An hour later.
Though Grey Moon felt a slight pique at Zhou Huanan’s lack of tenderness after their intimate games, a profound happiness still swelled within her heart.
After all, how else could she explain it?
These were all signs he was slowly becoming dependent on her.
Had she not become a Magical Girl, she doubted she would ever have crossed even half a step beyond the line with Zhou Huanan.
On the soft, comfortable bed.
Grey Moon lay atop Zhou Huanan’s lower abdomen, secretly reveling in the warmth emanating from his body. She gently rubbed her cheek against him, careful not to disturb him, for he seemed utterly exhausted.
With a determined effort, Grey Moon pushed herself up, her hands braced on either side of him.
She turned, shuffling her backside towards the edge of the bed, almost forgetting the beating she had received earlier. The pain was so intense it nearly made her leap from the mattress.
From the corner of her eye, Grey Moon saw that Zhou Huanan was already breathing evenly, deeply asleep.
Naturally, Grey Moon couldn’t cry out. She sat on the bedside, enduring the searing pain in her backside, swallowing her whimpers. After wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, she lifted her small, white-stockinged feet and peeled the stockings down from her thighs.
These white stockings, Grey Moon had worn all day, and they had been soaked.
The scent of the stockings, now discarded on the floor, was so potent that even the most fervent foot fetishist would think twice. Her bare feet dangled above the dark floor, swaying as if hesitant to touch.
Grey Moon glanced down around the bed, but found no slippers.
The petite magical girl, feeling helpless, simply hopped onto the floor and quickly pattered towards the bathroom. Yet, halfway there…
‘Wait a moment,’ Grey Moon suddenly thought, a flash of inspiration striking her. ‘Can’t I just fly?’
With a single push, she floated into the air, her body suspended. Her calves bent behind her as she drifted into the bathroom, her small hand reaching for a cup still beaded with water.
Grey Moon had actually brushed her teeth earlier, but thanks to that ‘shrimp-head man,’ her mouth now tasted unpleasant again.
Humming, Grey Moon tidied herself. However, seeing only her swimsuit-clad reflection in the mirror, she paused thoughtfully.
‘This outfit still isn’t quite right,’ she mused.
A single antenna-like strand of hair emerged first. Grey Moon cautiously peered around the corner, confirming Zhou Huanan was deeply asleep on the bed.
‘It should be fine to look, right?’
With a mental command, she deactivated her transformation within the bathroom.
Her height gradually increased, and her silver hair turned jet black. She gazed at her somewhat unfamiliar reflection in the mirror.
Liu Li felt a pang of insecurity. If even someone as beautiful as Grey Moon couldn’t easily win Zhou Huanan over, what hope did her own face—only recently transformed into a girl’s—have?
It was truly hopeless.
Though Liu Li’s face could effortlessly earn her the title of campus beauty, the girl within Grey Moon’s visage still had no confidence in herself.
‘And I had already resolved never to change back,’ she thought, a hint of regret in her voice.
Liu Li regretted her decision to revert.
Then, a new thought struck Liu Li: she had indeed taken a significant step with Zhou Huanan, doing many foolish things, even if they hadn’t gone ‘all the way.’ A triumphant expression bloomed on her face.
‘Alright, I’ll just keep conquering that shrimp-head man!’
Transform.
Once again, she transformed back into Magical Girl Grey Moon. Seeing herself in the mirror, clad once more in the pristine little dress, Grey Moon nodded in satisfaction.
Though the default ceremonial attire was utterly modest, brimming with a maiden’s conservatism and purity.
Yet, if she simply lifted her chin slightly…
The black choker on her snow-white, supple neck became strikingly apparent, ironically making the entire ensemble appear quite alluring.
Perfect.
Grey Moon meticulously scrutinized her reflection, her gaze akin to that of a manager assessing a popular idol about to take the stage.
Every detail had to be flawless.
She obsessively adjusted a few spots that weren’t quite flaws, only then managing to quell her inner unease.
‘A Magical Girl so outwardly beautiful, yet with a human soul like mine inside…’
‘I absolutely cannot show any weaknesses in front of Zhou Huanan!’
Having renewed her resolve, Grey Moon donned the mask of indifference she was so accustomed to. Head held high, chest out, she strode out of the bathroom on her heels.
However, upon seeing Zhou Huanan peacefully asleep on the bed…
Grey Moon’s resolve crumbled in three seconds. Her eyes softened involuntarily, and a smile—one a Magical Girl Grey Moon certainly shouldn’t possess—played on her lips.
Playfully and lightly, she nestled beside Zhou Huanan.
Grey Moon sat quietly, sideways beside Zhou Huanan, finding contentment simply in watching his sleeping face.
She refrained from another ‘attack,’ after all.
A maiden’s playful, endearing assault would be deemed rude before a proper greeting.
Though she couldn’t recall where she had read it.
Ancient texts, at any rate, recorded it thus.
