Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

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　"I've wondered countless times what it would feel like to become a monster. I imagined I'd be stronger, healthier, and more powerful. I've also always been curious about what it would feel like to have magic. Now it seems... it's really just like that. Maybe it's because I can't control my magic right now. Anyway..."

　doctor:"……"

　Left with no other choice, the doctor had to ask the questions he wanted to know: "How did you and Cong Yu meet? What was that embarrassing story you were talking about before?"

　At the doctor's prompting, Farshore Rhodes got up from the operating table: "You mean this... Back then, Wind City was just a rudimentary form."

　As he said this, Rhodes on the far shore showed a reminiscing expression, and then he saw Cong Yu walking from the doctor's office into the operating room.

　"Ah, Rod, it's been a long time."

　Cong Yu greeted him like this.

　Doctor: "Tsk..."

　With a disgruntled click of her tongue, Cong Yu looked at her questioningly, then turned to Rod, who was giving her a thumbs-up, and asked, "How does it feel to regain your youth?"

　To this, Rod flashed a healthy, hearty smile: "Haha, awesome, Cong Yu... You won't get old, so you might not understand. I can jump and walk again now, just like the roots of an iris that have withered for a long time have sprouted new branches. I..."

　Cong Yu and Yuan An Luo De had known each other for a long time, so he decisively interrupted the other: "Are you hungry? I'll treat you to ramen."

　If you don't interrupt him, Rod will talk on and on for a long time.

　"..."

　"Ramen... Okay, I want Jiro-style ramen. It brings back so many memories. I haven't had anything so oily and salty in a long time."

　As Rhodes said this, he added with a sigh, "But, Cong Yu, are you rich now? I used to be the one paying for everything."

　He vaguely remembered that Cong Yu was penniless at that time, and he paid for every meal.

　Cong Yu did not answer.

　Instead of asking that question, she looked at the doctor and asked, "What about you? Want to go have lunch together?"

　Then, amidst the doctor's shake of the head, Cong Yu and Yuan An Luo De left the operating room... They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they wanted to catch up properly.

　doctor:"……"

　So Cong Yu had such a down-on-her-luck period?

　Thinking about this, the doctor recalled the past... Indeed, when Cong Yu first joined the 22nd Group, he was still a rather eccentric person who wasn't very strong.

　Although he is a field staff member, he doesn't go out on fieldwork much because he has to cooperate with his own experiments, so he doesn't receive much compensation.

　However, what the doctor didn't expect was...

　So, Cong Yu already knew the Yuan An family before he became king?

　So this "friend" still has some value.

　With this in mind, the doctor swiped on the screen and brought out the operating table containing the next surgical sample from the cubicles located on either side of the operating room wall—the body of a female monster.

　Or rather, it has completely lost its self-awareness and can only be described as a "corpse" that is still alive.

　The scalpel twirled in the doctor's hand, performing a flourish.

　Her gaze swept over the other person's cheeks and gills, then lingered on their beautiful body...

　But some "friends" might not be so valuable to Cong Yu... Speaking of which, which one am I?

　Looking at "Cong Yu's friend" in front of him, the doctor thought to himself.

　He then fell into a brief moment of contemplation…

　Chapter 166 The Disgraceful Acts of the Distant Couple (Sour)

　"I'm so full, but the ramen was really delicious..."

　Rhodes Island grumbled to himself, lamenting the end of his long-term bland diet... To be honest, he felt the ramen was a bit too salty.

　As a result, I drank a lot of water.

　Even though my body has become younger, my tastes haven't quite adjusted yet.

　It is said that as people age, their sense of taste declines, and their preference for stronger flavors increases...

　Rhodes's personal experience led him to conclude that it was true.

　Later on, no matter what I ate, I couldn't taste anything anymore... My body had aged completely.

　So when Cong Yu treated him to ramen, he couldn't help but eat a lot, but he obviously filled his stomach too full.

　Just like how, after he had been unable to speak for a long time, he was able to talk fluently again, and his conversation with Cong Yu left the latter with a wry smile on her face.

　Now that his urge to talk has been relieved, he probably won't seem too long-winded... well, probably.

　Thinking this, Rhodes, leaning against the door of a house, was unexpectedly silent and hesitant.

　He was hesitating.

　He is thinking...

　then……

　"Ah! I'm so full, it would be such a waste to just go home and sleep! How about I go find somewhere to wander around?"

　Muttering to himself, Far Shore Rhodes decided to begin his first night out since regaining his youth.

　"..."

　"Don't you want to go home, darling?"

　The girl's voice came from the doorway, her tone irritated yet filled with intense emotion, as if reminiscing about the distant past.

　Far Shore Rhodes: "..."

　As his body stiffened, the door opened, and a young woman with the air of a Yamato Nadeshiko from a bygone era sized him up.

　"He's actually a middle-aged person..."

