Fangting City's downtown area was always brightly lit at night. From a high vantage point, the intermingling neon lights and street lamps ford a shimring river of light.
Erald Sparrow leaned against the rooftop's guard net, staring at the incomplete blue disc in her hand with a dazed expression.
After several days of investigation, she had all but confird that this object was a kind of valve from the sewer system. Without a doubt, since it was found inside the body of a Remnant Beast that was the type to dissolve cavities, it indicated that the beast had once lived in the sewers of the city.
But normally, that was impossible. With the imnse size of this type of Remnant Beast, there weren't many areas in the city's sewer system where it could move freely, and it seed particularly challenging for it to hunt for food, let alone remain hidden and completely unnoticed by people.
Unless there was so entity within the sewers that provided it with food while also concealing its tracks.
Like "Pupa" stage Remnant Beasts.
In the two years since Tumi and the others had left, what exactly had happened in Fangting City that even Pupa stage Remnant Beasts could take root and build nests?
Erald Sparrow couldn't ignore this issue. Combining this with the urban legend she had found online about the "singing in the sewers," she had been searching everywhere for the potential Pupa stage Remnant Beast for the past several nights.
Unfortunately, there were no results as of yet.
—"Erald Sparrow?"
The voice of a young girl ca from not far away.
Erald Sparrow looked up and saw Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang watching her from the side. She then realized she seed to have drifted off into her thoughts, and it was already ti for class.
On the sa rooftop and terrace, which had nearly beco her regular teaching spot, all she needed to do was send a notification on her phone after work, wait for her two "students" to arrive, and class could begin.
"It's nothing, I was just thinking about sothing."
After briefly explaining why she was lost in thought, Erald Sparrow stood up and walked toward the center of the terrace: "If both of you are here, then let's get started. Tonight, I'm going to teach you so advanced stuff."
"Advanced?" Lin Xiaolu showed a sowhat interested expression. "Does that an you're going to talk about how to deal with Inchworms?"
"I think your idea of advancent is a bit too ambitious," Xia Liang said with an amused smile.
"What I think has nothing to do with you, right?" Lin Xiaolu retorted with a pout.
The two of them began their usual bickering upon eting each other, repeating their aningless squabbles as they followed Erald Sparrow for a while. Then they saw her turn around and scan the group, clearing her throat twice to signal them to stop and get to the main point:
"Let's start directly. What we're discussing tonight is a capability that's very important for every Magical Girl: Magic Power Construction, also known as Magic Equipnt."
"Oh!" Both Magical Girls responded enthusiastically, clapping their hands, with comnts like "finally" and "so it's this one" praising the upcoming lesson.
Erald Sparrow paused for a mont, waiting for their applause to end, before she continued, "Regarding Magic Equipnt, I have already given you a brief introduction before, but this ti I will explain in more detail."
"First, to give you a refresher, every Magical Girl gains their own Magic Equipnt when their powers blossom to the Bud stage. Magic Equipnt is the manifestation of a Magical Girl's true essence, so each person's Magic Equipnt is different, unique to them. This, you should all rember."
"As for true essence, it is the aggregation of a Magical Girl's Magic Power and her soul. By cultivating Magic Power and strengthening spiritual thought to enhance intuition, and eventually developing the Seed of Heart to rge both, one forms their true essence."
"Once a Magical Girl has ford her true essence, her power's blossoming phase reaches the Bud stage. From this stage on, a Magical Girl's appearance in her transford state becos fixed and will no longer change, and she also undergoes an explosive increase in Magic Power. Thus, the Bud stage is a significant milestone for Magical Girls; reaching it in power blossoming greatly enhances combat abilities compared to before."
As Erald Sparrow reached this point in her explanation, Xia Liang couldn't help but look up in contemplation, then showed a strong initiative, raising her hand to ask a question.
"Go ahead," Erald Sparrow always felt she wasn't up to any good, but still gestured for her to proceed.
Given permission, Xia Liang imdiately asked with a grin, "So Junior, did you reach the Bud stage at age ten?"
As expected.
Erald Sparrow couldn't help but pull down her eyelid, feeling that she had already gotten used to Xia Liang's style.
"What strange question did you ask during the class!"
Before she could respond, however, it was Lin Xiaolu who first stood up, "Show so respect to Senior Erald Sparrow!"
"Is that question very strange?" Xia Liang asked with an innocent face.
"You're clearly making fun of her height…"
Lin Xiaolu wanted to call out Xia Liang's pretense, but she stopped midway upon realizing it was inappropriate, turning her head to look at Erald Sparrow, only to find Erald Sparrow was also looking at her expressionlessly.
For a mont, she was at a loss whether to advance or retreat, actually not knowing what to say.
"Hmm? Sorry, I didn't an it that way, I was just curious," Xia Liang said with a smile, squeezing her eyes apologetically, "After all, if one really enters the bud level at the age of 10, that would be considered quite a talented genius, right?"
"Ah, speaking of which…" Lin Xiaolu, who had been frozen, finally beca aware and looked at Erald Sparrow with curiosity.
"No, it's just that my appearance seems younger after transforming," Erald Sparrow responded to their puzzled looks, her face still expressionless as she answered straightforwardly, "In terms of age when becoming a Magical Girl, I'm actually about the sa as you girls."
The rather cold reply obviously didn't satisfy the other two Magical Girls, but she didn't mind the disappointed look on their faces and simply stopped the conversation about age and height.
"Let's get back to magic outfits," she said, clapping her hands to signal a return to the main topic, "Once a Magical Girl has her true form, the magic outfit as a manifestation of that true form will naturally be born. It will beco the most suitable weapon for you, even if you don't know how to use it when you first get it."
"The innate potential of magic outfits is differentiated; so Magical Girls' magic outfits are naturally stronger than others, and this will be specifically assessed during the kingdom's examination, but let's not delve into that for now."
"But even if the innate potential is insufficient, the magic outfit can still grow through the Magic Girl's later efforts."
"When the magic power and soul that make up your true form are greatly enhanced, the magic outfit will also evolve and beco stronger than its initial state. And in the end, what determines the power are the magic power, the soul, and the mastery of it—these three are the basics of using a magic outfit."
"Now, let demonstrate with my own magic outfit…"
The class continued as usual.
It had been two weeks since Lin Xiaolu beca a Magical Girl, and over a week since Xia Liang beca one. The basic knowledge imparted by Erald Sparrow kept increasing daily.
From the most basic common sense at the beginning, to later combat skills, and now advanced abilities.
Lin Xiaolu's talent was neither good nor bad, but fortunately, her attitude was quite serious, and she made a point to rember what she learned.
Xia Liang was an out-and-out genius. Although she always seed sowhat distracted, she actually grasped everything Erald Sparrow taught very quickly.
The forr Erald Sparrow actually hadn't done much to ntor newcors. The only junior Magical Girl she had interacted with before retiring, codenad Chaoyan, who was Hong Siyu, only worked with her for less than half a year.
Now, watching the two newbies grow little by little under her personal guidance, one of whom was her own daughter, gave her an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
And so, about two hours later, having covered various bits of knowledge, Erald Sparrow stood on the rooftop, watching the two Magical Girls say their farewells before leaving.
To provide them with a safer environnt for growth.
The image of the shattered blue disk flashed through her mind. Erald Sparrow waved goodbye with a calm expression, and at the sa ti, she made a firm decision in her heart.
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