Chapter 176: Take Care, Meow?

At the same time, inside the Magical Girl Association of North Blossom City, Xiaohongmao had just finished reporting to the Magical Girl Division.

She was now curiously getting acquainted with her new surroundings.

There wasn’t much difference between the association building in North Blossom City and the one in Summersea City, but Xiaohongmao felt a unique sense of longing for this place.

Back when she wasn’t a Magic Girl yet, every time she passed by the Magical Girl Association of North Blossom City, she would dream about one day becoming a Magic Girl and entering the association herself.

Now that her dream had come true, she just wished she could share this joy with her family.

If Sister and Old Mom found out she not only became a Magic Girl, but also got transferred back to North Blossom City, they’d definitely be angry, wouldn’t they?

Especially Sister, who had always disliked Magic Girls—she’d definitely be as disagreeable as ever!

Still, Xiaohongmao had already informed Old Mom and Sister about her return to North Blossom City, saying that the School Social Practice Activity just happened to be in North Blossom City.

The association also helped her get a Proof from school, so Old Mom and Sister believed her pretty quickly.

Xiaohongmao had worried they might get suspicious, but in the end, everything went smoothly.

Moreover, Sister said that she and Sister Xinglan would also be coming back to North Blossom City soon to visit Old Mom.

But since they wanted to give Old Mom a surprise, Sister specifically told her not to mention it in advance.

It had been a long time since Sister returned home.

Since she was bringing Sister Xinglan back to meet the family, it looked like Sister and Sister Xinglan’s relationship was really stable.

If Old Mom knew Sister had found someone she liked, she’d probably be happy too, right?

At this thought, Xiaohongmao suddenly realized she’d never actually talked to Old Mom about Sister finding a partner…

Well, since Sister and Sister Xinglan’s relationship had progressed so much, Sister must have already told Old Mom herself, right?

Xiaohongmao remembered the photo Sister Xinglan had sent her yesterday using Sister’s phone, and her face flushed a little.

Just then, a towering figure loomed over Xiaohongmao like a city wall, snapping her out of her daydreams.

Xiaohongmao looked up, meeting a pair of icy golden, resolute eyes.

“Si-Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior? Sorry, am I in your way?”

Xiaohongmao immediately realized who was in front of her.

As a fan of Eternal Star, she was just as familiar with all of Eternal Star’s teammates.

The Magical Girl before her, clad in silver heavy armor, could only be Silverflame Dragon Princess!

Meeting Silverflame Dragon Princess’s gaze, Xiaohongmao couldn’t help but shiver.

Those dragon-like golden eyes brimmed with authority.

Silverflame Dragon Princess really was as powerful and terrifying as the rumors said!

Most Magical Girls were gentle and beautiful in appearance, but Silverflame Dragon Princess was an exception.

In fact, she was considered even more mysterious than Eternal Star in the squad.

Like Eternal Star, Silverflame Dragon Princess’s real identity was a mystery.

Rumor had it she looked down on public appearances outside of battle, so she showed up even less often than Eternal Star.

She was the classic type: silent, deadly, and overwhelmingly powerful.

Anyone who had watched her battle footage would be awed by her terrifying combat prowess.

Now, being stared at by such a humanoid weapon, Xiaohongmao couldn’t help but feel immense pressure.

Even though she had already stepped aside, Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior still had no intention of leaving and continued staring at her.

C-Could Senior be sizing me up?

With this thought, Xiaohongmao grew even more nervous, instinctively straightening her back like a soldier under an instructor’s inspection.

“You are Xiaohongmao?”

After a long pause, Silverflame Dragon Princess finally spoke, her voice cold and brief, making Xiaohongmao even more certain of her earlier guess.

“Y-Yes! I’m Xiaohongmao, just transferred here as a C-rank Magical Girl from the Magic Girl Association of Xiahai City. Hello, Senior!”

Though it was impolite not to look someone in the eye while speaking, Xiaohongmao still didn’t dare to look up.

She could feel Silverflame Dragon Princess’s cold gaze sizing her up from head to toe.

“I heard you used to be on the same team as Xingge in Summersea City. She asked me to look after you and another Magic Girl called Sirius. Xingge has never asked me for this kind of favor before. Looks like she thinks quite highly of you two.”

This should have been praise, but because Silverflame Dragon Princess’s tone was utterly flat, it sounded more like disdain and doubt to Xiaohongmao’s ears.

“I rarely take care of newcomers, and I’m not very good at it. But since Xingge asked, if you run into any trouble, you can come find me.”

Cold sweat broke out on Xiaohongmao’s forehead.

From Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior’s tone, she seemed pretty dissatisfied with the arrangement.

Well, that made sense. Judging from the rumors about Silverflame Dragon Princess, she probably hated anything that smacked of pulling strings or favoritism.

That’s why she said, “since it’s Xingge’s request,” as if she was reluctantly agreeing!

Xiaohongmao was grateful that Xingge Senior was looking out for her, but she didn’t want to leave a bad impression of nepotism in Silverflame Dragon Princess’s heart.

So she straightened up and declared loudly,

“Please rest assured, Senior! I’ll do my best to overcome any difficulties and won’t trouble you if I can help it!”

After Xiaohongmao finished speaking, Silverflame Dragon Princess made no reply, simply turning and leaving without a word.

Watching her retreating figure, Xiaohongmao inhaled sharply—Senior really must hate that kind of backdoor behavior, huh? She couldn’t even be bothered to respond!

Come to think of it, Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior really was mysterious.

Most S-Rank Magical Girls who joined the association chose to reveal their identities, but even within the association, Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior insisted on remaining in her transformed state.

A moment later, Silverflame Dragon Princess, expressionless, returned to her exclusive lounge.

A flash of silver light—then the dignified Silverflame Dragon Princess vanished, replaced by a blushing, petite girl.

Silver Bell covered her face and let out a hopeless groan… It’s over, it’s over, she totally messed up, didn’t she? She must have ruined everything!

Why did Xingge have to ask her to do something like this anyway? Didn’t she know she couldn’t handle it at all?

Silver Bell didn’t know about Muxingge’s deeper intentions.

While asking Silver Bell to look after her two juniors was part of it, that wasn’t all there was to it.

Since Xiaoxi had asked Muxingge not to tell the other teammates about her being Eternal Star, Muxingge couldn’t say anything directly to Silver Bell… But she could still have Silver Bell take care of Gu Gu for her!

As for whether Silver Bell would realize that Xiaoxi was [Eternal Star]… Muxingge didn’t know.

She’d done all she could. Now, it was up to Silver Bell’s own intuition.

Unfortunately, Silver Bell wasn’t all that quick on the uptake.

She hadn’t run into Xiaoxi today, which was how this whole misunderstanding had happened.