AWB Chapter 174 A New Day
Chapter 174 A New Day
Chapter 174 A New Day
The morning sun illuminated the entire city, and a new day began under a clear blue sky.
Tang Cao gently turned over and opened her eyes in a daze.
The familiar ceiling came into view, and her dormant mind gradually awakened. She glanced at the soft pillow she was holding and let out a long sigh.
Three days have passed since the fall of the Tree Crown Kingdom, and she hasn't had a single good night's sleep in that time.
Even though she was lying on her most familiar and comfortable bed, Tangcao felt uneasy for some reason.
The situation was quite complicated at the time. Tang Cao didn't know what had happened. She only felt that she had been inexplicably grouped up for a dungeon and was facing a huge crisis that could threaten the whole world.
Although Mr. Wolf Rider finally intervened and killed the high-ranking officer named Sir Skull, the apocalyptic scene still had a great impact on Tang Cao's young mind.
The aroma of food wafted in through the crack in the door. Tang Cao rubbed her messy hair and yawned.
"woke up?"
Little White crawled out from under the covers and stretched out its body.
"Ugh... I'm still so sleepy..."
Tang Cao picked up the cup on the bedside table and took a sip of water. Then, she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Xiao Bai.
"Xiaobai, did Sister Nan tell you when she was coming to find us? I remember she and that long-haired older sister said something before they left, but I can't quite remember."
"Qin Nan," Xiaobai thought for a moment and replied. "She'll probably need to recuperate for a while, but don't worry, she's not seriously ill. She'll probably be bouncing around again in a few days."
After the Divine Tree fell, Qin Nan left with Tan Zhixin. After all, she had been injured. Although magic protected her from life-threatening danger, she still needed some time to recuperate after being hit head-on by Sir Skull.
This also shows the difference between magical girls and ordinary people. Their bodies have been completely transformed by magic, and their recovery ability and resilience are unmatched by ordinary people.
Qin Nan also gained a lot this time, due to the high-intensity battle and the fact that he was facing the nearly shattered secret realm.
Her bottleneck as a Yellow-rank magical girl was actually slightly loosening.
But if we're talking about the biggest improvement, then it has to be Tangcao.
After two days of rest, the restless magic within her body has completely subsided, and she has broken through to the Crimson level. Even Xiaobai has awakened her own magic.
Just as Tang Cao was about to say something, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
Then Tang Zijun's voice could be heard from outside the door.
"Are you up, Tangcao?"
"Rise one"
Tang Cao responded with a comment, pulled down her pajamas which were already up to her chest, and then got up and put on her slippers.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Tang Zijun carrying a plate into the living room.
"Go wash up if you're awake." Tang Zijun smiled. He was quite satisfied with Tang Cao's performance these past few days; the little girl was becoming easier to call.
In the past, Tang Cao would have stayed in bed for at least ten minutes, but these past few days, he could wake her up with just one knock on the door, which was quite an achievement.
Sitting at the dining table, Tang Zijun picked up a steamed bun and casually asked...
"I heard you guys are planning some kind of spring sports meet?"
Tang Cao, biting her chopsticks, turned to look at Su Siyao. Su Siyao paused for a moment, carefully searching through her memories, and nodded slightly. "Ah...it seems there was such a thing."
"What do you mean 'it seems like there is such a thing'? Wasn't this the message you sent me?" Tang Zijun picked up her phone and shook it.
Looking at the chat history on her phone screen, Su Siyao recalled that there was indeed such a chat history, but at that time she was still a naive and ignorant little girl.
After these past few days of fantastical experiences that felt like a dream, Su Siyao, the top student, has almost forgotten everything that happened at school.
All she can think about right now is: My best friend is a magical girl.
This is understandable. After all, if anyone were to experience something like Su Siyao's, it would be difficult to piece together their shattered worldview in a short period of time. Compared to words like magic and demons, which sound lofty and sophisticated, the sports meet is obviously child's play.
That's why, after hearing Tang Zijun's words, she vaguely remembered that she and Tang Cao had applied for the position of host together.
"Is the manuscript ready? I checked it for you last night. If you haven't prepared one, you can try mine," Tang Zijun said softly.
"Our teacher prepared a template for us. It's the same old three things for the opening ceremony of the sports meet, nothing new." Tang Cao waved her hand casually.
