Chapter 77

Kidnapping an Ignorant Magical Girl

sunset.

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the entire city in a brilliant golden light. Destroyed buildings were rebuilt, damaged roads were repaired, and the city gradually returned to its former tranquility.

White pigeons gathered in an open space in the park, pecking at their food. The girl sat on a bench, gazing at them in a daze.

"You look so listless, why don't you smile?"

A crisp sound rang in her ears. The girl turned her head and saw a pretty girl with a ponytail standing gracefully, her hands resting on her fair knees, looking at her with concern.

The girl read it softly.

"Sister Jiang Qun".

Li Jiangqun smiled, casually ruffled the girl's hair, and then sat down next to her.

"Xiao Xiao, why are you sitting here alone? Isn't A-Qing with you?"

Upon hearing her words, the cute girl with a slightly round face lowered her head.

"Sister Jiang, tell me...am I really useless?"

"Why are you suddenly saying that?"

Ning Shaoxiao said softly.

"Look, A-Qing and A-Wu are both Shining-level magical girls, but I'm just a Glimmer-level magical girl. Not only can I not help them, but I always end up holding them back."

"I'm not as confident as A-Qing, nor do I have the powerful magic of A-Wu. I can't even understand the book on cultivation that you specially gave me, Sister Jiang Qun."

"Sometimes I wonder why I became a magical girl. Jiang Qun-jie, you're so much more talented than me, and you're a powerful cultivator..."

"Xiao Xiao, you can't think like that."

Li Jiangqun poked the girl's cheek.

So soft.

"Sister, I only started cultivating immortality because I couldn't become a magical girl, but Xiao Xiao, you are already a magical girl, which means you are much stronger than me," Li Jiangqun said softly.

However, her words of comfort seemed to have little effect, so the girl thought for a moment and asked.

"Xiao Xiao, how did you become a magical girl?"

Generally speaking, magical girls make contracts either to protect others or to protect themselves from danger.

But no matter what, if she can become a magical girl, it means she must have some extraordinary qualities. In short, she must possess at least a few of these qualities: kindness, courage, justice, and beauty.

Look, isn't that how Madoka Magica and Mitsuki Mitsuki act?

Once Li Jiangqun understands how she became a magical girl, she can then copy... no, she can go and enlighten her.

However, Ning Shaoxiao simply shook his head after listening.

"I don't remember."

A big question mark appeared on Li Jiangqun's face.

Sister, you can't forget that!

Everyone says that the laws of our ancestors should not be changed, so why are you throwing them away?

"And what about your contracted beast, Xiao Xiao? As the familiar that made the contract with you, it should remember why you transformed, right?"

Ning Shaoxiao sighed. The fourteen-year-old girl raised her wrist, revealing a blue bracelet wrapped around it.

She gently pinched one side of the cyan bracelet and lifted it up. Only then did Li Jiangqun realize that it was the head of a small cyan snake, with a faint halo above it.

The familiar blinked, its blue snake eyes revealing utter stupidity.

"My contracted beast... it can't speak, and I don't even know its name."

Li Jiangqun: "?"

No, is this reasonable?

As if knowing what she was going to ask next, Ning Shaoxiao continued speaking.

"A-Wu's contracted beast has examined me before. Tisca said that my familiar might have been affected by some kind of magic, which is why it turned out like this."

Okay, now Li Jiangqun understands why this little, cute magical girl was looking worried all by herself in the park.

She became a magical girl for unknown reasons, and from then on, in addition to her heavy studies, she also had the responsibility of fighting against giant monsters and psychopathic villains.

And the familiar that was supposed to guide him was actually mentally challenged.

This absurdity is almost on par with her cultivating immortality in a magical girl world.

No, it's even more abstract by comparison.

After all, cultivating immortality and increasing strength only requires gradual progress, but magical girls become stronger purely through wishful thinking.

Li Jiangqun actually knew some of the reasons why Ning Shaoxiao started to feel anxious about these things.

The main reason is the sabotage operation carried out by the Twin Plant Beasts and the Demon Angel Disciple executives last month.

The magical girl who was attacked and taken hostage by the plant-like monsters was Ning Shaoxiao. It can be said that she suffered a lot at that time. If Cheng Yu hadn't arrived in time, the show probably wouldn't have been able to air.

The subsequent sabotage operation by the cadres was even more severe. Li Jiangqun later heard from A Wu that Yuan Su was almost forced to de-transform by the four elite combatants...

Li Jiangqun's first thought at the time was...

Wow, are elite combatants really that powerful?

My second thought is...

I defeated two elite combatants, does that mean the gap between me and a magical girl isn't that big now?

Therefore, she later thought about buying pretty dresses to cosplay as a magical girl.

After all, you see, both magic and magical power have the element of "law," and since both have magical power, the only difference between Li Jiangqun and the Glimmering Magical Girl is their magical attire.

And as long as she puts on a pretty little dress and boots, wouldn't the magical girl Li Jiangqun make a grand entrance?

A magical girl uses a magic wand to eliminate enemies; she uses sword energy to eliminate enemies. Hmm, that makes sense.

She wasn't worried at all about the funding issue.

Things are different now. Last month, Li Jiangqun officially joined the Countermeasures Department and became a double-level advanced cultivator. In addition, with the benefits of the Alien Society, this means that she can receive two salaries at the same time!

After much thought, Li Jiangqun realized that she couldn't even comfort a girl two years younger than herself, which gave her a headache.

So she looked at the sunset and decided to seek outside help.

"It's getting late, Xiao Xiao, let me take you home."

Ning Shaoxiao looked at the pigeons in the open space and gently shook his head.

"Sister Jiang, you should go first."

"What's wrong? It's not safe for you to go home alone at night."

"I...don't really want to go back."

A hint of doubt appeared in Li Jiangqun's eyes.

"Did you have a conflict with your family?"

The girl didn't speak. The young woman stood up, put her hands on her hips, thought for a moment, and then said.

"Xiao Xiao, if you don't want to go back, would you like to stay at my place tonight?"

"How about I take you home tomorrow?"

Ning Shaoxiao stared at her blankly, and finally nodded gently.

"it is good."