After get off work, I become a magical girl

As Lin Yun is a lifelong magical girl, if he wants, he can give up his current job and make killing beasts his main source of income. In fact, Anya always called herself a freelancer during her lifetime, and this "freelance job" was a magical girl. At that time, she even teased Lin Yun, asking if he wanted her to be the one to support the whole family.

Right now, a lifestyle similar to Anya's is now available to Lin Yun: earning rewards by defeating cruel beasts, he only needs to take out a small portion of the echo to subsidize his family expenses, and the rest can all be used to enhance the strength of the team.

This kind of life sounds feasible, but Lin Yun is still making a decision.

The reason is simple, I just don't want to.

At the age of seventeen, he chose to give up being a magical girl and return to ordinary life, concentrating on the college entrance examination and job hunting. It was never a choice based on interests.

She doesn't want to be a magical girl, and doesn't even want to have anything to do with the magical kingdom anymore. Until today, she refuses to contact the kingdom in person. There are many more complicated reasons for this.

Thinking of this, a memory suddenly flashed through his mind: it was a scene in a small ward, where the man on the bed was smiling and saying something to him.

"...Dad, was my choice really the right one?"

Leaning back in his seat, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

However, this question is destined to have no answer. The person who could give him the answer is no longer in this world, and may even be buried in the corner of memory by time, and can no longer speak to him.

Immersed in his own thoughts, just as he was struggling with his next choice, suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.

I picked up the phone and the contact displayed was Hong Siyu.

He looked at the screen, paused for a moment, picked up the phone, and pressed the call button: "Hello?"

"Senior, are you there?" Hong Siyu's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Yeah." He responded in a low voice.

"Have you recruited any new people recently?" The voice on the other end was quite frivolous.

Lin Yun looked at the computer screen and said indifferently: "If it's nothing important, can I hang up on you?"

"It won't hurt to reveal it. There's no codename 'Xiao Jin' in the records of the Strategy Bureau yet. Isn't that enough to show how trustworthy I am?" Hong Siyu was a little dissatisfied.

"No means no. I was just worried about the lack of manpower."

This statement is actually half true and half false.

In Lin Yun's opinion, although the magical girls in Fangting City are indeed short of manpower, it is not appropriate to continue recruiting in the short term.

In the long run, recruiting people is necessary. Fangting City will eventually have to rebuild the magic defense force of the younger generation, and he cannot bear everything alone forever; but in the short term, recruiting new magical girls may cause loopholes in his protection.

The most reasonable plan is to let Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang blossom to the bud level first, and then let them consider recruiting new teammates.

"Eh--"

Hong Siyu dragged out his voice, obviously a little unconvinced, but did not continue to pester: "Well, I have a piece of news here, do you want to listen to it?"

"Speak." Lin Yun said briefly.

"Okay, it's about the assistance issue I mentioned earlier. The Investigation Bureau was unwilling to send people, so I contacted several Central City Strategy Bureaus. The responses they received from the local sowers were similar, all saying that they could not send anyone."

Hong Siyu's voice was filled with some inexplicable emotions: "However, the answers that the Strategy Bureaus in York City and Jinglan City got from the Sowers are... more interesting?"

"What answer?" Lin Yun frowned slightly.

Hong Siyu asked abruptly, "Senior, have you ever asked me before if I'm hiding something from you?"

"Yes, I did."

"That's great. Now it's my turn to ask you this question."

Hong Siyu's voice turned from frivolous to steady: "Did you not tell us something before?"

Lin Yun's face was slightly tense, but his voice remained calm: "I don't know, what do you want to say?"

"Because I got some answers from them that might be different from what I had imagined before."

After a pause, Hong Siyu continued, "Do you want me to read it out loud?"

"...Read it." Lin Yun felt helpless.

Because he had already roughly guessed what Hong Siyi meant by "a slightly different answer".

There was a sound of fingernails touching the screen from the other end of the phone. It seemed that Hong Siyu was operating something on her phone. After a while, her voice came again:

"The original words of the sower of New Covenant City, 'Picari', were: 'It's almost the next 20th year, and I don't want to get involved in this muddy water.'"

"The sower of Jinglan City, 'Xiao Youyou' originally said: 'Are you talking about Fangting City? The Fangting City that person is in? Or let it go? I don't dare to go anyway.'"

"Even if others try to ask them, they will act as if they are keeping it a secret."

After saying this, seeing that Lin Yun remained silent, Hong Si and Na Duan also remained silent for a while.

After a while, she spoke again with hesitation: "Senior, this 'next 20 years' should refer to next year, and what they are talking about... or at least, the reason is different from that of the Investigation Institute, right?"

Lin Yun closed his eyes.

Just like he always insisted in front of Mo Ke that his code name was "Delphinium", although this was indeed the name he used now, but also because this was Fangting City, he was worried that Mo Ke would react to his previous code name.

The sowers, or fairies, are different from magical girls. At least in one type of thing, they always know more than magical girls.

"Ha, of course. I can guess it even if you don't tell me, although I'm not sure."

Lin Yun remained silent, and Hong Siyu continued as if talking to herself; "I hadn't become a magical girl at that time, but Sister Sheng Zi told me that after the defense of the 'Garden' nearly 20 years ago, you were summoned to the Rose Palace..."

——"That's enough, Hong Siyu."

He interrupted her and Lin Yun opened his eyes. His expression was a little dull, even a little cold. "No need to continue. You have already guessed it right."

