Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 323 Setaria

Delphinium actually doesn't know much about the animation "Colorful Sky Angel".

All the impressions in her mind came from the one or two pictures she accidentally saw on the screen when Lin Xiaolu was watching TV on weekdays, as well as the several animated images attached to some promotional posters when Aso Yuanxiang came to Fangting City for a concert.

Therefore, after pointing out the origin of the other party's clothes, Kuiqi began to worry: although she could recognize the clothes, she could not discuss it further. If the other party wanted to discuss this kind of "out-of-scope knowledge" with her, she would definitely not be able to take it up.

Fortunately, the girl in front of him only discussed "Colorful Sky Angel" in a few short sentences. Under the deliberate guidance of Cuiqiao, the topic soon turned to herself.

"So, the reason why you don't like to transform in front of others is because you're worried that others will look at you strangely after you transform?"

After roughly understanding what the other party wanted to express, Delphinium summarized it: "Over time, I don't even want to show my face in public during normal battles. I feel ashamed to be seen for even a second. One of the purposes of coming to the kingdom this time is to inquire about the method of changing magic clothes?"

"Yes."

The girl opposite had already untransformed and put on her sportswear again. She had an expression of "I've found my organization" on her face, and spoke like she was talking nonsense: "After I defeated the remnants of the beasts in the downtown area before, I would also meet those children who also liked "Colored Sky Angel". They would often treat me as the real "Sunset Angel" and would surround me and shout and make noise. Although it was somewhat fun...but there would be a sense of inferiority that I was borrowing a reputation that did not belong to me. Then, there would also be those who did not like "Colored Sky Angel" and said on the Internet that I was a city magical girl but acted like an anime character and was not serious. There would even be people who had not watched the anime saying that I was dressed too immorally and was a bad influence on children, and then they would curse me with some very disgusting words..."

The so-called "Sunset Angel" seems to be a virtual character imitated by the girl's magical clothing after her transformation. In the so-called animation "Rainbow Angel", the names of the magical girls seem to come from a certain sky color or celestial phenomenon, and the code name of the protagonist is "Rainbow Angel", which is very consistent with the title.

By the way, the "Magical Girl Rindan" that Delphinium is disguised as at this time is actually from the animation "Sweet Angel" and "Colorful Sky Angel", which are actually two works in the same big series. The stories and backgrounds of the animations are different, and the stories on both sides have no connection at all, but from a commercial perspective, they belong to the same producer.

The titles of the works in this series of animations are all in the format of "XX Angel". There are three most popular works, namely "Magical Angel", which is the founder of the entire series; "Sweet Angel", which is a culmination of magical girl animation themes, completely established the main tone of the series, and brought the series' reputation to the peak; and "Colorful Sky Angel", which underwent drastic reforms in recent years and boldly added many elements that the series had not had in the past, thus breaking through itself and setting new heights.

However, as a reform work, the audience age of "Skiss of the Sky" is obviously different from the past. It is not just a magical girl animation for children, but it seems to want to conquer more teenagers and even adult audiences. Therefore, the costume design of the magical girls in this animation is much "cooler" than previous works, so it has been criticized by children's parents for many years.

The magical girl in front of Delphinium was clearly facing the side effects of this problem.

——"And then, this is not what makes me most sad."

The girl probably rarely has the opportunity to reveal her inner journey to others, so she seemed to pour out all her bitterness: "The saddest thing is that there are still fans of Caikong Angel on the Internet who think that I am relying on my identity as a magical girl to monopolize the right to interpret the role of "Yugu Angel" and try to make this role unique and deconstruct it. But I obviously didn't want to do that. I really just think Yugu Angel is very cool and handsome, so when I was chosen as a magical girl, I subconsciously thought of this outfit in my heart..."

"You obviously like it and admire it, but now you want to change into a magic outfit?"

After listening to the other party for a long time, Delphinium finally had the rare opportunity to interject: "Being able to transform into such clothes when becoming a magical girl is obviously a rare thing, right?"

"That being said...but the trouble this dress has caused me has exceeded my imagination."

