"Hurry up, the Remnant Beasts must have already started moving; there's no ti left!" Amidst the chaos, Moke urged from the side.
Every custor in the restaurant had already crowded at the doorway, and a stampede had almost occurred in the corridor outside. Amidst all the noise, Xia Liang spoke up.
"I'm sorry, Uncle, Lulu."
She apologized with a smile, with a sense of etiquette, "I might not be able to just run away like this."
"Don't be willful, right now..." Lin Yun started to persuade her, but was forced to stop mid-sentence because Xia Liang's next action was beyond his expectations.
In front of the two, she unabashedly pulled out a round gem from her pocket.
That gem emitted a Jinzhi-colored misty glow, perfectly round and flawless, flickering uncertainly in the sight of the onlookers.
And everyone present knew that this was her Seed of Heart.
"Uncle, I am a Magical Girl."
Xia Liang opened her palm and placed the Seed of Heart right in the center, gazing at him earnestly, "If I leave now, there would be no one to fend off the Remnant Beasts."
Lin Xiaolu was astonished as she watched her, struggling to grasp Xia Liang's intentions, and was about to say sothing when she saw Xia Liang wink at her.
——It's enough for only one of us to be honest.
She understood that this was what Xia Liang ant.
"Is this a toy? Now is not the ti for jokes!"
Lin Yun continued to pretend ignorance, wanting to help her smoothen things over, but Xia Liang didn't give him the chance. With a flash of light, her Seed of Heart had already flown up, accompanied by a scattering Flow of Magical Power visible even to ordinary people.
She didn't transform on the spot, rely because there were still other people around.
"You, you're actually a Magical Girl..."
Now, even Lin Yun didn't know how to react and could only chanically recite lines devoid of emotion.
Given the situation, Xia Liang's actions were, in fact, appropriate. Among the three of them, one needed to take action imdiately, and since Lin Xiaolu and Lin Yun didn't want their identities revealed, it had to be her who openly confronted everything.
Indeed, there was no need for her to hide her identity from Lin Yun. After all, Lin Yun was Lin Xiaolu's father, and she wasn't deeply entwined with him. Under such circumstances, even if her true identity was revealed, it wasn't a problem.
It made sense, but the speed of her decision still caught Lin Yun off guard.
In reality, it was also a bias in his perception.
From his own experience, revealing one's true identity is indeed serious, but he subconsciously overlooked sothing: When it cos to real identities, the other Magical Girls differed from him.
They hid their identities rely to protect personal privacy, unlike him who couldn't dare let strangers know his true persona.
Xia Liang revealed her identity and didn't let Lin Xiaolu speak up; she intended to deal with the Remnant Beasts herself, thereby providing Lin Xiaolu with cover.
Lin Yun could guess her thoughts as well and knew there was no point in persuading her further.
He then turned to Lin Xiaolu, "So, Lulu, we..."
"Dad."
She didn't pick up on his train of thought, instead, she glanced sharply at Xia Liang before taking a deep breath and suddenly calling out.
For the first ti since their disagreent two years ago, she properly called him by this title.
This was a long-missed address for Lin Yun.
If it had been an ordinary day when his daughter called him this way, he would have been very happy—in fact, he still felt the sa—but at this critical mont, he knew what her use of this term signified.
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"Thank you for pretending you didn't know, but it's not needed anymore."
She turned her head to look at Lin Yun and said calmly, "I have to go because I am also a Magical Girl."
With those words, she too extended her hand, opening her palm.
A pale blue Seed of Heart lay there, except for the color, it was exactly the sa as Xia Liang's.
She had understood long before that her status as a Magical Girl might not be a secret. The reason she hadn't admitted this to Lin Yun was that she felt it wasn't yet the right ti, and she still needed courage.
And at such a mont, she had already made her decision.
Lin Yun sat back down in her chair.
The location of the Remnant Beast's attack was so distance from here, so there was actually no need to rush to escape. The evacuation notice from the Abnormal Strategy Bureau was just to be safe rather than sorry, and the other custors' panic stemd solely from their fear of the Remnant Beasts.
With two Magical Girls right before him, even if he were truly an ordinary person, there was no need to worry about "prevention," and it would be illogical to continue acting so frightened.
His gaze swept over the two girls in front of him, the last traces of tension on his face fading away, replaced by resignation, "…Decided?
"Yes." Lin Xiaolu nodded earnestly.
"It has to be us." Xia Liang repeated.
"…Sigh, you two."
Lin Yun couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Why not just follow out and then pretend to get lost? You're giving up the identities you've concealed for so long so easily, are you really okay with it?"
"What, you knew all along, didn't you?"
Lin Xiaolu muttered, drooping her eyelids, "You acted so convincingly, making struggle so much in my act."
Shaking his head, Lin Yun didn't respond.
"Do we need to leave one person behind to escort you out first?" Xia Liang suddenly suggested, "It's not safe to walk out just like this."
"If you all are going to fight the monsters, what danger could I possibly be in?"
Lin Yun waved his hand at her, "Us adults are already relying on young girls to fend off the enemies, it wouldn't make sense for you to go out of your way to protect us."
"Go on, you're in a hurry, aren't you? Whatever you want to say, let's wait until you co back, there's only one thing I ask of you."
He turned his face, looking earnestly at Lin Xiaolu, and advised with deep sincerity, "No matter what, be careful."
It wasn't through the mouth of Erald Sparrow, but for the first ti as a father, that he said these words to Lin Xiaolu.
However, compared to when he first learned that Lin Xiaolu had beco a Magical Girl, both their mindsets had changed.
It had been nearly two months since his daughter beca a Magical Girl, and he had seen all the effort she had put into getting stronger.
Perhaps being a Magical Girl was indeed dangerous, but it was also the only way for ordinary people to obtain real magical power, a precious opportunity that countless magicians longed for but could not get.
She had already chosen this path, so his only choice was to help her walk steadier and farther.
Lin Xiaolu didn't respond again.
She looked deeply at Lin Yun, her gaze sweeping over Moke and Xia Liang, then turned her head and ran out of the restaurant.
Moke followed closely behind, and Xia Liang smiled at Lin Yun before catching up with them.
Lin Yun responded with a wave goodbye, sitting still in his place. He planned to find a secluded corner to turn into Erald Sparrow after they left, ensuring soone was there to support the two newcors.
Just then, as he was calculating in his mind, Xia Liang unexpectedly stopped.
——"Ah, speaking of which, I almost forgot."
Standing at the entrance of the restaurant, she seed to rember sothing, took out her mobile phone, and started to scroll through her contacts:
"Just to be on the safe side, I'd better make a call to my little senior first."
She spoke casually, but at the sa mont, Lin Yun, still pretending, rembered sothing very crucial that he had been forgetting: Erald Sparrow's phone was in his possession, and…
It wasn't turned off.
Feeling a sense of doom, he instinctively reached into the inner pocket of his coat, but he was already too late to catch up with Xia Liang's actions.
Before his hand could touch the outline of the phone, he saw Xia Liang's eyelids lift slightly, evidently she had found Erald Sparrow's number.
He wanted to shout out, but he knew that even his voice wouldn't be able to stop Xia Liang now.
She smiled charmingly, while he grimaced. Then, as she pressed the call button on the screen, a few seconds later, Lin Yun looked stiffly at his own chest.
The pleasant ringtone arose from there, lodious and clear, resounding through the already empty restaurant.
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