Should I say I came from another world to complete a mission, and then transmigrated here?
“I, I, I forgot. By the time I realized it, I was already here.”
Such a clumsy lie, of course, couldn’t fool Bai Zhi.
However, she didn’t press the matter further.
“Your combat skills—don’t tell me you’ve never undergone systematic training? Like this, you’ll be easily killed by a beast in seconds. If you don’t want to embarrass yourself like last time, I suggest you train a little.”
After weighing things, Bai Zhi spoke. If the other person really was the Fire God Reincarnate, then she had even more reason to take responsibility and train her.
And as for Lin Guanqi, it was true that her lack of combat experience led to her failure in the last mission.
“Okay.”
Ling Xue suddenly hugged Lin Guanqi.
“Yay! From now on, we’re classmates!”
The Battle Academy—this was a place where many magical girls gathered, a girls’ school.
“Come on, I’ll show you around first!”
With that, Ling Xue dragged Lin Guanqi out of the laboratory. This world, compared to the original, wasn’t all that different; if anything, the technology was much more advanced.
Suddenly, an incredibly familiar tune drifted from the street.
“You love me, I love you, Mixue Bingcheng, sweet as can be~”
Is this…cultural invasion?
Lin Guanqi didn’t react right away.
“Do you want some milk tea? My treat!”
“Then I’ll have lemonade…”
With that, Ling Xue took Lin Guanqi to Mixue Bingcheng. The difference was, Lin Guanqi, because of her striking appearance, was surrounded by people as if she were an exotic animal in a zoo.
“What a delicate little doll…”
“Yeah, she’s like a toy! Just makes you want to go up and pinch her!”
“Miss, how much bride price would it take to marry you?”
A white-haired girl lifted Lin Guanqi’s hand and kissed the back of it.
Have these people read too many Western fantasy novels?
Smack!
Ling Xue slapped the girl’s hand away.
“Hey! What do you think you’re doing? She’s with me, what are you trying to pull?”
This line…why did it sound a bit weird?
After that, she handed the lemonade she’d just made to Lin Guanqi.
As expected, her looks were just too outstanding. Bringing her out really wasn’t the wisest choice; forget about the perverts—even the girls were all over her!
As they walked, Ling Xue suddenly stopped.
“Qi’er, whatever you do, don’t go wandering around alone, or I’ll be worried!”
Lin Guanqi stared blankly for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Speaking of which, why hadn’t she returned to her original world yet? Wasn’t the mission to defeat the beast already completed?
[This time, the magical beast wasn’t defeated by you alone, so it counts as mission failure. Not long from now, the beasts will invade again. Please wait patiently. Only after completing the mission can you return to your world.]
There was nothing she could do. Indeed, if not for the system’s help this time, her identity as a magical girl would have vanished in an instant, and she would have been saddled with a 200,000 loan.
“Understood…”
Lin Guanqi felt a little dejected.
As they walked, a massive academy appeared before them. Ling Xue introduced it excitedly.
“This is the Battle Academy! There are no boys here, but with your looks, you’ll definitely cause a stir when you walk in, hehe!”
Ling Xue pulled Lin Guanqi inside. Sure enough, there were only women here. Could it be that only females could fight the beasts in this world?
With that question in mind, she asked.
“Ling Xue, in this place, are only women able to fight the beasts?”
“Of course not. Men can fight too. It’s just that their power might not be as strong as us magical girls. That’s why only magical girls deal with the Raging Tide-class beasts.”
So that’s how it was—magical girls simply had a higher ceiling!
She really was a genius, to figure that out.
“I haven’t told you my position in the academy yet. I’m an Elemental Magical Girl, a third-year. You were supposed to be in first year, but Bai Zhi registered you as a third year. So when you come to my class, just say you’re a transfer student!”
Ling Xue was like an older sister to Lin Guanqi. Even though they’d only met a few times, she kept fussing over her, afraid something might go wrong.
This warmth was something Lin Guanqi, who lost both parents at a young age, hadn’t felt in a long time.
She’d been raised by her grandmother. Shortly after graduation, her grandmother passed away too. To be honest, in that other world, there was nothing left for her to miss.
Maybe she should just stay here? It didn’t seem so bad.
She found herself thinking that now and then.
System, what if I don’t want to go back? Can I stay here forever?
[You can. If you don’t wish to return, you may remain here as a magical girl. However, you’ll never be able to return to your male form. Is that okay?]
Lin Guanqi actually didn’t care much about being male anymore. Here, she experienced care she’d never known before, experienced what it felt like to be cherished.
Suddenly, she felt a chill.
Looking down, her cheeks turned a little red. She tugged at Ling Xue’s sleeve and asked, “Am I not wearing…?”
Ling Xue froze like she’d been struck by lightning. Oh no! How could she have forgotten? She meant to take Lin Guanqi to buy underwear since there was nothing in her size at home.
But she got distracted and totally forgot!
“Shh! Don’t say it out loud! After class, we’ll go buy some. Sorry, I completely forgot…”
Lin Guanqi never understood why some girls got so embarrassed about going commando in anime. Now, she finally knew.
Third Year, Class One.
There weren’t many students in this class—maybe only about ten. After all, being a magical girl depended on talent. Only the gifted could come here.
“I’ll go in first~ In a minute, the teacher will call you in.”
“Okay.”
A few minutes later, the teacher inside called Lin Guanqi’s name, and she went in.
“Hello everyone, my name is Lin Qi’er, I’m a transfer student. Please take care of me…”
The moment she entered, Lin Guanqi was stunned. The whole class was filled with beautiful girls!
Was it that all magical girls were this good-looking?
And to everyone else, Lin Guanqi’s every move seemed bathed in a magical filter—absolutely adorable.
“So pretty…”
The one who spoke was a girl with long black hair—the class monitor and the strongest student here. Her name: Bai Ningbing.
Bai Ningbing’s deep, beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Guanqi, as if scrutinizing her.
“Alright, find a seat.”
“Everyone, help take care of our new transfer student. If you have trouble keeping up, you can ask Class Monitor Bai Ningbing.”
Lin Guanqi nodded, then walked to the back row and picked a seat by the window.
Sure enough, whether male or female, she always preferred the back row by the window.
She hoped, in this world, she could find a new sense of purpose.