(The main story is complete! The author's notes link to a new book and upcoming releases. If you're interested, please add them to your reading list~)
Jiang Yan, female, 178 cm tall. In her mind, there was no such thing as a 178-centimeter-tall magical girl.
So when the apocalypse arrived and demons invaded the world in force, a handsome man weeping like a beauty in distress pounded on Jiang Yan's door and shouted, “Please, sign a contract with me and become a magical girl to save the world!” Her first reaction was to brace the door shut.
You've got to be kidding. She's a 996 wage slave. Where would she find the time to save the world?
Seeing this, the handsome man turned and ran next door to keep pounding on her neighbor's door.
Jiang Yan asked tremblingly, “...Do you say that to just me, or to all the girls?”
Another handsome man grabbed her leg and begged desperately, “Please stay and save the world! We'll pay you a hundred times your wage-slave salary, plus give you a spacious apartment in the CBD!”
Jiang Yan refused righteously. “You've got to be kidding! I became a wage slave of my own free will!”
The world's strongest spirit contract took the form of a super-handsome man and racked his brains trying to get Jiang Yan to sign a contract. “Please don't abandon me. I really need you!”
Surrounded by handsome men and unable to move, Jiang Yan could only stare in speechless despair. “Who are you people, anyway... Can't you stop interrupting my wage-slave life?”
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After food poisoning from a cheap takeout meal, wage slave Jiang Yan woke up to find she'd become a magical girl after all. No, a magical wage slave.
Her senior colleagues were all elementary schoolers carrying pretty magic wands. Jiang Yan looked at the plain, unadorned sword in her hand and nearly broke down. “Everyone else gets to be a real magical girl. How did I end up cultivating immortality?!”
Faced with the surging tide of monsters, her colleagues turned to Jiang Yan. “Do you have any ideas?”
Jiang Yan shrugged. “Come on, I'm just a poor wage slave who sits in an office typing on a keyboard. I'm no martial arts master.”
Shuoxiao: “I'm really strong. Just give me a casual swing.”
Jiang Yan swung once. Heaven and earth lost their color, and the monsters vanished into dust.
“...Well, look at that.”
Reader's guide:
1. My own fantasy-world setting, with plenty of original details. Please don't assume it follows any existing setting.
2. Plot-focused. At its heart, this is about the heroine's ongoing struggle to explore her inner self. No matter what, don't become a “boring and despicable” adult.
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[Upcoming novel: "After Falling Out with My Brother". If you're interested, please add it to your reading list~]
[A ruthless, determined genius little sister who rises to the top x a tsundere, handsome and tragic star of the empire who always means well (things get pretty rough for him later)]
When Su Qingyue was twelve, he got another little sister, a tagalong he never asked for.
His powerful father had brought home plenty of women, and there had been no shortage of tagalongs, but this little sister was special in one way: her name was Yun Qingyuan.
“Now that's a name. You can tell at once she's the Star of the Empire's little sister.”
Yun Qingyuan, who came from a poor, remote place, couldn't read the expressions the noblewomen hid behind their fans. She took their malicious jokes at face value and followed the Star of the Empire everywhere, calling him “Brother” all day long, eager and ridiculous.
Su Qingyue disliked her name. It was too deliberate.
Usually gentle and polite, he rarely lost his temper. But this time he snapped. “Stay away from me.”
*
Yun Qingyuan had inherited her mother's face. That alone made her unstoppable in the Su family and at school. On top of that, she was the second-best pilot after Su Qingyue.
“Qingyuan, you and His Highness the Heir are now known as the empire's twin stars!”
She seemed not to notice the way those words treated them differently. Smiling brightly at the older students, she said, “Really? Thank you, big brother. I'll keep working hard!”
Su Qingyue's expression darkened. He disliked her face, her smile, and most of all the way she called other people “big brother.”
*
Yun Qingyuan disappeared.
The last time Su Qingyue saw her was in his room.
Moonlight fell across her back like a sheet of lustrous silk.
He never could have imagined that the next time he met his little sister would be on the battlefield between the empire and the rebels.
The renowned mecha infantrywoman on the star-sea wanted list, his own little sister, planted one foot on the chest of the Star of the Empire and smiled as she asked, “Brother, did you miss me?”
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Reader's guide:
1. The main story is told from the heroine's point of view.
2. They are not on the same household registration and are not blood-related. Nothing inappropriate happens before they reach adulthood.
3. One-on-one romance, but falling in love with your little sister is only natural.
4. I'm trying my hand at a romance-focused story. This is personal wish fulfillment, written with unrestrained enthusiasm. Please don't scold me if it's not good, sob...
Theme: Don't become a boring and despicable adult.
Looking at the official departments and society of this world so far, I am very unhappy. Everyone has a condescending attitude towards ordinary people because they have magic/are in the official department/are the boss. It is really arrogant. If it were me, my willingness to save the world would be -1
Yes, that's better. If it can't be made public, just treat them as illegal suspects and directly tell them that they have committed crimes. If Party J doesn't arrest them, they will file a lawsuit with Party J. It will cause a big mess anyway. If someone forcibly made up a crime for her, the scene would be pretty good, and it would directly make most of the other magicians who are making up the story feel chilled and lose their trust.
I have a silly feeling that I don't know what I'm happy about but I'm very happy
I quite understand the heroine, but I can't understand these people.
Be careful whether you are signing a contract with a magical girl or a witch. Kyubey warned.
Hahahahahahaha Mo? Xiao Xiao, you are good at humor [Caidog]
Were they really not the cause of the earthquake? Um?
I thought it was the vibration caused by the crowd in the test room
Do you still need to interview if there is an air raid siren? The adults at the Lawyers Association are too dedicated, right?
It's so true [covering face and laughing] It's because of this that I won't go back to my hometown