Chapter 88: Autograph

"... Director Liu."

Seeing the topic in Liu Wenqin's mouth gradually going off track, Senior Cuique had to speak up to remind her: "This does not belong to the prearranged conversation content."

"Oh, sorry. Because it was my first time seeing a Magical Girl up close, I said a bit too many unnecessary thoughts."

Liu Wenqin stopped, smiled with some apology: "I have finished asking what I wanted to ask; let us return to the main topic."

Putting aside the excessive desire to talk, flipping through a stack of documents on the desk, this old Director found more than a dozen forms bound together from among them and handed them into Senior Cuique's hands.

Taking this small stack of documents with some confusion, Senior Cuique simply flipped through them, only to discover: these were actually Bai Jingxuan's medical case reports, and the many documents and certificates before she was received by the Fuli Academy.

Inside, it described Bai Jingxuan's experience in more detail and officially, the reason she entered the Fuli Academy, and her current state.

Gently pinching the paper, Senior Cuique said nothing, silently flipping through these documents.

She saw many things in the documents, learned of Bai Jingxuan's congenital strange illness; learned that she lost her parents and eyes in the Remnant Beast attack incident; and also learned that she waited three years in the Fuli Academy with no one adopting her.

Senior Cuique felt she was not a person overflowing with sympathy, but she possessed the most basic empathy of an adult; holding such a document, she only felt her palm had become much heavier.

The Remnant Beast attack incident was never a light number; although Magical Girls and the Anomaly Strategy Bureau were responsible for maintaining the city's safety, there would still be casualties.

Every casualty, falling on the file as just black text on white paper counting, often behind it meant the shattering of a family.

"This child, Xiao Xuan, I have always seen her situation with my own eyes, and also heard the caregivers often talk about her; I can only say the situation is indeed very... special."

Seeing Senior Cuique looking down flipping through the documents, Liu Wenqin also added behind the desk: "Her parents died in the accidental Remnant Beast attack; life became very inconvenient after that. Although her daily performance is very normal, we are also unsure if what she shows is all her true feelings."

"If before, these things for us ordinary people were all considered sudden misfortunes, with no thoughts to dwell on; then having become a Magical Girl, having the ability to defeat and kill Remnant Beasts, I am very worried about what kind of emotions she might harbor."

"She has always been very quiet and very sensible, and precisely because of this, everyone is even more worried. How severe a hateful emotion she will have towards Remnant Beasts, and how this hatred will affect her, these are things I cannot imagine, and also impossible for me to control."

"In a place like ours, the care caregivers can give her is ultimately limited; no one is willing to adopt her, so in her life ahead she may always lack a mentor to guide her correctly."

"But, Miss Cornflower, if it is you, if it is you who once saved this city... I believe you can guide her onto the right path."

"Not only to let her become a Magical Girl like you, but more importantly, to guide her out of her own emotions, to be able to obtain a brand new angle for viewing this world."

This passage, Liu Wenqin spoke very sincerely.

Not only as a Director of the Fuli Academy, but also as an elder, these words were her genuine worry for this child, Bai Jingxuan.

"... I will." Lifting her head from the documents, looking at Liu Wenqin, Senior Cuique answered calmly and seriously.

Bai Jingxuan had already become a Magical Girl with Moke's help, so she was a member of the Fang Ting City Magical Girl Squad, and also Lin Xiaolu's current and future partner. Whether out of sympathetic concern, or as the responsibility of a Magical Girl senior, she had no reason not to cultivate her well.

Learning her experience and state from Liu Wenqin also made it easier for her to teach according to aptitude better, helping her grow well.

At this point, the purpose of this conversation had been achieved.

And when Senior Cuique finished reading these materials and expressed thanks to the other party, Liu Wenqin suddenly lowered her voice again, speaking as if whispering:

"I heard from those Anomaly Strategy Bureau staff that after this matter, I will gradually forget these things without any negative effects."

"Then I suppose I will also forget that child Xiao Xuan became a Magical Girl, and also forget that I once saw you?"

"So, I still must very solemnly say thank you to you. I express gratitude on behalf of everyone in this Fuli Academy, and wish you success and smoothness in your work ahead."

Saying this, she hesitated slightly, then with an embarrassed smile opened the notebook on the desk, took out a bookmark from it, and handed it before Miss Cornflower:

"Although it was requested for my daughter, could you please leave me an autograph?"

Looking at the bookmark she handed out, Senior Cuique picked up a pen; there were not many replies she could make, what she could say was only "thank you."

Holding somewhat complex feelings, she wrote the few characters "Cornflower" on the bookmark, and bid farewell to Liu Wenqin behind the desk. Walking out of the office, she turned her head, seeing Liu Wenqin sitting there, waving calmly while offering her a smile.

Regarding the matter of soon forgetting the relevant experience, her performance was very open-minded. But Senior Cuique and she actually both knew that even if they met again next time, they would only be strangers.

Perhaps forgetting these things and returning to calmness is the most stable choice for most ordinary people.

On the way home, Lin Yun sat in the light rail tram, looking at the street scene outside the window, expression dazed, sinking into thought.

The Anomaly Strategy Bureau's actions were very fast; only a single day had passed, and the districts around the Fuli Academy had basically been repaired, leaving only some corner positions still set with safety fences.

And although he had not returned to the company to look, he also knew that repairing the office building would not take long. Magicians' spells were far superior to ordinary construction units in such matters.

Too many things happened these two days, so he had previously maintained a tense mental state; as the wrap-up work of the incident ended in sequence, while relaxing, he also had to make plans for the things ahead.

He had already formally resigned from Gao Sheng Company; this was also the reason he could leisurely go to the Fuli Academy on a weekday morning. However, after resigning, whether he should just "stay idle at home," he had not yet decided.

Although he would be active as Senior Cuique during the day, as a father, Lin Yun felt he should not tell Lin Xiaolu that he had quit his job. After all, having no job is something that greatly affects the image of a middle-aged man.

Regarding this, whether to hide the matter of his resignation, or find a job with no substantial content or income to hold nominally, he was still in the midst of choosing.

And with his resignation, Lin Xiaolu and the others' summer vacation was still continuing. Next, after he formally started guiding them, how to conduct training for them also remained to be considered.

Bai Jingxuan, orphan, disabled, Deviant.

These few keywords flashed in Lin Yun's mind, forcing him to seriously ponder the education issues ahead.

"In any case, talk with her first."

(End of this chapter)