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"Why did you have to care about the cat! It's all your fault! You're the one who killed her!"

The cat was beaten to death by the father.

His head was smashed to pieces by his father.

The blue phoenix was terrified at that time.

She had never faced such rage from her father.

Her father rarely got angry with her, and even if he did, her mother would stop him or complain a bit.

Many things just pass by so easily.

That day, she realized for the first time that without her mother's words, her father's anger would not simply pass by.

She cried as she cleaned up the cat's body and buried it in the backyard.

Without her mother and cat, Qingluan had no other friends and could only cry alone in her bedroom, hugging the doll her mother had bought for her.

She became a magical girl after meeting Shiro.

He kept saving others, and met more magical girls at the Disaster Management Bureau, and also made his own friends.

Qingluan no longer cared so much about her father's hatred.

As I took off my shoes, put on slippers, and closed the door, Xiaobai popped out of the bag.

It doesn't like to stay in the Miracle Seed; usually, the Azure Phoenix is ​​kept in a bag.

"Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, Iris is looking for you. She keeps saying she wants to talk to you. Hurry up, she keeps urging you."

"Okay, right away."

Qingluan responded with a word, then, wearing slippers, started to patter back to her bedroom.

Halfway there, the door to the father's bedroom suddenly opened.

She quickly shoved Xiaobai back into her bag.

Looking up, a middle-aged man, who looked much older, stood at the door. When he saw Qingluan, he seemed somewhat taken aback.

Qingluan stood there for a moment before saying, "Dad."

The middle-aged man nodded, then glanced at her again. "You're back."

"Yes, I'm back."

The conversation was meaningless; in fact, this somewhat unfamiliar way of getting along had been going on for more than just a day or two.

As she was about to go back to her room, her father called her back again, "What have you been doing all this time?"

She was sent to Jiangming City for support a few years ago, but she did go home, though very rarely.

However, her father seemed completely unaware that she had been away from home for a long time.

After all, she spends most of her time at the company, and her father rarely comes home. Even when he does, the father and daughter don't talk to each other and never visit each other's homes.

It's quite rare to not realize your daughter isn't home for so long.

"I went to Jiang Ming's school."

Qingluan did indeed attend classes at Jiang Ming's school, although she spent most of her time supporting the Disaster Management Bureau in fighting the disaster beasts.

In fact, the Disaster Management Bureau must have informed my father a long time ago that he was going to Jiang Ming's school; it wasn't a secret.

He probably didn't remember it at all.

"Why go to Jiang Ming?"

"It was arranged by the school; they said it was better over there."

The disheveled middle-aged man scratched his hair, which hadn't been washed in a long time. "Oh, I see. What grade are you in this year?"

"I'm a sophomore in high school this year."

"You're already in high school..."

I don't know whether to feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of being moved) or 尴尬 (g

"I'm going back to my room now."

Ultimately, there's not much to say; in reality, most of the time, the father and daughter remain silent.

She didn't really want her father to know that she had become a magical girl, but as for why she didn't want him to know...

Qingluan didn't know either.

It might be out of spite, or it could simply be because it's too much trouble.

"Oh, right."

Her father suddenly called her back, "I saw on the news a few days ago that a lot of people in Jiangming have died, it's a mess."

"Yes, so I'm back. I won't be going to Jiangming anymore."

The father hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "That's good."

"Oh, by the way, it's your mother's death anniversary..."

Just as the father was about to say something, the incubator inside the bag finally couldn't hold back any longer and poked its head out again, "Little Qing, Little Qing! Iris is starting to scream frantically, we need to contact her right away!"

Qingluan was startled and instinctively tried to put Xiaobai back, but it was too late; her father had already seen it.

After pressing the button twice, the incubator still refused to go back, so they had to give up in the end.

The man stared blankly at the white incubator. When he reached out to touch it, Qingluan instinctively stepped back to protect Xiaobai.

Fortunately, the incubator's calls were all heard as meows by others, otherwise it would have been exposed.

The incubator didn't know what was going on either, only that the atmosphere seemed a bit tense, but the headquarters was pressing them urgently, and it couldn't stay in the bag any longer; it didn't want to stay there either, in the dark and stuffy conditions...

