SWNOVELXO Chapter 45 - Playing all day!
“A new magical girl?”
Upon hearing Mamba’s sudden words in his mind, YouYu felt shocked momentarily, but he quickly regained his composure, masking any unusual reactions.
He looked at the girl before him and said, “Um… please wait a moment. I need to think about what kind of cake I want to customize again.” With that, he lowered his head, stroking his chin and pretending to study the images taped to the table, lost in thought.
Honestly, he hadn’t expected to encounter a third “magical girl” here, especially since she was working at the same place as Bai Yu. Wasn’t that a bit too coincidental?
Hmm… just to be safe, he decided to ask Mamba about it.
So he internally asked Mamba, “Mamba! Do you know what’s going on with this… uh, magical girl in front of me? Could you explain?”
“Well, she is the third magical girl, named Magical Girl Petra. Her ability is to manipulate the earth(land), and she’s the defender in the team, and also…”
“Wait, wait! You know that’s not what I’m asking! I want to know… how she came to be here, and what you know about her background!”
“I’m not sure about that. This magical girl suddenly appeared one day, and as soon as she did, she joined Firebird and Blue Night to attack me.”
“Please be careful; while she’s a defensive type, her offensive capabilities shouldn’t be underestimated.”
Mamba answered honestly to YouYu’s concerns.
“Besides her combat style, you really don’t know anything about her origins?”
“Yes, that’s true. But one thing is certain: she appeared after the other two magical girls showed up.”
“If I remember any useful information, I’ll let you know. If it weren’t for sensing the presence of a magical girl, I wouldn’t have woken up at all… so now, I need to continue my slumber. You’ll have to manage on your own from here on out, YouYu.”
“…Alright, you sleep well then.”
It seemed that Mamba didn’t have much information about the third magical girl.
In the end, he still has to investigate this matter himself.
“Magical Girl Petra, huh…”
The ability to manipulate the earth sounds quite abstract and could potentially be very powerful.
But as long as her name isn’t something like Gaia, he might be safe. Otherwise, he could be in serious trouble.
“…”
After pondering for a moment, YouYu raised his head and met the girl’s red eyes, saying:
“I’ve decided on what kind of cake I want to customize. Here are the specifics…”
“Okay, great! I’ll record that for you now.”
Nodding, the blonde girl picked up her phone and jotted down the details YouYu provided.
Her movements and tone exuded a sense of maturity and experience, as if she had been working here for quite some time.
After a short while, the girl finished her work and said to YouYu:
“When will you be available next week?”
“Um… Sunday. I’ll come by to pick up the cake then.”
“Alright! If everything looks good, please pay the deposit now. You can pay the balance when you pick up the cake.”
“Got it.”
Nodding, YouYu proceeded to make the deposit.
Right now, he still lacked information about this girl who held the identity of the “third magical girl,” so after thinking it over, he decided to handle his own matters first before addressing this situation.
After all, he hadn’t even sorted out the relationship between WuYue and Bai Yu. If he stirred up trouble with another magical girl, it would be too troublesome.
He could look for opportunities later to figure out how to deal with her.
“Alright… WuYue, bring what you need, I’ll pay for you.”
“Huh?! Ah… okay, thanks a lot, YouYu!”
“Oh, it’s no problem.”
After settling the bill, YouYu didn’t linger and left the pastry with WuYue, aimlessly wandering the streets.
As they walked, WuYue couldn’t help but feel curious about the earlier conversation between YouYu and the employee, especially the part she had “accidentally” overheard. She asked:
“YouYu, what was that cake you ordered for? I think I heard something about a huge cake… Is someone having a birthday that you’re planning to celebrate?”
“Um… that’s a secret for now. I can’t say just yet.”
“Eh——? Alright then.”
WuYue let out a slightly disappointed sigh at his response.
She then began to speculate in her mind about the purpose of the cake YouYu had ordered…
Seeing her like this, YouYu couldn’t help but smile wryly and said:
“Okay, okay, don’t overthink about it. If you’re not paying attention while walking and bump into a lamppost, I will laugh at you, you know?”
“Hmp! I’m just really curious about what you’re up to!”
“Really curious, huh…”
Well, to be honest, it wasn’t much of a secret. If WuYue put her mind to it, she could easily guess who the cake was for.
But it seemed like she wasn’t thinking along those lines right now.
That was fine; he would just consider it a surprise—a birthday surprise for WuYue, which had been his intention from the beginning.
So, moving on…
“WuYue, I’m going to take you somewhere.”
YouYu suddenly said to her.
“Take me somewhere? Where are we going, YouYu?”
“Just follow me, and you’ll find out. It’s a… really nice place!”
“What’s with that mysterious look? Alright, alright! I’ll go with you!”
After thinking it over, WuYue agreed to follow YouYu to the “place” he mentioned.
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A little over ten minutes later…
YouYu brought her to a massive shopping mall.
As she took in the immense structure, WuYue marveled at its size but also felt puzzled about why YouYu had brought her here.
Noticing the confusion on her face, YouYu smiled and said:
“This is the place, WuYue.”
“This is the place I carefully selected… or rather, a treasure I stumbled upon.”
“Because here, there are all kinds of shops! And a movie theater! A museum! An aquarium, a zoo…!”
“WuYue, didn’t you say you wanted me to take you out to have some fun?”
“Well, I’m taking you here to have a blast all day!”