Chapter 29: A Bottle of Magic Medicine Causes a Commotion (1)

  "It's really peaceful in the world." Elisha sat on a bench, washing Chasi's hair who was at a loss, and sighed from the bottom of her heart.

  "Ah, it's really peaceful." On the other side, Sophia sat by the pool with a bath towel wrapped around her, elegantly holding a cup of fragrant red tea in both hands and chiming in - as for the red tea and exquisite porcelain that appeared in the outdoor hot spring, which was somewhat out of place and even a bit eerie, please pay attention to the space wristband on Little Lori's wrist that didn't fall off.

  "Woohoo~~" Miki, who was soaking in the water, also wanted to express something, but she forgot that her mouth was underwater and suddenly blew out a lot of bubbles. "Pffft... Hah, wooo, almost drowned."

  "Cecilia, who had been driven mad for half a day, finally let out a loud shout: "Where's the peace?!? There are people screaming outside! The sound of the fierce explosion and the intense magical fluctuations, you two don't care at all?! Can't you pay attention to the atmosphere around us?!"

  Nearby, the other girls were listening intently to the commotion outside the wall with a mixture of curiosity and tension - they too had realized that some shameless guys wanted to peep, so one by one they wrapped themselves in towels and dove into the water. Especially Vachss, this soft little girl next door who suffered from androphobia was now clinging tightly to her towel and trembling behind a large rock. If it weren't for Granada and Tsukino protecting her in front, she would have probably run away already.

  At this time, a man's desperate roar suddenly rang out: "I'm done with you two!!"

  "Ah, generally speaking, this line is a harbinger of death for Fg." Eriol nodded her small head and then used a wooden basin to scoop water to rinse off the fragrance from Kasshi's hair.

  "It seems it's almost over outside." Sophia put down her teacup and dove into the water.

  "Boom!!" The bomb exploded in the small woods outside, where a fierce battle was raging. After sacrificing countless comrades' blood, the chosen warrior Batulu finally detonated the bomb tied to his body, taking two evil and brutal heretics with him... Hmph! In reality, it was just that after the main force was annihilated and they had nowhere to turn, Batulu covered Joi as he released a Flame Blast.

  Li Hua tried to use his internal energy to dispel the magic, but ended up detonating it instead. The blast of air swept up several nearby unfortunates and sent them flying into the sky at the same time.

  Alicia looked around with her sharp eyes and saw who was there: Li Hua Yin, Ilya, Bartol, Joey, Tom, and Fabiano! What the...?! How did he end up here? Didn't he already have Cecilia?

  Bart stopped first, hanging from a tree in the distance; Joey and Tom crashed into a patch of grass hugging each other, then, uh, stuff that nobody wants to see; Lihua, Ilya, and Fabiano fell towards the women's bath, followed by legendary screams and fleeing.

  Li Hua was the first of the Lucky Three to land, knocking Xie down as he got up to enter the shower room; Fabiano was the second, originally intending to collide with a certain girl who was running wildly, but was pushed into the hot spring by Cecilia's quick eyes and hands, and she herself came forward; The last one, Ilya, happened to press Alixia under her body as she left the hot spring to avoid the panicked crowd.

  This pseudo-Lolita must be doing it on purpose, is her bullet time eating dry rice or something?

  Fabiano apologized to the girls around him with his eyes closed, completely disregarding the ambiguous posture and attire of himself and Cecilia (both were only wrapped in a bath towel); Li Hua Yin drooled as he pulled down the latter's bath towel with a calm expression: "Let me take a closer look... huh? Is this shrimp rice!?"

  "Swimwear, huh." Krasch said indifferently, "A hot spring essential. Elise suggested we all buy some this afternoon, and now it seems like a really foresighted idea."

  Li Hua suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground like a cockroach that had been sprayed with insecticide.

  "Ah, it's really peaceful." Sophia sighed as she picked up her unfinished red tea and took a sip.

  At that moment, Eriol, who was lying under Ilya and had been staring at the beauty in front of him, turned her head to one side, her face red as she intentionally spoke in a voice that everyone could hear, pretending to be whispering to the former, "N-now is not good..."

  Everyone was shocked at that moment, even Sophia, who was usually calm and elegant, couldn't help but spit it out.

  I am the dividing line of catching a cold.

