Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 256 Memorial Cemetery
As a veteran employee of the reception desk under the Magic Kingdom Examination Institute, Receptionist No. 7 has always enjoyed a reputation as "capable" among his colleagues.

Admittedly, it is a good thing to be recognized and even praised in daily life, but in the workplace, Receptionist No. 7 would rather not have this so-called "reputation."

Thanks to this "reputation", her superiors always assign her some very hard work, and her colleagues always come to her with things they can't finish or don't know how to do. Work that requires overtime is often inexplicably assigned to her.

Although the Examination Yuan is a subsidiary of the Magic Academy and the Research Institute, so there is no shortage of overtime pay, the workload is always increasing like this. Even the most hardworking person will feel frustrated because there is never enough work to do.

Because she worked too much overtime, her No. 7 window had almost become her own exclusive workstation, which earned her the unpleasant nickname of "No. 7". Today, a colleague who was supposed to take a day off had an emergency, so she naturally stepped up to handle the registration matters for the recent qualification certification at the reception desk.

The reception desk is set up in the college area of ​​Runnore and now serves as the registration office for qualification certification. It is the last hurdle that magical girls need to pass before taking the assessment.

"Sorry for the long wait. Your personal information has been verified and entered into the internal system. Thank you for your cooperation."

Pushing the admission ticket in his hand out of the window, No. 7 resisted the sleepiness from working overtime for several days, tried to open his eyes wide and put away the remaining documents at hand, while showing a standard business smile to the magical girls in front of him:

"From the information on the admission ticket, it seems that all of you are taking the white card test, and this should be your first time taking the qualification certification. There are unexpectedly many candidates this year, so the competition will be fierce. You should do your best."

"There are so many candidates?" The magical girl in front of her took the admission ticket and redistributed it to her companions, but after hearing what No. 7 said, she showed a puzzled expression:
"why?"

"Uh-huh?"

Perhaps because she didn't expect the candidate in front of her to ask this question, No. 7 couldn't help but pause for a while. But soon, she realized why the girl in front of her was confused, so she answered: "There are actually many reasons, but the most important one is... As expected, this year is the Queen's Year. Her Majesty the Queen may come to visit the examination site in person, right?"

She used the word "possibly" to avoid being too definitive. But in fact, until nearly a hundred years ago, the Queen personally participated in various activities, big and small, in the kingdom in almost every Queen's Year.

The exceptions were the Queen's Year 40 and 20 years ago.

According to the official statement of the royal court, 40 years ago, the war between the kingdom and the other world had already begun, and the situation of the war was very serious, which caused the queen to be busy with it and failed to show up to celebrate during the Queen's Year. 20 years ago, although the war was over, the post-war pain still needed to be healed, and the great beast disaster that broke out in the middle of the year dealt a heavy blow to the kingdom and the material world, which ultimately led to the hasty end of the celebration.

Therefore, in fact, since the establishment of the qualification certification system of the magic kingdom, except for two unexpected events, every Queen's annual assessment will be witnessed by her in person.

Considering that this year is also the Queen's Year, and the war has been over for 20 years, in such a peaceful year, it seems that nothing will disturb this grand celebration. So, "the Queen will start to visit events around the country again" seems to be a matter of course.

For the magical girls of the country, being able to show their faces in front of the queen is a very memorable thing: and those magical girls in the material world also have the dream of "being noticed by the queen through excellent performance and being reused". Considering the fact that the last time the queen watched the ceremony was 60 years ago, the number of magical girls who came to participate in the qualification certification of the Queen's Year is indeed beyond imagination.

If the Magic Institute had not made relevant regulations in advance, there might be magical girls who had already obtained their cards and would have cancelled their cards before taking the test, which would have caused chaos.

As for how this trend made the people in the Examination Yuan so busy and anxious, and how it caused the Examination Yuan's superior, the Magic Bureau, to make a series of adjustments, there were even rumors that they took the initiative to increase the difficulty to discourage candidates... these are another topic entirely.

——"So, if we perform well in the assessment this year, we may even be noticed by the Queen of the Magic Kingdom?"

Sitting on a bench next to the entrance of the registration office, Lin Xiaolu looked solemn, staring into space, and slowly came up with a conclusion that seemed quite reasonable to her: "Then, if I show off my magic of displacement in actual combat, can I make her look at me differently?"

