Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 215 White Wolf
In the Donghua Province of the material world, people are accustomed to viewing New Year's Eve as a special festival.

Whenever the New Year is approaching, no matter whether people are busy with work or study, they always have to stop for a few days to spend the New Year with their families.

For this reason, when December comes to an end and the city of Fontaine is covered in snow and ice, both schools and workplaces will have a holiday lasting several days.

"Have a holiday?"

However, not everyone is happy to take the holiday. At least for Yuan, this is not good news at all: "What do you mean, does it mean that I don't have to work for the next few days, and I won't get paid?"

"Yes, I have to go home for the New Year."

The middle-aged man in construction site clothes and a hard hat exhaled, and the mist slowly rose in the cold air: "I know you like working, but it's already this late, you should go home and spend time with your family, your parents, your boyfriend, etc."

"I know I should go home for the New Year...but is it really necessary to take a holiday?"

Scratching his head in annoyance, Yuan said with a sad face, "To be honest, I'm really in urgent need of money."

"That can't be helped. The equipment needs to be sent back to the company for maintenance, and the rental period of the construction vehicle does not include holidays... Even if you really want to do it, you can't do it alone, right?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, signaling Yuan to leave: "Okay, if there is nothing else, clean up the scene and leave. We will also be leaving soon."

Even if she wanted to say anything more, she didn't have the chance to do so, as Yuan was driven away by the middle-aged man.

Looking at the sparsely populated construction site not far away, she looked at her dusty construction clothes, then at her jet-black white gloves, and finally she leaned weakly against the wall and sighed helplessly.

"Alas, making money is really difficult in this era."

——"Who told you, an idiot, to spend all the money given to you by the Strategy Bureau on buying lottery tickets and playing slot machines?"

A shrill voice came from beside her. The black cat-shaped fairy, Semi, had floated beside her without her noticing: "Now you know that money is hard to make? Why didn't you think about this when you were spending money? What's in your head?"

"Isn't this just bad luck? What if I can make money next time?"

Yuan muttered softly: "If all else fails, let's go to the place where we gambled before. At least we made a small fortune there last time..."

"Are you still going?"

Sammy's hair stood up. "No, no, no! The money we have is only enough for a few days of food!"

"If you make money, you can go to that fancy restaurant you saw earlier, right?"

Yuan smiled confidently: "I am almost tired of eating boxed lunches. It's time to yearn for a more luxurious meal."

"But if you lose, you'll have to go to the commercial street and look through trash cans for food again!"

Sammy kept shaking his head: "I absolutely don't want it!"

"It's not like we can't eat enough. After all, skipping a few meals isn't a big deal for the two of us."

Yuan said nonchalantly, obviously not taking the "consequences" mentioned by Sammy to heart at all, and just walked out along the path on the side of the construction site: "If it really doesn't work, just learn from other stray cats and wait for passers-by to feed you some cat food."

"The problem is that I can eat well!"

Sammy could only follow her and argue: "Besides, I've already said that I'm not a cat, and I don't eat cat food..."

"That's fine. When I win the money back next time, you can eat whatever you want."

"I told you there won't be a next time! No lottery tickets! No boxing! No slot machines!"

Sammy said sternly: "If you do that again, I will quit and go back to the leader to apologize!"

"Okay, okay -"

While answering perfunctorily in a drawn-out voice, he and Semi walked out of the construction site together. Yuan walked slowly along the sidewalk by the road, looking at the traffic on the road with a blank expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

She has been in Fangting City for more than a month.

From being cheated every time I looked for a job, to being chased by the urban management when I set up a fortune-telling stall on the street, to finally finding a reliable construction site, I got to see some aspects of life in this city.

Although she still has not integrated into modern city life, she does not feel uncomfortable because of this. Rather, she is always trying things she has never seen before.

Whether it is the gambling that Semi criticized, or the "real business" of working to make money, the city's food, entertainment, transportation and many other things are things she is happy to experience.

In addition to the experience, even if there is really nothing to do, she can also go find the magical girls in Fangting City to fight a few times, which can be considered a combination of work and rest.

Although the time was not long, she was quite satisfied with this kind of life. It would be better to say that she had been enjoying it for a while. The material world now was much more interesting than the era when she was born, and it was also more interesting than her previous life in the world.

Walking on the snowy road, he could feel the snow being gradually crushed and compacted under his feet. The subtle sound went through his body and into his ears, causing Yuan to stop in his tracks.

"what a pity."

She couldn't help but murmur to herself.

Although she really wanted to stay in this place for a while longer, many factors did not allow her to do so.

Under the dark white gloves, she could feel the back of her hands getting slightly warm.

He raised his hand and took off the glove. On the back of his hot hand, the pattern depicting a scarlet eagle was glowing faintly.

