Under the bright light, the porcelain white plate is slightly reflected with oil. On the wooden dining table, scattered cutlery is either neatly arranged or messy. The delphinium leaned back in her chair, her hands folded, the fingers of her right hand tapping slowly in the crook of her arm.

Across the dining table, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang sat there upright.

On the table between them were a few plates of home-cooked food that still had a residual temperature, and it should not taste bad from the point of view of appearance. It's just that there are a lot of these home-cooked dishes left, and obviously they haven't been touched much. Everyone at the table looked tense, even Nini was sitting on the back of her seat, and Moco was eating at the corner of the table without mind.

After dinner, Delphinium asked the two girls to tell everyone what had happened, and after learning that all the money she had given her for teaching aids had been misappropriated, she pursed her lips and didn't speak for a long time.

This made Lin Xiaolu, who was already weak-hearted, even more nervous, although she sat upright, her eyes kept staring at her knees, as if there was some treasure on the ground; Although Xia Liang was not as frightened as Lin Xiaolu, he obviously knew that he had really done something wrong, with a flattering smile on his face, and his eyes were full of begging for mercy when he looked at Delphinium.

Delfinch's eyes swept back and forth on the faces of the two of them, and after a while, he closed his eyes and sighed helplessly: "In other words, both of you used up the money I gave for teaching aids, but you didn't buy books." ”

The two girls remained motionless and silent, apparently acquiescing.

"What else can I say, you are also big children, and I don't need to teach me the basic principle of rational use of money."

She squinted, and her tone gradually slowed down: "I am your senior, not your parents, and I have no obligation to teach you the right and wrong of this kind of thing, although I am actually a little dissatisfied and a little disappointed, but it is not enough for me to criticize and accuse you so harshly." ”

"I'm just a little helpless, after all, I'm half of your teacher in terms of learning, but you have forgotten a little completely about the things you have explained."

"Maybe I'm also putting too much burden on you? After all, you didn't need to patrol alone before, but now you have to go to school during the day, you have to go to security patrol after school, and when you go home, you have to be supervised by me to study. It's a little too hard compared to your peers, should I give you a little more personal time? ”

"If you have a grievance against me about these things, feel free to say so, and I will reduce some of your work...... Well? What's wrong with you, White Rose? ”

Before the words in Delphinch's mouth were finished, she noticed that the daughter in front of her looked a little strange.

Lin Xiaolu's shoulders trembled slightly, then the corners of her eyes and nose turned red, and after sobbing twice, tears flowed down.

"I ...... Woo, I'm not ......."

She seemed to want to explain, but the words were choked in her throat, and she couldn't finish it for a long time.

This reaction also attracted the attention of several girls on the side, Xia Liang's face had a helpless smile of "I know", and Bai Jingxuan's expression was full of doubts and incomprehension.

"What's the situation?"

This made Delphinus, who had a serious face two seconds ago, suddenly panicked, and quickly jumped off the chair, ran to Lin Xiaolu's side, turned sideways and looked at Lin Xiaolu and said, "Why are you crying?" Why cry? Am I talking too much? ”

"No...... I, I haven't forgotten what you said, and I don't want to complain to you. How could I not value or hate what you said, I obviously didn't think about it that way, I didn't ...... at all"

Lin Xiaolu covered her mouth and nose, her shoulders couldn't stop shaking, and she said one by one: "I really just accidentally clicked wrong, I'm sorry ......"

"Is it really just accidental? Well, I misunderstood you. ”

Delphinium tried to soften her voice as much as possible: "I know, I'm sorry to blame you, anyway, don't cry yet, okay?" ”

"I, I didn't want to cry......"

Lin Xiaolu tried to suppress her whimper: "I just, I just can't help it." ”

"It's okay, if you can't help it, just cry for a while, it's okay."

Delphinium opened her hands and waved slightly: "Don't hold back, cry first, I don't mind." ”

"It's ugly to cry......"

"No, it's cute for a magical girl to cry."

"I don't want to do bad things, don't hate me." Lin Xiaolu sniffed twice.

"I don't hate you, you don't have to worry about that." Delphinium struggled to make her answer sound serious enough.

Under her half-coaxing and half-persuasion, Lin Xiaolu finally stopped her tears, but even after crying, she still pulled the Delphinium's sleeve, looking afraid that people would run away.

After all this chaos, calm finally returned to the restaurant. After appeasing Lin Xiaolu, Delviar remembered that she hadn't finished her words yet, but the atmosphere had reached this point, and it was difficult to put on a straight face even if she wanted to.

She could only look around a little tiredly, and finally her eyes stayed on Xia Liang's body: "Bai Mei has finished explaining, do you have anything to say?" ”

"I'm sorry, junior senior, I won't dare next time." Xia Liang immediately clasped his hands together and lowered his head: "Spare my life, please." ”

“…… Alas, so be it. ”

Delphinium sighed, looked at Bai Jingxuan on the side, and pointed at Xia Liang: "See, don't you learn from them in the future." ”

Bai Jingxuan nodded obediently, looking like she had been educated.

