“Yuyu, let me ask you, what is a magical girl?”
“Can’t answer, can you? Then let me tell you.”
“No, I—”
Zhizhi didn’t give her a chance to speak, striding down from the high platform like a dragon or tiger, coming right up to Luo You.
She threw a punch!
Bang!
Luo You blocked it effortlessly.
“Mhm~!” Zhizhi nodded with satisfaction, “This is what it means to be a magical girl.”
“You call being able to block your punch being a magical girl?” Luo You was speechless. This wasn’t hard at all.
With that tiny frame of hers, even an eighty-year-old granny could take her punch.
“Hmph, you dared to block my punch even knowing I’m the Fourth Seat—that shows your upright heart, unafraid of power! Your actions have proven that you’re not some half-baked magical girl.”
“Alright, alright, you’re right.”
“What is a magical girl?” Zhizhi asked again.
“Eh?”
Still not waiting for Luo You’s answer, she suddenly unleashed a sugar-coated missile at the magic training dummy nearby.
The over-two-meter-tall dummy was smashed into mush by a five-meter-tall candy.
Patting the candy, Zhizhi said, “This candy contains my twenty years of magical girl skill. Can you block it?” You’re only eighteen, aren’t you?
Luo You sat cross-legged, chin in hand, watching her performance.
“Zhizhi-sama is awesome~ So where’s the Transformation Device? Hurry up and let me take a look.”
“. Looks like you’re lacking the respect you ought to have for me, Zhizhi-sama.”
Zhizhi, caught up in her act, saw Luo You’s half-hearted attitude and felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on her. She straightened her back and said,
“Hmph, it’s normal you don’t understand now, but once you realize the gap between your magical girl talent and Zhizhi-sama, you’ll respect me endlessly! Come with me!”
Zhizhi took her to a room.
Gorgeous.
That was the only word that came to mind to describe the room’s decor.
Many crystal items were displayed in the room: dresses, accessories for carrying around, dual pistols, bows, and other weapons—there were even magical creatures.
“These are all Transformation Devices.”
Zhizhi said, “There are also types of magical girls: support, offense, support includes healers, guerrillas, supply.”
“So I can just pick one?”
“Hey!”
Luo You had already picked up a Pumpkin Crystal Pendant. The moment she picked it up, it radiated a brilliant light.
Holding the pendant, Luo You asked, “Does this mean I have great talent?”
“It’s unrelated. What a Transformation Device grants is actually an external image—your magical girl form, a second appearance apart from your original one. Different devices give you different outfits and become your exclusive weapon.”
Zhizhi glanced at the pumpkin pendant and said, “Looks like you suit this kind of fantasy-style outfit, Yuyu. I wonder what you’ll look like after transforming~”
“Ha.”
Luo You tossed the pendant aside. “Are there any good Transformation Devices? Since the device also acts as a weapon, there should be better and worse ones, right?”
“It doesn’t matter. How strong you are as a magical girl depends on your magical talent.”
“Then I’ll take this one.”
Luo You picked up a Transformation Device that felt more comfortable to her.
A palm-sized, white, ornate Triangular Shield.
“Starting today, I’m going to be the Demon of the Shield,” Luo You said.
The Triangular Shield, once in her hands, had its patterns wriggling as if alive and emitted golden light particles. This thing just felt like it was made for her Threefold Pure Land. If, as a magical girl, she ran into a problem magic couldn’t solve, she could just use this shield to deflect any attack!
And, the Demon of the Shield could even brainwash people.
“Hmph, as expected of the talent I acknowledged and brought onto the team. Handling multiple Transformation Devices is nothing for you.”
Zhizhi didn’t seem surprised and asked, “You’ve chosen?”
“Yep.”
“Then transform!”
“Eh? Isn’t this a bit rushed? I just take the device and transform? What if all these Transformation Devices leak out?”
;
“That won’t happen. Having just a Transformation Device isn’t enough—they’re all connected to the Magic Alliance Headquarters. If one is leaked, Headquarters can remotely disable it.”
Oh. So that’s how it works.
Luo You raised the shield high and shouted, “henxin!”
In an instant, blinding light filled the room. Luo You felt her clothes being stripped away, then fabric weaving itself over her body.
Wooooooah!?
So this is the detail of a magical girl’s transformation?
Surprisingly comfortable, the sensation of fabric brushing against her skin felt amazing…
A gold-and-white gilded long robe covered Luo You’s body. It looked light as a feather, yet had the heroic and beautiful aura of armor.
The transformation light seemed to last long, but from Zhizhi’s perspective, it was actually less than two seconds.
“Whoa~~” Zhizhi’s eyes went wide.
The contrast after that little imp transformed was—!!
“No change?”
The same doubt flashed through Luo You’s mind.
“Why didn’t your appearance change?” Zhizhi didn’t get it.
“Dunno.”
Luo You said that, but she actually had a guess.
If the transformation of a magical girl’s appearance happens through altering the body, then her body, which had already been transformed by divine particles, was pretty much impossible to alter by any other force.
“Eh, uh, this is kind of a problem…” Zhizhi tilted her head, squinting in worry.
She didn’t know the reason, but the most important thing for a magical girl was not exposing her true identity. With Luo You’s condition, her magical girl career was over before it even started.
Luo You thought for a bit, then came up with a good idea. “I’ll just wear a mask or something. How about the same style as Herrera?”
“Why would you want the same as Herrera!” Zhizhi shouted.
Of all the options, why pick the same as that wretched woman!
Just seeing that woman brought out inescapable psychological trauma!
“But wearing a mask would work. Are you going to prepare it yourself, or should I get you one?”
“You get it for me. Make sure it looks good.”
And that settled it.
But after coming with Zhizhi, Luo You felt a little disappointed—looks like as a magical girl, she wasn’t some great emperor after all.
Just average, really.
“Don’t rush to a conclusion. Like I said, a magical girl’s strength all depends on her magical talent. But the most important thing is your Unique Magic.”
Zhizhi straightened up proudly again. “If you have a powerful Unique Magic, you could even become a Ten Seat directly!” That brat’s upturned lips were just short of saying she herself was that person.
[Unique Magic, huh….]
Luo You didn’t know what her Unique Magic would be, but she didn’t care much.
She already had all sorts of miracle abilities granted by divine particles. Unique Magic would just be the cherry on top.