Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

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Click, clack, click, clack.

Noises emanated from the darkness.

Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle.

The faint and chaotic sounds never ceased.

Emerald Sparrow stood in an empty hall, looking around in confusion. Discover exclusive content at empire

Why was she here?

Her memory felt blurry, and her consciousness wasn't very clear, as if she was in an Illusionary Realm, yet the sensations were all so real.

As she stepped forward, the crisp sound of her heels hitting the ground scattered in all directions, the invisible sound waves acting as echoes that dispersed the chaotic noise.

After a brief moment of silence, it was replaced by a sound of whispering.

Emerald Sparrow couldn't identify the source of the voices, among which seemed to be men and women, old and young, but the only commonality was that they were all laughing.

The laughter merged with the reverberation of footsteps, layer upon layer, again and again, growing sharper until it culminated in a piercing noise.

The noise continued to spiral upwards, assaulting her ears as if to burst her eardrums, causing intense headaches.

This real sensation of pain caused Emerald Sparrow to frown and she instinctively used Spell Techniques to try and shield herself from the noise. However, as she began to act, the piercing sound also vanished.

Echoes, speech, laughter—all dissipated, as though they had never existed. Everything returned to the beginning, with only the faint and chaotic sounds in the darkness remaining.

What exactly were those sounds?

Emerald Sparrow was somewhat puzzled.

Just as she intended to continue forward to investigate, a light suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

The blinding light came from behind her, casting a long shadow in front of her on the ground. She could see her dress's slightly shaking hem in the shadow and her Bonnet, which had become a perfect round shape; there was no doubt that the complete humanoid figure was herself.

That shadow, belonging to her, stood silently in place, just like the person it represented.

What was the source of this light?

She tried to employ her sluggish thoughts to figure it out, but her mind felt like a clump of sticky paste, unable to turn. As confusion grew in her heart, Emerald Sparrow tried to look behind her, but she found the shadow in her view starting to change.

Very abruptly, just in the blink of an eye, as if a few frames had been removed from a video, another shadow that overlapped hers appeared. Then, as that shadow flickered and wavered, it began to stretch out with each flicker.

Something had appeared behind her.

Emerald Sparrow realized this.

But she couldn't turn around.

Every hair on her body stood on end at that instant, her limbs turned icy and stiff, and her innermost instincts were screaming at her not to look back.

At that moment, the shadow that covered Emerald Sparrow finally stopped flickering and assumed a distinct shape right before her eyes.

It was an insect with outstretched wings.

Or, to be more precise, it was a moth.

It was only at this moment that Emerald Sparrow finally realized that the faint and chaotic sounds had long been right by her ear.

She lifted her hand to look at her arm—

——["Attention all passengers, attention all passengers, this journey has now ended, you have reached your destination, Fangting City."]

"...Huh, ha!"

Lin Yun took a deep breath and abruptly opened his eyes, sitting straight up from his seat.

Panting subconsciously for a moment, he looked around in a daze, only to find himself in an unfamiliar cabin.

The noisy surroundings and the announcement overhead gradually brought back the memory of where he was—he was on a landship, on the way back to Fangting City from Bai'an City.

"Did I fall asleep?"

Muttering to himself, he turned to look out the side porthole and saw his face faintly reflected on the reflective glass. It was not until this moment that he realized his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

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It seemed he had only had a nightmare.

Only now could Lin Yun confirm this.

Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his cellphone and checked the time. He discovered that there were two missed calls showing up in the message column. One was from Lin Xiaolu, and the other was from an unrecognized number.

After unlocking his phone, he tapped into the message interface and saw the message left by Lin Xiaolu that read, "What time will you get home tonight?"

That little girl actually knows how to care about this?

Lin Yun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

After all, he wasn't returning to Fangting City as Emerald Sparrow for the holiday, but as Lin Yun. Although the father-daughter relationship with Lin Xiaolu had eased a lot, they often lacked common topics. For his daughter to send such a message in advance was already quite considerate.

Feeling somewhat comforted by this, his expression softened as he typed in the reply box, "I'll be home in an hour."

It was something that had been arranged well in advance, considering that today was the Full Moon Festival.

Several days before, Lin Xiaolu had sent messages asking both her father and Emerald Sparrow whether they would come back for the festival.

She didn't realize that both her messages ended up in front of the same person, and the difference in tone made Lin Yun wryly smile.

However, he ultimately did not agree to the holiday request as Emerald Sparrow. Of the two messages Lin Xiaolu sent, he only responded affirmatively to one: the message sent to Lin Yun.

As for Emerald Sparrow, he made the excuse that the investigation was not over, work was busy, and so he casually refused.

The main reason for making such a choice was that Lin Yun still wanted to spend the Full Moon Festival with his daughter as a father. Even though he knew Lin Xiaolu might prefer to spend it with Emerald Sparrow.

For the people of the Donghua Region, the Full Moon Festival is a holiday with special symbolic significance, emphasizing the reunion of blood relations and familial bonds.

Maybe it was more relaxed to interact with his daughter as Emerald Sparrow on ordinary days, but the Full Moon Festival was different. This was a holiday that should belong to family. No matter what each other's wishes were, he should spend it well with his daughter as a father. This was not just an emotional selfishness, but also a statement of their relationship to each other.

Another reason was that on a rare holiday, he did not want to use his energy on the brain-burning identity game anymore.

The investigative work in Bai'an City had drained a lot of his energy, and the sequelae from overexerting magic power in the battle against the spider had not subsided, causing him to occasionally suffer from bouts of migraines.

Now, Lin Yun just wanted to return home and enjoy a peaceful holiday, seeking a moment of tranquility for his soul.

After replying to the message from Lin Xiaolu, he followed other passengers out of the airship and officially set foot on the soil of Fangting City. During this time, he also checked the call history, browsed through the missed calls, and dialed back the unidentified number.

Regrettably, no one answered.

Just as he was about to dismiss it as a wrong number dialed by someone or a simple prank and was putting his phone down, suddenly he felt the vibration of an incoming call.

Upon closer look, it was that same unrecognized number.

After connecting the call, he lifted the phone to his ear and asked with some confusion, "Hello, who is this?"

The hissing sound that came from the other end of the conversation made him catch his breath.

He remembered that sound. And the next sentence from the other side seemed to be imminent as a result.

"...Be careful."

With the rise of that voice, Lin Yun felt as if he was returned to 5 months ago, during the time when he first learned that Lin Xiaolu had become a Magical Girl.

The same unknown number, the same indistinct voice. And that same "be careful."

Despite being surrounded by a noisy and clamorous crowd, he felt like he had fallen into a pit of ice, as if all the hustle and bustle had nothing more to do with him.

"...Is it you?" Realizing the purpose of this call, he immediately demanded in a grave voice, "What's the situation? Who exactly are you? And what is about to happen?"

"Hiss."

"Hello?"

"Be careful tonight's... Hiss."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The latter half of the sentence from the other end of the phone was drowned out by signal interference, leaving Lin Yun completely unable to understand, so he immediately asked, "What did you say?"

"Be careful, tonight's..."

[Beep, beep, beep]

However, this time, the person didn't even finish their sentence before the hissing sound turned back into the busy tone of a hang-up phone call, leaving Lin Yun standing among the crowd, staring at the now dark screen of his phone, his face stern as water.