Seeing that the youngest child had not been affected by this incident, the delphinium was slightly relieved. She turned her face again and looked at the girls who had made mistakes: "All in all, I will transfer you another copy of the money for the book tomorrow, I hope you can do what you say this time." ”

"I'm going to delete the game right away."

Lin Xiaolu frowned and wiped the corners of her eyes: "I will never charge money in the game in the future." ”

"I'm not going to spend money again, I promise."

Xia Liang on the side raised his hand and raised his head again: "But Xiaolu's game, in fact, I'm not in a hurry to delete it, right?" Mobile games generally have a refund channel, and there are also reasons for minors to make impulsive purchases, so I think I might be able to get the money back if I try it? ”

Lin Xiaolu nodded: "Then, then return the money first......"

"Stop, you guys stop first."

Delphinium tapped the table twice, then waved her other hand: "I haven't been unkind to that level, and I don't even want you to touch the game." It's like Nishiki did her hair, I can't straighten the ends of your hair; Bai Mei is the same, since you spend money in the game, it means that you have the game items you want? The money is spent, so keep playing. ”

"However, it's not good to play games." Lin Xiaolu's urn sounded.

"So play properly and manage your time well."

Delphinium raised a finger: "And, I have another request, which is to show me the game you play." I need to know what kind of game makes you want to spend money; And make sure the content is appropriate for your age. ”

In fact, this was her original purpose. Rather than criticizing her daughter for spending money in games, she wants to know why her daughter spends money in games.

Although Lin Yun also played games when he was young, most of the time he went to the arcade hall with the team members or played cooperative party games together. He himself has hardly ever played an online game that has been operating for a long time.

Lin Yun also knows that in today's material world, games are an inevitable thing for teenagers to come into contact with when they grow up, and although many parents regard it as a beast, his attitude is relatively open-minded. In his mind, it is better to be sparse than to be strict in guarding against it, which will eventually lead to the child's imbalance in the school, or secretly playing behind his back; It's better to carefully understand what the child is like, and then manage it openly.

It's just that Lin Xiaolu has never been interested in games in the past, and most of the time he is addicted to animation shows on TV. Now it's rare to find her daughter playing games, and even recharging money into it, and Delphinium is also curious about what this is for.

"Then I might as well delete the game......" Lin Xiaolu muttered quietly.

"Huh?" Delphinium snorted.

“…… Got it, I'll show you. Lin Xiaolu had no choice but to obediently take out her mobile phone.

After taking her daughter's phone, Delfinite saw the icon of "Magical Girl Squad" on the last line at a glance, and the doubts in her heart were cleared up by three points.

She knew her daughter's yearning and dedication to "magical girls" since she was a child, and she had talked about these things when she walked home at night with Lin Xiaolu before. If it's a game about magical girls, it's really possible to attract your own daughter.

Clicked on the game interface,She took a serious look at the art style of the game again,Found that it was a fresh painting style in the style of a picture book.,The magical girl in the game seems to be dressed quite neatly.,There's nothing too bad about dressing.,Subconscious recognition has risen a little more.。

And when she clicked on the character guide, she glanced over the preview of the magical girl in the game, but her movements became slower and slower, and finally, she stopped looking at several of the characters.

"This game ......"

She raised her eyebrows slightly: "Using a magical girl in reality as a prototype?" ”

"That's our speculation."

Lin Xiaolu was reluctant to speak, so Xia Liang explained on the side: "After all, we even saw a magical girl who is a little similar to Sakura's predecessors. ”

"Which one?" Delphinium asked.

"It's called Dawn." Xia Liang replied dryly.

didn't notice Lin Xiaolu's expression next to him who was eager to get into the ground, and Delphinium scratched twice in the character book and found the character codenamed "Akeboso".

And when she clicked on the opening picture and heard the other party's lines and greetings, her expression was slightly stunned.

"What do you want...... Is it this character? ”

She couldn't help but ask Lin Xiaolu, "Because you saw her?" That's why you add money to the game? ”

“…… Well. Lin Xiaolu nodded.

Delphinch's expression suddenly became complicated.

It was an expression that no one could tell the difference, mixed with all kinds of emotions. Even a child like Xia Liang, who is good at observing words and feelings, can't fully understand it.

"I see."