Qingluan's father was also stunned when he saw his daughter's actions, his hand awkwardly hovering in the air.

But he quickly stopped, saying, "I've gotten a cat again."

Although it looks like a strange breed, it is generally considered a cat.

Qingluan lowered her head and said, "Yes, its name is Xiaobai."

"Same name."

After muttering something to himself, the man simply sighed, "Fine, I'll keep it. Go ask your Aunt Yang to buy some good cat food."

"Ok."

Relieved, Qingluan felt that her father seemed to have changed a bit.

Compared to before.

"And one more thing," her father said to her finally, "no matter how good the relationship is, a pet is still just a pet."

"People are the most important thing, daughter."

This time, Qingluan did not reply to her father. Instead, she carried Xiaobai back into the house, closed the door, leaned against it, and sniffed.

Xiao Bai glanced at her with some concern, "Xiao Qing..."

Qingluan hugged her incubator, "It's alright, I won't abandon you."

"Ah."

Having lost her mother and her cat, and hated by her father, Qingluan found solace in Xiaobai, who kept her company day and night, chatting with her about the wonders of magical girls and filling her with anticipation and longing for tomorrow.

It was because of Xiaobai that she was able to get through that most difficult time.

Therefore, we will absolutely not give up on Xiaobai!

Holding Xiaobai tightly, Qingluan made this vow.

However, Little White quickly shouted again, "Hurry up! The Iris is going to cause trouble again!"

Qingluan then remembered that she was still in contact with the General Administration.

She immediately called Iris, and as soon as the call connected, Iris yelled, "Qingluan! How dare you leave me hanging for so long! I'm breaking up with you!"

"Sorry, my dad was calling me just now."

"No, that reason doesn't convince me!"

"Dad probably wants me to go and sweep Mom's grave tomorrow, as it's the anniversary of her death."

"...I'm sorry."

"Nothing, so what's the rush?"

"Oh, right!" Iris's voice suddenly rose again.

Qingluan listened as she took off her clothes and changed into more casual everyday clothes.

"There's been a landslide in Hulin City! Yaoyao, you know that, right?"

"Yaoyao?"

"It's Magical Girl Starfall."

Qingluan suddenly realized, "I remember her, the junior who was obsessed with watching Doumo Continent, right? She was always talking about something like a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"It was her. She discovered the lurking Witch Society in Hulin City. Someone counted them and found over three thousand calamity beasts, including more than two hundred B-grade calamity beasts! Over twenty years of planning and infiltration, once it erupts, it will be a total calamity beast attack!"

"I'm afraid Hulin City will become hell in an instant! It's terrifying."

Qingluan lay sprawled on her soft bed, her petite figure sinking into the fabric, as if she had returned to the days when she was held in her mother's arms. The familiar scent of perfume wafted over—the one her mother loved to wear.

After her mother died, she often sprayed her mother's perfume in the room, which gave her the feeling that her mother was still with her, and only then could she fall asleep. Little White also jumped onto her stomach and lay there obediently.

After patting Xiaobai, Qingluan said, "That Xiaoxingxuan is really amazing. This time, she might get a promotion and a raise."

“Yes, but Xingxuan said that she didn’t discover the Witch Society in Hulin City, nor did she kill its leaders. It was an organization called the Holy Temple. I’m not familiar with East China. Qingluan, have you heard of the Holy Temple?”

After thinking for a long time, Qingluan shook her head. "In East China, I've only heard of the Qingyun Sect. I've never heard of any Holy Hall. Is it a recently emerged organization?"

"It shouldn't be. If it had appeared recently, how could it have discovered the Witch Society's twenty-year plan? It's probably an old organization, but it's been hidden too well."

"Could it be related to the Qingyun Sect?"

"It's unlikely. The Qingyun Sect wouldn't stoop to such methods. You saw it yourself; their leader is straightforward and never hides her identity. With such formidable strength, what's the point of concealing her identity? Although the Holy Hall destroyed the Witch Society's twenty-year plan, Xingxuan said it was done using corrupted magic. If you ask me, anyone who uses corrupted magic is brain-dead. Maybe they were just fighting like dogs with the Witch Society."

Qingluan nodded. "That makes sense."