Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 578 - 37 Nina and Nim

And if you were to say when the precocious Nim, as a magical girl, acts most childishly, it would undoubtedly be in front of her sister—Nina. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"Nim, have you been listening to the captain properly?"

After a morning of instructional courses, Cornflower and Nim, who returned to the camp, encountered her sister Nina, who is also the magical girl codenamed Mo He.

Nina was checking on her sister's gear while asking her mundane concerns, even helping to tidy her hair, but still questioning her performance: "You didn't throw a tantrum or say anything weird, right?"

Because their parents passed away when they were young, Nina has often played the role of half a mother to Nim, worrying about her in various ways.

Perhaps due to this overprotectiveness, combined with Nina's tendency to think pessimistically, she had resorted to bribing the Commander to have both herself and her sister placed in the same squad.

Even now, Nina often feels ashamed about this, avoiding their squad captain most of the time. From Cornflower's perspective, the magical girl codenamed Mo He was like a ghost—clearly listed in the squad roster, work done as assigned, yet invisible most of the time.

"Of course not, sister, you're worrying too much."

Kicking her legs as she sat on the bench, Nim's head fidgeted under her sister's hands: "The captain has always praised me for performing well."

Nim wasn't completely oblivious to her sister's concerns, it's just that, in her view, many things weren't as complicated.

She thought Cornflower was amazing and admired her, so she should speak well of her; she knew she lacked experience and strength, so she needed to work hard to improve; she felt the doubts and distrust from others in the squad, so she actively communicated with them to eliminate the barriers.

Because problems existed, she would solve them; because difficulties existed, she would face them. Nim always thought and acted this way.

However, she wouldn't argue with her sister over these differences in perspective.

"That's good then."

Hearing her sister's reply, Nina felt slightly relieved but didn't forget to instruct worriedly: "Don't trouble the captain, okay?"

"Got it, got it."

Nim responded somewhat helplessly to her sister: "But sister, shouldn't you be more careful yourself? According to the schedule, it's your turn to inspect the construction area with the captain this afternoon. But you can't even string a sentence together with strangers. Are you sure you'll be okay?"

Nina's hands paused.

"...No, no problem."

She raised one hand stiffly to brush aside her bangs that were too long and blocking her view, answering hesitantly: "I'm already more familiar with the captain now, I don't think she's a stranger anymore."

"You're already stammering."

Nim tilted her head, smirking up at her sister: "And you haven't even met the captain that often, right? You've always been avoiding her."

"I, I've seen her!"

Remembering the conversation she had with Cornflower about the bribe, Nina retorted: "Though we haven't talked much since then, we've still met. I, I think it should be okay…"

This was a lie.

Everyone in Cornflower's squad knew that the magical girl codenamed Mo He played cat and mouse with Cornflower daily, preemptively finding a place to hide wherever they might bump into each other.

The reason it escalated to this point was that Mo He felt guilty towards Cornflower for two reasons.

First, for bribing the Commander. Although Cornflower had already forgiven her and accepted Nim as a member of the squad, Nina still felt guilty about it.

Second, for failing to meet the captain's expectations.

As a compensation for the bribe, Cornflower once asked Nina to train her sister Nim. At that time, Nina had loudly proclaimed, "I can do it."

The follow-up was that Nina's teaching efficiency was extremely low when she began acting as Nim's mentor.

Not only because her expression was so poor that even her sister didn't understand her technical terms, but also because her training demands were too lenient, not bearing to see her sister suffer. Many times, Nim felt nothing, but Nina thought she was tired and started fussing over her, declaring rest early.

Such teaching efficiency naturally couldn't meet Cornflower's initial requirements. Even Nim started to get impatient, so one day, after the lesson, Nim compiled all questions she didn't understand and sought out the captain, Cornflower, to ask.

Faced with a team member's questions, Cornflower answered everything she knew, quickly solving Nim's bottlenecks.

From then on, Nim's daily learning process became hearing it once from her sister, then compiling the questions and asking Cornflower again. Gradually, for efficiency, this process turned into directly learning from the captain. Nina didn't need to do anything anymore.

Cornflower never saw this as a problem, thinking it was a result both she and Nim actively sought. Before this, Nina had dutifully completed part of the teaching, which was enough.

But Nina felt it was her failing, and the less the captain and her sister complained, the more anxious she became, worrying whether she was hated.

Even though she avoided the captain like this, they couldn't always evade each other. Work schedules eventually brought them together. This time, Nina couldn't escape.

Just thinking about the possible scenarios this afternoon caused Nina immense pressure, so much her stomach hurt and she felt a bit nauseous. But she knew she couldn't evade forever; she might as well face it head-on.

"Anyway, I will try my best."

Imagining that "inevitably tragic" future, Nina couldn't help revealing an expression akin to a warrior facing martyrdom. Then, she clenched a fist and lifted it vigorously in front of her...

——"Ouch! Sister, why did you pull my hair?" Feeling several strands being yanked out, Nim protested in annoyance.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"