After a while, Delphinus handed the phone back to Lin Xiaolu: "I agreed, just treat this money as if I gave you pocket money." ”

"Give it to me...... Petty? ”

Lin Xiaolu raised her head in surprise: "Is this really good?" ”

"Think of it as a gift from an adult." Delphinium reached out and patted it on the back of the phone, "A gift for you guys who have been patrolling for so many days." ”

- "So what's that?" I haven't seen Sakura-senpai himself.,So only the little senpai you know.,Is it really like it? ”

The conversation between the two made Xia Liang very curious, and he didn't know when he came to the side of the delphinch: "Or is it just a borrowed name?" ”

Bai Jingxuan on the other side of the dining table also pricked up her ears, probably because she heard the code name "Sakura", so her attention was extraordinarily focused.

“…… Not like. ”

Under the expectant gaze of the two girls, the delphinium gradually closed her eyes: "However, there are indeed many things that make people think of it. ”

"No, but why does it make people think of it?" Bai Jingxuan asked next.

"It's not just the resemblance that makes people think of it."

Delphia had a complicated expression: "If you are really familiar enough, just a conversation, an idea, a preference, may remind you of a specific person." ”

"I still don't understand ......" Bai Jingxuan shook her head, but didn't ask anything more.

Both she and Xia Liang could see that after involving the character named "Akeboso" in the game, which actually reflected "Sakura", Delphinium and Lin Xiaolu's emotions were not very high.

"Let's not talk about that! One thing suddenly occurred to me, since there are so many prototypes in this game that are real-life magical girl characters......"

Xia Liang raised his voice and changed the topic as if trying to liven up the atmosphere: "So, will there be any character in it that is based on a junior senior?" ”

Her words immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

Whether it was Bai Jingxuan, who was still curious, or Lin Xiaolu, who was a little depressed, they all looked up at her, and then looked at the mobile phone loaded with the game.

"I didn't think of that!"

Lin Xiaolu suddenly became a little excited: "Maybe there really is a delphinium here!" ”

“…… The prototype is me, but it doesn't make sense, right? ”

Delphinium retorted on the side: "After all, I'm all here, why do you have to find me in the game?" ”

"That's different!"

Lin Xiaolu said as she clicked on the illustrated book: "I really want to see what the delphinium in the game looks like!" ”

"I want to too!" Bai Jingxuan hurriedly jumped down from the seat and trotted to Lin Xiaolu's side, plus Xia Liang, who had already walked over, the three of them suddenly huddled together.

Delphinium could only watch the behavior of the three girls from the sidelines, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

The three little ones swept the illustrated book line by line, but the initial excitement and interest slowly passed with time, and when they completely scanned the illustrated book, they were all inexplicably silent.

"What's wrong?" Now the delphinium was curious.

"No......" Lin Xiaolu said a little unhappily, "I didn't see a magical girl who looks like a delphinch." ”

"There's a magical girl who looks a bit like her little senpai in style and color." Xia Liang thought about it and said, "But that magical girl is not short, and her code name is still 'Silver Flower Grass', which should refer to other magical girls, right?" Could it be that it is the Blue Star predecessor of Tiandu City? ”

"Why is there no mother?" Bai Jingxuan was obviously not very interested, so she didn't notice how the title she blurted out attracted the surprised eyes around her: "Obviously my mother is a big man in the magic country, right?" ”

"No...... That, you're ......."

Lin Xiaolu is obviously the person who cares about this title the most, she first opened her mouth to ask something, but suddenly remembered the oolong a few days ago, so she swallowed the second half of the sentence back into her stomach:

"Forget it, you just didn't say it."

Several girls continued to look for a while by the screen of their mobile phones, and found that there was indeed no prototype of a magical girl suspected of being a delphinium, so they finally extinguished that thought and scattered.

Lin Xiaolu was originally like this, but she realized that Delphinium had agreed to charge her money, and suddenly remembered that she still had the 12 draws from the guaranteed bottom that had not been cashed, so she pursed her lips again, and returned to the main menu interface of the game, wanting to continue to draw cards.

However, when she returned to the main screen, a notification popped up in the game.

It was a teaser of future in-game events.

[Hello to the goblins, "Magical Girl Squad" will start a new round of story activities on November 28th, and the event is called "Attack! Talon. Read the story of the event, challenge the event dungeons and bosses, and get great rewards! 】

[Synopsis: After defeating the super-giant remnant beast that attacked the city, the magical girl team obtained a strange spar, but at this time, they didn't know that this spar had attracted the attention of a special organization, and a battle for the spar was about to begin. And for this reason, new enemies have also appeared in front of them......]

[Scope of participation: Completed all the story levels of the main story of Chapter 22.] 】

[Event maintenance time: November 28, 9:00~13:00]

[Event Bonus Character: [Thoughts Return] Card Pool Character: [Ultra Rare] Morning Glory]

“…… What's that? ”

Lin Xiaolu looked at this announcement, and suddenly felt that something was wrong for a while, but he couldn't say what it was.

After a short thought, she saw that everyone else had already started to clean up the table, so she no longer dwelled on the matter, but left it behind along with her unfinished gacha business.

So, she turned off the phone screen.

(End of chapter)