"Well, I'm back."

Lin Yun raised the corners of his mouth as kindly as possible, and asked as if he had seen Bai Jingxuan for the first time: "I already know this classmate on the left, but what about this one on the right?" Also your friend? ”

He ignored Xia Liang's small movements, because he didn't want to decipher what this troublesome girl was doing, or rather, he could guess what Xia Liang was secretly shouting.

And Bai Jingxuan and Lin Xiaolu were watching from the sidelines, he still needed to keep his identity secret in front of these two people, and it was definitely the safest to put on a serious elder posture.

As for Bai Jingxuan's identity as a magical girl, he didn't plan to break it, even from the perspective of "Lin Yun", he had every reason to speculate to this step, but it was reasonable to continue to pretend to be stupid.

“…… Don't be so roundabout and inquire. ”

It's just that Lin Xiaolu couldn't understand Lin Yun's thoughts, she wiped her hands with a rag, raised her eyes to look at her father, and responded bluntly: "This child, like Xia Liang, is also my companion when I was a magical girl." ”

In her opinion, today is to bring outsiders to her home for the holiday, so it is best to explain her identity and situation clearly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

What's more, although her father did see Bai Jingxuan for the first time, these people present today, Xia Liang and Hong Sihe, were all related to magical girls, and he had no reason not to guess Bai Jingxuan's identity.

Anyway, she has long given up hiding the magical girl in front of her father, and she has nothing to say, but she has no burden on her thoughts.

"My name is Bai Jingxuan." Bai Jingxuan on the side also hurriedly reported her name.

“…… Oh, it turns out that this kid is also a magical girl, and it's amazing to be so young. ”

Lin Xiaolu's abruptness only surprised Lin Yun for a moment, and he immediately thought of a countermeasure. His face turned abrupt, and he acted like an ordinary person who didn't know it: "Hello, hello, Lulu usually thank you for taking care of you." ”

"Where! Actually, it's Sister Xiaolu who is taking care of me......"

The two immediately exchanged politeness, the elder was cordial and kind, and the junior was restrained but polite, like a harmonious scene. Outsiders don't seem to know what's going on.

As for those who knew the inside story, both Xia Liang and Hong Sihe's expressions were a little subtle, and they looked like they were smiling, which made Lin Xiaolu look at them a little strangely.

The two people here were repeating useless red tape, and the few people next to them were thinking about other things, and among the people present, only one goblin was still thinking about the kitchen stove.

And when Mo Ke ignored Lin Yun and Bai Jingxuan's boring politeness, and shifted his gaze to the woks on the side, he immediately blew his beard and glared, and shouted loudly: "You guys! The pot is burned! ”

Only then did everyone present realize that the smell of burnt paste swept through the entire kitchen. The girls who had put down what they were doing before saw that the woks were already smoking outside, and they were a little dumbfounded and hurriedly surrounded them.

It's just that the incident happened suddenly and the action was hasty, so they didn't make relevant preparations, so they rushed to the stove unprepared, which caused a series of more troubles.

- "Wow! Spitfire! ”

"Shovel...... Shovel...... The shovel is so hot! ”

"I, I'm going to get water!"

Bai Jingxuan picked up an empty bowl and wanted to reach out to the pool, but unfortunately she was too small and didn't pay attention to her feet, so she just took two steps to the side when she tripped over Lin Xiaolu's feet and lost her balance.

Seeing that the bowl in her hand came out of her hand and the person was about to fall, Lin Yun was still quick, reached out and grabbed the collar behind her neck, and then caught the bowl that flew into the air. This averted an impending kitchen tragedy was averted.

"I'm sorry......" Bai Jingxuan, who was picked up by Lin Yun, looked at the ground in a daze, looked up for a while, looked at the bowl he was holding in his hand, and said sneeringly.

"It's okay, you're fine."

Lin Yun let go of Bai Jingxuan's collar and stuffed the bowl back into her hand: "Don't worry, pay attention to safety." ”

He didn't let Bai Jingxuan go back to cook, because looking at this chaotic scene, he knew it was time to take over dinner. Now that he has returned to his home, there is no reason for him to let a group of juniors be busy in the kitchen. This is neither an adult nor a safe one.

"But what's the matter with you?"

Before stepping onto the stove, he glanced back at Hong Sihe: "I used to cook and let the children do the work, but now I am still standing by and watching?" That's how you take care of people? ”

"You ask me?"

Hong Sihe blinked his eyes twice innocently: "Then you have wronged me, it's not that I don't want to, but it's ......a long story."

"Long story short." Lin Yun interrupted her words.

