Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

"Well then, Emma Sakura. Now it's time for your critique. Your initial intentions were good, but the opinions of the court cannot be ignored, so..."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Emma casually replied to the counselor with an automated message, while glancing at Sherry and asking urgently.

"Come on, let's start the Sherry route."

"Hahaha……"

Shirley smiled awkwardly.

She was finding it increasingly difficult to understand this unpredictable magical girl junior.

Volume One: Chapter Twenty-Eight

"Sakuraha, you must understand that with great power comes great responsibility. Even if you possess power far exceeding that of your peers in the early stages of magical girl cultivation, you still need to act within the rules..."

Yang Wen completely ignored the counselor's earnest advice.

The method is simple and straightforward: press ESC, open [Sound Settings], and drag the [Other NPCs] voice slider directly to 0.

The world became quiet instantly.

All that was left was the counselor, who was frantically making mouth movements like a silent film actor.

In this way, Emma can focus on confirming the toilet unclogging process with Shirley without any distractions.

Shirley looked at Emma's intensely inquisitive eyes, then glanced at the counselor whose face was full of helplessness but who was still dutifully advising her.

'Could it be... that Emma really wants to go into Sherry's route?'

After such a far-fetched thought, Shirley began her explanation.

"Ahem~ Let me first explain the functions of the Magical Affairs Bureau to Emma-san. Its main responsibilities include coordinating and managing magical girls, and negotiating welfare with the government..."

"skip".

Sherry: "..."

How should I put it? Shirley seems to have gained a little bit of initial understanding of Emma's anthropomorphic behavior.

So, Shirley adjusted her wording slightly and tried to change the subject.

"Within the Magic Bureau, there is a special merit exchange system for registered magical girls, called the Exchange Office."

"Merit is determined by the number of wreckages the magical girls have destroyed and the strength of the witches they have defeated."

At that moment, Emma raised her hand.

What does the store sell?

"That's called the exchange counter."

"shop."

"...Exchange counter?"

"shop."

“...Okay, the store.”

Sherry’s newly formed understanding of Emma crumbled five seconds later.

Shirley forced a smile.

"The shops usually sell magical items made by humans, as well as [Echoes] dropped from wreckage..."

This time, Emma didn't even need to ask; Shirley understood what Emma wanted to know from her longing eyes.

Shirley felt that in Emma's eyes, she was probably not Google or Bing.

Forcibly suppressing the unease in her heart, Shirley's smile twitched slightly as she continued,

"Echoes are the remains and the debris dropped by witches after their death... Ah, of course, a small number of familiars will also drop them."

"Echoes are usually the greatest obsession of the remains or the witch in life [items]. For example, if a remains was a painter in life, then its echo might be a painting or a paintbrush."

"Of course, all the echoes are magical creations, each with its own different function."

After saying that, Shirley touched her pocket and took out a small flashlight.

"This is the Echo, it dropped from one of the wreckages I killed before. As for its effects..."

As Emma waited expectantly, Shirley made a small cut on her fingertip and then shone the light from her small flashlight on it.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Wow……"

Emma's amazed expression pleased Shirley greatly.

Yang Wen, on the other hand, was considering whether to kill Bei Bei and see what her reaction would be...

Just then, Shirley's voice came again.

"Let's talk about the wreckage and the witch."

"Have you ever heard of the witch factor, Emma?"

Emma said expressionlessly, "I don't know."

“…Okay, then I’ll start from the beginning.” Shirley smiled, feeling embarrassed.

Emma said, "If Sherry thinks I don't know anything and dislikes me, Emma will lower her opinion of you."

"Hey? No way! They just hit the high!"

Shirley immediately raised her voice. For some reason, she seemed to have regained her enthusiasm.

Emma's thoughts: 'The God and Senior Sherry always seem to click...'

Shirley said,

"The Witch Factor is a magical creation that resides within the body of every human being in the world, and its origin is subject to various theories."

"Strong negative emotions can activate the witch factor, and the witch factor can also induce negative emotions in people."

"When the witch factor exceeds 75%, the two will interact in both directions, spiraling upwards and rapidly reaching 100%..."

"Finally, she became a witch."

Shirley shrugged.

"The result of witchification is familiars, remains, and witches."