This pattern represents her identity in Claw Mark and is a symbol of her being a core cadre of Claw Mark. When it glows, there is only one possibility - the leader of Claw Mark wants to find her.

This action was not hidden from Semi next to her, so the black cat fairy's expression also became serious. The two looked at each other and started to move at the same time.

After looking around and making sure no one noticed him, Yuan randomly found an alley, walked into it, transformed in the darkness, and then flew into the air, heading to the top of a tall office building nearby.

Semi followed closely behind, relying on the fact that she was a fairy and could not be seen by passers-by, she bounced between several buildings and landed next to Yuan.

When everything was ready, Yuan took out a red and black magic mirror from her bag. She squatted in the cold wind, followed the call of the mark on the back of her hand, and contacted the other end of the magic mirror.

Almost at the same time, deep purple magic power emanated from the mirror, completely obscuring the surrounding space.

Yuan watched the changes happening on the magic mirror silently without saying a word. Semi beside him also remained silent, lying on the ground motionlessly.

These deep purple magic powers seemed to have their own life, exploring, sensing, and touching the surrounding air. They should be light magic powers, but they were like entities, giving people a heavy feeling that made them breathless. They surged and formed circulations within a certain range, as if they could confirm the surrounding environment.

After a while, the pervasive magical power finally stopped expanding outward, but completely blocked the sky outside the office building, forming a barrier that outsiders could never enter.

Then, the mirror in Yuan's hand finally lit up.

——"Long time no see, dear Kite."

A light and slightly tender voice sounded, and a girl who looked only about fifteen years old appeared on the other side of the magic mirror. She had a warm smile on her face, like an innocent girl who knew nothing about the world.

Her face was delicate, her skin was fair and rosy, and her deep purple eyes were full of light, making her look pitiful. Her long, light purple hair was draped over her shoulders, looking quite soft and fluffy, as if it was down stuffed in clothes.

She was wearing a white princess dress with gorgeous and complicated decorations, and a diamond necklace that looked very luxurious around her neck, as if she was showing off something.

Whether in appearance, clothing or manners, the girl is like a princess in a fairy tale. Cute, gorgeous, elegant, a series of nouns seem to be able to find their corresponding descriptions in her.

If we ignore the environment she is in at the moment.

The sky was filled with yellow sand, the setting sun was glowing red, and behind the girl lay a huge beast with only the last faint signs of life remaining; the ground was covered with the beast's body fluids, limbs that had been torn beyond recognition, and the charred remains of something that seemed to have once been a "nest".

It seemed that a battle had just taken place there, which was the thought that everyone would have when seeing this scene. However, this thought would become distorted after seeing the girl - because the girl here was too disconnected from the surrounding scene.

In such a place that was almost a ruin, the girl had no blood or dirt on her body, not even a speck of dust. Her white princess dress had no other colors except for the ribbons used for decoration. Not only that, even her hair was as soft as if it had just been groomed.

And there is one most eye-catching abnormality about such a girl - she has a pair of animal ears formed by the flow of magic on her head.

It looked like the ears of some canine animal, standing neatly on both sides of the head, but because it was made of magic, it looked translucent.

"Long time no see, Boss."

As if he hadn't noticed anything unusual, Yuan calmly greeted the object on the other side of the mirror, then raised his head and smiled politely, "Are you going out hunting in person today?"

"Well, it's been like this for a while."

She glanced at the huge beast behind her. With her action, the already dying beast even stopped its only life activities. "After all, we are short of people at home now. You all go out to perform tasks, so I can only do some chores."

"Are you short of people...?" Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and did not look at the girl in the mirror.

"Yeah, you went to the material world, Black Cat returned to the kingdom, and Kui went with her... Now there are only some logistics staff and me at home. It's very lonely."

The girl chuckled, her face slightly flushed, and she seemed a little shy: "That's why I contacted you at this time. I hope it didn't delay your work?"

"No, the most important thing is that you come to me."

Yuan forced a grin, pulling out a seemingly carefree smile: "It's also our fault that we stayed out for too long, making you feel uncomfortable at home alone."

"It doesn't matter. After all, these are my requests. I hope you can complete the tasks. Being anxious often doesn't bring good results."

The girl shook her head and looked at Yuan softly: "I am just a little worried that your mission may have encountered difficulties that cannot be solved."

Yuan pursed her lips.

She lowered her head and glanced to the side for help, but saw Semi lying quietly on the ground, as if dead, with no movement at all.

Sighing in her heart, she could only organize her words and stammered, "My side... is indeed not going smoothly, because according to my investigation, the Beast Source of Moth... is now controlled by Emerald."

"As for Cornflower, although she is injured as the intelligence said, there are veteran members of the Fangting City team stationed here to protect her safety."

"That child named Bai Jingxuan... She has almost always been in the secret base of the Magical Girls Team in Fangting City. She rarely appears. Even if she does, she always follows others. There is no suitable opportunity for us to attack her."

