Magical girls also have intensity anxiety

"Get on board."

Mu Ming extended his hand to Li Huanhuan.

Li Huanhuan deftly raised her hand, and although they clearly touched, she separated them, as if a beat slow, and asked:

"W-What are you doing?"

"To assist you in your cultivation."

She tried to find something unusual on Mu Ming's face, and she did, but this unusual feeling... wasn't excitement, nor shyness, but rather disdain...

"Did I see wrong?"

She glanced at him suspiciously, but met his cold gaze, so she quickly placed her hand on his.

"As long as we bump into each other, that's fine."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient to stick it on like this?"

Mu Ming shook his head, lowered his hand a little, leaving only a fingertip touching her palm.

Next, I will infuse my magic into Li Huanhuan's body to help her circulate her magic.

He had no experience with this, so he could only take it one step at a time. As the magic circulated, it would flow through the entire body, and the smaller the contact area, the better.

The magic began to circulate, and through the contact surface of the palm, one could clearly feel the flow of silver magic within the other person's body.

A drop of black liquid surged onto Mu Ming's middle fingertip, about to enter Li Huanhuan's body through the contact surface.

Shila-

A sudden change occurred.

Li Huanhuan pulled her hand back in pain, a dizzy feeling rising in her head, her breathing becoming disordered and soon turning into heavy panting, her face turning red and hot as if she had a high fever, and a sense of weakness permeating her whole body.

"What...what did you do...?"

She felt a violent, magical force coursing through her body. Although it didn't hurt, it caused discomfort wherever it went.

First it flowed through the head, then the limbs, quickly passing through most of the body, and then it was about to rush towards the seed of the heart.

Li Huanhuan's body instinctively resisted the force entering her body, but no matter how much she tried to use her magic to block it, it was to no avail. Her own magic was like a liquid, while the black magic was like a needle; the soft fluid could not budge its progress at all.

It was about to pierce the seed of the heart.

Mu Ming quickly realized the problem, and taking advantage of Li Huanhuan's discomfort, he grabbed her ribs.

"ah!"

[Devour] was activated. The black magic that was originally rushing towards the Seed of the Heart seemed to have met its nemesis. It was instantly controlled by the sudden suction force and was pulled back in an instant.

Just as he was about to pull his hand back, his wrist was suddenly grabbed with great force. Although he could break free, the veins on that fair palm were bulging, and the force was quite unusual.

"What's wrong?" he asked, looking up.

"You...you didn't do this on purpose, did you?" Li Huanhuan's breathing hadn't calmed down yet, and her face flushed even more, as if she was holding her breath. Her eyes also carried a questioning tone.

"How could that be?" Mu Ming retorted, staring intently at her to show his sincerity.

He wouldn't have thought of harming Li Huanhuan.

However, this was the first time he had discovered that there was something wrong with the magic in his body; it had the smell of unclean magic.

It's probably because I've used the Heart of Calamity too much. I don't usually feel it, but when it's inside Li Huanhuan's body, the abnormal characteristics become prominent.

Therefore, it can't be entirely blamed on her presbyopia that Jin Yu mistook him for a bad guy and pinned him to the ground.

"Really?" Li Huanhuan pursed her lips to confirm. "If you did it on purpose, I might not be angry."

"?" Mu Ming's eyes also became confused.

Could it be that he's lost his mind...?

Would a normal person not be angry if they knew they had been deliberately murdered?

The two faced each other in silence. After a few seconds, Mu Ming finally spoke:

"You should trust the character of every magical girl."

Magical girls have all sorts of personalities, some of them silly and stubborn, but one thing is certain: the underlying nature of their personalities is kindness.

Even if they do something bad, it's mostly out of good intentions—which is what makes it even more unpleasant.

"What about the magical boy?" Just when she thought the matter was over, Li Huanhuan persisted, a malicious smile on her face.

"Don't discriminate. The fact that the magical girl's human form is male does not affect his qualifications as a magical girl."

She is certified by the system to possess the qualifications to become a benevolent and virtuous magical girl.

"You can disbelieve me, but you can't disbelieve the reputation that magical girls have built up over the years."

Normally, Mu Ming wouldn't bother explaining so much, but he had indeed caused trouble just now, and out of respect for his [comrade's] goodwill, he still had to explain properly.

In the silent moment, the blush on Li Huanhuan's face gradually faded, leaving only a subtle smile:

"Honestly, they dare to do it but not admit it."

"..." Mu Ming sighed inwardly. The misunderstanding was huge. It seemed that verbal explanations alone would not be of much use.

"How about we head home today and explain things properly after she's calmed down a bit?"

The two looked at each other, Li Huanhuan's smile widened, but Mu Ming felt the atmosphere was awkward.

"Then, let's continue our 'cultivation'."

"I forgot to turn off the gas—?"

Mu Ming was also somewhat surprised, not expecting that Li Huanhuan trusted him so much.

Even though they were "comrades," after such a dangerous situation occurred, she still chose to trust me and still let me help her with her "cultivation"...

As expected of a magical girl!

It feels like she's artificially inflating my favorability rating...

Oh well, so be it if I get nerfed. Anyway, I won't get any CGs. Cultivation is more important.

"Let's continue then, this time let's try a different approach."

"Is your gas... okay?" Although she knew he was lying, Li Huanhuan still asked to confirm.

"It's okay, magical girls can survive by inhaling gas."

Li Huanhuan originally wanted to tease him and make him try it out on the spot to see how absurd his words were.

But Mu Ming's face showed no hesitation, as if he truly believed that magical girls could live by inhaling gas.

"Let's just forget about it... don't let him get into trouble."

"You need to be more careful this time," she simply advised, having been far too blatant in taking advantage of him before.

"Um."

Mu Ming nodded. This time, he wouldn't use magic. His magic had a problem; it was fine to use normally, but if it seeped directly into the magical girl's body, it would cause a big problem.

He hadn't expected the corrupted magic to be so powerful. He was only fortunate that his situation was unique; if other magical girls had encountered those two human traffickers and softened their hearts, giving them an opening, they might have been easily defeated...

"Then turn around," he said.

"Are we going to start from behind this time?"

"Um."

Since we can't use magic to directly sense Li Huanhuan's condition, we can just sense the vibration of the Seed of the Heart.

Although the effect was not quite as good, for someone like him who had been diligently practicing [cultivation], he knew exactly what the Seed of the Heart wanted to do the moment it raised its head.

"Let's begin."

Li Huanhuan hummed in agreement, and the magic began to circulate.

Mu Ming placed his hand on her back.

When the body functions, the seed of the heart is fixed at the chest and pumps like a heart.

For Mu Ming, who has a normal set of values, it's not worth taking a positive approach when there's no real connection between them.

Li Huanhuan stiffened for a moment, her magic circulation slowed down by half a beat, but she quickly regained her composure and didn't forget to reply:

"I knew I hadn't misjudged you." (A pretentious carnivore.)

"Yes, you can always trust the magical girl's character," Mu Ming replied, tightening his grip even more.