Proving one's status starting with magical girls

The short-haired girl leaned against the rooftop railing, gazing absently at the playground below.

"Fanfan, are you still worried about the Magic Purple Oyster?"

A peculiar golden hamster flew to her side, holding a pine nut in its tiny paws, and asked.

The short-haired girl glanced at the somewhat chubby hamster.

"Tigi, you should lose weight."

The golden hamster paused slightly as it was gnawing on the pine nuts, then hesitated for a few moments before finally deciding not to throw them away.

"...Fanfan, these foods from the material world are all treasures."

"So this is your excuse for eating half a month's worth of food money in just three days?"

"Hmm, don't worry about the details! Besides, when Tigi bought the pine nuts, she bought them from that shop endorsed by that magical girl!"

Wang Fanfan remained expressionless.

"No wonder those packets of pine nuts you sent were so expensive."

"Huh? Is it expensive? I saw it was on sale, said to be 90% off, and it would end if I didn't order now! Besides, magical girls are pure-hearted warriors, they definitely wouldn't lie to me!"

Wang Fanfan sighed, took out her phone, found the online store based on the order history, and then displayed the page on the screen in front of the golden hamster.

"It's still on sale now."

"How...how is this possible!"

"What does magical girls have to do with these unscrupulous shops? Tigi, you've been fooled."

"!!!"

And so, the young familiar from the magical world was given a harsh lesson by the evil adults of the material world.

Ignoring her familiar companion who was falling into self-doubt beside her, the short-haired girl looked at the clear sky.

Only the faint sound of the wind remained on the rooftop. After a long while, she murmured in a voice only she could hear.

"An Lin is still unconscious in the hospital, and even his familiar An Ke has not shown up."

"...Will I be next?"

Squeak.

The rooftop door creaked softly. The short-haired girl turned around as if she noticed something. The door was slightly ajar, but there was no one behind it.

"..."

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Wang Fanfan from the student council is a magical girl!

After secretly seeing the familiar beside her on the rooftop, this was the first thought that popped into Li Jiangqun's mind.

Familiars from the magical world only appear alone beside magical girls.

This is a consensus reached by all humanity over the past fifteen years.

Of course, there is another special case, which is when the familiar is trying to trick... no, try to contract an innocent and ignorant underage girl to become a magical girl.

Once upon a time, some adults wanted to try becoming magical girls, and for this purpose, they selected a brave and righteous college student, a scheming blond youth, a gentle and charming older sister next door, and a veteran of twenty years with rich combat experience.

The final answer was—

"Go back, you're all too old."

"And magical girls have to be girls! What's wrong with you humans?!"

Someone once compiled records of all known magical girl activities online and concluded that most magical girls disappeared within five years of their appearance.

Therefore, the consensus among most people is that magical girls lose their ability to transform once they reach adulthood.

After this conclusion was widely disseminated, something both laughable and absurd happened.

Several countries, including some with considerable international influence, have unanimously and resolutely chosen to raise the legal age of majority for women.

Under the new regulations, only women aged 80 and above will be considered adults; women under that age will be considered minors.

"Popular comment: Just when I thought the real world was magical enough, it became like this:"

"Popular comment: Me on the day the legal age of minors was raised: Soldier boy."

Top comment: Has the Emperor gone mad?

These countries have gone to great lengths to keep the magical girls' extraordinary powers under their control forever.

However, no matter what they did, on the day the girls turned eighteen, they all lost their magical girl transformation abilities.

He couldn't even see the familiar that had always been by his side.

This is known as the retirement of the magical girls.

However, there are exceptions to this conclusion.

That's Magical Girl Lark.

Five years ago, after clearly stating that she had been active for four years and had announced her retirement, this magical girl surprisingly started her magical girl activities again two years ago under the identity of Lark.

This makes one want to reconsider the correctness of this conclusion.

After all, if this conclusion still holds true, then the age at which Lark, who has been active for nine years, became a magical girl is quite intriguing.

"Hot comment: Those who used to go crazy over larkspurs need no further explanation, just electrocute them."

……

The girl was shocked to learn that the girl she knew was a magical girl.

There aren't many magical girls in Linjiang City. Apart from the three official magical girls, there are no more than three wild magical girls. Even if you include the magical girl that Li Jiangqun transformed into, there are only seven in total, less than two hands' worth.

As is well known, most magical girls are high school or junior high school students.

Linjiang City has nearly two hundred secondary schools, including junior high schools, regular high schools, and full-time high schools.

The seven magical girls are distributed across nearly two hundred schools, making the probability of encountering one of them virtually impossible.

Moreover, even if they meet face to face, the familiar will also provide cognitive shielding for the magical girl's transformation user. Even if the appearances are not much different after transformation, ordinary people will not be able to detect it if the magical girl herself does not transform in front of them.

...No, a familiar?

Li Jiangqun suddenly discovered a problem.

Shouldn't ordinary people also be unable to see familiars?

How did she see that hamster familiar?

After a moment of contemplation, a possibility came to her mind.

If there's anything that distinguishes her from ordinary people, it's that she has some cultivation, which makes her barely qualify as a cultivator.

"...It's magical power. Because I've condensed the Mystic Realm Wheel, and because I have magical power, I'm able to see that familiar!"

Shocked, she unconsciously applied a little force to the rooftop door, causing it to creak slightly.

The girl was startled and, without thinking further, hurriedly left the rooftop.

All the way back to the classroom, and even as she sat down at her desk and the bell rang, Li Jiangqun was still incredibly excited.

"A magical girl! She's a magical girl!"

The teacher's voice came from the podium, but the girl had no interest in listening to the lecture.

"Is it Gardenia? No, no, no, Wang Fanfan is a first-year high school student, probably even younger, and might not be registered! Is it Magic Cloud?"

With a longing for magical girls in her heart, the girl was lost in her memories.

"..."

"...Huh? Did I forget something?"