Chapter 32: Personal Grudges
“Your two juniors?”
After listening to Xia Mo’s recount, Luo Shuangyue, dressed in Bai Ye’s cosplay on the rooftop, tried hard to suppress her confused expression.
What is going on? I just wanted to give Xia Mo some extra training, how did it catch the attention of the Magic Department?
Not only did they take notice, but they even want to take advantage of me?
What does it mean that since we’re already training Rosemary, adding two more doesn’t matter? Do you think this is like buying groceries at the supermarket?
“Well, the Director said, as long as it can make our strength stronger, Bai Ye, you can train us however you want.” Xia Mo timidly nodded.
Luo Shuangyue originally intended to refuse, after all, you can’t just let her take more people, that would make Bai Ye look cheap.
Come on, Bai Ye is a legendary magical girl, famous all over the world, it’s already quite rare for me to train one newcomer, and now adding two more seems a bit devaluing.
“The Director also said… with your character, Bai Ye, you would probably agree with great enthusiasm.”
Huh? Luo Shuangyue’s expression froze.
Hmm… thinking about it carefully, it does seem like something my mom would do!
In Luo Shuangyue’s memory, her mom has always been a rather quirky figure, completely lacking the awareness of being a mother of two children.
At home, it’s always been Luo Shuangyue’s dad who plays both the strict father and kind mother role, strict in character, but kind in appearance…
As for their mom, she seems more like an elder sister, the kind that enjoys teasing her younger siblings.
“Your Director is serious?”
“Serious, the Director said no matter what, she will fully support you, Bai Ye!” Xia Mo nodded emphatically.
“I’ll think about it, you go run seventy-five laps for warm-up first.”
“Huh? Wasn’t it still fifty last time…”
“Do you want to stay stagnant? Speak out of turn again, and you get ten more laps.”
“Yes! I’m going right now!”
Xia Mo reluctantly went to run laps, while Luo Shuangyue hid in a shady area where the sun didn’t shine directly, contemplating whether she should accept this suddenly added task.
Refusing would be easy; she could just say she doesn’t have the energy to train three magical girls.
But the Director did say something right, since she was already training Xia Mo, adding two more doesn’t really matter.
The total strength of a three-person team would definitely improve more significantly than Xia Mo’s improvement alone, and having stronger teammates could indirectly ensure Xia Mo’s safety.
Since Xia Mo isn’t willing to give up being a magical girl for now, Luo Shuangyue can only try to reduce the dangers Xia Mo faces.
“From a rational perspective, this is indeed a pretty good choice, but from an emotional perspective…” Luo Shuangyue recalled the magical girl named Linglan, the last time that little brat had teamed up with Xia Mo to make her suffer.
That grudge has been deeply etched in Luo Shuangyue’s heart!
She had been looking for a good opportunity for revenge, and now, it seemed she found a reasonable and legal way to take revenge.
“Linglan, huh? As your senior, I will definitely take good care of you!” Luo Shuangyue said through gritted teeth, clenching her fists.
…
“Achoo!”
“Linglan, how dare you sneeze at me! Do you want to duel?!”
The catgirl Siam, sprayed with saliva by Luo Shuangxing, voiced her dissatisfaction, her cat tail straight up, signaling a brewing storm within.
As the only two rookie magical girls in Xinghai City, Siam and Linglan had a relationship that was both good and bad.
Good because they were comrades, bad because they both really liked the gentle, kind, fragrant Senior Rosemary.
To compete for the privilege of being close to the senior, conflicts often erupted between Siam and Linglan, and the end result typically ended in a draw; neither could outdo the other.
After all, both had become magical girls around the same time, and the so-called conflicts were just the petty squabbles of little girls.
“Someone is talking bad about me behind my back, otherwise I wouldn’t sneeze.” Luo Shuangxing quickly crossed her arms in front of her chest, indicating that she truly didn’t mean it this time.
Under normal circumstances, magical girls don’t sneeze; if they do, something must be wrong.
Siam wasn’t very convinced.
“Really?”
“Really! And can you stop adding ‘meow’ to the end of every sentence?”
“You think I want to ‘meow’?” Siam shrugged; in fact, she didn’t have the quirk when she wasn’t transformed, but once she transformed, she couldn’t get rid of it.
It’s just an effect caused by her magical power.
Every magical girl has her own traits; some gain them after reaching the initial bloom stage, while others have them right from the start.
For instance, Siam’s trait is very obvious: she’s a cat.
As for Luo Shuangxing, she currently belongs to the category that is either lacking characteristics or has traits that aren’t very pronounced.
If one were to say, her trait is that her transformation outfit has lots of lily of the valley patterns, and she emits a faint fragrance of lily of the valley, as for her two long and two short braids, along with her golden eyes, they can’t really be classified as traits.
After all, a certain legendary magical girl is quite similar.
Tap tap tap… The crisp sound of footsteps echoed in the hallway.
“Linglan, Siam, come here for a moment.” The Director’s voice interrupted their quiet conversation.
Luo Shuangxing and Siam exchanged glances, seeing similar confusion in each other’s eyes.
Isn’t it break time? Shouldn’t they be able to chat a bit?
The magical beast attack alarm hasn’t gone off, so what does the Director want them for?
Siam was baffled, while Luo Shuangxing seemed to be deep in thought; she remembered mentioning to the Director a few days ago that she wanted special training—perhaps the Director wanted to talk about that?
Following the Director into the office, Luo Shuangxing got her answer; it was indeed related to the special training.
“Linglan, you mentioned wanting to participate in special training a few days ago. I’ve been thinking, and I don’t believe the special training courses here at the Magic Department are very suitable for you.” The Director cleared her throat and addressed the two girls sitting across from her.
“So, I’ve found you a very skilled instructor; your Senior Rosemary has received special training from her.”
“Tomorrow, Rosemary will take you to meet that instructor, make sure you’re mentally prepared; she’s quite a strict instructor.”
