After get off work, I become a magical girl

Just when Lin Yun thought the dinner was halfway through, the woman opposite him suddenly brought up a topic that he had to face.

"Oh, there's one more thing."

When she said this, she was obviously tipsy, so her tone became carefree: "She is the new magical girl from Fangting City. She has already contacted us today."

Across the table, the woman's bright smile was so charming: "So, does this have anything to do with you?"

The two sat opposite each other at the table, forming a sharp contrast in appearance. The woman looked young and beautiful, while Lin Yun was listless and looked like he had experienced many hardships.

People who don’t know the truth might think that the two people at the table are at least ten years apart and would never associate them with the fact that they are actually the same age.

"I've heard a little bit about this. What do you want to say?"

Lin Yun held the cup with one hand, took another sip of lemonade, and continued to act as if he didn't care much.

"Ah, you've heard about it? You're more informed than I thought. I'm the official, but I feel like a failure..."

Hearing this, the drunk woman wiped her eyes somewhat exaggeratedly.

"If you are aware of your status as an official, then don't shout out inside information in public."

Lin Yun knocked on the table to stop her and said, "Also, don't make weird noises in the restaurant. Didn't you see that the diners around us are looking at our table with strange eyes?"

"Did I hear you say thirty-five? Are you mocking the lonely and advanced women who are unmarried at an older age?" Hong Siyu widened his eyes.

"No one said thirty-five, and no one mentioned your age. Don't take this opportunity to make a fuss. Let's get down to business."

After a busy day, Lin Yun was already extremely tired. He felt a dull pain in his head when he heard the other party's noise.

If it weren't for the other party's phone call, he could now be lying on the sofa at home enjoying peace, instead of listening to a drunk woman going crazy in a high-end restaurant with painful prices.

"Business?"

The woman across the table tilted her head, looking cute beyond her age: "I want to chat with you?"

"…I was talking about the magical girl thing you mentioned just now."

"Hmm? Don't you already know that?"

"I know, but you won't tell me?"

"Did not say?"

"Say it."

"How dare you be so mean to me? It's my treat tonight!"

Lin Yun only felt that his blood pressure was fluctuating severely.

I know it's impossible to reason with a drunk and crazy person, but the drunken nonsense of the woman in front of me is also a real headache.

The other party is not a partner who can be dealt with casually at a normal dinner party, but someone you really want to communicate with, which makes communication at the dinner table extremely difficult.

"Putting aside your inappropriate awkwardness, can you tell me what the new magical girls are like? Did they appear recently? How long have they been active? To what extent have you been working with them?"

Therefore, Lin Yun broke away from the other party's conversation rhythm, took the initiative, and directly sought the information he wanted.

The "connection" mentioned in the words is actually the city government's attitude towards magical girls.

There are extraordinary powers in this world.

Both the crippled beasts and the magical girls are beings that are clearly very different from ordinary people.

There may be beasts in every corner of the world, and there are magical girls in every city in the world.

Therefore, every city, in the open or in the dark, will have a special agency to recruit some talented people to deal with matters related to the residual beasts. At the same time, they will contact and connect with the magical girls in the city to assist them in dealing with the residual beasts that appear quickly, efficiently and with low risk, and complete the work of protecting ordinary people.

Over time, this became a tradition.

The government agency responsible for connecting with magical girls and handling matters concerning crippled beasts is called the Abnormal Attack Countermeasures Bureau, or simply the Abnormal Countermeasures Bureau.

The Strategy Bureau is responsible for contacting the magical girls in the city, showing goodwill to them, providing help, and reaching cooperation. This has become a routine procedure.

And the Hong Siyu in front of him is actually a member of the Yi Ce Bureau.

That's why she called herself an "official" and revealed information related to "magical girls".

"Ahaha...what were you asking about? Magical girl?"

Hong Siyi, who was gradually becoming unable to speak clearly, narrowed his eyes, as if searching for the remaining rationality in his brain, and stammered: "Ah, yes, I remember now, magical girl! Then that thing should have started soon!"

"...What's about to start?" Lin Yun was slightly stunned when he heard this.

"That's right, the interview report about the new magical girl will be broadcast on the city channel. It will be tonight!"

Hong Siyu seemed to regain his lucidity for a short time and slapped his forehead: "Remember to read it! Then all your questions will be answered!"

After she said this, she seemed to have completely lost her strength and fell on the table.

Soon, the sound of even breathing came from the other side of the table. Lin Yun looked carefully and was sure that the woman had really fallen asleep at the dining table.

