Xingyue’s Laughter: CCB

‘It feels like choosing either C or B will lead to a CG scene…’
‘One where I’m punished by Ruoxi, and one where I’m punished by Nana (sad).’
‘But as for A…’
Xingyue had already tried it with Ellie. In her current form, no one would believe her.
But…
Xingyue: ‘What if… what if Nana is different from the others?’ (‘へ’)
‘As Xing Yue’s most trusted subordinate, it’s clear from her room that Nana deeply adores her.’
‘Who knows, maybe this mutual devotion will create a miracle!’
Xingyue: ‘I’ll take a gamble, meow!’ (ฅ´ω`ฅ)
Then, Xingyue looked into Nana’s eyes, her throat bobbing with a difficult swallow. “Actually… I am Xing Yue.”
“…Huh?”
A dead silence enveloped the room.
Nana’s eyes, beneath her long purple hair, trembled violently.
Xingyue: ‘Could it be?!’ (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!!
Just as Xingyue thought a miracle was about to happen, Nana grabbed her by the collar:
“You wretched loli, do you think making a pun is funny?! (╬◣д◢)”
Xingyue: “Eh… eh?”
Nana: “Lord Xing Yue was killed by Magical Girl 【sunshine】 long ago! Do you think you can fool me just because your name sounds like hers?”
Xingyue: ‘No way…’ X﹏X
‘She just dismissed it as a pun? How did it turn out like this? (sad)’
‘Does this mean I’m destined to never go back…’
“Nana…”
Tears welled in Xingyue’s eyes as she met Nana’s gaze again, as if begging her to see something.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” Nana frowned.
But Xingyue’s gaze didn’t waver, still holding a certain expectation as she looked at Nana.
“Hey, you, could it be…”
Just as Nana was about to ask something more—
“Nana!” A frantic knocking interrupted her, and Vera’s voice came through the door.
“Hurry and come out! Magical Girl 【sunshine】 has broken in! She’s destroying our barrier! We need your help! Ellie can’t hold on much longer!”
“!”
Nana’s pupils contracted abruptly.
“Oops…”
When she let go, Xingyue nearly collapsed to the floor.
“Hahahaha… so you’ve finally come!”
Seeing the twisted joy and hatred on Nana’s face, Xingyue felt a little scared.
‘Wait a minute, why is Ruoxi here at this time?’
Xingyue was completely baffled.
‘How did she find this place?’ ∑(°口°๑)
“Perfect timing. Let’s settle all our scores, new and old!” Nana picked Xingyue up like a kitten and carried her out.

****

The hallway blared with alarms, the roars of monsters mixing with the boom of clashing magic.
“Tina? Nami?”
When Xingyue was dragged into the main hall, the scene before her made her eyes widen.
It seemed that after Xingyue was taken away, Xisitina and Nami had also managed to sneak out.
But unable to transform, they had been injured in the fighting and had fallen unconscious.
And protecting them was…
“Tch, what a pain you are.”
Ruoxi’s long golden hair whipped around in the storm of magic. The longsword condensed from light magic repeatedly slashed through Ellie’s vines.
“Magical Girl 【sunshine】! Today is the day you die!”
Soon, Nana and Vera also joined the battle.
Ellie’s poisonous vines, Vera’s purple flames, and Nana’s shadow spheres intertwined in the air.
The combined assault of the three [Shadow Moon] cadres instantly submerged Ruoxi.
“Listen to the roar of the sun!”
However, Ruoxi wasn’t intimidated at all. She raised the sword above her head and brought it down in a powerful slash, a blade of light precisely cleaving through the three attacks.
At the same time, it shattered the base’s barrier.
The two powerful forces canceled each other out. The shockwave shattered the ceiling, and rubble rained down.
“Magic: Flash!”
Ruoxi suddenly unleashed a flashbang.
“Aahh… what was that?!”
This unexpected attack made Nana and the other two cover their eyes.
Ruoxi took this opportunity to grab Xingyue’s wrist, while several ropes of light bound the unconscious Xisitina and Nami on the floor.
“Let’s go!”
A dazzling light engulfed everyone.
When the three evil villains opened their eyes, the four magical girls were gone.
“Damn it! That Sunshine must have come to provoke us!” Ellie’s face was flushed with anger.
‘To so openly rescue people, and actually succeed in saving them, was a great humiliation for Ellie!’
“She really is powerful, Magical Girl Sunshine… on a completely different level from other magical girls…”
Vera swallowed hard.
But then, she noticed something strange about Nana, who was standing beside her.
“It’s okay, Nana. Don’t worry about it. We’ll have plenty of chances to avenge the boss in the future.”
“…”
“Nana?”
Only then did Vera realize that Nana’s expression was strange.
It wasn’t the frustration of failing to kill 【Magical Girl sunshine】.
It looked more like something was bothering her, replaying over and over in her mind.
And that was indeed the case.
Nana: ‘That loli… what did she really mean…’
Xingyue’s words from earlier were all that was on Nana’s mind.
It seemed someone wasn’t going to get any sleep tonight…

****

When Xingyue opened her eyes again, they were in the forest near the school.
Xisitina and Nami were lying on the grass, still unconscious.
“Big Sis Ruoxi… how did you—”
Xingyue was just about to ask Ruoxi how she found them.
After all, in her memory, Ruoxi never knew the location of the evil organization’s base.
“When I turned you into a magical girl, I planted a warning spell on you. It triggers an alarm whenever a secret about your identity is involved, and then I can rush to your side.”
Ruoxi said as she canceled her transformation.
“So that’s how…”
‘No wonder in a previous loop, when Xingyue went to find Ellie, Ruoxi found her. Was it because she had said something related to her identity…’
Xingyue breathed a sigh of relief. “Anyway, we’re safe now.”
“Safe? Don’t be so sure~”
“Eh?”
Xingyue froze for a moment. She saw Ruoxi slowly turn around, a dangerous dark light swirling in her golden pupils.
She smiled and advanced step by step, pinning Xingyue against a tree trunk, her right hand slamming down beside her ear.
“Tell me, why did you reveal your identity?”
Ruoxi questioned her after pinning her to the wall.
‘Oh no…’
“I’ll only give you one chance~” Ruoxi’s fingertips tilted Xingyue’s chin up.
“I…” Xingyue’s chin was held, leaving her at a loss.
‘How should I explain this…’
[Time for a Choice!]
[A. “It was to save Nami and Tina…”]
[B. “Waaah, I was wrong, Big Sis Ruoxi! I’ll sing and dance for you, please don’t punish me, okay? QAQ”¹]
[C. Slap Ruoxi: “Hmph, are you telling me what to do? o(´^｀)o”]
[Note: An improper choice will result in on-the-spot punishment by Ruoxi.]
Xingyue: ‘…On-the-spot punishment?!’ Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
‘Does that mean she’ll punish me right here, pinned against the tree?’
Xingyue: ‘Mmm…’ ( ๑ŏ ﹏ ŏ๑ )
‘Which one… should I choose?’