Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 20: Pretty easy to talk to

Listening to Xiao Hui's creepy tone, and considering what he had just seen and heard, Qin Nan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Imagine, you go home in the middle of the night and take a hot shower. When you're drying your hair in front of the mirror, you suddenly see a stranger standing behind you. When you look back, there's no one there. Then, when you turn back again, a big hand pulls you into the mirror. This kind of thing happened all the time back then!"

Xiao Hui flapped his wings, eager to describe the horror to Qin Nan.

"Do you know what's the scariest thing? Everyone who was dragged into the mirror never made it out alive. Even if the magical girl killed the replacements, she couldn't save them. They just disappeared into the mirror."

"What about those people who were dragged into the mirror? Were they killed by the Greedy One?" Qin Nan frowned.

"I don't know. Perhaps they're dead. That's the best outcome. The worst outcome is that they're also assimilated by the negative energy of the mirror plane and become new greedy people who continue to look for their next target."

Xiao Hui spoke, and then he couldn't help but ask again.

"Oh, you haven't told me how you entered the mirror dimension just now. I remember that middle-aged man was possessed by an outsider demon. Although it was all negative energy, I can still tell the difference."

"It's hard to explain." Qin Nan didn't know what to say. After a pause, he replied, "The crab monster revealed its true form. I had no choice but to fight him. But before we could even start, he pulled me into the mirror dimension."

"'That guy?' Who is 'that guy?'" Little Gray opened his mouth.

"That's the Greedy One you mentioned. He seemed easy to talk to, and he helped me eliminate the Outer Path Demon. After we chatted for a few minutes, he sent me out."

"Gah?!"

Little Gray seemed to have heard something out of the ordinary, and the whole bird stood there in a daze as if it had been struck by lightning.

After a long pause, Xiao Hui finally pieced together his shattered worldview and couldn't help but whisper something.

"Are you really Sister Nan and not a replica?"

Then seeing Qin Nan raise his fist again, Xiao Hui flapped his wings and continued speaking.

"Alright, alright, I just find it hard to believe. Honestly, what you said is a bit too outrageous. It's even more outrageous than if the heretic demon invited us to dinner!"

"I've personally experienced this, Xiao Hui. I know how absurd this incident is, but it actually happened, so I find it a bit complicated."

Qin Nan sighed and asked again. "By the way, since you said that there were magical girls who fought against the Greedy Ones in the Mirror Plane, why haven't I heard of their existence for so long?"

"That's because the Greedy Man disappeared seven years ago." Xiao Hui said without thinking.

Qin Nan frowned when he heard this. If he remembered correctly, the crab monster seemed to have mentioned this. The Greedy Man had disappeared for seven years.

Then Xiao Hui spoke.

"Overnight, all the Greedy Ones disappeared. No one wanted to believe it at first, but as time went by, we found that we could no longer sense the Greedy Ones' presence."

"At the time, the magical girl community around the world was in a state of shock, but no one could pinpoint what had happened. Some conspiracy theorists even suspected they were behind some major event."

"But seven years passed, and as the days went by, the Greedy Man simply disappeared into history, until now."

"So," Qin Nan turned to look at his reflection in the mirror, "the monsters in the mirror dimension still exist, but they stopped invading for seven years, right?" "Logically, that's impossible. If they didn't invade the real world and there was no supply of negative energy, those monsters wouldn't survive for very long."

Xiao Hui pondered over it, but couldn't figure it out.

"Regardless of the situation, the Greedy Ones, who disappeared for seven years, have reappeared in the world. I'm afraid they really are up to something big. These are troubled times, and the world is likely to be in chaos again.
"No! If they were going to attack the real world, why would they let you out and help you kill the heretic demon? Aren't they in the same group?"

Hearing Xiao Hui's scream, Qin Nan didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After a long silence, Qin Nan turned around silently and looked at Xiao Hui with confusion, who was shocked.

"Hey, Xiao Hui, do you think the Greedy Man's sister will be chosen by the Rainbow Crystal Flower to become a magical girl?"

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Hui fell to the ground with a "thud" again.

"Gah?!"

The sun sets in the cozy little house.

Tang Zijun stood in front of the stove, wearing a blue apron with Xiangling's cartoon pattern printed on it. Tang Cao had picked it out online himself.

First, clean the pork tenderloin on the chopping board, and then cut it into thin strips. Tang Zijun's movements are smooth and it looks like he has done it countless times.

The gas stove was burning fiercely, and the oil in the pot was gradually heating up.

Pour minced garlic and chopped green onions into the pot, and soon the aroma wafts out.

Then, Tang Zijun gently put the shredded pork into the pot. There was a sizzling sound, like some kind of prelude.

Pour a little light soy sauce to add an attractive color to the shredded meat. Tang Zijun knew that Tang Cao didn't like ginger, so he just added a few drops of ginger juice.

To be honest, Tang Zijun herself doesn't like eating ginger. It's okay if it's Jerusalem artichokes for pickling, but she feels very uncomfortable eating ginger in stir-fried dishes or stewed meat. The dish that Tang Zijun can't stand the most is adding shredded ginger to stir-fried potatoes.

God knows who was the first to do such a thing.

As the spatula stirred the meat, the aroma became stronger and stronger. Beads of sweat appeared on Tang Zijun's head, which was affected by the heat, but his eyes were still focused and serious.

Seeing that the color was almost right, Tang Zijun put the blanched bamboo shoots into the pot.

Before stir-frying bamboo shoots, they need to be blanched in hot water, because blanching can effectively remove the oxalic acid in the bamboo shoots, reduce the astringency and bitterness of the bamboo shoots, and make them taste more delicious.

The bamboo shoots in the pot gradually turned golden, and as the heat rose, they gave off bursts of fragrance. Tang Zijun stir-fried them again, and then added a little white sugar to enhance the flavor.

When the time was almost up, Tang Zijun sprinkled the final salt and pepper for seasoning into the pot and stir-fried it evenly. Soon, a plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat was ready.

At the same time, the sound of a key opening the door was heard.

(End of this chapter)