Chapter 25: won’t accept !

Luo Tianyou touched her face.

She looked at the girl in the mirror—a face like peach blossoms, eyes moist with spring, hair slightly disheveled, her whole being exuding a sense of having been nourished—violet eyes filled with confusion and embarrassment.

Is this still me?

Wasn’t I a boy before?

How did I become like this?

Since becoming a girl, this was the first time Luo Tianyou had looked at herself in the mirror like this.

She slowly raised her hand.

The girl in the mirror did the same.

Her fingertips moved down, brushing past eyebrows blurred by steam, a straight nose, finally stopping on the slightly parted cherry lips.

Last night, it was these lips that took the initiative to touch Li Huayu…

“Ugh…”

Luo Tianyou let out a frustrated whimper, withdrew her hand, and covered her burning cheeks.

I can’t think about it!

I can’t think about it anymore!

It’s all mother’s fault, all mother’s fault!

What kind of little pill did she make, what Joyful Growth, what kind of growth is this!

What use does this pill have other than making people weird!

Luo Tianyou fumed.

Mother’s Diary said the battle suit would synchronize body and soul, and the process was irreversible.

At the same time, during the process, she would also make the battle suit her own power, able to retract it without taking it off.

Luo Tianyou closed her eyes, focused her mind, and tried to sense the connection between herself and the starry sky battle suit.

The connection was tighter than she imagined, as if the suit had become a part of her skin—or rather, an extension of her magic and Life Force.

She used her will to touch that link.

A strange sensation flowed through her, and the starlight on the suit softened, as if responding to her will.

“Release…”

A faint glow of starlight shone from her body, and the starry sky battle suit dissolved into flowing stardust, finally vanishing completely into the air.

Luo Tianyou opened her eyes and looked curiously at the mirror again.

It was a slender, fair body.

Rounded shoulders, delicate collarbones, below which was a chest that, though not full, had a beautiful curve.

Her waist was so slim it could barely be grasped, her skin glowing ivory-white and delicate under the Bathroom’s warm light, with a faint blush from nervousness and lingering heat.

Lower still…

It was empty.

Nothing was there.

Luo Tianyou met the eyes of the girl in the mirror again.

It was the same face as the first time she undressed—delicate and cute, yet not truly herself.

She hadn’t fully become a girl yet.

A faint sense of disappointment lingered in Luo Tianyou’s heart.

But she also couldn’t go back.

Outside the Bathroom door, light footsteps approached.

She didn’t know who it was, but better to put the battle suit back on first.

She focused, summoned her magic…

But the expected points of light did not appear—nothing happened.

Luo Tianyou’s heart sank.

Calm down.

Calm down.

Try again.

She focused once more, trying to re-form the starry sky battle suit.

She could feel the magic flowing in her body, the tight connection with the suit still present, but it was as if an invisible barrier blocked the suit from materializing again.

Was it because she just released it and needed to wait? Or did she use the wrong method?

Whatever the reason, the reality was that she was standing naked in the Bathroom, missing certain key female features, and couldn’t let anyone see her like this.

Luo Tianyou hurriedly scanned the Bathroom.

No spare clothes, not even a large bath towel.

The last bath towel had probably been tossed somewhere by Moonlit Liuli.

Only a face towel hung on the rack.

She grabbed the towel and barely managed to cover her chest and the critical area, but it only reached down to her thighs.

Her long, pale legs and rounded shoulders and arms were still exposed, her damp blue hair clinging to her smooth back and shoulders.

She had to get dressed.

There was a gentle knock on the door.

Knock, knock.

“Luo Tianyou? Are you okay? You’ve been in there a long time, are you all right?”

It was Li Huayu’s voice.

“I’m fine, almost done.”

Luo Tianyou let out a small sigh of relief.

At least Li Huayu wouldn’t barge in like Moonlit Liuli.

“Oh, that’s good. I put the hotel-provided Bathrobe outside the door. It’s new and disinfected, though it might be a bit big. Do you need it?”

Bathrobe?

Forget it.

Better than nothing.

“Okay, just leave it at the door.”

“I put it on the stool outside—you can grab it through the crack. I’ll go check if Lord Moonlit is awake.”

Li Huayu said gently, her footsteps fading away.

Luo Tianyou held her breath.

Once she was sure Li Huayu was gone, she carefully unlocked the door and opened it a crack.

Sure enough, a white hotel Bathrobe was neatly folded on the small stool outside.

She quickly reached out, grabbed the Bathrobe, and locked the door again.

Luo Tianyou shook open the Bathrobe.

It was indeed oversized—on her small frame, it was like a loose dress.

The Bathrobe’s collar was too wide for her, slipping easily to one side and exposing her collarbone and shoulder.

Even with the belt tied tight, it still felt empty, the hem hanging down to her calves.

She looked in the mirror again.

The girl in the mirror was wrapped in an oversized white Bathrobe, wet hair draped over her shoulders, eyes sparkling, cheeks flushed from the bath—a fragile yet alluring beauty, like a cake, making one curious about what was under the Bathrobe.

Only by lifting the Bathrobe would you realize it was a durian shell with the fruit taken out.

The scent was acceptable, but useless.

But at least her body was covered.

Luo Tianyou wrung out her wet hair, wrapped it in a towel, then opened the Bathroom door and peeked out.

In the Living Room, Li Huayu was standing with her back to her at the Bedroom door, listening to something inside.

When she heard the door open, she turned.

Seeing Luo Tianyou in a Bathrobe—the same as when they first met on the bus—she looked a little surprised.

“All done? Feeling better?”

“Yeah, much better.”

Luo Tianyou awkwardly tugged at the loose collar, stepping out.

Her bare legs and feet felt cool on the soft carpet.

Li Huayu had seen her without the starry sky battle suit; there was nothing to hide.

Some magical girls did undergo minor physical changes when using magic to put on their suits.

“Lord Moonlit still seems to be sleeping,” Li Huayu pointed to the Bedroom. “She’s out cold.”

“Mm.”

Luo Tianyou sat by the sofa, hugging her legs and tilting her head, thinking for a while.

“Last night must have been caused by something my mother left behind. No one could control what happened—let’s just treat it as an accident.”

“…Yeah, I understand.”

Li Huayu’s eyes dimmed slightly, her gaze drifting to Luo Tianyou’s delicate collarbone peeking through the loose Bathrobe and her slender ankles.

It sounded like comforting words after a one-night stand.

“Luo Tianyou, I can actually accept what happened last night. It’s fine. Magical girls are like this, so you don’t have to mind…”

“Ahem, I can’t really accept it.”

Luo Tianyou rejected Li Huayu’s ‘comforting words.’

Li Huayu fell silent.

Why did you reject me so directly?! 😨

That’s not how magical girl plots go! 😡

You’re supposed to interact with me more ☝, gradually accepting such accidents.

Sometimes, you share past secrets, then in a crisis you rely on each other ☺️.

Finally, after fighting together, you’re moved by me 😮, blush, and say you can try it ☺️, and then your relationship slowly deepens 😃.

Why did you reject me outright! 😡?

That’s not the magical girl template at all! 😡

I can’t accept this!! 😡😡😡