  "Achoo!!" At that moment, Kataoka Yuuki, a member of the Mahjong Club, Hope's Garden, let out a loud sneeze.

  "What's wrong, Yuuki? Have you caught a cold?" asked a classmate with concern.

  "It's not." Yuki Katanashi shook her head, speaking in a voice that was identical to the shameless little loli's. "For an instant just now, I felt like someone had stolen my lines... Must be an illusion, huh?"

  "Really? Well, as long as it's not a cold, that's all right."

  I am the dividing line of catching a cold.

  "What's wrong with now?! It's not going to work in the future either!!" Li Hua suddenly dropped Kassie, who was wearing a separated swimsuit, and rushed towards Ilya and Erih. She ran up to them and kicked Ilya into the air with a beautiful kick - he completed three and a half somersaults plus a front flip in mid-air before entering the water with a small splash.

  There's a childhood friend who not only has no shame but also forced you to participate in the Olympic high diving event, Ilya. On the other hand, Fabiano is trying to get Cecilia off his back, which doesn't look pleasant either. In the distance, Michelle, despite being known for her natural airheadedness, has actually learned about the differences between men and women under Li Hua's guidance and rarely does anything that makes people's hearts skip a beat - in this moment, the traditional impression of a gentle and considerate childhood friend is shattered into pieces.

  This somewhat unique childhood friend is not much inferior to the increasingly powerful heaven-sent treasure, but it always feels like something is missing. However, please rest assured that I will make up for this small regret later, after all, the kind and lovely childhood friend is always an indispensable existence in the moe-style light novel. Maybe the title of this chapter should be changed to "The Counterattack of the Childhood Friend"?

  Enough of this idle talk, here is the main topic.

  Alicia, who had stood up, glanced at Li Hua's demonic claws reaching for the towel wrapped around her body and said lightly: "You should know I have a swimsuit on. Besides, you've seen it before."

  "It doesn't matter, I just wanted to get a head start on summer."

  Summer... beach... swimsuit girl...? How far has your train of thought strayed?!

  Li Hua pulled away the little loli's towel. Presenting before her eyes was a very cute yellow romper-style children's swimsuit, which made the originally pure and lovely beautiful little loli look even more adorable.

  However, what was supposed to be a mouth-watering scene for the weird uncles and lolicon fans instead earned a mournful cry from Li Hua:

  "Why isn't the school swimsuit deep blue?!?!"

  "Are you the ogre of Ward 11!?"

  "If you want to discuss your swimsuit preferences, you can continue in the room later." Granna pointed to the door with her thumb, "I heard Miss Kuri's voice, and it seems she's asking what happened to those girls who escaped. You two boys over there, if you don't want to die a miserable death soon, you'd better hide so she doesn't find you."

  Fabiano finally coaxed Cecilia down, and with a bitter smile said: "Impossible. The mud spell cast by Coach Kris today was 3rd-level magic, which means she's at least a 3rd-level mage. Do you think we can evade her probing?"

  "What's wrong with that? It wasn't us who were peeking," Ilya said. "It was those guys lying on the ground outside."

  "But the problem is that currently, only the two of you have rushed into the girls' open-air bath... and don't count the yuri girl over there." Erihija reminded, "Although we know this was an accident, Coach Kurisu doesn't. If you were her, what would you think? Moreover, given Coach Kurisu's personality, would she slowly listen to your explanations?"

  After finishing, a scene appeared in the little loli's mind: Kris clenched her fists and roared at the two unlucky eggs who were trembling with fear, "No use asking!" Then she pounced... The camera cut to a radiant starry sky where Kris comforted several weak little girls as they slowly walked towards their dormitory, accompanied by music and an actor's list - all the middle parts had been deleted.

  Sophia smiled brightly at the two people who were already pale with fear: "I wish you can find a better boat by the River Styx."

  "This isn't what 'good ship' means, you sneaky girl! You're definitely intentionally misinterpreting it, aren't you?!"

  "Ah! Eliya, you happened to bring the bracelet, right?" Cecilia suddenly said to Eliya, "Are the things I put inside still there?"

  "Of course, I still have them." Eriol said as she pulled out a large pile of bottles and jars - most of which were sweets and snacks - and placed them on the ground. "What do you want to do? Have a dessert tea party?"

