After get off work, I become a magical girl

2023-04-30

On a midsummer afternoon, in the air-conditioned living room, Lin Xiaolu came back to consciousness from her long meditation, leaned back on the sofa, and picked up her cell phone with some boredom.

After casually reading some boring news on social media and laughing at a few short videos, she realized something was wrong, put down her phone, and asked in confusion: "Did Moko go out for too long?"

"Don't worry, it has its own things to do."

Xia Liang leaned lazily on the sofa and said in a long voice: "Didn't I say before that there was progress in the search for the reserve magical girl?"

"But this is too long. In the past, we would hang out for a while around lunch time, but today it's almost three in the afternoon."

Lin Xiaolu held up her chin and thought for a moment. After a while, she raised her eyes and made a somewhat abrupt judgment: "There is something strange."

"What's weird?" Xia Liang, who was sitting on the sofa, was already used to her somewhat jumpy thinking logic, and continued to ask lazily.

"Mo Ke is hiding something from us." Lin Xiaolu said firmly.

"Fairies also need their own privacy. But I never expected that you, Xiaolu, who always quarrel with Moko, actually care about it?" Xia Liang said in a muffled voice.

Lin Xiaolu rolled her eyes and patted the sofa cushion beside her: "You call this caring? I'm suspicious!"

"Go, go, go."

Xia Liang sat up with the help of the sofa backrest and stretched: "Well - if you doubt it, do you want to go over and take a look?"

"That's not possible, right? Isn't it almost time for afternoon study?"

"Why not just ask for leave from the young senior?"

"How can you disturb Delphinium for such a reason?"

"Well, if you put it that way..."

He took out his phone with some hesitation and typed a message to the group of three people. Xia Liang said straightforwardly: "Okay, send it out!"

"Huh? I just told you not to do that, why did you send a message without permission? Take it back now!"

Seeing her do this, Lin Xiaolu raised her eyebrows, then stretched out her hand sideways, trying to grab Xia Liang's phone: "Give me the phone!"

"Hehe, if you don't want to give it to me, you should be more frank at a time like this."

Relying on her height and arm span advantage, Xia Liang raised her phone, swung her arms left and right, avoiding Lin Xiaolu's scramble for it, and laughed with ease. After playing around for a while, she suddenly felt the phone in her hand vibrate, so she blinked and put down the phone she was holding high: "...Ah, a reply?"

Lin Xiaolu, who was a little annoyed, was also stunned: "Reply? So fast?"

"Yeah, I replied in seconds."

Xia Liang scrolled through the message page and dragged out his voice, imitating the cool and calm tone of Cuiqiao: "Let me read it. She said: 'You can go, but remember to come back in time at night. If there are really new people, let me know and I will come later.'"

After reading the content of the message page, she turned the screen to Lin Xiaolu and said, "That's about it. She seems to agree?"

Lin Xiaolu ignored her and drew back, took out her phone, and read the words of the emerald bird carefully. After confirming that it was consistent with what Xia Liang said, she found that there was a string of other content following it: "What is this? Address?"

"150 meters west of the intersection of Xihe Road and Yuyun Road in Lixing District..."

Xia Liang immediately followed suit: "Hey, is this the first welfare home in Fangting City?"

"Is this Moko's location?"

"It seems so, but why does the young senior know where Mo Ke is?"

"It's just a location, what's so strange about Delphinium knowing that?"

Lin Xiaolu didn't think there was a problem at all, and said proudly: "A magical girl as powerful as her should have many tricks that she hasn't shown yet. Don't limit her abilities with your narrow vision."

If I only looked at her expression without listening to what she said, I would probably think that she was so proud because of me.

"Haha...that's right, the young senior must have been prepared for this." Faced with the remarks of Lin Xiaolu's fanatical fans, Xia Liang could only respond with a dry laugh.

The two reached a consensus on the strange matter and stopped dwelling on the topic. Soon, Lin Xiaolu discovered the next suspicious point:

"Speaking of which, if it's an orphanage, are there a lot of children there?"

