Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 328 Family

Chapter 328 A Family

"I... I didn't know your situation back then. Besides, you weren't a magical girl back then. I was only thinking about getting lots of gold coins, I didn't even think about you turning into a human."

As Qin Nan spoke, she turned to Tang Zijun and cast a pleading look at her.

Seeing this, Tang Zijun also took two steps forward. The issue of Katie really needed to be dealt with properly, at least to let her know the most basic relationship between friends and enemies.

"Let's put the past behind us for now, Katie. Let me reintroduce you. These two are Tang Cao and Qin Nan, codenamed Bai Yu Qing. They are your future trusted comrades-in-arms. For a long time to come, you will be a member of the Fantasy Society."

"A fantasy society?" Katie tilted her head.

"This is our magical girl squad!" Tangcao raised her right hand and said excitedly. "Currently, there are three people in the squad, but with you, that makes four."

"The magical girl squad, huh?" Katie turned to look at Tang Zijun. Since he was also in the team, she naturally wouldn't refuse. However, she was a little puzzled as to why Tang Zijun, a man, would be in the magical girl squad.

Seemingly noticing Katie's confusion, Tang Zijun quickly said, "My situation is a bit special too. I'm 100% a man, so don't overthink it."

"Oh," Katie responded, then turned her gaze to Tangcao and carefully examined her from head to toe.

She stared intently at Tang Cao not because of Tang Cao's natural beauty, but because she could sense a subtle connection between Tang Zijun and Tang Cao.

This connection was faint, and it wasn't the kind of connection between myself and Tang Zijun based on rules, but rather a connection hidden within my body, flowing in my blood.

Katie hadn't noticed this before, but after connecting with Tang Zijun, she also received a similar feeling, which puzzled her greatly.

Tang Cao, who was being stared at by her, became even more puzzled.

"Katie, why are you staring at me like that?"

Katie glanced at Tang Cao, then at Tang Zijun, and asked softly, "What's your relationship with Tang Cao?"

"Us?" Tang Cao paused for a moment, then answered truthfully. "We're siblings. He's my brother, what's wrong?"

"Siblings..." Katie's eyelids lowered, as if she was pondering the meaning of the word. "I just sensed a connection between you and Tang Zijun. I thought you were one of his creations."

"...Well, Katie, the connection you're feeling is a blood connection, simply put, the kind where you're related by blood. It's not about creation and being created, it's about family, family, you understand?"

Katie thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook her head.

Qin Nan began, “Family consists of parents, siblings, relatives, aunts, uncles, nephews, grandchildren, and so on. Everyone shares some of the same bloodline.”

Katie still looked conflicted. After a moment of silence, she slightly raised her head and asked in a low voice, "Do we have to share the same blood to become family?"

"Of course not," Tang Cao said. "If we love each other from the bottom of our hearts and think about each other, then even without blood ties, our relationship is better than family."

"I see." Katie nodded thoughtfully, then turned her gaze to Tang Zijun.

Seeing the change in her expression, Tang Zijun instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, Katie stood up a moment later and silently walked up to Tang Zijun. "Tang Zijun, I love you. Can I be your family?"

"Pfft, cough cough cough!"

Tang Zijun, who was well-prepared, was fine, but Qin Nan next to her couldn't help coughing, looking quite pained.

"I feel like you've misunderstood something..."

"Really?" Katie's eyes were full of doubt. "I don't understand, Tang Zijun. I just want to be with you. You brought me into this world, and I feel that our connection is deeper than that of family."

Looking at Katie's slightly tense and very serious little face, Tang Zijun's expression also became much more serious.

Admittedly, everything he did before was done with an experimental attitude, but it is undeniable that he brought the other party into this world without their consent.

Unlike Yu Ren, Katie didn't experience the process of growing up from infancy to maturity. Her values ​​and worldview are out of step with this world, which is also unfamiliar to her. Perhaps the only people she can rely on are herself and Chang Lei.

"Great! I've always wanted a little sister!" Tang Cao grabbed Tang Zijun's arms with both hands. "Big brother, say yes!"

Hearing this, Tang Zijun sighed softly and said with a smile, "Katie, you may not be familiar with social relationships between people right now. I hope you understand that family and friends are not things that can be summarized in a single word. As for the family you mentioned..."

