Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 240 Special training begins

Looking at the white scepter placed in front of her, Delphinium narrowed her eyes slightly.

This was not the first time she had seen Lin Xiaolu's magic costume. In fact, she had already seen Lin Xiaolu wearing this magic costume on New Year's Eve.

However, compared to the fleeting glimpse at that time, this kind of observation makes people feel more real.

There is no doubt that, judging from the appearance alone, this is definitely the most ostentatious magical costume among all magical girls.

The scepter as the basic shape is not unique, but it can be said to be rare. Coupled with the huge and conspicuous gem in the center of the wand, now Lin Xiaolu only needs to hold this magic wand and walk around the magic kingdom, and the rate of passers-by turning their heads will definitely reach 100%.

After all, no matter who sees Lin Xiaolu's magic costume, the first thing that comes to mind is the words "jeweled scepter". And the term "jeweled scepter" is a synonym for the highest level of magical girl, and it can be said that everyone in the country knows it.

Of course, considering that the magic costumes of magic girls are all kinds of strange, it is reasonable to occasionally see two magic costumes in the shape of scepters. Most people will choose to accept this coincidence after the initial surprise. Compared with many strange magic costumes, Lin Xiaolu's magic costume in the shape of a scepter is not difficult to accept.

But in fact, this is what Delphinium is most worried about.

Because she had a vague suspicion that all this was not a coincidence.

She didn't say this speculation out loud because it was just a guess after all, and there was no point in saying it out loud. It would only make the children more worried.

After thinking it over, she could only keep this in mind and verify it later.

After putting this question aside for the moment, Delphinium's gaze continued to move downward, along the shaft of the scepter to the center, and then stopped on the four conspicuous grooves.

There are four grooves, with four crystals inlaid in them. Except for the top one that is shining with bright white light, the others are dim at this time.

"You mentioned before that your magic suit can change its form?"

She didn't think about it, but looked at Lin Xiaolu first: "Can you demonstrate it here?"

This was the first time she had heard of a magic suit that could drastically change its original form before it blossomed. In fact, until now, she still had some doubts about it. It was not that she thought Lin Xiaolu was bragging or lying, but she simply felt that this might just be some kind of mechanism of the magic suit.

Just like the enemy they encountered before, Yuan, the opponent's magic suit "Hyakutake" can also transform into various weapons in different forms. However, "transforming into a weapon" itself is Hyakutake's mechanism and ability. Hyakutake's original form has always been that ball of black liquid metal, which has never changed.

In her opinion, Lin Xiaolu's magic costume might be the same. The so-called change in form might just be the external manifestation after using the ability, and it was the visual effect after the scepter was deformed.

Although this still cannot explain why Lin Xiaolu's magic suit can even produce new abilities after changing its form, it is at least much easier to accept than the statement that "the magic suit itself can change its form."

Therefore, she needed to confirm what Lin Xiaolu's magic costume was.

"Of course!"

After Cuiqiao spoke, Lin Xiaolu, who was sitting opposite her, nodded quickly.

It would be better to say that she had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Over the past few days, she had hinted to Cuique countless times, either explicitly or implicitly, whether she wanted to take a look at her magic costume. Now that she finally had this opportunity, she naturally had to show off her skills.

In her opinion, her magic suit currently has two forms. The basic form looks very beautiful and majestic, but at this moment she wants Cuique to see the guard form of the magic suit.

So, she immediately reached out her hand, held her magic suit, and began to recall the feeling when she changed the magic suit form before...

Then, no changes were triggered.

She loosened her hand, lowered her head to look at her magic outfit, and found that the scepter was still the same scepter. At most, the second crystal on the scepter was slightly brighter, but there was no sign of it transforming into any other form.

"Eh?"

Unable to control her emotions, a questioning voice came out of Lin Xiaolu's mouth subconsciously.

"Shouldn't it?"

She picked up her magic suit and tried again, but the magic suit still didn't move. No matter how she swung and rotated it, it remained in the same state.

Xia Liang and Bai Jingxuan on the side both looked as if they were used to it, and even Cuiqiao did not show the slightest bit of surprise. After all, this kind of actual combat explosion and the usual failure of the chain were not the first time that Lin Xiaolu had happened, and everyone had some psychological expectations.

The reason why Cuiqiao did not start analyzing first, but asked Lin Xiaolu to demonstrate her ability to change the form of her magic suit, was also because of this consideration.

