Lian Ge thought seriously for a while, then finally shook her head and said:
“I personally still think this isn’t appropriate. After all, we magical girls are public figures who protect everyone. The fans watch us live stream because they trust us and believe what we say.”
“If we promote products, it’s equivalent to using their trust in us to guarantee for the manufacturers.”
“But we only briefly tried it just now. In such a short time, there’s no way we can truly understand whether this product is good or not. We can’t bear such a heavy responsibility. So I don’t think it’s suitable.”
Feng Ling opened her mouth, quickly ready to explain, afraid of losing both the bait and the fish, but Lian Ge soon continued:
“However, the Association hasn’t formally discussed this matter yet, and it hasn’t been written into any regulations. So while I won’t participate myself, I won’t stop you either. If you think it’s fine, go ahead and promote it yourself.”
After saying that, she even smiled at Feng Ling, as if apologizing for not being able to join her.
Since Lian Ge’s attitude wasn’t an absolute ban, Feng Ling dared to try persuading her again:
“But I really like this, you know. I also think this thing holds important memories for us. Just think of it as helping the manufacturer to thank them for the wonderful memories they’ve given us.”
“It’s like when you go traveling and visit an amazing scenic spot. You can’t help but recommend it to everyone around you. Can recommending something you like really be wrong?”
Lian Ge remained righteous and stern:
“Feng Ling, this is different. When you recommend a tourist spot, you’re just sharing your experience as a visitor.”
“But now you’re promoting this product, and you’re benefiting from it. Once profit is involved, the nature of the matter changes. You can’t use the feeling of sharing happy memories to cover up the fact that this is a commercial collaboration.”
Feng Ling’s attempt to swap concepts was also caught by Lian Ge.
Well, it was still difficult to get Lian Ge—a magical girl with a crazily overflowing sense of justice—to accompany her in promoting products.
But Feng Ling’s mind still sparked with astonishing creativity when profit was on the line, and she suddenly came up with a new approach.
The core logic of Lian Ge’s reasoning was “can’t use trust to guarantee an uncertain product’s effect.”
So if she could reverse that and prove the product’s effect was certain and extremely beneficial to the people, then even Lian Ge with her overflowing justice could be persuaded to help promote it, right?
Just like it was indeed inappropriate for magical girls to promote skincare products, but promoting something that lets every household have a medical kit—a life-saving item—couldn’t be considered wrong, could it?
“But but, Lian Ge, this little thing isn’t just for beauty, you know. Do you know, according to the manufacturer’s introduction, its real effect isn’t skincare—it’s wound healing.”
At this point, Lian Ge’s serious expression softened as she listened intently to Feng Ling.
“Think about it, Lian Ge. What if one day a demon beast breaks into an ordinary person’s home? An ordinary person has no way to fight back. Snap—their hand gets bitten off.”
“And if that person happens to have Momo Ointment at home, then before the ambulance arrives, they can stop the bleeding and let the wound heal partially. Someone who might have died from blood loss could have their life saved by just this small jar of ointment.”
“You could say the Momo Ointment saved their life.”
“Think about it, isn’t that a very meaningful thing? It’s definitely worth us magical girls actively promoting. The manufacturer and I actually don’t want to make money. We just want to spread the possibility of protecting ordinary people’s safety to everyone.”
Lian Ge pondered Feng Ling’s words, still hesitating.
“Hmm…”
Of course, Feng Ling wasn’t going to give her time to rebuild her defenses.
Seizing the moment when Lian Ge’s sense of justice was struggling with itself, she immediately followed up with a grand narrative to bamboozle her.
“Also, although magical girls protect everyone, in the end there are only a few of us. Even if we fly nonstop twenty-four hours a day, we can’t cover every corner.”
“Demon beasts can appear anytime, anywhere. It always takes time for a magical girl to arrive on the scene. In that time gap, what truly protects everyone is themselves.”
“If we promote this product that contains magic power, we’re also promoting the use of magic power. Letting people know that magic power isn’t something that only exists in magical girls—ordinary people can also use it to protect themselves.”
“Magical girls are important, but people can’t always rely only on magical girls. Only when everyone has the ability to protect themselves, and everyone can be considered a magical girl to some extent, will we have a world that demon beasts can never invade.”
Lian Ge’s expression shifted from hesitation to a subtle state between “that does seem reasonable” and “but something feels off.”
She nodded and shook her head in turn, quite torn.
Although she was still hesitating, since Lian Ge had started considering whether Feng Ling’s words made sense, that meant Feng Ling was already getting to her.
“But, that said, we still need to prove that this ointment really has the effects you mentioned, right? If it can truly heal serious injuries, then of course it’s worth promoting. But what if its effects aren’t as good as the manufacturer claims?”
“No problem. Watch me directly extract the magic power from this ointment and show you its concept with the purest magic…”
Feng Ling was going all out to get Lian Ge to promote with her, even using her ultimate trump card.
She picked up the just-opened jar of Momo Ointment, and a cyan light glowed at her fingertips.
The concept of “flow” caused the magic power within the pasty substance in the small jar to gradually separate, rising along Feng Ling’s fingertips.
This level of magic power was still manageable for Feng Ling—not like when she absorbed demon beasts before, ending up covered all over.
She gathered the magic power in her palm, forming an unstable sphere.
It took on a green hue, appearing full of life.
“This should be the amount of magic power contained in one jar of Momo Ointment. What I can sense here is the concept of ‘healing.’ See, no problem, right?”
Feng Ling held up this ball of magic power and brought it close to Lian Ge’s face, watching Lian Ge who was still nodding and shaking her head.
She was already considering cutting a small wound on herself to prove the effect.
But just then, a discordant red suddenly emerged from the green magic sphere.