"There will be answers? Why?"

He asked again, but unfortunately this question was destined to receive no response.

He called the waiter, went to the front desk to pay the bill, returned to the table, and looked at Hong Siyu who was lying there sleeping soundly, and Lin Yun sighed helplessly.

After calling out to the other party again and again without any result, he could only carry Hong Siyu and leave the restaurant amid the strange looks from the people around them.

He found the car keys in her wallet, opened the door, threw her into the passenger seat, fastened her seat belt, sat in the driver's seat, and started the engine.

On the night road, the car moved towards Hongsi and home.

The evening rush hour has passed and the traffic on the street has become smoother. Looking at the night view of the street, Lin Yun feels that his mood has improved a little.

A hand came to rest on his knee.

"Senior..."

Hong Si and a confused voice sounded nearby.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yun glanced at her and responded.

"You said... Aya has been gone for more than two years, why can't you consider me?"

A somewhat depressed voice came from the passenger seat.

"I'm not married yet, you can imagine how hard it must be for me to wait."

Lin Yun remained silent for a moment.

He didn't really want to answer this question, nor did he know how to answer it.

The car drove on the road for a while before he figured out how to express his feelings, and then he started to speak:

"I—haven't been able to convince myself yet."

He paused and added:

"I couldn't convince myself to let her go."

However, the conclusion he came to after a long consideration was not heard by the other party. A shallow breathing sound was heard, and in this brief silence, Hong Siyu seemed to have fallen asleep again.

In a trance, Lin Yun seemed to hear a very light sob:

"sorry."

The sound was so vague and hazy that it took him a long time to understand that the pronunciation was actually "sorry".

It is impossible to tell whether this voice was Hong Siyu's dream talk or his illusion.

Chapter 3 Face to Face Interview

2023-04-30

Lin Yun drove Hong Siyu's car back to her apartment, then took the tram back to his own home. When he stepped into the entrance hall, the clock had already pointed to ten o'clock.

Subconsciously glancing at the shoe cabinet by the door, he found that his daughter's shoes were casually dropped on the ground. Lin Yun straightened them out and walked towards the living room.

If Hong Siyu is correct, there should be an interview report about the new magical girl on TV tonight.

He turned on the TV and took a look at the content of the city channel. He saw that it was a cheap idol drama in the night slot. Realizing that the news time might have passed, Lin Yun turned on the communicator and searched the Internet for what the city channel would broadcast tonight.

Soon, he found a replay of the evening news on the official website.

One of the pieces of news was about a group of ferocious beasts attacking a downtown area in the morning.

The news reported the damage and casualties caused by the crippled beast to that neighborhood, and then changed the subject to indicate that the one who knocked down the crippled beast in this incident was the new magical girl. Although she was a novice, she had made outstanding contributions to maintaining public safety.

Then, the scene shifted to the scene, where the reporter said he had met the new magical girl and would conduct an on-site interview with her.

Not long after, this previously mysterious magical girl made her debut in a news interview.

What caught my eye was a girl who gave people a fairy-tale-like impression.

She had golden twin ponytails, a light blue dress, a bright yellow corset around her waist tied into an exaggerated bow at the back, a round gem on her chest, and a small hat on her head.

"Hello everyone, uh, I'm the new magical girl, my name is White Rose..."

Judging from her clothes alone, she doesn't give people the impression of a "combatant" at all. It just makes people wonder which dance party she ran out of.

However, this kind of clothing is the norm for magical girls.

Most magical girls fight in costumes like this. What's even more counterintuitive is that no matter how restrictive their clothes seem to be, their movements are not affected at all by such gorgeous clothes.

Naturally, the first impression such a magical girl gives people is not "powerful" but "cute".

But when looking at the magical girl in the news video, Lin Yun always felt that something was wrong.

This "not quite right" feeling had no source, but it was so strong that he soon realized the nature of this feeling - it was a sense of familiarity.

He felt familiar with the magical girl on the screen.

Where have I seen this girl before? With this thought in mind, he subconsciously compared the magical girl in front of him with his memory.

In fact, he had already felt it vaguely in his heart, but he was unwilling to associate it in the direction that he was most unwilling to accept.

But if you don’t think in that direction, this feeling of familiarity cannot be explained and there is no answer.

So, when he really hesitated and put the least desired answer on the table, Lin Yun froze.

Because he couldn't accept it.

How could it be her? Why was it her? How could it be her?