The correct way to open the magical girl

"It's a pity that you can't see her anymore." Leila said sadly.

"Why?" Tang Xi asked in surprise.

"Being too serious and responsible is also her shortcoming. During that time, I was committed to researching the perfect doll, so I made many bold attempts. During an alchemical experiment, the experimental subject was energy contaminated. I had already ordered an evacuation, but Lilika, in order to ensure that the experiment would not be in vain... insisted on holding on until the data was uploaded before evacuating." When Leila said this, an expression of great sorrow appeared on her face.

Chapter 483 Perfect Doll

"After she came out, she died soon after, and the healing magic was too late to save her. This is the thing I regret most in my life. If only I had been more decisive and forced her to evacuate." Leila said self-blamingly.

"It's not your fault. The incident happened suddenly, and you also gave the order to retreat." Tang Xi comforted.

"That's what I said, but I couldn't stop feeling guilty. After that incident, I stayed indoors and stopped researching for a long time. Until one day, I suddenly thought of a way to make up for it - if I could use the technology of the perfect doll, could I resurrect Lilica?" Leila said.

"Resurrect humans? There is no such magic, right?" Tang Xi said.

"That's right, even the church's fourteen miracles cannot resurrect humans, but the same may not be true for magical girls." Leila said, with a hint of fanaticism on the corners of her mouth.

"I violated a taboo—the human body transmutation. Lilika is an A-rank magical girl, and her soul can't dissipate so easily. I somehow managed to collect her soul."

"You mean, you used her soul to create the perfect doll?"

"It's not perfect. I used the few remaining flesh pieces that were successfully purified and the technology based on the experimental data from that day to create a new doll. Then I added her soul. This doll is almost perfect." Leila said.

"almost?"

"Yes, almost. The only drawback is that she can only grow to the age of Lilika in the accelerated incubator, and then she will stop growing - I still haven't figured out the reason for this." Leila said.

Hearing this, Li Xuan almost held his breath - could this doll be Lilika? But Lilika herself seemed to be completely unaware of this.

"At that time, I was just thinking about giving the newborn Lilika a reasonable identity so that she could live away from danger. So I asked the president of the church to perform a miracle and use the power of the world to find a suitable identity for the doll." Leila continued.

"The president can mobilize the power of the world?!" Tang Xi said in surprise.

"Yes, the president possesses this ability. She helped me find a compatible existence: a noblewoman from the Black Gold Country who married into the Golden Country. She had just died in an accident. The president inserted the existence of the puppet Lilika into that noblewoman, giving her false memories."

"He can actually do such a thing, he's just like a god." Tang Xi said in surprise.

"That lady possesses such great power that even if she says she is a god, I'm afraid more than half of the people in the church will believe her - but the only drawback is that the lady has an unborn daughter, which will cause memory confusion. To make up for this confusion, I implanted a puppet embryo cultivated with Lilica's genes into the puppet Lilica's womb." Leila explained.

"That embryo was originally just a means to make up for the memory disorder, but I didn't expect it to actually begin to develop. And eventually gave birth to a healthy human being who could grow up - that is the perfect doll I'm looking for. I originally wanted to wait until she came of age and then contact her as a church scholar, but now that I've been captured here, I'm afraid I don't have that opportunity anymore." Leila sighed.

"Is everything you said true?" Tang Xi confirmed.

"Why would I lie to you? I'm telling you all this because I want you to try to find her and let them go to the president. There are more and more powerful monsters recently, and I'm really afraid that something will happen to them one day." Leila requested.

It's too late, something has already happened.

Tang Xi thought to himself.

"Haven't you thought about bringing them to live with you?" Tang Xi asked.

"I already owe her a lot, so I just hope she can live a happy life without being disturbed, so I sent her to the relatively safe Qinghe City. But it seems that it may not be very safe at the moment." Leila sighed again.

Tang Xi thought that this professor was really out of touch with information. If she had been deeply involved in the cooperation with the church, she would have known long ago that Qinghe City had become a place of trouble.

"Master, do you have anything else to ask?" Tang Xi asked in the consciousness channel.

"No, let's stop here. The plan to send her to the research institute remains unchanged. Also, keep this matter confidential for now and don't tell anyone." Li Xuan requested.

