Urging for more updates, then turning into a magical girl.

Chapter 57 Astounding Wisdom

The two have returned to Liu Xiali's home.

Half an hour had passed since she escaped back from that alley. During this time, Liu Xiali had been curled up on the sofa, her hands covering her head, as if she had suffered some major blow.

"...Aaaaaaah!"

Liu Xiali suddenly went berserk and screamed.

Sitting on the other side, Xie Lan looked at her friend's distraught state and leaned over with some concern.

"Uh...Xia Li...well...actually, all it was was that the four Heavenly Kings of 'Where the Stars Are' helped you attend the parent-teacher conference, right? Was it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"Is this a parent-teacher meeting? There's clearly a more serious situation here!" Liu Xiali raised her head, her eyes gradually becoming serious.

"Uh...what?" Xie Lan was stunned.

"Of course it's my mom! That weird auntie is Magical Girl Maya, so what's up with my mom?!"

Xie Lan was stunned, but she quickly came to her senses.

Oh right...

He Siyuan was a friend that Xia Li's mother had invited!

"Uh... well... maybe... maybe your mother and Maya know each other. They're just good friends?" Xie Lan began to try to explain.

"No! They can't just be good friends! My mom was suspicious too!"

Upon mentioning her mother, Liu Xiali jumped off the sofa, held up a finger, and began to recount her mother's various bizarre behaviors:

"First of all! She often disappears without a trace! For the first 15 days of the month, she stays at home like a normal housewife, but then for the next 15 days, she just vanishes without a trace, saying she's going on a business trip, but she won't even tell me where she's going!"

Xie Lan was still somewhat unconvinced after hearing this: "Uh...maybe it's just that your mother's job is a bit unusual? Like that long-distance shift work on some national train...the working hours alone don't prove anything too serious."

Liu Xiali raised her second finger. "Okay, let's get to the second point. When my mother found out I became a magical girl, she was... extremely angry, almost furious! But in the end, for some reason, she still agreed."

"...That's normal. For example, she thought it was very dangerous for magical girls to fight against monsters, so she strongly opposed it at first. But since things have come to this, as a mother, she can only accept reality in the end."

"Then let me finish with my third point!"

Liu Xiali blushed deeply at Xie Lan's rebuttal, raising her third finger: "Several times, as soon as the crippled beast appeared in the city, she would immediately disappear on some pretext, only to return after the beast was defeated! That's too much of a coincidence!"

"Huh?!"

Xie Lan's eyes widened, she gasped, and then looked on with a look of sudden realization:

"I get it! Xia Li, you're saying your mother was actually a beast? And that she transformed into a monster and went to destroy the city when she disappeared?"

"Don't interrupt!"

Liu Xiali punched Xie Lan on the head.

"it hurts!"

"Your mom's the real monster! I mean, my mom, she could very well be a magical girl too!"

"Oh." Xie Lan rubbed her head. "But isn't this a great thing? From now on, you and your daughter can fight side by side!"

"Not good at all!!!"

Liu Xiali slumped back onto the sofa, her face filled with despair: "Think about it carefully! Magical Girl Maya is one of the Four Heavenly Kings of 'Where the Stars Are'! And my mother can actually order her around, making such high-ranking officials do things for her with utmost respect!"

Liu Xiali's voice trembled more and more as she spoke.

"Being able to order Maya around at will... that means my mother's status in 'Where the Stars Are' must be even higher than the Four Heavenly Kings!"

"Uh... but in the Star Realm, the only one with a higher status than the Four Heavenly Kings is that commander named Cheng Qi..." Xie Lan was still completely confused.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about!!!"

Liu Xiali looked terrified and grabbed Xie Lan's shoulders with both hands:

"Xiao Lan, do you think it's possible... that Commander Cheng Qi is actually my mother?!"

The scene remained silent for about ten seconds.

Xie Lan gave her a look as if she were looking at an idiot. "...Xia Li, do you want to hear what you're saying? Although we've never seen what Cheng Qi looks like, all the information we have indicates... 'Cheng Qi' is a man, right? Your mother is a woman, sis!"

Liu Xiali remained unmoved: "I'm very serious! Isn't it common in those TS novels... for men to suddenly turn into magical girls?!"

"Uh, you said it yourself, it's a setting from the novel..."

"And... many questions have been answered! Why is it that Cheng Qi, an ordinary mage, can command the unwavering obedience of four magical girls? Because Cheng Qi is a magical girl even stronger than them!"

As Liu Xiali grew increasingly convinced, the light faded from her eyes, and she lowered her head, muttering to herself:

"A man living alone after losing his wife transforms into a magical girl so that his daughter can grow up healthy and receive maternal love, thus becoming her mother and guiding her..."

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the truth.

A sad scene had already appeared in Liu Xiali's mind—

One day in the future, on a bridge where torrential rain is pouring down.

Led by Cheng Qi, the four Heavenly Kings of "Where the Stars Are" joined forces and cornered the battered magical girl Su Wei.

"Join us, child. I will forgive you for going against us. Wherever the stars are, there will always be a place for you."

With nowhere else to turn, Liu Xiali knelt in the rain, raised her head, and roared desperately at the dark figure, "You killed my mother! I will never join you!"

"You ungrateful wretch!" One of the Four Heavenly Kings was enraged and prepared to deliver the final blow to Suwei.

However, the black-clad commander, Cheng Qi, raised his right hand, stopping his subordinates from attacking. He stepped forward, looking at Liu Xiali on the ground with pity, and gently shook his head.

Then, in a dazzling burst of magical light, Cheng Qi transformed into a magical girl. And her face was exactly the same as her mother's!

In the pouring rain, Cheng Qi, who looked exactly like his mother, slowly reached out his hand and said in the same gentle voice as his mother:

"No, I am your mother."

"No---!"

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"No to that kind of thing!!!!!!"

As her fantasy ended, Liu Xiali let out a bloodcurdling scream. Then she collapsed onto the living room carpet and began rolling around on the floor.

"I don't want the villain boss to be my mom! Help!!!"

Xie Lan was stunned as he looked at Liu Xiali, who was acting crazy on the ground.

You care more about your mother being a villain than about your mother being a magical girl.