Of course, their lack of reaction didn't mean that Lin Xiaolu didn't have any emotions either. She stood there at a loss, grabbing her wand, so embarrassed that her face almost turned red.

"No, I clearly used it very smoothly during actual combat before..." She argued in vain.

"Ah ha ha……"

Xia Liang laughed politely in embarrassment: "It's okay, I've seen your magic suit before, I know you really have this ability, maybe you're just not in good condition now, right?"

"Yeah! Sister Xiaolu, there's no problem." Bai Jingxuan also responded and comforted her.

The timely encouragement from her teammates made Lin Xiaolu look a little better, but she still shook the magic suit in her hand unwillingly: "But I don't think it has anything to do with my condition. What's going on?"

——"When you changed into your magic suit form before, was your state different from now?"

Delphinium, who had been silent until then, suddenly asked, "Is there anything that was agreed upon then but not now?"

Unlike the flustered Lin Xiaolu and the other girls who were confused but concerned at the same time, Cuique gained more information from this phenomenon.

Although Lin Xiaolu did not show the so-called "form-changing" ability in front of her at the first moment, it was enough for Cuique to overturn some of her previous guesses and anchor a fact: that is, Lin Xiaolu's magic suit is probably not the type of "Baiwu" that uses transformation as a mechanism, but a magic suit that truly has multiple forms and different abilities.

The reason is very simple. She knows Lin Xiaolu well enough now. She knows that if it is just an ability of "changing appearance", there is absolutely no reason why Lin Xiaolu cannot use it.

Just like Lin Xiaolu's yet-unnamed white magic, Lin Xiaolu was unable to use that white magic stably at the beginning, not because she was not smart enough or did not work hard enough, but because she simply did not master the corresponding skills.

"Difference in status?"

Delphinium's reminder diverted Lin Xiaolu's attention and she began to recall her state a few nights ago: "The environment was different? Was I more emotional? Was I injured? Did I consume my magic power? Or maybe it was daytime now..."

She listed all the differences between then and now, almost exhaustively. But as she listed more and more, her expression became more and more embarrassed: "There seem to be too many differences?"

“You don’t have to consider those external factors.”

Delphinium shook her head and said, "I have told you many times that the magic suit is a manifestation of the true self, so the changes in the magic suit are only related to you. The surrounding environment may have an impact, but unless it is an extreme environment, the impact will definitely not be so great."

"Only thinking about yourself?"

Lin Xiaolu then began to think again, re-examining the conditions she had listed before, and began to consider the final possible factors one by one.

After a while, she raised her head and asked uncertainly, "Vacuumization?"

She kept her word and immediately picked up the magic suit at hand. At the same time, she began to pollute her magic power. The blazing white flames immediately enveloped the entire magic suit, and the white crystal in the groove also shone a little more brightly.

Feeling this completely different magical power in her body, Lin Xiaolu felt her heart suddenly become more at ease, as if she had really found the right direction. She spoke again:

"Wang Yao, expand the form, guard the form."

This time, the magic suit finally responded to her.

The magic suit wrapped in the blazing white magic power turned into flowing light, and the body wrapped in the flowing light was gradually stretched. After a moment, a light blue spear appeared in front of everyone.

The spear is about 2.3 meters long, with a simple spear-shaped tip. The spear body is a bit thin, but not lacking in toughness. Apart from this, the most eye-catching thing is the silk thread wrapped around the spear body.

At first glance, these silk threads look like patterns engraved on a spear, but a closer look reveals that they are merely attached to the spear in a spiral shape and are actually completely separable entities.

After successfully making the magic suit change its shape, Lin Xiaolu finally breathed a sigh of relief. After relaxing, the first thing she thought of was not anything else, but looking at Delphinium with full expectation.

In Lin Xiaolu's opinion, the magic suit is the manifestation of the true self after all, and her magic suit also has the ability to use silk threads, which means that she is definitely similar to Delphinium in some aspects, which will definitely be a huge plus in Delphinium's mind.

In addition, as long as she showed her desire to learn how to use silk thread, Cuiqiao would surely be willing to teach her. Then she would have a huge advantage that Bai Jingxuan and Xia Liang did not have in the future - she could completely learn the full set of combat methods that Cuiqiao was good at.

Then, based on this, she will definitely get the most attention in the future, and Delphinium will definitely be able to teach her the most things. There is no doubt that she will also have the right to give private lessons in the future, and it will be one-on-one teaching between only two people!