　As she made this assessment, the young woman looked at Rhodes Far Shore, who appeared to be around thirty years old, and asked, "Did you ask for it yourself?"

　Rhodes smiled apologetically at this.

　"No, well... the doctor said that based on my situation and the rate at which my mindset is becoming younger, my physical appearance will continue to become five to ten years younger. So for now, she wants me to maintain the status quo. Otherwise, if I'm already in my twenties, I might gradually turn into a child, and then I'd have to have another surgery. She thinks it's too much trouble, and I think it's too much trouble too, so after thinking about it, I decided to..."

　"..." The girl smiled gently at the incessantly chattering Rhodes from the distant shore: "Very good, you're still as... cheerful as ever."

　As she said this, the girl pulled Rod into the house: "Come in quickly. Standing at the door makes me feel like a community worker is asking me to fill out a questionnaire."

　Community employee Yuan Anluo smiled awkwardly and closed the door behind him: "Um, Zhiya..."

　Upon hearing his words, the girl rummaging through the shoe cabinet for slippers responded with a soft "Hmm?", awaiting what Rhodes would say next.

　Far Shore Rhodes: "..."

　He, who was usually very talkative, suddenly found himself unable to find anything to talk about; he just stared blankly at the girl's long pink hair.

　It's worth mentioning that both Rhodes Island and Gardenia Island have pink hair, but this is just a coincidence.

　This does not mean that they have any other relationship besides being husband and wife... such as blood ties like siblings.

　Just like their son, grandson, and granddaughter all have pink hair. But this doesn't mean they are Yuan An Zhi Ya's biological children.

　Magical girls cannot have children.

　It's cruel, but that's reality.

　"..." In the gentle silence, Rhodes found what he wanted to say: "So many years have passed, and the house hasn't changed at all... Ahahaha."

　Although, this falls into the category of making conversation out of nothing.

　"The mansion on the far shore hasn't changed at all, has it? I went to see it secretly before, and not even the wood has been renovated. It smells rotten."

　As Yuan An Zhi Ya spoke, she found the slippers that Yuan An Luo De used to wear: "Besides, I've been keeping up with the times. I've bought a TV, a computer, and a mobile phone... but I still don't quite understand how to use a computer."

　As she spoke, Yuan An Zhi Ya walked towards the bedroom.

　Rhodes was still there, studying the television in the living room.

　"..."

　"what?"

　Rhodes, fiddling with the remote control, finally realized something and belatedly looked at his wife standing at the bedroom door.

　Seeing the look in Yuan An Zhiya's eyes, he gave an embarrassed look: "Well, I just finished eating. From a health perspective, people who have just eaten are not suitable for strenuous exercise. And considering the time, it's only early afternoon now, I think I was right..."

　"..."

　"Stop talking nonsense and come inside with me."

　"Oh……"

　"Huh...ha..."

　"..." Yuan An Zhi Ya glanced at her husband, who was sleeping soundly, and sat on the edge of the bed. She had an urge to light a cigarette... but unfortunately, she didn't smoke.

　Her pink eyes, under the influence of magic, shimmered with deep regret in the darkness... She and Rhodes of the Far Shore had been separated for a long time.

　As a magical girl, Touka Teige cannot accept that the person she loves is growing old, and she cannot bear to watch him gradually become unable to move.

　If she could choose, she would like to grow old with her husband.

　But it won't work...

　The only choice she could make was to remain immortal... but she couldn't control her immortality.

　So I'm really sorry, she didn't have the courage.

　It takes courage to be there for someone.

　Therefore, she was willing to give everything so that Rhodes of the Far Shore could regain his youth and live forever.

　She wouldn't care if she had to abandon everything and sell her soul, let alone just serve a weirdo.

　Moreover, Cong Yu wasn't a bad collaborator... more like a friend than a business partner.

　Moreover, there are quite a few traitors like Yuan An Zhi Ya.

　Even magical girls have family, friends, and lovers.

　And it's clear that not all of these people who are so closely connected to magical girls are involved in magic.

　Therefore, many people are destined to side with the eccentric.

　However, I recently heard that Cong Yu is going to be promoted to a permanent position.

　In terms of the overall environment, people have begun to fully accept the peaceful rule of the King of Wind City, and even actively shift public opinion towards harmonious coexistence.

　Hmm, I have this strange feeling of "How come everyone has become a traitor?"

　However, these things are not relevant to Yuan An Zhi Ya for the time being; she doesn't want to think about the issue of humans and monsters right now.

　Having successfully reunited with her husband, she is now simply Gardenia on the Shore, Rod's wife... and that is enough.

　Thinking about this, she felt like crying.

　I'm really...really, really, really...happy.

　Cong Yu is really a very kind-hearted eccentric...

　"..."

　"Gardenia?"

　"Ok?"

　"Aren't you going to sleep?"

　"I feel sticky and can't sleep, I want to take a shower."

　"Oh……"

　"..."

　"Uh, could it be..."