Hong Sihe grinned and pointed his thumb to herself: "I'm not allowed to go out of the kitchen." ”

Lin Yun was silent, but he still couldn't help but glance at her.

One of the two adults present could hardly count on it, and he didn't bother to say anything more to Hong Sihe, so he stepped forward to take over the girls' work and picked up the kitchen utensils himself.

"Alright, I'll cook, you guys go play."

He said this, freeing the girls from the kitchen.

When he was in the secret base before, he didn't cook by himself, although he went on a business trip for many days, but this will return to the stove is also a familiar road, different from the height of the delphinium 138, the familiar altitude also makes the movements of his hands a lot easier.

However, he still paid attention to it, and tried to make some differences from the "Delphinium Technique" in terms of seasoning and heat.

After all, if the two tastes are too similar, it will inevitably arouse Lin Xiaolu's suspicions.

In addition, the girls had already prepared some dishes before he returned, so he didn't need to spend much more effort, and the rest of the task was to cook the rest of the ingredients into finished products.

And just like that, after a short hectic time, the festive dinner was complete. The full moon festival, which was originally planned to be spent by only two people, has become much more lively because of the participation of several other people.

Lin Yun had also considered whether to call the rest of the magical girl squad to his home for the holiday. After all, if there are only two people in the festival, he and Lin Xiaolu will inevitably become a little dull and awkward.

The alleviation of the relationship with his daughter does not mean that he and Lin Xiaolu have more topics in common, in fact, out of the identity of a magical girl, he still does not have much to share with his daughter.

Talking about hobbies? He and his daughter don't have any hobbies in common, and it's hard for him to say that he has any personal hobbies.

Talking about learning? Usually as a delphinch, it is okay to ask Lin Xiaolu's grades in his father's tone, which will probably only make the conversation more rigid.

In addition, the girls of the Fangting City squad were undoubtedly quite good friends after months of getting along, and it didn't seem like a good idea to forcibly disassemble them on such a day.

And if Xia Liang and Bai Jingxuan are called together, there is no doubt that the above problems can be alleviated, and the juniors can communicate on their own.

The only question is how he will speak—with Lin Yun's identity, asking for such a request will seem to be motivated by confusion; The identity of the delphinium will be too abrupt.

What he didn't expect was that before he could make a decision, Hong Sihe had already run to his house with all the members of the team. That's why we have this scene.

From this level, he also has to thank Hong Sihe, although the other party may be just a whim, but it has undoubtedly solved a big trouble for him.

In addition, from a security point of view, it is undoubtedly the best option for the team in Fangting City to gather in their own homes.

The unknown call he received in the evening was like a thorn in Lin Yun's heart.

The other party asked him to be "careful", but he did not give an answer to what he should be careful about.

Could it be a trap like the night Lin Xiaolu was in distress before? Or will a very powerful remnant beast attack Fangting City next?

In this happy atmosphere, Lin Yun's mood was always a little worried.

Therefore, after the dinner lasted for a while, Lin Yun still found an excuse, returned to his room first, and turned out the magic mirror used to communicate with the investigation institute. He submitted the results of his investigation in Bai'an City in recent days, as well as the unknown phone call, to the Investigation Institute.

After all of this, he returned to the dining room to have dinner with the others.

After thinking about it calmly, he came to the conclusion that the most important thing he should do now is to stay vigilant, while watching out for enemies that may appear at any time, and at the same time watching the newcomers in the family magical girls.

No matter what the possible enemy wants to do, just make sure these kids are under their noses and there will be no problems.

Time passed gradually under Lin Yun's slightly tense mood.

The others present didn't seem to notice that Lin Yun was wrong, only Xia Liang seemed to sense that Lin Yun's mood was a little different from usual.

So she sneaked a look at Lin Yun and sent another message to Delfinite's mobile phone, asking if anything had happened.

Lin Yun did not reply to her.

He just used Delphinium's account to log in to the group of the Fangting City team, and at the same time expressed holiday wishes to the other magical girls, reminding them to pay attention to safety when they are not there, Donghua Prefecture may not be peaceful recently.

In this regard, the focus of the girls' attention seems to be on the fact that the delphinium did not come back for the holiday. They don't pay much attention to the phrase "stay safe", which has nothing to do with magical girls.

This made Lin Yun have to secretly send a few more messages, repeatedly emphasizing that "there may be danger", which attracted the attention of the girls.

That's it, after dinner time was over, and after the girls ran to the living room to watch TV together, Hong Sihe offered to leave.

"It's a rare holiday, I'd better go back early to catch up on sleep, I was tired from the recruitment exam a few days ago." That's what she said.

