Luo Tianyou turned the feather pen over several times, but aside from those two lines of small print, she really couldn’t see anything special about it.
“To be used in conjunction with Happy Growth Candy…” she muttered, taking the bottle of pink pills out of the drawer.
How exactly was she supposed to use them together?
Did she have to take a pill and then write with the pen?
‘Would it write in pink?’
She felt that possibility was slim.
Though her mother loved pranks, she shouldn’t be that boring.
Perhaps she should let Luo Tianyi try?
The second body was composed entirely of magic.
Perhaps it could trigger some kind of special reaction.
With a thought, Luo Tianyou summoned Luo Tianyi.
She picked up the feather pen and handed it to the girl.
“Try it. Do you feel anything?”
Luo Tianyi held the pen with a vacant gaze, offering no reaction.
Just as Luo Tianyou was about to switch her consciousness over, the landline in the living room suddenly rang.
*Ring ring.*
This landline came with the apartment.
Who would be calling this number?
Luo Tianyou walked to the living room and hesitantly picked up the receiver.
“Hello?”
“Luo Tianyou, it’s me.”
It was Yuexia Liuli’s voice.
Luo Tianyou was somewhat surprised.
“How did you get this number?”
“All apartments assigned by the Order Management Bureau are registered. Are you… free today?”
In the background, Evelyn’s weak howl suddenly drifted through the line.
“Wild — Dog — ! What did you do to me last night! I can’t move my entire body! You despicable coward!”
Yuexia Liuli’s voice moved further away, seemingly covering the mouthpiece, but Luo Tianyou could still faintly hear her.
“Shut up and lie still.”
“Wild Dog!! You put anesthetics in my IV!! I was wondering why I slept through the entire night! Only my head can move now! This is cheating! Taking advantage of someone in danger! I’m going to tell my wife — “
The sound was muffled again.
A few seconds later, Yuexia Liuli’s voice became clear again, as if nothing had happened.
“The weather is quite nice today. Do you want to go for a walk?”
Luo Tianyou’s lip twitched.
“Can Evelyn really not move?”
“It’s just a temporary muscle relaxant. She’ll recover by tomorrow. She was too noisy and needed quiet rest. You don’t have to worry; the doctor is right there watching her.”
In the background, Evelyn’s incoherent protests sounded as if something had been stuffed into her mouth.
Luo Tianyou pressed a hand to her forehead.
“Are you going out?”
Yuexia Liuli asked again.
“I know a nice dessert shop. Their strawberry mousse is very good.”
Strawberry mousse.
Luo Tianyou remembered the cake from yesterday.
The taste had been quite good.
“Alright,” she agreed.
“But I have to go to the Order Management Bureau first to take some things to show Sister Xiaoyuan.”
“I’ll accompany you.”
“Can you move? The doctor said yesterday that both you and Evelyn had overextended yourselves.”
“No problem.”
“Alright then, I’ll head to the Bureau now.”
The call ended.
Luo Tianyou almost couldn’t keep a straight face.
Putting anesthetics in an IV… only an S-rank Magical Girl like Evelyn could survive that without still being unconscious.
Yuexia Liuli was truly wicked.
Luo Tianyou couldn’t help but shake her head.
‘I should probably go check on Evelyn later.’
She changed into a dress and tidied her hair slightly in front of the mirror.
The girl in the mirror had soft features, and her violet eyes were clear and bright.
Luo Tianyou smiled at the mirror, becoming more and more accustomed to her current appearance.
She took the photograph, glanced at the feather pen and the bottle of pink pills, and after a moment of hesitation, decided to bring them both.
What if they really did produce some effect when used together?
She locked the door and walked downstairs toward the Order Management Bureau.
People were beginning to fill the streets in the early morning.
The sun was bright, and the air was fresh.
Luo Tianyou walked under the shade of the trees, her mood uncharacteristically relaxed.
From a distance, she saw a figure standing by the entrance of the Bureau.
‘So fast?’
Yuexia Liuli was leaning against a door pillar, hands tucked into her overcoat pockets.
Her blonde hair was tied up high, and she was staring blankly into the distance.
It wasn’t until Luo Tianyou approached that she turned her head.
“You’re here.”
“Is everything really okay on Evelyn’s side?”
Luo Tianyou asked as soon as she arrived, still a bit worried.
“It’s fine. The medical center has 24-hour surveillance, and the nurses check the rooms every half an hour. She just can’t move; it’s not like she can’t speak. If something truly happens, she’ll call for someone.”
