Xia Naxin released Silvia’s arm. For some reason, a sense of ‘unease’ gnawed at her heart.
Reaching out, she lifted the hem of Silvia’s long-sleeved shirt.
Sure enough.
The heart-shaped mark on Silvia’s lower abdomen revealed a stark difference: the right half pulsed with a color far more vibrant than its left counterpart.
This sight undeniably struck Xia Naxin as a profound insult.
“Hmm~ the mark she left on you is even deeper than mine…”
At that moment, Xia Naxin recalled Ling Qinghe’s provocative gaze as she departed. So, this was the true purpose—to humiliate her at this very instant.
****
Meanwhile, Silvia became acutely aware of Xia Naxin’s burgeoning jealousy.
The intense vividness of the pink heart-shaped mark signified Ling Qinghe’s far more potent claim of affection over Silvia.
Silvia turned her head slightly, but the throbbing ache in her lower back made her wince, causing her to curl inward.
Yet, she froze the moment her gaze met Xia Naxin’s searing eyes.
The possessiveness swirling within those depths bore an unsettling resemblance to Ling Qinghe’s own frenzied demeanor.
“Naxin, I… I’m so weary, and my body aches terribly. I don’t want to anymore— *Hmph*~”
A surprised, delicate cry escaped Silvia’s lips as she was suddenly lifted into the air.
Xia Naxin had swept Silvia into a bridal carry, striding purposefully towards the sofa.
“Silvia, seeing you like this… it throws my heart into disarray.”
Xia Naxin gently lowered Silvia onto the soft cushions. Her orange-red highlighted hair cascaded, obscuring half her face.
“I must surpass Ling Qinghe, both in love and in the… mark I leave on you!”
****
By now, Silvia’s peripheral vision caught the cat-eared and dog-eared maids. They had reverted to their original forms, meowing and barking as they scurried away.
She felt utterly exhausted, body and soul.
Silvia helplessly closed her eyes. ‘Goodness, how many times has this happened today?’
She couldn’t remember, nor did she wish to.
The physical torment, the spiritual humiliation… in this moment, it all coalesced into a bitter, suffocating lump in her throat.
She surrendered to the gentle caress of Xia Naxin’s cool fingertips.
‘Could it be that in the maelstrom of desire, even the one you love most becomes dominated by raw instinct?’
Xia Naxin stood before her, still cradling the back of Silvia’s head.
“Silvia, I’m rested now…”
“Mm~ I… I hope you won’t be swallowed by desire…”
Trembling, she gathered her long hair, tying it up. Just as the hair tie was secured—
Xia Naxin pressed down, her warm lips tracing Silvia’s ear.
“Silvia, I won’t be. I love you… I merely wish to love you a little more~”
Her words, however, were swallowed by their entwined kiss.
An ambiguous, heady atmosphere surged around the living room sofa.
They remained intimately entangled.
The heart-shaped mark on Silvia’s lower abdomen grew increasingly vibrant with their passionate embrace.
Until, the left and right halves became perfectly identical—
Suddenly, the mark twisted and deformed, as if imbued with life.
The original pair of demonic wings gained an additional pair of small, delicate pinions.
Simultaneously, the heart-shaped outline of the mark split into a nested, double-heart structure.
At this point, Silvia’s lower abdomen emitted a burst of shimmering silver-pink light.
Xia Naxin’s movements stilled. She, too, was bewildered. ‘What was happening?’
After all, she hadn’t ‘had her fill’ yet. Why was Silvia… glowing?
Immediately after, the intense light dissipated. The person in her arms… had shrunk by more than half?
She had also become significantly lighter.
Xia Naxin’s eyes snapped open, and her breath hitched.
Before her, Silvia knelt on the sofa, her pink long hair cascading down. Her formerly tall, mature figure… had condensed into a petite loli, barely 1.5 meters tall?
Silvia had transformed?!
A long, slender black tail, tipped with a peach heart, had sprouted from her rear.
And on her back, a pair of small black wings, no larger than a palm.
Even more alarmingly, her strange outfit barely covered her ‘vital areas’!
It scarcely concealed her chest and hip line.
“How could this be? Ugh—my voice?”
Silvia touched her throat. Her cool, clear voice… had become so sweet and soft?
She frantically covered her now flat chest, blushing deeply, feeling the magic within her… surging immensely.
