Sonora felt that it was impossible for someone to have such terrible luck.

As the number one general under the President, she had never really trusted Simo Tu.

This guy might have deceived our President, I must find evidence of his betrayal, then destroy his chance of becoming Vice President!

Absolutely cannot let such a dangerous and unstable guy enter the Chongxu Witch Association headquarters.

But even so, Sonora's original plan was actually to first control Simo Tu, then negotiate with the Prince.

Essentially it was still cooperation with Simo Tu, after all, she wasn't some brainless fool.

There were countless ways to ruin his chance of becoming Vice President, no need to turn hostile here.

And if Simo Tu had any brains at all, he would know how to cooperate with her at this time.

Trust in the dark spirit and bonds between Witch Association members!

Stay quietly in another spatial dimension, then desperately call for the Prince's help.

As a girl who understands girls best, she could tell at a glance that the Prince cared deeply about Simo Tu.

As long as he played pitiful, the Prince would absolutely not be able to resist softening.

With proper cooperation like this, not only could she safely learn from the Prince her method of going outside the world, but she could also ensure both of them safely withdrew from the Mirror Kingdom—it was simply a perfect plan!

Then Simo Tu tore open the snow screen himself, charged out from another spatial dimension, and started punching and kicking her.

What the hell kind of person is this?!

Never mind how he tore through her snow screen with just his physical body without the Golden Calamity Dragon King's power, did he have his brain stuffed full of muscles? Directly destroying her carefully planned meeting and negotiation.

He pounded her all the way outside!

Where did your dark spirit go?!

Traitor, he's actually a double agent! Or maybe he was just moved by the Prince's words and defected from the Witch Association on the spot!

Otherwise, how could he attack her without saying a word? She had announced her name and identity, given her Sonora's fame.

As the founder of the New Witch Association, a candidate for Vice President, surely he couldn't be truly stupid, right?

How could he not have heard of her, the great and famous Sonora!

Never expected her perfect plan would just go bankrupt like this, coincidentally running into a traitor bewitched by the Prince.

Then coincidentally, even without the Golden Calamity Dragon King, that freakish physical body of his could still tear through her snow screen!

Then, another coincidence when running out, bumping into two Magical Girls, just when she thought her luck was finally turning and started calling for help.

But they turned out to be Simo Tu's acquaintances, calling him big brother!

Really? Could someone really have such terrible luck?

Sonora felt it should be impossible, there must be some problem somewhere.

So she shouted loudly, "Sisters, don't be fooled by him! You might have mistaken him for someone else, he's a villain from the Witch Association, I've already beaten him to his last legs, he's just barely holding on now, the three of us joining forces can definitely capture him..."

"All the injuries on his body, were they from you?"

Sonora was taken aback, glanced at Simo Tu's blood-soaked clothes and body covered in knife wounds, even his cheeks were covered in dense blade marks.

Though actually most were injuries Simo Tu got from forcibly breaking through the snow screen earlier.

"Well, you could say that."

She reluctantly admitted this point.

Immediately following, swirling sakura petals and raging flames simultaneously erupted, engulfing her!

Sonora, having lost her transformation state, dumbly turned her head.

Both girls were looking at her with icy gazes, even carrying a hint of killing intent, one of them had already transformed into a pink Magical Girl.

"Wait, wait, I'm a Magical Girl, he's the villain from the Witch Association..."

Before she could finish speaking, a red magic wand like an air hammer angrily struck the back of her head!

Sonora instantly collapsed face-first on the beach, falling silent.

Silver Lotus went over and crouched beside Sonora, checked her breathing, only relaxing after confirming she was okay. "Be careful, your movements are too rough."

"I'm not transformed, I controlled my strength very well." Keke muttered back, then looked up again at her big brother.

This was the first time she had seen her big brother with so many injuries.

Though she had thought about the possibility of her big brother getting hurt or something, without having seen it firsthand, Keke actually found it hard to imagine.

What it would look like when her big brother was injured, or what kind of person could bully him—she couldn't imagine such things at all.

Because, even after becoming a Magical Girl, in Keke's heart, her big brother was always that strong, capable of anything.

It seemed like nobody could possibly hurt him.

So after Keke learned her big brother had joined the Witch Association, all she thought about was not letting her big brother hurt others.

