“Hey, Sis, let me tell you something——”
While getting ready in the training room, Xiao Keke excitedly struck up a conversation with her sister.
“Eternal Star Senior is coming to the fan meeting in North Blossom City, what a coincidence! Let’s go together!”
Xiao Xi was taken aback. “You mean… you’re also a fan? You’ve even joined Eternal Star’s fan club? Why haven’t you mentioned this before?”
“Hmph, I definitely wouldn’t have told you before, Sis. But since you already knew about it, huh?”
Given how Xiao Xi used to view Eternal Star, Xiao Keke would never have brought this up with her.
But now that Keke knew her sister didn’t truly hate Eternal Star, she felt comfortable inviting her along.
Xiao Xi sighed. Thinking about it, it made sense—her little sister was a die-hard Eternal Star fan, so of course she’d follow events like this.
Wait, that meant Xinglan’s mention of fans going wild in the fan club might include Xiao Keke…
The mere thought of her sister saying things like “Ahhhh, Eternal Star baby is so cute!” sent a chill down Xiao Xi’s spine… No way, right? Xiao Keke wasn’t the type to say stuff like that, was she?
“…Forget it. I’m not going, and I suggest you skip it too, Keke.”
Even if Xiao Xi were to go, she couldn’t do it with Xiao Keke.
And knowing the Eternal Star there was a fake, she wanted even less to let Xiao Keke anywhere near a potentially dangerous place.
“What? Why pass up such a good opportunity? You’re not still holding a grudge against Eternal Star Senior, are you?”
“No, I’m not! I just think… it’s unnecessary. We’ve seen Eternal Star Senior during training before. If you want an autograph, you could ask Star Song Senior to get one. You don’t have to go to a place like this.”
Xiao Xi knew how much of her sister’s allowance that precious autograph from Eternal Star had cost.
If Keke really wanted one, she could just scribble a dozen herself and have Mu Xingge pass them along.
“That’s different! During training, we face the senior as junior magical girls, and we have to be serious! A fan meeting is about meeting Eternal Star as a fan!”
Xiao Xi nodded. Her sister was really diligent and responsible.
During private training, Keke had been serious and never tried to get close to her idol for no reason… So surely a sister that responsible wouldn’t go wild in the fan club, right?
Xiao Xi sighed inwardly. Keeping her identity hidden was such a hassle—she couldn’t say what she wanted. She was getting tired of it.
With the preparations done, the sisters’ chat came to an end. The Silverflame Dragon Princess stood aside with her arms crossed, exuding authority.
Instead of starting a sparring session with Keke, she had her demonstrate against the training room targets first.
Xiao Xi secretly sensed the magical power fluctuations from Keke’s attacks. They were at least at a C+ level. This kid was improving that fast?
At this rate, Keke would reach B-Rank in no time. Even knowing how hard she trained, this talent was incredible—compared to herself back in the day…
Xiao Xi realized there was no comparison. She recalled that when she first awakened as a magical girl, she was probably already at a B+ level.
But back then, the ranking system wasn’t as detailed, so it was just a rough estimate.
After the demonstration, the Silverflame Dragon Princess nodded. “Not bad.”
Xiao Xi knew that was high praise coming from Silver Bell. She wasn’t good at complimenting anyone, so if she said it was good, it really was good.
But Xiao Keke, seeing such a cold reaction, thought the princess was unimpressed.
‘Right, someone as powerful as Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior would look down on this kind of showing-off in front of an expert…’
She clenched her fist, pumping herself up. She was determined not to let the senior down in the actual sparring match!
“I have a good idea of your current level. I’ll suppress my magical power to match yours for sparring. We’ll keep it controlled—stop when you surrender or can’t move.”
“Um, Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior… Could you spar with me at a level one grade higher than mine?”
Xiao Keke’s cautious request caught both of them off guard. But she wasn’t trying to prove herself out of spite—she genuinely wanted to train.
Both her experience fighting the Red Hood Ghost in Mirror Space and her time at the Tower of Commandments had taught her one thing: reality wasn’t a game.
Magical girls didn’t always face opponents of equal strength.
Encounters with stronger foes, even those several times more powerful, were common.
Xiao Keke was a proud person, and remembering her panic and nervousness against those enemies filled her with regret.
It was the same last time—her sister had figured out a strategy at the Tower of Commandments quickly, while she was still flustered… The best way to overcome fear was to face it head-on.
That’s why she made this request.
“How about… we skip this, Keke? Sparring at different levels loses its training value, and what if something goes wrong…”
Xiao Xi was uneasy. The Silverflame Dragon Princess was called the strongest magical girl with the [Destruction] attribute for a reason.
Even if she suppressed herself to Silver Bell’s level, she couldn’t guarantee the latter wouldn’t surpass her.
“Fine. Let’s do it that way.”
But Silver Bell’s answer surprised Xiao Xi. She’d thought the princess would refuse this kind of training.
What Xiao Xi didn’t know was that Silver Bell had entered Super Obedient Mode.
Since Xingge had asked her to look after the juniors but they’d never asked her for anything, now that she finally had a chance, her brain had lost the ability to refuse.
“Oh, don’t worry, Sis. Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior will hold back. What danger could I be in?”
Xiao Xi couldn’t find a reason to argue. She just glanced subtly at Silver Bell.
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust her longtime teammate, but since what happened with Wange Yue, there was always a nagging unease in her heart.
She knew nothing would go wrong—it was just a normal sparring match…
Still holding that unease, Xiao Xi didn’t leave the training room.
Using the excuse of “close observation for learning,” she stood in a corner to keep an eye on things, just in case.