Qian Ling originally intended to give a short victory speech, but the moment Yang Mo ran to her side, she pressed her face close without a word.
First the face, then the neck — Yang Mo observed her very carefully before grabbing Qian Ling’s arm and rolling up her sleeve to look.
Qian Ling stared at her in confusion and asked, “What are you doing?”
But Yang Mo neither answered nor cared about her reaction. She then crouched down and pinched her skirt.
Before she could actually lift the skirt, Qian Ling grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
“Wait a second. What exactly are you trying to do?” she shouted somewhat anxiously.
Only then did Yang Mo stand up and speak. “Checking for injuries, of course! What happened to the wound you just got, Qian Ling? Is it really completely healed?”
“It’s healed, really.”
Hearing Qian Ling’s answer, Yang Mo’s worried expression finally relaxed.
“That’s great…”
She lowered her head slightly and let out a long sigh of relief.
But as soon as she raised her head, she immediately switched to a pouting expression. She grabbed Qian Ling’s shoulders and asked, “Since your body is fine, then you owe me an explanation. What exactly happened just now? Tell me~”
As she spoke, she shook Qian Ling with her hands. Qian Ling couldn’t take it anymore and hurriedly told her, “Stop shaking, stop shaking! I’ll explain… let’s find a place to sit and talk first.”
“That’s fine then,” Yang Mo nodded.
However, before that, both of them had one more thing to do.
Qian Ling looked around and quickly found her lost giant isopod plush in a puddle. It looked filthy from being soaked in the rain.
So, Qian Ling held it up and issued a command: **”MOISTURE AND DOLL, SEPARATE IMMEDIATELY!”**
The next second, the rain actually flowed out of the doll automatically.
Yang Mo was stunned as she watched and exclaimed, “You can even use it like that?”
After dealing with the doll, Qian Ling was about to leave the plaza when Yang Mo immediately grabbed her hand and told her to wait.
“I haven’t made a wish yet!”
It seemed Yang Mo had not forgotten her original purpose for coming here. After she finished speaking, she hurried toward the location of the fountain.
Qian Ling sighed at this. “Are you still going to make a wish after all this…”
She then followed her to the side of the fountain.
While Yang Mo closed her eyes and pressed her hands together toward the fountain, Qian Ling looked around the entire plaza.
She could see that this plaza, which had been full of life just a moment ago, was now a mess. There were cracks and damages all over the buildings and the ground. Even the fountain in front of her had been affected at some point; pieces were missing from the pedestal, and the carp statue at the top had fallen and shattered.
‘Is it even useful to make a wish now? No… regardless of whether it’s broken, it couldn’t possibly work. After all, it’s just an ordinary fountain.’
Qian Ling thought so, but seeing Yang Mo praying peacefully at the ruins of the fountain, she felt that perhaps Yang Mo didn’t really care whether it was effective or not.
Just then, as if time were reversing, the fragments of the fountain began to slowly return to where they belonged.
However, this wasn’t because the fountain had triggered some miracle, but because restoration magic was taking effect.
‘If it’s the fountain, it probably got caught in the crossfire during my fight with Number Two, right? In that case —’
Following her guess, she scanned the surroundings again and found that everything around them had begun to restore itself automatically. Even the ground subsidence caused by her own magic had disappeared.
Qian Ling stared at the pocket watch in her hand, once again convinced that it was a Heart Weapon that only a magical girl would use. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to repair even the environment she had destroyed.
By the time Yang Mo opened her eyes, the fountain presented before her was almost restored to its original state.
“Eh? Can this be considered a miracle?” she muttered to herself while pinching her chin.
Then she turned around with a bright smile and told Qian Ling, “Whatever, it’s a good sign anyway. Now my wish will definitely come true!”
Qian Ling originally wanted to throw cold water on her, but after thinking for a moment, she said in a congratulatory tone, “Congratulations~ Congratulations. What did you wish for?”
“Hmph, I’m not telling you. If I say it out loud, it won’t come true.”
Yang Mo crossed her arms with a smug look.
Qian Ling didn’t press further, and the two of them set off toward the commercial street next to the plaza.
On the way, Qian Ling inadvertently looked at Yang Mo and noticed she was still in her magical girl outfit.
So, as they walked, she asked Yang Mo, “Speaking of which, how long do you plan to maintain your transformation?”
“Ah… I forgot!”
Just as she finished speaking, the magical girl traits on her body became increasingly transparent, revealing her original hair color and the clothes she was wearing underneath.
When she completely changed back from the magical girl Amber to her original self, she suddenly froze.
“Ugh…”
Yang Mo’s knees instantly lost strength, and she looked like she was about to kneel over.
Fortunately, Qian Ling was quick and supported her shoulders from under her armpits.
“Hey! Are you okay?”
Qian Ling’s heart leaped into her throat.
‘No way? Could she have been injured in the battle just now?’
While she was still thinking anxiously, Yang Mo let out a series of blurred whimpers with a painful expression.
“Wooo… Qian Ling… I’m so tired, my legs are so sore! If I had known, I wouldn’t have deactivated the transformation!”
“?”
Qian Ling remained silent for a while, only then remembering the situation before their battle.
At that time, Yang Mo’s physical strength seemed nearly exhausted, and she had only reached this place by pushing herself. Even if her physical fatigue was temporarily covered by the physical enhancement of the transformation, it didn’t mean it just disappeared.
So, Qian Ling sighed and said, “You should have known that exercising is good for your body… never mind, put your arm over my shoulder. I’ll carry you.”
“Yeah…”
After Yang Mo responded, Qian Ling carried her to a bench on the commercial street.
There, they contacted Yang Xia and also reported their achievement of defeating Number Two on the communication board.
As for the origin of that pocket watch, there were still too many unsolved mysteries, so Qian Ling could only give Yang Mo a general overview of the situation during her awakening.
Of course, she still didn’t tell Yang Mo about her plan to self-destruct. She explained her actions as “wanting to take a desperate gamble.”
After hearing this, Yang Mo’s eyes grew dim, and she lowered her head, murmuring, “Qian Ling, can you promise me? Don’t ever do that again…”
—
“I promise you.”
Qian Ling’s answer was slightly delayed.
Next, they discussed Qian Ling’s magic. she held up one finger to explain to Yang Mo.
“The previous magic couldn’t be used because it can only be used once a day. For the magic I used later, I’m temporarily calling it ‘Absolute Command.’ The effect is like this…”
Simply put, it was a Power of Word that only worked on inanimate objects.
The conditions for activation were a declaration and a clear, designated action, such as pointing with a finger or staring with the eyes. Once it took effect, it could move objects or temporarily change their physical properties.
Like just now, using a command to turn the hard ground into a swamp was a typical application of it. Unlike “Absurd Rules,” there were almost no special restrictions on the use of this magic.
“Then what about the third one? I remember you said there were three types of magic you could use.”
While listening, Yang Mo threw out this question.
“That… I’m not sure. I have to adjust the dial of the pocket watch to unlock the corresponding magic, but I tried it before and there was no response at all.”
Qian Ling wasn’t lying. In fact, she had indeed tried it right after the battle, but no matter how she pressed the winding mechanism, she could only adjust the dial to “I” or “II.”
Perhaps “III” had some kind of unlocking condition, she guessed.
Since she currently knew nothing about the information regarding this pocket watch, she could only wait for the right moment for the conditions to be unlocked. But in that case, despite saying there were three spells, didn’t it actually amount to only having one and a half spells?!
Thinking of this, Qian Ling suddenly felt a sense of being cheated.