Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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With Chu Hua's knife held to her neck, Ning Ning made the necessary hand gesture for casting a spell with her right hand and chanted the incantation.

"Damn it, Salamander!!!!"

A faint spark ignited Ningning's skin, which then transformed into a raging fire.

"what!"

Chu Hua had no choice but to keep her distance and watch helplessly as Ning Ning turned into a living fireball.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

"Xiao Xiang, what's that?!"

Xiangzi stared wide-eyed at his only remaining eye.

Xiangzi swallowed hard as he watched the fire giant rise from Ningning's body.

"That's...just like me..."

Spellcasters exchange various offerings for shards of the Holy Grail to obtain "spells," but has anyone ever used their own body as an offering?

The answer is yes.

Forbidden techniques.

Skin, eyes, hands, legs, brain, spine... using the body as an offering to cast spells is forbidden magic. Xiangzi's use of his eyeballs to obtain information about the Rainbow Bridge Gate is, in effect, a form of forbidden magic. The Kingdom Sealing Scepter, which cost the lives of countless spellcasters, can also be considered forbidden magic.

Ningning released a forbidden technique that used skin as an offering.

Forbidden Technique: Salamander

Power: S+, Attribute: Heat, Uses: E, Duration: D

The raging flames transformed into a shockwave that erupted from Ningning's body. Part of it rushed into the open Rainbow Bridge gate, while the rest unleashed its full power, creating a mushroom cloud in the forest.

boom------!

The Lost Story: The Lost Child - Chapter 390: A Cooperation is Established

Returning to the perspective of the starting point.

Flames and shockwaves surged out from the world behind the door like a flood bursting its banks, and in Tobacco's eyes, it seemed to become the last scene of his life, frozen in time.

She felt as if she had left her own body, looking at herself from a third-person perspective, so close to the high temperature and shockwave.

Is it true that people leave their bodies before they die?

What's going on? Why am I going to die?

Tobacco twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing an abstract smile that even he himself thought was incredibly ugly.

Haha.

That's hilarious!

After all that effort, I finally saw a glimmer of hope to go home, only to have it explode into pieces like a security guard opening a plastic bag on the street? Seriously, how can you be so humorous? It makes my life seem like a comedy movie, a farce made me look like a clown.

Hahahahahahahahaha.......Eh?

Why is Lin Hai still laughing? She's about to die, how can she still be in the mood to laugh?

She's looking at someone who's laughing.

You're smiling at me?

No, this—

boom----!

Just when Tobacco thought she was about to turn to ashes, a wall radiating blue light rose up in front of her, shielding her and Lin Hai from the shockwave. The cone-shaped wall blocked the shockwave and also prevented her from being excessively damaged.

Two or three seconds later, the shockwave disappeared completely.

Tobacco plopped down on the ground, water stains seeping from under his pants.

"Are you alright?" Lin Hai asked.

"I...I...I...I...I'm going..." Tobacco couldn't even speak clearly.

"Looks like everything's alright, that's good." Lin Hai nodded and turned his gaze to the Rainbow Bridge gate. "Wasn't the welcome over there a bit too enthusiastic?"

"none of my business."

The smoke gradually dispersed.

Xiangzi emerged from the high-temperature steam carrying a charred, unrecognizable human-shaped object, completely unharmed.

Lin Hai was slightly surprised when he saw her walk out of the door. Despite being so close to such a violent explosion, Xiangzi seemed completely unharmed.

However, upon seeing Chu Hua following behind her, her slight surprise vanished.

Chu Hua looked dusty and disheveled. Although there were no obvious injuries, she appeared somewhat wretched. As she emerged from behind the Rainbow Bridge gate, Chu Hua tenderly touched her wings.

The wings that grew out from behind looked particularly pitiful, with charred black marks everywhere and feathers that were patchy and incomplete.

These wings blocked most of the shockwaves and high-temperature heat waves.

If it were simply wings transformed from a hundred forms, how could it possibly block the attack? Only upon closer inspection can one discover that it is merely a pair of things that "look like wings," and what makes it up is not muscle, feathers, or bones, but marble.

The lifelike marble sculpture has a texture similar to that of a chess piece.

Chu Hua's Hundred Forms were enhanced to a certain extent after she became Xiangzi's familiar. Originally, the range of changes in the Hundred Forms was limited to the realm of living beings. Even when imitating fantastical creatures such as dragons and chimeras, it was still limited to the realm of "living beings".

Now, she can become an "inanimate object".

Gargoyles, golems... any imaginable fantasy construct, Chu Hua can make it.

The lifelike wings on his back were modeled after the structure of a gargoyle, and the hardened wings helped Xiangzi and Hemu block the shockwave generated by Ningning's self-destruction.

“It’s your own men who went mad. I’d like to ask you the same thing, Lin Hai… no, Gross.”

With a thud, Xiangzi threw the dying Ningning at Lin Hai's feet.

"I'll heal myself. Replacing all my skin is really something."

"You know I am Gross?" Lin Hai squatted down, took out the healing offerings, and began to chant the incantation softly before placing them on Ningning's body. "When did you find out? Let me guess."

