Chapter 374 Delphinium's Concerns
"nailed it."
At the same time in the Silver Corridor, in another examination room, a chubby fairy doll suddenly made such a sound.
"What's done?" Delphinium, who was sitting next to the equipment but doing nothing, turned her head to look at the doll.
"It's about your child."
The fairy doll waved its claws and displayed the light screen in front of Delphinium: "Her test results should have been selected and sent to His Majesty, but I fooled her."
Different from the viewing mechanism of the previous maze assessment, the Examination Institute did not organize a collective viewing session during the magic suit assessment stage.
Firstly, the assessment process is not very entertaining to watch, and secondly, the test uses many high-end instruments within the institute, and the institute is not very willing to display this information to the public.
But the absence of spectators didn't mean the results wouldn't be visible. In fact, during this assessment, all magical armor data with a final score of "Briza" or above would be submitted in real time to the "Crown Faction" of the Magic Academy's Teaching Selection Department.
The Crown Faction's selection department would screen these results, selecting some of the magical armor materials she deemed to have potential and sending them to the royal court. The royal court's court secretaries would then conduct the next round of screening, sending the most valuable materials to the queen.
Undoubtedly, information presented to the Queen in this manner would surely leave an impression. If all went smoothly, Lin Xiaolu's dream of being "highly valued" would not be impossible. Unfortunately, she never considered that there was a villain standing in her way.
This "evil guy" is none other than Delphinium.
Delphinium did not want her daughter's test results sent to the Queen.
Lin Xiaolu's magic costume is very special, even unprecedented. She is very clear about this, so if Lin Xiaolu's information is sent to the royal court, she will definitely become the focus of attention.
She knew that, because of her, Lin Xiaolu might have already entered the sight of some people. Even the fact that Lin Xiaolu became a magical girl—even though the key factors had been identified and it seemed to be just a coincidence—still had some doubts in her mind.
But even so, she would not allow Lin Xiaolu's magic equipment data to flow into the royal court, because this was a record on paper, which would give the other party an excuse to pay attention to and contact Lin Xiaolu.
Delphinium didn't want that.
She believed that most of her fellow magical girls in the world were good people who still held justice and kindness in their hearts, and that there were still many upright magical girls in the kingdom. She even tried to believe in emeralds and the jeweled scepter that she once doubted... But she would never be able to trust the royal court of this country.
Admittedly, she had now made up her mind, putting aside her grudges and seeking a way to gain access to the Sapphire Scepter, to enter the core of power in this country, to coexist with the Queen. But the starting point of all this was precisely because she did not trust the royal court, and she wanted to do her best to see if she could change it.
Before she can really do these things, she will not let Lin Xiaolu be exposed to the eyes of those people in the royal court.
Perhaps she has her own prejudices, and perhaps this will to a certain extent cut off Lin Xiaolu's channels for gaining the country's attention as a magical girl. However, if doing so can make Lin Xiaolu's situation safer, Cuique is willing to be the bad guy.
"Thanks."
Delphinium came back to her senses from her thoughts and thanked Emerald earnestly before taking over the light curtain. "But how can we do this? We don't have any of our people in the Crown Faction, right? Won't they be discovered later?"
"Don't worry about that. I didn't use any illegal means. It's actually very simple. I intercepted some of the B-level assessment results in advance. When your child's results come out, I'll release them along with the intercepted results. As soon as the Crown Faction accesses one file, the information database behind them has already quietly entered ten files. By providing mutual protection, we can prevent the child's information from being seen immediately."
Emerald controlled her clone and waved her claws. "After all, I am Her Majesty's jeweled scepter. I will not and cannot betray her."
"What if the Crown Faction wants to retrieve these entered data from the library later?" Delphinium frowned.
"Then they can only see information that is accessible to those with the authority to view the Ministry of Education and Election."
Emerald's clone spread out its claws. "As for your child's information, it has now been set to be viewable only by those with Gem Scepter-level permissions and above. As everyone knows..."
"The people of the Crown Faction don't have a jeweled scepter behind them." Delphinium understood.
"That's exactly what happened," Emerald said lazily. "The entire process was in compliance with regulations. The information backlog can be explained as accidental. It was also accidental that they missed the S-level scoring data immediately. The subsequent increase in confidentiality of this data is necessary for our research institute. It's simply that only the Crown Faction was responsible for screening the assessment results, but they didn't have enough clearance to see all the information, and ultimately missed it."
"Thank you." Delphinium thanked her again, and rarely said anything more about these bureaucratic tactics.
Rather, in this matter, it is this kind of bureaucratic method that makes people more reassured.
Now she entered the examination room as the candidate Longdan.
However, because she and Emerald had already communicated, Emerald had specially prepared an avatar in this examination room. Furthermore, the two examiners here were both "own people" from the direct lineage, which gave Delphinium and Emerald the opportunity to meet in private.
She looked at the screen in front of her, where Lin Xiaolu's assessment results and data were already recorded:
[Capability specification: Level 4]
[Development Potential: Gem Scepter]
[Application areas: Broad, suitable for most occasions other than support and logistics]
Development Potential: Very High
Stability: Very low
【Overall rating: Soliflor+】
[Note: This candidate's magic suit is suspected to be a new type of magic suit that has never been seen before. According to existing testing standards, it is impossible to fully measure its full data. For this reason, it has been evaluated as S+ level. We hope that this will be taken seriously by senior management.]
