I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 13 Bedtime Chat

As soon as Noah entered Shen Zixin's bedroom, she went straight to the bed, kicked off her small leather shoes, and lay down on the bed without any hesitation.

"I really miss those days—"

Shen Zixin closed the door before speaking: "Nostalgia? Did the future 'me' not live here for a long time afterward?"

Noah stretched on the bed, her silver hair spreading out on the bedsheets.

"That's not quite the case."

She turned her head and looked at Shen Zixin, who was standing not far away.

"But... once my body completely became a girl, many things, including my state of mind, were unconsciously affected. Later on, the style of my bedroom decoration became more and more like what people generally consider a girl's room."

"So seeing this straight-man-style room that belongs to 'me' again does give me a strange sense of nostalgia."

Hearing her words, Shen Zixin subconsciously looked around. Just as Noah said, the room was indeed not particularly well-furnished.

A pristine white desk, walls devoid of any unnecessary decorations, and a bed and bedding in a single, monochromatic color scheme—it is tidy, but undeniably monotonous.

It's a bit hard to imagine what Noah would transform this room into...

But does becoming a woman mean that one's aesthetic sense and preferences will change so drastically?

Shen Zixin turned her gaze away from the room and back to Noah, who was lying on the bed. Noah was holding her phone, a smile on her lips, typing on it.

"Are you texting someone? You seem to be having a lot of fun." Shen Zixin walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

"Hmm? This..."

Noah turned her phone screen towards him, which showed her chat interface with "Morning Glow," who was actually Qin Xiaoling.

"I'm replying to Xiaoling's message. Her brother brought a senior he just met home, and he's even going to stay overnight. It's quite a shock to her."

Noah tried hard to suppress a laugh. "I bet she imagined a whole bunch of scenarios and couldn't sleep all night. Just thinking about how conflicted she was is hilarious."

"You..."

Shen Zixin looked at Noah's delighted expression and sighed, "Could it be that he's deliberately teasing her? Knowing full well that she'll overthink things."

"Hmm?" Noah put down her phone and looked at him. "Well... a little bit, I guess. Including tonight, the way I chose to appear."

"After all that I've been through, who would have thought that I could talk to her again in this strange new capacity? So I feel... a little happy."

It seems that Noah has a special feeling about this hard-won reunion.

Seeing the loneliness on her face, Shen Zixin couldn't help but ask, "You must be having a hard time enduring this, right?"

"You finally get to see Xiaoling again, but you have to force yourself to act like you're meeting for the first time. Suppressing your feelings like this must be...very painful for you, right?"

He put himself in Noah's shoes and tried to understand her feelings.

But Noah shook her head frankly, "It's not as exaggerated as you say."

"As I told you before, the family members of this era are not my real family. No matter how deep my feelings for them were, I must now realize that they are separated from me by a vast distance of time and cause and effect, and are just familiar yet unfamiliar 'illusions'."

"So even if I see them again, I will occasionally feel a little bitterness and sadness, but that's all."

Is this really Noah's true feeling?

Or is this just a psychological defense she's created to numb herself and protect herself?

Shen Zixin couldn't sense it.

He couldn't see through the other person's calm words to the hidden depths of their heart.

However, he also understood that some scabbed wounds are not suitable to be easily peeled off.

If we delve any deeper into this topic, the atmosphere will definitely become heavy again.

So he decided to change the subject.

"Ahem, speaking of which—" Shen Zixin cleared her throat, intending to discuss something more practical:

"Now that I've become a magical girl, in order to truly possess the power to protect my family, I'll have to learn the fighting style of magical girls, right? Do you have any plans regarding that?"

Noah seemed to want to escape from the slightly heavy mood she had just been in, and her tone returned to its usual composure: "Yes, magical girl training is naturally essential."

"The day after tomorrow is Saturday, right? I'll make time to invite Xiaoling and Ye Han out together. I'll bring you along too, so the three of us can teach together. That way it'll be more convenient."

"Did we forget someone?" Shen Zixin asked almost instinctively, "What about He Yuran?"

“…………”

Noah didn't answer immediately, but stared silently at the ceiling before slowly speaking—

"...Although I personally really don't want to teach that woman...but...oh well, let her come along too."

Shen Zixin could see Noah's reluctance, but this only raised his greater doubts—

"Uh... In your future, He Yuran is a major villain who caused a huge disaster, right? But you didn't refuse to teach her the combat methods of a magical girl, and you don't seem to object to her gaining greater power? This... isn't it a bit..."

He didn't know how to describe the feeling. Teaching a future "Demon King" to learn even greater power seemed like playing with fire no matter how you looked at it.

"This...?"

Noah's expression didn't seem to care much about Shen Zixin's worries.

"Although He Yuran is indeed going to be a great demon in the future, her eventual fall to this point has nothing to do with whether she possesses the power of a magical girl or the strength of her own abilities."

"So, teaching her some combat skills so that she can face some necessary evils isn't a big problem."

Noah's words made Shen Zixin feel even more confused.

He Yuran's threat doesn't seem to stem from the power of a magical girl...

His initial guess was that He Yuran was able to become the so-called "final mastermind" because she herself was an extraordinary magical girl with overwhelming power, and she accomplished all of this through absolute force...

However, judging from Noah's account, this doesn't seem to be the case?

Could it be that He Yuran in the future will rule the world without relying on the power of a magical girl at all?

Isn't this a bit too outrageous?

While Shen Zixin was still thinking, Noah suddenly sat up in bed. "Alright, it's about time to sleep. I have things to do tomorrow, so I need to go to bed early."

After saying that, she got off the bed, walked to the wardrobe, opened the door, and began to look through the contents.

"...Hey, what are you doing?"

"I'm getting my pajamas." Noah turned to look at him, blinked, "You usually keep your pajamas on the bedside table, so I went to the closet to find some spare pajamas. I'm going to take a shower later, and of course I'll change into my pajamas afterward."

"Wait a minute, you mean you want to wear my pajamas?"

"Hmm? What else?" Noah had already found a white pajama shirt and was holding it in her hand. "Anyway, it's 'my own' pajamas, so I don't care."

"...Then I hope you'll consider whether I care about this issue."

"Hmm? So you care about that?"

Instead of backing down, Noah flashed an even brighter smile. "If you really don't want me to wear your pajamas, then I'll sleep naked tonight, okay?"

Shen Zixin rubbed her forehead. "Then you should just wear your pajamas..."

Considering that even more outrageous things have happened, such as Noah wanting to sleep with him tonight, her wearing his clothes isn't so unacceptable after all.