Lin Yun didn't do much to keep it, and sent Hong Sihe to the door, and saw her take off her shoe covers and put on her coat.

"It's really bothering you to go to the secret base to take care of them these days."

After walking out of the hallway, he pondered his words and said, "Thank you very much for taking the initiative to bring those children over today." ”

"Just for this kind of thing?"

Hong Sihe put on his bag and looked at him with a smile: "Then there is no need to thank you, after all, with our relationship, right?" ”

"I don't remember any strange relationship I had with you." Lin Yun calmly denied it.

"Strange relationship? How come, is the relationship between seniors and seniors strange? ”

Hong Siyu's eyes widened: "What I just wanted to express was 'it's natural for magical girls and juniors to help each other', but what are you talking about, senior?" I don't understand it at all. ”

“…… Is it. ”

"What a bland reaction? I've seized the opportunity to fight back, why don't you give me some feedback? ”

"No, you're right."

Lin Yun walked along the corridor with her: "It's natural to help each other, I apologize." ”

"Ah, here we go again, at this time suddenly false seriousness! Obviously ......"

Hong Sihe shouted with some dissatisfaction, but in the middle of his words, he suddenly paused.

Her gaze suddenly crossed Lin Yun's shoulder, looked behind him, as if she saw something, and pursed her lips inexplicably.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Yun followed her line of sight and looked back, but all she could see was an empty corridor and a black garbage bag placed next to the public trash can.

"Hmm...... No, nothing. ”

Hong Sihe's eyes straightened slightly, and after a while, he returned to his original demeanor, and laughed loudly: "I just suddenly wanted to sneeze, but I have already choked back." ”

“…… Don't be so scary because of this. ”

Lin Yun drooped his eyelids and said, "And is it necessary to hold it back?" It's not embarrassing. ”

"It's embarrassing and image-damaging for women."

Hong Sihe shook his finger: "Senior, you have to pay attention, you always make such remarks to women of appropriate age, there is no way to find Xiaolu's stepmother." ”

"I'm old, I don't need this ability anymore."

Lin Yun said a little indifferently: "I don't have this idea, Lulu doesn't seem to like it either, it's good now." ”

"Just single?" Red Si and the head is biased.

"Or else?" Lin Yun wondered.

"No, I mean to ...... Ah, forget it, that's pretty good. ”

Hong Sihe breathed a sigh of relief after a short pause: "That's it, it's not bad to be single all the time, after all, I've always been single." ”

"Then you're going to get married." Lin Yun glanced at her, "There is a subsidy for the retirement of a magical girl in the economy, a job in the different policy bureau in social relations, and a beauty in the image, can you really find it?" ”

All that came was silence.

"What's wrong?"

"Senior, what do you think...... Am I a beauty? ”

"Isn't it weird? I'm not going to deny anything that objectively exists. ”

"It's weird! I don't think you've ever treated me like a member of the opposite sex at all! ”

“……”

"Why don't you talk anymore, senior?"

"I'm thinking about how to express it less hurtfully."

"It's already hurtful to think like that!"

"Then I'm sorry, as you said, yes."

"Huh? Be careful, I'm pretending to cry in the hallway now, complaining that there are scumbags! ”

"Where did you come from?"

"The fraudster wants your money, I'll give it free, can I try it?"

"Stop making such tasteless jokes."

Sighing helplessly, after sending Hong Sihe to the elevator door, Lin Yun suddenly asked, "Are you sure you want to go?" Actually, I suggest you stay. ”

"Huh? Senior, what do you mean by that? Want to stay overnight? "Red Si and cover his mouth.

"It's just a little worried, after all, it might not be safe going forward."

"Not very safe? Why? ”

"Remember the unknown phone number I told you?"

Lin Yun glanced back slightly, and after making sure that there was no one else, he lowered his voice and said expressionlessly, "I received it again this afternoon." ”

"Strange call...... Ah, that? It's true? ”

Hong Siyu's eyes widened in surprise: "The other side told you that there might be something dangerous?" ”

"That's right."

Lin Yun's expression was a little serious and said, "It's almost exactly the same as last time." ”

"You mean, the one at the Wetland Park?"

"That's right."

Lin Yun nodded: "So I have to bother you to inform the Alien Bureau, and it's better to stay......"

Ding——

The sound of the elevator interrupted his instructions. The elevator in the apartment building stopped in front of the two men, and then slowly opened the door.

The two people standing at the elevator door were silent for a while, and no one spoke again.

