I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 83 Another Old Teammate

"Hey? Is this Teacher Li?" Shen Zixin asked after dialing the number.

"Oh, it's Senior Shen. I told you not to call me teacher. What's up?" Li Mengling's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Oh, well, you are Xiaoling's teacher after all. Are you free this weekend? Would you like to come over for a meal?"

Li Mengling on the other end of the phone was clearly surprised to receive the invitation: "Oh? No need to be so polite, senior! It's just what I should do as a tutor... Besides, Xiaoling is very smart, and she's easy to teach..."

"Just consider it a typical senior treating a junior to a meal," Shen Zixin interrupted her polite remarks. "Besides, I'd also like to talk to you about Xiaoling's future study plans."

This explanation was also the result of Noah and him discussing it—inviting her as both a parent and a senior student at the same time, so that she would feel embarrassed to refuse.

As expected, Li Mengling eventually agreed.

So, on Sunday evening, Li Mengling arrived at Shen Zixin's house as promised.

At home, Qin Xiaoling enthusiastically introduced her teacher to the rest of the family.

He Yuran showed basic politeness, while Lu Yue looked at this junior who was only three or four years younger than her younger brother with great interest.

"Xiaoling has made great progress in math and physics." Li Mengling sat in the living room and briefly described Xiaoling's learning progress, mostly praising her, which made Xiaoling scratch her head a little embarrassed.

Just then—

"Click—" The door to a bedroom was slowly pulled open.

Li Mengling subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

Then, she was completely dumbfounded.

Long silver hair...and a sailor uniform—isn't that Noah?!

That day at the Civil Defense Bureau, the magical girl forcefully ended her conversation with her mother, insisting on discussing serious matters—

Why...why is she here? And why is she coming out of a bedroom in Senior Shen's house?!

Li Mengling swallowed.

She probably doesn't care about what happened that day, right?

"Oh? We have guests at home." Noah smiled at Li Mengling, seemingly not recognizing her.

Oh right! I appeared before her that day as the magical girl Fennel, so she probably wouldn't recognize my human form—

Just as Li Mengling breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly remembered something—

Wait a minute! She knew about my relationship with my mother when we first met that day, which means she also recognizes my human form, right?

So her attitude... means she's forgiven me, right?

While Li Mengling was still hesitating, Noah spoke up—

"It seems you were quite polite during this incident," Noah smiled. "But not only did you teach the students their regular academic classes, you also took them to take magical girl courses. You're such a responsible teacher."

—Oh no, she knows I stole her student!

—I'm doomed.

Li Mengling looked utterly hopeless, while Qin Xiaoling shook her head like a rattle-drum – it wasn't me who said it!

However, Li Mengling had no time to investigate how Noah knew all this. All she wanted now was to escape this place as quickly as possible.

Therefore, Li Mengling felt extremely uncomfortable during this dinner.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively, and the group shared their magical girl identities. Li Mengling was surprised that there were so many magical girls in this family and originally intended to chat more about it. However, because Noah was present, Li Mengling remained very nervous.

Finally, when dinner was over, Li Mengling breathed a sigh of relief and was about to make an excuse to slip away immediately, however—

"Ms. Li," Noah said with a smile, "Could I take up a little of your time? I'd like to talk to you alone."

coming.

"Of course..." Li Mengling answered, forcing herself to speak.

Then, Noah walked to a bedroom door, pushed it open, and turned back to give her a "please" look.

Li Mengling had no choice but to obediently walk into that bedroom, and then, with a "bang," the door slammed shut.

Only the two of them remained in the room.

Li Mengling lowered her head, pondering whether she should take the initiative to apologize first.

Actually, all I did was speak rudely to her and steal her disciple... it's not a big deal.

Unexpectedly, Noah spoke first—

"Lie down in bed."

"Huh?" Li Mengling looked up, her face filled with confusion and fear.

Lying...lying on the bed? What kind of new form of execution is this?! Are they going to use some strange magic...?

Noah's smile vanished, replaced by a cold expression. Her eyes seemed to say, "Hurry up and do as I say, don't waste my time."

Before the thought of resistance could even arise, Li Mengling resigned herself to her fate out of fear, walked to the bedside, lay down, and closed her eyes.

"Hey, is it possible to reconcile?"

Noah didn't answer her, but sighed instead.

Then, Li Meng felt something cool gently touch her forehead.

The moment the cold object touched her skin, an irresistible, deep weariness overwhelmed her consciousness like a tidal wave. In the final moments before darkness descended, Li Mengling heard Noah's sigh—

"—Come back, Fennel."

*

When Shen Zixin pushed open the door, she saw Li Mengling lying on the bed, seemingly asleep. On her forehead, a gem emitting a faint blue light was slowly rotating.

Noah sat quietly on the chair by the bed, watching Li Mengling on the bed.

"...Was she also your teammate in the past?" Shen Zixin walked to the bedside and asked softly.

"Hmm." Noah nodded, her gaze fixed on her. "Her codename was Fennel. She was one of the six people in our team at the time."

Looking at the peaceful sleeping face on the bed, and thinking of Fu Ping's awakening, Shen Zixin also had some questions in her mind.

"Could it be... that her mental image can also be retrieved from the future?"

"cannot."

Noah shook her head.

"Actually, I used a special method to allow her to 'gain' memories of the future... This method has nothing to do with her mindset... but is closely related to her fighting style."

"To gain past memories without using one's mental image?" Shen Zixin pondered for a moment. "Is it through formal attire?"

"You're half right." Noah looked up at him. "It is indeed related to her original formal attire. But her formal attire wasn't originally designed for this kind of occasion... it was just a lucky coincidence."

"Stop being so mysterious, just tell me already," Shen Zixin said, simply asking for the answer.

"...It's a bit complicated to explain." Noah's gaze returned to Li Mengling lying on the bed. "We need to start with her mental state... although her mental state and 'memory acquisition'... don't really have anything to do with it."

"Her mindset... was our team's 'ultimate insurance' at the time."

"Ultimate insurance?" Shen Zixin asked, somewhat puzzled. "Is her mental fortitude exceptionally strong?"

"Very strong... but also very weak, because her mental state... is self-destruction."

"what?"

"Yes," Noah nodded, "and it's a self-destruction that will definitely kill you, the kind that can't be stopped by any means."