After get off work, I become a magical girl

After get off work, I become a magical girl

Author: Arc Salt

Summary:

Lin Yun, 36 years old, his wife died early, he is a middle-level manager in a private enterprise and a single father. Recently, he feels that he is experiencing a mid-life crisis.

He encountered setbacks in his career, was in a cold war with his 14-year-old daughter at home, and suffered from periarthritis of the shoulder, making him miserable every day.

Just during these few days, he also discovered a secret - his daughter was a magical girl.

A hero who, at a young age, fights extraordinary monsters and protects the city from attacks. This is how ordinary people perceive magical girls.

But he knew very well that becoming a magical girl was life-threatening.

Should I stop her? Or should I respect my daughter's choice and protect her in other ways?

Looking at the flower of her heart that had already been covered in dust in the closet, Lin Yun, a former magical girl who had retired for 19 years, faced the third major decision in her life.

Chapter 1 Commuting, Train, Magical Girl

2023-04-30

Early in the morning, I woke up in a double bed with only one person in it.

Lin Yun subconsciously reached out to touch the pillow beside him, but all he got was an empty space.

It's always the case.

He always fantasizes that everything is just a dream and the person beside him is still by his side.

Staring at the ceiling in a daze, Lin Yun calmed himself down and sat up from the bed.

The person is gone, and a new day begins as usual.

Washing, shaving, dressing, and grooming are all routine.

I walked out of the room and looked next door. There was a note saying "Knock first" on the door of my daughter's room. Everything else remained the same.

Lin Yun took out the prepared instant breakfast from the refrigerator, heated it up briefly and finished it quickly, leaving one portion for his daughter who was probably still sleeping, and left home in silence.

The morning rush hour in Fangting City is extremely long, and it is almost impossible to travel by car, so Lin Yun rarely drives to work, preferring to squeeze into the crowded tram.

Although it is crowded, it is high-speed, which ensures that you can arrive at the company on time.

After walking to the nearest station to his home and waiting for the tram for about 3 minutes, Lin Yun was pushed into the carriage by the crowd and found an empty grab ring near the window, just like grabbing a floating board in the wind and waves.

He lowered his head, opened his mobile phone, and looked at the leaders in the company group who were assigning tasks everywhere early in the morning. He couldn't help but sigh.

Lin Yun was bored and looking for useful information in the gossip in the group, thinking about how to deal with the tedious tasks that needed to be dealt with today. The more he thought about it, the more discouraged he felt. He simply turned off his mobile phone, emptied his mind, and enjoyed the rare leisure time on the crowded tram.

Not long after, a scream suddenly sounded in the carriage.

As the first scream appeared, exclamations from the surrounding areas followed one after another.

Following the source of the sound, he looked at the crowd, and then followed the crowd's gaze to look outside the car. Lin Yun's vision wandered, and soon he found the key point, and understood why the crowd exclaimed,

——On a tall building in the distance, a huge monster shaped like a meatball was hanging there, with its fangs and claws bared, looking quite terrifying.

A crippled beast, that's what people call it.

They often suddenly appear in human cities, destroying and killing indiscriminately and without purpose. Their origin remains a mystery, and they are a huge threat to social security.

Physical attacks cannot cause damage to it, and even the most powerful thermal weapons cannot effectively strike it, making it quite a headache.

However, in recent years, attacks by brutal beasts have not been frequent in Fangting City.

The passage of time has turned common sense knowledge into mist, and people have gradually become accustomed to the days without sudden attacks from wild beasts in their peaceful lives.

No wonder people are so panicked when faced with such an emergency.

This turmoil of negative emotions did not last long and was forcibly interrupted.

Because a light blue rainbow light cut through the sky and hit the remaining beasts between the buildings.

As if in response to the provocation of the rainbow light, the spherical monster opened its terrifying mouth and let out a deafening roar.

Afterwards, as the tram went further and further away, it was no longer possible to see what happened next.

Some people in the car were still in shock, some were cursing, and some were cheering.

Because they all recognized that blue rainbow light - it couldn't be any other being, it was undoubtedly a magical girl.

The appearance of the magical girl seemed to be born to check and balance the remaining beasts.

It is impossible to verify who first called it "magical girl". It is also unknown whether this name was formed naturally or came from those common children's animations. In short, magical girl has become synonymous with "cleaning up the remaining beasts."

Some people see it as a conspiracy scam, some see it as a modern hero, but there is no doubt that people care about the existence of magical girls and cannot ignore it.