How to atone for her big brother's sins, pull him out of the mud.

But when she actually encountered him, all those thoughts vanished without a trace.

Jiang Si could also get injured, could also be beaten until covered in wounds.

During his time in the Witch Association, he might have encountered many life-threatening situations, but her big brother would never tell her.

Wouldn't tell anyone.

Just like when he accidentally broke his leg as a child, he came back on his own, secretly binding a wooden stick in his pants to set it, even their parents didn't know.

Only when she went to play with her big brother and accidentally bumped into it did she discover this.

"Don't tell our parents."

But in the end, that was all he said.

How much would it hurt? Why not tell others? Is it really good to bear everything alone?

When she was still young, Keke had thought this way.

But after growing up, along with their relationship breaking and her big brother growing increasingly powerful, such thoughts almost never appeared again.

Until her big brother, covered in blood and wounds, appeared before her again.

The thoughts that had emerged in childhood surfaced, making Keke feel sour for a moment, the sourness spreading from her heart to her nose, her eyes, making her rub them uncontrollably. "Brother... how did you, become like this."

"Look at you, your clothes, they're all ruined."

Yet Jiang Si just wiped the blood from his face to avoid obstructing his vision, looking at Keke wearing a leather jacket, with eye makeup making her look particularly dark.

Sure enough, rebellious phase.

Generally speaking, he could understand the feelings of those parents seeing their daughter dressed like a little delinquent, racing with motorcycle-riding youths.

Not breaking her legs would seem like failed parenting.

"Why are you dressed like this." As he spoke, Jiang Si tossed the Mirror Sword in his hand to the ground—the system would retrieve it—while shaping mana into a stick.

Though he wanted to use a leather belt, he was afraid of beating something wrong into Keke.

A stick was more convenient.

"How many times have I told you, don't go out wearing random clothes, fix your hair, look at what you look like now, where do you look like a middle school student!"

"Can't you let me worry less? Getting your studies up is stronger than anything else!"

He hated rebellious little girls who dressed messily making themselves look neither human nor ghost the most. He had to correct Keke now before she went astray!

"What I wear isn't important!"

Keke sniffled, holding her magic wand with reddened eyes. "If you got injured in the Witch Association, you should have told me."

"Say that again? Your wings have hardened, haven't they?"

Silver Lotus listening nearby felt more and more that something wasn't right.

Carefully reaching out a hand, she said, "Brother, Keke, let's talk slowly, no rush..."

"You shut up!"

Only at times like this were the siblings super in sync!

Silver Lotus crouched nearby somewhat aggrieved, drawing circles in the sand with her head lowered.

Though she knew the inside story, with the siblings currently so passionately worked up, Silver Lotus felt she better not cause trouble...

"During the time I wasn't home, you haven't learned anything good."

Jiang Si coldly whipped the stick through the air. "Seems like not beating you won't work."

With that, he suddenly charged forward!

Keke also raised her magic wand, flames beginning to erupt from the wand, engulfing her entire body.

"No matter what reasons you have, brother, joining the Witch Association is wrong, I will definitely bring you back!"

Her originally moist pupils became determined. Within the flames, crimson magical outfit covered Keke's body!

"Gray Embers Rekindled!"

"With my broken body, become the blazing sun!"

A huge transformation invincibility frame and shockwave repelled Jiang Si.

Keke's magical outfit emitted white smoke as she looked at her big brother. "This time, it's my turn to correct you, protect you, brother!"

"Worry about yourself first!"

Daring to transform into a Magical Girl to defy him now.

What would happen if this continued?

Just goes to show that so-called gentle education through non-violent communication is useless.

The ancestors were right, for children to grow up well, stick education is essential!

Children are forgetful little animals, have to rely on beating to form muscle memory!

"Ah, I mean..."

Seeing the two really about to fight, Silver Lotus couldn't help speaking up again. "Can we talk slowly?"

Boom!

The polluted magic stick and magic wand collided, sending up waves of sand on the beach. Silver Lotus had to grab the unconscious Sonora, stepping on sakura petals as she surfed through the sand.

"Mediocre Work, first, the reshaping of the blazing fire broken body."

"True Red Acceleration·Modified."

"Mana Solidification·Modified."

"Wind Flow Breath·True."

"Crimson Heavenly Eye·Modified."

