How much time had passed, Silvia couldn’t say.
Even the cat-eared and dog-eared maidens huddled in the corners were secretly mimicking Xia Naxin’s affectionate gestures towards Silvia.
Among them, a Ragdoll cat girl was gently cradled by a Silver Shaded cat girl, their eyes locking, gazing at each other with tender affection.
Their fluffy tails intertwined, and their rosy cheeks rubbed together.
****
A little more time passed.
On the sofa, Silvia nestled into Xia Naxin’s embrace.
She rubbed her slightly swollen belly, then propped herself up and gently tapped Xia Naxin’s chest, murmuring with a playful whine.
“Naxin, you’re too much~ *Hic*…”
As she spoke, she let out a small hiccup, her ear tips flushing crimson with surprise.
‘How embarrassing.’
Xia Naxin couldn’t help but chuckle, thinking, ‘My efforts weren’t in vain.’
She placed her hand over Silvia’s.
In a fleeting reverie, she imagined a future morning, Silvia’s rounded belly concealing a vibrant new life.
Silvia’s current playful demeanor would transform into the radiant glow of motherhood.
****
There was nothing more beautiful than one’s beloved carrying their child.
However, Xia Naxin felt a pang of unease.
It was the fact that Silvia’s first night had been taken by Ling Qinghe. She wondered what that wicked woman might have done to Silvia.
Though Xia Naxin had been present at the time, she hadn’t been able to discern any changes in Ling Qinghe’s magic.
‘Hopefully, Ling Qinghe hadn’t used any supernatural fertility magic?’
****
Silvia lowered her gaze, taking in her attire… a bizarre outfit that barely concealed her body.
On her back, a pair of palm-sized wings quivered restlessly, and a long, slender, heart-shaped tail swayed from her lower back.
It swished back and forth.
Silvia clutched her pink hair with both hands, finding her appearance unsuitable, and let out a troubled groan.
“Naxin, please carry me back to the room… I don’t want to go out like this.”
Xia Naxin, upon hearing this, raised an eyebrow and teased.
“Oh? You want more, do you~?”
At this, Silvia simply melted into Xia Naxin’s embrace, squirming slightly.
‘No, no, I don’t want that. I just want to see if I can make this outfit look normal.’
A moment later.
Inside the bedroom, Silvia’s petite figure was reflected in the full-length mirror.
She leaned closer to the mirror, touching her face and her modest chest.
She was almost unrecognizable from her pre-witch transformation self.
Her features were more delicate than before, imbued with the seductive charm unique to witches, her eyes naturally upturned and tinged with a faint peach hue.
Yet, the cost was her curvaceous figure and her feminine pride, both gone.
‘Alas~’
Silvia sighed softly, then attempted to use illusion magic on her strange attire.
However, her magical circuits had been completely tainted by lust-affiliated magic.
Even her illusion magic was now corrupted by ‘lust.’
A pink glow enveloped Silvia, and her bizarre outfit transformed into a tight, black latex suit!
She cast another spell, and it shifted into a sheer, bustier-style lace mini-skirt, then a slit-front, bow-strap slip dress.
“Ah~ What is happening?!”
Silvia grew increasingly exasperated.
Illusion magic, corrupted by lust-affiliated magic, invariably gravitated towards suggestive, alluring styles.
Indeed.
Silvia even tried to put on clothes, but as a witch, she couldn’t wear external garments.
They would always be altered by lust-affiliated magic into provocative designs.
No sooner had she donned a normal dress than the fabric drastically melted away, leaving her ‘barely clothed.’
A moment later.
Xia Naxin, smiling, stepped forward and drew Silvia into her embrace, placing a hand on her shoulder and infusing it with magic.
She was assisting her beloved’s illusion magic.
After all, they were about to go out, and Xia Naxin certainly didn’t want Silvia to appear in public in such revealing attire.
‘No, Silvia belonged to her alone, to be savored only in private.’
