Lu Ren stared at the harmonious comments section, wishing desperately that all of this was just an illusion and not actually happening.
But the incessant sound of the teacher’s lecture in his ears kept reminding him that it was all real.
Why did it have to turn out like this?
He had finally gained the power to protect others, and his actions were finally being recognized by people.
These two joyful things combined should have brought him unparalleled satisfaction.
But why… why did it turn out like this?
He, a respectable ordinary young man, was being called “mom” after his Transformation?
Does that make any sense?
It doesn’t.
The more Lu Ren thought about it, the less he could understand. Eventually, he pushed the phone back to Xu Wenxing, sighing silently in his heart.
“What’s wrong, Brother Ren?” Xu Wenxing saw Lu Ren’s silence and couldn’t help but feel a little worried. “If you don’t like these kinds of pictures, I won’t post them anymore.”
“It’s fine. These pictures are pretty good; I actually like them.” Lu Ren sighed, signaling Xu Wenxing not to overthink it. “I just didn’t expect my perspective to be so different from everyone else’s.”
“Different perspective? What do you mean, Brother Ren?” Xu Wenxing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Lu Ren’s explanation, but at the same time, his curiosity about Lu Ren’s viewpoint deepened.
What kind of difference in opinion could make Lu Ren so silent, even showing a trace of helplessness?
Lu Ren didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he asked Xu Wenxing a question.
“Have you looked at the comments section below these pictures?”
“Uh… I glanced at some, but didn’t finish reading.” Xu Wenxing answered honestly.
“That’s enough.” Lu Ren nodded. “The Blazing Flame I remember should be a pretty cool and fearless Magic Girl. But in this comments section, Blazing Flame is reduced to just being cute.”
Seeing Lu Ren’s troubled expression and hearing his genuine tone, Xu Wenxing suddenly had a bold thought.
He looked at Lu Ren, lowered his voice, and cautiously probed,
“Brother Ren, you don’t mean… you have those kinds of feelings for her? Like… wanting to marry a legal loli?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?!”
Lu Ren was so stunned by Xu Wenxing’s words that he was momentarily speechless, too angry to even feel sleepy.
“Then why do you think she only has the cool side? You know, Blazing Flame is actually recognized as a cute-type Magic Girl in the forum polls.” Xu Wenxing tried to argue.
“Ugh… ha… what kind of forum is that? How can you spend all day focusing on stuff like that?”
Lu Ren held his forehead with one hand, feeling his brain buzzing.
“Uh, just a normal forum.”
“Normal? Since when? Whatever… I’ll just be honest. Otherwise, you’ll think I’m some perverted loli fan.”
Feeling powerless to retort, Lu Ren decided to change the subject to distract Xu Wenxing.
“Go ahead, Brother Ren.”
Xu Wenxing concentrated, ready to hear what insights his wealthy benefactor roommate had to share.
“I told you before, right? Blazing Flame saved my life once. She stood in front of a Monster, swinging a huge sword, slashing nonstop. I was so dazzled by how cool she was. From that moment, I thought she was awesome.” Lu Ren began.
“Yeah, you mentioned that.” Xu Wenxing nodded.
“Also, ever since Magic Girls appeared, those who married them have all been Monster Response Department staff. I’m just a regular university student—how could I possibly get involved with a Magic Girl?” Lu Ren continued.
“True, Brother Ren. You haven’t even passed level four English. No way you’ll get into the Official Department for a stable life.” Xu Wenxing teased with a smile.
“Shut up. I will pass level four.” Lu Ren rubbed his tired eyes. “Besides, the most important thing is, Blazing Flame isn’t my type. You know what games I have on my phone; I don’t need to explain why.”
Hearing Lu Ren’s explanations all at once, Xu Wenxing suddenly understood.
His guess was indeed wrong. With Lu Ren’s personality, how could he like a flat-chested, flat-bottomed, short-haired little loli like Blazing Flame?
Lu Ren simply admired Blazing Flame’s fighting style. That was all.
In other words, Lu Ren, like himself, preferred busty beauties—what a good guy!
Thinking along those lines, Xu Wenxing couldn’t hold back his excitement and decided to share some secret rumors he had picked up from the forum.
“Okay, Brother Ren, now I get it.” Xu Wenxing said slowly, “Even though Blazing Flame is such a cute Magic Girl, you kept saying she’s cool. I actually thought you liked her. Turns out you just like how well she fights.”
“…Yeah, that’s one way to think about it.” Lu Ren had no energy to argue with Xu Wenxing’s completely different wavelength and just nodded obediently.
“But what a pity. If you really liked that kind of Magic Girl figure, you’d just need to get into the Monster Response Department, chase after Blazing Flame, confess to her, and then pick the right time to lie in bed waiting for her to ride you.”
“That way, you’d get a legal loli wife.”
“How about it? Tempting, isn’t it?”
After saying this, Xu Wenxing gave Lu Ren a mysterious smile, as if telling him to set a lofty life goal.
But Lu Ren just wanted to shout angrily at Xu Wenxing…
What am I tempted by?! I’m Blazing Flame!
I’m supposed to romance myself?!