The person who had just talked to receptionist No. 7 at the reception desk and who had stunned the receptionist with her questions was Lin Xiaolu.

It must be said that although her questions were a bit strange in the eyes of the people of the country, they did allow the three members of the team to obtain relatively useful information: the Queen's Year, and the war and disaster that occurred 3 years ago.

Considering that there were other magical girls waiting in line, No. 7 didn't have time to explain the country's history to them in full. He only briefly introduced the origin and significance of the Queen's Year tradition. However, it was enough for them to understand many things they didn't understand on the way here - such as why there were people giving away free gifts on the street, why the streets seemed to be decorated with lights, and why there were fairies throwing themselves at them on the street...

They came in a hurry and late yesterday, so they didn't see the whole city of Lunorei celebrating, but today, they have personally experienced the enthusiasm and people's heartfelt happiness.

"Give up. I think even if the Queen really comes back to observe the exam, she definitely won't be looking at our unlicensed exam room."

Xia Liang, who was standing aside and looking at a map, heard Lin Xiaolu's prank and couldn't help but look up and looked at Lin Xiaolu with a look of "Is this guy serious?" "And it's just that the magic power turned white. You can't prove that this is a shift in a short time, right? Other magical girls who can turbidity can also make the magic power take strange forms, right?"

"Heh, as the queen of a magical kingdom, how could your perception of magic be as vague as that of ordinary people?"

Lin Xiaolu was not affected by Xia Liang's cold words at all: "Maybe she knows the magic properties of everyone in the examination room like a fire. Maybe if there is a slight change in my background, she can immediately find it?"

After hearing this, Xia Liang laughed dryly and turned away. Bai Jingxuan beside her looked terrified: "Huh? Is this going to happen?"

"I think so." Lin Xiaolu vowed.

"Then, what should I do..." Bai Jingxuan pointed at herself and said, "Will I be discovered too?"

"Ah? Oh, yes, your magical power is..."

Lin Xiaolu blinked her eyes, as if she remembered something, and then stopped before blurting out something she shouldn't have said. She covered her mouth, looked around, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to her conversation, she spoke again: "Well, considering that your situation is indeed a bit difficult, I'd better change my point of view. It's better for the queen not to discover the magic background of others."

"How can you think that this kind of thing will become a reality?" Xia Liang on the side couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, even if you say so, what if Her Majesty the Queen really finds out?" Bai Jingxuan looked like she was not comforted at all.

“Will I be treated as a claw… and be caught anyway?” Lin Xiaolu made a hand gesture like a knife, wiping it back and forth on her neck.

"Ah? I don't want it..." Bai Jingxuan hid behind Xia Liang with a sad face.

"Okay, stop bullying Xiaoxuan. Aren't you ashamed of targeting a child every day?"

He turned around and hugged Bai Jingxuan, patted her on the back to comfort her, and then turned his head and rolled his eyes at Lin Xiaolu: "Even if we don't know about this kind of thing, the young senior must have considered it, right? Since she asked Xiaoxuan to take the test, she shouldn't need to worry about this aspect, right?"

After scolding Lin Xiaolu, she turned back to look at Bai Jingxuan: "Young senior must have talked to you about this matter, right?"

"Uh-huh."

Xia Liang's words activated Bai Jingxuan's memory and reminded her of Cuique's promise. She immediately looked relieved: "The teacher said that as long as I control my magic power, there will be no problem. Even if something unexpected happens, she will not let anything bad happen."

Xia Liang immediately looked at Lin Xiaolu with a look that meant "just wait and see", and Lin Xiaolu glared back at him with a look that meant "what are you so proud of".

"Ah, that's true now that I think about it. Cuiqiao is also an inspector of the Investigation Institute. With this relationship, even if she is caught as a claw mark, I'm sure she can be released, right?"

Perhaps realizing that she couldn't continue teasing Bai Jingxuan with this topic, Lin Xiaolu suddenly felt bored and sighed with a bored look on her face: "It's so boring, the adult world."

"You'd better shut up." Xia Liang smiled with a wry smile.

……

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of Runnore, at the border of the Emerald Book Gallery and the Magic-Free Zone, Delphinium was lingering in an open space.

Compared with the urban layout in the material world, the building density of Runnore is undoubtedly much sparser.

