Chapter 7: Part．4[Arrogant Princess]

Part．4【Arrogant Princess】

The night after the meeting ended, Monday.

「Looks like we're about to start being silent again. Luckily, the original self had saved enough magic sugar. But I need to find a way to shift others' attention onto Bai Xue. If I have to fight these guys, what should I do without Bai Xue's protagonist halo? 」 Looking at the updated terminal, Yun stared at the magic sugar transfer function on the terminal, dazed.

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「Xiao Xue, lend me your terminal for a moment. 」 The Holy Maiden said to Bai Xue, who was looking at the night scenery behind her.

「Look. 」 After the Holy Maiden tapped a few times, she returned the terminal to Bai Xue.

「Why is my magic sugar half gone?! 」 Bai Xue exclaimed, looking at the magic sugar amount on the display.

After hearing that losing qualification as a magic girl means death, not only Bai Xue but almost all magic girls became much more sensitive to magic sugar. To obtain more magic sugar, the frequency of magic girls' activities has risen. The number of sighting posts and pictures on magic girls' fan sites and forums has also risen sharply.

Furthermore, after Fa Bu announced Mianmian's elimination yesterday, today's noon news reported that a girl named Santiao Hehuan died at home last night from cardiac arrest. Timing-wise, she was undoubtedly Mianmian.

This also made the already tense magic girls feel even greater pressure.

「This is the function of this update. Magic sugar can now be transferred. 」 The Holy Maiden explained, then transferred the magic sugar back.

「Is it to make the magic girls cooperate to obtain magic sugar? 」 Bai Xue was somewhat doubtful, gazing at the contemplative Holy Maiden beside her. The slightly heroic face made Bai Xue inevitably recall the time they chased magic girl anime together as kids.

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N City's Ximen Qian Town has many temples.

Because N City is developing rapidly, the temples here are increasing in number. Naturally, competition is fierce.

Here there are both grand, bustling temples crowded with worshippers and long-abandoned, dilapidated small temples.

Among the many temples in Ximen Qian Town, Wang Jie Temple can be said to be the most historic…… or rather, the most dilapidated temple. This temple actually lacks the history to be called an ancient temple, and there is no one to maintain it; it has simply been left to decay to this state. Although located in the urban area, it is a decent hiding place for magic girls. In this temple, there are currently five magic girls' long-term base.

「Do you know what this update means? 」 Wang Quan straightened his already neat crown, gripped his scepter, and asked the four magic girls before him.

Before Wang Quan was a pink-haired girl sitting cross-legged in a white school swimsuit, wearing headphones and with swimming goggles hung around her neck.

It was Yongyong.

Although as a magic girl she had no use for swimming goggles, the earpiece was merely a decoration after transformation.

「Can magic girls with more candy share with those who have less? 」

A magic girl with dog-like ears on her head poked her head out from a pit about one meter in diameter in the mud. Lying in the pit she dug seemed best to calm her down. The red-haired girl wore gloves with meatballs on her hands and a collar around her neck. The fur on her clothing and the tight pants, etc., were in a 'white base with black spots' pattern, and a dog's tail protruded from a hole in the back of her shorts.

This is Xiao Yu.

「Zero points! 」 Wang Quan coldly gave a score after hearing Xiao Yu's answer.

An owl with a single-lens eye perched on the beam. In the blink of an eye it turned into a black cat wearing thigh-high boots, and another blink turned the black cat into two magic girls sitting side by side. They had white wings resembling swan wings on their backs and halos on their heads. Their current angelic appearance is their true form after continual transformation; looking like ten-year-olds. Their dresses and hair clips are dark navy, which together with white shirts and pumpkin pants give a neat feeling like a choir uniform. The two differ in whether the tips of their short hair flip outward or inward, and whether the ribbon on their feet is tied on the left or right foot.

They were Minai'er and Younai'er.

「Let's form a team to plan and coordinate the distribution of candy, shall we? 」

「Ah ah, that sounds reasonable, sis, you're so cool! 」

However, the twin angels' answer was given only 30 points by Wang Quan.

「Yongyong, what do you say? 」 Wang Quan asked.

Thinking about the problem, Yongyong silently shook her head. After transformation, Yongyong's excellent figure caused the curves outlined by the student Yongyong to sway with her movements, making Wang Quan feel a sudden sense of inferiority from the depths of his heart.

「You're all idiots! Isn't there anyone who knows what to do?! 」 After waiting a moment, Wang Quan glared and shouted.

The twin angels shrugged their shoulders.

Yongyong remained completely still.

Xiao Yu, meanwhile, shrank back into the hole she had dug, trembling.

「Really, none of you are capable! 」 Wang Quan wasn't just referring to her subordinates; the magic girls desperately doing good deeds to avoid elimination were also his target.

「This is the operators' clear indication! It means 'Go steal other magic girls' candy!】 Wang Quan, seeming helpless, covered his forehead and shook his head as he said.

