"I like you, Emerald Sparrow."
"I had always been unclear about the feeling of 'liking' someone. I only knew that I liked my mom, I didn't like my dad so much, I liked the magical girl on TV, I didn't like myself."
"But then, after I met you, I felt that I could clearly distinguish what this feeling was."
"Whenever I thought of that person, I felt a warm current flowing in my heart; whenever I saw that person, my heart felt elated; whenever we were together, I felt very calm inside; whenever our eyes met, I wished that moment would last longer."
"I wanted more of that person's attention, to become more important to them, to become closer, to monopolize, to...make you stay for me."
Lin Xiaolu closed her eyes, "Emerald Sparrow, you once said that after I become a fully capable magical girl, you would leave, right?"
"I did say, it depends on you, even if it's until retirement..."
"What if I said I wanted 'forever'?"
Emerald Sparrow was silent once again.