After get off work, I become a magical girl

So he spoke.

"...After becoming a magical girl, you should have heard about how magical girls determine their strength, right?"

Lin Yun retracted his gaze and stared blankly at the road outside the front window: "White card, word card, flower card. Although I don't know the specific meaning, she had a title when she was alive."

There was a slight pause in his words, but there was not a sound in the back seat.

Whether it was Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang or Mo Ke, they were all attracted by his words and held their breath, quietly waiting for the second half of his sentence.

Maybe I should light a cigarette to set the mood.

Lin Yun had this thought for no reason, but he didn't have the habit of smoking, so he could only let out a long sigh, as if he was letting out his sorrow:

"It is said that in the second half of her magical girl career, the other magical girls agreed that she was the 'strongest karuta'."

Chapter 62 Bud Level

2023-04-30

In fact, Lin Yun also knew very little about Anya's death.

Because he was not at the scene and had not seen the body, all the information he learned came from the oral accounts of the younger generation of magical girls.

But even so, he still couldn't understand at that time, how could Anya die?

The karuta magical girl who is recognized for her combat power can be said to be at the top of the magical girls, let alone the "strongest karuta"?

Simply guarding Fangting City would be like taking a leisurely stroll in the back garden for Anya. Not to mention any danger, she would probably be a real disaster for the remaining beasts.

However, her death was so quick and easy that it even seemed unreal, as if the towering mountain that stood before her one second had silently turned into the ground the next.

Anya died, and the bright red blood bloomed from her chest, like a cherry tree with red spider lilies. She closed her eyes with a satisfied and happy smile on her face, as if she had seen something beautiful, and fell into a sweet dream.

But the road to this dream is a one-way street. Once Anya walked on it, she could never look back.

Lin Yun never got to see this last meeting.

When other magical girls arrived, horrified and saddened by Anya's death, and tried to take her body away, Anya's body turned into tiny magic particles that floated before their eyes.

She left no trace in this world.

In the end, the only thing that could record her existence was a small tombstone like that.

This was also the reason why Lin Yun could not let Lin Xiaolu see Anya's body at that time: because there was no body at all, and he could not explain to Lin Xiaolu why.

At that time, Lin Xiaolu felt puzzled and even angry about his behavior. Now that she knows the truth, she begins to feel that what she did at that time seemed to be wrong.

Several days have passed since Lin Yun and Anya's wedding anniversary.

Lin Xiaolu was a little absent-minded for several days after learning that her mother was a magical girl, and was distracted from everything.

Lin Yun continued to make the final handover for his resignation, preparing to devote himself fully to the affairs of the magical girl.

Moko was intermittent in his career as a sower. Most of the time he was at home watching the two new recruits train, and a few times he went out to look for new magical girls.

According to it, similar traces seemed to have been found in the Lixing District, so it seemed to have some hope.

As for Xia Liang, as the more talented of the two new magical girls, she has reached the bottleneck of the seed and bud levels in these days at a speed that would astonish anyone.

Then, as expected, this day brought an opportunity to reveal the truth.

The true nature of a magical girl is a concept that sounds mysterious but is actually very specific. In terms of its actual composition, it is a special structure that combines the magic power and soul of a magical girl with the source of magic power as the core.

It is the foundation of all subsequent abilities of a magical girl. Whether it is magic construction, spells or other things, it requires the true form; it is also the source of life for a magical girl. No matter how serious the physical injuries of a magical girl are, as long as the true form is not damaged, these injuries can be recovered with time and magic.

Similarly, this also means that once the true form of a magical girl is destroyed, the life of this magical girl will come to an end.

This is exactly why magical girls need to protect their magic source: after all, the magic source is the core of their true self. If the magic source is damaged, their true self will also be seriously affected.

And right now, what Xia Liang is doing is related to this: she wants to use her own source of magic power as the core to construct a new self.

The time was ten o'clock in the evening and the location was Xia Liang's home. When the study session was halfway through, she seemed to have an epiphany and suddenly said to the two of them: She felt like she was in the mood.

Under Cuiqiao's instructions and Lin Xiaolu's bored gaze, she began to try to construct her true self.

Holding his heart seed in the palm of his hand, Xia Liang closed his eyes and quietly felt the surge of magic power in his body.

Consciousness is the manifestation of the soul. It captures and follows the trend of magic power, allowing one's own consciousness to form similar fluctuations to the magic power; then, it guides the magic power in the opposite direction and manipulates the frequency of its fluctuations to make it the same as one's own conscious soul.

After the fluctuations of the soul and magic power gradually overlap, they are then used as the core to conduct two-way communication, combining the two into one, thus forming a new power.

Gradually, the heart seed in her hand began to glow with a different light than before.

Just like a seed in the soil that breaks out into sharp corners under the nourishment of water, the originally round shape of the Heart Seed has changed from a regular sphere to a water drop shape. The small sharp corner stands on the top of the gem, which looks quite cute.

Of course, when it comes to this step, the Heart Seed is no longer the Heart Seed, it should be given another name - Heart Bud.

The purple magic power of Hibiscus spread out from the bud of the heart in circles, enveloping Xia Liang. The fluctuation of the magic power printed out the shadow of Xia Liang, which disappeared in a flash and merged back into Xia Liang himself.

Lin Xiaolu, who was lying not far away, couldn't help rubbing her eyes: She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to see two Xia Liang vaguely, but one of them was as transparent as an illusion.