Just thinking about such a future, Lin Xiaolu couldn't help but smile.

Unfortunately, what was destined to disappoint her was that when she looked at Delphinium, she found that Delphinium had a blank expression on her face.

In fact, compared to the usual Delphinium, she seemed calmer at this moment, with no changes in her eyebrows, eyes, or mouth, as if time had stopped on her face. But only Delphinium knew that at this moment, she was more stiff than calm.

Because she felt a huge impact and her heart was in turmoil, she froze there and didn't react for a while. Only her subconsciously clenched fists could reflect her inner restlessness at this moment.

If it was just her daughter's magic suit that could change form, she wouldn't be so surprised, because Lin Xiaolu had already revealed this to everyone, and she had already prepared herself mentally;

If it was just her daughter's magic outfit that could manipulate silk threads, she would not be so surprised, because after all, she was her own daughter, and the blood connection would indeed make the manifestation of her true appearance have some similarities, so she was already prepared.

However, she had clearly seen that after her daughter said the word "guard mode", the first of the four crystals on the magic suit went out, and the second one lit up.

And there are four crystals on this magic armor.

According to a very conventional way of thinking, if these four crystals really have functions, then I am afraid that Lin Xiaolu's magic armor does not only have the two forms of a scepter and a spear.

She could even vaguely guess what one of the remaining two forms would be.

Because Lin Xiaolu is her and Anya's child.

Since one of the forms can obtain its own thread through bloodline, will there be another form that will inherit Anya's magic outfit at some point in the future?

Delphinium could not be sure of this conjecture, but she knew that whether it was true or false, it meant one fact: Lin Xiaolu's future as a magical girl was destined to far exceed everyone's imagination.

In other words, the option she had originally imagined, which was to help her daughter survive the ten-year term as a magical girl and then let her retire and return to ordinary life, may not have existed from the beginning.

From the moment Lin Xiaolu became a magical girl, her future was destined not to be "ordinary".

"White Rose."

So, she spoke: "I have a few questions, questions that don't have correct answers. I hope you can follow your heart when answering me and answer according to your own thoughts."

"What?" Lin Xiaolu was a little confused.

"Do you regret becoming a magical girl?"

Delphinium looked at her and said, "Not only do you have to face life-threatening battles, but you also have to learn more complex knowledge every day. You even have less and less personal time. You don't even have the right to play like other children your age... Do you regret living this kind of life?"

"Well... maybe a little at the beginning?"

After struggling for a while, Lin Xiaolu told the truth: "After all, I am very afraid of death and pain, but now I have completely stopped thinking about it."

"Really? Then, if you are eligible to retire in ten years, but someone wants you to continue being a magical girl, which one would you prefer?"

"Keep being a magical girl, right? I guess so. After all, Delphinium, you've been a magical girl for more than ten years, right?"

"What if I retire by then?" Delphinium asked. "For example, I will get tired of fighting. Maybe one day in the future, I will feel that being a magical girl is too tiring and stay away from fighting."

"Delphinium is retiring too?"

This question made Lin Xiaolu stunned for a moment.

However, after a brief thought, she followed her heart and gave an answer: "Even if that's the case, I should continue to be a magical girl, right?"

"why?"

"because……"

Lin Xiaolu scratched her cheek and said, "I became a magical girl just because I like it."

This answer made Delphinium end its questioning.

She was silent for a moment, then gently put down the chalk in her hand and clapped her hands.

"Great answer, I see. However, because your magic suit situation is very special, I need to consult with other more professional people before I can formulate your next training plan."

She picked up the blackboard eraser and wiped off the writing on the small blackboard behind her: "Well, let's stop here for today's class."

"Today is January 1th. I will give you another three days until January 5th. You can finish your homework during these days. It doesn't matter if you can't finish it. After all, there will be an assessment in March. The Strategy Bureau will help you apply for leave from school. You don't need to go back to school until mid-March."

"However, on the other hand, the month from January 1th to February 9th will be your final special training period before taking the assessment."

She put down the eraser in her hand, raised her hand and tapped the blackboard:
"Be prepared. This will be the most rigorous special training you have ever received since you became magical girls."

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The reason why she could say "the most rigorous special training" was because Cuique knew that the training goals she had set for this month could never be achieved through normal intensity training.