"really?"

"Well, at least part of it, you're right."

"That's truly an unimaginable feat."

There was a hint of sigh in Hong Siyu's voice: "I see, there is no other magical girl who dares to do this, right?"

"Who knows?" Obviously not wanting to continue this topic, Lin Yun did not comment.

"So, this means that we really won't get any reinforcements, right?"

"Well, no more."

"In that case..."

Perhaps sensing the tense atmosphere, Hong Siyu took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Senior, you said before that you were giving special training to the newcomers for next year's certification test?"

"Yes." After hearing her talk about this, Lin Yun also regained some emotions.

"Well, if you can't spare the time in the short term, why not try another plan?"

Hong Siyu asked apprehensively, "For example, let me go and take a look?"

Chapter 47 Early Summer

2023-04-30

Summer vacation is undoubtedly a vacation, but the focus ultimately falls on the word “summer”.

It was mid-July, and the weather was already hot in early summer. Crickets could be heard chirping and making noises on the streets, complaining about the scorching sun.

Warm breezes swept across the lush green trees along the roadside. Even in the shade under the trees, there was no coolness at all. The air was filled with heat, making people feel like every breath was burning.

Lin Xiaolu sat quietly on the sofa in her living room with her eyes closed. Although she was at home, she transformed into a magical girl, with her hands folded in front of the heart seed on her chest, meditating, with magic power surging around her.

The cabinet air conditioner in the living room hummed and supplied cold air, making the temperature in the house much cooler than outside, so even in such weather she was able to calm down and practice well.

The hour hand of the wall clock ticked silently, and in the silent atmosphere it went through half a circle unnoticed, pointing to the exact eleven o'clock.

"Time's up, take a break!" a voice came from beside her.

Recovering her thoughts from her long meditation, Lin Xiaolu slowly opened her eyes and took back the magic power that was overflowing from her body. After a moment of stagnation, she let out a long sigh, and her expression became lively again.

Looking in the direction of the sound, the pink cat-shaped fairy was sitting there smugly and bossily. Seeing Lin Xiaolu looking at it, it wagged its tail and said, "That's great. Your thoughts haven't been interrupted for the past two days. You've made obvious progress, Xiaolu!"

"…Thank you for the compliment."

She subconsciously wanted to curl her lips, but Lin Xiaolu still controlled her expression.

It has been nearly half a month since the summer special training began, and Cuiqiao really did what he said. He increased the tasks of magic training and academic study several times, and without any mercy, he almost completely deprived Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang of their summer vacation.

If it was something else, Lin Xiaolu would have been impatient a long time ago, but firstly, she had requested this training herself; secondly, the plan was made by a senior whom she admired very much; thirdly, it was related to whether she could become a magical girl who could stand on her own. With all these reasons added up, she could not neglect it.

After this period of intensive training, in addition to the steady growth of her own magic power and soul, her control over magic power has finally become a little more natural.

Of course, he is still not as good as another newcomer of the same period.

"Hiss, it's so cold, can't you turn up the temperature of the air conditioner a little bit?"

Xia Liang, who came up from behind her, complained softly, "I feel so cold that my legs are shaking. I can't concentrate at all."

"Then go to another room." Lin Xiaolu glanced at her.

"It's too hot without air conditioning?" Xia Liang smiled obediently.

"Why do you have so many demands? If you want to be comfortable, just go back to your own home!" Lin Xiaolu glared at her viciously.

"You know, I only have one old air conditioner at home." Xia Liang leaned back on the sofa and grabbed the pillow in front of him. He hummed and said with great enjoyment, "Ah, this is much better. I feel like I can continue to take a nap."

Originally according to Cuiqiao's idea, the training location for the next summer vacation should be set at Xia Liang's home. Whether it was indoor training during the day or study sessions at night, they would all be conducted at Xia Liang's home, which could help Xia Liang relieve some of his loneliness.

However, in this matter, I don’t know what competitive spirit Lin Xiaolu had, she insisted that her own home would also be fine, and finally the daytime special training location was changed to Lin Xiaolu’s home. Thus, this awkward situation was formed, training in one place during the day and having to change to another place for training at night.

"...You are the only one who has this thought in mind." Seeing her calm demeanor, Lin Xiaolu's breath was choked, and she began to feel a little worried, "After all, your training progress is so fast."

After making the decision half a month ago, Xia Liang completely focused on improving his strength. The talent he displayed repeatedly exceeded Lin Xiaolu and even Lin Yun's cognition.

Not to mention the increase in her magic power, even the speed of soul strengthening is unreasonably fast, and the accuracy of her control over magic power is even more effortless. It is estimated that in half a month at most, her magic power and soul will both reach the threshold of forming their true form.

In comparison, some magical girls with ordinary talents would need at least half a year to a year to achieve this process from scratch.

In the current situation, it can be said that as long as Xia Liang masters the trick of forming his true form, he can calmly blossom to the bud stage and obtain his own magic structure.

Although Lin Xiaolu's talent is not bad, she is still much inferior to Xia Liang. If she wants to reach this standard, she will probably have to wait until the end of summer vacation.

"Come to think of it, you haven't explained it in detail yet."

Xia Liang, who was hugging a pillow, suddenly said, "You said that a contact sent you some strange messages a few days ago. What's going on?"

"Hmm? They said there was a magical girl doing evil near Fontaine City..."

Lin Xiaolu held up her cheek indifferently: "What's it called? Claws?"