Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 213 White Thistle and White Rose

Before becoming a magical girl, Bai Ji, or the girl named Qiu Yun, had an ordinary life.

Ordinary looks, ordinary figure, ordinary personality, ordinary talent. The only thing that is not ordinary is probably her mother who left home forever because of a quarrel between her husband and wife, and her father who always stays out all night.

However, in her perception, these things did not affect her too much. After all, her life continued. Her father did not show up often but still gave her living expenses and tuition fees, and she could still go to school normally.

Qiu Yun is considered an excellent student in school. She studies very hard, so her academic performance is relatively good. She is also very obedient, so she was appointed as the class monitor by the head teacher.

If there were no other changes, Qiu Yun's life trajectory would probably be to go to school normally, work normally, and then use the job brought by hard work to leave this original family where there was no family affection left, find a husband who loved her enough, and welcome her own happiness.

At least that's how she planned it.

Until one day, someone else suddenly appeared in Qiu Yun's apartment, where she was usually alone. A strange woman showed up with her father. The strange woman denounced Qiu Yun as a mistress's child and a "bastard", and then announced that she did not recognize her right to live in the house and asked her to leave.

During this process, Qiu Yun realized that there was not even a marriage between his mother and father, and that he was just the product of an affair.

Her father stood by silently from beginning to end. Only after the woman left did he secretly give her some money. Then he just sighed and waved at her.

Qiu Yun tried to call his mother, but all he got was a hollow message saying "the number is no longer in service."

From that day on, Qiu Yun was forced to leave home.

She moved into an old, small rental house by herself. The man who could be considered her "father" still secretly gave her living expenses, but the amount was getting smaller and smaller, and she could only barely make ends meet and couldn't even pay for her tuition.

In order to continue her studies, Qiu Yun started looking for a part-time job, but her age prevented her from finding a decent part-time job, so she could only do some work like handing out flyers and tissues on the street. Trapped by her livelihood, her academic performance also began to decline, and it seemed that everything was getting worse.

This kind of life lasted for quite some time, until one day, when she was handing out flyers on the street, she met a very special woman.

The woman was very beautiful, tall, and had a unique temperament. A raccoon-like doll sat on her shoulder, making her look out of place with the people around her.

Unlike most passers-by, she did not refuse her flyer. Instead, she took it and asked a question that seemed almost like an illusion to Qiu Yun:
——"Are you interested in becoming a magical girl?"

Perhaps because a difficult life would make people numb, Qiu Yun at that time also asked an extremely strange question: "...Is there a salary?"

"Food and lodging are provided, and there are bonuses."

From that day on, Qiu Yun got another name, Bai Ji.

Bai Ji's talent as a magical girl is surprisingly good. Although she can't be called a genius, she is definitely not "ordinary". And because this is her hard-earned "job", she studies to be a magical girl even harder than she did in school.

Qiu Yun has always respected the woman who hired her. She respected her kindness in bringing her out of the sea of ​​suffering, and also respected her strength as a magical girl, so she called her "mentor."

Because of respect, we admire, and because of admiration, we yearn for it.

In order to become a magical girl as powerful as her mentor, Bai Ji has always been strict with herself. Because of her hard work and self-discipline, Bai Ji was able to stand out among the magical girls of the same period. In the qualification certification at the beginning of the year, she ranked tenth in practical combat and first in written examination, and won the first place in the overall ranking.

She believes that this all depends on the guidance of the mentor.

She believes this is all because of the tutor’s skills.

Her mentor, Margaret, is the greatest magical girl in the world. At least in her mind, no one can replace this position.

So, when the mentor mentioned that he was going to Fangting City to "meet old friends" and revealed to her that "there might be a competition between young people", Bai Ji agreed without thinking.

She knew the "friend" her teacher was talking about, and knew that the magical girl named Delphinium was a very remarkable person. When she went to meet the other party's students, she should support the occasion.

At the same time, she also hopes that she can continue to outperform her opponents and become a student that her mentor is proud of.

