After get off work, I become a magical girl

"Then you should understand that this is how you really feel, this is the reality you have."

Delphinium met her eyes and said seriously, "It's not that you are alone in facing hatred, enemies, and unknown crises. The reality is that I am here, I will guide you, and I will protect you, so you will be fine."

"If you feel confused now, don't be anxious, think slowly and make a decision slowly."

"If you are afraid of fighting, I will deal with the enemy; if you don't want revenge, I will avenge Sakura; you can think about things you can't figure out slowly, because you are still a child, you still have plenty of time to grow up."

"Even if you say that you don't want to be a magical girl anymore and want to stay away from dangerous battles and be an ordinary girl, still..."

Having said this, she suddenly stopped.

As if she remembered something in an instant, she pursed her lips slightly, and struggled vaguely, but this expression was only fleeting. Her cold eyes turned into a slightly kind gaze after touching Lin Xiaolu: "That's also possible. After all, you know, I'm a 'big shot', and I can do this kind of thing."

What she didn't say was that, under normal circumstances, if a magical girl wanted to become a normal person again, she could only report to the royal court or retire normally. The former was just a decoration, and almost no one took it.

Lin Xiaolu doesn't know this, nor does she need to know it.

She was still dazed, but after hearing what Delphinium said, she slowly shook her head:

"I won't. I want to continue being a magical girl."

"Is this what you really mean?" Delphinium asked softly.

"……Um."

Lin Xiaolu refocused her scattered eyes and nodded firmly: "This is the only thing I am sure of, because even now, being a magical girl is still my dream."

Even though there were many distracting thoughts in her mind, what confused and bewildered her was always "how to be a good magical girl" instead of "whether to continue being a magical girl".

As for what Delphinium said, that she would stay here with me...

"But, Delphinium, you will be able to leave, right?"

Thinking of this, she had some other thoughts: "You are a big shot in the magic kingdom. You are only staying in Fangting City for a short time. No matter how long you stay, one day you will leave here, right?"

"When that day comes and you leave... will the next time I see you, I will have to look at you from afar like I would when I see an official like the mayor?"

Delphinium was somewhat silent.

She tried to loosen her hand, but found that Lin Xiaolu had already grasped it and she couldn't pull it out.

She didn't try to break free. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while before she nodded calmly, "Well, I will leave. This is the only thing I can't lie to you about."

But the reason was different from what Lin Xiaolu thought. It was not because he was an "inspector".

“It still happens.”

Hearing her answer, Lin Xiaolu's expression became a little disappointed: "In that case, there won't be many days like this summer, right?"

The first thought that came to her mind was reluctance, but she soon convinced herself.

In itself, the past few months since she met Delphinium have been like a beautiful dream for her: she has become a magical girl, made new friends, learned her mother's true identity, and her relationship with her father has improved a lot. Even her academic studies have improved under Delphinium's guidance.

Even though there are new troubles now, it is not Delphinium's fault. It's just that I can't help but think too much.

She told herself that she had gained so much because of the other party's arrival and should not be greedy anymore.

——"But the time of leaving is determined by you."

What Lin Xiaolu didn't expect was that under the calm tone, the content of Cuiqiao's words suddenly reversed: "I will wait until you, you and Xia Liang, and even your entire team have grown up and can stand on your own, then I will leave."

These words made Lin Xiaolu freeze in place for a moment.

Taking this opportunity, Delphinium quietly loosened her hand: "Will you feel a little safer this way?"

"But, but, for someone like me, if I want to become a powerful magical girl, I may have to wait until I retire..." Lin Xiaolu was still shocked by what Delphinium said and spoke without thinking.

"Then wait until you retire." Delphinium turned her head and said lightly.

After hearing this, Lin Xiaolu felt her heart skip a beat.

An indescribable feeling, perhaps it should be called a feeling of being flattered and happy, suddenly surged into my heart.

She couldn't help but hold her chest and said hesitantly, "In that case, it will take ten years..."

"Yeah, ten years." Delphinium still looked calm.

This made Lin Xiaolu feel even more unbelievable: "But there is no reason for this. Why would you do this, Cuique? For someone like me... Even if you are very close to my mother, I don't think I deserve it."

"Who said you weren't worthy?"

With one hand on her waist, Kuizi glanced at Lin Xiaolu: "If even you have given up hope and no longer face your own possibilities, how can you become the person you want to be?"

"But can I really go that far?" Lin Xiaolu was still a little unconfident.

"Didn't Mo say that? You are a genius."

"It itself said that it was just a lie..."

"That's what I said. Sometimes even the fairies themselves can't tell whether what they say is true or false."

Looking at the river in the distance, Kuija said calmly: "The reason why I chose to stay in Fangting City is, as you thought, indeed because of your mother, and also because this is the city I once guarded, and I don't want it to be destroyed by the beasts."

"But I can't stay here forever. After Sakura dies, the older generation like us must pass the baton to the next generation."

"I have seen you and Xia Liang here, and I have gotten to know you, so I believe in your potential as the next generation."

"Maybe Moko is just saying it casually, maybe you don't believe in yourself, but I believe that one day, you will become a magical girl who can protect everyone."

"The so-called ten years is just a bet and a bottom line. In my opinion, you will definitely become stronger, and it definitely won't take that long."

