Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 386 - 64: The Day of the Competition

Since the squad from Bai’an City arrived in Fangting City, a week had swiftly passed.

Thanks to the presence of Emerald Sparrow and Asou Haruka, the interactions between the two teams did not cause much of a stir, and the influence of the new team quickly faded into nothingness.

At least that was the case on the surface.

As for what was happening behind the scenes, how the girls were preparing for the upcoming test, harboring their own thoughts and taking certain actions, that remained unknown to anyone.

For Emerald Sparrow, she only knew the movements of the Fangting City squad.

Following Xia Liang, Lin Xiaolu and Bai Jingxuan also expressed their willingness to take part in the assessment and accept the challenge.

However, unlike the case with Xia Liang, communicating with these two children was evidently more difficult. Lin Xiaolu was acting stubbornly, refusing to say much as if locked in a contest with someone. Regardless of whether Emerald Sparrow spoke gently or made strict demands, Lin Xiaolu would merely apologize with her head down, completely avoiding communication.

Bai Jingxuan, on the other hand, did not see the danger in "participating in the assessment," and peculiarly, her view seemed to have no issue. Considering her previously demonstrated capabilities when facing the out-of-control Black Ash Dawn, Emerald Sparrow was more concerned about the safety of the other candidates.

Thus, with the team members’ wishes unified, what remained was naturally how to prepare for the upcoming test.

As previously arranged with Asou Haruka, Lin Xiaolu followed her in secret, aiming to master some new technique before the test.

Xia Liang learned a few basic spell techniques from Emerald Sparrow and was currently studying the Favo Rune, providing feedback on her learning progress every other day.

As for Bai Jingxuan, her obsession with becoming stronger seemed to have softened a bit after her recent birthday party, so Emerald Sparrow took advantage of the situation to slow down her magic power training and instead began tutoring her on cultural studies.

This was not a sudden whim but a plan derived from many evaluations of the current situation.

She hoped to find the time to send Bai Jingxuan back to school.

On her birthday, Bai Jingxuan had told Lin Yun that she "hoped to care about more people."

In that context, the words were merely an expression of her feelings, but objectively speaking, they also provided Emerald Sparrow with an alternative way to ease Bai Jingxuan’s identity crisis.

Without question, to ensure healthier growth for Bai Jingxuan, returning her to school life, allowing her to embrace the identity of a "student," a "child," would be preferable to letting her immerse herself in fights with Remnant Beasts.

If she could make more friends at school and have more people in her life to care about, this would likely foster more human self-awareness in Bai Jingxuan and might benefit her control over the magic power in her body that leaned towards that of Remnant Beasts.

Of course, all this depended on whether Bai Jingxuan could really enjoy school life upon returning.

Considering the treatment Xia Liang had received at school due to family issues, if Bai Jingxuan faced similar problems, it was hard to imagine how bad things might get.

Kids’ cruelty and exclusion often come without reason; if she was simply sent back to school unprepared, it would just be pushing her from "the fight against Remnant Beasts" to "the fight against social dynamics."

Therefore, it was necessary to proceed with utmost caution. Not only was academic preparation before enrollment important, but also the student body and atmosphere of the school, the philosophy of the teachers and administrators, and whether a temporary enrollment would be too conspicuous and draw attention—all these aspects needed careful consideration.

Coincidentally, most primary and secondary schools were approaching the end of a term. It was now the second half of December, and it wouldn’t be long before the term ended and students entered a long vacation, so enrollment at this time was clearly not practical. Emerald Sparrow still had time to think things through before making plans.

She kept these thoughts to herself, not even explaining them to Asou Haruka. And Bai Jingxuan, who was receiving nightly cultural lessons from Emerald Sparrow, did not realize the complexity of what her "mother" was considering.

Time slipped away quietly in such an atmosphere.

Soon, the agreed day of the test arrived as expected.

The time was still Sunday, and the location was the underground training room of the stronghold. Considering the limited destructive power of the test itself, and that the training room had been designed with some level of magic power isolation in mind, it was actually safer than going out to find a venue.

As for the opponents, they followed the principle of fairness and impartiality. Six pieces of paper with numbers were thrown into a box, and the "self-proclaimed fair and just" Fairy, Moco, served as the witness. Each side drew lots to determine their opponents.

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Finally, the matchups were as follows:

Little Brocade versus Shy Plant;

Bai Mei versus Bai Ji;

Bo Xue versus Wooden Lily.

It was hard to imagine that despite it being a normal draw, half of the people did not look pleased with the results after drawing. Find your next read on novelbuddy

The fact that Lin Xiaolu was matched up with Bai Ji seemed coincidental at first glance, but upon further thought—considering at least two of the three people from the Bai’an City squad wanted to fight her, whether she drew Bai Ji or Wooden Lily, it was considered an encounter filled with personal grudges—it turned out there was only a one-in-three chance that personal vendettas would not play a role in the matchups.