After a brief internal struggle, Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo reached an agreement.
They would go to class at the Guangfa Department!
Upon hearing the news, the Magic Department immediately exploded with 200% enthusiasm, nearly sending an eight-man palanquin to carry Luo Shuangyue there themselves.
Luo Shuangyue’s popularity among the Magical Girls was now no less than White Night’s. To put it more bluntly, she was the White Night of the new generation of Magical Girls.
If she could study at the Guangfa Department, the Magic Department could use her as bait to lure in the other new generation Guangfa Girls who were reluctant to study.
Even if you don’t love studying, there’s no harm in coming to the Magic Department to see your idol, right? There’s no harm in practicing combat techniques with your hero, right?
Luo Shuangyue herself was quite oblivious to this. She had no idea how much influence she wielded over the new generation of Guangfa Girls. She genuinely thought she was just going there to be an ordinary student.
So, when she saw the army of Magical Girls waiting to welcome her outside the Magic Department a few days later, she was completely stunned.
‘My god, is this really not a Hongmen Banquet?’
“Mentor Dark Moth, give me an autograph! Sign my face!”
“Mentor, Mentor! I want you to sign me with magic!”
“Mentor, don’t run!”
‘Don’t run? I’ll be eaten alive if I stay here!’ Luo Xiangyue grumbled indignantly in her heart as she fled the scene. ‘Monice, Guangfa Department, you set me up!’
She finally managed to reach the living quarters arranged for her and Xia Mo. Just as she finished tidying up the room, Cecilia, the Vice Minister of the Magic Department, arrived at the door.
“It has been a while, Miss Shuangyue,” the blonde girl said, raising a hand to greet the foul-tempered Luo Shuangyue. “Do those children feel a bit too enthusiastic?”
“I feel like they want to eat me.” Luo Shuangyue bared her teeth in a grimace at the thought of the scene.
She was someone who had seen big scenes before, but she had truly never seen anything like that. Being stared at by so many girls with such burning gazes was something Luo Shuangyue felt she couldn’t handle.
“Haha, in the eyes of those children, you are the Great Hero who saved the world. Your status is similar to what your mother’s was in our hearts back then,” Cecilia answered with a smile.
A Great Hero would naturally be welcomed by everyone.
“However, you don’t need to worry about any issues during your studies. The course model here at the Magic Department is different from the large lectures you are familiar with. It’s more about mentors teaching one-on-one or in small groups.”
Cecilia gave Luo Shuangyue some reassurance.
In that case, Luo Shuangyue would likely only have to deal with a few girls at a time. This was especially true since the high-level knowledge Luo Shuangyue needed to learn was completely beyond the reach of those new generation Guangfa Girls.
“Take a look and see if these mentors meet your requirements. If not, I can change them for you.”
This was the main reason Cecilia had come to see Luo Shuangyue. After all, no one would actually treat Luo Shuangyue like an ordinary student now; special treatment was a given.
However, changing mentors wasn’t a privilege exclusive to Luo Shuangyue. All Magical Girls had this right, though ordinary Magical Girls did it through their personal terminals, while Cecilia had personally come to introduce the mentors and handle any changes for Luo Shuangyue.
‘Basic World Theory… wait, did I see that right?’ Luo Shuangyue saw a name on her mentor list that seemingly didn’t belong there.
Pointing at Monice’s name, Luo Shuangyue cast a confused look at Cecilia.
Setting aside whether Monice actually understood this so-called Basic World Theory, could someone of Monice’s identity even be a mentor?
“This is a research topic prepared for you. Monice is the leader of this project group. There are also some Full Bloom Class Guangfa Girls interested in these contents who want to join. You can decide what to do about that when the time comes.”
Cecilia knew what Luo Shuangyue needed to do, so she had specifically prepared this tailor-made project for her. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to study while simultaneously modifying the World Fragment?
“As for Inis, she currently owes the Magic Department money. Working as a mentor counts as debt repayment,” Cecilia said, spreading her hands. “She will also serve as a mentor for the Transhuman project, exploring various secrets within the bodies of Transhumans.”
While it was called debt repayment, it was hard to say who was actually profiting. Monice could exploit the Magic Department’s influence and financial resources for free, while the Magic Department could share in Monice’s research results.
Previous Transhumans were modified using purified Demonic Qi. Now that Demons had disappeared, the old modification methods had lost their raw materials, putting them in an awkward position.
“Transhumans… are they still needed now?” Luo Shuangyue asked with some confusion.
She had always thought Transhumans were just emergency battle personnel. But hearing Cecilia’s words, it seemed the Magic Department wanted to continue deepening the Cyborg Plan?
“In fact, we need Transhumans very much,” Cecilia said, not hiding her thoughts. “Although you said the world will gradually grant everyone the ability to use magic, that is a matter that requires a lot of time to accumulate.”
“How long is it from today until that day? Ten years, or even twenty years? Are we supposed to stop researching magic during all those years?”
Even if the world moved very quickly and granted the ability to use Vast Power to every child born starting today, it would still take many years for those children with magic talent to grow up.
During those years, humanity couldn’t just stand still and wait for those children to become adults, could they?
“Transhuman technology allows those without magic talent to gain the ability to perceive Vast Power and use Magic Power. This is a huge help for current researchers. Before, the technology was immature and couldn’t be promoted, but now Monice’s technology has matured. After that incident, Transhumans are no longer monsters that everyone fears, so of course we can continue the research.”
Historically, the Magic Department’s attitude toward Transhumans had been quite ambiguous. Cecilia herself had disliked Transhumans, but in the face of reality, she had to admit it was indeed a good way to solve problems.
Especially now that Transhumans could maintain their sanity and would not turn into Path Creatures with nothing but destruction and slaughter in their minds, her internal repulsion toward Transhumans had lessened.
As long as the principle of voluntary participation was upheld, she felt that a certain level of deregulation for Transhumans under the supervision of the Magic Department was not unacceptable.
“Consider it an unavoidable transitional choice for a special period. Once everyone has the ability to use magic, it can fade into history.”