[Comprehensive English and American] Magical Girls in Gotham

Before leaving for Bludhaven, Dick finally belatedly remembered the birthday present he hadn't been able to deliver.

That gift box, together with his previous magical girl uniform and various magic props and photo albums, was carefully kept in a small box in the closet by him.

The gift box was at the bottom of the box. When Dick took it, he put the uniform on the bed first, and then went to take out the box.

The uniform made of special fabric did not turn yellow even after being put in the box for three years, but because of the special fabric, although Dick used as much as possible the same color thread to sew, the traces of patching and sewing were still obvious.

To be precise, almost half of this uniform is stitched together by other fabrics.

At that time, they were all seriously injured, and their uniforms were of course torn, almost becoming a mess of rags.

Xiaojiu has a good memory, and she clearly remembers how the uniform was damaged at that time.

But now, aside from the unsolvable limitations of fabric and needlework, this uniform has actually been mended to near perfection.

Every scratched place is sewn up with fine threads, and the burnt lace is replaced by lace of a similar style... Even if Xiaojiu uses magic to do it himself, it will not be better than this .

Koto hugged the uniform to her chest, lowered her head and smelled it.

She could smell the faint smell of mothballs, which her mother always put in the closet when she was a child, to protect clothes from being eaten by bugs.

A strange feeling surged out of her heart, like lemon candy, which made people feel a little sour, and before the sourness faded, it overflowed with extra sweetness.

She hugged the clothes and watched Dick's back in a white T-shirt, watching him put things on the bed one by one, and put them back one by one.

When there was only one box left on the bed, he sat on the floor and handed it to her.

"I didn't have time to give you a birthday present before."

After he finished speaking, he saw the clothes in Xiaojiu's arms. He was stunned for a moment and then showed a slightly embarrassed expression: "It wasn't sewn properly, and it has been kept in the box since then."

Xiaojiu took the box, but didn't open it immediately, but put the clothes aside, and threw herself into Dick's arms with a whimper.

"So happy!"

She didn't know what to call the complicated emotions in her heart, but the strongest emotion among them should be happiness.

At the same time, she suddenly wanted to hug him.

And because I wanted to say it and do it, I said it and did it.

Dick, who was suddenly hugged by Xiaojiu, only felt his neck itch from being rubbed against her, which made him want to kiss her very much.

He held her face, kissed her forehead, then kissed her eyes, then kissed her lips, and gave her a long and lingering kiss.

Xiaojiu learns everything quickly, even kissing.

She held the gift box in one hand, pressed Dick's shoulder with the other, and turned back towards the end of the kiss.

The two kissed stickyly for several minutes before Xiaojiu sat in Dick's arms and opened the pink gift box in his hand.

Inside is a cherry blossom necklace made of pink diamonds and tourmalines.

As if she had a heart-to-heart connection with the giver, Xiaojiu took the necklace out of the box for a few seconds, and found a line of English engraved in thin silver on the back of a cherry blossom - dedicated to my dear Xiaojiu.

"looks great--!"

This was the first time Xiaojiu received jewelry as a gift. She made no secret of her love for this gift. After looking and touching it several times, she turned her head and looked at Dick with bright eyes.

"Could you help me put it on?" She rubbed her hairy head against Dick's chin, her voice hopping like a bird.

The name Xiaojiu comes from a kind of bird, Dick suddenly thought.

In the past three years, he has learned a lot, fighting skills of various genres, computer technology, camouflage skills, driving licenses for cars and airplanes, Latin and other foreign languages... He also studied Japanese very hard.

He also remembered that Bruce and Alfred had taken him on a trip to Japan the month after Koto's 'death'.

They lived in a homestay there for three days. He went to the elementary school Xiaojiu mentioned to him alone, ate the delicious dorayaki near the school that she had told him about, and walked through the place where she once walked. Streets I've passed...and ended up thinking a lot about her parents' grave.

His death was a very big blow to him.

During that time, it was difficult for him to fall asleep, and he always dreamed that she was swallowed by darkness, but he was powerless.

Bruce doesn't know how to comfort him, and then Alfred suggests taking him to Japan.

On the second day in Kyoto, Dick gestured in half-baked Japanese mixed with English, and asked the locals where the cemetery near Kobato's original home was.

Then he bought flowers and sweet steamed buns, spent two hours finding her parents' tombstone, watered the tombstone for Xiaojiu, and put things in front of the tombstone - she told him that she would go to her parents every year Tomb-sweeping, how to sweep the graves of parents.

On the way, he thought about what he should say, whether he should apologize for not being able to protect her, but until dusk, he couldn't say a word.