“Then the dosage you gave her…”
“The effects will wear off naturally after 12 hours. There are no side effects on the body. I wouldn’t dirty my hands over a stupid bird like that,” Yuexia Liuli said.
Luo Tianyou:
“…”
That sounded a bit like something a villain would say.
“You seem very skilled at this sort of thing?”
She couldn’t help but ask.
Yuexia Liuli explained, “When I was on missions in the past, I occasionally needed to keep certain targets quiet for a while. Anesthetics, hypnosis, mental suggestion… I chose the most appropriate method depending on the situation.”
Luo Tianyou felt a chill run down her spine.
“You wouldn’t use those on me, would you?”
Yuexia Liuli’s expression stiffened, and she coughed softly.
“No.”
“Really?”
“I promised you that we would start over. Do I look like that kind of person to you?”
Luo Tianyou tilted her head, studied her for a few seconds, and then nodded honestly.
“Yes.”
Yuexia Liuli: “…”
The corner of her mouth twitched as if she wanted to argue, but in the end, she only sighed.
“Fine, I was indeed that kind of person in the past, but I am trying to change now.”
“By drugging Evelyn?”
Luo Tianyou arched an eyebrow.
“That’s different. She was too noisy and was affecting the rest of the other patients. I did it for the harmony of the medical center,” Yuexia Liuli attempted to explain.
“You’re certainly good at finding excuses.”
“It’s the truth.”
“But you’ve done similar things to me before.”
“That was in the past. Now is different!”
“Then how do you prove it’s different now? Who’s the one who gave the drugs?”
A flash of annoyance crossed Yuexia Liuli’s golden eyes.
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have drugged that idiot.”
“A moment ago you only called her a stupid bird, and now you’re calling her an idiot. You’re still not convinced in your heart.”
Luo Tianyou crossed her arms.
“…”
Yuexia Liuli’s lips parted, unable to deny it.
She just wanted to spend time alone with Luo Tianyou, but since that idiot Evelyn was here, having some time alone was practically impossible.
Aside from drugging her, she couldn’t think of any other way.
“If you want to invite me out shopping, then invite me properly. If you don’t like Evelyn coming along, you could have invited me secretly. Is that not allowed?”
Luo Tianyou didn’t quite understand Yuexia Liuli’s methods.
In reality, she still didn’t understand what Yuexia Liuli was trying to do or what she wanted.
Clearly, everything before had been for the sake of getting revenge on her mother by tormenting her.
That was the only connection between her and Yuexia Liuli.
Once that layer was gone, why was Yuexia Liuli still sticking to her? What was she after?
“You don’t understand Evelyn. That stupid bird only does idiotic things. You can’t shake her off at all.”
Yuexia Liuli was at a loss for words.
“You’re still calling her a stupid bird. Just how is she stupid…”
“Wife!!”
A voice suddenly erupted from behind them.
Luo Tianyou turned around.
At the entrance of the Order Management Bureau, Evelyn sat in a wheelchair.
Her entire body was wrapped in a white hospital sheet like a giant white cocoon, with only her head peeking out, tilted toward her shoulder.
Her long red hair was currently a messy tangle.
A few strands stuck to her forehead, while most of it was wrapped around the wheelchair.
Clearly, she was using magic to forcibly manipulate her hair to push the wheelchair forward.
Her golden-red eyes glared at Yuexia Liuli with fiery rage.
“Wild — Dog — ! You despicable, shameless, lowly, insidious, crafty villain!!”
While she cursed, she struggled to pull her hands out from the sheet to point at Yuexia Liuli.
Unfortunately, she could barely move.
Instead, her hair caught in the wheelchair, causing it to rock back and forth.
A nurse followed behind her with a helpless expression.
“Lord Seraph, please don’t move so much. You’ll fall…”
“If I fall, I fall! I’m going to take this wild dog down with me today!”
Evelyn continued to writhe.
“Wife! She took advantage of me while I was sleeping and put anesthetics in my IV last night! This morning, I found that I couldn’t move my entire body. I could only watch helplessly as she walked out of the hospital room triumphantly!”
The more she spoke, the angrier she became, and the rims of her eyes turned red.
“She even told me to rest well and not think too much. Then, the moment she turned around, she called to ask my wife out! Is this something a human would do?!”
“She drugged me just to ask my wife out!!”
“Is the next step to bring my wife in front of me and act all lovey-dovey?!”