Chapter 40 Summer Night Study Session
In the eyes of ordinary people, magical girls are synonymous with extraordinary. Although there are people who regard it as a conspiracy and scam, most people are willing to believe that magical girls must be mysterious, powerful, and shining.
They drive away terrible monsters for people and never ask for anything in return. Their existence is so pure and beautiful.
If you were to distribute a questionnaire in any primary or secondary school and ask girls what their dreams are, "magical girl" would definitely be one of the top choices.
Among them, the emotions of longing and yearning are the main motivation, but there is actually another reason that is not made clear:
Becoming a magical girl would give me a reason to stop studying.
I'm already a hero protecting humanity and I'm fighting such a dangerous battle. Is it really necessary for me to study?
With this idea in mind, there are many magical girls who give up their studies.
Although those magical girls still cannot reveal their identities after retiring, some groundless rumors on the Internet are enough to prove that magical girls who retire normally can live a very comfortable life after returning to ordinary life.
The remnants of defeated beasts can be exchanged for contributions and rewards. After serving for ten years and retiring, a huge wealth subsidy can be obtained, which means that retired magical girls can live a rich life even if they do not work.
Delphinium's special experience prevented her from enjoying this benefit, but that didn't mean she couldn't imagine it.
The reason why she hopes that Lin Xiaolu will study hard is because she believes that when Lin Xiaolu returns to society in the future, she may not work, but she must not be without the ability to work, or even become an illiterate person in a broad sense.
This is a simple expectation of being a parent.
She was the most decadent retired magical girl who stayed at home and lived a secluded life. How decadent could her life be?
That was a retired magic girl senior she had visited, who lived in a luxurious single apartment filled with a strange smell and filled with all kinds of garbage: takeout boxes all over the floor, beer cans, and dirty clothes thrown everywhere.
She can never find a suitable marriage partner because her standards are too high; she is addicted to video games all day long, and enjoys the feeling of being praised as a wealthy woman on the Internet; she uses a virtual image that looks like her past appearance to broadcast live, but few people watch it. Her entire life is like mud.
Just thinking about how Lin Xiaolu had become, and thinking about the social news about those stay-at-home youths who treated their parents like servants and ordered them around, Cuique felt like she was about to suffocate.
"You don't know the angle here?"
Sitting next to Lin Xiaolu's desk, Cuiqiao saw Lin Xiaolu pointing at a question with a difficult look on her face, so she leaned closer.
Lin Yun maintained good grades during his student days. Although he failed to get into a prestigious university, he completed his master's degree and had no difficulty dealing with some junior high school level science knowledge.
She simply reviewed the question, thought about it for a moment, and then began to solve it, writing out each step in detail to ensure that her thoughts would not be too jumpy and difficult for the two children to understand.
As for the handwriting, she was not worried. It was just slightly different from usual. Besides, Lin Xiaolu had never seen many things written by Lin Yun since she was a child, so she could not make any associations through the handwriting.
The gel pen fell on the exercise book intermittently, making a "tapping" sound. Lin Xiaolu on the side held her cheeks with both hands, and Xia Liang behind her supported the back of her chair. The two maintained this posture and watched Delphinium solve the problem together.
"Well... speaking of which, why are the angular AOE and angular DOE equal here?" After looking for a long time, Xia Liang suddenly asked.
Upon hearing this, Kuei-Ching paused, picked up the pen, and drew a line along the OE line: "Because OE is the angle bisector of angle AOD."
"Why?" Xia Liang asked.
Looking up at her, Kuei-chih pointed to a line in the question with a pen: "Look, it's written here in the question. This is the condition that has been given."
"But the sizes of these two angles are not the same at the top and bottom?" Pointing at the picture on the test paper, Xia Liang was still puzzled.
"…It's just that the person who set the question had a problem with the drawing. They are actually the same." Delphinium explained patiently.
"It's obviously different?" Xia Liang looked confused, and this confusion was different from her usual playful and stupid behavior. It was obvious that she really didn't understand.
After realizing this, Delphinium could only helplessly say: "Yes, at times like this, the text shall prevail."
She finally understood how Xia Liang got such a high score in math.
She wasn't being weird on purpose, nor was there any accident, but she really didn't know how to do it. Not only that, she also had a lot of strange thoughts in her head.