She racked her brains to find out the part of information in her brain that could be called "facts", and after organizing it, she formed the above language.

These words are all true, but they are not the reason why she failed to succeed, because the only reason is that she was here on "vacation" and had no intention of resolving it sooner.

"Emerald?"

Fortunately, the information that Yuan managed to throw out seemed to really attract the girl's attention, especially the code that symbolized the institute's gem scepter.

Yuan learned this news when he had a duel with Cuiqiao. It was precisely because of this knowledge that Yuan took a desperate attitude and settled down completely in Fangting City.

After all, asking her to rob a damaged semi-gem scepter is understandable, but asking her to rob an incumbent full-powered gem scepter? That's not a joke.

After hearing the code name, the girl was stunned for a moment, then frowned and puffed up her lips, revealing an expression that was obviously upset. She was obviously angry, but she actually looked a little cute: "This nerd is always so sharp about things like this that it's annoying."

"You said that the Beast Source is in Emerald's hands. To what extent? Has it come into her hands, or is it only in the hands of her librarians who cross the border everywhere? Has it been transported to the realm, or is it still in the material world?"

The girl said in a clear voice, as if reciting a poem: "So, since the Source of Beasts is in her hands, Cornflower has actually reached some kind of deal with her?"

"It seems so."

Yuan seemed to be speaking honestly, but in fact, he chose his words carefully as he answered: "I once found Cornflower and asked her to hand over the Source of the Beast. However, not only did other members of the Fangting City team come to stop us, but we also learned that the Source of the Beast had been taken away by Emerald."

"I don't know when Emerald came to make the deal with her, but it should have been completed when we didn't know." Perhaps she felt that this was not enough to cover up her mistake, so she added another sentence.

"That is to say, we don't know the progress... but are you sure it was taken away by Emerald? Could it be that he took advantage of the situation to deceive you?" the girl asked.

"I can't sense any remaining aura of the Beast Origin on Cornflower, and there is no remaining aura when searching Fangting City. Even if it's not Emerald, it should not be in this city."

Yuan reported his only serious work truthfully: "I haven't confirmed the reliability of this information yet. This is my mistake."

"It doesn't matter. Just treat it as true. It doesn't conflict with our original purpose."

The girl shook her head gently. "Then, the only remaining task is to bring back Cornflower and Bai Jingxuan. If these two tasks can be completed, their value will be no less than a Beast Origin. Do you have any idea?"

"As for this matter, it is not that easy because the old members of the Fangting City team are stationed there..."

"It's easy, right?"

Interrupting Yuan's evasive speech, the girl leaned slightly towards the mirror with a curious look on her face and said, "Twenty years ago, the Fangting City team was called a legendary team because of Cornflower and Sakura. But now Cornflower is injured and Sakura is dead. There shouldn't be anyone left who can threaten you, right?"

"I tried to fight them, but the injured Cornflower seemed to be able to recover some of her strength with the help of her teammates. Plus, her teammates were also Flower-level..." Yuan's voice became smaller and smaller.

"But it still doesn't mean anything to you, does it?"

The girl smiled suddenly, brightly and innocently: "You are my most trusted warrior. Even if you are facing Cornflower or Sakura at their peak, you should be able to fight."

"...Yes." This was the only response Yuan could give.

"If you find it difficult to conquer the city head-on, then why not try using the people in the city? The so-called New Year in the material world is coming soon. How about setting off some nice fireworks for them according to the customs there?"

Seeing that Yuan didn't want to talk more, the girl continued to speak in a sweet and innocent voice: "If there are a million people, it may affect the normal operation of the city, and it will be inconvenient for the apostles to take over in the future... Then how about 100,000 people? This number should be enough to make them accept some unequal rules."

"…What do you mean?"

"Kill him." The girl's tone was vague, as if she was talking about what she was going to eat for dinner.

Yuan was silent again.

She had always been silent so many times when facing the leader of the Claw Scar, the former Gem Scepter, the White Wolf.

"Ah, why are you silent?"

In response to Yuan's silence, White Wolf first blinked, then tilted his head in confusion: "Are you unhappy because I interfered too much with your mission? If that's the case, I'm sorry, I just hope you can solve the troubles you encounter as soon as possible and return to our home. It's all my fault for being too nagging, can you stop being angry with me?"

"After all, being alone is a bit lonely."

She looked at Yuan with tender eyes and smiled shyly like a young girl: "It would be great if you could come back earlier to accompany me."

Kite was unable to raise his head.

Even though she knew that if she raised her head at this moment, she would only see the White Wolf's iconic tender gaze, she still couldn't control her head to complete this action.

She could only keep her head down, like a minister meeting the emperor in the royal court, and bow her body deeply, deeply.

——"Yes, sir."

Then, like a puppet, stiff words came out of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)