"We call others children, but they are not necessarily younger than us."

Xia Liang helplessly corrected him, "But it does sound suspicious. Let's go now, maybe we can catch them in the act, right?"

"But, regarding the practice..." Lin Xiaolu was still a little hesitant.

She was hesitant to make up her mind, so Xia Liang raised his index finger and suggested, "Then I'll go and take a look by myself and tell you the result?"

"You-ah! You really are such a person!"

This sentence became the last straw that broke Lin Xiaolu's inner defenses, and she could no longer sit still. In the end, curiosity prevailed in her inner struggle, so she stood up suddenly: "I can't help it! Let's go, who's afraid of who!"

It was summer vacation now, and Delphinium had given the green light for their trip, so there was naturally no obstacle for the two of them to go out.

So, after simply changing into casual clothes for travel, the two of them took the light rail tram to Lixing District together.

The first welfare home in Fangting City is located on the edge of Lixing District, close to the suburbs, but fortunately the transportation is very convenient and it doesn't take much effort to get here.

Passing through the somewhat deserted station, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang strolled along the somewhat old streets, looking around from time to time to take in the surrounding scenery.

Lixing District is located at the easternmost side of Fangting City. It is one of the earliest administrative divisions established in Fangting City, so its infrastructure is relatively early. Both the road surface and surrounding buildings are relatively old. Later, because the main body developed westward, it eventually became the so-called "old city area", and both the flow of people and traffic became relatively sparse.

In addition, it was a weekday afternoon, so when Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang came to this neighborhood, they could clearly feel that it was lacking in popularity.

Fortunately, the destination of their trip - Fangting City No. 1 Welfare Home - was not far away. As a building that accommodated a large number of people, its surrounding supporting facilities were very complete, which somewhat made up for the slight sense of loneliness.

After moving forward for a few minutes, the two were able to see the buildings and walls of the welfare home from a distance. After confirming that the location provided by Delphinium was correct, they quickened their pace, planning to catch Moko off guard.

This plan fell through when they got closer to the welfare home.

Because they found that an invisible wall appeared in front of them at some point, blocking their progress.

Reaching out and feeling around, then taking a closer look, Xia Liang discovered that the obstacle blocking their way was not truly "invisible", it was just difficult to see clearly.

With her perception ability, she could sense that there was a considerable amount of magic power flowing in the structure in front of her. Obviously, this was a magic barrier.

"Xiaolu."

Xia Liang's expression became a little serious, and the habitual smile on his face also faded a little: "I'm afraid the situation is different from what we thought."

Lin Xiaolu reached out and touched the transparent wall in front of her. She seemed to recall some bad memories and frowned: "Is this... a magic barrier?"

The two of them are no longer the rookies they were when they first became magical girls, and have gained a better understanding of basic techniques such as "magic barrier".

There were not many people in this world who could use magic. They were either magicians from the material world or magical girls whose abilities had reached the leaf level or above. No matter which of the above people appeared around the welfare home and set up a magic barrier here, it was abnormal.

"Let's notify Delphinium first."

Lin Xiaolu's memory of the magic barrier was not very good. She even felt a vague sense of déjà vu. Her first reaction was to ask for help. She immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed Cuiqiao's number.

Cuiqiao had repeatedly emphasized to her that if she encountered an incident that might be beyond her ability, she must be notified first. Although she didn't know what this overprotective request was, it didn't stop Lin Xiaolu from following his instructions.

But this time, after holding the phone and waiting for a moment, her expression became a little confused: the call she made went through a long call, but in the end there was only a voice notification that no one answered.

"No one answered?" This was something Lin Xiaolu had not expected before.

"Leave a message in the group. Let's try to see if we can break the barrier with magic."

Faced with an emergency, Xia Liang took out his Heart Bud and immediately transformed: "In this situation, if we have to wait until the young senior answers the phone, I'm afraid Mo Ke will be in danger inside."