As the saying goes, the solutions of top students are all the same, while the mistakes made by poor students are all kinds of weird. Every poor student has many unique understandings of things he or she doesn't know.
Fortunately, although Xia Liang is an absolute poor student, under the supervision of Cuiqiao, she still has some desire to learn, and she is also quite smart. As long as Cuiqiao explains the problem clearly, she can understand it quickly.
As for Lin Xiaolu, her grades were better than Xia Liang's. Although her brain was not very bright and her comprehension speed was obviously slower, she had a stronger foundation and it was not difficult for her to study with Cuique.
Delphinium sat at the table, urging the two people to learn the knowledge of each subject from the beginning. She would explain it personally when they encountered some knowledge points that they didn't understand, and it went quite smoothly.
Her voice was cold and clear, sounding like a thrush singing. Even when she was explaining math problems that the two of them couldn't understand at all on normal days, it still sounded quite pleasant to the ear.
The moon was hanging in the blue sky, and the girls listened to the sound of the delphinium, sometimes thinking, sometimes enlightened. This night study session gradually got on track.
Just like that, after ten o'clock, noticing that Lin Xiaolu had begun to feel sleepy and yawn, Cuiqiao closed the textbook in her hand and said softly, "Okay, let's stop here for today."
"Ah, it's finally over..."
“I’m so tired.”
This sentence seemed to say "released after serving sentence", and the two girls who had looked serious a moment ago suddenly cried out in grief.
Seeing that the two of them looked so gloomy, even though she knew that they were deliberately trying to be pitiful, Kuizi couldn't help but sigh: "If you really can be this efficient every night, you don't have to study like this every day."
She had just gone through the junior high school textbooks for both of them. If they only listed the key points, it would be more than enough to finish them in one summer vacation.
As soon as these words were spoken, the two girls who had sad faces just now became happy again. The speed at which their expressions changed was enough to show that they had no intention of hiding anything.
But never mind, after all they are considered my “juniors”.
Delphinium thought as she looked at them, her eyes softening a little.
The long night of teaching and study session was over, and Lin Xiaolu also needed to wash up and rest, so it was time for everyone to say goodbye.
After saying goodbye to the two of them with a smile, Xia Liang walked out of Lin Xiaolu's apartment alone.
Looking at the road where only a few dim street lights were still bright, the smile that had always been on Xia Liang's face gradually faded, and he couldn't help but reveal a somewhat confused expression.
If there was nothing else, she should actually transform into a magical girl and fly directly back to her home. This was how she had always done when she left Lin Xiaolu's house in the past, but now she didn't want to do that.
She wanted to take a walk on this night road.
The study session with Delphinium and Lin Xiaolu, although not feeling bad, made her aware of a subtle sense of irritation.
Becoming a legendary magical girl like a dream, having like-minded companions and seniors who gave her guidance, was a happiness she had never dared to imagine. However, these days, she could feel the emptiness in her heart more and more.
The hole in her heart remained unfilled, still craving for something, and it grew larger over time, making its presence known to her in a way that she could not ignore.
What exactly is this feeling of emptiness?
Xia Liang walked along the night road with his head lowered, constantly examining himself. As he walked forward, the shadow under the lamp became shorter and shorter, and the cycle repeated.
She walked through several intersections in silence, and just as she was about to step into another block, she suddenly noticed something and stopped.
"Um...I've been wanting to ask this since a while ago."
She looked back in confusion and smiled helplessly: "Young senior, why are you following me all the time?"
Not far away, under the street lamp, Delphinium was standing there swaggeringly. In the dark night, she was so conspicuous under the light.
She was supposed to leave in another direction, but now she followed behind Xia Liang, not even trying to cover her whereabouts.
After hearing Xia Liang's words, she didn't take it seriously and just said in a flat voice: "I plan to go to your house."
"...Why?" Xia Liang was slightly surprised when he heard that.
"If you ask me why, it's actually nothing special." Kuiqi put one hand on her waist, with no extra expression on her face, as if what she was about to say was indeed not worth mentioning.
But when these words were really spoken, Xia Liang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "It's just that I suddenly want to run away from home."
(End of this chapter)
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