“…… So, I'm leaving. ”

In the end, it was Hong Sihe who spoke first, walked into the elevator, turned around and waved his hand: "I already know what you said." ”

"Are you sure?"

Lin Yun frowned: "In case you encounter a very dangerous remnant beast on the road......"

"It's okay."

The elevator door gradually began to close, Hong Sihe shook his head, and then raised his eyes to look at Lin Yun: "Anyway, no matter what kind of remnant beast you encounter, you can destroy the seniors, right?" ”

"I'll do my best." Standing in the corridor, Lin Yun nodded.

"Yes, then I'll rest assured."

Hong Sihe breathed a sigh of relief slightly, looked at him with a smile on his face, and his voice gradually became a little softer:

- "I'll leave it to you, Senpai. ”

Her voice came out of the elevator, and finally with a crisp "bang", it was cut off in the hallway.

Lin Yun stood in the unmanned corridor, looking at the closed elevator door in front of him, and groaned slightly.

He's not stupid, in fact, he's well aware of what Red Si has in mind. It's just that this mind is a bit out of place for them now.

Not to mention that he doesn't have the corresponding feelings, even if he does, there are too many unsolvable practical problems between the two of them.

Hong Sihe obviously knew this, so even if she teased her in every way, she never said it.

This is actually a tacit understanding between them.

The relationship between them is that of former companions, the seniors and juniors of magical girls, and it's best to just be like this, only like this.

Any further change could easily destroy the connection, turn it into something that no one wants to see.

He didn't care at first, and tried to refuse to Hong Sihe Mingyan, but the other party didn't want to pick and admit it, so he didn't mention it anymore.

They are no longer children, and adults always interact like this, and they need to carefully manage their distance from each other. Everyone will have the truth that will not be said in their hearts all the time, and there is no need to get to the bottom of it. It's impossible to insist on leaving everything unchecked.

In the final analysis, between two adults, as long as they can play each other's characters to the end, then it doesn't matter what the truth is. Rushing to talk about further topics will only destroy the already delicate distance.

Well, now that's enough.

This is the consensus reached by Hongsi and Lin Yun in self-talk.

After staring at the floor of the elevator showing that he had gone to the first floor, Lin Yun silently turned around and walked back home.

Hong Siyu was reluctant to stay, but he had to go back as soon as possible, the warning of the previous unknown call seemed to be still in his ears, and he had to be vigilant enough to make sure that the new people in the family were under his protection.

Fortunately, there have been no accidents or crises since then.

The three newcomers, the magical girl and the goblin, all stay at home and get together to chat and play; Outside the window, the full moon hangs high, pure white, and the silver light shines on the whole city; Occasionally, fireworks flicker in the night sky, adding a touch of warmth to the family reunion festival, and everything looks peaceful.

Just like every ordinary full moon festival, there is nothing out of the ordinary.

The time passed little by little, until it was nearly ten o'clock. The girls were still gathered in the living room watching movies that they had found out of nowhere, and even Moco sat with them with great interest.

Walked out of the kitchen with the washed fruit, ready to take it to the living room, listening to the various loud noises coming from not far away, just as Lin Yun was thinking about what time to catch them to bed, the content of the chat in the living room suddenly caught his attention.

- "Don't try to cheat! It's still you to throw out the garbage tomorrow! ”

"Don't is don't! I've been doing it for three days in a row, strike, strike! Letting a goblin do this kind of work is nothing short of abuse! ”

It was the voices of Lin Xiaolu and Moko.

"This is the last time you stole it! Said to take out the garbage for a week in a row. ”

"I think you're asking too much right now! I'm going to repent! ”

The two continued to quarrel at the elementary school level on their weekdays, and what they said was completely unnutritious, but Lin Yun on the side suddenly let go of his hand after hearing the content of their conversation.

Boom.

He hurriedly reached out and grabbed the fruit bowl, keeping most of the fruit, but the remaining oranges and pears still spilled on the ground.

The fruits that fell on the ground were rolling around like out of control, running everywhere for a while, but Lin Yun still stood firmly in place, without the intention of chasing for half a day.

"The fruit is spilled!"

Moco was the first to distract from the quarrel and saw the scene. Several girls then gathered around to help with the fruit that had fallen on the ground.

"It's okay, I can take them and wash them again......"

After explaining dryly, Lin Yun simply made a few oranges from the ground and looked at the girls in front of him: "What you just said about throwing garbage...... What's going on? ”

"Throwing out the trash?"

Lin Xiaolu was slightly stunned, and then replied, "It's not interesting." It's just that we have a schedule for doing housework, and the general order is according to guessing. ”

This was the first time Lin Yun had heard of this, and it could be seen that after he left Fangting City, the three little ones had tossed a lot of fame in the life of the secret base.

