Next came the introducer’s evaluation of the incident:
“Undoubtedly, this is a challenge to the order built by the Human Alliance, and also a provocation from the Elves toward humanity. We must begin to be vigilant at all times about people around us who may have ulterior motives or hidden agendas. They could very well be Elves in disguise, just like the ones leaked in the video.”
“At the same time, this incident has also revealed that a powerful new generation is still emerging among us humans. Please have faith in humanity and in yourselves.”
‘Uh… what a watery summary.’
Ye Xingling stuck out her tongue and exited the last chat record, momentarily not knowing what to say.
As for the Human Alliance’s attitude, since this incident had caused such a huge mess, they had no choice but to straighten up and act properly.
The Magical Girl Society and Miss Ye Xin seemed to have no issues either. From the seniors’ chats last night, she already knew that Miss Ye Xin had been rescued unscathed by her Hunter senior.
Ye Xingling racked her brain for a while… it seemed like none of this had anything to do with her.
Besides, looking at the restless atmosphere in the classroom, it felt like as soon as class ended, students would burst out into the hallway and talk loudly with their friends.
Ye Xingling sighed. In her class, she had hardly any friends—let alone people she could talk to. Apart from her desk mate, Jiang Nan, there were only a few girls from the gaming club she played games with.
And they only talked online. Offline, aside from nodding when they saw each other, they had no real interaction.
A sudden sense of loneliness welled up in her heart.
Ye Xingling glanced at her desk mate, who was typing furiously on her phone keyboard, then quietly shifted to the side and switched to her alt account.
In the small group of the Magical Girl Society, the conversation had only reached the point where she and the seniors had exchanged morning greetings.
Ye Xingling’s fingers moved slightly, typing a short line in the input box.
Shuanghua: Seniors, seniors, did last night’s incident really blow up that big? None of my classmates are paying attention in class!
Soon, her seniors replied.
Yunque: Miss Shuanghua, isn’t it currently high school class time?
‘Guh… busted!’
Senior Yunque was small and cute, but with her emotionless personality, vast knowledge, and reliable experience, she somehow exerted an inexplicable pressure on slackers like her.
Jin Ming: What’s the big deal? Most high school subjects are easy anyway. It won’t hurt to skip a day.
‘Wahhh! Senior Jin Ming is the best!’
‘But somehow I feel like a confident honor student’s light is shining down on a shut-in like me…’
Still, Senior Jin Ming seemed to be recovering well. At least she had time to chat, which put Ye Xingling at ease.
Yunque: …If there’s anything you don’t understand, feel free to ask me. I’ll share everything I know.
Ye Xingling quickly typed, “Thank you, both seniors!” to show her respect for the honor students.
Yunque: Also, Miss Jin Ming, I know you took leave, but you still can’t neglect your studies.
Miss Jin Ming sent a sticker of a cat saluting.
Qiluo: Hehe, everyone’s chatting? Speaking of which, a lot of us in the Magical Girl Society are still students. If there’s anything you don’t know, feel free to communicate more, okay?
‘Eh? So almost all the seniors are students too?’
Ye Xingling learned this for the first time. Well, even in this day and age, you could live off the Human Alliance’s welfare without doing anything, but most people would still find something interesting to do or take on some basic work.
After all, with a short work shift, you could earn enough money to support your hobbies—why not?
And being a student… well, it barely counted as a job. It was one of the few with relatively little free time. Being a student and a Magical Girl…
She felt it would be hard to protect Satellite City well.
Ye Xingling calculated her free time and then compared it with her brother’s free time, considering he had to both work and attend school. She felt like she wasn’t really cut out for the duties of a Magical Girl.
In the end, the fact that she could become a Magical Girl was strange in itself.
She had found a very expensive-looking necklace on the road. Before she could even take it to the Human Alliance’s lost-and-found, Senior Qiluo popped up and told her she had been recognized by the Magical Girl Gem and could already become a Magical Girl.
Back then, she knew what Magical Girls were and deeply admired the senior Magical Girls who had become heroes and retired.
But her expression at the time was…
‘Huh? Me? Become a Magical Girl? For real?’
Could she really beat monsters? With just her hands, which were only decent at gaming?
Or with her brain, which barely scraped by with average academic results?
And Senior Qiluo’s reply was…
‘You have a sincere heart? You have the potential to become a Magical Girl? Or maybe some comforting words?’
None of that!
Senior Qiluo calmly told her.
“It’s fine. With just that level, you’re more than enough to be a Magical Girl. There are plenty of problematic girls among Magical Girls. At your level, you’re considered quite talented.”
As for the reason…
It was simply that the Magical Girl Gem had chosen her.
That simple.
Since she still had to go home, Senior Qiluo told her to create an alt account, officially register her identity as a Magical Girl with the Human Alliance, and then added her to the Magical Girl Society’s dedicated channel and small group.
After learning how to transform and some precautions, the Magical Girl named “Shuanghua” was born, along with her chuunibyou transformation incantation: “Fearless Ice, Answer My Call: Forge a Guardian Flower with Ice!”
Until now, the only thing she knew about her seniors was that when she asked them for their transformation incantations, she got four awkward laugh emoticons in return.
‘Seriously, can’t I be the only one who has to shout something like that when transforming?’
Also, Magical Girls never meet each other in their civilian forms…
‘Eh, if every senior went through a similar process to become a Magical Girl, does that mean Senior Qiluo knows all their real identities?’
Ye Xingling was still racking her brain with her scattered reasoning when she saw a message from the Magical Girl senior she had only met once—Miss Qiansheng—pop up in the group.
Qiansheng: Eh, so everyone’s chatting?
Qiansheng: Last night’s incident really seems to have had a big impact. A lot of performances got canceled, and I heard there’s going to be some kind of comprehensive survey or something.
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