Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

Chapter 73: Chapter 67 Fairy and Friends

The Fangting City First Social Welfare Institute is located in the Lixing District and is one of the only two large welfare institutions in the city.

Many children who have lost their parents in accidents and have no one to care for them, or elderly people who are left uncared for in their old age, are, with their consent, taken in by the city government and brought here to receive relatively comprehensive care.

The welfare institute occupies a large area, with nearly 3000 beds and more than 400 staff members, providing relatively privileged medical conditions sufficient to rehabilitate every disabled elderly person and child.

Bai Jingxuan had lived here for three years.

In those three years, she had grown from a confused child to one who could understand reason. Most other children in the welfare institute came and went, being adopted after a brief stay and entering a new family, while she alone was left behind, like an inferior product left over in a vegetable market.

Indeed, speaking purely in terms of character, Bai Jingxuan was not a difficult child to get along with. She was very quiet and sensible. Compared to other children her age, even some who were older, her behavior appeared somewhat precocious.

In terms of appearance, she was also quite cute, with fair skin and a clean face, attractive features, and a bob haircut that came down to her chin, which—combined with her attire and behavior—made her a bit tomboyish and indeed endearing.

However, the medical eye patch she wore over her left eye revealed to outsiders a fact: there was a problem with this eye.

Indeed, she was missing an eye.

Not only that, but she also had an undiagnosable, difficult-to-treat congenital disease. Its symptoms were intermittent dizziness and weakness, with severe episodes even leading to partial loss of control over her limbs.

This series of issues caused the couples who tried to adopt her to hesitate upon learning the truth, and there was no lack of those who gave up outright. After coming and going like this, ultimately no one wanted to take Bai Jingxuan away.

So three years passed, and Bai Jingxuan still lived here.

From time to time, people would ask her if she was sad, but she actually didn't think there was anything bad about living this way: the caregivers in the welfare institute were very kind to her; the grandparents there also liked her a lot, often calling her over to chat; including the head of the welfare institute, Aunt Liu, who would also often look after her.

Perhaps the only downside was a bit of loneliness.

These days, in the afternoons, she liked to go alone to the shady part of the courtyard, where she would quietly read.

This was a habit she hadn't had before; in the past, she would not seek out such quiet places alone, preferring busier spots instead. Regardless of whom she was with, chatting a bit would make her feel more fulfilled inside.

The reason she now did this was that she had a little secret.

Or, to be more specific, she had made a new friend.

—"Xuan! I'm here!"

With the call coming from above, on this agreed-upon afternoon, Bai Jingxuan welcomed the one she had been waiting for.

So she put down the book in her hand, looked left and right to make sure no one had seen her, and then discreetly waved to her "friend" above, greeting in a soft voice, "Good afternoon, Fairy Miss."

She had made a fairy friend.

This friend looked like a pink cat but was only as big as two of her palms. It had a pair of transparent wings on its back and was fluttering in the air, surrounded by tiny glowing orbs, really just like the fairies described in fairy tales.

"I've told you many times, just call me 'Moke', 'fairy' is too formal!"

Descending leisurely from the sky, the self-proclaimed fairy "Moke" said to herself, "Just as I wouldn't call you 'human', such a term is actually quite impolite."

"Um, I understand, Moke." And so Bai Jingxuan obediently nodded her head.

Her acquaintance with Moke began several days earlier in the afternoon.

At that time, she was just passing by this place when she impulsively decided to take a break in the shade because of the hot summer weather, and it was this action that led her to meet the fairy flying down from the sky.

She didn't even know what a fairy was at the time, only seeing a cat flying in the air and finding it extremely novel, so she couldn't help but strike up a conversation with it.

What surprised her even more was that the cat could actually talk.

It was then that she learned that such beings were the legendary "fairies".

The self-proclaimed "Moke" was very witty and willing to talk to her for a long time, telling her many fairy-tale-like stories. Later, the words "magical girl" began to appear in its descriptions.

Bai Jingxuan knew about magical girls.

It would be more accurate to say that her life was saved by a magical girl.

In the year she turned eight, her parents took her out to the hospital for a routine check-up for her incurable congenital illness, and it just so happened that they encountered a Remnant Beast.

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At that time, Bai Jingxuan didn't even fully grasp what was happening, only remembered sitting in the hospital lobby with her parents, chatting and laughing, when suddenly there was a strong impact around them.

A rampaging Remnant Beast crashed into the hospital and began to destroy and slaughter like a mad creature.

The hospital was damaged by the attack of the Remnant Beast, and a great number of medical staff and patients lost their lives in that incident. Later, Bai Jingxuan heard people say that it was the most tragic casualty event in Fangting City in nearly a decade.

In that event, Bai Jingxuan lost her parents and her left eye but was the only person who survived.

A magical girl arrived just in time, saved the remaining people, and defeated the Remnant Beast.

Although Bai Jingxuan was still young at that time and her sense of life and death was not so acute, as she grew up, she came to understand the debt of gratitude she owed for the saving of her life.

Therefore, she had a favorable impression of magical girls.

However, in Moke's words, magical girls seemed to shed the halo perceived by others and became more real, more a part of everyday life.

It told her many amusing little stories related to magical girls and even claimed to know the magical girls of this city. According to its examples, the magical girls of Fangting City included those who failed school exams, those who were so clumsy they couldn't even learn how to use magic power, and even some who bullied fairies out of a sense of superiority.

Although she didn't know how much of this talk was true and even though it contained several negative remarks, it didn't stop Bai Jingxuan from finding it interesting, and as a result, her admiration for magical girls grew a bit more.

Because she felt that it was precisely because magical girls were actually just ordinary people that their willingness to fight, to save others, was all the more precious.

It was when she began to think this way that, two days ago, when she and Moke were enjoying the afternoon together and had a pleasant chat, Moke suddenly made her this proposal:

"Xiao Xuan, do you know? You can actually become a magical girl too!"