A Day at the Amusement Park

A tremendous force surged through him, Fang Ming dared not use his magic to resist. He was pulled by Aurora's immense strength and slightly lost his balance.

But up to this point, Fang Ming still had his own ways of fighting against Aurora.

Until Aurora grabbed Fang Ming's other hand as well.

Bang!

Aurora grabbed both of Fang Ming's wrists at the same time, and under the girl's immense strength, Fang Ming fell backward and was eventually pinned down by her.

Fang Ming: "..."

Something seems off about this script?

The super-strong girl Aurora sat on Fang Ming's waist, looking down at Fang Ming. Their reflections appeared in each other's eyes.

The atmosphere seemed to be gradually shifting towards an ambiguous direction.

"... Aurora?"

After a long silence, Fang Ming finally called out Aurora's name.

Aurora seemed to only then realize what was happening, and came to her senses.

But she didn't let go of Fang Ming; instead, she asked:

"Uncle, does this count as me winning?"

"Although I still used your magic, well... fine, you win this time."

Fang Ming was reluctant to admit it, but seeing the serious look in Aurora's eyes, he relented and acknowledged that it was Aurora's victory.

Aurora then happily jumped off Fang Ming:

"Fantastic! We won!!!"

"... No, I already told you you used magic..."

"But you said I won, sir!"

Aurora cheered with joy.

Fang Ming reluctantly sat up from the ground, looked at the petite girl bouncing around in front of him, and sighed:

"Okay, so what are you going to do after you win? Do you want me to buy you any gifts?"

Fang Ming had assumed that Aurora's insistence on winning stemmed from a desire to gain something, but to his surprise, Aurora fell silent after his words.

Fang Ming frowned even more deeply upon seeing this.

Something's wrong, Aurora's acting really strange today!

Was it yesterday's third episode that triggered her? That shouldn't be the case. Although Aurora is strong-willed, she has a good mentality. One or two setbacks shouldn't have any impact on her.

Even if she saw herself being humiliated, or even if she saw herself being beaten to a pulp on the ground in the Sky Screen, Aurora would only think that she was not strong enough, and use that as motivation to continue to train hard.

Why do you seem a bit depressed now?

"Aurora, what's wrong with you today?"

If you don't understand, just ask. Fang Ming directly voiced his doubts.

But then Aurora suddenly looked up and asked Fang Ming:

"Uncle, if I weren't Magical Girls, would you still protect me?"

"!"

This question made Fang Ming instantly understand what Aurora was thinking. She was worried that she would become an ordinary person, and that she would lose her identity as Magical Girls in the future!

Fang Ming initially came into contact with Aurora because of his investigation into Magical Girls in the Americas District. Therefore, Aurora's real concern was that if she weren't Magical Girls, Fang Ming would leave her.

In a split second, Fang Ming guessed the reason.

He was about to answer when he heard Aurora continue after saying that sentence:

"... Forget it, uncle, you don't need to answer me. I don't want to hear it either. Just forget about my question. Just pretend I asked a stupid question."

After Aurora finished speaking, she didn't even dare to look at Fang Ming, and turned and ran away.

Fang Ming: "..."

No, you brat, let me speak!

Why are you running so fast?!

Aurora ran very fast.

She even used her magical abilities to escape.

Although Aurora is not a traditional Magical Girls and cannot use her own magic before transforming, Aurora after transforming multiple times.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have become so strong.

Using her abilities, Aurora quickly ran out of the mansion and onto the lawn outside.

Aurora ran for a long time on the lawn until she finally stopped next to a big tree and sat down against the trunk.

"... Mr Fang Ming hasn't given an answer yet, why are you running away?"

Once Aurora finally stopped, Kelly spoke up and asked.

Aurora pouted:

I don't want to hear his answer.

"Because you're afraid he'll abandon you?"

"No, that's not it!!" Aurora's voice rose a few decibels as she stubbornly insisted, "I just don't want to hear his contrived words of comfort."

"... Since you don't want to be separated from Mr. Fang Ming so much, why don't you just say so? Mr. Fang Ming will probably take you with him, won't he?"

"I'm not a real Magical Girls..."

Aurora muttered to herself.

Kelly said helplessly, "Still worrying about that? Mr. Fang Ming is taking care of you, not just because you're Magical Girls..."