Silvia’s clothes finally took shape. Indeed, she had at last conjured a normal dress.
For her lower half, white stockings paired with black high heels.
On her body, a white, form-fitting wrap dress with a cinched waist perfectly concealed the heart-shaped mark on her lower abdomen.
Meanwhile, at the dressing table, Xia Naxin picked up a comb and meticulously tied Silvia’s hair into twin pigtails.
She didn’t forget to gently tug and grasp Silvia’s pigtails, almost as if controlling her.
Especially as she watched Silvia’s body sway slightly, unbalanced, a series of alluring images flashed through her mind.
‘She mused inwardly:’
‘If Silvia could just sit on the floor, and I could grasp her twin pigtails…’
At this thought, Xia Naxin’s earlobes grew faintly warm.
She leaned down and pressed a kiss to Silvia’s ear, exhaling a puff of warm air.
“My little Silvia~ Are you ready?”
Silvia turned her head, nodded vigorously, and softly replied, “Mm!”
Immediately after.
Silvia stared at her reflection in the mirror, meticulously styled by Xia Naxin.
This was a cute, ‘moe’ style she had never attempted before.
Her pink twin pigtails swayed gently with her breath, silver bows tied at the ends, adding an extra touch of cuteness.
A little while later.
Xia Naxin took Silvia’s hand, and they descended the floating spiral staircase, which let out a faint creaking sound.
Along the way.
Silvia’s gaze swept over the busy cat-eared and dog-eared maids, cleaning the floors and wiping windows. Her heart swelled with a mix of emotions.
‘She had only been here for less than… half a day, hadn’t she? Yet in that short time, she had transformed from male back to female, and lost her first kiss and first night.’
‘Moreover, she had successively been intimate with Ling Qinghe and Xia Naxin, truly becoming a woman from a girl.’
‘Now, she had even transformed from a woman into a loli.’
‘Alas~ This annex held too many… memories that complicated her feelings.’
Silvia no longer held any fondness for this place.
If she could, she truly wished never to return to this place… where she had lost so much.
Even so.
Silvia still forced a smile and waved at a certain Ragdoll cat she found quite pleasing to the eye.
To bid farewell, to say goodbye.
At the same time, the Ragdoll cat girl let out a soft murmur, her light blue eyes brightening.
She temporarily set aside her cleaning work, squatted in place, her fluffy tail swaying idly.
Her cat ears drooped, watching them gradually disappear into the distance.
“Meow~ (Goodbye)…”
Until the double doors closed once more.
****
Pushing open the annex’s main door.
Looking up, the night sky had completely enveloped the heavens.
‘She remembered it being morning when they arrived.’
“Mm~ Is it night already?”
Silvia breathed in the cold air of the snowy night.
Only then did she realize how much time had passed during her entanglement with Ling Qinghe and Xia Naxin.
Xia Naxin noticed Silvia’s shiver, tightened her arm slightly, and pulled her closer.
The next moment, she gracefully took flight with Silvia, hovering above the Ice City.
Below, tall ice walls encircled the entire city, ablaze with lights. The streets were bustling with traffic and throngs of people.
Xia Naxin cast a final glance at the unremarkable scenery, then turned to Silvia.
“Let’s go. We’re… returning to the Curved Feather Kingdom.”
Hearing this, a warmth surged through Silvia’s heart. She hummed softly, her anticipation rising.
‘Finally, were they returning home? But with Silvia’s current appearance, she wouldn’t be ‘Zhennu Yibai’ anymore.’
‘Would Qiye and the others still recognize her?’
‘Regardless, Silvia still yearned to become a magical girl. Yes, even if she was a witch, what of it? She hadn’t fallen yet… After all, she still had Xia Naxin by her side, someone who loved her deeply.’
****
Immediately, their figures streaked across the snowy night sky.
Leaving two faint trails of light.
They gradually vanished into the vast night, soaring towards an unknown yet hopeful future.
****