LIGHTNOVELONLINE chapter 17
17. Magical girls or something, isn’t one of me enough?
“Come on, Youyu, ah—open your mouth and eat this!”
“…Is it really necessary to do it this way? I’m past the age of needing someone to feed me, right?”
Even so, Youyu still opened his mouth and ate the dish that Wuyue had picked up with her chopsticks and placed in front of him.
“Hehe!”
Seeing Youyu eat the food she offered, Wuyue smiled with satisfaction and said:
“It has nothing to do with age! You’ve been busy for so long today… only to end up with nothing!”
“So, this little compensation is only fair!”
Though it was her own idea to do so.
“…Well, as long as you’re happy.”
Youyu smiled, took a sip of water, and looked at the time on his phone, starting to ponder.
“It’s already past 12…”
It seemed they had been chatting for a bit too long this time.
“Now, let’s talk about Baiyu. Wuyue should be able to accept it now.”
Thinking this in his mind, Youyu interrupted Wuyue’s daydreaming and asked:
“Um, Wuyue, although it might disturb your mood a bit… I still have a question I want to ask you. Can you accept it?”
“What question?”
“It’s about another magical girl, Bai Yu.”
“……”
Upon hearing Youyu’s words, the joyful expression on Wuyue’s face instantly disappeared, and she fell silent.
After a while, just as Youyu felt something was off and was preparing to find an excuse to take her out of the store, she took a deep breath and said:
“Alright, alright… her question does need to be discussed.”
“After all, it’s someone who owes you money; you definitely can’t let it go…”
As she said this, Wuyue was smiling, but it felt quite terrifying…
“Uh… are you still concerned about that…”
Youyu was also unsure of what to say and could only try to steer her away from the topic.
So, he thought for a moment and said:
“What I mean is, how do you view her?”
“How do I view her? She’s someone who owes money and hasn’t paid it back!”
Without even thinking, Wuyue answered.
“……”
“Alright! Aside from that, aside from that! When you interact with her, what kind of person do you think she is?”
“… Why are you asking this question?”
“Uh… if you don’t want to answer, that’s fine too. I respect your wishes.”
Feeling the negative emotions continuously flooding into him, Youyu cautiously spoke.
“……”
“… Let me think for a moment.”
In the end, Wuyue chose to answer his question.
After all, she knew that Youyu was asking this for her own good.
She couldn’t let her strange feelings… interfere with Youyu’s kindness towards her.
So, after thinking for quite a while, Wuyue finally spoke:
“I guess she’s quite an arrogant person.”
“After all, that guy… when communicating with her, it was basically always her asking me questions, and she always had this condescending attitude. No matter how I answered, she just smiled, which was really infuriating!”
“……”
Upon hearing Wuyue’s response, Youyu did not rush to speak.
It seems that Wuyue still carries some personal emotions in this…
Let’s continue listening.
“And then… besides that, she seems very resistant to the idea of me being with you.”
“It’s like she really hates it, and she keeps saying I’m immature and don’t understand.”
“I originally wanted to have a good talk with her! But then she suddenly didn’t want to talk to me anymore and just left on her own!”
“She turned into that liquid state… and just disappeared!”
“…”
“So, I think…”
After a deep sigh, Wuyue looked into Youyu’s eyes and said:
“It’s very likely because something happened in the past… that led her to form this kind of viewpoint.”
“So, it also made her become the kind of person she is now, stubbornly insisting that ‘if you become a magical girl, it will ultimately lead to harm for those around you.’”
There might still be many errors in her words and logic, but this is the most extreme explanation Wuyue could offer.
As for delving deeper… she couldn’t articulate it any better; her grades were good, but that didn’t mean she understood things like psychology.
After all, all of this is just her speculation.
“A stubborn person, huh…”
After listening to Wuyue’s words, Youyu nodded, closed his eyes, and began to think.
After a while, Youyu opened his eyes and said:
“Then, let me ask you one more question.”
“If you encounter a stubborn person who must be changed, what should you do?”
“Don’t mention any theories from books; I just want to see your own thoughts, Wuyue.”
“…Must be changed, huh…”
Wuyue’s heart was a mix of emotions, and for a moment, she felt confused.
She could naturally tell who Youyu was referring to.
But…
That Baiyu… do they really have to change her?
She became a magical girl so early, fought against those monsters, and has lived well until now. Does someone so strong really need them to change her?
She could say such things and then just leave without any hesitation; does someone so resolute need them to change her?
There’s no reason to change, right?
Or perhaps…
Wuyue fell silent for a moment, then spoke up:
“Yuu, you should have said that we rely on each other and help each other, right?”
“Indeed.”
“Hmm.”
Nodding, Wuyue continued:
“Then… I can’t solve this problem, or rather… I really can’t provide any effective answers, because I’ve never encountered anything like this before.”
“So… I want to rely on you, to get answers from you, Yuu.”
“Why do you think…”
“Baiyu, is something that must be changed?”
After hearing Wuyue’s words, Yuu fell silent for a moment.
Because he now saw that Wuyue’s expression… was blank; she did not show any emotion, as if she were simply inquiring.
He had a premonition… that the next answer would definitely lead to major trouble.
“…Can you handle it? Yuu? Should we control her right now?”
The Mamba inside his body said worriedly.
“…No, there’s no need. This kind of thing will have to be experienced sooner or later; I’ve long been mentally prepared for it.”
After internally rejecting the Mamba, Yuu took a deep breath, looked at Wuyue, and said:
“Because, if we change her and let her join us…”
“Then, we…”
“Don’t need to, right? This kind of thing.”
However, before Yuu could finish his sentence, Wuyue interrupted him.
At this moment… her expression seemed even stranger than before.
“Magical girl or something…”
“Yuu, isn’t having just me enough?”
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