The Wild Magical Girl

“Qin-kun, aren’t you going to chase after her? It’ll be too late soon, meow~”

“Brother, you idiot, I’ve never seen anyone dumber than you!” Qin Chan pulled Qin An up from his chair.

“Qin-kun, take this with you, meow~”

Qin An took the rainbow lollipop from Ilya. Qin Chan was already impatiently pushing him along.

“Brother, hurry up, or the magical girl will run into bad guys.”

Ilya watched Qin An run out. She licked her pink lips and smiled, “Qin-kun, good luck, meow~”

A small figure was running down the street. Her twin tails swayed, drawing the attention of passersby.

“Mom, look, a magical girl!”

“Mom, I want to be a magical girl too.”

“Mom, I want that sister’s clothes.”

Her mind blank, Qin Yage just wanted to get as far away from that place as possible. He promised to only look at me, only love me, only like me. That big liar. I hate him the most.

She was wearing magical girl brand high heels with a slight height increase. Qin Yage was used to flat white shoes and canvas shoes, so these were very uncomfortable. She ran as fast as a bull seeing red. She stumbled, broke the heel, and twisted her ankle badly. It hurt so much that tears streamed down her face.

A kid with a runny nose said, “Dadan, look, there’s a wild magical girl.”

“It really is a wild magical girl. Mom said if you touch a magical girl, you’ll become a handsome boy.”

The chubby kid was already rubbing his hands eagerly.

Qin Yage saw the two annoying kids grinning as if they’d found treasure. She tried to stand up and run, but even straightening her leg hurt too much. She could only crawl backward slowly on the pavement.

She cried, “Brother, save me…”

Her back suddenly touched a very broad, very warm chest. She didn’t need to look back to know who it was. That familiar, comforting scent.

“Oh no, the magical girl’s knight is here. Mom said this kind of person is very strong. Let’s run, Erdan!”

“I know, Dadan.”

“Erdan, wipe your nose first.”

“What, now you’re scared?” Qin An reached out his hand to her.

“I’m not scared. I don’t want you to help me.” Qin Yage slapped his hand away and stubbornly tried to get up on her own. But history always repeated itself. She fell right back into his arms.

“You didn’t do that on purpose, did you?”

“You’re the one who fell on purpose!”

Qin Yage blushed bright red. She buried her face in his chest and said nothing more.

“It hurts, doesn’t it?”

“Mm…” Qin Yage answered weakly.

Qin An carefully lifted her and carried her on his back.

Qin Yage felt incredibly self-conscious being carried like a small child by her brother, her face turning as red as an apple. She was no longer the completely oblivious little girl she used to be.

She flailed her hands weakly. “Put me down! I’m not a child. I don’t want you to carry me!”

“Really don’t want me to carry you? Then I’ll leave you right here on the street.”

“Hmph, leave me then… leave me.”

Her voice weakened. Qin Yage wrapped her arms tightly around Qin An’s neck and leaned her head next to his. There was a deep teeth mark on the right side of his neck—a mark she had made on him. Her proof that her brother belonged only to her.

“Boss, give me a bag of ice and a towel.”

Qin An carried the bag of ice in one hand and supported Qin Yage’s weight carefully as he walked. He went to a nearby park and set her down on a swing.

He gently inspected her ankle. The pain made the tears she’d barely held back burst forth again.

“It hurts… it hurts…”

“Bear with it, and it’ll feel better soon. Here, this is the lollipop Ilya gave you.”

Qin Yage took the rainbow lollipop, smiling through her tears. “I don’t like it at all. I’m only eating it because you gave it to me.”

“I know, Miss Qin Yage. Bear with it for a moment.”

Qin An applied the ice to her ankle, then tied the towel into a neat bow to hold it in place. Done.

Because her magical girl skirt was so short, sitting on the swing made her feel incredibly self-conscious. She hurriedly pulled the hem down, glare-pouting at Qin An. “You looked, didn’t you?”

Qin An broke out in a cold sweat. “How could I? I was too busy making sure you didn’t fall off!”

“Liar,” Qin Yage huffed, though her blush deepened. “Pervert brother.”

Qin Yage tried to lift her one good foot to give him a playful kick, but the motion threw the swing forward.

She crashed right into Qin An. He took the opportunity to scoop her back up onto his shoulders.

“It’s getting late. Let’s go to Ryoko’s place to pick up Xiao Chan, then go home and cook.”

Qin Yage pouted. “Always Xiao Chan, Xiao Chan…”

She leaned on Qin An’s shoulder. Her warm breath puffed onto his ear, feeling warm and moist.

“Xiao Chan is too sly.”

Brother should be mine alone.

“Brother, you spoil Xiao Chan too much. You let her do whatever she wants. She’ll turn into a bad kid.”

“Really? It’s because you’re here that I’m not afraid she’ll turn bad.”

“That’s a sly thing to say. It makes me feel like I’m the bad guy.”

“We need one person to play the good cop and one to play the bad cop.”

This is like a family of three with a mom, dad, and child. Honestly. Qin Yage blushed at her own thoughts.

“Because Xiao Chan isn’t just my little sister. She’s your little sister too!”

To Qin An, both of them were incredibly dear.

Qin Yage gently pinched his ear. “Hmph! I don’t care, I don’t care. From now on, you can’t casually kiss her, can’t let her ride on your shoulders, can’t buy things for her, can’t feed her, can’t let her be picky, and most importantly, can’t let her sleep in your room. Got it, brother?”

Qin An looked pained. “That’s way too many rules!”

Xiao Chan was like the brightest light in the darkness. Looking at her smile always made him forget the darkest, dirtiest things of his past life. She was like an angel sent to save this world.

“Anyway, I don’t care. You still owe me 13,142 lollipops!”

“That doesn’t seem like that many. I haven’t studied much. Don’t trick me.”

“Who wants to trick you? Hmph!”

You are the gentlest and most heartless big liar in the world.

His neck on the left was still unblemished. Maybe I should add some decoration. It needs to be symmetrical to look good. Since one mark isn’t enough to make you remember, I’ll leave two, three, four…

Make your whole body bear my marks. From now on, you can only be my brother.

Qin An felt a familiar, sharp pain. He pretended to be angry. “Qin Yage, it’s time to change your habit of biting people!”

Qin Yage on his back grinned mischievously. She laughed happily, as if she had finally gotten back what was taken from her. In fact, it was never taken. She had just hidden it away herself.