A Magical Girl’s History

Luo Zining was convinced—her old man must have ridiculously high compatibility with Divinity Particles!

Just a tiny bit of Divinity Particles had turned that macho hunk into a sultry MILF.

If you dumped the entire batch into Luo You, wouldn’t she ascend to become a Celestial Goddess?

“Commander Zhao, is there a device or method to test someone’s compatibility?”

“There is, but it doesn’t give you a precise number—just a visual indicator.”

Zhao Xin pointed to the pendant hanging over her chest.

“It’s simple, really. Take a drop of your bodily fluid—any kind will do—put it in the container, and observe how active the Divinity Particles get.”

“But don’t get your hopes up. Bodily fluids include blood, saliva, serum, sweat… all kinds. And even different fluids from the same person can trigger completely different reactions.

There was a case where someone’s blood made the particles go wild, but when tested in the field, her actual compatibility was only around 10%.

So yeah, super unreliable.”

After all that, Luo Zining felt like she’d just wasted her time.

“Still, there’s one thing you can rely on—if the Divinity Particles react at all to a person’s fluids, then that person does have some level of compatibility.”

Alright! Time to go home and forcibly swab the old man for a sample.

Let’s run that compatibility test!

She couldn’t wait to get back.

But just as she was about to leave, she remembered something.

“By the way, Commander Zhao, have you ever heard of a magical girl named Chiyu?”

“Chiyu? Can’t say I have.”

“Really…?”

So that old man was bluffing!

It was already late. That old man was probably home with dinner ready.

Luo Zining was fuming.

She’d definitely settle the score once she got back!

But—

“You said ‘Chiyu’? Where did you hear that name?”

The door opened.

Xingyue stepped gracefully inside.

As if she’d been waiting outside the entire time.

“S-St-Star Xingyue!?”

Zhao Xin shot up from her chair like a spring-loaded toy, standing at full attention.

“Why are you here?!”

“The Magical Alliance assigned me to oversee this entire region—including over a dozen cities.

Huahai is the central hub, so I’ll be settling here.

Today’s just a courtesy visit.”

Xingyue’s gentle demeanor instantly defused the tension in the room.

This was it—

The ultimate end point of every magical girl’s dream.

Standing above all others, yet never aloof or unapproachable.

She remained the embodiment of the ideal: Magical girls should be loved, not feared.

“I believe I overheard you talking about someone named ‘Chiyu’ just now?”

Luo Zining raised her hand.

“That was me asking Commander Zhao… is there something weird about the name?”

“Let’s not worry about ‘weird’ for now.

How did you hear that name?”

“I just heard someone mention it before…”

“Then that person probably lived through the dark era more than twenty years ago.”

“Dark era?”

Luo Zining blinked.

Then it clicked.

Ah—she meant the so-called Millennium Era in the history books!

It happened twenty-six years ago—

The first time Dimensional Beasts appeared before humanity.

Back then, magical girls didn’t exist.

There were no Star Rings to detect the dimensional breaches.

The beasts roamed freely in a parallel dimension, crossing the Sea of Realms undetected, and invading inland human cities as if no defenses existed.

Entire cities were taken overnight.

Within just two weeks, over a million people who hadn’t evacuated became monster fodder.

It was hell on earth.

Some cities were ravaged just by a single dragon-class Dimensional Beast passing through—leaving over a hundred thousand dead in its wake.

One nation’s capital was even destroyed by a light-devourer-class beast.

The entire government was wiped out.

The country fell into chaos, and eventually perished.

These Dimensional Beasts showed up with no pattern or logic.

They appeared randomly, making military defense impossible.

Human weapons barely scratched them.

Every nation suffered devastating losses.

Governments crumbled.

It was in this chaos that the Inhuman Organizations were born.

Three years passed.

Humanity had pulled its defenses inward just enough to slow the tide.

Then—

Magical girls were born.

Led by the Magical Alliance, magical girls wielded strange and powerful spells that proved far more effective against Dimensional Beasts.

They fought tirelessly, earning victory after victory.

Xingyue’s eyes took on a nostalgic, wistful glow.

“Back then, being a magical girl was… not exactly a good thing.”

“Huh? Why not?”

Luo Zining frowned.

That part hadn’t shown up in any textbook!

“Little Red Riding Hood, do you know what people used to think the Sea of Realms was?”

“No clue.”

Luo Zining shook her head.

Xingyue answered calmly:

“A cursed land of disaster.

A sea formed by death.

The source of all evil.”

“Back then, people blamed everything on the Sea of Realms.

Every misfortune, every hardship, every tragedy—they pinned it all on that place.