「Tsk tsk, it's started~. 」 At that moment, Yun, holed up at home, biting into her mother's takoyaki, thought while listening to the sound coming from the 'bug'.

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Because she knew the plot well, to guarantee her own 'safety', she realized she couldn't fight, so she had to excel at information warfare. Yun took advantage of the time when Wang Quan and the other magic girls were absent to locate their base, and moreover hid more than one bug in several spots calculated from the dust traces on the floor where she could hear all the magic girls' voices.

Of course, with Yun's ability she couldn't obtain a real bug, so she made a listening system from a modified walkie-talkie plus a radio.

Furthermore, Yun also installed a set on the iron tower that the Holy Maiden and her group often visit.

As for where the money comes from,

Doing good deeds includes cracking down on evil forces. For Yun's original self, that merciful do-gooder machine, a head of white hair with crystal texture that sparkles like opal in the light is often their best deterrent.

Because the original self obeyed her mother's words (don't talk to strangers, don't listen to what strangers say), her face was basically expressionless when acting. She adhered to the principle of only acting, not talking. Consequently, many people whom Yun had targeted, upon noticing a 'cold as ice' white-haired girl standing behind them, would immediately drop their wallets and flee.

Because Yun's mother said that found items should be returned to their owners, especially money.

And at that time, the original self, often facing money‑snatching villains, naturally thought that the wallets they dropped were stolen.

Thus the misunderstanding arose.

Up until Yun's transmigration, the original self had already accumulated nearly a hundred wallets, with a fair amount of loose change as well. Yun even retrieved from the place where she hid the wallets a record she herself had made of the date each sum of money was obtained, because the original self still wanted to return the 'found' money to its 'loser'.

But because she followed her heart, Yun didn't dare go to the territory of Disaster Mary and Kulanbeli's little house to do that.

To avoid being discovered, when operating these, Yun always threw the terminal at home.

Fortunately, the original self, being also prone to losing things, and not knowing the terminal was a magic item, could retrieve it if lost, so she also often threw it at home when going out.

Upon hearing this, Yun turned off the radio.

She tidied up a piece of cloth‑like material placed on a travel pack. Meanwhile, a quiver stood quietly in the corner of the desk.

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「What? Is forceful taking also okay? 」

「Is that also okay? 」

「Previous experiments proved that even without the owner's consent, magic candy can be transferred between terminals. 」

「Like this? 」

Really impressive!

If you only know how to echo, then shut up! A pair of annoying idiots!

The twin angels shifted their gaze.

Wang Quan let out a light snort, then said:

From now on, listen to me and do as I say!

Work?

What do we need to do?

"Annoying idiot!" Wang Quan thought that, but didn't say it out loud.

Didn't you also see the previous list? The one with the most candy is that lone crystal soul.

Just grab her. Even if her whereabouts are hard to track, we have nearly a week. That's decided! Her conspicuous hair is the perfect marker. Dismissed!

Wang Quan spoke as he walked toward the temple gate; by the time he finished, he had already reached outside the temple. After uttering 'Dismissed,' he stepped away slowly under the gaze of the other magical girls.

"I will make sure that I and my subordinates survive to the end." Wang Quan thought firmly on his way home.

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Muwang Zaomiao has always been an outstanding person, and also a proud one.

Key primary school, key middle school, key high school, key university. Even her job after graduation was at a world-famous powerful corporation.

However, she had a huge problem: 'What surpasses excellence is her arrogance.'

During school, although she was always first in her studies, no matter which school or stage, the two words she said most to others were 'idiot'.

After work, she had somewhat restrained herself, but only a little.

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"Section Chief, according to what I know, this plan will be the most suitable for the company's upcoming development. Please be sure to implement it!"

"What gives?! You're just a new employee who's been here less than two months. I admit you're outstanding, but this isn't your job, and by doing this you're questioning my decision, aren't you!"

"Section Chief I……"

"There's nothing to say! Look, in this short time since you joined, the complaints about you are already as thick as my ink pad box! Moreover, a large part of them were filed by your coworkers. Listen to me, ease up a little, you still have room to rise. Okay, don't say more—I don't want there to be a next time."

"I…… I understand. Goodbye, Section Chief."

After the exchange, Muwang Zaomiao left the office, suppressing her anger.

"A bunch of idiots, I'm drafting a plan for the company's future!" Zaomiao thought bitterly as she returned to her desk, completely unaware of the schadenfreude and envy in her coworkers' eyes.

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Later, she started playing the 'Magical Girl Development Plan' just to vent some pressure.

But in the end, she became a magical girl.

At that time, an answer also came to the problem that had been troubling her: 'It's only because I'm especially special, so different from ordinary people, that I can't communicate with those idiots. I'm the ugly duckling among a flock of ducks.'

Zaomiao resigned the next day. Although her supervisor felt deep regret upon seeing her resignation request, she had no hesitation at all.