I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 108 Su Qingyuan's Diary

"What rebellion? That's called 'liberation'!" Fu Xin corrected him almost immediately, his previously excited expression instantly turning serious.

Noah stretched and replied in a casual tone, "Yes, yes, liberation, liberation."

He glanced at her with dissatisfaction, but suppressed the urge to argue. Instead, he looked at Noah with a mixture of expectation and unease, and asked nervously, "Since you can recite our Dawn Children's code, are you a member of our organization in the future? Did we... succeed in the future?"

Although he had an informant within the Civil Defense Bureau, his knowledge of "Noah being hunted down by the future" was very limited.

Initially, the information she received was that the "future" group had many conflicts with the seven-member council of the Civil Defense Bureau, which made her somewhat ecstatic. This indicated that this future organization was very likely the order that would follow the success of the Dawn Children, which was why it had conflicts with the current Civil Defense Bureau.

But with Noah's arrival, and her ability to utter the organization's code words, Fu Xin began to suspect that Noah was the organization's last remaining member, and that the people hunting her were from the future Human Defense Bureau.

No matter what, she wanted to get to the bottom of it.

"Well," Noah stroked her chin, a meaningful expression on her face, "I have good news and bad news for you. Which would you like to hear first?"

"...Let's hear the bad news first." She patted her chest, took a deep breath, and prepared for the worst.

"Well, the bad news is that in my time, the Dawnborn had been completely wiped out, so your efforts have been a complete failure."

"...Is that so?" This expected yet incredibly cruel answer still drained Fu Xin of her spirit. The light in her eyes dimmed instantly, as if some belief that supported her was collapsing.

"And what's the good news?" she asked listlessly. The future was already lost; no amount of good news could lift her spirits.

"The good news is, the Civil Defense Bureau has been completely wiped out too!"

"Huh?!" This astonishing turn of events left her speechless with disbelief. She stared blankly at Noah—had it all come to this that the Dawnbringers and the Civil Defense Bureau had perished together?

"How about that? Surprised? Unexpected?"

"Wait a minute! What the hell?! The Dawnbringers and the Civil Defense Bureau were completely wiped out?!"

"Hey, don't overestimate your organization," Noah said, spreading her hands, her smile fading slightly. "Because in the future, an even more powerful force will wipe you out while they're wiping out the Human Defense Bureau. What else do you think the reason would be?"

They wiped out the Civil Defense Bureau and the Sons of Dawn as well...? What kind of force is this?

"That--"

"We can talk about the details later." Noah stood up, interrupting Xin, who was about to ask more questions. "I have an appointment to meet someone, so I have to leave for a while. I'll be back shortly."

She walked to the door, placed her hand on the doorknob, glanced back at Bi'an on the medical bed, and instructed Fuxin, "Oh, right, you haven't finished talking about Bi'an's hidden injury yet. Remember to explain it to her properly."

After saying that, Noah disappeared outside the door.

Silence fell over the room once more. She stood there for a long time, clutching her heart, slowly processing the shock of the conversation. She let out a long sigh, temporarily setting aside her chaotic thoughts about the future, and refocused her attention on the person before her.

She walked to the medical bedside, looked at the still bewildered Bi'an, and softened her tone.

"I'm sorry, we'll continue with the treatment."

Bi'an nodded, but after Noah's reminder, she also decided to ask for clarification.

"So, what exactly happened to my hidden injury?"

"Your 'hidden injuries'... are actually scars caused by various experiments in the lab back then." Fu Xin explained as she placed her hand on Bi An's forearm again, and the tingling sensation returned.

"...Does it have such a scar? Why don't I feel anything at all?"

"That's because the wounds affect your magic circuits and soul. If you weren't a magical girl and were just an ordinary person, these scars would never affect you."

"However, once you become a magical girl, these minor injuries at the initial 'Budding Sprout' and 'Blossoming Sprout' stages can be ignored for now; there's no problem leaving them untreated. But at the 'Blooming Sprout' stage, if left untreated, the damage will worsen."

