Chapter 38: Magical Girl's Magical Training
——"As I said before, although the existence of the magic source makes it almost instinctive for magical girls to use magic. But that doesn't mean we can't control it in detail. The problem of you consuming magic too quickly is not only due to your own lack of magic, but also essentially the result of using magic without restraint."
It was two days after the parent-teacher meeting, that night, at Lin Xiaolu's home.
Delphinium was sitting on the sofa in her house giving a lecture to two newcomers.
Because she had some special arrangements for today, she specifically informed her daughter two days in advance as Lin Yun, saying that she was going on a business trip to the next city for a day and would not be home at night.
Afterwards, he used the identity of Delphinium to inform the two newcomers that the next class might have to be moved indoors, and that he would go to the Bureau of Strategy to ask for a venue, and asked the two if they had any objections.
She didn't consider what kind of chemical reaction these two pieces of information would produce together, but the result was that Lin Xiaolu volunteered to hold the first indoor class at her own home.
After thinking about it, she felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she agreed.
The content of today's course is the refined control of basic abilities and how to plan the use of one's own magic power.
The four basic abilities of a magical girl of the first level are flight, strengthening, magic release and magic perception. After all, it is only the initial stage of ability development, so the means she has are very limited.
As they enter the bud level and gain magical constructs, and enter the leaf level and learn to use spells, the magical girls' fighting methods will gradually become more diverse, and the differences in style will become more obvious.
But no matter at what stage, the basic abilities that one possesses from the species level are the most frequently used, so many further skills are derived on this basis.
For example, the ability to fly has spawned many techniques such as "levitation", "magic reception", "cannonball launch", "perpetual motion flight", "super-speed flash", etc. Using these techniques can change the effect of the ability to fly, and can also control the consumption of magic more finely.
Lin Xiaolu's skill in controlling magic power was terrible. For example, she was always wasting magic power when flying. Not only did she consume magic power too quickly, but her flying speed was also not fast. She also wasted too much magic power, which produced a fireworks effect, which was loud but lacked practicality.
The purpose of today's lesson by Delphinium is to try to correct her shortcoming, or at least to clarify the goal of future efforts.
After sitting there and talking for two hours straight, even a magical girl felt thirsty, so she took a sip from the teacup in front of her to lubricate her throat before speaking again:
"In short, let's stop here for the technical stuff. But the iron must be strong before it can be forged. In addition to consciously controlling the consumption of magic power during battle, your own magic power reserve is also very important."
Putting down the cup, she stretched out her right hand: "Before, you said that the school had final exams, so I didn't ask about it, but today I have to check the progress of your magic power growth."
Several Favor runes spread out from her palm, forming a halo around her arm. The lines in it flickered, looking like a magic circle in a fictional story.
Obviously, this is some kind of special technique.
Delphinium looked calm as she gestured to the two newcomers, "Transform now and release your magic power towards my rune array. This is the stage test of your magic training."
As early as the first time she taught the two of them, she had already emphasized to Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang the importance of daily practice, and taught them the means for magical girls to improve themselves.
The core strength of a magical girl is magic and soul. The talent of a magical girl in practice is determined by the sensitivity of her soul to magic and the total amount of magic she is born with.
However, the power of soul and will can only be manifested in the later stages of ability development, so in the early stages, magic power is a more important indicator.
The total amount of magic power of a magical girl is not absolute, because magic power can be increased through hard work. A genius who is content with the status quo and does not strive for progress will have his total magic power surpassed by a mediocre person who keeps working hard to train.
There are two main methods of self-effort to achieve growth, which are called "forging power" and "spiritual thinking" by magical girls.
The focus of strength training is to quickly increase magic power.
This method, as its name suggests, increases magic power by constantly using it. Not only in battle, but even in daily life, you can actively release and practice it.
Although forging strength can significantly improve magic power, it has little effect on the soul. In addition, using this method to improve magic power will be more tiring, and long-term persistence requires very strong willpower and perseverance.
Spiritual thinking can improve both magic power and soul at the same time, which is a more balanced method.
The specific principle is to stimulate one's own soul through the source of magic power in the seed of heart, allowing the soul to drive the magic power, merge and refine each other, thereby achieving the common growth of the two forces.
Of course, in terms of the efficiency of improving magic power, spiritual thinking is actually much weaker than tempering, but it is better in the long run.
The two methods are neither superior nor mutually exclusive, they just have different uses. Strength training is more suitable for magical girls who want to quickly increase their magic power in a short period of time, while spiritual thinking is used for daily practice.
Only by practicing spiritual thinking day after day, making both magic power and soul reach the requirements for promotion, and the degree of fusion between them is sufficient to form the true form, can the magical girl of the seed level further develop her abilities and reach the bud level.
Under Delphinium's gaze, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang each transformed themselves, and then released their magic powers with hesitation on their faces.
The light blue and hibiscus purple magic power transformed into two light paths, connecting to the rune array created by Delphinium. Between the changes in brightness and darkness, Delphinium knew a lot of information.
To be honest, it was better than she had imagined.
If we have to give a specific number, based on the single release of magic power with the minimum consumption, then Lin Xiaolu can release it about 50 times, and Xia Liang can release it 90 times; in comparison, when fighting against the cavity-dissolving beasts before, the numbers were around 40 and 75 respectively.
The fact that she could make such obvious progress in less than a month while balancing her daily life and magic practice was enough to surprise her.
"Yes, qualified."
Putting away the spell array in front of him, Kuei-Jia folded her arms, a look of slight satisfaction on her face: "You two both performed very well."
After these words were spoken, the two newcomers who were nervous inside breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, for kids like them who don’t like studying, the Delphinium test makes them more nervous than the final exams at school.
Lin Xiaolu knew even more clearly that being able to satisfy the always-strict Delphinium was something to be proud of.
But for her, this was not enough. Simply satisfying Delphinium was not her real wish.
So after passing this test, she hesitated for a while before finally speaking: "Delphinium."
"What's wrong?" Delphinium responded and looked at her.
Looking into those calm and clear eyes like blue gemstones, Lin Xiaolu felt an indescribable pressure, and the words she wanted to say were stuck at her lips.
Would what she said next seem like she was overestimating her own abilities? Would it make her think that she was too ambitious? She had many distracting thoughts in her mind, which made her regret her impulsiveness and she couldn't help wanting to back off.
But just as she began to feel the need to retreat, she thought of the man standing in the rain a few days ago, and the feeling she had when she saw him: My Lord, you are not always as calm as you seem.
Delphinium, who has always regarded herself as a senior and an adult, is she really as relaxed as she appears to be?
So Lin Xiaolu clenched her fists, made up her mind again, met Cuique's gaze, and said firmly: "How strong do I need to be in order to fight with you in a crisis?"
(End of this chapter)
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