After instructing Tang Xi, Li Xuan also fell into deep thought. He found it hard to believe that Lilika was actually the girl of the same name who had been resurrected using a doll, but judging from Leila's expression, she didn't seem to be lying.

And her explanation also explains why Lilika has no disease but her body does not grow.

Li Xuan closed his eyes. He remembered what Lilika once said: she had no sense of reality about her husband and her previous life; Alulu also mentioned that she suspected her father did not exist at all.

Comparing these pieces of information, Leila's words were highly credible, at least 100% or even 90%.

So the question is, should I tell Lilika about this?

After the fall of the devil, Lilika and Alulu both began to doubt their past. Although Lilika's memories and identity were false, the mother-daughter relationship between her and Alulu was undoubtedly real, and the friendship she had with Shen Liang and others when she was a magical girl was also real.

Li Xuan hesitated for a while, but decided to tell her the truth. Li Xuan felt that she had the right to know the truth.

And he also believed that as a mother, Lilika was not that fragile.

After sorting out his thoughts, Li Xuan contacted Lilika through the consciousness channel.

"Miss Lilika, I would like to ask you to come over - please bring your daughter with you." Li Xuan said softly.

"Miss Lilica?" A minute later, Li Xuan still didn't hear the answer. He couldn't help but feel a little confused - Lilica's consciousness channel was open, so she should be able to hear it, right?

"Sorry, I was a little distracted just now. Is it urgent?" Lilika asked.

"It's not that urgent."

"Then please wait for me for a moment."

Seeing Lilika say this, Li Xuan had no choice but to continue waiting. She knew that Lilika had been busy with the construction of the Witch Academy recently, and she probably had some urgent work that she hadn't finished.

In the past ten days, Lilika and Shen Liang have reviewed the qualifications of the kidnapped teachers, and then divided them into classes according to the knowledge levels of the witches and monster girls.

There is a huge gap in the educational level among the witches. On the top are Xu Rou and Qi Mo, who are top students in the city's key high schools; on the bottom are Kuchi Mitsuyo and Kurokawa Ai, who are as poor as Ding Zhen.

Lilika was extremely worried about testing, grading, and class placement for students of different levels, but fortunately, she had Shen Liang to help her out. However, Lilika was also busy during her free time. She would often travel outside to negotiate cooperation with suppliers on perfumes.

Chapter 485: Memories that lack realism

Two full hours passed before Lilika finally arrived with her daughter. Surprisingly, Lilika didn't appear to have just finished work. Instead, she and her daughter were dressed in adorable maid outfits, clearly dressed up. The faint scent of shower gel on their skin suggested they had both just showered.

Seeing the somewhat uneasy looks in the mother and daughter's eyes, Li Xuan knew that Lilika had misunderstood. She thought that since he asked her to bring her daughter, she must want to eat rice bowls, so she spent time bathing and putting on makeup with her daughter and even changed into a sexy outfit.

Li Xuan couldn't help laughing: Although Lilika said that she was unwilling to serve Li Xuan together, when Li Xuan made the request, she was still willing to bring her daughter to serve together.

Well, let's just consider it a lucky coincidence. After finishing the serious business, I will show off this rice bowl to myself.

After thinking it over, Li Xuan gently pinched Lilika's cheek and said, "Maid leader, please take a seat. You've been very busy lately and I'm really sorry for your hard work."

Li Xuan and Lilika chose his office as the meeting room. Lilika saw that the occasion was quite formal, and when Li Xuan asked about her work, she put away her shy demeanor and sat down.

"This is just my job. Since you trust me to be the head maid, I will naturally try my best to set an example for everyone." Lilika let her daughter sit next to her, and her eyes automatically switched to the state of a strong woman in the workplace.

"I know you're working hard, but don't overwork yourself. After all, you still have to take care of your daughter." Li Xuan said with a smile.

"It's nothing. It's much easier than when I was running a shopping mall. Thanks to your 'setting up an altar and worshipping the generals', now besides you, my power as the head maid is unlimited, and the work is also easy to advance. The class division has been basically completed, and the contract with the perfume has also been negotiated." Lilika smiled.