The girl was a little dejected. "I actually didn't want to come to the kingdom to take the test. It was a senior from the same city who told me that there might be a way to help people change their magic clothes here."

"So, have you found it?" Delphinium asked.

"Not at all, Senior is a liar."

The girl sighed, "I should have known it earlier. She was just about to retire and was worried that there would be no one to take over after she retired, so she tried every means to trick me into coming here to get the certification card."

"Are there no other magical girls in your city?" Delphinium asked again.

"Yes, after all, our Lishui City is just a small city, and there are usually only two resident magical girls."

The girl nodded. "So if the senior retires, I will have to lead new juniors next year. If the juniors ask me about this outfit then... ahhh, I really want to crawl into the ground."

To be honest, her attitude was indeed somewhat sympathetic. In fact, when it came to the method of changing magic clothes, it was not that Delphinium did not know it at all. At least the magic clothes she was wearing were fake, so she actually knew how to "disguise".

But this method cannot be told to anyone. The identity disguise of "Gentian" is one of the core of this operation. The exclusive technology provided by Emerald is the capital for maintaining secrecy. She cannot reveal such important information without authorization out of sympathy.

So, faced with the girl's frustration, Delphinium could only act helpless.

However, the other party obviously did not expect Kuju to master the corresponding technology, and turned to Kuju and asked:

"So, when I saw you, I was really surprised."

"So many kids can recognize your clothes as 'Gentian', but you don't seem to be shaken at all. It's as if you don't care what others think of this clothes. I really want to know, what do you think about this matter? How can you keep your composure?"

In the animation "Cute Angel", all the magical girl character names are based on some kind of dessert, such as the code name of the animation protagonist is "Coco Angel". And "Rondan", as a magical girl whose code name has nothing to do with desserts and can even be said to be quite inconsistent with the tone, has been the focus of discussion among viewers and fans throughout the animation series.

Although the characters in the play did not seem to think it was strange that a magical girl's name was not dessert, the audience always felt that this character with a unique code name had a secret. In the later part of the story, the true identity of "Longdan" was revealed, and the code name was indeed fake. The story line that was drawn from this also became a classic part of Sweet Angel, and fans still talk about it.

As for the above information, Delphinium actually knew nothing about it before being instilled with it by those fans.

Rather, after knowing all this, she actually didn't want to wear this dress anymore.

But she seemed unable to say these words. Was she going to tell the girl in front of her so bluntly, "Because I don't know who 'Longdan' is, I can walk around in public with a clear conscience"?

After thinking it over, Kuizi reluctantly came up with an explanation:
“Because I think this is actually a good thing.”

"Good news?" The girl widened her eyes in surprise.

"Well, even if you are accused of 'monopolizing and misinterpreting' the role, or of riding on the popularity and enjoying a reputation that does not belong to you, I think these things will not offset the contribution you have made as a magical girl."

Delphinium had a blank expression on her face, and tried to justify herself: "When you were fighting against the remnant beasts in your own city, and the enthusiastic citizens came to surround you, was it just because you were imitating the characters in the animation?"

"It seems... not?" The girl answered hesitantly.

"of course not."

Delphinium said with certainty: "They express their gratitude and love to you because you are their magical girl, you are the one who protects the city. The fact that you are imitating an animation is just an 'extra surprise' for the fans and viewers of that animation. They will still think of you first, that you are a real magical girl, a code name..."

"Setaria."

The girl puts in the part that Delphin didn't know: "This is my code name."

"Yes, that's Foxtail Grass." Delphinium nodded: "They will first know that you are Magical Girl Foxtail Grass, and then associate it with that animation."

"But, this will indeed damage the reputation of the original work..." The girl was still not very confident.

"You are a real magical girl. Your willingness to imitate the characters in the animation is obviously the best publicity and will improve the reputation of the animation."

Delphinium said seriously: "Unless you have done something that harms the public and ruins your reputation, as long as you are active as a magical girl for one day, it will be the best publicity for this animation. You are obviously a hero among the fans."

(End of this chapter)