Because Su Ying cooperated well and showed no intention of resisting, the association’s attitude softened somewhat, though they still didn’t remove the handcuffs binding her hands.
After a while, amid Su Ying’s intermittent sobbing, everyone gathered around her finally pieced together the whole story.
Yes, Su Ying was indeed a monster, and she was born in the Summoning Church’s fertility factory—a naturally born monster. This was, unfortunately, her fate.
While it was possible for those transformed from humans into monsters due to negative magical influence to revert back to humans, naturally born monsters were different; they never had the chance to escape the identity of a monster.
But Su Ying was also lucky. The moment she opened her eyes, the great chaos was already nearing its end.
The Summoning Church was retreating step by step under the assault of Eternal Star and other magical girls.
Su Ying didn’t even have time to be brainwashed and controlled by the Summoning Church before Eternal Star, like a shooting star, struck and destroyed the fertility factory she was in, freeing her completely from the fate of being a pawn of the Summoning Church.
The rest was simple.
The newly established Magical Girl Association took in these monsters, assessing, treating, and helping them reintegrate into society.
Su Ying was among the first batch of monsters to be released because she hadn’t even set foot on the battlefield—she was rescued right after birth and posed no danger.
And so, Su Ying entered society with a subsidy from the association, like a small stone thrown into a vast, raging current, standing out as… completely out of place.
Finding a job was difficult for Su Ying.
Due to her naturally monstrous appearance, few places were willing to offer her work opportunities, and even if she got hired, she couldn’t hold the job for long.
This led Su Ying to consider opening her own shop and becoming her own boss.
By then, she had lived independently for some time, accumulated social experience, and found her own passion—so she took out a monster subsidy loan from the bank and opened a café on South Street.
Su Ying thought that running her own store would help her avoid being pushed out or fired by superiors, but she quickly realized she was wrong.
Few customers were willing to visit a café run by a monster.
Xiao Xi silently handed Su Ying a tissue. Honestly, hearing this, her feelings were mixed.
She certainly knew Miss Su Ying was a kind person—ambitious, passionate about her career, and enthusiastic about life—but someone like her couldn’t escape society’s stereotypes against monsters.
Su Ying had the ability to destroy the Summoning Church’s fertility factory and rescue monsters inside, yet she couldn’t change people’s prejudice against monsters.
“I—I never intended to harm anyone. I just wanted to hide my monstrous traits and run my café properly.”
“I tried many methods, but none worked, until one day someone approached me, saying they could get me something to solve the problem…”
“Miss Su Ying, let’s stop here for now,” Mu Xingge cut in sharply, “Looks like we’ll have to go back to the association to discuss the rest.”
“Sorry, we acted rashly without fully understanding the situation.”
Mu Xingge immediately moved to get the keys to unlock Su Ying’s handcuffs.
The association staff’s earlier reaction was indeed a bit excessive, but it wasn’t entirely their fault.
They had originally come undercover to investigate the previous monster attack. Not long after, they discovered that the café owner was a monster hiding her identity, which naturally raised suspicions.
By now, Su Ying had mostly recovered. She wiped the redness from the corners of her eyes and expressed her willingness to cooperate with the investigation.
But just as the group prepared to head back, Mu Xingge suddenly looked toward Xiao Xi, who was standing to the side.
“You’re an employee of this café, right? Just in case, you should come with us for an investigation as well.”
“Don’t worry, it’s just a routine interrogation, very simple.”
Xiao Xi’s body stiffened. She hadn’t missed the way Mu Xingge had been scrutinizing her.
Mu Xingge claimed it was an investigation, but it was clear she wanted to use this opportunity to probe into her! Night Star Lan, you’re going to get me killed!
Though reluctant to have too much contact with Mu Xingge, Xiao Xi had no choice but to comply with the association’s orders.
Half an hour later, inside the Magical Girl Association, Xiao Xi was signing a document under the watchful eyes of Mu Xingge and Little Red Riding Hood.
According to the staff earlier, all she needed to do was sign a confidentiality agreement and undergo a routine interrogation before she could be released.
Just as Xiao Xi finished signing, Mu Xingge’s soft voice came from behind her.
“Your handwriting… looks very much like an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time.”
“Ahahaha… what a coincidence…”
Xiao Xi laughed awkwardly and quickly put down her pen.
Back when she was still known as Eternal Star, Xiao Xi had attended some public events and had signed autographs for fans.
At that time, Mu Xingge always complained about how ugly her handwriting was and secretly helped her practice signatures.
Xiao Xi still remembered Mu Xingge teasing her for writing like a primary school student, stroke by stroke, with no flair.
Who would have thought that after all these years, Mu Xingge could still recognize her handwriting?
Mu Xingge was already filled with suspicion.
Assuming that the so-called “Little Emperor’s Text” was written by this girl dressed as a maid in front of her, it would imply one thing—the book was clearly written by someone who knew Mu Xingge.
But Mu Xingge didn’t know Xiao Xi.
This was puzzling—someone she knew, yet she didn’t know what they looked like? There were very few such “old friends.”
Yet Mu Xingge kept silent, crossing her arms and watching as the staff escorted Xiao Xi to the interrogation room.
Xiao Xi sat alone in the interrogation room for a few minutes, feeling nervous—not because of the interrogation itself, but because she was contemplating how to minimize contact with Mu Xingge.
After retiring, Xiao Xi was reluctant to maintain contact with her old friends.
If not for that brat Keke, she wouldn’t have willingly sought out Miss L.
Just then, the interrogation room door opened, and Mu Xingge stepped in gracefully.
“Miss Xiao Xi… right? I’ll be conducting your interrogation. Just answer honestly; it’s very simple.”
Mu Xingge showed her signature sweet smile, but Xiao Xi felt increasingly uneasy.
She knew that magical girls didn’t normally conduct interrogations—that was the job of other staff members.
But now Mu Xingge was here… obviously she wanted to mix business with pleasure!
“Let me see… You’re an employee of Nightingale Café, right? Besides this job at the café, do you have any other work or sources of income?”
Mu Xingge’s sharp gaze locked onto Xiao Xi. “Be honest—Miss Xiao Xi.”
“I…”
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