The same goes for Lin Yun.

"New magical girls with colors I've never seen before...will still appear."

There was no special feeling in his words, or even no emotion at all. Only his furrowed brows revealed that he was not at peace.

He knew this day would come sooner or later.

However, crippled beasts and magical girls are things far away from the lives of ordinary people. As long as you are not accidentally involved in them, the two will always be parallel lines and will never intersect.

Now he has no reason to continue caring about these things.

The tram continued to rumble forward.

Following the crowd out of the station and arriving at the company's office building amid the hustle and bustle of traffic, Lin Yun began his full day's work.

The company he works for is an elevator company called Gaosheng, which mainly engages in the production and sales of various commercial elevators. His position is the director of the after-sales department.

Therefore, he cannot avoid haggling with clients every day. Any mistake in a slightly larger order will always come back to him, and these trivial matters always make him feel dizzy.

I finished the report meeting seriously, conducted business communication tirelessly, forced myself to complete the task flow, and finished archiving documents in a daze.

It was almost seven o'clock in the evening. Lin Yun declined the invitation to a dinner party and walked out of the company. Facing the already dark sky, he walked home in silence.

The dim light shone on the street, but his face could not be illuminated. Walking in the shadow of the skyscraper, Lin Yun looked confused.

He always feels that his life is a bit boring recently.

It seems that the rigid company positions gradually make people feel bored.

The interpersonal relationships that have not changed for a long time have made his cognitive horizons increasingly narrow.

The family relationship is close to freezing point and I don’t know how to communicate with my children.

Although I am in my prime, I feel increasingly lacking in energy, I suffer from frequent minor ailments, and I have unbearable pain in my shoulders and back of my neck.

Thinking back, the turning point of everything seemed to be that funeral in the rain. When he stood at a loss in front of the soaked tombstone, hearing his daughter's dull cry, all the beauty he believed in seemed to be washed away by the rain, leaving only the suffocating depression. It seemed that since his wife passed away, his life had never been so-called beautiful.

The sudden sound of a car horn on the road brought Lin Yun back to reality from his own world.

Is he dwelling too much on the past?

There are many things that I care about, and too many problems that arise, and I can't find the reasons for them at all.

As he was walking slowly towards the station, a phone call suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Picking up the phone and taking a look at the name displayed on the caller ID, Lin Yun hesitated for a moment, but eventually moved his finger to the answer button.

After the call was connected, a clear ring rang out, and a female voice came from the other end of the call:

"Are you off work yet? Do you want to go out for dinner together tonight?"

Chapter 2 Restaurant and the Younger Generation

2023-04-30

Hong Siyu is a familiar stranger to Lin Yun.

The reason for their familiarity is that they have known each other for a long time. In fact, they can be said to be old friends. The two had known each other as early as middle school, and they could be said to be partners at that time.

The reason why they feel strange is that they had drifted apart from each other many years ago, and now he simply cannot understand what the other person is thinking.

Although she had contacted him frequently recently, as if she wanted to reconcile with him, he did not see her intention clearly.

In other words, he didn't really want to know why.

"Last month, the country announced a new Magical Girl Hanaru ranking list, and there were two newcomers added at once."

Such as now.

The woman, who was drinking and holding a wine glass, spoke to him like this with a mocking look on her face.

To be honest, although she is over 30 years old, I don’t know if it’s because she has taken good care of herself or why, the woman in front of me is still as charming as ever and looks young and bright.

Hearing this, Lin Yun paused, but remained expressionless as he responded: "What's the point of saying this now?"

The woman laughed: "Is it meaningless to pay attention to the younger generation?"

After drinking some lemonade, Lin Yun said vaguely: "It has nothing to do with me, why should I pay attention to it?"

"You can't fool your own people with this kind of lie. You can't be completely unrelated, right?"

The woman took a sip of red wine with him and said meaningfully: "After all, you were..."

"Stop."

She was halfway through her sentence when she saw a finger tapping on the center of the table.

Lin Yun only raised his index finger but did not meet her eyes:

"I should have said that I don't want to mention it."

The two fell silent for a moment.

Hong Siyu stared at him for a while, then smiled with an ambiguous smile:

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Let's talk about the house I bought before?"

The topic then returned to the daily life of the family.

Lin Yun was picking vegetables absentmindedly, while the woman was drinking wine with a smile on her face.

The atmosphere in the high-end restaurant is quite elegant, and the dinner progresses gradually as the waiters change the plates again and again.