A Girl Who Doesn’t Believe in Humans

Chapter 17: The Dark Demon Maiden

Ever since the last time Qing Yue was manipulated by White, she became more cautious when investigating corpses—using the same trick twice doesn’t work against Saint Seiya.

So, when she saw that unnatural demon corpse, she quickly realized—it was a bait, specifically designed to lure her in.

Qing Yue initially suspected White’s involvement, but the execution this time was obviously inferior to White’s.

Thus, she entered a semi-ethereal state, then circled the scene. In this state, she couldn’t interact with physical objects, and even light would pass directly through her. Soon, she discovered the person who set up this trap—

A magical girl she had never seen before.

Not only had Qing Yue not seen her, but even her past self had no impression of her—so she probably wasn’t a significant character.

Qing Yue had already reached her side, but the other party had not noticed, still monitoring her ridiculous trap in the corner.

Qing Yue decided to observe the girl for a while.

Her half-demonic vision allowed her to barely see the girl in the darkness.

Overall, she was a silver-eyed magical girl with white hair and a unique style. Qing Yue had never seen a magical girl with this kind of appearance before.

Silver hair adorned with ancient crystal hairpins, a distinctive smoky makeup beneath twin ponytails, transforming her originally lovely face into something more unique.

The girl had brown skin, but it wasn’t the healthy wheat color like Azure’s; it was deliberately sun-tanned deep brown. She applied strange silver eyeshadow and matching lipstick, and her exaggerated false eyelashes blinked.

The girl wore a silver-white windbreaker on her upper body, casually draped over one side, revealing smooth shoulders and black suspenders. Under the partially open windbreaker, lace from her underwear was visible.

The windbreaker’s hem just covered the roots of the girl’s thighs, making her look like she wasn’t wearing pants. Only her right leg had a silver and colorful knee-high sock, while the left leg was bare, revealing smooth brown skin. She wore metallic black high-heeled ankle boots, giving her long legs, but her height was too short, barely reaching Qing Yue’s chin.

She held a metallic punk-style silver electric guitar in her left hand, which should be her weapon as a magical girl.

Qing Yue observed her for a long time, but the girl never noticed her. Instead, she became impatient because her “prey” had not appeared and bit her colorful fake nails.

“Ugh! Why hasn’t the ‘cleaner’ come yet…!”

“Are you looking for me?”

A cold voice sounded behind the girl.

(What?!)

The girl shivered.

She immediately swung her guitar fiercely towards the back!

Clang!

The guitar hit the empty ground, emitting a metallic hum.

“Where are you looking?”

The ethereal voice sounded from another side.

The spicy girl rolled away, creating distance between her and Qing Yue. Crouching on the ground, she turned around and saw Qing Yue looking down at her calmly.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

The ethereal purple chains defied gravity, coiling around her side.

“Ugh… you’re quite capable. Is your ability illusion?”

The spicy girl didn’t answer Qing Yue’s question but confidently analyzed Qing Yue’s abilities.

“Illusion? What are you talking about? I don’t have that ability.”

Qing Yue tilted her head in confusion.

“Don’t play dumb! I’m talking about the sound that appeared behind me just now! That’s an illusion you created, right!”

The denied spicy girl looked a bit flustered.

“Are you talking about this?”

The Qing Yue in front of the spicy girl suddenly disappeared without any warning—replaced by a familiar voice coming from behind.

Startled, the spicy girl rolled on the ground several times. Sweating profusely, she and Qing Yue distanced themselves by almost five steps before coming to a stop.

“W-what… what was that?!”

The spicy girl, still catching her breath, looked at Qing Yue with disbelief, standing where she was just moments ago.

“What, what? I simply walked behind you. Is there a problem?”

Qing Yue said casually.

“So, do you have something to say to me?”

She repeated the initial question.

“Hmph! Well, you’re indeed skilled.”

Although Qing Yue’s “teleportation” had startled her, the spicy girl quickly regained her confidence. Qing Yue couldn’t comprehend where her confidence was coming from.

Tilting her small head and puffing out her chest, the spicy girl said, “You’ve been invited by us! Hmph!”

“Huh?”

What’s going on? Is it a trend to conduct suspicious solicitations in these dark alleys?

Seeing Qing Yue’s confused expression, the spicy girl became even more pleased with herself.

“I am the magical girl Lian, representing Eden, inviting you to join us. Feel honored! Hahaha~!”

The short Lian looked up with pride, although she was still shorter than Qing Yue even with this posture.

“What is this ‘Eden’?”

Qing Yue had never heard of this organization.

“Eden is the headquarters of our underground magical girls, the strongest magical girl organization!”

Lian was very arrogant.

“Underground magical girl organization…”

Qing Yue pondered and stroked her smooth chin.

“Yes, you are also an underground magical girl, right? The despicable Federation and corporations are jointly suppressing us. So, I came here to invite you to join us and fight against the corporations and the Federation!”

Lian clenched her small fist with determination, proudly declaring.

“Fight against the Federation and corporations? Do you have the confidence to say such things?”

Qing Yue almost burst into laughter.

“Hmph, we are the strongest. Once you join, you will understand. We will give you our power— the true power of magical girls. Haha~!”

Lian spoke with a very chuunibyou dialogue.

“The true power.”

Lian’s words changed Qing Yue’s attitude, and she had a certain bad guess.

However, Lian completely ignored Qing Yue’s tone and continued to explain triumphantly.

“That’s right, the true way to use the power of magical girls!”

“Can I see this true power of yours?”

Qing Yue’s gaze towards Lian gradually became cold.

“Haha~! I’ll let you witness it! Don’t be frightened by my strength!”

Lian struck a pose at Qing Yue. She was going to use the “true power” to regain her momentum from Qing Yue!

“Transformation—!”

Lian unexpectedly transformed for the second time while already being a magical girl!

The ominous black magic flowed over the magical girl Lian’s body, reversing the silver and white clothing with magical force, transforming it into a strange outfit with a black base and silver-white patterns. Although the overall style of the magical girl’s outfit remained similar to the original, many details underwent more bold changes. The fabric became scarcer, revealing more skin.

The black magic rose against gravity along Lian’s delicate body. It created two sinister crimson lines on both sides of her silver-white temples, making the originally pure white ancient crystal take on a hint of black.

Lian, with her eyes tightly closed all this time, opened them again—revealing blood-red pupils!

“The dark beat plays the song of desire! Dark Magical Girl Lian, present!”

“Desire, eh?”