Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 214 The Competition Ends
The blinding white light lasted for several seconds. During this time, except for Delphinium and Aso Yuanxiang, no one else could see clearly what was happening in the training ground.

What happened in the light? What kind of confrontation did the two people have? Most people don't know.

But when the white light faded, all that was left was Lin Xiaolu who was still standing, and Bai Ji who was kneeling on the ground.

The magic costume in Bai Ji's hand had fallen to the side at some point, and the magic clothes on her body also showed signs of being burnt and torn. It was obvious that her magic power had been basically exhausted.

But even so, she still stared at Lin Xiaolu, with the fighting spirit in her eyes undiminished in the slightest.

Lin Xiaolu's situation wasn't very good either. The only reason she could still stand was because she still had some magic power. The magic particles floating on her body proved that she was also injured in the battle.

She rubbed her cheek with her glove to disperse the remaining magic particles, and glared back expressionlessly.

Is the battle still going on, or has it already been decided?
If it's over, who wins?

Amid the confusion of several magical girls watching, Moko in the center of the field slowly raised her paw and announced loudly:
——"In the second match, Bai Mei won! Now we will enter the halftime break!"

This brought an end to this matchup which could be said to be a huge upset.

Before this, even Aso Yuanxiang, who personally taught Lin Xiaolu the technique of turbidity, probably could not have imagined that the final result would be this.

Others might not have seen it clearly, but she saw clearly what happened in the white light - the white magic power in Lin Xiaolu's hand was thrown out by her like a throwing weapon, and Bai Ji immediately started to respond after being stunned for a moment, and all the magic techniques and magic equipment were contaminated, which can be said to be fully prepared.

But she was still caught off guard.

Because Lin Xiaolu's white magic power seemed to penetrate the space, directly passing through the defensive measures prepared by Bai Ji and hitting Bai Ji.

The magic armor was not damaged, nor was the magic barrier destroyed. Instead, it simply passed through, as if the spells in front of it did not exist at all.

This was the reason why Bai Ji was finally defeated in one blow. The defensive measures she prepared by squeezing out the last bit of magic power did not work, and instead she was hit hard by the opponent's turbid attack.

"What is this, sister?"

So this time, it was her turn to ask Delphinium: "Did you teach me?"

"I don't know her trick. She has mastered it completely on her own."

Delphinium shook her head: "I have actually used it a few times before, but it was always very unstable, so it can't be counted as normal combat power."

"So... this is the 'specialness' of that child you told me about before?"

Holding her chin up thoughtfully, Aso Yuanxiang looked at Lin Xiaolu not far away and asked, "Deviator?"

"I don't know." Delphinium said expressionlessly.

"That's not the answer I wanted, sister. I've revealed my 'turbidity' to you."

Aso Yuanxiang raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction: "Anyway, the competition is over, and the hiding of moves is over. Given the relationship between us, is it necessary for you to hide this from me?"

"I'm telling the truth because I really don't know."

Delphinium rolled her eyes at her. "I can't confirm if this is a deviation. Can't you feel it? That white magic doesn't show any background other than that of a magical girl."

"Indeed, she still looks like a magical girl in her basic tone... but it's hard to say that she's just become more turbid. Is there something different about the conditions? How strange."

The distressed look only stayed on Aso Yuanxiang's face for a short while before it turned into a smile again: "Well, things are getting interesting for once."

"I have to remind you that it's okay to find it funny, but don't have any bad thoughts about that child." Delphinium warned.

"No, I'm not Su Shengzi. Besides, she is the daughter of Anya and..., right?" Aso Yuanxiang teased.

While they were talking like this, on the other side, Lin Xiaolu and Bai Ji, who had finished their duel, finally ended their transformation and walked out of the training ground together.

Walking in the front is White Thistle.

After the transformation, Bai Ji looked quiet and steady. She was thin and had a calm expression. She had shoulder-length black hair and dressed neatly. She fits most people's stereotype of an "excellent student".

This "excellent student" first kept his eyes down, looking at the ground, until he walked all the way in front of Aso Yuanxiang, then he stopped hesitantly, then slowly raised his head and looked at her.

"I'm so sorry, Master."

She spoke, her voice hoarse: "I lost."

"Well, you lose."

Aso Yuanxiang nodded: "So?"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you." Bai Ji lowered his head again.

"So what do you think I should do now?"

"...Please criticize me." Bai Ji replied in a low voice.

"There's nothing wrong with what you said...but I'm not disappointed, so I won't criticize you."