“I don’t want to be like this!”
Silvia had lost her proud, womanly figure. Now, she was completely… an undeveloped maiden?!
At this moment, Xia Naxin immediately sensed the anomaly. Forcibly suppressing the surging desire in her eyes, her hand yearned to touch, yet feared startling Silvia.
“Silvia, the Seed of Eros in your body has evolved again. It seems to have… transformed you into a witch?”
Hearing Xia Naxin’s words, Silvia felt a jolt of alarm.
‘What? A witch?’
“What kind of joke is this? I’m a magical girl; I absolutely refuse to be a witch!”
Even if she had transformed, could this bizarre outfit and this mediocre figure just disappear?
“No… I don’t want this.”
At that moment, an unexpected presence appeared—Ling Qinghe’s magical energy phantom.
She rose from the ground, observing Silvia and Xia Naxin. ‘This…’
“Xia Naxin, you’re nothing special after all~ In the end, weren’t you also lusting after Silvia’s body?”
“Well, now. The consequence of you and I enjoying Silvia consecutively is that the Seed of Eros in her body has broken through its growth limits…”
“Now, she’s a genuine witch~”
However, Xia Naxin roared in anger, waving her hand at the magical energy phantom. The phantom instantly exploded into black mist.
“Silvia, relax… try to accept this magic. Perhaps you can change back?”
Hearing her lover’s words, Silvia softly hummed. She hadn’t expected that after becoming a witch, she would turn into a pink-haired loli.
“However, Silvia tried to sense the attributes of the magic within her—”
But she discovered that her original elemental and time-based magic had been entirely contaminated by the Eros system.
As a result, she naturally failed, utterly unable to undo the transformation.
Silvia threw herself into Xia Naxin’s embrace.
“I… I can’t do it, Naxin. Can I not change back?”
“Wuwu—I hate how I am now…”
But at this moment, Ling Qinghe’s magical energy phantom reappeared from the corner.
“Silvia, of course, you can’t change back now. Unless your Seed of Eros can grow to the fourth stage, only then can you independently control your witch transformation…”
“Otherwise, it would require me, as a ‘half-owner’, and Xia Naxin, to mentally agree to your transformation back. Only then can you change back.”
Xia Naxin was also thinking of letting her lover change back.
As the two intentions collided…
Sure enough, Silvia really did change back, reverting to her familiar self.
But it was short-lived. Ling Qinghe’s magical energy phantom curled her lips, and she immediately opposed Xia Naxin’s intention.
Instantly, Silvia transformed into a witch once more.
Given the situation, Silvia immediately questioned the magical energy phantom, using her as a conduit to speak with the distant Ling Qinghe.
“Ling Qinghe, I hate you!”
“Hate me? When I come for you, I’ll make you realize… love and hate are but two sides of the same coin~”
The magical energy phantom let out a piercing, grating laugh.
“What exactly do you want?”
Silvia glared, suspended in the air, tears reflecting the shimmering silver-pink magical aura.
“Nothing much… If you’re obedient, I’ll naturally consider letting you change back. It’s just that I’m not by your side right now, so I can’t properly dote on you~”
“So, before I come to find you, just… thoroughly enjoy this adorable body.”
“Hehe~ This body of yours is quite a bargain for Xia Naxin… Remember to flaunt it in front of her. Perhaps she’ll want to ‘devour’ you even more than I do~”
After speaking, the magical energy phantom dissipated on its own.
Only Silvia remained, collapsing onto the sofa.
Having reverted to her 1.5-meter loli form, her legs felt weak. She struggled to get up, but her strength failed her. No, she couldn’t accept this…
At this moment, Xia Naxin, holding Silvia, pressed her down onto the sofa, her hand gripping Silvia’s peach-heart tail.
“Silvia, your current appearance…”
She leaned down and lightly bit Silvia’s reddened earlobe.
“Is even more alluring… than I imagined?”
“Wh… what?”
Silvia didn’t react for a moment. Could it be that Xia Naxin liked… smaller girls?
“Naxin, what are you doing~? Stop… Mmph!”
Silvia’s protest was stifled by a kiss.
“Silvia, you’re so adorable~ So tiny. Come on, the mood is set, let’s continue…”
In the living room, gasps intertwined, and the soft rustle of fabric could be heard.
…