Chapter 27: Senior Competition
“Even though you were so tired yesterday, you left the house so early today? Don’t you care what Sister Xia Mo is up to?”
With a piece of buttered bread in her mouth, Luo Shuangxing reminded her older brother to keep an eye on his potential girlfriend, lest she be whisked away by the blonde.
Luo Shuangyue, who was slowly spreading jam on her bread, had no comments to make; of course, she knew what Xia Mo was doing.
Since she had already agreed to cooperate with her, Xia Mo would definitely handle the matter seriously. Leaving so early, she must be going to the Magic Department to look for information about Snake Fang.
This made Luo Shuangyue, who was still slacking off at home, feel a bit guilty. While this magical girl was working tirelessly from dawn till dusk, she was here enjoying a peaceful breakfast and didn’t even plan to leave before noon—how wicked!
But just thinking that her own departure would lead her to be blindly searching for the group of hidden outsiders, most of her guilt vanished.
She was currently concealing her whereabouts, avoiding alerting the enemy.
It was natural for magical girls to investigate Snake Fang, which wouldn’t raise any suspicion, but once she entered the fray, Snake Fang wouldn’t be as relaxed.
Powerful abilities should be used at the critical moment to be most effective.
“Stop daydreaming. Your Sister Xia Mo must have important things to do. Instead of worrying about her, why don’t you worry about yourself? How are your grades in the tutoring class? Didn’t you say a few days ago that you were going to have an exam?”
For a poor student still in school, asking about grades was indeed the best way to end the topic. Luo Shuangxing instantly deflated, mumbling something about having worked hard and that at least she scored eighty points this time, only missing a few major questions.
Clearly, her exam results were not very ideal.
“Why can’t you learn from me and your Sister Xia Mo? I’m a well-known top student in school. Look at you, not learning anything good, just picking up all the bad habits.”
“That’s not true! Sister Xia Mo doesn’t have any bad habits!”
“Isn’t star-chasing a bad habit?” Luo Shuangyue took a bite of bread and pointed out Xia Mo’s most prominent vice.
Other girls chased after handsome celebrities, but Xia Mo was good; she chased after magical girls and even became one herself. Isn’t that a bad habit?
Just the amount of money spent on her room full of magical girl merchandise and posters was a lot. Luo Shuangyue had previously wondered where Xia Mo got the spare cash to buy these items; now she understood—Xia Mo was using her salary as a magical girl to support her fandom.
And now all those things were gone, she didn’t know if Xia Mo felt like vomiting blood over it.
“Chasing stars… liking magical girls can’t be called chasing stars. They are heroes saving the world, completely different from those garbage trendy celebrities.” Luo Shuangxing refuted firmly; how could magical girls be compared with stars?
That would be insulting to magical girls!
Besides, her exam subjects were different from her brother and Sister Xia Mo’s. She was studying specialized subjects for magical girls, which were much more difficult.
Covering everything from basic magical beast knowledge to world situations, from magical structure theory to practical training; her grades were already quite good.
Siam had worse results than her!
“Hmph, I won’t talk to a boring guy like you anymore. People who don’t like magical girls are pitiful.” Finishing the last bit of her breakfast, Luo Shuangxing bounced with her backpack to the front door, sticking her tongue out at Luo Shuangyue.
“Goodbye, my pitiful Oniichan~”
After saying that, without giving Luo Shuangyue a chance to retort, Luo Shuangxing slammed the door shut, cutting off Luo Shuangyue’s sight and sound.
Is this what they call burying one’s head in the sand? Luo Shuangyue took a bite of bread, feeling that her sister seemed to be getting more mischievous lately. Was she too indulgent?
She wasn’t like this before; maybe she needed to be disciplined?
“Sigh, she’s grown up, has her own ideas now, and doesn’t take her brother seriously anymore.” With a helpless sigh, Luo Shuangyue’s eyes turned melancholic.
If she knew that Shuangxing had turned into the way she was now, their parents would definitely scold her.
……
“Senior Rosemary! Are you here for class today too?”
In the hallway of the Magical Operations Command Center, the white-clad magical girl encountered her senior who had just walked out of the director’s office.
This made Luo Shuangxing very happy; aside from that joint operation a few days ago, this was the first time she had seen Rosemary lately.
The girl in a light purple floral long dress smiled and greeted her junior, “I’ve passed all my knowledge assessments, so unless the Magic Department updates the curriculum, I don’t need to come to class.”
Linglan and Siam had only recently become magical girls, so they needed to come to the command center every day to study, allowing them to become qualified magical girls in the shortest time.
But for the experienced magical girl Rosemary, it was different. She could come and go as she liked, and even when she was there, she was usually attending practical training on the other side.
“I heard from the director that your and Siam’s assessment results weren’t very good?”
“Well… I’ve memorized everything on paper, but I always mess up during practical training. How did you do it back in the day, Senior?” Reaching out to grab her senior’s hand, Luo Shuangxing secretly leaned close to Rosemary.
To the affection from her junior, Xia Mo just smiled, showing no intent to refuse.
After all, it represented that Linglan liked her, and this bond was the source of power for magical girls.
“Me? Back then, I also worked really hard to pass the assessments.” Rubbing Linglan’s white head, Xia Mo smiled and replied.
Holding Linglan’s hand, Xia Mo led her into the nearby classroom. It wasn’t class time yet, and the teacher for the magical girls hadn’t arrived, giving Xia Mo and Linglan some time alone.
“There are no secrets; it just requires a lot of memorization and practice. This knowledge may seem useless to you now, but when it truly comes into play, it can protect your life.” With a serious face, Xia Mo earnestly told Linglan.
Luo Shuangxing nodded in naive understanding; since her senior said so, it must be correct.
Just when she wanted to whisper something else to her senior, a cold gaze fell on her.
Immediately, Luo Shuangxing angrily discovered that someone had squeezed in between her and her senior.
With mechanical cat ears, a flexible cat tail, and that familiar voice, “Linglan, are you stealing food again? Seniors belong to everyone; you can’t monopolize her!”
“Siam, you get away from my senior right now!!!”