In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the three juniors, she also tailored different training courses for each of them.

In addition to constantly training the magic suit in order to grow it, there are many other contents.

For example, Bai Jingxuan, as a bud-level magical girl, her combat power can be said to be outstanding. Even considering her identity as a shifter, her combat capability definitely exceeds the requirements of the white card assessment.

Even though this year's assessment will be more difficult than previous years, Cuique has no doubt that Bai Jingxuan has the ability to pass the assessment.

However, Bai Jingxuan often cannot use this strength at will.

Firstly, it was because her control over the magic power of the remnant beasts was still immature. Just like Lin Xiaolu before, she often needed emotional fluctuations to promote the shift of magic power.

Secondly, because this is a national assessment, Bai Jingxuan should not, and absolutely cannot, expose her residual beast magic power during the assessment.

After all, in this world, there are very few Shifters, but members of Claw Mark are roaming around everywhere. Most magical girls may not have seen a Shifter, but they have definitely seen Claw Mark.

Once Bai Jingxuan used the magic power of the crippled beast and was seen by other magical girls, the first thing they would think of would definitely not be "Is this child a Displacer?" but "She is Claw Mark."

The laws of the magic kingdom do not stipulate that Claw Mark cannot participate in qualification certification, but at the same time, members of Claw Mark are not recognized as regular magical girls. Not only are they not allowed to enter the magic kingdom, but once discovered, magical girls from any country and even fairies are obliged to arrest them.

In other words, as long as Bai Jingxuan exposed her residual beast magic in the kingdom, she would definitely face endless troubles. Even though the location of this assessment was Runnore, the emerald could provide a certain degree of protection, but for an activity like qualification certification that was under the watchful eyes of the public, the assessment results of violators would definitely be cancelled.

In this regard, Emerald also provided another solution, which is to report Bai Jingxuan's identity as a shifter to the Royal Court and the Magic Affairs Academy, and file her identity information in the Royal Court, and submit it to the examiner when necessary. Then Bai Jingxuan can participate in the qualification certification as the "officially certified" "only residual beast magic shifter."

Delphinium rejected this plan without a second thought.

Putting aside her distrust of the royal court, in order to guard against the royal court, she had already taken the transfer rights of the three children from Golden Green Cat's Eye. There was no reason for her to fall into the trap now. In addition, if this plan was implemented, Cuiqiao knew how many strange looks Bai Jingxuan would encounter during the assessment.

After much thought, the safest way to allow Bai Jingxuan to exert her full strength while preventing others from discovering her residual beast magic power was to let her hide the residual beast characteristics in her magic power.

It sounds like a fantasy, but it is actually entirely possible. In fact, the reason why Delphinium was able to come up with such a seemingly impossible plan is thanks to Lin Xiaolu.

It was because of the flash of inspiration that Lin Xiaolu had when she was learning about turbidity that Cuiqiao also realized that after the shifter turbidized his magic power twice, he could get the base color of the magic power after the shift.

In that case, if Bai Jingxuan in the claw mark form uses deflection twice, will her magical background turn back into a magical girl?

If this can be achieved, Bai Jingxuan can maintain the magic power and combat effectiveness of the Claw Mark form, while continuing to use the magic power of a magical girl.

Even if it is not possible to perform the turbidization twice, then giving up using the remaining beast's magic power and only using the magic girl's magic power and the turbidization technique will greatly enhance Bai Jingxuan's combat capability.

So, after a series of discussions with Aso Yuanxiang, Cuiqiao finally set a goal for Bai Jingxuan: to complete the morphological separation of the magic suit and learn the turbidity technique within one month.

Therefore, in the following month, Bai Jingxuan's study object changed from Delphinium to Aso Yuanxiang.

Although Bai Jingxuan felt uncomfortable because she couldn't be with Delphinium every day, fortunately she was a very obedient child and knew that these studies were very important to her, so she went obediently.

The members of the Bai'an City team were also quite reasonable. Except for Mu Baili who showed a considerable degree of stress response towards Bai Jingxuan, the other two were quite friendly towards Bai Jingxuan.

After this situation lasted for a while, Bai Jingxuan, who was originally estranged from the Bai'an City team, gradually became familiar with them. She could often be seen greeting Mimosa and White Thistle. Even Mu Baili, no matter how much she resisted, Bai Jingxuan would often interact with her.

Delphinium can be said to be very pleased about this.

(End of this chapter)