"Well done, but I didn't call you here today to talk about work." Li Xuan said, taking out some photos and information of Leila and handing them to Lilika.

"Do you know this person?" Li Xuan asked.

"I don't know." Lilika picked up the photo and looked at it for a few seconds before giving her answer.

"She is from Rackwell and comes from the same city as you." Li Xuan reminded.

"I was sent to the Golden Kingdom by the church a long time ago, and I don't have any acquaintances in Rackwell." Lilika shook her head.

"Her name is Leila Pritz Hayek, the magical girl we captured recently," Li Xuan added.

"Priz?" Lilica didn't seem to know Leila, but she reacted to her middle name.

"What's wrong? Is there anything special about the middle name Pritts?"

"My full name is 'Lilica Prismriba', but even so, it's probably just a coincidence, right?" Lilika replied.

"Since you have no impression, let's not talk about this for now. Ms. Lilika, your daughter has doubts about whether her father exists, but you always avoid this topic. Is there any special reason?" Li Xuan asked.

"You little bastard, you're reporting this to the master." Lilika glared at her daughter and explained:

"There's no particular reason. That person died before Alulu was born, so even mentioning him would only add to the sadness."

"Ms. Lilika, let me repeat your experience - you came to Qinghe City because of the church's mission, worked as a magical girl for a period of time, and established a deep friendship with Miss Shen Liang. During this period, you met your husband and retired from the front line after you became pregnant. After your husband passed away, you sold his property and switched to running a shopping mall." Li Xuan concluded.

"Yes, I have told you all this. Is there any problem?" Lilika asked.

"According to Miss Shen Liang, as her senior, you fought side by side with her for many years, and only retired after you became pregnant with Alulu. But you were not very old at the time. While focusing on your magical girl career, you also had to fall in love with a man, get married, and even get pregnant. Isn't that a bit too busy?" Li Xuan asked.

"Maybe it's the grief of my husband's accidental death that makes me subconsciously avoid that memory. I'm feeling less and less real about those things now," Lilika explained.

"But mom, you don't even have a photo of dad. Isn't that a bit strange?" Alulu asked.

"This... I also find it a bit strange. I remember there were wedding photos at home, but they were gone when I looked for them. As for the other photos... well, I admit that this is indeed a bit strange. I don't know why I married him so soon." Lilika held her forehead with one hand, as if recalling all this was a very difficult thing for her.

"In that case, what about the details of your love life? Can you recall what happened when you were with your husband?" Li Xuan asked.

Lilika's lips trembled, and after a long hesitation, she replied, "It's a little funny. I'm sure I loved him, but I can't remember the details of our time together. Even though I can't remember, it surprisingly feels like I've known him for years. I even remember helping him manage his business—this period overlapped with my time as a magical girl. I couldn't possibly have fought and run it at the same time."

"That's why you refused to answer your daughter's questions, right?"

"Yes, this problem has been bothering me for many years. The unreal memories make me feel like a light puppet, an empty shell without a soul. This feeling is very uncomfortable, so I have been deliberately avoiding it and try not to mention these things." Lilika said, covering her head.

"Master, have you discovered something?" Seeing her mother in pain, Alulu hurriedly stroked her head with her hand. Judging from the height difference between the two, it looked like a mother comforting her daughter.

"That's right. The reason I asked you these questions is to verify what that person said." Li Xuan nodded.

"That person? Who are you talking about?" Lilika raised her head and asked blankly.

"Could it be the magical girl who was captured not long ago? Does she know anything?" asked Alulu.

At this moment, Alulu seemed calmer than Lilika. It was obvious that her mother was a little dazed because of the confusion in her memory.

"Ms. Lilika, your last name is very similar to Leila's middle name. This is not a coincidence. I can reveal the truth to you, but I hope you have the courage to bear the truth." Li Xuan said.

"It doesn't matter. Even if you tell me that my previous life was just a dream, I can accept it. It's better than living a confused life." Lilika nodded firmly.

"Okay, please follow me." Li Xuan said, activated the space channel, and brought Lilika to the Black Crystal Research Institute in the Lost Land.

Chapter 485 Knowing the truth

With Perosha's strong support, the construction of the Black Crystal Research Institute has now reached a certain scale, and the four to five thousand humans living in the surrounding area have basically settled down and live in simple houses built with construction waste.