Even if her opponent is a student of the Inspector of the Investigation Bureau, she will not be afraid; even if her opponent is a novice who has just become a magical girl for more than half a year, she will not underestimate the enemy.

In particular, this opponent actually dared to speak rudely to his own mentor.

When his mentor was meeting and greeting his old friend, the little dwarf named Bai Mei actually ran out and made a big fuss, even cursing with words like "hooligan".

This kind of rude and even contemptuous attitude made Bai Ji feel hurt.

Out of courtesy, she would not criticize the other party or attack back in such an occasion. She would not be rude in such an occasion because that would only embarrass the tutor in front of the inspector.

However, this does not mean that she has completely endured it.

After following the opponent to the base in Fangting City, Bai Ji took the initiative to find Bai Mei and proposed a "private contest". Of course, it was a "contest" on the surface, but in fact it was just to test the depth of the opponent. If he was a fool, he would just take the opportunity to teach him a lesson.

There is no doubt that White Thistle succeeded.

The opponent obviously didn't know the existence of the "turbidity" technique at all. He thought that after the ban of rituals and magic equipment, the competition between magic powers was just a simple wrestling. As a result, he suffered a great loss and was defeated by himself in the first encounter.

But at the same time, White Thistle also failed.

The secret competition was discovered by the instructor. Instead of praising her, the instructor sternly told her that it was wrong to do so, and that taking advantage of the information gap and loopholes in the rules violated the principle of fair competition. The instructor asked her to apologize to the Fangting City team.

Bai Ji didn't understand or comprehend why her tutor criticized her for this matter, but even though she was extremely unwilling in her heart, she still chose to do it.

Then, until now, she watched her opponent use turbidity with her own eyes.

"It seems like three days?"

After hearing the other party say this, Bai Ji felt that the string of rationality in his mind was broken.

What shocked even herself was that at that moment, the emotion that overflowed from her heart was not "anger" or "humiliation", but an uglier emotion.

Hey.

Why is it that when the other party clearly disrespects his mentor, his mentor instead favors him and even wants to teach him all his skills?

Why does she have such a bad personality, but everyone around her treats her like a princess? The inspector from Fangting City treats her like his own daughter, and even a blind person can see how much he dotes on her?

Why did God give such a guy such an exaggerated talent? I worked day and night to practice for so long to learn turbidity, but this guy only needed three days?
Bai Ji's mind was full of doubts about the other party's words, but she couldn't express any of them in a coherent way, because the emotion of jealousy had made her completely lose her composure.

She just unfolded her magic suit in vain, and began to pour out her magic power in vain. She used whatever she could, including spells, turbidity, magic suit, and she had only one goal - to defeat this annoying guy.

"Fanwen!" He shouted the name of his magic suit, and the pen in his hand brushed out rows of Favor runes in the air like a printer, and offensive spells were thrown everywhere as if they were free.

Because she used up her magic power too quickly, Bai Ji even showed the same symptoms as Xia Liang before - dizziness and blurred vision. She could only clench her teeth tightly, almost breaking her back teeth.

The attack from her side was so fierce that Lin Xiaolu naturally felt bad. She had just mastered the turbidity and was not able to use it freely. She could only symbolically use the blue flame to offset a few attacks and had to dodge everywhere. The attack was so dense that she could not completely avoid it, so she still took a few moves.

But even so, she still did not get discouraged.

She still kept in mind what Delphinium had said to her before going on stage.

"Let Delphinium see me now..."

This sentence was like some kind of spell, making Lin Xiaolu's mind extremely clear.

Regardless of winning or losing or other people, she was only thinking about how to show the results of her recent practice.

Even if there has been no progress in the development of my abilities, even if my magic suit has not shown any movement so far, I have indeed tried my best, and the results of my efforts are real.

Well, at least let these things be seen by the delphinium.

The improvement of her flying skills allowed her to dodge some of her opponents' attacks.

