Why is My Magical Life in a Gal Art Style?

"You seem quite frank in your words."

"Sigh, that's just like life. Since we can't fight it, we can only enjoy it."

"..." The girl seemed to understand something, and a faint blush appeared on her delicate face.

The conversation between the two was brief, but Lin Luo had already determined who the other person was.

I never expected that the female mage in the black robes would be so cute.

The girl had long, straight black hair that reached her waist. Her face, which wasn't covered by a silver mask, was a pretty face with well-defined features and fair skin. Of course, what attracted Lin Luo's attention the most were her crimson eyes.

Red eyes!

It's a pity it's not silver-haired.

It was such a pity that we were so close to triggering the Chinese special attack.

Perhaps sensing Lin Luo's scrutinizing gaze, the girl in front of her unconsciously crossed her arms and raised her chin, trying to project an arrogant image.

"If a perfect score is 100, then I can only give your performance a maximum of 60." Lin Luo's gaze lingered on the girl.

"What do you mean by that?" The girl became inexplicably nervous.

Lin Luo did not respond, but he noticed that the girl's long legs were pressed tightly together, which was clearly a sign of her nervousness.

Especially when Lin Luo deliberately focused his gaze on the girl's face, her shifty eyes and the fact that she didn't dare to meet Lin Luo's gaze were enough to explain everything.

"What's your name?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Lin Luo slammed his hand on the armrest of the gaming chair: "Answer me, look into my eyes!"

"Ugh—" The girl trembled in fright, and the forced sense of strength she had been putting on vanished instantly.

"My name is Honglian..."

"age."

Eighteen years old.

"You're eighteen?" Lin Luo's eyes showed a hint of suspicion.

The girl before him wasn't particularly tall; Lin Luo estimated her to be only about 1.5 meters, and her delicate face still retained a noticeable youthful innocence and naivety. At first glance, the only thing that could prove she was probably eighteen was perhaps that…

My thoughts were interrupted by the girl's voice.

"Can't I be more developed?!"

"gender."

"...Do I really need to answer that?"

"It's a woman, a woman!"

"You're answering so slowly, I thought your gender wasn't defined."

"Anyway, thank you for your cooperation, Miss Honglian." Lin Luo smiled, leaning back in his chair, his gaze falling on her knees. "By the way, why are your legs shaking? Is the air conditioning in my room set too low?"

"I...I wasn't shaking!"

Honglian's voice rose instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

The moment the words left her mouth, Honglian seemed to realize something, and her cheeks flushed red at a visible speed.

"I... this is due to emotional excitement and a surge of adrenaline."

"Speak, what brings you all the way to my house?" Lin Luo ignored the other party's stubbornness and asked directly.

"I'm here to thank you. Without the illumination spell you cast earlier, my companion and I wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."

What? What do you mean by saying that without my illumination spell, you won't be able to escape so easily?

Lin Luo's eye twitched almost imperceptibly twice.

Oh no, we've been misunderstood by these heretical magicians.

Am I becoming an accomplice to heretical magicians?

Lin Luo suppressed her emotions and forced a smile: "Oh, I see. You're welcome. What can I say, I'm just a kind-hearted person."

"In short, gratitude isn't something that can be expressed in a single sentence." Honglian tossed Lin Luo a pale red crystal: "This is a meditation stone that can enhance the meditation speed of a magic apprentice."

Seeing Lin Luo catch the meditation stone, Honglian, in an attempt to salvage her already precarious face, took a deep breath and said in a deliberately fierce tone, "Anyway, I have another matter to attend to here!"

"Fairness, fairness, or what the hell is fairness?"

"You've guessed wrong this time!" Honglian snorted. "I see you have extraordinary talent, one in a million, clearly a promising individual. Our Heretical Magician's Church is recruiting all sorts of talents. If you're willing to join, I can be your guide."

"Joining our Heretical Mage Association means you'll enjoy all sorts of benefits. The salary alone is ten thousand yuan a month. If you include commissions and other bonuses, the income is quite substantial..."

"Huh?" Lin Luo leaned back strategically. "Why would a law-abiding high school student like me join a villainous organization wanted by the [Mage Association]?"

"Because you're different from those outdated magicians!"

"For example?" Lin Luo remained noncommittal.

"Take that illumination spell you cast, for example... I went back and reviewed it many times. That was definitely not an ordinary illumination spell. You must have modified its magic circuit, giving it completely different properties from basic magic, right?"

"In our heretical cult of magic, we call the ability to modify magical circuits 'magical modification,' and you, possessing this talent, are exactly the kind of person our cult has been searching for!"

At this point, Honglian paused, staring intently at Lin Luo, and continued, "The current magic world is stagnant, bound by the relevant laws and regulations issued by the Magic Association, and no one dares to innovate in the field of magic."

"Any magical innovation is illegal, and any behavior that exceeds the bounds of laws and regulations is prohibited and illegal..."

"Since you possess this talent for magical transformation, sooner or later you will be noticed by those people in the Magic Association, and eventually you will be ostracized, suppressed, or even imprisoned."

"In other words, apart from our heretical magicians' church, there will be no place for someone like you in this world from now on..."

"Stop for a moment." Lin Luo squinted his eyes.

This Red Lotus seems to have revealed quite a bit of information just now.

If what she said is true, then the absence of clear distinctions in magic levels, magic intensity, and magic professions in this world would seem to make sense.

Of course, Lin Luo didn't believe it all.

The truth remains to be verified personally.

However, at present...

Lin Luo stared at the girl's face, a slight smile playing on his lips. He leaned forward and said calmly, "Miss Honglian, you've said so much, but deep down you didn't really want to come here, right?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about!"

"Let me guess, you're probably being forced by your superiors to recruit people? Maybe you're even worried right now about how you'll explain yourself if I refuse you?"

"That's not true!"

"Oh?"

"Waaah..."

Tears welled up in Honglian's eyes, her arrogant demeanor completely crumbled, and she visibly shrank into a mushroom shape.

I've been seen through!

Why, why did this happen!

He had clearly practiced his acting skills in front of the mirror for so long, following the "How to Become a Super Villain" manual given by his senior, so why did this guy see through him as soon as it came to actual combat?

How embarrassing! I want to crawl into a hole and disappear.

"Even though he was panicking inside, he had to pretend to be calm and try to recruit people." Lin Luo was just making things up.

But after seeing Honglian's appearance, Lin Luo was shocked to realize that he had actually gotten himself into this completely unrelated situation.

This mage named Honglian... is really easy to bully.

If you punched her in the face, she'd probably cry for a long time.

Sigh, how could a model student like me, a model youth, have such wicked thoughts?

No matter what, the other party is a powerful mage.

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