Chapter 162 – Haki Xi Is Unforgivable!

Her phone rang.

Lin Xi picked it up and glanced at the screen. “Oh, it’s Xia Xun.”

She called out to the two people in the bedroom, “Shi Yu, Thor, hurry up and get out. I need to take this call.”

Out of the goodness of her heart, Lin Xi had agreed to let Shi Yu stay the night. She had planned to make Shi Yu sleep on the couch or share the guest room with Thor. She could even sleep on the floor-it was up to her.

But Shi Yu had taken a mile after being given an inch. She wanted to sleep in the bedroom!

She had barged into the bedroom with a pillow in her arms, and naturally, Thor refused to stand for it. She also started clamoring to sleep in the bedroom.

Lin Xi had been trying to drive them both out when Xia Xun called.

“Tsk.” Shi Yu frowned. “Is Xia Xun more important than me?”

“Obviously,” Lin Xi replied without mercy.

“That damned Magical Girl-” Thor cursed.

Xia Xun had once wounded her with a sword, and now she was trying to steal Lin Xi from her too. Xia Xun was the person Thor hated most in the world.

If Lin Xi hadn’t forbidden it, Thor would have gone to fight Xia Xun to the death, whether she could beat her or not.

“Thor, I dare you to say that one more time,” Lin Xi said. “Insulting Xia Xun is the same as insulting me.”

Thor: “…”

“Master is so mean!”

“Exactly!” Shi Yu chimed in, playing off Thor.

Lin Xi had had enough. She picked up her phone. “Neither of you is leaving, huh? Fine, then I will.”

Lin Xi ran out of the bedroom. “If either of you follows me, I’ll fall out with you.”

Shi Yu: “…”

Thor: “…”

After shaking off her two tails, Lin Xi went to the living room and answered Xia Xun’s call.

“Lin Xi, what took you so long to answer? Were you asleep? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to disturb your rest.”

“No… I wasn’t asleep yet. I was just getting ready for bed. Is something wrong this late at night?”

“I… I, um… Lin Xi, I’m so useless!” Xia Xun immediately began sobbing.

Xia Xun was crying.

Lin Xi realized that of all the girls around her, Xia Xun cried the most easily.

It was honestly hard to keep a straight face.

In everyone else’s eyes, Xia Xun was an incredibly cool and powerful magical beauty girl. There was no way she would burst into tears at the slightest provocation.

“Um, Xia Xun, don’t cry. Just tell me what happened. I’m listening,” Lin Xi soothed her.

And so, Xia Xun began recounting what she had gone through that night…

Once Lin Xi finished listening, realization dawned on her.

So Xia Xun had been “beaten” to tears by me???

Oh my God! The wicked Haki Xi had once again made the All-Round, Super-Invincible, Perfectly Beautiful Magical Girl cry!

Haki Xi was beyond redemption!

Burn her at the stake! No, fire wouldn’t work on Haki Xi. Send Haki Xi to the guillotine and give her the Louis XVI treatment!…

Lin Xi thoroughly cursed herself out in her head.

Her Fire Ring hadn’t harmed Xia Xun physically, but it had wounded the Magical Girl’s pride???

Wait, seriously? Even the All-Round, Super-Invincible, Perfectly Beautiful Magical Girl could be this troublesome???

Of course, Xia Xun couldn’t possibly be the one at fault. Lin Xi said, “Xia Xun! You’re not weak. You’re already incredibly strong.”

Xia Xun had forced her to use seventy percent of her strength. Of course she was strong.

“You chased a Super-Grade Disaster around and beat it up. Xia Xun, you’ll always be the bravest, most fearless magical beauty girl in my heart!”

“Huh???!!! R-Really?” Xia Xun asked, her voice still choked with tears. “Really? I thought you’d think I was useless…”

“How could I? You’re the bravest!” Lin Xi launched a full-on sincerity attack. “Everyone in Z City owes you a debt they can never repay. Loyal! Faithful!”

