After get off work, I become a magical girl

After hearing her daughter's affirmation, Delphinium's eyes softened a little.

She had been overprotective of the newcomers, so she had never thought that they could really defeat such an enemy after leaving her.

Perhaps her own ideas were indeed too conservative in this matter. However, she could only feel relieved when her conservative ideas were denied in this way.

The little embarrassment before seemed to be no longer so important. She thought of the seriously injured beast she had dealt with on the way here, and looked at the three girls present. She said with some clarity in her heart:

"Well done, you did a great job, I'm proud of you!"

Chapter 88 Liu Wenqin

2023-04-30

The support from the Strategy Bureau always came late, but in terms of post-processing, they were quite competent. From Luoming District to Lixing District, both incident sites were controlled and isolated by the Strategy Bureau's personnel.

Among them, the damaged areas in Luoming District were the most scattered, and the damage to roads and infrastructure was also the most serious, but fortunately there were few casualties; the damaged areas in Lixing District were almost only around the First Welfare Home in Fangting City, but it caused the deaths of many innocent people.

The restoration and reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas, the evacuation and follow-up arrangements for those in distress, the investigation and evidence collection and comfort of eyewitnesses, and the arrest and escort of terrorist attackers. A large amount of work was carried out around the crisis that lasted only a few hours.

The magicians who call themselves the Black Dawn will be sent to the Bureau of Strategy for further interrogation. They will face punishments based on their crimes and their confession attitude, ranging from the abolition of the ability to use magic to the death penalty. The bodies of the dead men in black robes will be transported to the large Bureau of Strategy in the central city and sent to the research institute of the magic kingdom through its gate.

As for the last and most difficult target: the Claw-Scar Magical Girl Sparrow, she will be detained in a special detention facility in Fangting City, awaiting the arrival of the Fang Investigation Institute of the Magic Kingdom.

This was Cuiqiao's own idea, and it was also strongly supported by Fangting City's Special Policy Bureau.

According to Director Moss, this is not just a matter of handling this case well, but also a good opportunity to re-establish contact with the magical kingdom.

Therefore, through the contact with the sower in the neighboring city of Qingyan, the Fangting City Strategy Bureau immediately passed the information to the National Investigation Institute, and received a reply a few days later: the Investigation Institute will send an investigation team to Fangting City.

Different from its previous indifferent attitude, the Investigation Institute obviously pays more attention and cares more about the members of the "Claw" organization.

However, that’s all in the past.

After this sudden and quickly resolved crisis, and before the arrival of the state, Lin Yun, who had successfully resigned, still had a few things to do.

Settle the new magical girl, Bai Jingxuan, who has just joined the team; assist the Strategy Bureau with some final cleanup work; and then, it is the day he has long been prepared for: Anya's death anniversary.

Lin Yun knew nothing about Bai Jingxuan, a girl who suddenly became a magical girl. Apart from discovering that her magic seemed to have special properties when they first met, he only knew that she lived in an orphanage and was an orphan.

But even if they are orphans, unless they are abandoned babies, they should have had parents and families. In order to deepen his understanding of them, Lin Yun chose to meet with the director of the welfare home, Ms. Liu Wenqin.

Of course, not as Lin Yun, but as Cuiqiao.

Due to this need, the Strategy Bureau also specially opened a backdoor for Cuique: Normally, when ordinary people learn the true identity of the magical girl, they should be given psychological hints in time to forget about it. However, after this incident, the Strategy Bureau did not give Dean Liu psychological hints immediately, but temporarily let her retain the full picture of the matter so that she could communicate better with Cuique.

And so, on the morning of the second day after the incident, Cuiqiao and Liu Wenqin met in the dean's office.

"I already know why you came. To be honest... I never thought that I would encounter something like this at my age."

Sitting behind her desk with her arm in a plaster cast, Liu Wenqin said helplessly, "Although I have always known that magic exists in this world, it still feels a little unreal when these things really happen to me."

"We are sorry that we were unable to detect the situation in time and were unable to come to rescue in time."

Sitting in the chair in front of the desk, Kuija held the teacup prepared by Liu Wenqin and said, "It should be the mission of our magical girls to eliminate the remaining beasts in a timely manner. As the captain of the Fangting City team, I feel very sorry for this."