In the material world, in order to prevent attacks from remnant beasts, if a city is too large and the land utilization rate is not high enough, it will easily increase the probability of attacks from remnant beasts, and at the same time, the magical girls and the Strategy Bureau will have to travel a longer distance to rush to help. Officially speaking, a city that is too large will reduce the efficiency of city defense and increase related costs, which is not worth it from various perspectives.

In the magical kingdom, urban planning does not need to consider these issues.

It's not that the human cities in the magic kingdom will not be harmed by the remnant beasts, but compared to the material world, there are more magical girls in the kingdom, and the spells covering the city are more comprehensive. For example, in major cities like Runnore, after the Garden Defense War 20 years ago, they even deployed high-cost spells such as "Giant Slowdown" in the city to restrict the actions of the remnant beasts that landed in the urban area.

Therefore, in Runore, even the buildings in the magic-free area are relatively sparse, and large tracts of green land and flower beds are embedded in the city's road network, making the entire city appear green and lush.

The magic-free zone is also divided into blocks. Generally speaking, the area of ​​a small residential block is about 2-3 square kilometers, which is 3-5 square kilometers in material units. There are more than small blocks in the entire magic-free zone, and there is a fairly regular green space near the two blocks closest to the northeast, which are almost connected to the college area. Such green spaces do not prevent anyone from entering, so citizens often walk and rest here.

Residents who are familiar with each other will gather together to organize some activities, or chat about neighborhood gossip when they have nothing to do. This place is like their square park.

——"Okay, that's it."

While pushing the wheelchair she had just repaired, Delphinium said to an old man sitting beside her: "Try it, it should be fine now."

It was noon, and Delphinium, who had just come out of the research institute, was planning to take a walk in the magic-free area to digest the information he had just obtained and to relieve the depression of being cheated by Emerald again. Therefore, he found an old man who was unable to move due to a wheelchair malfunction near this green area.

Considering that she really didn't have any urgent matters at the moment, she took the initiative to offer to help him check the wheelchair, which led to the current scene.

"Oh, I'll try... Yeah, it can move now, thank you."

The old man sat in the wheelchair, tried to move it back and forth twice, then nodded with a smile: "I was planning to call my grandson to pick me up, but the weather is so sunny... I will be sunburned to death if that guy comes. Thanks to you, you are so kind, I don't know how to thank you, this..."

Halfway through his words, the old man seemed to realize something and got stuck. He squinted his eyes and looked at Delphinium for a few more times. He muttered something in his mouth and continued after a while: "...Little girl?"

It was only when the old man paused that Delphinium realized what he was thinking. After all, the magic girls in the magic kingdom can stay young forever. Many of them look like girls, but no one knows how old they are. Considering that she is only almost 37 years old as Lin Yun, she can't be older than the old man in front of her, so she nodded and agreed: "Well, I just came to the magic kingdom to take the assessment this year. I am a new magic girl."

Although it may seem like pretending to be young, by expressing it this way, one can acknowledge the title of old man.

"Oh, newcomer, hello."

The old man was relieved after receiving the affirmation, and said, "Yes, it is indeed this time of year."

"Old man, how did you know I was a magical girl?"

Delphinium asked in confusion, "Logically speaking, there should be a lot of ordinary girls around here, right?"

Although she was still wearing the luxurious cheongsam that belonged to Longdan - even in a magical country where everyone wore strange clothes, it was still considered a very gorgeous outfit - but if she remembered correctly, there were also some people in the magic-free area who liked retro clothes very much, and cheongsam was not a very rare dress among those people.

"Hey, what else could it be? Putting aside your outfit, you magical girls have a different spirit than ordinary girls."

The old man seemed to have heard something interesting. He pointed at Delphinium's eyes and couldn't help laughing: "Even if you are a newcomer, your eyes are totally different from those of your peers. People with eyes like yours all want to be heroes."

"Really? Thank you, you're too kind." Delphinium used her expression management skills and after a brief trial, she revealed a slightly awkward social smile.

After Emerald's treatment, her true form returned to normal. She no longer felt the soul-stirring pain when using the magic suit, and she no longer felt any discomfort in her daily actions.

In terms of outward performance, she can now show a variety of different expressions relatively naturally, without having to worry about expression management all the time and keeping a straight face like before.

"Ha, after all, my grandma is also a magical girl, and I grew up under her care, so I am more familiar with your affairs."