While exchanging blows with Jiang Si, Keke step by step activated her enhancement buffs.

Compared to the clumsiness and slowness of needing Teacher Shion to buy time before, now Keke could squeeze in sudden enhancements during intense exchanges with her big brother.

When all five buffs were assembled, Keke's magical outfit underwent tremendous changes.

The originally crimson magical outfit now had floating ribbons like flowing lava, her pupils also turned fiery red, even showing jumping flames within them—a completely different flavor from the Prince's blood red.

The ends of her hair also turned into burning flames, igniting the polluted magic on Jiang Si's body with every contact.

Instantly cleansing it.

And under mana solidification, the pollution effect of polluted magic on pure mana itself became extremely poor.

By the later stages of the fight, Jiang Si actually started feeling strained!

In terms of combat skills, Keke had also made substantial progress. Rather, because of her big brother's efforts in training, Keke had always pursued close combat extremely diligently, with most of her training at the Disaster Control Bureau being close-quarters combat techniques.

Her limb coordination and reaction speed were far beyond before, especially under True Red Acceleration's boost.

Even Jiang Si was almost unable to catch her movements!

When a fierce side kick was caught by Jiang Si and restrained, Keke suddenly used the right ankle Jiang Si was holding as a pivot, kicked with her left leg, executing a mid-air headshot!

Another massive explosion of sea sand erupted, the ground beneath their feet no longer sand but hard soil!

Keke's movements were too fast, so much that Jiang Si didn't have time to swing her out by her ankle. Though he finally blocked with his hand, he was still forced back several steps before barely stopping.

Looking at the injury on his right hand.

The flames carried by Keke's kick had actually healed the injury on his arm.

When did she develop this ability?

Looking up at Keke, Jiang Si felt momentarily hesitant.

Rebelliousness can make you this strong?

They say turning dark strengthens you by three points.

Though he was very dissatisfied with Keke's clothing starting to resemble a delinquent's, if this could make her stronger.

Well, maybe it's not such a big problem?

Just need to correct her fashion sense, keeping her personality like this while getting stronger seems fine too, I think...

While Jiang Si was tangled up, Keke instantly activated Great Barren Imprisoning Heaven Finger!

Using one hand to support the pressing mana finger, he saw Keke had already seized the chance to charge over!

Her magic wand swung toward Jiang Si's head, probably wanting to knock out her big brother like she did Sonora to take him back.

But Jiang Si, supporting the Great Barren Imprisoning Heaven Finger with one hand, just coldly smiled.

[Acceleration activated for user!]

[Double speed!]

With the bracelet's prompt, everything in Jiang Si's vision began to slow down.

Casually grabbing the magic wand Keke swung over, the polluted magic provided by the bracelet soaked the wand like seawater. Yet the crimson flames burned unyieldingly, violently counter-consuming the polluted magic!

Maybe it's the mana property after fusing with polluted magic?

Thinking this, Jiang Si just raised an eyebrow, exerted force with his right hand again, and cracks immediately spread across the held wand.

Keke's pupils contracted, about to withdraw the wand, but as soon as she applied force, her big brother over there had already crushed the wand!

"Sorry, brother!"

Biting her lip, the shattered wand exploded with a bang!

Accompanied by the flame explosion, the mana finger above Jiang Si's head dissipated. Freed up, Jiang Si grabbed Keke's face.

Polluted magic instantly swallowed his sister's head.

Yet the figure before him just turned into a cluster of flames like an illusion, winding up his arm to burn over his body.

Keke appeared behind him.

Clone, plus instant acceleration?

But before Keke could move, Jiang Si had already tilted his head.

His finger lightly tapped Keke's forehead, the timing just perfect.

His other hand also grabbed her wrist holding the fire lotus.

"Is this all?" Jiang Si coldly looked at her.

Keke gritted her teeth. "Of course, not!"

Her right hand clenched fiercely, directly crushing the unstable fire lotus in her hand.

Tremendous flames surged toward the sky like a mushroom cloud!

The surrounding sand and stones didn't fly up again, but melted into liquid within the flames. Nearby seawater evaporated frantically, massive amounts of steam churned, continuously spilling bright, violent flames from within!

Wave after wave of flames bloomed as if endless. After the mushroom cloud shot skyward, it transformed into unfolding petals.