‘No, that’s not it at all! It’s because that shrimp-head man just taught me a harsh lesson, making me feel all flustered and unwilling to act rashly!’
The moment Grey Moon recalled the lesson she had just received, her inner thighs instinctively clamped together. In her mind, she retaliated by poking Zhou Huanan’s cheek with her finger.
As Grey Moon fantasized about Zhou Huanan’s disgraceful appearance, her mind conjured an image of herself triumphantly trampling him underfoot.
It wasn’t until Zhou Huanan let out a pre-waking snort that Grey Moon immediately sat upright, adopting an expression even more serious than when she faced the Magma Demon. She watched as Zhou Huanan slowly began to stir.
“Good morning, Master.”
Grey Moon watched as Zhou Huanan’s gaze, foolishly, faltered for a moment. She chuckled inwardly, knowing her ambush had been a resounding success.
‘Zhou Huanan must have felt a serious flutter in his heart just now.’
‘After all, waking up to a young, silent maid wishing you good morning is the ultimate fantasy for countless boys!’
‘Magical Girl Grey Moon understands, oh, she truly understands~’
‘Now Zhou Huanan will be even more inseparable from her~’
‘Ah, no, I can’t laugh yet.’
“What are you up to now…?” Zhou Huanan mumbled, covering his face as he started to sit up.
Seeing this, Grey Moon immediately reached out and pulled Zhou Huanan towards her, using her soft body as a temporary headboard.
Zhou Huanan initially wanted to struggle, but realizing Grey Moon had already bitten him, he no longer bothered to be coy.
His voice was still tinged with languor.
Grey Moon found it quite novel, and she liked it very much~
“How many hours did I sleep?”
“Four hours, Master. It’s now one in the afternoon.”
“Oh, damn it all…”
Zhou Huanan tried to struggle up, but Grey Moon quickly embraced him. Cruelly, she thought that if only she were a legendary ‘loli with huge breasts,’ Zhou Huanan would surely succumb to her embrace and willingly degenerate.
Then he wouldn’t have bitten her forearm so fiercely when she held him, like he just did.
‘Is this how you treat a girl!?’
Grey Moon was thoroughly displeased and desperately wanted to scold Zhou Huanan. However, she didn’t forget her current persona. She could only swallow her frustrated sounds, watching as Zhou Huanan mercilessly rose and left to wash up, completely ignoring her.
”Damn it!”
‘This guy is too difficult to conquer!’
Fuming, Grey Moon mentally ‘beat up’ every girl in her memory who had ever confessed to Zhou Huanan, blaming them for raising his ‘confession resistance’ so high.
Yet, a sharp pain in her arm pulled Grey Moon back to reality; Zhou Huanan’s bite had broken the skin.
The pain intensified, making her want to ‘blow on it,’ hoping the hurt would simply fly away.
But when she saw the mark Zhou Huanan had left on her tender, white forearm…
Suddenly, the pain emanating from it took on a different, peculiar sensation.
‘No!’
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Grey Moon shook her head, scolding herself. ‘I cannot unlock that! It doesn’t count!’
‘Magical Girl Grey Moon cannot be like that! She simply cannot!’
!
“I’ll just blow on it! Hooo-hooo-hooo!”
In the end, Grey Moon still blew vigorously on her forearm.
Zhou Huanan emerged from the bathroom and, witnessing Grey Moon’s ‘pain-relief’ actions, couldn’t help but reflect that his bite might have been a little too hard.
But he had been caught up in the moment.
Because Grey Moon had suddenly embraced him, and this afternoon, Liu Li was supposed to be on the bed.
This sight made it very difficult for Zhou Huanan to utter his next words.
But he couldn’t *not* mention it!
Zhou Huanan mustered his courage, his voice taking on a subdued tone.
“Um—”
“Hmm?”
Magical Girl Grey Moon recognized the tone of someone about to ask for a favor. A flicker of happiness sparked within her at being needed, yet Grey Moon decided to hear Zhou Huanan out before agreeing.
Lowering her arm, she knelt quietly on the bed.
Grey Moon adopted a serious, aloof expression, her crimson eyes fixed on Zhou Huanan, much like an ancient warrior princess awaiting her sovereign’s command.
Seeing that Zhou Huanan was still unable to speak, unable to articulate his request…
Grey Moon realized Zhou Huanan might be about to make an unreasonable demand. She, in turn, offered him a comforting expression and asked softly.
“What’s wrong?”
“Well, it’s just that…” Zhou Huanan looked utterly mortified, as if each word he uttered drained all his strength.
“Could you, uh, pay for this room later?”
“That’s it?” Grey Moon blurted out, surprised by how much the ‘task difficulty’ differed from her expectations. Zhou Huanan’s face was flushed, and he nodded repeatedly in embarrassment.
Seeing his rare, mortified expression, Grey Moon couldn’t help but laugh.
She laughed at what a big idiot he was.
For the body before his eyes—its inner soul, its outward form, even the credit and money tied to it—all of it…
All of it, truly,
He had already obtained it all.