"By the way, familiars are similar to 'subordinates' in that sense. Not only can wreckage have familiars, but witches and magical girls can also have familiars."

"When a normal human is transformed into a witch, the most likely outcome is that they become remains. A small percentage of them become witches. If someone is transformed into a witch within the realm of remains or a witch's domain, they will be created as a familiar..."

Emma suddenly spoke up:

"Is there a setting here where magical girls can also turn into witches—?"

"Wait, wait, wait!!!"

Shirley suddenly raised her voice, rushed over and covered Emma's mouth, then subconsciously glanced at the counselor who was talking incessantly beside her.

Fortunately, the counselor herself was also getting sleepy and didn't realize what Emma had said.

Shirley breathed a sigh of relief and whispered earnestly to Emma,

"How do you know this? It's clearly a top-secret information... Only a very small number of magical girls and high-ranking members of the Magic Bureau know about it..."

"If this is made public, it will cause social unrest!"

Seeing Emma nod, Shirley finally released her mouth.

"I don't know where you heard that from, but please keep it a secret! Otherwise, Sherry will take legal action against you!"

"Emma's favorability rating is going to drop."

"I'm sorry! I'll take responsibility for it together with you!"

Shirley sighed, feeling increasingly like she was being led by the nose by this new girl.

After that, Emma asked Sherry again about the "ranking system" and "registering as a magical girl".

According to Sherry, the shared levels for magical girls, witches, and wreckage, from lowest to highest, are:

White, blue, yellow, orange, red, black – six colors.

Taking into account the severity of natural disasters like typhoons, I wonder if it's just a twisted sense of humor in "The Judgment of the Demons".

After Emma's "criticism and education" ended, the two walked out of the interrogation room under the counselor's resentful gaze.

Once in the hallway, they started talking about "registering as a magical girl."

According to Sherry, the official requirement is that magical girls join the Magical Government, but they must register.

Therefore, magical girls are divided into three categories:

[Professional Magical Girl] [Free Magical Girl] [Unregistered Magical Girl]

The first two types have already registered their levels, while the third type is referred to by Sherry as the "unregistered magical girl".

"Professional magical girls are assigned to specific areas and are required to clock in and patrol daily, engaging in battles whenever they encounter wreckage. In return, they receive many benefits, such as access to the Magic Bureau's exchange shop, free housing, rewards for defeating enemies, tax exemptions, and priority access to education."

"As for the Free Magical Girl, she had nothing, only a name."

Shirley's throat was a little dry, but she kept talking...

It seemed as if she was genuinely afraid of lowering her standing in the eyes of this younger colleague.

"So Emma-san, let's go register now, and then become professional magical girls together with Sherry!"

But Emma's response was—

"I refuse."

Emma rejected him almost instantly.

Are you kidding me?

Yang Wen absolutely loathed the idea of ​​"going to work".

In real life, it's one thing to be a slave to work for a pittance, but who wants to clock in and out for work in the virtual world?

Sherry's "professional magical girl" may have many benefits, but what's the difference between it and those "jail-like monthly cards" in second-generation games that require you to log in every day to complete daily tasks?

As for the perks and benefits of being a "professional magical girl"...

He believed the official team would resolve the issue for him, a beta tester.

Shirley was clearly taken aback by this response.

"But the application for a free magical girl is very troublesome... it requires the director's signature."

"Rather than whether you register or not, I'd prefer you to tell me about the main storyline."

Emma then asked the question she cared about most: the main storyline.

So she took out her phone, scrolled through her photo album, and found a picture.

The photo shows a lip print made of violet petals on the stage of a music hall.

Volume One: Chapter Twenty-Nine: Birds of a Feather

"Shirley doesn't know."

Shirley glanced at the photo on Emma's phone for two seconds and then denied it without hesitation.

Emma, ​​with her lifeless eyes, said...

"Shirley-san, you don't want Emma's affection for you to decrease, do you?"

"Oh dear, Shirley-san really doesn't know!"

Shirley's playful tone, as if she were teasing "herself," made Emma feel both warm and helpless.

How long has it been since I had this kind of conversation with a friend?

Although Shirley's tone was complaining, she seemed to be in high spirits and enjoying the atmosphere of the conversation.

Emma suddenly had an unprecedented illusion:

'Should we learn how to chat from the gods?'

"—Useless Sherry, you don't even know this."