The improvement in the quality of her magic power allowed her to fight a Leaf-level opponent without losing due to magic power depletion.

The flames that were clouded by magic allowed her magic to ignore and even counter the opponent's clouded vibrations.

These advances are real.

As long as these things are presented as they are and Delphinium can see that it is really working hard and making progress, then it will be enough.

…Is that enough?
She suddenly questioned herself in her heart.

It seems that something is still missing after just showing it to this point.

For some reason, Lin Xiaolu always felt that she should be able to do more.

Although this is just an intuition, this intuition is so clear at the moment. It is shouting to Lin Xiaolu with a clear voice, telling her that this feeling is just right now.

And this feeling made her feel so strange and familiar.

The last time she had this feeling was on the night of the Full Moon Festival; the last time before that was during the crisis at the orphanage, but at those times, she had such changes because she was extremely angry at her enemies.

This time it's different.

It's not something I use unconsciously out of anger, but a simple feeling that I can do it.

It was just because she always felt that this was not her limit as she continued to pollute her magic power.

Looking at the magic power that had transformed into blue flames in front of her, her heart kept telling herself that she could go further and show more.

Can it be turbidized again?

This thought even shocked Lin Xiaolu herself.

During previous teaching, Aso Yuanxiang had discussed this issue with her, and the answer was - it is feasible in theory, but there is no benefit in practice.

Because turbidity itself is the process of stripping away the commonalities of magic and making it more personalized. Can turbidity again make the already personalized magic even more personalized?
the answer is negative.

In fact, further polluting the already polluted magic power will only allow the magic power to regain some of its commonalities, and this commonality will allow the magic power to return to its original form again.

Aso Yuanxiang has not yet figured out the specific principle of this effect, which seems like a double negative plus a positive. But there is no doubt that after being turbid twice, she even lost extra energy and magic power in the middle, and only gained some unchanged magic power, which is indeed a benefit.

That's why Lin Xiaolu was surprised at her own thoughts: she clearly knew the result of "re-turbidification", so why did her intuition still tell her that it was worth a try?
But soon, she put this boring entanglement aside - it was just a try after all, and there was no loss.

With this thought in mind, she focused her mind on the magic power in her hands, and then used the skills she had learned during this period to influence the light blue flame.

The fiery magic power in her hands gradually calmed down with Lin Xiaolu's efforts, and then the flame shape gradually dissipated, leaving only the ordinary magic brilliance.

This behavior naturally did not escape Bai Ji's eyes.

What on earth is that guy doing?
This was the first thought that popped into Bai Ji’s mind.

She had certainly tried to further contaminate the contaminated magic power. It could even be said that everyone in the Baian City team who had learned this technique would make this attempt.

But the answers to all such attempts are the same - turning back into normal magic power.

And now, the other party actually tried this in the middle of a fight. Was he stupid? Or was he simply expressing his contempt for himself?
Thoughts were running through his mind, but Bai Ji did not start to slack off like Lin Xiaolu did. Instead, he once again waved the magic armor in his hand, intending to launch a few more attacks to end this frustrating battle.

No matter what the other party is thinking, knock her down first.

With this thought in mind, Bai Ji pointed the tip of the pen at Lin Xiaolu, and magic power gathered above it, wanting to take the opportunity to knock Lin Xiaolu down.

But at this moment, something strange appeared in her vision. To be more precise, it appeared on Lin Xiaolu.

Because the magic power that had previously calmed down from its turbid state and was now quietly lingering in Lin Xiaolu's hands seemed to have faded a little.

The original light blue color gradually lost its color, as if it had been taken away by someone and was becoming increasingly faint.

Is it an illusion?

Before Bai Ji confirmed this idea, she discovered that the magic power in Lin Xiaolu's hand faded a little bit, until it turned from light blue to an extremely dazzling white.

It used its actual existence to tell White Thistle that this was not an illusion.

Then, this white color suddenly spread out from the small ball in Lin Xiaolu's hand.

White caught everyone's attention at this moment.

(End of this chapter)