After hearing what Cuiqiao said, Liu Wenqin, who was sitting behind the desk, was slightly stunned at first, and then said: "Sorry, before we start talking about Xiaoxuan, can I ask you a question first?"

"Excuse me." Delphinium looked at her calmly.

"Although I don't remember it very clearly...but is your name Cornflower?"

Looking carefully at Delphinium's clothes, Liu Wenqin hesitated and said, "It may be a bit presumptuous to ask this question. If you don't know who Cornflower is, just pretend that I didn't ask."

There was a moment of silence in the office.

"……I am."

After wiping the teacup in her hand and being silent for a while, Delphinium remained calm and nodded: "If you want to talk about the magical girl named Cornflower, then I am Cornflower."

"Haha, no wonder, I felt you looked familiar when I first saw you."

Liu Wenqin smiled with some relief. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but her attitude became much more relaxed. "If I remember correctly, you were the magical girl of Fangting City 20 years ago. I would occasionally see you on the news at that time. My daughter liked you very much, too."

"Twenty years ago? So, your daughter now..." Delphinium caught the message in her words.

"Yes, she already has her own children now."

Liu Wenqin covered her mouth, as if she was very happy to mention this topic: "She had planned to come to this welfare home to be a volunteer caregiver for a while, but unfortunately she was too lazy in the end. Now she missed the opportunity to meet her childhood idol."

Delphinium shook her head: "It's been so long, even if I paid attention to it when I was a child, I have probably forgotten it now."

"How could that be? Even now when she sees news related to magical girls, she still occasionally mentions your name."

Liu Wenqin smiled and said, "You were the great heroes of this city. People who like you will always remember your name."

Cuiqiao had heard this sentence from Wang Tengfei not long ago.

Since she retired and came back, she has been trying to hide her tracks and has never come into contact with ordinary people. She never expected that after she came into close contact with people as a magical girl, so many people would still remember her.

"Speaking of which, have you been a magical girl in Fangting City for the past twenty years? You said you are the captain now, so what about the children before? I remember their names were Ying and Lanxiang... and there was also a child with a very long name?"

When Cuiqiao didn't reply, Liu Wenqin continued to speak. Halfway through her speech, she realized that there was something wrong with her content and waved her hand apologetically: "Ah, sorry, I subconsciously treated you as the children you were back then."

"I feel like magical girls are really amazing. Even after so many years, they haven't aged at all. They still look so young, like little kids."

Chapter 89 Signature

2023-04-30

"...Dean Liu."

Seeing that Liu Wenqin's topic was gradually going off track, Cuique had to remind her, "This is not part of the scheduled conversation."

"Oh, sorry, this is my first time seeing a magical girl up close, so I said too much."

Liu Wenqin paused and smiled apologetically: "I have asked everything I wanted to ask, let's get back to the topic."

Putting aside his excessive interest in conversation, the old dean rummaged through a pile of documents on his desk, took out a dozen bound forms, and handed them to Cuique.

Cuiqiao took the small stack of documents with some doubts, and simply flipped through them, only to find out: this turned out to be Bai Jingxuan's case report, as well as many documents and certificates before she was accepted into the welfare home.

It contains a relatively detailed and official description of Bai Jingxuan's experience, the reasons why she entered the welfare home, and her current situation.

Holding the papers gently, Delphinium said nothing, but just flipped through the documents silently.

She read many things from the documents. She knew that Bai Jingxuan was born with a strange disease; she knew that she lost her parents and eyes in an attack by brutal beasts; she also knew that no one had adopted her after waiting for three years in the welfare home.

Delphinium felt that she was not a person with excessive compassion, but she had the most basic empathy of an adult. Holding such information, she felt her palms became heavier.

The number of attacks by cruel beasts has never been a trivial matter. Although there are magical girls and the Strategy Bureau responsible for maintaining the safety of the city, there will always be casualties.

Every casualty is just a count in black and white in the files, but behind it often means the breakup of a family.

"I have been observing Xiaoxuan's situation and have often heard the caregivers talk about her. I can only say that her situation is indeed...special."