  Cecilia pulled out a crystal vial from the pile of suspicious items and sweets: "I made this myself, you two drink it quickly before Coach Kriess arrives."

  "Is that some kind of broth made from a creature that's been stewed all night?" Everyone except Ilya and Michelle took a step back, while Fabiano added with a shudder, "I'd rather go face Professor Kriss, at least I'll survive."

  "No, this is a medicine I've refined."

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Compared to Cecilia's bizarre cooking methods, her alchemy skills were actually quite excellent - perhaps she was treating cooking and alchemy as the same thing? Although introductory alchemy wasn't taught until second year, the library at Hope's Garden didn't prohibit students from borrowing books above their level. Through self-study, this girl who could be called an alchemy prodigy had mastered many formulas, although quite a few of them were just as bizarre as her cooking.

  But all in all it's safe.

  Cecilia poured the unknown liquid from the crystal bottle into two cups and handed them to the two boys: "Hurry up, it takes time to take effect. Don't let Coach Kriss see you."

  Fabiano didn't hesitate this time, he tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp. Ilya beside him did the same. Only then did Fabiano remember to ask, "Say, Cecilia, how does this potion help us avoid Kris Tutor's investigation? Is it an invisibility potion?"

  "Nope. This is my specially made magical girl transformation potion."

  Silence.

  The wind blows away fallen leaves, still silent.

  Alicia was the first to break the silence, jumping up and cursing: "Cecilia, every time I see you alchemy, I always thought you were the final BOSS that even a map cannon couldn't kill. I didn't expect your true body to be a QB who is illegally pyramid selling everywhere."

  Fabiano also came to his senses and grabbed Cecilia's arms, saying: "Are you going to turn me into a woman!? What am I supposed to do afterwards?! Is there an antidote? Give it to me quickly!"

  "Calm down, little Fa." Cecilia said with a smile, "I still plan to be your bride in the future and don't have any thoughts of being just good girlfriends with you. This medicine will turn someone into a 3rd rank magician full of magical power - of course, in a girl's form - for an entire day. You can do things like saving the world or whatever during this time."

  "This medicine is going to reduce Ultraman's transformation time to only three minutes, how can his soul endure this!"

  There was no colorful background, no lively music, no beautiful dance, no cute clothes, and no need to decode the killing scene. Under the gaze of a cute and mysterious little loli, the first time she saw the live-action version of Magical Girl's transformation, there wasn't even a bit of aesthetic component, but instead was filled with countless thunderbolts and numerous spit-take points.

  Fabiano and Cecilia were both genuine Westerners, with the man being handsome and the woman being beautiful, paired with golden hair like ears of rice. It was absolutely believable that they were husband and wife. But no one expected that after Fabiano became a girl, the two still matched so well together. They, oh no, she had similar figures and beautiful faces, one with long hair down to her waist and the other with double ponytails, looking just like a pair of sisters.

  By the way, Fabiano, your ponytail is really awesome...

  And Ilya has taken the meaning of transformation to an extreme. Her black hair, which was exceptionally beautiful and flowing even when she was a boy, has become even more so now, with its quality almost rivaling that of Eriol's cheating ways. Moreover, her black hair cascades down like a waterfall all the way to Ilya's ankles, paired with the curious and adorable expression on her face - or rather, her single-celled organism-like nervous system - it's enough to make one want to stand up a strand of hair in admiration and exclaim "How cute!"

  Ilya, how on earth did you transform from a passionate and enthusiastic person to someone so curious and naturally silly...

  The scene fell into an eerie silence again, until it was broken by the sound of a malicious little loli taking out a magical camera to take pictures.

  Li Hua suddenly hugged Ilya, who was still in a daze, with the speed of thunder and lightning, while drooling and rubbing his face against the latter's, saying: "Wow, I didn't expect little Ilya to become so cute after becoming a girl!"

  "Hey, you need to understand that the one in your belly is still a boy at heart." Eliysha reminded.

  "As long as she looks like a beautiful girl, I don't care even if she's actually an uncle in her heart."

  Eriol was shot and fell to the ground.

  "But is this really okay?" Khasi worried, "How will they explain their identities to Coach Kriss later?"

  Cecilia calmly raised a finger and said: "So, Khasi, are you going to make a bet with me?"

  Just at this time, Xi couldn't help but feel both angry and amused: "What are you still betting on?"

