: How to Build a Closer Relationship

"Are you sure you don't need me to arrange a psychologist for you?" Jin Yu asked hesitantly.

"No need," Mu Ming replied confidently.

"Really...?"

"real."

Mu Ming didn't understand her thoughts. He had just become a magical girl and gained a system yesterday. Although the system wasn't enough for a wheelchair, it was still something.

He was at the peak of his career, full of energy and vitality, so why would he need to see a psychologist?

Besides, there's a countdown timer above my head, and there's so much to do.

"I respect your decision not to see a doctor; however, I will make time to visit you more often. If you feel unwell or are afraid of anything, please remember to tell me."

Jin Yu raised her phone. Mu Ming's mental state was really worrying, and she couldn't figure it out. It wouldn't be appropriate to roughly send him to a mental hospital, but she couldn't just leave him alone either, so she added his contact information for the time being.

I hope that if he has any pain, he can confide in me.

Recent background checks indicate that Mu Ming is a withdrawn child with few friends, living, eating, watching movies, and shopping alone...

Jin Yu has responsibilities and can't really be with him all the time, but she can still have appropriate communication with him.

After the guests left, the house suddenly felt quiet and deserted.

The crowds are most malevolent during the morning commute and afternoon rush hour, increasing the chances of encountering a calamity beast. Now, Jin Yu has disrupted things and they've missed their turn, so Mu Ming doesn't plan to go out for the time being.

It was summer vacation, and with nothing else to do, Mu Ming sat cross-legged on the bed, activated the Seed of Heart to transform, and began to "cultivate".

Although there is a very low concentration of magic in the external environment, the source of a magical girl's power is her heart, or rather, her belief.

If you maintain the belief of "cultivating to become stronger", your magic power will increase spontaneously.

Although I don't understand, since it's all about idealism, why can't we achieve instant success...?

But they don't rely too much on external things, unlike the miserable protagonists in cultivation novels who have to find a blessed land with abundant spiritual energy.

The magic seeped from the seed of the heart, flowing into the limbs and bones, slowly circulating like a blood pump.

Mu Ming quickly sank in.

[Magic +0.1]

[Magic +0.1]

......

[Magic +0.1]

When the sun reached its highest point, it finally gained a little more magic.

[Cultivation: 1.1 points of magic power / 4 hours]

"So slow."

Mu Ming opened the [Real Name Display] interface.

[Golden Word: Mom (Efficiency increased by 10%)]

[Li Huanhuan: A passerby whose name is known (efficiency increased by 1%)]

【Grass Fire: Non-magical girl (no upgrade)】

Because she hadn't yet developed a close relationship with Li Huanhuan, although she knew she was a magical girl, the benefits it brought were minimal.

The closer the relationship appears, the greater the positive impact.

While magical girls aren't exactly hard to find, there are quite a few of them, and to create a synergy, you need to at least know them; simply mentioning their names probably isn't enough.

I wonder if I can treat Li Huanhuan as my mother?

The suffix "mother" implies a "unique relationship," and there should be no limit to the number of godmothers.

As if answering his question, a subtitle popped up: "Relationships should be two-way and socially recognized."

It's strange, since they've already increased their power in the void, why do they still need a socially recognized relationship?

"That's enough."

Mu Ming stopped worrying about the relationship and turned to studying cultivation. He had just experienced it for more than three hours and felt that cultivation was no different from the circulation of blood in the body.

Because of the heart's pumping action, blood circulates autonomously throughout the body.

Is it possible that the Seed of the Heart can move on its own, so that even if Mu Ming doesn't actively stimulate it, the Seed of the Heart will pump magic power and circulate it within his body? This would at least allow him to multitask instead of being confined to his bed in meditation, if not keep him in a constant state of "cultivation".

As he activated the Seed of Heart to begin the magical circulation, he also began to move his body.

"Ouch!"

Mu Ming let out a howl and fell to the ground.