Retracting his hand, the old man leaned back slightly and leaned on the back of the wheelchair: "It's her. She used to like pretending to be a young girl to play tricks on people. She even joked with my wife at my wedding. But if anyone in the family calls her younger or younger, she will be unhappy. The family members always think hard about this matter."

"That's really... an interesting senior." Delphinium responded.

"Who says she isn't? At least I like her very much. She is one of the elders I respect the most."

The old man exhaled and narrowed his eyes: "In the blink of an eye, I have reached her age. She has been dead for a long time. Our family has not produced any magical girls in these years. It is not as good as when she was alive. At that time..."

As if he had opened a chatterbox, the old man gradually fell into his own memories. As Delphinium pushed his wheelchair to send him away from the green space, he spoke a lot of words intermittently, all of which were about his grandmother who was once a magical girl.

The conversation lasted for quite a while, until Delphinium sent him back to the relatively prosperous urban area and said goodbye to him. He stopped with some satisfaction and waved goodbye to Delphinium happily.

By this time, it was already past noon and almost afternoon.

Feeling a cell phone vibrating in the bag around her waist, Cuiqiao opened the bag and rummaged through it for a while before finding it - it was not "Cuiqiao's cell phone" but "Lin Yun's cell phone."

Who would come to me at this time? Is there something going on at the Strategy Bureau? Thinking about this, Kuizi unlocked the screen and glanced at the messages in the chat software.

Most of the messages contained were work reports from several direct department heads, as well as some temporary applications from employees. Cuiqiao read them one by one and gave instructions on them respectively, until he scrolled to the top of the message column and found the message that caused the phone to vibrate.

【Lin Xiaolu: [Picture]】

[Lin Xiaolu: I have checked in at the Magic Kingdom. Everything is going well. [Come on]]

After clicking on the message, Cuiqiao saw the picture sent by Lin Xiaolu. It was a selfie of Lin Xiaolu and her three companions at the door of the examination institute's reception desk. Although the expressions they made were quite unnatural and completely posed, it could be seen that they were in good condition.

This was what Lin Xiaolu promised to Lin Yun before leaving Fangting City, that is, to send a message every few days to explain the recent situation. Obviously, Lin Xiaolu had not forgotten this matter, so she sent a message to Lin Yun after reporting.

As for Delphinium's cell phone, probably because Delphinium said last night that she had a mission to do, the others didn't send messages to disturb her.

After staring at the message for a while, Delphinium thought for a moment, then typed in the message bar, "Dad has seen this, prepare well and try to get good grades." After pondering for a while, hesitantly added a [rose] after the text.

It shouldn't seem too frivolous, right?

Thinking this, she clicked send on the message and put the phone back into her bag.

"Next... I should find time to change my clothes. Wearing this kind of clothes all the time is a bit too conspicuous."

Feeling the gazes of passers-by from time to time, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Lin Xiaolu and the other two had just finished their registration. They would not return to the hotel immediately, but would instead play around in the Lunore College area. In fact, they could have completed most of the registration matters online, and the final identity confirmation process could also be done remotely using a spell. However, based on Lin Xiaolu's strange principle of "not wanting to use technology in the magic kingdom", the three of them chose to register on site and visit the college area.

Considering this, there was no point in returning to the hotel at this time. Instead of rushing back, she might as well take a walk outside and think about how to explain her inexplicable height reduction? Or should she just muddle through and pretend nothing happened?
With these complicated emotions, Delphinium strolled along the street, occasionally taking the sample chocolate handed to her by the merchants along the way, chewing the bitter sweetness and continuing to move forward.

When she received the chocolate at a snack shop at a street corner, just because she casually said "thank you", the clerk commented, "Haha, little sister, you are so cute," and then another chocolate in a small box was stuffed into her hand.

"I'll give you two. You can give them to someone you like when the time comes." said the clerk.

"Thank you." So Delphinium thanked him again, opened the package of one of the chocolates without hesitation, and put the chocolate into his mouth. After tasting it, he gave a heartfelt evaluation:

"Very sweet and delicious."

"Hey, thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you like it." The clerk was quite proud.

Delphinium was just about to put the remaining chocolate into her bag and take it away, but after taking two steps, she seemed to remember something and turned back to ask, "Is your store nearby?"

"Huh? Yes, it's in the alley over there, less than 20 meters from here." The clerk pointed to the side.

"How much does a box cost?"

"It's a bit expensive. After all, we make it by hand, so it's 20 cents a box." The clerk quoted a price equivalent to 100 yuan in the material world.