  "Coach Krieger doesn't even remember anyone's name except Sophia."

  “……I give up.” Krasi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, “Even if Professor Khris doesn't remember her own students, what about our classmates? They won't recognize these two 'beauties'. Especially Joy from our class and that Bartol from the martial arts department, they must have figured out the situation with the girls from both classes long ago.”

  "It can be said that they are Sophia's maids." Eriol thought for a moment and said, "Although this is prohibited during the trial, we are still in the camp now. Tomorrow, we will explain the terrain of the trial area, the characteristics of the mouse people, and other precautions, and also give students an afternoon to make up for supplies, and will not depart. So they have enough time to wait until the medicine wears off. As Sophia's identity, it should be no problem to bring two maids into the camp during the trial."

  Alicia glanced at Sophia after finishing speaking, and was very curious about who this person was.

  Sophia hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Uh, I'll tell everyone when the time comes. For now, I just want to be friends with all of you and don't want that identity to make our relationships awkward."

  "Never mind, if you don't want to say it then don't. We won't mind." Ilya said with a wave of his hand - an action that was originally very cool but now looked extremely cute. Li Hua couldn't help but drool at the sight.

  "So what about the 'missing' male version of Ilya and Fabiano?" Khrushchev asked again.

  "It's simple, really." The little loli smiled mischievously, instantly making everyone around her shudder in shock. "Didn't they fall into the girls' bath pool? Of course, we beat them up and threw them into a mountain ditch to cool off. Hmm, I hope they enjoy their wilderness survival game."

  “……”

  "Alright, it's settled then." Eriol said, summarizing as everyone else remained silent. "After we're done with Director Kriss later, Ilya and Fabiano can spend the night in our room, there are a few empty spots available. Of course, you don't have to think about anything evil, you two aren't capable of it anyway. As for the only one who knows about this and isn't part of our circle..."

  Everyone turned their heads and focused their attention, scaring Valois who had just poked her head out to quickly retreat like a snail.

  Li Hua suddenly pulled out the poor soft girl and said viciously: "Remember, don't tell anyone! Otherwise, after Eliya recovers, I'll let him XXOO you one million times and then OOXX you one million times."

  "Bang!!" The formal cane of the academy heavily struck Li Hua Yin's head, and then came Eliya's unexpected retort: "Actually, it's you who really wants to do this, right!? Don't ruin Ilya's reputation!"

  "Little Aili, you who spread the rumor that Iliya and Fabiano went missing because they snuck into the girls' bathhouse and were beaten to a pulp and thrown into a mountain ditch, don't you dare tell me not to ruin Iliya's reputation?"

  “……”

  I am a divider line

  As Cecilia said, Christy indeed didn't recognize the two beauties Ilya and Fabiano who suddenly appeared out of thin air. She just heard those girls say that a boy had broken into the bathhouse and rushed in with great anger. Of course, Christy didn't see any boys at all, only a group of little girls staring at her in surprise by the hot spring.

  After getting the reply from Eriol and others that they had already beaten up the shameless guy, Chris even praised them "Well done, next time be more ruthless". Then she walked away with a bottle of wine in her arms - can you slightly question why Li Hua Yin who came to take a bath was fully armed while Ilya who was neatly dressed was completely soaked?

  Is this kind of teacher really okay?

  "Phew, I managed to deceive her after all." After Kuriusu left, Eriol let out a sigh of relief and said, "Speaking of which, Hua Yin, you and Iriya were fighting with that group of boys outside just now, right?"

  "Really? Little Ai Li, are you worried that I got hurt? I'm so happy." Li Hua wiped away her tears.

  "Don't rub it, if there's no tears, the skin will easily break... I mean, since you want to see, why not come in with us and take a bath openly and honestly? Hiding so far away like that, aren't your eyes tired?"

  "That would be meaningless." Li Hua's voice suddenly clenched his fists and the whole person ignited, "The thrill of being on tenterhooks, sneaking around, the massive secretion of adrenaline, the breathtaking scenery... Only these can be called voyeurism! Only these can bring me unparalleled excitement! How can I experience it by taking a bath with you guys in a normal way?"

  "...go out the door and turn right at the second photography studio, that's where 'A Certain Scientific Railgun' is being filmed. Trust me, you'll find a lot of common topics to talk about with a girl named Kuroko Shirai there."