Silver Lotus lay prone on the ground, the surrounding sakura petals also melting in the high temperature, somewhat dumbfounded as she watched Keke and Jiang Si at the center of the flames ahead.

Wait, why are they going this big?

Siblings fighting shouldn't escalate to this level, right?

Because they fought so fast, she hadn't even reacted to what happened before being sent flying by the intense shockwave, then pressed down by the flame explosion's pressure, unable to lift her head.

After a long while, only when the blooming flame flower ahead gradually withered could Silver Lotus see the situation inside.

Almost all injuries on Jiang Si's body had disappeared.

This explosion actually healed all his injuries, they say...

Whose healer's healing effect has a nuclear explosion as the special effect?

But Jiang Si's corrupted magic power, including strength and aura, had become extremely weak.

This explosion seemed to have purified all the power from Jiang Si's body.

Keke's manipulation of mana and development of magic had actually reached this level?

Silver Lotus's pupils trembled with shock. Over there, Keke breathed rapidly, slightly bent over but still standing, looking up.

Her big brother was half-kneeling on the ground, slowly exhaling a puff of white smoke.

She had long been experimenting with adjusting the usage of Buddha's Fury Lotus, transforming pure destructive power through her own mana into burning and consuming the opponent's mana, even possessing healing effects.

On the battlefield, she wouldn't need to worry about hurting teammates, could throw it directly.

But she hadn't developed the ability to select effect targets yet, so if teammates were included, it would still cause their mana to melt away too.

But using it now was just perfect.

"Not bad, you've gotten stronger."

Hearing her big brother's praise, Keke bit her lip.

Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her happiness and pride. The magic wand reappeared in her hand, aimed at Jiang Si. "Big brother, I'm going to, take you home."

An ordinary mana cannon shot forth!

Then reflected back at even greater speed!

The mana cannon enlarged in her pupils. Keke had almost no space to dodge, taking her own cannon blast.

Unable to stand any longer, she directly collapsed before her big brother.

[Reflection successful.]

The Mirror Kingdom mirror surface unfolded before Jiang Si transmitted the system's voice.

The youth crouched down, tapped Keke's forehead. "But still too green."

Keke struggled to lift her head, tearfully looking at her big brother. "Cheating..."

"Say that after you win."

If he hadn't obtained the system, couldn't transform, couldn't use polluted magic, just relying on pure physical body to fight, Keke would have been really difficult to deal with, especially since Keke was fighting while not wanting to hurt him.

Though feeling quite proud and satisfied inside, Jiang Si still coldly criticized. "Too naive, next time it'll cost your life."

For Keke, oppressive education was needed.

Then Keke directly started crying. "Brother, don't go to the Witch Association, okay?"

"Still crying, still crying, hold it in."

"But..."

"He's not going to the Witch Association, you know."

Jiang Si exited education mode, looking up as a gentle voice came from the sky.

The hundred-haired, red-eyed Prince walked gracefully and nobly out from a crack, directly approaching Keke and Jiang Si. After pulling Jiang Si up, she very naturally kissed Jiang Si on the cheek.

"Thank you for your hard work, dear. Leave the rest to me, you go rest first."

On the other side, Silver Lotus, who had just crawled out of the sand after a long while, immediately shouted. "Who are you! Don't touch my brother!"

Gently pushing, Jiang Si glanced at the bracelet, standing behind her. The Prince then turned around, helping Keke up too. "Don't worry, Jiang Si didn't go to the Witch Association, didn't do bad things. He came to my Mirror Kingdom, became my husband."

Silver Lotus's shouting voice abruptly stopped. Keke also looked up blankly, gazing at the proud and noble girl before her.

"Little sister Keke." Calling her intimately, the Prince also wiped the broken sand from her face. "I won't let your brother do bad things. He's an honored guest of my Mirror Kingdom. I'll treat him well. Since you're his sister, you're also my sister-in-law. Well, calling you little sister sounds better..."

Over there, Silver Lotus immediately raised her hand. "Me, me, me too!"

The Prince didn't even look at her, just delivered a red invitation to Keke's hand, softly saying:

"In some time, it will be my and Jiang Si's grand wedding. I hope you can attend."

The sea breeze brushed past, amid the sound of churning, splashing waves, heaven and earth fell silent.

"Huh?"