"Okay, give me three boxes." Delphinium stretched out her hand and gestured a number.

"Wow! Big business!"

The clerk immediately smiled happily, invited Delphinium to the snack shop, and started packing chocolates for her.

The overall area of ​​this dim sum shop is not large. Because it is located in an alley, the layout is a bit strange, but the overall decoration is very tasteful. The home style with wooden furniture as the main feature is matched with warm yellow lights, giving people a rather leisurely and warm feeling.

While the clerk was busy packing, Delphinium herself was not idle either. She wandered around the pastry shop to see if there were any desserts worth buying that she could bring back as gifts for her younger generations. However, after looking around, she found that apart from a variety of chocolates with different flavors, most of the items were baked goods, which were not suitable as snacks. Although there were some desserts that were unique to the country, Delphinium had never tried them, so she was not sure about their taste.

As she was wandering around the store, she saw a very special item in a warming cabinet somewhere.

Qiyun Cake - this is the name of this product, a kind of pastry unique to the country. Its biggest feature is that it has almost no color and is completely transparent. It looks like a large piece of glass, but it is very soft, sticky and sweet when eaten.

The reason why it is special is that Delphinium knows that this kind of pastry has a very special purpose in the country - generally speaking, it is not for people to eat, but to commemorate the deceased, especially the deceased magical girls.

It is unknown where this tradition came from. The only explanation left is that because the gas cake has no color and a vague shape, the soul in the shape of a cake is called a "soul cake". Cake is one of the most popular foods among magical girls, and the food they liked when they were alive should be used to commemorate the magical girls. Considering that the deceased magical girls have no body, soul cakes are the natural offerings.

Under such a far-fetched logic, Qiyungao, a dessert that is not unpalatable in itself, has become a special offering for the deceased. Over time, normal dessert shops will no longer sell this kind of thing.

"Hello, excuse me, why do you have Qiyun cakes in your store?"

Delphinium didn't intend to keep this question to herself. When she had doubts, she walked back to the counter and asked directly.

"Hmm? Qiyun Cake?"

The clerk who was still comparing the wrapping paper of the chocolate boxes looked up and blinked: "Ah, is this your first time in our neighborhood?"

"Yes," Delphinium admitted honestly.

"It's no wonder you're confused, because our store is in a special location. If you turn 500 meters up the mountain, you'll find the cemetery."

"cemetery?"

"Yes, the martyrs who died in the previous war between the two worlds, especially the soldiers who died in the defense of the garden."

The dim sum clerk had a calm expression, probably saying something that was common sense to her: "The country built a memorial cemetery for them, and they are all buried there. Every year, many people go there to pay tribute to them, so we also sell Qiyun cakes in our store to earn some money from the offerings."

Delphinium was stunned.

She stood there like a statue, not knowing what she was thinking, staring blankly at the clerk's work, watching him wrap the chocolates in wrapping paper, then use ribbons to tie beautiful flower knots around the outside, and finally neatly stack them into gray-brown paper bags.

"Well, your chocolates are packed, little sister, be careful with them, they are a little heavy..."

The clerk then picked up the chocolate and turned to Delphinium. But when she saw Delphinium's complicated expression, she stopped talking: "Uh, what's wrong?"

"……nothing."

Shaking her head slightly, Delphinium regained her composure and took the chocolate handed over by the clerk as if nothing had happened. Then, she asked casually, "By the way, which direction is the memorial cemetery you mentioned just now?"

"Well, just keep walking along the alley. After you pass through it and head north, you will see a mountain..."

"On the mountain?"

"At the foot of the mountain."

"Okay, I understand. Could you please help me with one more thing?"

"... Please go ahead?" For no reason, the dessert clerk felt that the little girl in front of her began to have an inexplicable aura. This aura showed that the girl in front of her was probably not a "little sister", so she also changed the way she addressed her.

"Pack me some gas cloud cakes."

Delphinium didn't know what expression she had when she said this.

She hoped that she had not shown an inappropriate expression because of her slight emotional fluctuations, because she did not want to scare the kind clerk. She could only apologize to the other party subconsciously to show that she was not deliberately looking for trouble, although the clerk obviously did not understand why she apologized.

Then, Cuiqiao couldn't wait to take the Qiyun cake handed to her by the waiter, thanked him under the waiter's slightly worried gaze, and left the dim sum shop.