Cuiqiao clasped her arms and watched quietly as Xia Liang constructed his true form. She nodded from time to time, and once again marveled at Xia Liang's talent in her heart.

The construction of the truth was successful at once. She didn't know how many such records there were in the magic kingdom, but it was indeed the only one she had ever seen in her life.

Twenty-two years ago, among the four main members of the Fangting City Magical Girls Team, the fastest record for building the true form was Su Shengzi: she tried it three times. The slowest record was Anya: she tried it seventeen times.

Of course, Anya consumed the most times, but it was not entirely a matter of talent. In fact, she was very talented as a magical girl, but she was the first one in the team to reach the bud level bottleneck.

The lineup of Fangting City at that time was even worse than it is now - they didn't have a senior mentor like Cuiqiao, only a few newbies who knew nothing. Only the rabbit fairy named Wobo could provide some knowledge of cultivation, but the level of his teaching was not only high-level, but also misleading.

Thinking about how it took her ten tries to construct this form under the guidance of that stinky rabbit, Delphinium couldn't help but sigh that things are different now.

As the purple light of the hibiscus faded, Xia Liang, who was standing in it, opened his eyes, holding the flawless Heart Bud in his hand, and smiled playfully at Lin Yun and Lin Xiaolu.

Apparently, she succeeded.

Constructing this phase and reaching the bud level means the next step - she will awaken her own magic construct.

Chapter 63: Lead Away

2023-04-30

Magical constructs, or simply magic suits, are an important part of a magical girl's combat abilities.

Delphinium had previously explained to the two newcomers that as the magical girls progress from blooming to budding stage, their total magic power will increase, and their magic constructs will awaken, so the magical girls' combat capabilities will see a leap forward.

Of course, all of this is also based on the premise that the magic suit itself is suitable for combat. After all, there are also cases like Delphinium, who has almost no combat ability at the beginning of the magic suit awakening, and only the total amount of magic power is increased.

The most important thing now is to see what Xia Liang’s magic construct looks like and what abilities it has.

"So...what should we do?"

Raising his arm and looking around, Xia Liang asked in confusion, "You say this is my true form, but I don't feel like I've changed much, although my magic power has increased a lot."

"The truth is a part of you, how can you feel strange because of constructing the truth?"

Still folding her arms, Delphinium explained simply, "As for using the magic construct, you must first take out your wand."

Hearing this, Xia Liang obediently raised his wand and held it horizontally in front of him: "Like this?"

"You don't need any specific movements. Just try to inject your magic power into the wand as usual." Delphinium continued to instruct.

"Ha... like this?" Xia Liang did as he was told and released a small amount of magic power.

Immediately, her wand reacted in a completely different way than before.

When her magic power came into contact with it, a line of light quickly appeared on the surface of the wand, and then, just like Xia Liang himself a few minutes ago, overlapping shadows appeared.

The magic wand in the phantom flickered and jumped like a distorted image, and its shape began to become completely different from its original form.

Fine particles of magic power spewed out along the lines of light, enveloping the amorphous magic wand, which floated in the air and rotated like a nebula.

Xia Liang couldn't help but open his eyes wide, admiring the scene in amazement.

Lin Xiaolu, who was originally uninterested, finally picked up some interest and stared at Xia Liang's direction with the same concentration.

"A magic wand is actually the most basic form of magic construct. It is the manifestation of your own power. However, at the species level, the magical girl without her true form has no way of discovering its true appearance."

Looking at the nebula formed by the magic particles in front of Xia Liang, Cuiqiao said calmly: "But now, its state is proving to you that you already have this qualification."

"……Then?"

While thinking, Xia Liang asked with interest: "What should I do next?"

"Say your own code name."

Cuiqiao raised her chin slightly and signaled to Xia Liang: "Then communicate with your magic suit, and at the same time announce to your magic suit that is about to awaken, extract it from its current rut, and let it show its true appearance."

Xia Liang restrained his expression and nodded seriously.

She looked at the chaotic flow of magic in her palm, controlled her nervous and excited emotions, and took a long breath:

——"Xiao Jin, the magic power construct is released."

The magic particles that were originally flowing in groups paused slightly, then began to move upwards and exploded completely.

The dissipated magic power stopped before it hit the roof, and fell in the form of light rain. In a small light curtain, Xia Liang looked at his palm in a daze:

Some of the objects that appeared were beyond her expectations.

"This is... my magic construct?"

Because there was only a palm-sized dressing mirror.

In the imagination of ordinary people, the so-called "magic construct" is a weapon used in combat, so it should also look more lethal. But in fact, the appearance of a magic construct is not necessarily a "weapon" in the conventional sense.

For example, Delphinium's magic costume is a combination of silk and scissors, which are sewing tools that ordinary people understand. Some magical girls' magic costumes are even stranger, such as writing pens, watering pots, handkerchiefs... The various strange magic costumes are also the best way to reflect the individual differences of magical girls.

The power of the magic suit has nothing to do with its image, but only with the user's proficiency, depth of development, and the potential of the magic suit itself.

So Cuique was not surprised that Xia Liang's magic costume was a mirror.

On the other side, Xia Liang picked up the mirror after a brief surprise, and looked at his face left and right, but did not find any changes.

"Is that all?"

She muttered to herself, and then an idea flashed through her mind, wanting to inject magic power to give it a try. She immediately raised her hand, and the purple magic power was released from her palm, trying to make it contact with the mirror.

——"While I approve of your attempt to use magic, I suggest you not do it in the house."