He just wanted to walk, but the movement of his body affected the flow of magic. Now, the muscles he was using were aching, and even a gust of wind would sting him.

He quickly withdrew the magic, and the stinging pain slowly subsided.

"Wouldn't it be too big to just walk like that? Let's start by moving our fingers."

"hiss--"

"hiss--"

The cool air in the room was absorbed by Mu Ming, and it became increasingly hot.

Before long, I felt my head was covered in sweat.

Mu Ming looked at his twitching fingers and felt frustrated. He had tried for almost half an hour, and his body would ache with the slightest movement.

"Is it really not going to work?"

He blew on his fingers, and although it didn't help, the cool sensation did reduce the stinging sensation somewhat.

"..."

He blew on it again, then lay down and continued to activate the Seed of the Heart, entering a state of cultivation.

This time he didn't move, but focused on breathing.

"It doesn't hurt."

Breathing is clearly an action, but it does not conflict with cultivation.

Mu Ming carefully observed the flow of magical energy through his lungs and airways, experiencing the entire process without missing a single detail, again and again.

Everything happened naturally, without any conflict.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath; a slight stinging sensation came over him, but it wasn't intense.

I took another deep breath, and the pain still lingered...

But he didn't intend to switch his breathing back to automatic mode, repeatedly feeling the stinging spot and sensing when the stinging would occur.

"Inhale—exhale—"

"Inhale—exhale—"

In the blink of an eye, the crimson clouds had already obscured the sky. When Mu Ming took deep breaths during his cultivation, he rarely felt the stinging pain anymore, only occasionally.

Looking at the sky, Mu Ming knew it was time to go out and search for the calamity beast.

[Magic value: 95]

"I'll come back and try again later."

Cultivating oneself while walking may not be impossible.

After deactivating his transformation, Mu Ming went out the door.

"Speaking of which, we should also check out the situation of the 'Leaders' section as soon as possible."

On the way, he thought of Li Huanhuan.

The requirement in the "Leader" position is that he should lead and protect the magical girls.

Although he and Jin Yu are very close, she is far superior to him and probably wouldn't consider him a leader.

Therefore, Li Huanhuan, who is also a newly emerging magical girl, still has room for development.

The "Leaders" module remains locked.

It's really troublesome. We know each other's names and appearances, so why can't we be considered companions?

Despite the complaints, he still needed to cultivate the relationship. Mu Ming asked the AI ​​a question, and after watching for a few minutes, he suddenly understood how to become companions with Li Huanhuan:

First, chat with her more to increase Li Huanhuan's favorability; occasionally give her gifts, and then have some special interactions on special holidays; finally, in a mysterious event in her heart, invite her to "establish a partnership". After she agrees, you will see her special CG, and then you can recruit her as your subordinate.

This process is not only very reasonable, but also quite feasible.

The AI's answer was surprisingly good.

Mu Ming opened the chat software "Xinda" to send a message to Li Huanhuan to maintain their relationship, but he found that there was a small red dot on her profile picture. He had been engrossed in cultivation in the afternoon and hadn't paid attention to the message.

Are you free lately? Will you be going out?

If you need any help, just let me know.

If you see this, could you please reply?

【(crying face)】

It was posted around noon, which is now about five hours ago.

Muming typed in:

I didn't check my messages just now.

[Now we're out, ready to find the calamity beast.]

He was about to turn off his phone, but the status bar quickly changed to "The other party is typing..."

Where are we going? Let's go together, it'll be good to have each other for support.

The message was replied to very quickly.

[It's not certain yet, and I don't know where the calamity beasts will spawn, but we can meet up first. Are you sure you want to come?]

After all, Li Huanhuan only transformed yesterday and might not be able to fly smoothly yet. If she were to fight him, she would probably just be a liability. It would be better for her to familiarize herself with manipulating magic more.

[It's certain that we'll have to confront the calamity beast sooner or later, and I'm not afraid to be with you.]

"That's quite ambitious."

Mu Ming sent over the pre-arranged meeting point.