Carrying the Qiyun cake, Delphinium followed the path given by the dessert clerk and found the location of the memorial cemetery.

What the other party said was not wrong. This was a large cemetery with grand and solemn decorations. Seven life-size bronze soldier statues stood behind the door and looked out. From the style of their clothing, it could be seen that there were three magical girls, one fairy, and three ordinary humans.

The bronze statue stood in a square, and behind it was a monument. The edges of the granite monument had been worn into blurred arcs by twenty years of rain. Three bunches of plastic-wrapped lilies leaned against the pedestal, with a thin layer of dust accumulated between the petals and the cellophane, like an hourglass, calculating the progress of something being forgotten.

Looking again, she could still see the circular memorial wall surrounding the square, with reliefs of more than a thousand heart gems carved on the wall. Some of the reliefs were already incomplete because twenty years had passed. There seemed to be something engraved with Favor runes next to them, but the distance was too far for Delphinium to see clearly.

right here.

Some intuition told Delphinium this clearly.

She had never heard of this cemetery before, and certainly had never been here, but when she stood at the gate, her past memories began to churn uncontrollably, and she could even smell the stench of burnt corpses mixed with the body odor of remaining animals.

Perhaps because she had just had a dream about the past, these memories that should have been dormant became particularly active at this moment, and even almost pulled her back to the past. She could only raise her hands and cover her nose to cover up the smells that no longer existed.

Garden Defense.

This was an epic and glorious battle in the legends. It was praised by later generations as a miracle of love, a hymn of courage, and an epic of magical girls. Cornflower, who became a hero in the war, was worshipped as an idol by countless people and is still talked about today.

But for Delphinium, this is one of the memories she is most reluctant to look back on in her entire life.

Different from the sadness brought by Anya's departure and the stinging pain in countless small things in life later, if I had to use one word to describe the garden defense war in Delphinium's impression, it would be:
--nausea.

A war whose core purpose was to end the war. Perhaps this was the greatest significance and glory for the people of the magic kingdom, but it was not the case for Delphinium. The tragic scene on the battlefield, the wailing and screaming of comrades, the roar of the beasts, and the burning smell that was still trying to get into her mind. It was not a glorious place. For those who experienced it, it was just a hell.

The cemetery in front of her commemorates the "martyrs", but not all martyrs were aware of sacrifice. Too many of these magical girls are just young girls who know nothing. They may have been talking about their future lives with their relatives and friends the day before, but the next day, their heart gems have been broken. In addition to the broken gems and a corpse, they have not left anything they want to leave in the world.

To be fair, among these magical girls, Delphinium didn't really know many of them, so some of these names that were commemorated made her feel sad, but most of them were a mark for her. These marks told her that she shouldn't forget, and that some things shouldn't be abandoned just because they were too painful to recall.

I really should come here and take a look.

Delphinium thinks so.

She shook her head twice, trying to drive away those unpleasant thoughts, and then she took a long breath, holding the Qiyun Cake and stepped forward, intending to enter the cemetery gate. But as she got closer, she found that there was already a person standing at the gate.

This person seemed to be a visitor who wanted to pay tribute, but now seemed to be in trouble.

——"No, you can't go in without an ID. This is the Martyrs' Cemetery, not a place where you can get away with it!"

The guard at the door said to the visitor mercilessly: "No matter how much you beg me, it's useless. I don't have the authority, you know that?"

"Please." The visitor just bowed deeply.

"I've already told you, no! It's no use telling me this!" the guard said impatiently.

"Please." The visitor lowered himself a little more.

"no!"

Apparently, the guard was unwilling to let the visitor in because she did not carry any identification.

This was a girl wearing a black school uniform and a long-sleeved sweater. Because the girl was facing away from Delphinium, her face could not be seen clearly. All that could be seen was a short ponytail bouncing behind her head as she bowed.

Delphinium waited behind her for a while, and saw that the girl was still unwilling to leave. She just kept asking the guard, but the guard had no intention of letting her go, and became more and more impatient. Considering that the two would definitely conflict if this continued, she took the initiative to say, "Excuse me, I have a question, are you a magical girl?"

These words were directed to the black-haired girl in front of her.

The black-haired girl had a strong intention to enter the park to pay tribute. She must be either a family member of the martyr or a colleague of the magical girl. Of the two, the latter was more likely: after all, the family members of the martyrs should have come here many times, so they would not be unaware of the need to bring their ID.