"From the moment you joined the Fantasy Society, we have all been part of this big family."

"Really?" Katie didn't quite understand Tang Zijun's words, but she understood the second half. Tang Zijun had already acknowledged that she was family, and a look of joy and excitement appeared in her eyes.

"Of course it's true!" Tang Cao skipped and hopped over to Katie. "From now on, I'm your third sister, you can call me Tang Jia San!"

Before Tang Cao could finish speaking, Tang Zijun delivered a swift chop to her head. "Don't be ridiculous. If we're talking about age, Katie could easily be our great-grandmother."

"I definitely started counting from when Katie became a magical girl!" Tangcao said, covering her head with both hands.

"Third Sister?" Katie blinked, somewhat confused.

Curly-eared, who had been silent until now, leaned closer to Katie and explained, "According to Tangcao's seniority system, that's your second sister."

"Yo." Qin Nan crossed her arms, striking a cool pose, then curled her ear and pointed at Tang Zijun. "That's your older brother."

Katie's eyes lit up immediately.

She didn't care about her second or third sister; as long as she could become family with Tang Zijun, that was enough. And terms like "brother" and "sister" were just terms of address between relatives.

Thinking of this, Katie quickly and earnestly called out.

"elder brother!"

The loud, energetic shout almost startled Tang Zijun.

"...Oh my god, did that shout mean you're coming to Liangshan with me?" Tang Zijun patted her chest and quickly waved her hand. "Katie, don't listen to their nonsense. Let's not worry about that. Just call me by my real name."

"But doesn't Third Sister call you 'Older Brother'?" Katie tilted her head.

"You actually called me..." Tang Zijun rubbed her temples, while Tang Cao next to her couldn't stop grinning foolishly.

Just then, Tang Zijun's phone suddenly rang. He took it out and glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw a text message from Shangguan Sufa, which contained only four words: "Takeoff permitted."

"Okay!"

Tang Zijun put away her phone and spoke.

"Director Shangguan replied, giving us permission to take off. We can go home now."

"Yay!" Tangcao jumped for joy, incredibly excited. "Let's go home, let's go home, little sister Katie, we're going home~"

"go home?"

Tangcao's excitement seemed to touch Katie as well. She pondered the word carefully, and an emotion she had never felt before gradually rose up, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.

After a pause, Katie nodded emphatically.

"Okay, let's go home together!"

White smoke billowed from the silent chimney, and the chassis and pipes began to tremble slightly at that moment.

Outside the train, the agents and experts who heard the commotion stopped what they were doing and all focused their attention on the newly awakened "steel behemoth".

Most of them already knew Tang Zijun's purpose in coming, and they also understood that Katie couldn't stay here forever; she probably had more important things to do next.

For some experts and agents, although they had seen videos of trains flying through the air, they had never witnessed this scene in person.

Filled with excitement, many people even brought out their own filming equipment. Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the train wheels began to turn slowly.

Two thick plumes of steam shot out, and with a loud whistle, the entire train began to move with a clanging sound.

At first, the train was not moving very fast, but as the wheels turned, the speed of the entire train gradually began to increase at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The feeling was like an airplane accelerating before takeoff; a faint fluorescent light began to emanate from the exterior of the train, and the entire train body emitted a layer of golden light.

Then the locomotive suddenly lifted up, and the wheels seemed to travel on an invisible track. The train suddenly climbed upwards and rushed straight into the clouds.

The crowd below was very quiet, everyone watching intently as the train took off, until it completely disappeared into the clouds, at which point a commotion erupted.

The train was faster than I had imagined. It took less than three minutes from the moment it started moving to when it completely disappeared into the sky. Especially when it took off, it was as if the train had completely let go of itself and started to move at any speed.

The speed at which it ascends is no slower than that of a rocket launch, and in some ways, it is even much faster.

On the other hand, inside the train, the passengers were completely unaffected by any external forces, and even when the train went straight up and down, the gravity inside the train remained unchanged.

To outsiders, the train's sudden acceleration would surely cause chaos inside the carriages, but in reality, if it weren't for the slight vibrations in the carriages, no one would have even realized they were already high in the air.