The atmosphere should have been tense, but Lin Hai and Xiangzi seemed like old friends who hadn't seen each other in a long time. There was no hint of murderous intent in their voices; instead, they were as calm as if they were having afternoon tea.

"...You opened that letter?" Lin Hai said. "I asked you to deliver it to Ningning to give her a task."

"No, are you questioning my character?"

"Have I ever inadvertently used high-class offerings in front of you?"

"No."

"You saw intelligence about me within the Empire?"

"I've only ever seen people associated with 'Gross,' and before meeting you, no one even thought 'Gross' was a girl."

"Well... I can't guess. Can you tell me? I thought I was hiding it pretty well."

“Aine and Su Shi aren’t here, so you opened the door, right?” Xiangzi crossed her arms. “Gross single-handedly stole a fragment held by the Empire, didn’t he?”

"They only confirmed it just now...that's a really fast reaction."

"Where did they go?" Xiangzi found a relatively intact chair that was just within Lin Hai's protection zone, dusted it off, and sat down. "I'll judge whether you're an ally or an enemy based on your answer."

"You chose the meeting point yourself." Lin Hai shrugged. "I've done everything I could to help."

"..."

Xiangzi looked into her eyes.

Lin Hai's eyes appeared blurry under the light reflected from her glasses, but she deliberately tilted her head so that the reflection would no longer shine directly into Xiangzi's eyes, making his eyes behind the glasses clearly visible.

The two stared at each other for a long time, just like the minutes before a duel.

At last.

“...I believe you.” Xiangzi nodded.

"That's great." Lin Hai clasped his hands together and breathed a sigh of relief. "Efficient communication is always the most comforting."

"what is your purpose?"

"World Peace."

"puff."

“I’m serious. This was the old nanny’s wish before she died. I’m just carrying on her wish.”

"The old nun from before?"

“Yes, my rank and offerings were all given by her, and the name Gross was also passed down by the old nanny.”

"It sounds like the hidden monk from a martial arts novel."

“Yeah, I was just lucky.” Lin Hai turned his head to the side and put his hands behind his back. “Don’t worry, although I don’t plan to go back to that world, we are on the same page when it comes to stopping the Empire’s grand goal.”

"Are you planning to leave the church?"

“I can’t stay here any longer after hiding you all for so long,” Lin Hai said. “I’ve already had everyone in the village pack their things and leave. Now, only a few of us are left in the Starting Ground. Once your friends return with the fragments of the Jealous World, we’ll all go together… How should I put it? Cooperation? Although I’m not a magical girl, I should still be a qualified ally.”

"It's a pleasure doing business with you." Xiangzi extended his hand.

Lin Hai shook hands with him, smiling as he said:

"Pleasant to work with."

The Tale of the Lost: The Lost Child: Chapter 391 The Girl and Gross (Two-part series)

Just minutes after reaching an agreement, Hailing and Lixi returned to their starting point as promised.

Although the two of them looked a little strange.

It's not that they failed; being able to return through the Rainbow Bridge means they definitely succeeded in obtaining the Holy Grail fragment from the Envious World. But... there seems to be something going on between Hailin and Lixi.

Xiangzi couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange, but he just felt something was off.

Although they often stood together, they always maintained a proper distance. But now, Hailing seemed to have crossed that line, standing a little closer to Lixi. Lixi, on the other hand, looked like she wanted to keep her distance but was too shy to let Hailing lean on her.

Xiangzi and the others present exchanged glances, receiving a fairly unanimous response.

Tsk tsk, something must have happened.

"Hey, what's with that look?" Li Xi raised her already slanted eyes and said in a sharp tone, "Stop looking at me. What's so interesting about me? I'll just get what you want, that's all that matters."

As he spoke, Lixi took out the crown that was clipped to his belt.

"Is this the thing? It keeps nagging in my ear, saying that as long as you pay the price, your wish can be granted. It's just as annoying as Kyubey."

"Yes, this is it." Xiangzi smiled and took the crown, his eyes inadvertently glancing at the two small scars on Lixi's neck.

It looks like it was bitten.

Yes, it's the kind of scar a vampire bites in movies.

"Your smile is a bit disgusting." Li Xi gave a look of disgust.

“No, it’s you guys,” she corrected herself.

That group of people's laughter is disgusting.

"can you?"

Xiangzi pretended to suddenly realize something, covered his mouth, and looked behind Lixi, his smile widening.

Hai Ling licked her canine teeth, silently looked away, and pretended nothing had happened.

Everyone knows that Hailing doesn't usually like to use her magic because it comes with certain "conditions for use," which she dislikes, so she basically avoids using it whenever possible.

The way it looks now, it's definitely been used. And the cost of that use was even inflicted on Lixi.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Xi was even more annoyed.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Xiangzi covered his mouth with his hand, trying to change the subject. "Now that we've found the fragments of the Jealous World, let's get going. Aine and Suze should have arrived by now."

"Really..."

Li Xi sighed and scratched his head.

"What on earth are these people doing?"