The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 150 Spiritual Assistance

Hua Ling strolled along the street.

The girl looked up blankly at the dim streetlights on the street.

The lights seemed to drift away, and the enticing aromas from the roadside food stalls filled my nostrils, but they failed to whet my appetite.

Hua Ling couldn't remember exactly how long she had been walking.

After parting ways with Dandelion, he did not return home. He even shook off Bai Ling and flew alone over Rongcheng for more than an hour as if venting his anger before being forced to land and de-transform due to insufficient magic power.

My head is spinning, my mind is blank, I don't know where to go or what to do.

Lost and disoriented, like a walking corpse.

Xiao Feng was captured, and Mu Yao was also under a spell and fell into a deep sleep. As the core of the team's firepower, she was unable to protect anyone.

Magical girls are born to protect; you should use your power to protect your comrades, not blindly attack.

The words spoken by Senior Mai Sui in the video resonated in the girl's heart.

Yes... wasn't my initial motivation for becoming a magical girl to protect everyone?

But did I really manage to protect him?

Hyacinth was tricked by Heart Moon Fox and faced her strange magic head-on. Did she have a way to interrupt the spell at that time?

Nightingale was ambushed by Cheshire Rabbit. She had clearly focused on practicing techniques to deal with stealth attacks, so why couldn't she use them effectively?

Now only Dandelion remains, and she is a support type with almost no combat power. Even if she can use enhancement magic on me, can I really live up to the trust she places in me?

"You can't protect anyone."

In a daze, Hua Ling seemed to hear Cheshire Rabbit's soft whisper in her ear.

But this was just my own auditory hallucination—there was no trace of magical fluctuations around me except for myself; it was just an illusion.

Even if it was a hallucination, Karin could still feel intense panic and unease.

To outsiders, Karin is a quiet, literary girl who usually likes to sit alone and read.

Hana Rin herself was well aware that her situation was not optimistic.

—A frequent visitor to the Department of Psychology at the Affiliated Hospital of the Association, she once relied on medication to improve her mental state. Fortunately, she met Xiaofeng and the caring Tianqing, otherwise Hualing felt that her mental state would be even more broken.

But Xiao Feng was taken away.

The magical girl Hyacinth, who stood in front of her, and the girl who bravely protected her, were captured by Kokoro.

Hua Ling didn't know how to face Xiao Feng's father.

My uncle works very late every day, but he loves his daughter deeply. If he finds out that Xiaofeng has been kidnapped by Xinyuehu...

Not only Nan's father, but also Teacher Liuxing, and other people who care about them, how should they face their questions? How should they deal with their anxious gazes?

Whether it was that night four years ago or the crushing defeat when facing Xin Yuehu, the feeling of losing everything seemed to return, impacting the girl's fragile spirit.

Thinking of this, Hua Ling felt suffocated.

It felt as if two hands were tightly gripping my throat; just imagining the scene I was about to face filled me with immense fear.

In a daze, I seemed to see the flash of a razor blade.

It was as if I could hear piercing alarms and wailing cries.

"Ah... Ahhh..."

The girl nearly fell to the ground, gripping the roadside railing and breathing in the cold winter night air, trying to stay awake.

Here it comes again...it's that feeling again...

It felt as if my soul had been ripped from my body, flowing away from my fingertips and drifting away, and even the world before my eyes seemed to disappear with it.

Post-traumatic stress disorder—that's what doctors say.

The illness will recur whenever a similar situation is encountered, and in severe cases, even just recalling the event can trigger symptoms.

The girl held onto the cold railing beside her, tried to stand up straight, and looked up ahead.

Rongcheng Medical College is not far ahead.

In a daze, I wondered if I had actually arrived in this place. Sister Tianqing and Sister Jiayu lived nearby. Was it just a coincidence? Or was it because I had some kind of lingering attachment deep in my heart?

Hua Ling took out her phone from her pocket and dialed a number.

"Hey, Karin-chan, what's up so late?"

The melodious, soft whispers left Hua Ling stunned for a few seconds.

What should I say?

Crying like a child on the phone and pouring out your heart?

Or perhaps it's about carefully organizing language and crafting sentences to make one's words seem more logical?

After a long silence, or perhaps just a moment, the girl finally abandoned all other thoughts and said softly:

"Sister Tianqing... I'm sorry to call you so late... Did I disturb your rest?"

"It's alright, I'm not asleep yet. Did Hana-rin need something?"

“…………”

Another long silence followed.

Not disturbing her rest calmed Hua Ling down a bit, and the gentle voice seemed to soothe the turmoil in her heart, like a swaying straw that one desperately wanted to grasp.

Let's continue, let's keep chatting with Sister Tianqing.

This was the only thought left in Hua Ling's mind.

"Sister Tianqing, can we talk?"

"Of course! Shall we chat over the phone? Or perhaps via video call?"

"...I'm right at the entrance of Rongcheng Medical College, Sister Tianqing."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

The sound of slippers, doors opening, and windows creaking open.

In the dead of night, every sound is highly noticeable, and with the added magic, Hana Rin immediately caught the sound of a nearby window and looked up.

The golden fox, dressed in pajamas and wearing a nightcap, stood by the window, looked around for a while, and then met its gaze.

"Karin?... What are you doing here?"

The golden retriever fox's worried voice came through the phone.

"Don't move, I'll come down and get you right away!"

"I'm sorry for troubling you, Sister Tianqing... I..."

Hua Ling was a little nervous, but she felt inexplicably at ease.

Whenever I see Sister Tianqing, I feel peaceful and relaxed. What kind of wonderful feeling is this?

The phone hangs up.

Soon, a golden fox wrapped in a thick coat appeared by the roadside and waved at her.

"Hualin-chan! Over here!"

"Sister Tianqing..."

The girl slightly opened her mouth, took a step forward, and looked at the golden fox with a worried expression in front of her.

"Why are you still out so late? Did something happen?"

"..."

Hua Ling remained silent, not daring to tell the truth.

As if sensing his inner turmoil, the golden fox took his hand and led him toward the apartment not far away.

"It's so cold outside today. Come to my place, rest a bit, have some hot water, and then we can have a good chat about what happened."

"……Thanks."

Hua Ling murmured to herself.

Su Tianqing seemed to say something again, but Hua Ling didn't hear a word of it.

The girl silently made up her mind.

Let's be honest about everything today.

Sister Tianqing, if it were you, you definitely could...