I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 49 A Warning from the Future of the Past

After having lunch with Xiaoling, Noah and Xiaoling strolled around the streets to kill time. Noah smiled, maintaining her "reliable senior" facade, concealing the emptiness deep within her heart.

When it was time for Xiaoling to go to class, Noah watched Xiaoling enter the school gate before leaving with peace of mind.

She was not in a hurry to return to Shen Zixin's "home".

That space, once called "home," is now more like a cruel mirror to her, reflecting the daily life she has long since lost.

Those everyday moments, though warm, never truly belong to me.

Thinking about all this, Noah felt that it would be better to run away.

She wandered aimlessly through the streets.

It was approximately 2:30 PM—a time when students are in class and office workers are at work. The streets weren't as crowded as during rush hour, but they weren't deserted either. There were leisurely strollers, couples brushing past each other, and women shopping…

Every ordinary moment tells Noah one thing—a peaceful and stable daily life.

—That's great.

She sighed inwardly. This "goodness" carried a sense of alienation; she could see it, but it didn't belong to her.

No matter how vibrant the world is, no matter how bright the future may be for "Shen Zixin" and his family in this era, it has no real connection with her—Noah from twelve years in the future.

The time and space she inhabited had long since fractured and collapsed amidst calamity and despair, sinking into eternal darkness with no possibility of redemption.

Noah once thought that she was a prophet who held the script and could use her abilities to lead everything to a perfect ending.

However, she found that despite her best efforts, she was merely performing a one-woman show on an unfamiliar stage, a show that had nothing to do with "salvation".

What she saved was not "her" world.

Then why should I go to all this trouble to stay in this world?

Even knowing all this, she continued to contact the civil defense bureau of this world, trying to stop the disaster. What reward could she possibly get for going to such lengths to help a "parallel" world?

He could have just walked away, couldn't he?

As for the "Shen Zixin" of this world, she helped him save Xiaoling and prevented the initial and most heartbreaking tragedy. Isn't that already a great blessing?

From any perspective, I have done everything I could. In the end, I don't owe the other "Shen Zixin" anything.

As for the survival of this world... since this is not "my" world, why should I be so stubborn in protecting it?

So, should we leave this world, return to our own future, and try to save our homeland that is destined to be destroyed?

Noah gave a wry smile—

What are you talking about? She only came up with the idea of ​​time travel because she had no other choice. What difference would going back make? It would only mean reliving that despair.

For now, we can only stay in this world and wait and see what happens.

That sounds nice, but isn't this just "escapism"? Because they can't save their own world, they can only numb themselves by protecting another world and escape that bottomless sense of powerlessness.

And... in the end, I'll probably "drown" in the beauty of this world.

Is it really a good thing to be overwhelmed by these beautiful things that don't belong to you?

Before she knew it, Noah had arrived at the foot of an office building. Without the slightest hesitation, she leaped upwards, brimming with magic, and landed on the empty rooftop terrace.

A gentle breeze blew, ruffling her silver hair.

The once noisy streets and annoying car horns no longer sounded so harsh.

In this place away from the hustle and bustle, one can temporarily shed pretenses and face one's own heart alone.

Noah walked to the edge of the rooftop, leaned against the railing, and quietly took out the special item that connected her to the future—the Twin Writing Tablet.

An invisible thread transcends the barriers of time and space, connecting the despair and... insignificant hope of two worlds.

Shui Li... how is that child now?

Is she still faithfully carrying out her dying wish in that world utterly swallowed by darkness? Is she still waiting day after day for a miracle that will never be answered?

Noah stroked the writing board, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

After that inquiry, Noah never contacted Shui Li again.

After confirming that altering the timeline would trigger a "parallel world," she lost the courage to contact Mizuki. So, she simply remained silent.

She had so much to say, yet she didn't know where to begin. Every time the thought of taking the initiative to contact them arose, she was overwhelmed by a sense of powerlessness and guilt.

Should we tell her the truth? Should we tell her that everything she has held onto, and her longing for the "return of the teacher," is meaningless to her world?

Noah couldn't do it.

Rather than extinguishing that last glimmer of light with your own hands, it's better to let it burn alone in the darkness, and then meet its own end.

She stayed there quietly, feeling the cool breeze from the high-rise building.

It felt like she was the only person left in the whole world.

At this moment, Noah briefly forgot her duties, her worries, emptiness, and confusion.

At that moment, the writing board in my hand emitted a faint blue glow.

Noah looked at the writing board in her hand with some surprise.

Then, a string of text gradually appeared—

Teacher, are you there?

Should we go back to her?

Noah hesitated slightly, then extended her finger to reply on the writing board:

【I am here】

Unlike Noah's hesitation, the person on the other side of the board replied immediately:

I'll keep it short.

Noah suddenly had a bad feeling.

Teacher, your past travels have been exposed.

I don't know what Yi Luoxin's source is, but it seems she's going to take some action.

You must be careful.

Yi Luoxin... that "that person" who holds sway over her future and drags the world into the abyss, actually noticed her actions so quickly?

But ultimately, even if she wanted to do something...

Is she going to... travel through time and space... hunt me down?

Noah did not rule out this possibility.

Although theoretically, only her inner thoughts can transcend time and space...

However, "she" could absolutely use that method to achieve the ability to be in sync with her.

So, faced with this warning from the future that comes from the past, what should I... do?

On the writing board in Noah's hand, a subsequent passage of text, which she hadn't seen, gradually appeared:

Teacher, you must succeed. I will always be waiting for you.