Cuiqiao's judgment was so decisive that it finally made Lin Xiaolu feel that the haze in her heart was cleared away a lot.

The hand covering her heart gradually clenched into a fist, and the light reappeared in her eyes: "Delphinium, do you believe me?"

"No matter how many times I ask, the answer will be the same. I believe it."

Taking a few steps back, Delphinium looked at her daughter calmly: "So don't belittle yourself, hold your head up, you are no worse than anyone else."

After she finished speaking, she half turned around, made a gesture as if she was going to move on, and finally confirmed with Lin Xiaolu: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Lin Xiaolu looked at the petite girl in front of her, and the last bit of confusion in her expression gradually faded away. Her originally gloomy expression became bright, and even faintly gentle.

She shook her head and stopped talking. Instead, she followed Delphinium in small steps and walked forward side by side with it.

The crisp sound of footsteps resounded on the empty bridge again, but unlike the dull sound when they came, the sound now was brisk and more orderly. The footsteps slowly moved from the center of the bridge to the opposite bank, across the river, across the long sidewalk, and finally, gradually disappeared into the unknown distance on the other side.

Chapter 67 Fairy and Friends

2023-04-30

Fangting City No. 1 Social Welfare Institute is located in Lixing District and is one of the only two large welfare institutions in the city.

Many children who have lost their parents in accidents and have no one to take care of them, or elderly people who have no one to take care of them when they are old, will be brought here by the municipal government with their consent to receive relatively comprehensive care.

The welfare home covers a large area, has nearly 3000 beds, and has 400 staff members. It has relatively favorable medical conditions, sufficient to provide rehabilitation therapy for every disabled elderly person and child.

Bai Jingxuan has lived here for three years.

In three years, she grew from being ignorant to being able to reason. Most of the other children in the welfare home came and went, and were adopted by new families after a short period of living in the welfare home, but she was left here, like a defective product left over from a vegetable market.

In fact, in terms of personality, Bai Jingxuan is not a difficult child to get along with. She is very quiet and sensible. Compared with other 11-year-olds or even older children, her speech and behavior seem more mature.

In terms of appearance, she is also very cute, with fair skin, pretty features, and a chin-length bob. Because of her clothes and behavior, she seems a bit boyish, which makes her very lovable.

But the medical eye patch she wore on her left eye revealed a fact to outsiders: there was something wrong with her eye.

In fact, she was indeed missing an eye.

Not only that, she also suffers from a congenital disease that is undiagnosed and difficult to cure. The symptoms are intermittent dizziness and fatigue, and in severe cases, she may even lose control of some limbs.

This series of problems caused the couples who tried to adopt her to hesitate after learning the truth, and some even gave up directly. After a while, no one was willing to take Bai Jingxuan away.

So three years passed, and Bai Jingxuan still lived here.

Occasionally someone would ask her if she was sad, but she actually didn’t think there was anything wrong with such a life: the caregivers in the welfare home were very friendly and took good care of her; the grandparents in the home also liked her very much and would often invite her to chat with them; including the director of the welfare home, Aunt Liu, would often take care of her.

Perhaps the only drawback is that it’s a bit lonely.

In the afternoons these days, she always likes to go to the shade of the courtyard alone and read quietly there.

This was a habit she had never had before. In the past, she would not go to such a secluded place alone. She would rather go to a more lively place. No matter who she was with, chatting for a few words would make her feel more fulfilled.

The reason she did this now was because she had a little secret.

Or to be more specific, she has a new friend.

——"Xiaoxuan! I'm here!"

Accompanied by the call from above, Bai Jingxuan met the person she had been waiting for on this appointed afternoon.

So she put down the book in her hand, looked around to make sure no one saw her, then secretly waved to her "friend" above her and whispered, "Good afternoon, Miss Fairy."

She has a goblin friend.

This friend looked like a pink cat, but was only as big as her two palms. It had a pair of transparent wings on its back, which fluttered as it floated in the air, with tiny balls of light floating around it, just like a fairy in a fairy tale.

"I've told you many times, just call me 'Moko', fairy or something is too strange!"

Gradually falling from the sky, the fairy who called herself "Moko" said to herself: "Just like I won't call you 'human', this name is actually very rude."

"Okay, I understand, Mo Ke." So Bai Jingxuan nodded obediently.

She met Mo Ke in the afternoon a few days ago.

At that time, she just happened to pass by here, and because of the hot weather in midsummer, she wanted to stay in the shade for a while. It was this action that made her meet the fairy flying from the sky.

At that time, she didn't know what a fairy was. She just found the cat flying in the air very novel, so she couldn't help but talk to it.

What surprised her even more was that the cat could actually talk.

Then she realized that the other person was the legendary "fairy".

The fairy who called herself "Moko" was very humorous and willing to chat with her for a long time. She told her many fairy-tale stories. Later, the word "magical girl" began to appear in its description.

Bai Jingxuan knew about magical girls.

Rather, her life was saved by the magical girl.

When she was 8 years old, her parents took her out to the hospital for routine check-ups for her difficult-to-treat congenital disease, and they happened to encounter the crippled beast.

At that time, Bai Jingxuan didn't even understand what was going on. She only remembered that she was sitting in the hospital lobby with her parents, talking and laughing with them, when suddenly a strong shock occurred around them.

An out-of-control beast crashed into the hospital and began destroying and killing like crazy.