A Few Things About Replenishing Tsuna's Magic

Zhen Hong is a witch studying at a school for witches, and she's struggling to pick a topic for her graduation thesis.

She decides to visit the human world for inspiration.

Then, on a rainy day, she finds a bullied brown-haired puppy (crossed out) boy.

The boy says his name is Tsuna the good-for-nothing. He thinks he's useless at everything and that just being alive is a waste of air.

So Zhen Hong takes out a master-servant contract and tricks him into signing it. She tells him that if he signs this friendship contract, she'll appear to save him whenever he needs her.

The boy looks moved, his eyes glistening with tears. He signs without hesitation, then timidly asks her name.

“My name is Christina,” Zhen Hong says, giving him the fake name she just made up.

*

Ever since she picked up this little servant, he keeps running into danger every few days.

When Zhen Hong is in a good mood, she goes to see him. When she's in a bad mood, she simply stands him up. The next time they meet, she finds him looking at her with aggrieved reproach.

Then Zhen Hong throws herself into his arms and pretends to cry, claiming she was in terrible danger herself and couldn't get there in time to save him.

The little servant believes her every time, blushing at the ears as he stammers out words of comfort.

*

Little by little, Zhen Hong loses interest in playing this game of friendship.

She decides to go see her little servant one last time.

But instead, she finds a handsome young man with beautiful orange eyes, a flame burning on his forehead, metal gloves on his hands, and a slight frown on his otherwise impassive face.

He's wearing a shirt that reveals part of his collarbone, and his breathless appearance sends Zhen Hong tumbling head over heels.

She cups his face, blushing. “Hey, handsome, do you need some mana replenishment?”

“...Christina,” the handsome young man says in an even tone, looking utterly speechless. “It's me.”

What? Zhen Hong's eyes widen in shock. This handsome young man is her little servant?!

Doesn't that mean...

This is even better?!

So Zhen Hong uses the master-servant contract to give him an order.

“Don't move.”

Then she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses the corner of his lips.

*

Later, after she'd had her fill of the mana-replenishment game, Zhen Hong finds a chance to fake her death and run away.

She not only breaks the master-servant contract, but also boosts his affection for her before she dies.

Using all the experimental data she gathered from her little servant, Zhen Hong successfully graduates from witch school.

But on graduation day, law enforcers from the Witch Management Committee show up at her door. They say she's violated Article 523 of the Witch Regulations by exposing the existence of witches and causing a huge impact on the real world.

Zhen Hong: ???

Are you sure you've got the right person?!

Not only is her diploma confiscated, but Zhen Hong is branded a fugitive witch. In a panic, she escapes through a rift in space and time to the human world.

She forges identification papers, pretends to be a recent human college graduate, and sneaks into an interview at an Italian company.

“So you're saying your name is Felice Doris Josephine Calorice?”

The brown-haired young man in an expensive suit sets down her resume and folds his hands together.

“Christina, when did you change your name?” The young man smiles faintly. “Or is this one fake too?”

Zhen Hong is full of questions and blurts out, “Wait, are you Sawada Tsunayoshi?!”

...I've blown my cover. Time to run!

Damn it, I can't get away!

Please note:

1. The heroine is a heartless witch, and fakes her death midway through the story.

2. Ten years ago, Zhen Hong bullied Tsuna. Ten years later, Tsuna bullies Zhen Hong.

3. They have a master-servant contract both ten years ago and ten years later, but their positions are reversed.

Blurb written on 2023/8/27, with an image saved on Weibo.

Theme: What goes around comes around, just not right away.