Su Siyao then spoke up. "I think we can give it a try. Tang Ge, send it to me, and I'll talk to the teacher about it."
"Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit."
After watching Tang Cao and Su Siyao go to school together, Tang Zijun washed the dishes and wiped the table as usual.
The habit he had maintained for five or six years would not be broken just because he picked up the belt again. Tang Zijun had always kept his work and life separate. For him, wolf riding was work and could not be mixed with life.
Tang Zijun realized long ago that being a superhero or fighting evil was only temporary.
Ultimately, we still have to return to real life.
If someone constantly identifies as a superhero and makes saving others their life, then that person is either a fanatic or a madman.
Heroes don't need to be worshipped. Heroes are human too. If they can't even do that, they're likely to put themselves above others. Can such people still be considered human?
After tidying up the dishes, Tang Zijun walked out of the kitchen and saw Xiaobai lying on the sofa sunbathing.
"By the way, what would you do with someone like Su Siyao?"
"What? What should we do?" Xiaobai asked, his eyes still heavy with sleep.
"Isn't the secrecy surrounding magical girls supposed to be very strict? Now, an ordinary person not only knows Tang Cao's identity, but also Qin Nan and Tan Zhixin's identities. How do you usually handle this situation?"
After the day of the fall ended, Tang Zijun and Tan Zhixin exchanged their real names. Having been through so much together, there was no point in hiding it any longer.
Tan Zhixin already knew from Qin Nan that the Wolf Riders had a magical girl sister. After seeing Tang Cao in person, it wouldn't be difficult for her to find out Tang Zijun's true identity if she wanted to.
Hearing Tang Zijun's words, Xiaobai twitched the corner of her mouth.
"Handle it? If it were anyone else, it wouldn't matter, but the problem is, isn't Su Siyao Tang Cao's good friend? Everyone knows that girl is under your protection, who would dare to deal with her..."
"Um..." Tang Zijun hadn't expected that she was involved in this.
After a moment of silence, he asked again, "What I mean is, if the person in the know is someone else, how do you usually handle it?"
"Let's give it the cold shoulder."
Xiaobai rolled over, turning her belly towards Tang Zijun.
"Ignore it?" Tang Zijun reached out and touched it, her expression somewhat curious.
Simply put, we won't contact them, we won't pay attention to them, and we won't respond.
Xiaobai continued, "It's impossible to completely keep magical girls from being exposed. There will always be people in this world who discover the secrets of magical girls, directly or indirectly, but so what? Their discoveries are only temporary."
"Unless it's a face-to-face transformation, it's generally impossible for ordinary people to combine the two people before and after the transformation. In addition, magic will affect the filming, so magical girls won't leave any video footage."
"In this case, things become much simpler. As long as she doesn't interact with ordinary people, they simply won't be able to find the magical girl's whereabouts, since they can't sense the existence of magic."
"So the only outcome is that a new urban legend will be born on some forums, and it will be the kind that has no pictures or evidence and will easily sink to the bottom."
Tang Zijun nodded thoughtfully. "I understand. So, even if some people do see the magical girl, as long as they don't make a big deal out of it, everything will be fine, right?"
"That's right, when you were fighting monsters in the escape room before, you didn't cause any big trouble, did you?" Xiaobai smiled.
"Alright, I understand now."
Tang Zijun patted Xiaobai's head and stood up.
Seeing Tang Zijun take off her apron and head to the entryway to change her shoes, Xiaobai jumped up. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to the Reversal World." Tang Zijun put on a coat. "I gave them three days to rest, and the flower fairies should be relatively calm now. I'll go and make contact with them."
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai immediately perked up its ears.
"I'll go with you~"
"you?"
Tang Zijun was taken aback upon hearing this, then shook her head, both amused and exasperated.
"You should probably just forget about it."
"Why?" Xiaobai was very unconvinced.
"Why do you say that? Have you forgotten that you snatched the queen away in one bite?"
"Well, isn't that a special case?"
"Alright, alright, next time you have the chance, you should stay here and watch the house. If anything happens here, you can contact me immediately."
Tang Zijun angrily rubbed the cat's head, then turned and walked into the television screen.
Only Little White was left, frantically sharpening its claws on the sofa to vent its anger...