Magic Out of Control

After giving Wang Yanran instructions about her work, Ye Chuan gently closed the door.

Just as he turned to head back to his room, a flash of purple in his peripheral vision caught his attention—a figure floated out from the room diagonally opposite.

Her signature twin-tails swayed, the ends of her hair entwined with faint purple threads of magical energy. Her smooth little feet hovered half an inch off the floor, each step causing tiny ripples of magic to shimmer around them.

Huh?

"Hey, Lilith." Ye Chuan raised a hand in greeting, but quickly froze.

The Lilith before him was nothing like her usual self. The magical energy swirling around her was like boiling magma, distorting the very space around her with its tremors, as if it might burst free at any moment.

What's going on?

"Mmm..." The moment Lilith saw Ye Chuan, she practically pounced, grabbing his arm. The temperature of her fingertips was startlingly hot.

"Ye Chuan, come with me, into the room! Now!"

"Wait..." Ye Chuan was pulled into the room by Lilith. Seeing her state, he asked, confused, "What's wrong, Lilith?"

"A magical surge," Lilith panted, the energy around her swelling violently, purple light flickering incessantly.

"Didn't I tell you before I was suppressing my magic? It's like constantly filling a sealed bottle with water and never letting it out. Now, I accidentally accumulated too much, and the magic is going out of control!"

"..." Ye Chuan didn't quite understand. "So, what happens if it goes out of control?"

"An explosion!" Lilith said.

"Huh?" Ye Chuan immediately grabbed Lilith's shoulders. "An explosion?! Your magic would blow my apartment to pieces, right?!"

"..." Lilith fell silent.

"What does that expression mean?" Ye Chuan had a bad feeling.

Lilith averted her gaze. "The amount of magic is too great. This world might be caught in the backlash... and ultimately destroyed."

Ye Chuan: "?"

Not just the apartment, but the whole world?

What a fitting 'World-Ending Witch' you are.

That label suits you perfectly.

"Shouldn't I be able to absorb your magic?" Ye Chuan asked.

"The power of the Holy Grail should be able to absorb my excess magic. Your Chaos Power should work too." Lilith extended her hand.

"Here, absorb me."

Hearing this, Ye Chuan grasped Lilith's small hand. Instantly, he felt a vast torrent of magical energy flooding into his body, ultimately devoured by his Chaos Power.

"You accumulated this much?" Ye Chuan was taken aback.

"Don't talk." Lilith's face was uncharacteristically flushed, her head bowed. "Hurry up... there's still a lot left."

Ye Chuan had no choice but to continue circulating his Chaos Indestructible Body to absorb Lilith's magic. Perhaps the energy was simply too immense, but Ye Chuan's cultivation realm was forcibly elevated!

[You have broken through to the middle stage of the Enlightenment Realm]

[You have broken through to the late stage of the Enlightenment Realm]

...

As Ye Chuan's Chaos Power began absorbing Lilith's magic, the slight look of pain on her face eased somewhat. However, even with this massive transfer, the rate was still too slow for the sheer volume Lilith held.

"Too slow! It's still going to explode at this rate!"

Lilith suddenly looked up, leaned forward, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Before Ye Chuan could react, he felt something soft press against his lips.

The girl's kiss was frantic and urgent, her warm breath mingling with the faint, fragrant scent of magic as it filled his mouth.

In the next moment, a force of magic far more colossal than what came through their hands, like a volcanic eruption, surged into his body. Purple light instantly flooded the room, blurring the outlines of the furniture.

Ye Chuan's mind went blank, only able to passively endure this influx of power.

He could clearly feel the trembling of Lilith's body, the warmth radiating from her as she pressed against him.

His Chaos Power and Holy Grail power operated at full capacity, like two overloaded machines, frantically digesting this world-ending level of energy.

Time passed slowly within the dense purple glow. Only after an hour did the influx of magic finally begin to weaken.

When the last wisp of purple energy was devoured by the Chaos Power, the light in the room abruptly dissipated, revealing the two of them sitting embraced.

Lilith weakly clung to Ye Chuan, her cheeks still tinged with red, but her purple eyes had regained their usual clarity.

She moved her lips, her voice hoarse. "Hah... finally, it's finally calmed down."

Perhaps realizing what she had just done, Lilith averted her gaze and said,

"Don't get the wrong idea. It was just an emergency, there was no other way."

After saying this, Lilith noticed Ye Chuan wasn't responding. Puzzled, she turned her head back, and her face stiffened. "Uh..."

At that moment, the sound of a lock turning came from the door nearby. "What's goin' on? Ye Chuan, are you havin' a rave in here?"

Lan Xiaoke's head popped in. She noticed Lilith first, then looked towards Ye Chuan—

"Huh?"

When she got a clear look at Ye Chuan's current state, Lan Xiaoke was dumbfounded.

The Ye Chuan before her was no longer his original self. He had shrunk considerably, now looking like a young boy.

His clothes hung loosely on his small frame.

"Uh... my head hurts. That magic was too terrifying," Ye Chuan finally came to his senses. He instinctively reached to touch his head but felt something odd.

Huh?

Why is my line of sight lower?

Ye Chuan noticed he seemed shorter than Lilith now. Glancing at Lan Xiaoke's imposing presence, he froze for a moment.

"This is..."

"How did I get smaller?!" Ye Chuan was stunned.

Had he turned into a child?

Just like that time before when Luo Xi and the others became kids!

"It was probably caused by the chaotic magic," Lilith said, looking at Ye Chuan who was now shorter than her. She seemed a bit embarrassed, scratching her cheek with a finger.

"You absorbed too much of my magic... I'm not entirely sure either."

"..." Ye Chuan pointed at himself. "Can I change back?"

"Not right away. I still need to regulate the magic within me," Lilith said. "But you have Chaos Power, so this shouldn't last too long. Just bear with it for a bit."

"If it's only for a little while, it's fine," Ye Chuan calmed down. Though seeing Lilith actually taller than him now felt rather novel.

Before Ye Chuan could say anything else, he felt himself being lifted into the air. "Ye Chuan, you're so cute now! Let big sister hold you~"

Lan Xiaoke had picked him up at some point. "Quick, call me big sister~"

"Idiot, what are you doing?" Ye Chuan, seeing himself treated like a child by Lan Xiaoke, and currently experiencing the 'pillow effect' against her, protested loudly.

"Hehehe, here~ Want some milk?" Lan Xiaoke made a cat-like expression and directly pulled her t-shirt up, enveloping Ye Chuan inside.