“Eternal Star’s fans” — that term already felt somewhat unfamiliar to Xiaoxi.
As for fan groups, Xiaoxi didn’t really have any personal sense of them.
Even back when she was on a team with everyone and going out to various events, it was always Miss L and Muxingge who handled everything.
She was only responsible for showing up in person and clocking in on time.
Not to mention after her retirement, as a Magic Girl who’d pulled a vanishing act, she didn’t have her own official fan group.
She hardly ever encountered fans in her daily life… Oh, wait, that’s not right.
She had seen black fans before. The biggest Eternal Star hater in the world was right here, hugging her, wasn’t she?
Though Ye Xinglan harbored pure hatred for Eternal Star, judging by actions rather than intentions, she was still a pretty loyal fan.
At least she’d contributed to a lot of merchandise sales.
After moving to North Blossom City, Ye Xinglan had originally wanted to decorate the room like that creepy setup from before.
But Xiaoxi sternly rejected it, threatening, “If you dare do that, we’re sleeping in separate rooms,” which put an end to that.
Still, Magic Girls were just like idols. Many of them had their own fan groups, and Xiaoxi knew that.
For instance, it was said that Muxingge had over a dozen official fan groups.
Back in the day, fans would send her letters and small gifts, and Muxingge took those things very seriously, keeping them all well-preserved.
But Xiaoxi had never received anything like that. After all, she managed her personal information so well that even if someone wanted to send her something, they couldn’t find a way.
Xiaoxi also never saw herself as an idol. She always carried a sense of unworthiness—something like “I don’t deserve this.”
Strip away the responsibility and identity of a Magic Girl, and she was just an ordinary person. Why would anyone admire her that much?
But on second thought, Eternal Star must have no shortage of fans. Spontaneous fan groups would definitely pop up left and right.
So Xiaoxi suddenly realized that if she was going to accompany Ye Xinglan to a fan gathering for her own fans, that meant everyone there would be her fans.
Mm… just thinking about it made her feel immense pressure… And secretly attending her own fan gathering sounded pretty weird, didn’t it?
Still, she had to go. Xiaoxi didn’t want people who liked her to get hurt because of the Divine Summon Order.
She never expected the Divine Summon Order would dare to pull a Cat Swapping the Crown Prince to this extent.
Not only were they impersonating her as a vigilante, but they were even holding a fan meeting? Did they have that little regard for the Association?
Xiaoxi had thought that after failing to catch them last time, the Divine Summon Order would realize their impersonation had been discovered by the Association and would lie low for a while.
She never expected them to push their luck further. Did they really want to fish for Ye Xinglan that badly?
Meanwhile, Ye Xinglan, who had taken the bait, slapped her thigh.
“Dammit! I didn’t expect that message to come from a fan group. Mistake on my part. I shouldn’t have left Eternal Star’s fan group.”
Xiaoxi glanced at her sideways. “You used to be in Eternal Star’s fan group? What for? To trash-talk people?”
“Is that the kind of image you have of me? Like I’m some internet troll?!” Ye Xinglan retorted. “Of course I was there to gather first-hand intel on that Eternal Star bastard! But every day stalking their crazy chatter made me sick, so I quit.”
Xiaoxi thought to herself, ‘Aren’t you an internet troll?’ Especially when gaming, she loved spewing trash talk.
But at least Ye Xinglan had some decency—she only trash-talked her teammates in private voice chat with Da Tianxin, calling their plays inhuman.
Over public voice chat, she’d keep it formal with things like, “Nice shot, bro, nice shot.”
Still, Xiaoxi was genuinely curious. “What were they talking about that made you so sick?”
“Let me think… Stuff like, ‘Wahh, Eternal Star baby, you’re so pretty, mama loves you,’ or ‘Ehehe, Eternal Star’s so cute… slurp slurp’ and so on.”
Xiaoxi: “…”
She suddenly felt that not checking her fan group was the right decision. She couldn’t handle that kind of chatter either!
But as she watched Ye Xinglan get excited about going to the meeting to arrest Eternal Star, Xiaoxi spoke up without thinking.
“Make sure you get a good look at this ‘Eternal Star’ when we go, Xinglan.”
“Huh? Why bring that up all of a sudden?”
Xiaoxi pouted and didn’t respond… It was understandable that she couldn’t see clearly that night from afar.
But this time, it was an in-person fan gathering up close. Xinglan should be able to tell that Eternal Star was a fake, right?
Thinking about it, Xiaoxi found it a bit strange. Speaking of which, wasn’t the Divine Summon Order’s original target the Tianqi Church? How come after they messed up last time, they lost interest and shifted their target to Ye Xinglan?
Was it because they thought the Tianqi Church was too tough a nut to crack, so they changed targets?
Just as Xiaoxi was thinking this, she suddenly received a message from Xiao Keke.
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“Sis, I arranged a sparring session with Senior Silverflame Dragon Princess this afternoon. Do you want to come along?”
Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow. That was a thing? Speaking of which, she hadn’t heard from that brat Keke in a while. Had she been busy training all this time?
In reality, the fact that her sister was stronger than her, plus the incident at the Church last time, had really hit Xiao Keke’s pride hard.
Recently, she had been holed up in the Association’s Training Room, training like crazy.
To test the results of this period’s training, Xiao Keke thought of Silver Bell.
Since coming to North Blossom City, she hadn’t dared to trouble Senior Silverflame Dragon Princess with anything.
This time, just asking her to spar shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Calling her sister along was also Xiao Keke’s selfish wish. She was a bit stubborn—she wanted to see if this training could close the gap in strength between them.
When the afternoon came and she saw her sister and Senior Silverflame Dragon Princess appear in the Training Room at the same time, Xiao Keke blinked in confusion.
“Huh, Sis, how did you and Senior come together?”
“Ah, well… I ran into Senior at the Association entrance, so we just walked in together.”
Xiaoxi chuckled awkwardly. She couldn’t exactly say that after seeing her sister’s message, she went next door to grab Silver Bell and come together, could she?
Qiuli and Ye Xinglan were also standing outside the Training Room.
Qiuli had the day off with nothing to do, and as for Ye Xinglan… she was always idle. Wherever Xiaoxi went, she’d tag along to watch the fun.
Xiao Keke sneaked a glance at Silver Bell. She found the latter standing there silently, her eyes unfocused, as if she didn’t think Xiao Keke was worth her attention at all… Was it because Senior didn’t believe she’d improved at all? No way—I have to prove myself!
Xiao Keke clenched her fist, feeling a surge of determination. She had no idea that Silver Bell’s unfocused eyes were only because she was feeling a bit dazed.
Of course, Silver Bell didn’t dare refuse Xiao Keke’s request. But she’d stayed up all night last night, hadn’t she?
And after spending the morning with Qiuli, she’d rushed straight over.
Her mental state was inevitably a bit off… If only she’d known, she would’ve caught two or three hours of sleep in the morning before coming.