UGB Chapter 376 The Stray Dog's Home
Chapter 376 The Stray Dog's Home
later.
In the dormitory of Rongcheng Third College of Arts and Sciences, Su Tianqing knocked on the tightly closed door.
The dog-girl, dressed in her pajamas, came to open the door. Upon seeing Su Tianqing and Yue Tianxin, her tail immediately wagged like an electric fan, welcoming the two foxes inside.
Good afternoon~
"Ah... Good afternoon!"
The dog girl answered hesitantly, her body tense with nervousness, but her tail still wagged uncontrollably.
So, the orc's tail and body are two different things after all? Su Tianqing finally felt the same sense of vulnerability she had towards the tail when she saw other orcs.
"Didn't Xiao Wang go to work today?"
"Um, the store manager said that the store will be closed for half a day this afternoon to hold the annual accounting and purchasing plan meeting."
"Oh, is that so? Then you're very lucky to have gotten a half-day off."
"Hehe..."
Wang Xiaowang scratched his cheek and chuckled.
Tsukishiro floated forward and chatted with the dog girl about everyday topics, mostly about trivial things like "Did you successfully transform?" and "What do you want to do after becoming a magical girl?"
The conversation went fairly smoothly, and the topics gradually became more in-depth, soon moving from their daily work lives to some deeper information that Su Tianqing wanted to know.
"Miss Yue Tianxin, what is the Star Realm like? Is it similar to our present world?"
"I can't help but ask," the dog girl asked curiously.
The fox spirit stroked her chin, pondering for a moment, as if searching for memories from the settings she had created for herself, before quickly answering:
"Countless worlds float within the astral plane; it is an extremely vast place."
"The place I live in is called the City of Stargazers, where the Council of the Star Gods trains stargazers."
"Oh...wow, that's amazing..."
Wang Xiaowang's eyes lit up as he looked at the sky outside the window with great anticipation and excitement.
They looked like they couldn't wait to float up to the stars and go on a trip.
"Hehe, if you could become a really powerful magical girl, you could travel freely to the astral plane like Mercury and Red Rose~"
"Really?! Then I'll do my best!" The dog girl was full of fighting spirit.
Following this topic, Su Tianqing glanced at the fox spirit, urging her to continue asking questions.
"Speaking of which, is Xiao Wang a local? How long has he lived in Chengdu?"
"Woof..."
When asked about the origins of the fox spirit, the dog girl didn't seem surprised when asked the same question in return, and honestly answered:
"I guess I'd call myself a local. I've been living in Chengdu as long as I can remember."
"I lived in an orphanage when I was very young, and a family of grandparents adopted me. I loved them very much."
"But my grandparents are not in good health and are often sick, and their children rarely come back to take care of them."
Five years ago, my grandmother fell seriously ill and became bedridden. My grandfather worked late every day to take care of her and get her medical treatment.
"later……"
A pause, a silence.
Despite the silence, Su Tianqing could still guess what would happen next.
The dog girl pursed her lips and remained silent. Su Tianqing and Yue Tianxin exchanged a glance and quickly comforted her softly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up this sad thing, um..."
"No, it's okay! It's been so many years!"
The dog-girl forced herself to be cheerful, chuckling as she straightened her back, but the shimmering tears in her eyes made Su Tianqing realize the pain she was enduring.
"...From then on, I had no home."
"I walked and walked on the streets of Chengdu. When I was thirsty, I would look for a water tap in a public toilet. When I was hungry, I would try my luck in front of a bakery at night."
"One day, while I was waiting for bread nearing its expiration date outside a bakery, an uncle from the mutual aid society found me and told me to go back to school."
"Later, I got into a liberal arts college, and now I can work part-time at a bubble tea shop during winter break!"
At this point, the dog-girl grinned, her tail wagging excitedly a few times.
What a pitiful little guy. Su Tianqing thought to herself.
"Hmm, let bygones be bygones. How about we talk about something happy?"
Yue Tianxin quickly changed the subject, took out the postcard that Su Tianqing had prepared in advance from the magic space, and showed it to Wang Xiaowang.
"Little Wang, look! This is a little gift Tianqing received from the magical girls who recently arrived in Rongcheng!"
"Woof! I know this! It's the Foehn wind of London!"
When the topic turned to familiar subjects, the dog girl instantly perked up, her previous gloom vanished, and she seemed like a completely different dog.
This trip wasn't specifically to check on Wang Xiaowang's condition. After all, she's just a reserve member right now, not yet part of the story, and doesn't have much room to maneuver.
While the fox spirit and the dog girl were chatting, Su Tianqing quietly observed her surroundings.
Just like Lin Muyao back then, only by scouting the area in advance can one know the entry point, thereby creating conditions for the subsequent actions.
This is what is known as terrain reconnaissance!
...
Next came the usual segment of cheering on the new magical girl. After encouraging her to bravely try transforming, Su Tianqing left the dormitory with her fox spirit.
The dog girl looked reluctant to part, but she was too embarrassed to keep the two of them to play with her any longer, so she arranged to meet them again next time.
"Anyway, I don't have any friends, so Sister Tianqing and Miss Yue Tianxin can come and see me anytime!"
Wang Xiaowang spoke the sad words with the happiest expression, watching the two foxes disappear into the distance.
"...Woof!"
"I talked to them a lot today."
The dog girl stood blankly at the dormitory entrance, muttering to herself.
Has she found a new home? The Bernese Mountain Dog Girl couldn't help but wonder.
Becoming a magical girl was something I never even dreamed of, yet the Guardian Star and the Stargazer have truly appeared before me...
Even the irises and dandelions, which she has recently come to love, had a series of encounters with her under the guidance of the stargazer.
It's like a dream, the kind of beautiful dream that you won't be surprised to wake up whenever you do.
Thinking of this, Wang Xiaowang grabbed his restless tail and gently bit it.
The pain made him instinctively retract his tail, confirming that this was not a dream, but real reality.
When the dog girl returned to the dormitory and closed the door, she was about to lock it when she suddenly saw another bed that had already been made up in the dormitory.
The hand that was locked paused for a long time.
Ah, speaking of which, I already have roommates.
And they were international students who came from the UK to study?
Thinking of this, Wang Xiaowang recalled what Yue Tianxin had told him before she left:
Don't tell your roommates that you're a magical girl, and absolutely don't reveal your companions' true identities.
...You can no longer casually pose with your Guardian Star in the dorm as if you're transforming.
The dog girl suddenly felt that she had lost another source of entertainment, and began to bark softly.