427: Chapter 3: Distant Longing (Part 2) 427: Chapter 3: Distant Longing (Part 2) The young lady who caused a stir all on her own blinked in confusion.
“When the new animated series from Evil X was released, Ah Ce said I had to wait until I was an adult to watch it.”
“That’s not something for girls to watch!” Qiluo continued to scream in horror, “A female beginner should start with light and fluffy animations like Magic X Girl Sakura!”
“Qiluo has seen it after all.”
“I didn’t, I haven’t!”
The pink-haired girl with twin ponytails quickly crawled under the table and began a tug-of-war with the young lady who was trying to pull her out.
Linai stared blankly at the ceiling.
Despair, I’m in despair at this disappointing world.
Forget about female power or fashion sense, all I can sense is the bizarre atmosphere of a video store!
Is this the reality of Dome City?!
Where even female college students have become otaku with superpowers?!
The top hat lady clutched her forehead and sighed, “You know…
Linai, the sparkle in your eyes is gone.
Can you hear me talking?
Don’t take these two dummies as the norm, okay?”
I’m being called a dummy by Kardesia!” Qiluo cried out in distress.
“Looking for a fight, you porn idol!
You won’t be able to keep the clothes on your body today!”
The previously amiable blonde instantly transformed into a mob boss with the fierce aura of a lion, lunging toward the helpless idol who had just been dragged out from under the table.
The chaotic scene of the three female college students reminded Linai of the dumb boys in her class roughhousing during break.
“I get it,” Linai said weakly, “expecting a pink, girlish daily life was my mistake.”
“?” Qin Qianbai, who casually restrained Qiluo, curiously tilted her head, “What’s a pink daily life?”
For a moment, she couldn’t quite say.
Linai thought hard about it.
What exactly was the essence of her fantasy?
Like the young ladies at a girls’ academy, having elegant tea parties outdoors with luxurious teaware?
Or perhaps getting together with friends to read fashion magazines and talk about trendy clothes and lipstick shades?
That all seemed superficial…
If she was to talk about a true pink daily life, the essence of being a girl…
“That’s right!” Linai exclaimed excitedly, “It’s about having a girly spirit!
I want to know that kind of light and airy atmosphere!”
The three female college students stopped their antics and nodded in unison.
And so, five minutes later.
Kardesia, having finally found a marker pen, wrote a beautiful line of Zero Island script on the whiteboard:
“Life is short on Spring nights; fall in love, girls!”
“So it’s the old cliché of romance!”
“Exactly!” Kardesia crossed her arms confidently, “The so-called feminine power and girly spirit can only be perfectly expressed through fantasies of romance.
This week’s club activity is decided—it’s a female-only session of romantic fantasies, with no male members allowed!”
“Oh oh,” “Oh oh~” the two official club members clapped their hands in unison.
Linai, still in her wheelchair, continued to offer her strong commentary: “What kind of club is this?
Have I been included by default too?!
Joining without my consent!”
“Cyber·Ghost·Music Club.”
“There’s no connection between club activities and the club name!”
Ignoring the protest of the new member as usual, the top hat club president dictatorially declared the start of the activity.
“The first one will be our new member, Chuyun Linai.
What’s your romantic fantasy?”
Kardesia added with a mischievous smile, “Don’t rush to refuse, you’ll also get to hear our own thoughts~”
That was a fair activity.
It would be quite embarrassing to be the only one talking, but if everyone shared, there would be a positive atmosphere for conversation.
“For me…” Linai popped a candy into her mouth as usual and chewed noisily, “I still hope for an utterly ordinary boyfriend.”
“Ordinary?” Qiluo asked.
“I’m going to inherit the shrine in the future, so if it’s the kind of ambitious and aspiring man, he won’t be able to stand staying in a small place with me,” the witch swung her lollipop stick up and down, “If it’s a man content to be in one place, kind-hearted, then I can consider my future life with confidence…
Did I say anything wrong?!”
The three female college students looked as if they had been struck by a Spiritual Attack.
“She’s so mature…” “Too calm…” “Amazing…”
It took them a full three seconds to recover.
“You’ve got it reversed, why are you few acting as if you’ve learned a lesson now?!”
Qiluo, grasping the little witch’s hand, said earnestly, “Linai…
you, you’ve already graduated from being a girl!”
“I got expelled from girlhood before even graduating high school!!!”
“Seriously, I was surprised that Linai, who’s still in high school, is already considering a life plan that includes marriage,” Kardesia said wearily.
“Isn’t that something everyone has to think about…”
“Ah ah, don’t think about romance from such a realistic perspective!” The top hat lady buoyed up her spirits, “Qiluo, it’s your turn!
I believe you, as a two-dimensional person, will give us a different answer!”
Fidgeting with the hem of her skirt, Qiluo started hesitantly, “For me…
I like a special kind of boy.”
The total opposite of Linai.
“Specialness, huh,” Qianbai said thoughtfully, “In what way specifically?”
“My Superpower isn’t the kind that can join battles, and I’m also a physically weak girl.
I walk the prescribed path every day, just living life day by day, gradually feeling like a walking corpse.
Everyday life is so boring, completely different from my dreams.” Qiluo spoke sadly, as if reliving past memories, “So, I want to meet a special boy…
someone with a unique power, who’s handsome, free-spirited, and not bound by convention, someone who can take me to all sorts of places!”