OBS Chapter 5 What is a magical girl?
Chapter 5 What is a magical girl?
What is a magical girl?
Chen Mu tapped the line of text on the whiteboard and asked, "Student, can you answer this?"
Lin Yongxi looked at the whiteboard, his face showing difficulty:
"This question is too general..."
Chen Mu said, "Why don't you go get some sleep? We can have class tomorrow morning."
"No, no need!" Lin Yongxi was very excited, still buzzing with excitement, and couldn't sleep at all. "Besides, it's almost five o'clock, almost dawn, the perfect time to study. I'm just organizing my thoughts to figure out how to answer, wait a minute..."
Chen Mu pursed his lips helplessly. No wonder he was a student who had just gone through his senior year of high school.
After a few minutes, Lin Yongxi seemed to have thought of an answer and said:
"Magical girls refer to a group of girls with special aptitudes who can use magic. They are born with a magical organ called a 'Heart Seed' that can absorb magic and use it to cast spells. It was first discovered thirty years ago, when the world was in the midst of the 'Great Calamity'."
"Go on."
Chen Mu nodded. This was all part of the history taught in textbooks in this world, common knowledge.
Encouraged, Lin Yongxi's expression became more confident:
"The so-called 'Great Catastrophe' is a global disaster caused by monsters. Terrifying monsters crawl out of the sea. Some are taller than skyscrapers, some can fly, and some have special abilities that can destroy a city. Human weapons are not very effective against them. Coastal cities are almost destroyed, and the world's population has plummeted."
"Just when humanity was in despair, magical girls appeared. They possessed incredible magical powers and successfully protected humanity's defenses."
"As the number of magical girls increased, the balance of the war began to tilt, and eventually, all the monsters were wiped out, and even the remaining remnants in the sea were eliminated."
"Until five years ago, the monsters were officially declared 'completely extinct,' and humanity ushered in the peaceful era we enjoy today, reclaiming our homes and rebuilding cities on the ruins."
Her description was very accurate; it could be considered the standard answer.
Chen Mu couldn't help but remark, "Your college entrance exam scores must have been pretty good, right?"
"I didn't see it."
Lin Yongxi didn't care, as if the admission notice was just a piece of toilet paper: "Anyway, no matter how I do on the exam, my family will take care of everything. It has nothing to do with my grades."
Chen Mu didn't dwell on that, but instead returned to the question on the whiteboard:
"You're talking about the magical girls from before. So the magical girls now aren't the same as before, right?"
"Um."
The timeline continues to move forward, arriving in the modern era.
"After the war, no more monsters appeared. All the magical girls in the world immediately retired and fell into confusion. If there are no more monsters, what is the point of having magical girls? This question suddenly became sharp and sensitive. But at this moment, a magical girl with a business mind made a suggestion."
"How about we hold a competition?"
"Just like the Olympics of the old days, it's natural to hold them again after the war. Magical girls have physical abilities far superior to humans, so they can't compete with ordinary people. So let's hold an Olympics for magical girls. It won't be a race or a football match, but the simplest kind of battle, a battle fought with magic."
"This proposal seems absurd, but it has been unexpectedly popular."
"For those magical girls who are feeling lost after retirement, this competition allows them to unleash their honed magical abilities and combat skills, feel the long-lost passion for the battlefield, and learn from other magical girls to improve their skills. It's a familiar yet novel experience. For the general public, they can witness the exciting battles of magical girls in a stadium or on television without worrying about danger. Therefore, it has gained immense popularity and acclaim since its launch."
Simply put, the magical girls' activities have changed from "war" to "sports events".
Magical girls have also changed from "heroes" to "competitors"... or even "idols".
Chen Mu added one more point:
"For city governments, such activities also help boost public confidence, stimulate consumption, and promote post-war reconstruction."
"That's because we're adults."
Lin Yongxi smiled and said, "The Magical Girl League was officially launched three years ago, and it has been held for three consecutive years now. Each time it has been larger in scale and more complete in rules. Not only are there former professional groups and new generation groups, but there are also different competitions based on different levels. There are also sponsors. It's quite impressive."
It seems that she didn't just decide to become a magical girl on a whim, but did thorough research beforehand.
Lin Yongxi's goal is to achieve some results in the competition in Shenyue City, and then prove to her family that she has become a magical girl and can be free from their control.
The first question, "What is a magical girl?", has been answered.
Chen Mu drew a line on the whiteboard and wrote a new question below it:
How can I become a magical girl?
Chen Mu closed the cap of the ballpoint pen, turned around, and asked, "Classmate, please answer the second question."
"Well."
Lin Yongxi was caught off guard and quickly turned her eyes, thinking, "First of all, you have to have the qualifications. Not everyone can become a magical girl. First of all, men can't, and women aren't guaranteed to either. You have to have a special magical organ like the 'Heart Seed' in your body to absorb magic and transform."
She pointed to her chest and said, "I already tested it back home, and I have the same magical aptitude as my sister. It's just that my family wouldn't let me participate in magical girl training back then, and I didn't want to follow in my sister's footsteps, so I didn't continue. But I should be fine now."
"very good."
Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction. So, the first and most difficult step had been solved.
He asked, "So, once you have the qualifications, what's the next step?"
"What should I do...?"
Lin Yongxi murmured to herself. She thought about it seriously for a while, then suddenly realized something was wrong:
"etc!"
"Um?"
"...No, shouldn't I be asking you this question? How did it become you asking me?"
She belatedly realized that she was the one who came to ask for advice!
"You should be the one telling me how to become a magical girl, and then I'll work hard at it, right?!"
"Yes," Chen Mu nodded, "You're right."
He turned around, facing the whiteboard, and tapped on the question.
How can I become a magical girl?
"However, I have some bad news to tell you."
"Actually, I don't know the answer to this question either."