“What’s the meaning of this, little sister I’ve never met before?”
The bunny girl’s eyes were dim, her eyelids half-drooped in a sleepy, languid manner.
Facing the magic staff pointed right at her, she showed zero nervousness.
Instead, her tone carried a teasing note.
She extended a slender finger, about to lightly touch the staff and push it aside.
“Compensate me.”
Lu Yushan didn’t move her gaze.
Her voice was low and gloomy, like she was collecting a debt—which she was.
She pointed at the puddle of mush on the ground, her tone completely flat.
“The core is smashed. You did that.”
“Hm?”
The bunny girl raised an eyebrow, tilted her head to glance in the direction Lu Yushan indicated, and suddenly realized.
“Ah… sorry, sorry. I used a bit too much force.”
Her mouth apologized, but her face showed not a trace of guilt.
“You want that monster core to exchange for money, right?”
Lu Yushan nodded.
“Wow, there really are magical girls this desperately broke these days.”
The bunny girl looked like she had discovered something new and fascinating.
“Since you’re so short on cash, would you consider working for me? The pay is really good~”
While speaking playfully, she reached into a magic circle in the air and pulled out an expensive-looking leather briefcase.
“How much do you want, little sister?”
The bunny girl opened the briefcase without even looking inside, a mysterious, charming smile on her face.
‘…’
Lu Yushan calculated inwardly.
She only knew that Delta-class cores went for three thousand.
The thing they had just fought was at least one rank higher.
But exactly how much? Double? Triple? Or more? She should have read that message more carefully earlier.
If she asked for too little, she would lose out badly.
“You decide.”
Lu Yushan spoke coldly. She planned to let this bunny girl name the price first. If it wasn’t right, she would negotiate.
“Pfft, hah↑ hah↗ hah→ hah↘”
The bunny girl was stunned for a moment, then let out a series of strangely captivating laughs.
She laughed so hard her body shook and her rabbit ears swayed violently.
“Interesting. Really interesting.”
“Little sister, giving the pricing power to a capitalist? You’re going to suffer big losses in the future.”
“But I really like your personality. You’re a lot like an old friend of mine.”
“Then I’ll calculate it for you. A standard Beta-class monster core goes for around thirty thousand. Considering this is a special variant, plus…”
Meanwhile.
Peachfluff was sprawled beside Qinghai Starlight, crying with snot and tears everywhere.
“I’m sorry, it’s all my fault… wuwuwu…”
As her familiar, it had been completely useless during the earlier fight. Worse, it had even gotten in the way and made a fatal mistake.
If not for protecting it, Qinghai wouldn’t have been so heavily injured.
“It’s fine… stop crying…”
Qinghai Starlight had already released her transformation.
Her blood-stained casual clothes stuck to her body, her face deathly pale.
Leaning against the corner wall, her voice was weak and trembling.
“Ah~ It really hurts so much~”
Earlier, after the monster was killed, she had recovered her severed arm, pieced the wound together, and released her transformation.
Thanks to the unique mechanism of magical girls, as long as the body parts were intact, the magic power would forcibly repair the physical damage upon detransformation.
Even though her arm was reattached, the intense pain of bones and flesh reconnecting, along with the exhaustion from magic power overuse, made her entire body shiver.
“At least… I survived.”
She glanced at Lu Yushan, who was “doing business” with the bunny girl in the distance. Thick, indissoluble gratitude filled her eyes.
Without her, she definitely wouldn’t have made it. She had truly saved her life.
She wanted to thank her face to face, but a powerful wave of dizziness and fatigue surged up.
“Peachfluff… stop crying. After I’m gone, make sure you eat properly…”
Qinghai Starlight reached out with a cold hand and gently wiped away Peachfluff’s tears. Her voice grew fainter.
“And… help me thank Lu Yushan…”
The moment the words left her lips, her head tilted. She slowly closed her eyes, her arm falling limply to the ground.
A peaceful smile lingered on her lips.
The air froze for a second.
“No!!! Qinghai!!!”
Peachfluff let out a heart-wrenching cry and threw itself onto her, wailing loudly.
“You can’t die!!!”
“So noisy.”
The supposedly “dead” Qinghai Starlight suddenly opened her eyes, looking at the dramatic rabbit with complete exasperation.
“I’m not dead. I’m just really tired and want to sleep.”
“Hehehe…”
Peachfluff’s crying stopped abruptly. It scratched its head in embarrassment.
“Well… the atmosphere was getting too heavy. I thought it was too depressing, so I tried to liven it up a bit.”
Peachfluff ended up laughing at itself, tears still on its face—a literal crying-and-laughing mess.
Qinghai Starlight sighed helplessly.
Too tired to deal with it, she rolled her eyes and closed them again, falling into a deep sleep.
On the other side, Lu Yushan held the briefcase that had been handed over, looking at the cash inside.
A small surge of delight rose in her heart.
“I’m too lazy to calculate. Saving Qinghai counts as a huge merit on its own. My contact information is inside too. If you think it’s not enough, just contact me.”
Lu Yushan nodded. A smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
This sum of money was enough to repay the people around her, with some left over.
As for the online loan apps, she would figure something out.
“Happy now? Your eyes have cleared up.”
The bunny girl leaned close to Lu Yushan, one hand on her hip, the other pinching her chin as she looked her up and down.
Her rabbit ears occasionally brushed against Lu Yushan’s cheek.
“I mean it—are you really not considering working for me? All cute kids, and money is never an issue.”
“Cosmetics, beautiful dresses, little cakes—everything you could want.”
She circled around Lu Yushan, her voice carrying a tempting, seductive tone.
“You’re such a natural beauty. Once you dress up, who knows how many people would go crazy for you.”
Lu Yushan gave her a cold look. She needed money, but not for clothes or makeup.
Besides, did this person even filter her words? Lu Yushan kept feeling like she just said whatever popped into her head.
“Hahaha, I’m done teasing you.”
After laughing enough, the bunny girl walked past Lu Yushan and headed toward Qinghai Starlight.
Whether intentional or not, she swayed her hips lightly, her little tail swishing behind her as if deliberately attracting attention.
Lu Yushan’s face twitched.
Thinking back to the bunny girl’s job proposal and imagining herself wearing this outfit while serving drinks made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
She secretly swore—she would absolutely never wear something like this. Never!
Lu Yushan shook her head, but the image in her mind refused to go away.
She waited a moment longer. After confirming she was no longer needed, she turned and walked out.
Has the rain stopped?
The moment she stepped out of the underground parking entrance, glaring sunlight poured down.
The sky was crystal clear, without a single cloud.
If not for the large puddles still on the ground and the lingering stench of the monster, no one would believe a heavy rain had just passed.
She didn’t dwell on it.
Tapping the ground lightly with her toes, she leaped into the air and flew toward Aunt Wang’s house.
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