I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 160 The Visitor in the Morning

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door.

Shen Zixin stopped making the fried egg she was about to flip, turned off the stove, and walked to the door to open it. He Yuran had slept with her last night—so it must be Noah who came?

He walked to the door, opened it, and stood a petite figure. "Good morning, big brother!"

The duckweed raised its head, its face beaming with a smile as bright as the rising sun.

"I'm here to see Ayanami."

Seeing the duckweed, Shen Zixin felt a headache coming on.

In their previous meetings, she had always appeared as "Lingbo". This was the first time she had met her face-to-face as "Shen Zixin".

"Hehehe, big brother, hurry up and transform into Rei Ayanami!"

She tiptoed closer, looking at Shen Zixin with anticipation.

"—You're not planning to hang out with Lingbo again, are you?" Shen Zixin looked at her warily.

"yes!"

"—" Shen Zixin really wanted to refuse. He didn't want to transform into Lingbo and then be "kidnapped" to Fuping's house. Heaven knows what she might do to him while he was asleep—

But—seeing Fu Ping's expectant look, Shen Zixin hesitated for a moment—

"—Playing is fine, but don't do anything weird."

Then, Shen Zixin turned to look around the room. "Have you had breakfast? Would you like to come and eat with me?"

"No!" Fu Ping's eyes lit up instantly. She immediately walked into the entryway without any hesitation, quickly took off her shoes, and put on the guest slippers.

"I came so early just to have breakfast with Ayanami-chan! Hehehe—I get to eat breakfast made by Ayanami-chan herself!"

As she spoke, she looked at Shen Zixin with expectant eyes.

Shen Zixin didn't say much, she just nodded and let Fuping sit down on the sofa in the living room.

"Please sit for a while, breakfast will be ready soon."

After giving his instructions, he turned and went back to the kitchen, intending to continue making breakfast. Since Su Qingyuan left, he had only made three servings of breakfast. Now, having to make four servings of breakfast stirred something within him.

Just as I was about to restart the engine, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Big brother, why aren't you transforming into Rei Ayanami yet?"

Shen Zixin turned around and saw Fu Ping standing at the kitchen door, looking at him with a puzzled expression and a hint of displeasure.

"—Didn't I tell you to wait a bit? Why did you follow me?" he asked, somewhat helplessly.

"Because I waited for ages, but my older brother showed no sign of transforming."

The duckweed gave a matter-of-fact answer.

"I'll transform after I make breakfast, when we go out to play together. Making breakfast now doesn't need to be special—"

"No!"

Fu Ping interrupted Shen Zixin, then quickly walked up to him, tilted her head back, and looked directly into his eyes.

"I want breakfast made by Ayanami-chan!"

Shen Zixin was puzzled. He felt that he couldn't quite understand the child's thoughts.

"—I am Rei. No matter what I look like, won't the breakfast I make taste the same? Why do I have to become Rei to make it?"

"no the same."

The duckweed shook its head.

"Lingbo is Lingbo, and big brother is big brother. They are different."

This statement left Shen Zixin speechless. He couldn't understand what standard was used in this world of floating duckweed to separate "Shen Zixin" and "Lingbo" into two completely independent existences.

"Not today." Shen Zixin's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Xiaoling's bedroom. "There are other people at home—I can't reveal my magical girl identity."

"?" Fu Ping was slightly surprised. "So, big brother's family didn't know you were a magical girl?"

"This is a bit complicated. There's someone at home I don't want to reveal my identity to. Anyway, it's hard to explain. So, for breakfast and such, it's really inconvenient for me to transform into Rei."

Upon hearing these words, Fu Ping's expectant eyes dimmed. She puffed out her cheeks, looking somewhat unhappy.

"—Okay. It's a shame I can't have breakfast made by Ayanami-chan—but when we go out to play later, you have to spend more time with me, okay!"

"Okay, okay."

Shen Zixin finally breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and continued making breakfast.

As usual. However, this morning's breakfast only included fried eggs, which were cooked; the rest, like bread and jam, were prepared quite quickly.

Shen Zixin unconsciously recalled what Fu Ping had just said.

This child—seems to genuinely regard him and Lingbo as two completely different people.

Noah can't transform into her true form—so from Floating Duckweed's perspective, Noah has always been female, right? Then, she can't accept that Lingbo's true form is male, which is why she separates Lingbo from herself?

He didn't understand.

Perhaps even Noah couldn't explain this phenomenon.

Finally, after Shen Zixin brought breakfast to the table, Fu Ping also came over. She sat down and picked up her chopsticks to eat.

"Hmm... Big brother's cooking skills are just so-so. I wish it were made by Rei-chan."

Shen Zixin was speechless—this is just a fried egg—what skill can you possibly learn from it? If I transformed into Rei Ayanami to make it, would you praise me to the skies?

Shen Zixin was too lazy to say anything more and sat down to start enjoying her breakfast.

Just then, a bedroom door slowly opened.

Qin Xiaoling walked out yawning. She was still wearing her pajamas, and her hair was a little messy, so she looked like she had just woken up.

"Hey bro, what's for breakfast this morning—huh?"

She was halfway through her sentence when she saw the person who appeared in the living room and froze.

Eh?!

She...she...she's that magical girl who's always been by Noah's side, isn't she? Why is she in my house?!

Xiaoling had met Fuping a few times, but always in her magical girl form. This was indeed the first time Fuping had seen "Morning Glow" in her human form, but she had also learned about Shen Zixin's current situation from Noah.

"This must be Chaoxia, your older brother's sister." When Fuping said "older brother," she glanced at Shen Zixin. "She just came to have breakfast."

Having witnessed firsthand how this magical girl mercilessly slaughtered other magical girls, Qin Xiaoling was still slightly afraid of Fu Ping. She awkwardly approached Shen Zixin and hid behind him. "Brother—why is she here—?"

"—She came to see Noah."

That was the only explanation Shen Zixin could offer. She couldn't very well say she'd come looking for her, could she?