SWNOVELXO Chapter 15 - She noticed something?
“……”
“Sigh~ So that’s how it is…”
Upon hearing WuYue’s response, Bai Yu maintained her smile, showing no sign of surprise at her words.
However, the corner of her mouth seemed to twitch slightly before quickly returning to normal.
“Hmm… I can more or less guess, but could you tell me your reason?”
“Reason? The reason is simple!”
Placing a hand over her heart, WuYue spoke seriously:
“Ever since I became a magical girl, I promised him that no matter what, we would face everything together!”
“You’re not allowed to bear everything alone. You’re not allowed to carry all the pain alone!”
“No matter if it’s now or in the future, we must always stay together and never be separated for any reason!”
“This promise… I won’t break it!”
“Is that so…”
After a quick glance at YouYu, Bai Yu turned her head back, fixing her gaze on WuYue. She sighed and said:
“Well, that’s truly unfortunate… Miss WuYue, I hope you won’t regret this choice.”
“Because I made it clear that you and him are destined to be from two different worlds.”
“And the consequence of your insistence on being with him… can only lead to destruction.”
Hearing Bai Yu’s words, WuYue became anxious and immediately retorted:
“What gives you the right to say that? That’s just your subjective judgment!”
“I know you’ve been fighting alone, and you’re very powerful! And I admire you for that. I’m grateful that you’ve silently protected us!”
“But relying on just one person to fight, over time, no matter how strong one is… they’ll eventually break down!”
“Relying on individual heroism alone is not enough!”
“…That’s why I’m here to recruit you, right?”
Saying so, Bai Yu waved her hand helplessly.
“No, what I’m talking about now has nothing to do with you recruiting me!”
“The reason I don’t want to leave YouYu is because, over the past three days, and even before I became a magical girl, he has always been there to support and help me!”
“Living with him, going out with him on weekends, worrying about making a living together, these things make me really happy!
“Perhaps he can’t support me in battle, but he can always be there for me emotionally!”
“You might say that my heart won’t become stronger because of him but rather weaker, which could hurt both of us in the future.”
“But… grandmother once said!”
Taking a deep breath, WuYue met Bai Yu’s slightly irritated purple eyes with her own blue ones and said seriously:
“People may become weak because of love, but there’s no need to feel ashamed.”
“Because this is not true weakness.”
Rather, she could strive even harder because of this weakness, risking everything to become stronger!
“…Talking with you is impossible.”
After hearing WuYue’s words, Bai Yu could no longer maintain her initial smiling demeanor and instead appeared visibly frustrated.
It seemed that WuYue’s words had touched on some sensitive areas for her.
“You’re still… too immature.”
She has yet to experience growth or face hardships.
Mumbling about things like “my grandmother once said”…
Talk of facing everything with YouYu and becoming stronger for him…
Such ideas are merely WuYue’s idealism.
In the end, it will be her and those around her who will be hurt.
It’s simply… unacceptable and frustrating.
Just like her old, weak self.
She had hoped to win WuYue over kindly, but it seems impossible now.
Well… it doesn’t matter.
Fighting alone is something she has long since grown accustomed to.
“Well then, let’s end our talk here.”
Realizing that her negotiation with WuYue had failed, Bai Yu didn’t bother maintaining a friendly demeanor. She simply dropped the parting words and walked away.
“…! Wait!”
As WuYue tried to reach out and grab her arm, Bai Yu’s form suddenly became intangible and vanished instantly!
All WuYue ended up grasping was a handful of water.
“…Sigh! What a person!”
She was the one who came to talk to her, said those things, and then left on her own terms.
“Next time I run into her… I have to stop her and get a clear answer.”
Muttering to herself, WuYue headed back toward YouYu.
Now, she only hoped for one thing:
That Bai Yu had paid for the photoshoot before leaving.
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“Ah? You’re back, WuYue.”
Seeing WuYue return, YouYu greeted her and then asked:
“By the way… where did that person—the client—go?”
“…”
Hearing YouYu’s question, WuYue’s heart sank immediately.
Like she had thought! That Bai Yu’s character is truly vile! She isn’t as friendly as she seems on the surface—she tricked YouYu into taking over 200 photos and didn’t pay him!
This is too infuriating! Next time I run into her, I must make sure she pays for what she’s done!
Fuming about this in her mind, WuYue took a deep breath to calm herself and then said:
“That client, her name is Bai Yu. She has already left.”
“Because… she’s actually a magical girl too, known as Magical Girl Blue Night. It seems she called you out because she wanted to meet me.”
“I see.”
“Huh? Aren’t you surprised? Suddenly running into another magical girl and all…”
“Well… there’s nothing too surprising about it, right? Since you’ve become a magical girl yourself, anything could happen.”
“Let’s not dwell on that. I can tell you’re a bit off emotionally. Did something happen with her?”
“Did you… have an argument with her?”
“…”
“Something like that, I suppose.”
“What was the reason?”
“…Well, she told me to leave you, and I rebuke back…”
“And then, we ended up arguing…”
As she spoke, WuYue turned her head away, her face gradually turning red.
“…”
Yeah, the reason for the argument is indeed quite peculiar.
But… why did Bai Yu want WuYue to leave him?
Could it be… that she noticed something?