Little Red Riding Hood suddenly realized that this slime monster was probably the one her sister specifically found to deal with her!
With that thought, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xiaoxi.
Little Red Riding Hood knew the association kept many monsters locked up, and in such a short time, her sister could only have gotten the slime from the association.
And since it was a monster from the association, her sister must have secretly taken it out. Otherwise, there was no way the higher-ups in the association would have given it to her, right?
Moreover, Sirius and she were both D-rank magical girls. Bringing a monster out in public like this was irresponsible. Her sister wasn’t even a high-rank magical girl—was she really so confident that nothing would go wrong?
After all the ordinary customers had left the café, Little Red Riding Hood stared at Xiaoxi and spoke in a low voice.
“Alang, don’t you think this is a bit too coincidental? On the very day I invited you out, my sister got replaced by a slime.”
Xiaoxi’s hand froze for a moment. “I know you’re worried about your sister, but let’s deal with this monster first. I believe the association will help find your sister’s whereabouts.”
“Really?” Little Red Riding Hood leaned in. “But I feel like we might not need the association’s help. I think I already know where she is.”
“Ahaha… that’s great that you have a lead…” Xiaoxi couldn’t keep it together. She hadn’t expected such a perfect plan to encounter this kind of problem.
She definitely couldn’t explain by saying maybe your sister was attacked and replaced by a slime—Xiaoke definitely wouldn’t believe that. And besides, how could such a thing happen just this afternoon? It was way too coincidental.
“Yeah, it’s really far away yet so close at the same time—”
Hearing this, Xiaoxi gave up resisting. Looks like that stubborn girl won’t be fooled today. Sigh…
Xiaoke didn’t want to keep playing along with Xiaoxi either. Her tone grew quiet.
“You agree, right? Sis—”
But just as Xiaoke was about to make things clear, her phone suddenly rang. She was about to hang up but froze when she saw who was calling and decided to answer the video call.
“Little Red Riding Hood, it’s me.”
Seeing Ms. L appear on the phone screen, Little Red Riding Hood immediately became serious. “Minister L, what’s the matter?”
“It’s like this. Other magical girls from the association found a girl near South Avenue who had been hypnotized and knocked out by magic and brought her back to the association.”
“Coincidentally, while I was verifying personal info just now, I realized she seems to be your sister. So I wanted to let you know.”
The camera panned to a hospital bed on the side. Ms. L appeared to be inside the medical room, and lying on the bed was an unconscious girl—who looked exactly like Xiaoxi.
“Sis?” Little Red Riding Hood was stunned, then her voice turned anxious. “I-Is it really her?”
“Otherwise?” Ms. L said firmly. “Why would I lie to you?”
“Your sister was probably knocked out by a slime or some monster. It’s possible that there’s still a slime pretending to be your sister out there.”
“The good news is she’s not seriously injured, just unconscious. You should go back to the association and pick her up. I didn’t expect it to be your sister who got attacked. No need to worry about contacting the family.”
Hearing her sister was okay, Little Red Riding Hood finally relaxed. But looking at the unconscious sister on the screen and then back at Sirius beside her, she began to hesitate again.
If her sister was really at the association, then the Sirius beside her…
No, since the sister in the café was a slime impersonating her, the one lying in the bed might not be the real sister either? But this was Ms. L notifying her, and Ms. L had no reason to lie.
Why would Ms. L team up with her otaku sister to fool her? Those two definitely didn’t know each other. How would her sister know someone like Ms. L?
So all of this… was just a coincidence?
Her sister was attacked by a monster while working, and the slime replaced her and showed up at the café?
Meanwhile, Xiaoxi had gone from utterly defeated and ready to confess, to bewildered, and finally back into acting mode.
“So? Have you found your sister’s whereabouts?”
“Hmm…” Little Red Riding Hood looked at Xiaoxi with complicated eyes. “Sorry, I probably need to go check on my sister’s condition first. Can I leave the rest to you?”
Xiaoxi gave a reliable smile and nodded.
After watching Little Red Riding Hood’s back until she left… Xiaoxi immediately grabbed the slime and dashed into the restroom, transforming at lightning speed into her [Morning Star] form.
Her magic power fluctuations no longer suppressed but surged wildly. She had to get back to the association before Xiaoke did, or the carefully patched-up lie would be exposed again!
A few minutes later, seeing Xiaoxi panting as she entered her office, Ms. L shook her head.
“Not bad, A-Star, your reaction speed is pretty quick. Otherwise, if your sister came back and found the ‘sister’ lying in the medical room was actually a slime, I wouldn’t be able to help cover for you.”
Xiaoxi looked at Ms. L with a complex expression. She knew Ms. L had helped her a lot this time, but it also meant… Ms. L had figured her out.
“It’s not my fault. A-Star, you’re just too easy to ‘box,’” Ms. L shrugged. “Your concern for that kid Little Red Riding Hood is so obvious. I just needed to check her social connections and some details—it was easy to figure you out.”
“A-Star, you even have a little sister,” Ms. L smirked. “You don’t know, some of the others even guessed you were some kind of ugly monster that’s why you wouldn’t reveal yourself. Turns out you’re actually pretty cute.”
Xiaoxi glared at Ms. L’s malicious smile and growled, “Don’t tell anyone about this… especially Xingge! Absolutely don’t tell her!”
“Don’t worry, A-Star. We’ve known each other for so many years, you know I keep my mouth shut,” Ms. L patted Xiaoxi’s shoulder. “But thanks to me ‘boxing’ you, you won’t get exposed in front of your dear little sister this time, right?”
“Alright, go pretend to be unconscious in the infirmary quickly. Don’t be late and get exposed in front of your sister.”
Xiaoxi sighed. She knew her obvious care for that stubborn little sister, Xiaoke, would be noticed by Ms. L. But she couldn’t just ignore the fact that her sister had become a magical girl.