Kugaoka Tsubaki squatted down and curiously poked at the water stains on the ground with her finger: "Huh? There... seems to be some writing here?"

Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune and Ichinose Honami, who were standing under the corridor, exchanged a glance.

They followed Xiaochun's voice.

That's when I realized it.

As the little girl said, the rain was indeed strange.

Although the rain was quite heavy, the raindrops seemed to encounter some kind of barrier when they fell about half a meter above their heads, and automatically slid off in all directions.

The area where the two were standing was completely dry!

What shocked them even more was...

The two looked in the direction that Kugaoka Tsubaki was pointing.

In the distance, on a patch of grass that was clearly soaked by the rain.

There was a small patch of slightly dry, weed-free muddy ground.

Countless raindrops fell from the sky, but did not splash randomly when they landed on that patch of mud.

Instead, it felt as if it were being controlled by an invisible paintbrush.

Little by little, a string of clearly legible Japanese kana characters was pieced together on the soil.

That is--

Their names!

Seeing this unbelievable scene, the two seemed to be of one mind.

Honami Ichinose and Suzune Horikita simultaneously looked up and blurted out the same name:

"Su Weijun?"

Listening to the sudden change in the tone of the two older sisters' voices and their undisguised surprise.

Squatting on the ground, Tsubaki Kugaoka thoughtfully touched her chubby chin.

The innocent girl blinked her big eyes, looked up at Ichinose and Horikita, and almost blurted out:

“Soviet…”

"This guy named Su Wei makes the sisters so happy..."

"Could it be... that he's your father, sisters?"

Volume 1: Chapter 253 Saving You, and Incidentally Saving the World

"Dad... Dad?"

Hearing Tsubaki's childish and innocent words, Honami Ichinose was momentarily stunned and murmured something before returning to reality.

She gently placed her hand on Chunqiu's shoulder and asked softly, "Why would Chunqiu say that?"

Upon hearing this address, Horikita Suzune, who was standing to the side, also looked in the direction of the voice, and a rare look of confusion and unease appeared on her face.

Although she occasionally called Su Wei that twice when she was alone in private, or during certain special "practice" occasions...

But when this form of address comes from the mouth of a girl named Kuangqiu Chun, who is only ten years old, it feels somewhat awkward.

Could it be... because of Xiaochun's parents?!

Horikita Suzune bit her lower lip.

It must be because of these inherently evil magicians!

Damn it... even everyday family terms of address are being used as some kind of experimental obedience test?

The impact of this on the physical and mental health of teenagers is immeasurable!

Seeing the two beautiful older sisters in front of her suddenly become serious, Kuangqiu Chun tilted her head in confusion and innocently asked:

"Because...because when Xiaochun used to want her dad to play with her, you sisters just acted like that~"

Upon hearing this, Honami Ichinose and Suzune Horikita exchanged a knowing glance and fell silent for a moment.

That's when they remembered it.

The seemingly innocent and carefree girl in front of me is actually being raised by her magician father as a mere tool.

From the time she could remember, her life consisted of lying in a hospital bed participating in various cruel magic experiments; she never even received the most basic formal education...

It's true that we can't expect too much from a child who has been deprived of everything.

Ichinose took a deep breath, suppressing the stinging in her eyes.

She gently pinched Kuangqiu Chun's slightly pale cheek with a mixture of helplessness and pity, and explained softly:

"Although I understand Xiaochun's thoughts, in a sense... this sense of dependence does have some commonalities."

"But from a practical point of view, there are still many differences between them."

“If Tsubaki still doesn’t understand…” Ichinose Honami paused, then gave a bright smile, “Well, Tsubaki, just think of it as us discovering that we have a very, very good friend who is coming to find us soon.”

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