Chapter 49 An unexpected visitor
This awkward reaction made Hong Siyu laugh even more happily: "It's just a joke, don't be so nervous."
After saying that, she took the initiative to lean back, increasing the distance between them to show her friendly attitude.
Seeing her performance, Lin Xiaolu finally relaxed a little, but she was still alert. She did not sit next to Hong Siyu, but stood there and said, "So, what is the contact of Cuiqiao doing in my house?"
"Not only is she Delphinium's contact, she's also a former magical girl."
Hong Siyu shook her finger and corrected him: "The difference is huge!"
"Specifically?" Lin Xiaolu raised her eyebrows, rather unconvinced, "After a magical girl retires, she will become an ordinary person, right?"
"That's true on the magic level. I'm just a weak woman with a relatively healthy physique now."
Facing Lin Xiaolu's questioning without wavering, and even without reacting to the word "ordinary people" she mentioned, Hong Siyu said confidently: "However, my understanding and knowledge of the magic side is beyond yours."
"Anyway, there won't be more than delphiniums, right?" Lin Xiaolu said quietly.
"Ahem... don't say that. It will make you look unlovable."
Being choked by Lin Xiaolu's words for a moment, Hong Siyu put his hands together awkwardly and said, "Anyway, I just happened to take a leave today, so I volunteered to come over here to see you. I heard that you are practicing with the Sower now?"
"Follow it? It's just a lackey who takes advantage of the power of others." Lin Xiaolu sneered.
——"I am a fairy, even in appearance I am a cat. It is slander to say that I am a lackey!" Mo Ke on the side protested sternly.
"I think you've been so arrogant these past two days that you're almost barking!" Lin Xiaolu glared at it.
"What's wrong with barking? Some people can't even be a lackey if they want to."
The beard on Mo Ke's face trembled, and he opened his mouth to retort. He was in high spirits these days, and didn't care about Lin Xiaolu's slander: "With your speed of improvement, you will only be a junior in this life. From a junior in office to a retired junior, this is the only relationship we will have forever!"
"What did you say!" Lin Xiaolu was suddenly so angry that she was about to explode, but suddenly she glanced at Hong Siyu who was sitting next to her, and swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
From a junior in office to a retired junior, and then there will only be this level of intersection between them. If what Hong Siyu said is true, then she herself seems to be a living example.
With such a "typical case" sitting in front of her, she was at a loss for words.
Fortunately, ordinary people with little magic power cannot see fairies, and naturally cannot hear what fairies say, so Hong Siyu just raised his head and asked curiously: "Your sower is here? Are you quarreling?"
"Ah...well, nothing." Lin Xiaolu evaded the question with some embarrassment.
Soon, Xia Liang, who had gone to the kitchen, came back with a few cups of tea. Seeing the two people talking, he put down his cups and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Just chatting, just chatting."
Hong Siyu took the bag from his legs, put it aside, and waved to Xia Liang: "I mean, I want to come and see how you are doing. After all, I heard from Cuiqiao that you plan to take the certification test next year?"
"Is that so? Any advice?"
Xia Liang understood what Hong Siyu meant and sat down beside her obediently: "And you said you are a magical girl who retired ten years ago. How are you going to prove your identity?"
"Of course it depends on this!"
Reaching into the bag next to him, Hong Siyu pulled out something and held it in front of the two of them.
What she held in her hand was a plaque with a purple-red background, with the number "41422" written in the center, surrounded by many tiny, unclear Favor runes. Above the number was also a name engraved in runes, but neither Lin Xiaolu nor Xia Liang could understand it.
They had seen Delphinium's authentication plate. The plate that Hong Siyu took out was different from Delphinium's in that it did not have some complicated and gorgeous decorations, but it also had one major difference: its surface was dull and gray, unlike Delphinium's plate which sometimes had magic flowing on it and looked colorful.
"This is the certification card I had when I was a magical girl. It's a card after all. Although it was cancelled after I retired, it's just a decoration now."
Hong Siyu carelessly stuffed the plaque into Xia Liang's hand and said, "Look, everyone, look!"
So the two girls came forward and looked at it carefully.
This was the first time since they became magical girls that they had observed the certification tags so closely. Although Delphinium had shown them before, she had never been willing to show them too much.
Xia Liang poked the badge on his hand with his index finger and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, it is said that certification badges are a symbol of evaluating the strength of magical girls. Are they different from the Kaihua level?"
"Can you become a flower card once your ability is developed to the flower level?" Lin Xiaolu also added.
——"Of course!"
“That’s not the case.”
As she finished her words, two voices sounded at the same time, but the answers were completely different.
It was Mo Ke who suddenly interrupted and answered "Of course", but Hong Siyu gave a negative answer.
After hearing Hong Siyu's answer, Mo Ke immediately covered his mouth as if he had done something wrong. As an ordinary person, Hong Siyu had no reason to hear Mo Ke's voice, so he continued: "To put it simply, Hanaru are all combat elites among the flower level; and a small number of magical girls who have not reached the flower level but have made significant contributions."
"The evaluation of Hana cards is subjective. It is based on the degree of approval of a magical girl by the royal court. Therefore, there are cases where a very strong magical girl is only a letter card. This is called the corruption of adults."
After receiving the certification card returned by Xia Liang, Hong Si and Tan Xing were in high spirits, so they put it aside and said, "But in general, you should just think of Hanaru as the most successful group of magical girls. You can be called 'big shots'."
"Eh? In other words..."
Lin Xiaolu glanced at Xia Liang belatedly and found that there was no surprise on his face, so she could only exclaim to herself: "Delphinium is actually a big shot?"
"Haha, you just realized it now?" Xia Liang smiled helplessly.
"Delphinium should have told you that she is the 'Inspector', right? This is her official position as a big shot. In fact, most of the karuta magical girls have nominal positions in the five major houses."
Talking about these things, Hong Siyu knew them all: "The five major power organs under the Royal Court, the Investigation Institute, the Finance Institute, the Research Institute, the Civil Affairs Institute, and the Magic Affairs Institute. The operation of the entire magic kingdom is under this system."
(End of this chapter)
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