After hearing her reminder, Lin Xiaolu realized that now was not the time to just stand there. After simply leaving a message in the group, she took out the Seed of Heart and turned into a magical girl.

After the two transformed, they began to bombard the barrier with magic beams, trying to break it violently. However, although their attacks made the barrier vibrate continuously, they still could not completely destroy its structure.

After several unsuccessful attempts and seeing their magic power being consumed rapidly, they had to stop again.

Lin Xiaolu was clearly anxious. On the other side, although Xia Liang also failed to make any progress, he looked at the barrier in front of him and thought, "Perhaps, we can try another approach."

"What idea? Do you have any good ideas?" Lin Xiaolu was a little confused when he heard it.

"Just give it a try and you'll know."

Xia Liang smiled mysteriously, then raised his wand: "Xiao Jin, release the magic power."

As she chanted, the magic wand in her hand turned into a magic nebula, and then gathered together again to become a small dressing mirror. This was her magic construct - Yinli.

Lin Xiaolu, who was standing next to him, also recognized Xia Liang's magic equipment, but she couldn't think of its use: "What are you going to do with Yinli?"

"Okay, don't ask so many questions, just watch."

Without further explanation, Xia Liang started her own experiment. She split the mirror in her hand into several parts, and then adjusted the size of one of the mirrors to be large enough, even as tall as a person.

Then, she placed the mirror, which was as tall as a person, against the magic barrier in front of her.

"One of the abilities of the Diversion is to transfer and redirect magic power between mirrors. In other words, all magic power that touches its surface will be transferred to the other mirror."

Xia Liang began to explain: "My junior senior once said in a lecture that although the magic barrier is a spell, the spell is still magic in essence, but the magic is arranged into a specific state according to the spell structure, so if my guess is correct..."

She extended her hand and pointed to another mirror that was not attached to the barrier.

Lin Xiaolu turned her head and saw that the mirror was flickering with light, and it was obvious that there was magic flowing. And the magic power was transmitted from this mirror, which meant that it must have a source.

At this moment, no matter how poor her comprehension ability was, she guessed what Xia Liang wanted to do.

At the same time, Xia Liang moved the half-person-high mirror in front of him away, and like a magician, he faced Xiao Lu sideways and extended his hand to the position where the mirror had been attached before:

"You see, my guess was right."

In the direction she pointed, on the originally seamless barrier, a gap large enough for a person to pass through had appeared at some point amid the faint flow of magical power.

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"The barrier outside didn't react at all. It looks like you guys used some weird tricks."

Inside the barrier, after his victory was interrupted, the black-robed man was initially annoyed by the two new magical girls, but he quickly adjusted his mood and scanned the lineup in front of him: "However, Light Blue and Purple, there is still one person left? Then those bastards can still be of some use."

He was not able to kill Mo Ke and let him escape successfully during the chaos, which certainly aroused his anger. But this was not his core purpose, so he would not lose his composure.

"You know us?" The other party's words revealed an inexplicable confidence, which made Lin Xiaolu feel a little uncomfortable, and she asked with some caution.

"Know you? Or rather, why don't I know you?"

After regaining his composure, the man shook his head and grinned strangely: "For example, the strongest among you is the shortest blue kid, right? She's not acting with you now?"

"We have no reason to inform the enemy of our partners' whereabouts."

Xia Liang, who was standing by, saw that Lin Xiaolu's expression had become a little strange, so he took the initiative to take over the conversation: "Whether she comes or not, we will subdue you here and use magic to carry out a terrorist attack. The only thing waiting for you is arrest."

"Oh? Really? Are you unwilling to report it or are you unable to report it?"

The man didn't care about her words at all, and didn't seem to care about the fact that he was under siege. Instead, he stretched out his hand and counted the people in front of him as if he was counting goods: "Three magical girls, a fairy, and a pig... It doesn't matter. In the end, there are four sources of magic power? That's it. It can at least make up for the loss of a sacrifice child.

"What on earth are you talking about?"