The hand that had been patting her heart gradually moved to her lower abdomen on the other side, and the original tingling sensation gradually turned into a warm sensation.

"Moreover, your situation is worse. If I'm not mistaken, you were a very early experimental subject, when the technology was still quite immature. Those children who were forcibly awakened later did not suffer as severe damage to their magic circuits as you."

"However... something's strange. Judging from the timing of the injury, you awakened as a magical girl more than ten years ago in the laboratory. But your current magical energy flow makes it seem like you only recently started transforming into a magical girl. Haven't you transformed again in the past ten years?"

"Huh?" This conclusion completely stunned Bi'an. "I awakened in the lab? Why don't I have any recollection of it?!"

"Hmm? So you didn't know you had awakened?" Fu Xin suddenly realized, nodding as if she understood something. "But that's possible. For experiments that would cause pain, they usually try to put you to sleep. I guess your transformation experiment was done while you were asleep... You transformed into a magical girl in your sleep, so of course you had no idea."

The other side remained silent.

Noah previously asked why she could awaken even though she was overage... was the answer really that simple?

"Also," Fu Xin withdrew his hand, his expression becoming increasingly solemn, "judging from the damage to your magic circuits, you've previously experienced a 'mental chaos'."

"Is the mind going berserk?"

"Yes. Normally, a Heart Aspect can only awaken and be used at the 'Budding' or 'Blooming' stage. However, the technology in the laboratory was quite immature at the time, and this forced catalysis method could cause the Heart Aspect to prematurely erupt out of control right after awakening. It is said that this was very common in early test subjects. With the subsequent improvement of technology, this situation rarely occurs anymore."

"It sounds... like it might not be such a bad thing? If we can use the Mind Map ahead of time..."

"That's not called 'use' at all, otherwise it wouldn't be called 'rampage'."

He shook his head, got up and walked to a small cabinet by the wall in the room, and began rummaging through it for something.

"When the mental image goes berserk, the person is basically unable to control it and just randomly releases mental images around them. If the mental image is not very harmful, it's okay, but if it is a dangerous mental image... a large number of people around could die."

"Moreover, each time you go berserk, it will cause more severe secondary damage to your own magic circuits, which will greatly delay the time when you truly awaken your inner self in the future."

While rummaging through drawers and cabinets, he explained, but seemed to have not found what she wanted, and clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"Strange, where did I put it...?"

She gave up searching in the cupboard and turned to the other side, saying, "You lie here and wait for me for a while. I'm going to the inner room to find something."

After saying this, he walked towards a small door in the back hall that looked like it led to a bedroom.

She entered the small room. The room was small and simply furnished; it looked like an ordinary staff break room.

He walked to the desk, opened the drawer under the desk, and saw a glass bottle containing blue liquid.

"Magic Circuit Detection Fluid"... I finally found it. I don't use this stuff often. I just remember putting it here after I used it last time.

As she picked up the bottle of liquid, her gaze also fell upon an old notebook in the drawer.

Upon seeing the notebook, Fu Xin paused slightly. After a moment's hesitation, she finally reached out and took the notebook.

This notebook is quite old, but it looks relatively well-preserved. He sighed, placed the notebook on his desk, and slowly turned to the first page.

On the title page, three words were clearly written in pencil: Su Qingyuan.

He patted his heart and flipped through the contents of the notebook with a touch of nostalgia.

It was a diary.

The diary mostly records the daily bullying and isolation, revealing a kind of repressed pain between the lines.

However, for Fuxin now, this diary is one of the few remaining connections with "family".

If the other side is also in that laboratory, then she can be considered "family," right?

Forget it, now is not the time to reminisce about the past.

I carefully closed the notebook and put it back in the deepest part of the drawer, as if sealing away an old dream that I no longer wanted to be disturbed.