Aso Yuanxiang smiled and said, "After all, you have done everything within your ability. You did not underestimate the enemy, nor did you make any mistakes. You simply encountered something beyond your ability, so you lost. I have no reason to blame you."

"Well, I used turbidity on an unsuspecting opponent before, which was against principle. Please criticize me."

"Didn't I tell you that before? So just treat it as a past event and be careful next time."

"So……"

For some reason, Bai Ji stopped talking midway.

Her shoulders trembled slightly.

Aso Yuanxiang looked at her student helplessly and stretched out her hand, trying to ask her to raise her head, but after her hand rested on the other's shoulder, the smile on her face froze and her expression showed a bit of surprise.

She realized that Bai Ji seemed to be crying.

"Hey, why are you crying now? Are you so sad? Let me see."

This shock didn't last long. She reacted immediately and held Bai Ji's face with a smile: "It's just a loss. No one blames you. Don't worry about it."

But who would have known that after she coaxed him like that, Bai Ji cried even more sadly.

If she was just sobbing quietly before, after hearing what Aso Yuanka said, her sobbing turned into loud crying.

"I just... wuwu, isn't this worth your expectation..."

She cried and said, "So... wuwuwu... you never expected me to win from the beginning. You have always been partial to Baimei... wuaaaaaah!"

The crying was so heart-wrenching, sad and desolate that it was unbearable to watch.

When the other magical girls heard the noise here, they all cast their eyes in this direction. The team members from Fangting City didn't think anything was wrong, but the other two from Baian City were extremely shocked.

After all, in their opinion, Bai Ji has always been mature and steady, and can be regarded as the backbone of the three younger generations. She never cries and never complains no matter what hard work she encounters. Instead, she always helps Mu Lily and Mimosa to resolve their worries.

Bai Ji was such a person, actually crying in public?
Not to mention the other magical girls, even Aso Yuuka was dumbfounded for a moment.

She could only follow her instinct and subconsciously reached out to pat Bai Ji on the back, wanting to say something, but considering that it seemed that it was her words that made the other person cry so sadly, she was completely frozen there.

After a moment's thought, she could only blink and look at Delphinium.

"Apologize." Delphinium crossed her arms and said firmly. "Why?" Aso Yuanxiang laughed dryly.

"There's no reason. This is the retribution for betraying someone's kindness."

Delphinium commented with drooping eyelids: "What you just said sounded to her like 'I didn't think highly of you from the beginning. I thought the opponent was stronger. It's only natural that you lost. There's no need to criticize.'"

"Plus, you gave her opponent some special training before the game. You are her mentor, but you are helping your opponent to deal with you. Of course, it is very aggrieved at this time."

After analyzing it like this, Delphinium, who thought she had figured out the whole story, nodded and said, "So, apologize."

“Wuwuaaaaaaa——”

As soon as she finished speaking, White Thistle started crying again, as if to confirm what Delphinium said.

Now, Aso Yuanxiang had to believe it even if she didn't want to.

It was not so much that she was convinced by Delphinium, but rather that she herself was vaguely aware of this.

But before this, in her mind, Bai Ji had always been a sensible and worry-free student, and his understanding of everything was always more thorough than his peers, so they shouldn't have a quarrel over such a thing.

Aso Yuanxiang has always thought this way ever since she proposed this "competition".

Although turbidification is a technique that I created myself, after it was created I did not keep it to myself, but taught it to many people. It is almost a semi-public thing. It is normal to teach this semi-public technique to others as a favor.

In the competition between the two city teams, although he is the mentor of Bai'an City, it would not serve the purpose of tempering if his students won too easily. It is actually reasonable to "assist the enemy" within an appropriate range.

As for the result of this competition, after all, the opponent was an unconventional magical girl who possessed extraordinary abilities, so losing was not embarrassing at all, and there was no problem in stating this fact.

All thoughts are "normal" and all actions are "reasonable", but one fact is completely ignored.

"You kid... do you really like me that much?"

This is what Aso Yuanxiang has never realized.

In her opinion, she was just a senior who tricked the other party into becoming a magical girl in the name of "employment", and then taught her how to fight as a magical girl.

The relationship between the two people is just as Bai Ji has always said, that of "mentor" and "student". Although they are acquaintances and trustworthy companions, they don't have such passionate feelings for each other.

It is precisely because of the deviation in her cognition in this aspect that her relationship with Bai Ji has always been businesslike, or a bit inhumane.