Although in Lilika's opinion, this place is no different from a slum, it is undoubtedly a paradise compared to the previous situation where she had to hide and her life was constantly threatened by monsters.

In the heart of the human settlement lies Tang Xi's Black Crystal Research Institute. Originally an abandoned factory, it lacked nothing but rooms. After Tang Xi's renovations, it has become a substantial research center—although she is the sole employee.

Sensing Li Xuan's arrival at the research institute, Tang Xi hurried over to greet him: "Master, I just finished moving and you're here! Leila is already settled in. With her help, your weapon will be ready soon. I've revised the design to include both melee and ranged modes..."

"Let's talk about weapons later. Where is Leila?" Li Xuan asked.

"Professor Leila lives in the newly cleaned room."

"Take me there." Li Xuan waved his hand and let Tang Xi lead the way to the door of Leila's room.

Tang Xi looked at Lilika and Alulu beside Li Xuan, and guessed Li Xuan's intention.

"Please follow me. Miss Leila's residence is inside, but master, she may be afraid of you now - I have said a lot of bad things about you." Tang Xi reminded.

"I won't go. You take Lilika and Alulu to visit Miss Leila. Don't mention me." Li Xuan nodded.

So Tang Xi brought the somewhat nervous mother and daughter to Leila's room. Tang Xi asked them to wait outside for a while, then walked in and said to Leila with a smile:

"Professor, there are two people outside who you must want to meet."

"Oh? Someone I know?" Leila was making the bed. When she heard Tang Xi's happy face, she was suddenly confused.

"I guess we know each other." Tang Xi said as he opened the door and welcomed Lilika and her daughter in, then he quietly slipped to Li Xuan who was not far away.

Seeing the mother and daughter coming towards her, Leila widened her eyes, her pupils shrinking violently as if there was an earthquake.

She wanted to stand up, but her muscles seemed to be out of control. She looked left and right, then at her trembling hands, and tears flowed unconsciously.

But Lilika, who came into the room, felt a little puzzled. She couldn't understand why Leila was so excited to see her. Her reaction was as if she had accidentally met her daughter who had been stolen by human traffickers for more than ten years.

"Ms. Leila, I heard that you know our background?" Lilika asked straight to the point.

"Oh God, is this fate? Am I dreaming or awake?" Leila seemed not to hear Lilika's words. She folded her hands and prayed to the sky. She was not a devout believer, but when she suddenly saw her greatest masterpiece that she felt guilty about, she still felt that it was the power of ghosts and gods.

"Miss Leila, are you okay?" Lilika asked.

"I'm fine, good girl, Lilika... I just feel it's a bit sudden and I don't know what to say." Leila finally stood up. She seemed to feel a little at a loss as to where to put her hands and feet. Even when she was caught by Li Xuan, she had never been seen so panicked.

"Do you know me?" Lilika asked.

"How could I not recognize you? Lilica Prismriba, you sisters, are the greatest masterpieces I have ever created." Leila said softly.

"Sister? She is my mother. Auntie, why are you talking nonsense? Do you really know the truth?" Alulu asked.

"You can call us mother and daughter, after all, you were born from Lilika's womb. But your embryo was also created using fragments of Lilika's soul and body. From this perspective, perhaps calling us sisters is more appropriate." Leila picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a sip. Although her hands were still shaking, her emotions had gradually calmed down.

"My fragments?" Lilika asked doubtfully.

"No, it's not you, it's the fragments of Lilika. Since you are here, it means that the owner here has tacitly agreed for you to know the truth, right? I will tell you everything." Leila moved a chair and the three of them sat down together.

Leila told Lilika and her daughter about the accident and the process of making the perfect doll without reservation. After listening, both of them felt that it was unreal, but when they thought about the unreasonable things in their memories, this absurd truth did not seem to be a lie.

"In other words, my daughter and I are both puppets created by you?" Lilika asked.

"Yes, Prizimriba is my Christian name. I gave it to you as your surname. It can also be regarded as a mark, because there is no such surname in the Kingdom of Black Gold." Leila replied.

"But just a surname doesn't prove that what you said is true, right?" said Alulu.