After washing up, Zhen Zhou walked out of the bathroom swaying slightly, wearing only an oversized T-shirt.
In a daze, she flopped face-down onto the sofa, her little bottom sticking up slightly in a posture that seemed to say, “I’m home and safe.”
“Yikes… I stayed in that hot bathroom for too long. My head feels all dizzy.”
Zhen Zhou muttered softly with her face buried in the sofa cushions.
“Xiao Ye! Can we start now? Come and give your brother a good massage!”
“Brother, why did you just collapse on the sofa? Sit up! Your hair isn’t dry yet!”
Xiao Ye, wearing pink checkered pajamas and holding a hair dryer, complained with a dissatisfied look at the lazy Zhen Zhou.
“Huh? I have to dry my hair too? Being a girl is so much trouble!”
“Well, so sorry about that! We girls happen to be very troublesome creatures!”
Although Zhen Zhou sounded reluctant, her body complied as she sat up, offering her defenseless back to Xiao Ye.
After plugging the dryer into a nearby outlet, Xiao Ye began drying Zhen Zhou’s hair.
“Brother, can you sit still and stop swaying around?”
“I can’t help it! That hair dryer of yours is tickling me to death!”
“Well, blame yourself for having hair even longer than mine! If I don’t use full power, how am I supposed to get it all dry?”
Xiao Ye grumbled while meticulously drying every strand of Zhen Zhou’s long, damp silver hair.
As the silky silver tresses slid through her fingers, Xiao Ye couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
What a beautiful head of silver hair!
If the owner of this hair wasn’t her brother, she probably would have picked up a lock and sniffed it from root to tip!
Come to think of it, while drying Zhen Zhou’s hair, she felt a strange, wonderful sensation—like she suddenly had a younger sister to take care of.
Once the drying was finished, Zhen Zhou lay back down on the sofa with a languid expression and couldn’t resist giving Xiao Ye a mischievous smirk.
“Hehe, isn’t it time for Xiao Ye to put on the maid outfit and serve me properly now?”
Hearing this, Xiao Ye, who was about to put away the dryer, felt her skin crawl.
She turned her head and stared at Zhen Zhou with total reluctance.
“Do I really have to wear that maid outfit?”
“Of course! What kind of maid doesn’t wear a maid outfit?”
“Brother, you really are a demon! Fine, fine, I’ll satisfy your twisted taste!”
A few moments later, Xiao Ye reappeared before Zhen Zhou in the maid outfit, no longer looking as awkward as before. Zhen Zhou’s eyes filled with a playful curiosity.
“Ho ho! Xiao Ye, you’ve adapted! You should just go out dressed like this from now on!”
“No way! Don’t you dream of training me into your favorite shape!”
With that, Xiao Ye reached out to begin the massage, but Zhen Zhou interrupted her.
“Wait a second. Xiao Ye, you haven’t turned into your Magical Girl form yet!”
“Brother, you are so annoying! Is it not enough unless I transform into a Magical Girl?”
“I was almost killed by you in that form earlier. Isn’t it only natural that you make amends like this? Or is ‘leveling up’ not that important to you after all?”
Xiao Ye clenched her fists. If she weren’t currently in need of her brother’s help, she would have punched her until she was drooling and begging for mercy on her knees.
Faced with Zhen Zhou’s demand, Xiao Ye had no choice but to comply unconditionally.
However, just to be safe, she drew the living room curtains tightly before transforming.
If anyone discovered that a Magical Girl was acting as a maid for a Witch, her career would be over on the spot.
Once she was sure no third party could see what was happening, Xiao Ye took out her phone, opened the Magical Girl Transformation App, and performed a Simple Transformation.
Compared to a full transformation, a Simple Transformation skipped the step of replacing her clothes with her battle suit.
A Magical Girl’s battle suit can block most magical damage during combat, preventing her from being instantly killed by a Witch—much like being equipped with a Holy Grail or Guardian Angel item.
Without the suit, or if the suit’s durability is too low, a Magical Girl’s situation becomes extremely dangerous.
Of course, Xiao Ye didn’t need to engage in intense combat right now, so defense wasn’t a concern.
Even with a Simple Transformation, she still had the ability to swing her wand and use magic at any time.
Seeing the “Maid Outfit Scarlet Moon” appear before her, Zhen Zhou beamed with excitement.
“That’s the spirit! Xiao Ye looks best like this—you look exactly like my Max-Limit-Break Xi Lian.”
“Who asked you?”
Scarlet Moon rolled her eyes, placed her unnecessary magic wand on a low side table, and walked over to Zhen Zhou.
“Alright, are you satisfied now, Brother?
If you are, lie down! I’m going to massage you thoroughly from head to toe!”
“Hee hee! Xiao Ye, you can’t use the massage as an excuse to do anything weird to me!”
“Who would do anything weird to their own brother?”
Under Scarlet Moon’s urging, Zhen Zhou obediently lay flat on the sofa, allowing Scarlet Moon to sit on her and start working on her defenseless back.
“Oh… Xiao Ye… more force… a little harder… that’s not enough…”
“Brother, stop saying weird things while I’m massaging you!”
An annoyed Scarlet Moon gave Zhen Zhou’s waist a sharp pinch.
While receiving the massage, Zhen Zhou’s gaze drifted toward the magic wand sitting on the side table.
“By the way… can I use that magic wand too?”
“Ha? Brother, what are you thinking? You’re not a Magical Girl. How could you possibly use a wand exclusive to them?”
“What if? I mean, just what if!”
“Brother, stop dreaming. Let me tell you straight: wands aren’t even interchangeable between Magical Girls. Without my permission, even if another girl took it, she couldn’t use it. It’s like a smartphone—if it’s locked, I can’t look through all the lewd pictures on your phone. Does that help you understand?”
“Eh? Like a phone?”