"... I know."

Aurora said sullenly, then turned to Kelly and said, "Alright, stop talking, let me have some peace and quiet."

Kelly immediately shut up.

In fact, Aurora herself didn't know what she was thinking.

Kelly is right. Although the older man approached her because she was Magical Girls, apart from that, he treated her the same as any other Magical Girls —just as kind and caring.

Given the older man's gentle nature, even if she lost her Magical Girls powers, he would definitely not abandon her.

But... is it really okay for things to continue like this?

Once she loses her power, she becomes a burden to the older man, a drag on his life. Is that really a good thing?

Every time Aurora thought about this, she would recall her earlier decision to leave the old man after defeating him.

Shall we leave now?

Having proven his strength and fairly defeated the older man, it's time for him to leave.

Rather than experiencing the Pain of parting later, it's better to leave now...

Aurora's mind was in a complete mess as she looked again at the mansion the man had prepared especially for her, already deciding to leave.

But just then, a cold voice rang out from beside Aurora:

"Why aren't you eating breakfast first thing in the morning? Why are you just sitting here daydreaming?"

"It's you..."

Aurora turned her head, and there stood a silver-haired girl in black beside Aurora, who had arrived at some unknown time.

Xiao Bai looked at Aurora, who seemed lost in thought, and said:

"I heard from Fang Ming that after you asked him a strange question, you just ran off on your own?"

"Hmph, it's none of your business."

Aurora turned her head away, refusing to look at Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai replied, "Originally, it had nothing to do with me, but Fang Ming asked me to pass on a message to you, so now it concerns me."

"... I don't want to hear it."

I haven't said what it is yet.

"It's something like, 'Even if you're not Magical Girls anymore, I won't give up on you,' or 'No matter what, I'll always be with you...'"

"..."

Xiao Bai remained silent.

You've already learned to answer first, so what can I say?

Seeing Xiao Bai's silence, Aurora knew she had been right.

After Xiao Bai, Xiaobai asked Aurora, "Are you not satisfied with Fang Ming's answer?"

"..." Aurora looked down at the grass at her feet. "I knew Uncle would say that, that's just the kind of person he is, but...but...my parents said that too, Harvey said that too...but they all left me."

"..."

"I don't like separations, I hate them, so..."

Aurora took a deep breath and didn't continue.

What she didn't say was that she actually felt like an unlucky person, not because of her own bad luck, but because she felt that the people around her would be unlucky.

Her own parents, Harvey who adopted her, and the uncle she is now... will all suffer because of her.

Even if the uncle is fine now, the one in the Sky Screen will have an accident someday in the future.

Therefore, leaving Fang Ming was not only because Aurora hated parting, but also because it was Aurora's way of protecting Fang Ming.

She really didn't want to lose any more people she cared about.

Xiao Bai didn't know how to advise her. This was Aurora's own inner conflict. In this state, with Aurora relationship strained, she simply didn't know how to get into Aurora's heart.

After thinking it over for a while, Xiao Bai simply changed the subject and asked Aurora:

"... Do you want to become stronger?"

"Wait, how did the topic jump to this?"

Aurora was very puzzled.

Xiao Bai ignored her, turned around and walked out, saying to Aurora:

"If you want to become stronger, follow me."

"You rascal, you're not going to sneak out again like yesterday, are you?" Aurora stood behind Xiao Bai, her eyes full of suspicion.

"Think what you want."

Xiao Bai just walked ahead, seemingly not caring at all whether Aurora would follow.

Aurora stood there, struggling.

Although her relationship with Xiao Bai wasn't very good, it was actually due to Xiao Bai intentionally distancing himself; Aurora herself had a fairly good impression of Xiao Bai.

As a fan of Magical Girls, her favorite character is Xiao Bai, who is ruthless, powerful, and doesn't talk much.

So when Xiao Bai heard that Xiaobai had a way to make her stronger, Aurora hesitated for only a moment before immediately following him.

"Wait for me! At least tell me how to become stronger!"

Aurora was very curious about this.

Then--

Half an hour later, Aurora stood at the entrance of the amusement park, staring intently at Xiao Bai.

So... what you mean by getting stronger is just coming to the amusement park?!

I don't believe you for a second!!

Chapter 222 A Day at the Amusement Park