Chapter 229: Of Course We Can't Skip the Post-Bath Hot Spring Chapter and Swimsuit Chapter

Although they couldn't see, they knew who she was looking at.

Airwen.

The phantom-like girl sat on the grass.

In truth, she was sitting very, very close, practically shoulder to shoulder with the cherry-haired girl.

The starlight scattered across the sky reflected in her silver eyes, flickering silently.

It was only after a long while that she turned to look at Lin Guang beside her, an indescribable emotion stirring in her gaze as she spoke softly: "It doesn't matter anymore."

Only Lin Guang could hear her voice, so very, very soft.

"False, true... who can really tell them apart?"

"As long as you and they can live happily forever, and as long as someone remembers..."

She looked into Lin Guang's eyes, her silver orbs shimmering with an inexpressible radiance: "For me, that's enough."

Who said you had to go to that real world to become a true magical girl?

That's the most important lesson you taught me.

"..."

Lin Guang lifted his head and looked at the sky.

"I see."

A brief, subtle silence.

A moment later, Zihan suddenly spoke, breaking the tranquil atmosphere.

"The New World... what kind of world will it be, exactly?"

Su Fang tilted her head:

"Should be something like the illusion Senior Airwen created before, right?"

Tang Keren also nodded in agreement: "There was nothing wrong with that world... after all, a world constructed according to this young lady's aesthetic is definitely correct. That world should have my fans everywhere, from kindergarten to the nursing home."

"..." x4

The only explanation for that world still functioning normally was an invisible hand working overtime.

Hearing this explanation, Su Fang gently squeezed Lin Guang's palm: "Senior... will creating a brand new world be very tiring?"

After all, during the early stages of Su Jingyan's Utopia project, before all contact was severed, she had sensed just how massive that workload was from the scattered words in his letters.

That required who knows how many of L Corp's artifacts, high-end computational matrices, and apocalyptic constructs all working together, connected to all kinds of databases, with countless supernatural resources supplied to make it happen.

Doing it alone... was that really okay?

The cherry-haired girl tilted her head:

"When the time comes, let the Sacred Tree handle it."

After all, it had far more experience constructing worlds than she did.

Hearing this, everyone laughed.

Tang Keren nodded sagely: "Making the Sacred Tree work hard... that actually makes sense."

Zihan nodded vigorously: "Very insightful!"

The night grew deeper.

As the light laughter gradually subsided, only the girls' hushed whispers remained on the grass.

"Where should we go... tomorrow?"

"Let's go to the seaside and soak in a special hot spring."

"Sounds nice, we can swim too... but wait, we didn't book anything. Can we even get a spot?"

"Stop worrying, can't we just have Mengmengxiang build us one?"

"Mm, sure."

"Eh?! Really?!"

Beautiful moonlight flowed like water, gently wrapping around the grass.

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The next day.

The suburban beach.

This was an area of the reborn Kazenari Town that hadn't yet been developed, originally part of the Outer Realm near the Sacred Tree Barrier.

But right now, it looked no different from the inside of the barrier.

Seawater rushed against the golden sand in waves with a gentle roar, while in the distance, the sea and sky merged into one, each reflecting the other's beautiful azure hue. There even stood a mysteriously grand high-end hot spring inn occupying a vast area of land.

However, the total number of customers at this inn was only seven people.

The black-haired girl had changed into a pink two-piece swimsuit, with a bow decorating the fabric over her chest, wrapping around a rather generous bust.

It was Tang Keren.

The sunlight was intense right now, hot enough to make skin tingle, yet unable to sunburn a magical girl's delicate complexion.

She stood barefoot on the sand, her fair waist completely exposed to the sun, a few glistening drops of seawater clinging to her flat stomach. Both her fingernails and toenails were painted with pink nail polish, much like the orange-red nail art of the cherry-haired girl beside her.

"Watermelon smashing time! Watermelon smashing time!"

She held a wooden baseball bat high above her head, a special red cloth strip designed to block magic perception covering her eyes and blinding her completely. She had no choice but to stride around in circles on the sand with her fair, shapely legs, trying to locate the big green watermelon she had personally placed on the beach.

"Senior Tangtang! You're off! Off to the left!"

Su Fang stood on the sand ahead, calling out excitedly.

The girl wore a conservative dark blue school swimsuit commonly seen in schools, her perfectly proportioned fair legs completely exposed, her nails glossy and full.

"Left? This way?"

Tang Keren swung the baseball bat with all her strength, and in everyone's utterly unsurprised gaze, completely missed.

Thud!

The silver gem pendant tied to the green watermelon seemed to have accepted its fate, not even flickering with a single glimmer of light anymore.

...

In the outdoor hot spring pool of the inn.

Steam rose from the spring water, churning with heat from an unknown source. The breeze parted the mist, carrying a realistic sulfur scent.

Several small wooden trays filled with dishes of sake and plates of dried fruits and snacks floated on the water's surface, spinning slowly.

Zihan soaked in the spring, unable to help herself: "The crimson lava containing the violent magic power from deep within the earth truly possesses the strength to wash away the fatigue from our mortal shells."

Even the wide white bath towel couldn't hide the beautiful curves that her sportswear usually concealed.

However, compared to Amber beside her, who was sipping sake with great self-satisfaction, she still fell somewhat short.

Something was even floating up to the surface!

Su Fang squinted her eyes beside them: "So comfortable."

The gold-red bird floated on the water like a toy, and upon hearing those words, couldn't help but respond:

"Yeah, this young lady hasn't been this comfortable in three hundred years. Finally don't have to be tied up over there anymore."

"Soaking in a hot spring really is amazing."

"Is that so?" Tang Keren said casually. "You could just have Amber set up a pot in the Headquarters kitchen, wait for the water to boil, and jump in. Wouldn't the effect be the same?"

"Do you even hear yourself talking with that mouth of yours?!"

The cherry-haired girl wrapped in a white bath towel listened to their banter without saying a word, yet there was a rare sense of relaxation about her.

Apart from her nearly flat chest, her figure was absolutely perfect. She still wore that sweet yet indifferent poker face, but under the steam's gentle caress, her fair cheeks and collarbones were tinged with a healthy shade of pink.

Her long sakura-red hair was coiled at the back of her head, with a few damp strands clinging to her fair, slender nape, lending her an unexpectedly tender air.

Su Fang watched her, momentarily entranced, then suddenly leaned over in the water, resting her head on her shoulder with a mischievous grin.