Chapter 133 Part 2: “Blossoming:” Parent-Child Bath (2)

Lantern full, light on.

Chu Yuanqing understood that she was very close to lighting the lantern.

Because from the very beginning of her awakening, she had already formed a unique outfit for magical girls.

The ritual of unleashing the lantern’s true form and creating the corresponding Magic Armor was still in a halfway stage, showing external effects where the strength of the Magic Armor was gradually increasing to overcome its previous ineffectiveness.

While other magical girls would start transforming with a scene of unleashing the lantern’s true form, for Chu Yuanqing, who had a special circumstance, the process was accelerated.

Because… her lantern had been broken from the beginning.

The pendant of Chu Yuanqing’s lantern had always been pieced together from fragments, and the cracks on its glass-like surface were real wounds.

So, her lantern was not as powerful as even the weakest magical girl at first, and couldn’t give the Magic Armor any strength.

With that thought, as a spiritual manifestation, the lantern with a hint of animal intelligence started feeling a bit guilty and sluggish. Even the tremors caused by the Magic Crystal influx seemed stiff and lifeless.

Chu Yuanqing felt a bit embarrassed, she gently rubbed her fingers feeling a bit down, as if blaming her useless lantern, reassuringly said:

“It will get better.”

“Okay, stop being emo, many fans are constantly feeding you, these ugly cracks will eventually disappear, and then you will be the most beautiful lantern.”

Chu Yuanqing quietly cut off the mental connection, her little face earnestly coaxing the easily deceived lantern, she thought for a moment and asked:

“By the way, the Magic Armor should work normally now, right? What exactly does it do?”

The lantern responded enthusiastically.

Well, even though it’s hard to explain how a lantern can answer enthusiastically, it was indeed happily drawing something back and forth, looking quite cute.

Chu Yuanqing looked thoughtful.

“Magic, physical abilities, strength, speed, recovery, reflexes, and other multi-dimensional enhancements, plus the anti-gravity magic fixed on Magic Armor, right?”

“Roughly speaking, it’s already at a military level.”

Even a powerless girl, as long as she is blessed with Magic Armor, has a chance to slaughter a well-trained tactical unit.

The reason is simple: magical girls’ life forms are different from humans. Their essence is a lantern. Even if their heart and brain are destroyed, they can be revived through magical infusion, possessing semi-immortal characteristics and high fault tolerance.

Of course, provided that the unit is not equipped with mass destruction weapons and is unaware of the lantern’s vulnerability. Otherwise, dealing with a magical girl who has just completed her [lighting”], one only needs to arrange a sniper to attack and shatter the lantern to complete the kill.

Chu Yuanqing didn’t dwell much on this. Her original blessing of [undead”] is much more powerful than a magical girl, able to resist even the concept of death.

The girl cupped her hands to hold the water splashes, murmuring to herself:

“After the [lighting”], comes the [blooming”].”

“Only by planting heart flowers in the lanterns, can magic originating from the soul and heart be born, thus expanding magic capacity beyond the pond level.”

“But for me, can the steps of planting heart flowers and giving birth to magic really proceed normally? Or have they actually been skipped?”

Chu Yuanqing couldn’t understand; she clearly noticed that magical girls in the new era seemed much stronger in terms of self-power, system completeness, and various aspects than those in the old era.

Because they were so much stronger, it seemed like they formed a complete system that was difficult to predict using past experiences.

However, the lighting ceremony is just around the corner.

Chu Yuanqing now has a Magic Armor operating at 70% capacity, reaching the normal 100% capacity by tomorrow, which is another step closer to her goal. The remaining confusion will naturally be resolved when the time comes.

“Perhaps, in a while, I’ll have the chance to confront ‘Dazzling Stage.'”

Chu Yuanqing murmured to herself. Lately, she has been observing the underground base where the calamity seeds she had eradicated were replaced with new ones, piling up in the development room’s underground area.

Suppose there is a connection between Heart Flow and magical girls.

The room under “Heart Flow” was piled with “Calamity Seeds,” does this mean it’s seen as a valuable resource by the official?

Regardless, until she fully understands the specific logic and risks involved, she remains highly cautious about anything related to using and the “disaster beast.”

“Splash, splash.”

Chu Yuanqing got up and changed her position, feeling a bit warm from soaking. She loosened the towel wrapped around her fingertips, revealing more smooth and fair skin. Water droplets trickled down, creating a soft and pinkish view, as she submerged herself back into the warm water.

Taking a bath is very comfortable.

At that moment, she even felt a bit regretful for not bringing the rubber duck that Little Liuli gave her. She imagined the silly and cute little yellow duck slowly floating away with the water flow, which would have been quite an amusing sight.

Chu Yuanqing felt somewhat nostalgic.

Upon careful consideration, Miyuki’s training philosophy is indeed quite different from Qingxuan’s.

The latter’s training philosophy is all about intense focus and excellence, requiring at least 12 hours of training a day.

It can be said that the intensity of this training is so high that even with the high-tech body repair of “Dazzling Stage”, people who can persist in it for a long time are not quite normal.

Kirimi Miyuki, on the other hand, is completely opposite. She is not pursuing the precision of the dance itself, but the passion and love when presenting on stage. In the eyes of others, as long as she can achieve this, she is considered excellent.

As for rigorous training, it can numb the mind, even lead to fatigue and aversion, so it is prohibited for this team.

Therefore, their daily training time is consistently between 6 to 8 hours.

This results in having plenty of time to rest the mind and body every day. Compared to Xie Qingxuan, she doesn’t even have the leisure to leisurely soak in the bath and relax.

As she was lost in thought, a rustling noise in the distance suddenly sounded.

Chu Yuanqing only had time to cover her eye and hair color with a lampshade, she didn’t even have time to pull up the bath towel just undone at her chest, then she heard the sound of splashing water and saw a small wooden barrel swaying in the distant bath.

The girl’s fair toe pointed down on the water’s surface, creating ripples. Her pure black eyes blinked, muttered that the water temperature was just right, happily immersed in the pool, her crow-blue hair getting wet, making her look like a damp little creature.

Chu Yuanqing was momentarily confused, her pupils shaking.

Even though there was mist in the room, the person opposite her did not notice her at first. But with her sharp extrasensory perception, she could see everything clearly over there.

This is… Chu Wang Shu!

Although Little Shu wrapped herself in a towel with grace, as she started to show signs of maturity and her slender figure no longer looked awkward, as the towel slowly got wet and hugged her body, it became very obvious.

Chu Wang Shu happily raised her head, completely unaware that she was sharing the same pool with her dad. She hummed along to the melody of “Pandora” as if keeping the beat.

Chu Yuanqing’s face was serious as she covered her front, holding onto the towel tightly, planning to slowly get up and leave the scene silently, without making any splashes.

Scary, so scary.

Little Shu is at that age, how could she possibly be taking a bath with the other person?

Chu Yuanqing felt that no matter what the situation was, this was really inappropriate. She thought about it as she took small steps, slowly sitting up, about to successfully get out of this embarrassing situation.

But at the critical moment, Tang Liuli arrived not far away, keenly spotting a familiar figure through the dense mist.

At this moment,

The green-eyed cat, relying on its unparalleled wisdom, immediately recognized Chu Yuanqing without hesitation. She blinked her eyes and quietly approached, surprising Chu Yuanqing by hugging her delicate waist from behind, causing Chu Yuanqing to freeze in surprise.

With a mischievous glint in her eyes and a hint of tears on her lashes, the girl slyly whispered near Chu Yuanqing’s ear, saying:

“Little Qing, shall we bathe together?”