Seeing Cuique looking down at the documents, Liu Wenqin also added from behind the desk: "Her parents died in an accidental attack by beasts, and her life has become very inconvenient since then. Although she usually behaves normally, we are not sure whether what she expresses is her true feelings."

"If these things were considered unexpected disasters before, and we ordinary people couldn't even think about them, then after becoming a magical girl and having the ability to defeat and kill the remaining beasts, I'm worried about what kind of emotions she will have."

"She has always been very quiet and sensible, and because of this, everyone is even more worried. How much hatred she will have for the beasts, and how this hatred will affect her, these are things I cannot predict and cannot control."

"In a place like ours, the care that the caregivers can give her is ultimately limited; if no one is willing to adopt her, then she may always lack a mentor to guide her correctly in the rest of her life."

"But, Miss Cornflower, if it's you, the one who once saved this city... I believe you can lead her back on the right track."

"It's not just about making her a magical girl like you, but more importantly, guiding her out of her own emotions so that she can gain a whole new perspective on the world."

Liu Wenqin spoke these words very sincerely.

Not only as the director of an orphanage, but also as an elder, these words reflect her real concerns for Bai Jingxuan.

"...I will." Looking up from the documents and looking at Liu Wenqin, Cuiqiao answered calmly and seriously.

Bai Jingxuan has become a magical girl with the help of Mo Ke, so she is a member of the Fangting City Magic Girl Team and Lin Xiaolu's partner now and in the future. Whether it is out of sympathy and concern, or the sense of responsibility as a senior of the magical girl, there is no reason for me not to train her well.

Learning about Liu Wenqin's experience and situation will help me better teach her according to her aptitude and help her grow.

At this point, the purpose of this dialogue has been achieved.

When Cuiqiao finished reading the information and expressed his gratitude to the other party, Liu Wenqin suddenly lowered her voice and said as if whispering:

"I heard from the staff of the Strategy Bureau that after this incident, I will gradually forget about it without any negative effects."

"Then I will probably forget that Xiaoxuan has become a magical girl, and I will also forget that I have ever seen you, right?"

"So, I still have to say thank you to you solemnly. I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of everyone in this welfare home, and I wish you success in your future work."

She said this, hesitated for a moment, then opened the notebook on the table with an embarrassed smile, took out a bookmark from it, and handed it to Cornflower:

"Although I'm asking for this for my daughter, could you please leave me an autograph?"

Looking at the bookmark she handed over, Delphinium picked up the pen. There wasn't much she could do in response, all she could say was "thank you".

With mixed feelings, she wrote the words "cornflower" on the bookmark and said goodbye to Liu Wenqin behind the desk. After leaving the office, she turned around and saw Liu Wenqin sitting there, waving calmly and smiling at her.

She was very open-minded about forgetting the experience, but both she and Delphinium knew that even if they met again, they would only be strangers.

Perhaps forgetting these things and returning to peace is the safest choice for most ordinary people.

On the way home, Lin Yun sat in the light rail tram, looking at the street scene outside the window, his expression dazed and lost in thought.

The Strategy Bureau acted quickly. After just one day, the blocks surrounding the welfare home had been basically repaired, with only some corners still having security fences.

Although he had never been back to the company to check, he knew that it would not take long to repair the office building. The magician's skills were far superior to those of ordinary construction units in this kind of thing.

A lot of things happened in the past two days, so he had been in a tense mental state. As the finishing touches of the events were completed one after another, while he relaxed, he also had to make plans for what was to come.

He has officially resigned from Gaosheng Company, which is why he can still go to the welfare home leisurely on weekday mornings. However, he has not yet decided whether he should stay at home after resigning.

Although he would be active as a delphinium during the day, as a father, Lin Yun felt that he should not tell Lin Xiaolu that he had quit his job. After all, not having a job would affect the image of a middle-aged man.

He is still deciding whether to conceal his resignation or find a job with no real content and no income.

With my resignation, Lin Xiaolu and her classmates' summer vacation is still going on. Next, after I officially start coaching them, I still need to consider how to train them.

Bai Jingxuan, orphan, disabled, and displaced.

These key words flashed in Lin Yun's mind, forcing him to seriously think about the next educational issues.

"Anyway, talk to her first."