He just seemed to sit for a long time at the headstone where her parents were buried.

When he came back he had no more nightmares.

Maybe he figured something out at that time, but when he touched her again, he felt a part of his heart relax, and a huge hidden gap was finally filled with its proper part.

"Yeah, I've been dying to see you in it."

He gently kissed her ear, stretched out his hand to pick up the necklace, and gently wrapped it around her fair and slender neck, slowly fastened the buckle and adjusted the position for her.

The necklace is finally where it should be.

It's not far from Bludhaven to Gotham, even by bus, it only takes more than an hour.

But since they didn't want to miss Alfred's lunch, they opted for Wand Flight as their mode of transportation back after Dick texted Alfred.

When Dick was texting, Xiaojiu leaned over Dick's shoulder curiously.

Three years ago, the mobile phone was still dark and bulky, and few people used it, but now it has grown to the size of half a palm. It is very convenient for sending messages and making calls, and the popularity is also very high, at least for her As far as I can see, her friends and Dick each have one.

"It's so convenient, technology is sometimes more powerful than magic." Xiaojiu sighed from the bottom of his heart.

This is not something to be ashamed to admit. Magic has its limitations, and technology has its limitations. In a sense, technology is also the magic of ordinary people.

Xiaojiu was very interested in this.

Isn't it amazing to do what magic can do without relying on the power of magic, and it's a 'magic' that everyone can use?

Now there are also products of the fusion of magic and technology, but they are all superficial. If technology and magic are further integrated, it will definitely bring more interesting and novel changes.

On the way, listening to Dick explain how to use mobile phones, and laptop computers that have also become popular (he also promised to teach her how to use them when he went back), Xiaojiu had vague plans for the future.

Witches also need to have their own occupation and identity in the society of ordinary people-in fact, this is not a mandatory requirement, but a spontaneous behavior.

As social animals, human beings are always unable to completely leave their own species, and most witches need to go through a certain degree of social life and interpersonal communication to let themselves know more about the world and go deep into their roots.

Just like Anna chose the financial industry, Ba Asami opened an afternoon tea house, my wife Yuno chose the Faculty of Medicine of Todai University, Sanzenin Nagi chose to draw manga (although she also traded stocks to make a living), Koto also chose her future career and time of life.

Xiaojiu had many dreams when she was a child. She wanted to be a doctor like her father, a policeman like her mother, or open a cake shop, and a flower shop... But she never really thought about it in the past. What kind of career do you have.

But it's not something to rush either.

People are constantly making changes and choices throughout their lives, and the lifespan of a witch is longer than that of ordinary people. She has enough time to think, choose, and change.

Sunlight and wind blew through Koto's dark brown hair, and Dick's pure black hair behind her.

Although she has become a witch, her posture of riding a wand is still the same as when she was a magical girl, sitting astride.

Dick sat behind her as before.

Just one thing has changed significantly.

That is, before Dick could rest his chin on her shoulder and put his hands around her waist.

Now Dick had to rest his chin on her head and put his hands around or on her shoulders.

There is nothing wrong with this action other than making Koto look even smaller.

When they arrived at Wayne Manor in such a posture, Bruce, who had just thrown a pedophile criminal into Blackgate Prison, was inexplicably in a delicate mood.

"Good afternoon! Uncle Bruce!" Xiaojiu waved to Bruce enthusiastically.

Then she bounced and pulled Dick to run in front of him.

The father and son, who hadn't seen each other for a while, looked at each other, and before they could speak, they were grabbed by Xiaojiu with each hand and forced to go straight into the house.

"I forgot to ask for the address last night!" Xiaojiu said, "Fortunately, Dick was also on the night watch last night! He found me right away."

"I was shocked when I found Xiaojiu, how about you?"

Dick flashes a big smile at Bruce.

Being faced with two identical and bright smiling faces, Bruce felt that he had returned to a few years ago for a moment.

It makes people feel a little uncomfortable, but it's not bad-or so it feels.

He couldn't help raising the corners of his lips slightly, and nodded: "I was also shocked at the time."

Jason and Stephanie were helping Alfred bring out lunch when they walked into the dining room.

Alfred cooked lamb chops with peas that both Kodoto and Dick liked very much, and Dick could smell the buttery aroma that belonged to cookies.

No matter how long he's been away, this is his home.

Every time Dick comes back, this sentence will come to mind, no matter what he has experienced before, he can relax all of a sudden.

He looked down at Xiaojiu beside him, and she happened to look at him too, showing him a sweet smile.

Dick suddenly felt the urge to stretch like a cat in the sun.