She was being hunted down, so she became a magical girl.

"Ruowei, haven't you finished copying yet?"

Xu Ting took small steps to Luo Ruowei's side, bent down and asked.

"I did it fifty times, while you, Xu Ting, only did it thirty times. You're definitely faster!"

Luo Ruowei's brushstrokes flowed like dragons and snakes, creating entirely new fonts with swift, sweeping strokes.

"You're asking a question you already know the answer to, aren't you? How wicked of you to be gloating like this."

Luo Ruowei was right; she was indeed gloating.

When Xu Ting attended classes with the other children at the orphanage, her favorite thing to do was to finish her homework first and then show it off to the others.

Many years have passed in the blink of an eye. She finally found an opportunity to reminisce about her childhood, and she didn't want to let it slip by.

"Oh, not at all, I was just concerned about you." Xu Ting gave a fake smile. "Keep it up, try to finish copying before midnight."

"I'll be going now."

"Wait a minute, I have something to say."

Luo Ruowei called out to Xu Ting.

"that......"

She put down her pen, tried to control her wandering gaze, and spoke solemnly:

"Thank you so much for today."

"But I really don't have anything worth mentioning, so..."

Xu Ting answered first:

"Just focus on doing your job well. There will be times when I need your help, so don't refuse then."

"That's for sure!"

With a serious expression, Luo Ruowei solemnly declared, "From now on, Xu Ting's affairs are my affairs. If you want me to be your slave, I will moo and hiss, and I won't say a single 'no'."

"You can tell me who to block, I'll block them; you can tell me which product to buy, I'll buy it; you can tell me which side to take in an online flame war, I'll take it..."

That's unnecessary...

Xu Ting, who doesn't often use the internet for entertainment, felt a sense of "culture shock".

After completing the oath, Luo Ruowei asked casually:

"Could you come over for dinner the day after tomorrow?"

She patted her chest and boasted, "I'm actually quite good at cooking!"

Xu Ting nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Isn't the day after tomorrow... your mother's funeral?"

"Yes, otherwise I would have no reason to go back to that home."

Luo Ruowei's expression dimmed for a moment, but she quickly put on a smile again.

"The funeral won't take too long. Given my mother's condition when she was alive, we didn't have any friends we could invite, so Ruoshan and I discussed it and decided to keep everything simple."

"Do you need my help?"

"No need, Sister Xu Ting is a guest, you just need to eat at the banquet—although the food won't be that great."

Xu Ting gave an "OK" sign, indicating that she accepted Luo Ruowei's invitation.

Luo Ruowei gave a small cheer and then said:

"Don't worry, if Yu Ling deducts your salary because you took half a day off, I'll make up for it."

Actually, I shouldn't care about that little bit of money.

Despite this, Xu Ting still accepted the kindness with a smile.

......

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the funeral.

After entering the coloring period, Xu Ting's daily magic power growth increased again, but because of the increase in the base magic power, the increase rate became smaller.

Xu Ting was somewhat dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Anyway, since magic power can be obtained through the Raven Contract with other magical girls, it's okay if my own growth is a little slower.

While pondering the matter of magic, she knocked on Luo Ruowei's door.

The door opened.

In just two days, Luo Ruowei's home had undergone a complete transformation.

Brand new furniture and appliances filled the voids of the past, and even the empty cans in the corner were cleaned up.

Even the indoor lighting is better than before. The bright synthetic light washes away the gloom in the room and fills it with vitality.

Luo Ruowei led Xu Ting into the room. Luo Ruoshan, who was in front of the computer, immediately stood up and respectfully called out "Big Sister". Luo Ruolan was also startled and straightened up, echoing Luo Ruoshan's call of "Big Sister".

She is still afraid of Xu Ting to this day.

Xu Ting hummed in agreement and looked curiously at the computer screen:

"What are you doing?"

"They're scrambling to get a number," Luo Ruowei explained, "because a funeral is being held."

"What does a funeral have to do with getting a number?" Xu Ting was even more confused after hearing the answer.

"The number of available burial plots in the cemetery system is limited each day, so it's very difficult to get a plot and enter your mother's information for burial."

"The first batch of accounts will be released soon. I hope I can grab one today, otherwise I'll have to buy a graveyard account from a scalper."

Xu Ting studied it for a while, still confused, before finally understanding the meaning of it all.

The city of Hertfordshire has eliminated the outdated customs of burial and cremation and opted for the advanced "electronic funeral".

The cemetery system is an information security system developed by Kakuta Technology, which claims to be able to "store information on all the dead people in He City for the past two hundred years" and is "the best choice for you and your family".

In theory, a robust cemetery system could be made available to all families of the deceased.

But that won't make you the most money.

Therefore, Kakita Technology used "hunger marketing" to limit the number of accounts released each day.

If you don't want to be anxious about not being able to secure your desired cemetery plot account, you can choose to upgrade to a membership and enjoy the privilege of "priority access to digital cemetery plots".

"Has Sister Xu Ting never seen a cemetery system before?" Luo Ruowei asked curiously.

"Yes, cremation is the norm where I'm from."

Xu Ting grew up in an orphanage located on the outermost edge of Hezhi City, where many customs were completely different from those within the city.

In the past, when children or staff members of the orphanage passed away, a special plot of land would be set aside for their burial, and a tombstone would be erected for them.

In her memory, Xu Ting often pushed her older sister to the cemetery behind the orphanage.

"That row of graves contains the heads of orphanages from all over the years."

"When I die, I hope you can bury me there. Even though I'm the most incompetent dean, I still want to shamelessly sleep peacefully beside them."

The older sister always pointed to the row of tombstones under the big tree on the back hill and said to Xu Ting behind her.

Perhaps it was because of those words that Xu Ting chose to leave the orphanage and become a mercenary who lived a life of danger.

At least that way I can die before my sister and avoid the reality of having to collect her body.

"They're here! They're about to release the numbers. Check your internet speed!"

Luo Ruowei's voice pulled Xu Ting back to reality.

She excitedly gave the order: "Ruoshan, tell Ruolan to refresh the page; she's been sitting there for too long."

Luo Ruoshan turned to Luo Ruolan helplessly, and the latter immediately replied:

"Brother Ruoshan, please tell that woman I've refreshed the page."

Luo Ruoshan shrugged and stared intently at the clock on the computer screen.

"Three, two, one, grab!"

"Hey, how come they're all gone all of a sudden?"

Luo Ruowei said dejectedly, and the other two also reported the terrible situation one after another.

"Are so many people dying in Hezhi City lately?" Luo Ruowei said angrily. "Can't they learn from the company's time-off system and save their lives for next week?"

"Wait a minute, sister, it doesn't seem like there are too many dead people."

Luo Ruoshan made a brand new discovery and quickly reported it:

"Look, this entire batch of serial numbers was snatched up by one person..."

His words trailed off abruptly, and after a moment he spoke in astonishment:

"Holy crap, this guy filled in the names of all the senior executives at Tianyi Company one by one!"

"Who is this guy, so arrogant?"