What follows is a long string of highly professional descriptions and data, which Delphinium can only roughly understand with her theoretical level.
As early as in Fangting City, Cuiqiao had consulted Emerald about Lin Xiaolu's magic suit. However, due to the lack of hardware in Fangting City's temporary laboratory, Emerald was unable to give any specific insights at that time.
This trip to the country to participate in the assessment is actually an opportunity for the two to evaluate Lin Xiaolu's magic suit in detail.
Even though she was mentally prepared, when she saw Lin Xiaolu's magic suit was marked as "S+", Cuique's heart still sank.
This is also an unprecedented score, but anyone with a discerning eye knows what the examiner meant by this evaluation: the value embodied by Lin Xiaolu's magic suit has exceeded the existing evaluation system.
Among the sub-items, the development potential marked as "Gem Scepter Level" also made Delphinium's eyelids twitch.
"...What level is the Gem Scepter level?" She couldn't help but look up and ask.
"It's a purely theoretical concept I derived from theory a long time ago when I was leading a team to study the potential of magic equipment."
Emerald's tone remained as laid-back, but with a slight rise in its voice, allowing Delphinium to detect a hint of triumph. "At the time, my deputies and students felt that this theoretical concept was too outrageous, even insulting to the royal court, and advised me not to publish it. But for the sake of these young men, who were no more courageous than lab rats, I agreed."
"Then? Why does it appear in this assessment result?" Delphinium drooped her eyelids.
"Of course, it's because I secretly changed the standards recorded in the system afterwards."
Emerald said confidently, "No one can stop me from leaving the correct research results in this world. If there is, it must be because that person proved me wrong. And now, this report fully proves the correctness of my summary of the magic equipment's potential. I am right!"
"Oh, that's it."
Delphinium hesitated for a second, then nodded, calmly continuing what she believed was a serious matter: "So, what exactly does this rating mean?"
"What I mean is that if your daughter can grow up smoothly and blossom, she may not need the power granted by Your Majesty and can become a magical girl on the same level as us."
The fairy doll opened its arms. "The Magic Kingdom will welcome a sixth one, one who has not been granted predetermined powers and authority, but will still possess the 'Gem Scepter' of corresponding power."
Listening to Emerald's slightly high-spirited voice, Delphinium closed her eyes.
"You don't seem very happy." Emerald tilted the doll's head.
“…I’m very happy.”
Delphinium took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly. "How could anyone not be happy when hearing others say that their child will be great in the future?"
"I'm kind enough to believe you, but you don't seem all that surprised." The doll looked at Delphinium.
"Surprised…Should I be surprised now?"
Delphinium's voice was filled with some difficult emotions. "But I can't deceive myself. I'm not surprised at all. As a magical girl, I'm somewhat special, and Anya is also special. It would be abnormal for us, who are so special, to have an ordinary child."
"Yeah, that's what's not normal."
Emerald affirmed, "We live in a world on the magical side, and everyone knows that magical talent and blood ties are inseparable."
"I knew what was right, what was normal, what was destined to happen, and I even thought I was ready for it."
Delphinium brought her knees together, resting her elbows on her thighs. She bent down and covered her mouth and nose with her interlaced palms. A hint of worry flickered across her previously calm face. "But when I actually saw the concrete results, I realized I might need to convince myself again."
"Feeling worried?"
"Yeah, I can't help but worry."
"I always feel like that child is so small in my eyes, as if she's only just stepped out of her cradle. Clearly, she's still the little princess I hold in my mouth for fear of her melting, or in my hands for fear of her dropping. But at this moment, it's as if I can already see her in that position, facing the wind and rain?"
Emerald asked suddenly.
Delphinium was stunned: "How did you..."
"Of course I know." Emerald still maintained her boastful expression. "Like I said, I know far more than you can imagine."
"Have you been married?" The other party's shocking statement diluted her sorrow, and at this moment, Cuiqiao just felt a little strange.
"No, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I've never even held a man's hand in my life." Emerald said casually, but after thinking about it, she added: "Handshakes with male colleagues and partners do not count."
"How could you describe this kind of thing so specifically?"
"Sometimes, hope and love for the next generation don't require blood ties," Emerald said, pretentiously. "Just like that child whose magic shifted towards the crippled beast, you've completely given up on her treating you as a family member, haven't you? After all, the first thing you asked when you walked in wasn't about my own daughter, but whether that little girl had let herself go."
Delphinium was silent.
The three juniors had already told Cuique the time sequence of their magic equipment assessments, so she naturally knew that Bai Jingxuan was the first of the three to be tested.
Before entering the examination room, the three things she was most worried about were whether Bai Jingxuan would be exposed during the test, whether Lin Xiaolu's magic equipment information would be reported, and whether Xia Liang would be bullied in the next battle.
Fortunately, Emerald had already brought her two good results: Bai Jingxuan and Lin Xiaolu had both successfully passed their assessments. While she worried about the more distant future, Delphinium was actually much more relieved about the present.
"Alright, I'll give you an answer to the question you're most concerned about. As for your daughter's magic costume, I still have some guesses, but I'll discuss those later."
Seeing that Delphinium seemed to have digested the information, Emerald changed the subject and said:
"Next, let's talk a little about what I'm most concerned about. You should have observed those beasts. Do you have any opinions or conclusions?"
(End of this chapter)
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