As soon as Cuiqiao said this, the girl in front of her stopped immediately.

She remained in the same position for two seconds before she slowly stood up, turned her head, and looked at Delphinium with a very surprised expression.

"...What's wrong?" Delphinium asked helplessly: "If you are a magical girl, do you have an authentication card? Show it to him, and it should be able to prove your identity, right?"

In the second half of the sentence, she was already asking the guard.

"Of course you can, but are you sure this little girl is a magical girl?"

Hearing Delphinium's question, the guard snorted first, then glanced at the black-haired girl with some displeasure: "I think she is just a kid from the neighborhood who came to my place to have fun. These brats always like to play pranks on me."

"……I have."

The girl whispered.

"What?" The guard glared at her.

"I have a certification card." The girl said seriously.

"You have? Then what were you doing just now? Are you kidding me?" The guard became even angrier after hearing this.

“…I don’t remember.”

The girl said this, raised her hand, and began to search in the inner pocket of her knitted jacket. After a long while, she slowly took out a gray sign from her pocket and handed it to the guard.

Although the guard looked very unhappy, he still took the gray sign. He first looked at the words written on it carefully, then released his magic power to sense it, and then returned the sign to the girl.

"Okay, it's the real stuff, you've passed, go in." He said a little gloomily.

"……Thanks."

The girl immediately nodded and bowed and went in through the door at the side.

Without the girl blocking the door, Delphinium walked in easily. Although the identity certificate prepared by Emerald was fake, it was 100% authentic. Naturally, the guards at the gate of such a martyrs' cemetery would not be able to find anything.

However, soon after Delphinium entered the cemetery, she found that the girl was standing by the statue waiting for some reason. At this time, she was looking at Delphinium with wide eyes, obviously wanting to say something.

"Captain, long time no see."

And when Delphinium came closer, the words she said were even more shocking.

She's calling herself "Captain"? What does that mean?
It took Delphinium a long time to realize what the other party meant by "captain": twenty years ago, or twenty-one years ago to be exact, when she was in the Lunore City Defense Force, she was indeed the captain of a team.

But then, she became even more confused, because her team actually had only a few members, except for those who had died, she had a good impression of the remaining members. And the girl in front of her, although she did look familiar, did not match any of the faces in her memory.

Short, black-haired, and thin, these features were not particularly common. There was indeed a magical girl with these features in her team, Nina Kregios, but her appearance was completely different from the girl in front of her.

The most important thing is that theoretically she is not "Delphinium" at the moment, but "Gentian". The new magical girl Gendan seems to have no reason to know these veteran magical girls who participated in the war 20 years ago.

"Excuse me, who is this?" So she could only ask back this somewhat hurtful question.

In fact, this sentence seemed to be really hurtful, because it was visible to the naked eye that the girl in front of him turned pale after hearing Delphinium's words, and her originally thin body was trembling even more, and it seemed that she would fall down if the wind blew.

"I, I... it's me." She stretched out her hands, pointed at her face, and said in a trembling voice, "Captain, it's me."

"Okay, I know you want to say you're my old teammate..."

Delphinium suddenly understood why the guard was so irritable. At the same time, she also realized that her disguise seemed to have no effect in the eyes of the other party. There was no point in continuing to pretend to be "Gentian". She had no choice but to say helplessly: "But it has been so many years since the incident, and it is difficult for me to recognize people just by their faces. Excuse me, can you tell me your code name?"

The girl was stunned for a moment.

Not long after, she seemed to suddenly remember something, reached out, grabbed her face, and pulled it upwards.

puff.

Along with such a sound, her face, or rather the layer of skin on her face, a leather mask, was torn off by her.

"Sorry, I forgot...I was wearing a mask."

She lowered her head in shame, and as she said this, she took out the certification card that she had just handed to the guard and handed it to Cuique.

However, after she took off the mask, Delphinium no longer needed to look at the gray sign to know who was in front of her.

Delphinium was also very thankful, because it turned out that it was not that her ability to remember people had declined. Rather, even if the other party had just worn a mask, she had already screened the correct answer in her mind.

The person in front of him was indeed his teammate from 21 years ago, Nina Kregios.

Just as it is engraved on the gray certification plate:
——【No. 13251, Mo He】

(End of this chapter)