"Guess the punch and take out the garbage?"

Lin Yun looked at Lin Xiaolu a little inexplicably: "So, who were you talking to just now?" ”

“…… When you say this, you're talking to it. ”

Lin Xiaolu pointed to Mo Ke floating on the side: "It's the goblin that makes us magical girls, and we are generally called seeders." ”

"There's nothing over there." Lin Yun ignored Xia Liang's teasing smile on the side, and continued to maintain his ordinary persona.

"Well, because ordinary people can't see goblins."

Lin Xiaolu did not doubt him, and explained honestly: "But they are also real, and you can touch them when you stretch out your hand." ”

"You can't see it but you can touch it?"

After making a full set of plays, Lin Yun reached out and made contact with Mo Ke again, and after expressing his surprise, he asked again:

"So, you're saying you were just getting the goblins ...... Going to take out the trash? ”

"Hmm." Lin Xiaolu nodded, "Actually, there's no problem, it has already gone out and thrown it once just now." ”

"Yes, is that so......"

Lin Yun felt that he was almost unable to say a word, so he could only speak a little mechanically.

Since his comeback as a magical girl, except for the night when Lin Xiaolu encountered danger, he has never felt so cold in his heart as he does now.

It was as if his brain had been hammered down, and only a buzz remained, which made his mind a little sluggish.

The so-called "ordinary people can't see goblins" is actually a relatively broad description.

This description is not absolute, in fact, the essential reason why ordinary people can't see goblins is that they don't have enough magic power.

Generally speaking, if you want to see a goblin, you must at least be a magician who has just peeked into the door, and only then can you have the magic of seeing goblins.

As for magical girls, even if they are unsigned alternate magical girls, most of them already have a level of magic close to that of a magician when they are mortals, so it is easy to see fairies.

It's just that retired magical girls don't have this ability.

In order to ensure that retired magical girls abuse their power after leaving the realm, the kingdom will take back and seal the magical power of retired magical girls, reducing them to the level of ordinary people.

In other words, the magic power in a retired magical girl is not much stronger than that of an ordinary person. In such a situation, they naturally can't see the goblins.

As a magical girl who retires through the conventional process, Red Thoughts and Nature are no exception. In fact, according to her own statement, as well as her previous performance, she had lost her magic and could no longer see the goblins.

But just now, through the conversation between Lin Xiaolu and Mo Ke, he finally realized what Hong Sihe was looking at when he was at the door just now.

Hong Sihe looked at his back, the trash can behind him, the garbage bag next to him, and, at that time, he was struggling to carry a bag of garbage to fly over......

…… Moco.

No way.

This is the judgment that Lin Yun can make at the first time.

His reason was telling him that it was impossible, because it could not be explained and could not be understood.

It is impossible for the magic power source that has been withdrawn to provide magic power to the magical girl, just like a car has lost its fuel cylinder, without the source of energy, the magic girl's magic power will not be much better than that of ordinary people.

And this change is almost irreversible, because he has never heard of a magical girl who can regain the qualification to use power from the kingdom after retiring.

So, in that case, why did Red Sihe see Moko?

Lin Yun mechanically picked up the fruit on the ground, brought it back to the kitchen, and stood on the edge of the pool, looking extremely calm, but his mind was constantly churning.

It was at this time that he suddenly heard his cell phone ring again.

Pulling his phone out of his pocket, he looked at the screen, and the number on it made his eyes stink: it was the same unfamiliar number that he had contacted in the afternoon.

Almost instantly, he pressed his finger to connect the phone and put the phone to his ear, Lin Yun adjusted his breathing and asked as plainly as possible, "Hey?" ”

“…… Sizzle. ”

The cacophony of the signal was heard from the other end again.

"Quick...... Go to ......"

This was followed by a fainter voice than the previous ones.

"What?"

“…… Go find her. ”

"Who?"

"Go and find ...... Go find ......."

The jumbled voices grew heavier and heavier, even drowning out the already faint human voices, making them even weaker. Just when Lin Yun thought that this phone call might be like before, the messy signal suddenly disappeared.

Almost at the same moment, an incomparably clear and weak voice came to Lin Yun's ears from the other side of the call.

- "Cornflower-sama, go find Chaoyan, it's too late!" ”

Yesterday, I asked for leave from the top post in the book review area.,But the post doesn't show up without knowing what's wrong......

I can only say I'm very sorry for this.,So today it's 7k6 in one breath.,Make up for yesterday's update.。

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