another world that occasionally descend upon our realm. They take over human bodies and disrupt society; we call them ‘evil beings.’”
Yep, that’s pretty much a tentacle monster.
Munching on her egg pancake and sipping her milk tea, Ning Chu thought to herself.
“Every time an evil being appears, I’ll contract a girl, granting her magical powers until the evil being is eliminated. Once her mission is over, the girl returns to normal life, losing her magical abilities.”
“The power of a magical girl is directly linked to the presence of an evil being,” Qian Qian added. “Last year, Xiao Hei approached me, asking if I wanted to be a magical girl, so I agreed...”
“Then I met a senior who explained that all these evil beings are actually tentacle monsters. If we lose a fight... if we can hold on, that’s fine, but if not...” She shot a resentful look at Xiao Hei. “If I’d known, I would never have agreed!”
Even though Qian Qian left out the specifics, Ning Chu’s mind quickly filled in the blanks, imagining scenes of “Qian Qian X Slime.”
With just a few words, she pieced together the dynamic between magical girls and evil beings.
Honestly, Lily would be perfect as a magical girl... with her taste for extreme situations, she might even enjoy losing a battle or two.
“Got it. So earlier, you mistook me for an evil being?”
Feigning ignorance, Ning Chu asked with an innocent look.
“Broadly speaking, you are an evil being, as Qian Qian’s powers stem from you.”
True enough, evil beings were supposed to be tentacle monsters from another world, and she was indeed a human from another world.
But she was still a bit confused. “So how does this get resolved? I thought a magical girl’s mission only ends after the corresponding evil being is defeated?”
Qian Qian pulled her leg up, hugging her knee. “Right... but since my magic doesn’t work on you, we’re changing it to a monitoring mission instead.”
“...”
“I’ve already completed my transfer paperwork, so starting next week, we’ll be classmates~”
Ning Chu rubbed her nose in frustration, suddenly remembering that Wen Yang still didn’t know she was a transmigrator.
Instinctively, she glanced at him, only to see that he had slumped back against the sofa, rubbing his eyes sleepily as he blinked himself awake.
Alright, crisis averted.
Since Wen Yang was just an ordinary person, Xiao Hei had no plans to involve him in any of this.
As soon as he fully woke up, Wen Yang straightened, muscles tensing as he looked over at Ning Chu, clearly alarmed.
“It’s okay.”
“Oh... good.”
Wen Yang relaxed slightly, wrapping an arm protectively around Ning Chu’s waist as he kept a wary eye on the talking black cat.
“Really, there’s nothing to worry about.”
With outsiders present, his affectionate gesture made Ning Chu feel a bit shy.
When she looked up, she saw Qian Qian and Xiao Hei suddenly go quiet, their expressions becoming serious and tense.
She instinctively stayed silent, listening as the rain outside grew heavier, drumming against the awning in an increasingly frantic rhythm. The gentle spring rain seemed to be /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ turning into a full-blown storm.
“Another evil being has appeared.”
Xiao Hei leapt from the coffee table onto Qian Qian’s shoulder, and she rushed to the window, pulling back the curtain to gaze into the rain-soaked night.
Ning Chu hurried over as well. “You’re kidding, right?!”
Oh no! Is there actually a tentacle monster this time?
She followed Qian Qian’s gaze into the distance, where a faint meteor streaked across the sky, hidden by the torrential rain.
“That direction...”
“It’s the school,” Qian Qian confirmed.
So this is the tentacle monster from the original story!
Xiao Hei clung to Qian Qian’s shoulder, turning its head toward Ning Chu. “There’s another spot for a magical girl. Would you...”
“No way!”
“It comes with a wish-granting ability...”
“Absolutely not!”
Ning Chu cut Xiao Hei off, shaking her head vehemently.
While the physical resilience of a magical girl might be even stronger than that of a succubus, possibly enough to defeat a male protagonist from her spicy novels, she had zero interest in fighting a tentacle monster. Winning was one thing, but the consequences of losing were far too terrifying!