Anything tied to the Sea of Realms was branded evil and condemned.

If someone was suspected of touching it, they’d be skinned alive—literally.”

“Th-that’s insane…”

A cold sweat slid down Luo Zining’s cheek.

It was like the Sea of Realms had become the universal scapegoat for eight billion people.

Choke on water?

Blame the Sea of Realms.

Trip on a rock?

Sea of Realms again.

That kind of thinking had already veered off the tracks of civilization.

People had regressed into primitive beings.

Rational thought had frozen.

“Not insane at all.”

Zhao Xin smiled bitterly.

“I lived through it too.

Governments needed something to redirect the public’s anger.

So they helped that belief spread.”

“In that environment, rumors exploded.

People claimed the Magical Alliance came from the depths of the Sea of Realms.

And magical girls—suddenly—were being questioned like never before.”

Xingyue’s ever-bright eyes dimmed slightly.

“Do you know how hopeless it felt?”

“No exaggeration—

One wrong move as a magical girl back then, and you were finished.”

Today, nearly every magical girl from that era was gone.

Retired or dead.

No exceptions.

Luo Zining couldn’t imagine how hopeless it must’ve been.

Even just hearing the story made her feel suffocated.

“Luckily, humans love things that are beautiful.

And magical girls were beautiful—

Their spells shimmered like hope itself…”

“Because of that, and because they worked so hard, magical girls gradually turned public opinion around.

People started accepting them.

Things finally got better.”

Even now, Luo Zining hadn’t heard anything more about Chiyu.

But from the way the story was building…

She could guess someone important was about to appear.

“You know, back then—

There were no Top Ten magical girls.”

Xingyue removed the Ten Seat badge from her chest.

She stepped in front of Luo Zining.

And under Luo Zining’s stunned gaze, Xingyue pinned it back onto her chest.

“At that time, there was no inheritance system.

Every magical girl had to learn from zero.

No mentors, no guides.

When a dragon-class Dimensional Beast showed up, there weren’t any Ten Seats to lead the charge.

Newbies like you had to go up there and fight with your lives.”

Luo Zining’s heart pounded in her chest.

Thump, thump, thump.

How would you even survive that?

It was a dragon-class beast!

She only knew a few spells—what was she supposed to do against that?

There was no way she could win.

No way she could even stay alive.

In that moment, the Ten Seat badge on her chest felt heavier than a mountain.

Xingyue gave a faint smile, then removed the badge and placed it back on herself.

“Don’t worry.

That kind of thing won’t happen anymore.”

“…”

Luo Zining suddenly bowed her head, her body trembling slightly.

For a brief second—

She’d felt relieved.

Relieved that she didn’t have to throw her life away like those magical girls back then.

‘I’m glad I wasn’t born in that era.’

[That kind of thought… is disgusting…]

A wave of nausea surged up from her gut.

Luo Zining bent over, clutching her stomach.

Zhao Xin looked over, concerned.

But Xingyue just shook her head, signaling her to stay silent.

“Now…

Let me tell you about a magical girl named Chiyu.”

For a moment, Xingyue’s voice carried a sense of longing.

“To be blunt—

She was strong.

Far stronger than any magical girl at the time.

She didn’t even need a Mind Pillar to fight at a Ten Seat level.”

“Thanks to her, we were able to push back the most dangerous Dimensional Beasts.

She kept the flame of magical girlhood alive.”

“Mind Pillar?”

Luo Zining looked up.

“You don’t need to worry about that yet.

It’s a technique developed in recent years—

Only Ten Seats can use it.”

Xingyue clearly didn’t want to explain further.

Luo Zining dropped the topic.

“If Chiyu was so amazing, why hasn’t anyone heard of her?”

“Because she was terrifying.”

“Terr… terrifying?”

Luo Zining froze.

Terrifying?

What?

What kind of magical girl gets described with that word?

Xingyue smiled, meaningfully.

“Magical girls represent beauty.

That’s what lets people love them.

It’s the foundation of their acceptance and status.”

“But Chiyu…

Her battle style broke every rule.

She didn’t embody beauty.

She embodied fear.

Worse than the Dimensional Beasts themselves.”

“No one watching her would feel hope.

They wouldn’t feel inspired.

They would only fear her power—

Fear her coldness and cruelty.”

“Now you understand why no one talks about her.”

——

Luo Zining and Zhao Xin stood in stunned silence.

At that time, magical girls desperately needed public trust.

Countless girls had worked hard to build it.

But the arrival of someone like Chiyu…

Could’ve shattered it all.

Even dragged magical girls into a darker abyss than before.