In a sense, she ignored the other person's feelings.

So she pursed her lips, reached out to hug Bai Ji, patted him on the head gently, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

When she said this, she was speaking with genuine emotion.

Then Bai Ji cried even louder.

But this time, it was obviously not because of how sad he was, but an outburst of grievances after the knot that had been blocking his emotions for a long time was untied.

As for how to coax her, that is Aso Yuanxiang's own task, and Cuiqiao can't help her.

After all, it is true that they need to be coaxed over there, but we also have a small powder keg on our side.

"It's really ugly. You just lost, but you cried like this. It's so embarrassing." Lin Xiaolu, who was standing next to Kuizi, commented on Bai Ji. It was as if she had forgotten that she had locked herself in her room for a whole night because of her loss to Bai Ji a week ago.

Cuique didn't forget, but she wasn't the type to bring up anything that was not relevant, so she just explained indifferently, "It's not mainly because of the loss, but because I was ignored by the person I admired, so I felt wronged, but it's not hard to understand."

"Even if I was ignored, there's no reason to do that in this situation..."

Perhaps because she had just gotten her revenge, Lin Xiaolu was quite angry. She followed what Cuique had said and wanted to criticize Baiji in a condescending manner. But soon, she realized what she was talking about and could not continue. "...That's true. It seems that it is understandable."

"Are you feeling a little happier? You defeated the opponent you lost to before." asked Delphinium.

"happy?"

Looking at Bai Ji who was crying heartbreakingly not far away, Lin Xiaolu's originally complacent expression somehow weakened a little. After a pause, she exhaled: "Maybe she is happy? After all, she was so arrogant before..."

Delphinium couldn't help but turn her head and look seriously at her daughter beside her.

I haven't communicated with her for several days, neither as Cuiqiao nor as Lin Yun.

Having just won a rare victory, although her expression showed fatigue after the battle, Lin Xiaolu was indeed much more energetic at this moment compared to her depressed appearance in the past few days.

The anxiety of not being able to awaken the magic suit and the panic of falling behind other teammates, these emotions, if not completely disappeared, at least temporarily faded in Lin Xiaolu.

However, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Cuiqiao always feels that under these emotions, Lin Xiaolu still has a strong sense of confusion.

This confusion did not fade away with the victory in the competition, but became even more intense.

"...Delphinium, I did it. I showed you everything I learned and the results of my training in the battle just now."

After a long silence, Lin Xiaolu spoke again: "Although many things are still not mature enough, I hope you can see them all."

"Yes, I know, thank you, I see it clearly."

Delphinium said softly, "You have made great progress. You performed very well in this battle."

"Really? That's good." Lin Xiaolu responded as if relieved.

Then, she seemed to be struggling for a while, and after another brief pause, she spoke: "Then, can I ask you, Delphinium, what do you think of me?"

"What do you think?"

This nonsensical question made Delphinium a little confused: "I think it's great."

"Very good?"

Lin Xiaolu's voice suddenly became two decibels louder: "Really? You think... that I'm good? Then, then what exactly is good... good about me?"

For some reason, the rhythm of her speech was completely messed up, some of the sounds were not pronounced correctly, and I don’t know if she bit her tongue.

"What's good about it? The accuracy of mana control has indeed improved. The application and connection of basic skills have been clearly optimized. I can judge the opponent's attack intention more accurately and guess some of the attack routes. The range of motion for dodging attacks has become lighter and I no longer use too much force like before... These are all visible improvements."

Commenting on Lin Xiaolu's previous battles in this way, even saying these improvements aloud, made Cuique feel quite gratified and moved: "You really work hard, I'm very proud of you."

"……Oh."

But who would have known that this praise, which Cuiqiao thought was quite accurate and sincere, would make Lin Xiaolu inexplicably depressed.

What went wrong? Delphinium was a little confused for a moment.

However, up to this point, amid Bai Ji's crying and Aso Yuanxiang's distressed voice of comfort, the competition between the teams from Bai'an City and Fangting City has come to an end.

The total score was 2 to 1, with Fangting City getting 2 points and Bai'an City getting 1 point. In the end, Fangting City won.

The last point came from Bai Jingxuan.

The last contestant from Bai'an City, Mu Baihe, was the only magical girl in the team who had not mastered turbidity and was still at the bud level. In just one minute, she was defeated by Bai Jingxuan's desperate fighting method and unreasonable magic power. She lay on the ground and raised the white flag tremblingly.

(End of this chapter)