Xia Xun: “…”

“Ah, sorry…” Before Lin Xi knew it, she had become pretty ridiculous herself…

“What I meant was, Xia Xun, of the three Magical Girl heroines in Z City, you’ll always be number one in my heart!”

“Ehehe…” Xia Xun asked shyly, “Does… does this count as your answer to my confession?”

“Are you finally willing to say yes and let me be your official girlfriend?”

“I’m so happy!”

“No, wait, Xia Xun.” Lin Xi started to panic. “Those are two separate things. Let’s not mix them together. As for your confession… give me some more time to think about it. You should think it over some more too-really think it through.”

Over the phone, Xia Xun had just unleashed a furious tirade against the Super-Grade Disaster she’d encountered tonight. As the very Super-Grade Disaster in question, Lin Xi had listened with her heart in her throat.

That was why she could say with absolute certainty that she and Xia Xun had no future together.

The moment Xia Xun learned that Lin Xi was the Super-Grade Disaster she’d cursed to high heaven, it would all be over.

Rather than get together only to end in heartbreak, they were better off going their separate ways.

She would just have to let time wear away Xia Xun’s feelings for her…

“Lin Xi! I’ve already thought it through-completely and thoroughly!” Xia Xun said. “Tonight, when I thought I was about to die in battle, you were the first person who came to mind!”

“In other words, you were the person I wanted to see most before I ‘died’!”

“Don’t you understand how I feel about you?”

Lin Xi was speechless.

What the hell?

What kind of over-the-top romantic melodrama was this?

I haven’t even done anything, have I? So why is Xia Xun falling deeper and deeper for me? Is Z City trying to drive me out or something?

“I… I understand. Please give me a little more time,” Lin Xi said softly.

“Okay. I won’t pressure you. I’ll give you time,” Xia Xun said. “Thank you for listening to me vent, Lin Xi. You’re so kind and gentle.”

“You said I’d always be the Magical Girl in your heart. Well, now I’m telling you that you’ll always be the Sun Goddess in mine.”

“I feel so much better now. It’s like I’m full of strength again.”

“It would be even better if you were here with me…”

“I’ll love you forever, Lin Xi. Good night.”

“Mm. Good night.” Lin Xi hung up.

Xia Xun might have been fully “recharged,” but Lin Xi’s own battery was nearly dead…

“What’s this about loving her forever? I’m the one who’ll love you forever.” Shi Yu popped up from behind the sofa.

Lin Xi jumped in fright.

Thor emerged as well and complained indignantly, “When it comes to looks, Xia Xun and I are evenly matched. As for our figures, mine is way better! And I’m absolutely loyal to you, Master, so why do you care so much about her? She was threatening to beat and kill you over the phone!”

Lin Xi stood up. “Were you two eavesdropping on my call?”

“I wasn’t,” Shi Yu denied.

“Neither was I,” Thor said.

“Don’t give me that. When did you two hide behind the sofa? How much did you hear?”

Shi Yu and Thor both fell silent.

Lin Xi headed for the bedroom. “If either of you bothers me again, neither of you will be allowed to stay in this house.”

Bang!

Lin Xi slammed the door shut.

“Sigh…” Thor let out a long breath. “Shi Yu, we can’t compete with Zhao Xinning or Xia Xun at all. What are we supposed to do?”

“Nothing,” Shi Yu replied. She deeply regretted bullying Lin Xi in the past. She’d been dealt such a good hand, only to play it abysmally.

Thor murmured, “If only Zhao Xinning and Xia Xun were both out of the picture…”

“That’s quite a bold idea,” Shi Yu said quietly. “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything.”

“Heh.” Thor gave her a knowing smile. “Are you saying you’ve never thought the same thing?”

Shi Yu didn’t answer. She flopped down on the sofa.

She wasn’t allowed to sleep in the bedroom with Lin Xi, and the guest room belonged to Thor, so the sofa was her only option.

“Good night, Lin Xi.”

“Good night, Thor.”