Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 69: Magical Girl from Zero
As night falls, Mudanjiang looks like a painting painted in ink.

The bright moonlight shines on the river, creating ripples that are dreamy yet not cold.

By the Mudan River, Qin Nan looked ahead quietly.

Not far behind her, Tangcao and Xiaobai ran over quickly, one after the other.

"you are late."

Qin Nan heard the voice and slowly turned around.

"The place you agreed to meet is too far from our school." Tang Cao responded weakly.

She rushed here right after school, but there was no other way, as it was the evening rush hour at this time, and she had to go back to pick up Xiaobai, so the traffic was really bad along the way.

"After all, I have to hide my identity. There's nothing I can do about it. You have a lot to learn, so I should find a suitable place to teach you."

Qin Nan said calmly that she actually didn't know much about Snow City. She just found this place temporarily from the map and there were usually not many people there.

It is because this is Snow City. If it were Chang'an, Qin Nan would be able to find a lot of remote places.

Hearing Qin Nan's words, Tang Cao also became excited.

Ever since he witnessed Qin Nan's fighting ability last time, Tang Cao has been very excited. He has been a little absent-minded in class these past two days, just wanting time to pass faster.

After two days, the weekend teaching time finally arrived. Now Tang Cao’s mind is full of thoughts of becoming a powerful magical girl like Qin Nan.

"I won't waste any more time on this nonsense. Since you've been chosen by the Rainbow Crystal Flower, it means you've officially become a magical girl. Considering the fate of your spirit beast, Xiaobai."

As he spoke, Qin Nan glanced meaningfully at Xiaobai, whose face was clear. After a pause, he continued.

"I will now teach you about magical girls and how to fight from scratch."

"Yes!"

Tang Cao immediately responded happily.

Looking at Tang Cao's slightly excited expression, Qin Nan felt a little complicated.

If I hadn't encountered those things back then and had become a magical girl, I would probably be as happy as Karakusa is now.

Qin Nan shook his head slightly, adjusted his mood, and said seriously.

"I won't go into details about the Outer Path Demons and the Rulers. After all, they are our main enemies, and Xiaobai is well aware of them. What I want to teach you is some basic information about magical girls."

"I mentioned before that magical girls are ranked according to the colors of the rainbow. Actually, this isn't very accurate, because we can't assess magic power."

"Eh?" Karakusa blinked. "I thought you were going to take out a magic-detecting stone for me to touch."

"A stone for detecting magic power?" Qin Nan tilted his head.

"It's that special stone that will show the 'third level of magic power' when you touch it." The ahoge on Tang Cao's head jumped.

"How much do you love reading novels?!"

Qin Nan held his forehead with his hand. He originally thought that Xiaobai was unreliable enough, but now it seems that Tangcao in front of him is not much better.

"In short, the magical girl's level is superficially determined by the color of the rainbow, but in reality, when it comes to combat, the changes in the rainbow crystal flower are the main factor."

As she spoke, Qin Nan flicked her earrings.

As she moved, the crystal swayed, emitting a faint blue fluorescence. Then, a blue seedling appeared within the crystal, looking full of life. Upon seeing this, Tangcao's eyes widened immediately; this was the first time she had ever seen the rainbow crystal flower undergo such a change.

However, looking at the blue grass seedling, a name suddenly popped up in Tang Cao's mind, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it out loud.

It’s teaching time, so it’s better not to make trouble at this time.

Qin Nan on the opposite side had no idea what Tang Cao was thinking. After showing the changes of the rainbow crystal flower, she continued.

"See? When your magic power reaches a certain level, the rainbow crystal flower you possess will undergo corresponding changes."

"I'm a Yellow-rank Magical Girl, so the image of a seedling emerges from the rainbow crystal flower. The red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple correspond to images of seedlings, stems, leaves, pistils, and fruits, respectively."

"When your magic power reaches a certain level, the Rainbow Crystal Flower will rely on your magic circuit to grow and evolve, allowing you to reach a new level."

"Of course, the plants reflected by the rainbow crystal flowers are different for different magical girls, and the colors of the plants will change accordingly depending on the elements they control."

"For example, I'm a magical girl of the wind element, so my seedling is a bluish-green color, and its species is a pomegranate flower, but right now it's just a seedling."

After listening to Qin Nan's introduction, Tang Cao couldn't wait to pick up her pendant and examine her rainbow crystal flower from top to bottom.

But after fiddling with it for a long time, the rainbow crystal flower in her hand didn't change at all. Not to mention the reflection, it didn't even emit any fluorescence.

Seeing Tang Cao's actions, Qin Nan's mouth curled up.

"I forgot to tell you that a magical girl in the seed stage cannot retrieve her own rainbow crystal flower image. In other words, your current magic power is far from enough."

"Ah? Why?"

Tang Cao felt a little disappointed. She also wanted to see what the plant inside her rainbow crystal flower looked like.

"It's just like planting flowers. The seeds are always buried underground at first. If they don't sprout, ordinary people won't be able to detect the changes inside them."

Shrugging his shoulders, Qin Nan continued.

"What you need to do now is to accumulate as much magic power as possible, learn more magic, master your own elemental properties, and then raise your rainbow crystal flower to the budding stage."

"Then how should I improve?" Tang Cao asked curiously.

Qin Nan thought for a moment and replied, "The easiest way is to fight. Like I said before, kill the Outer Path Demon and obtain the Emerald Crystal formed by diluting the Dark Crystal."

"This?" Tang Cao pulled out a soybean-sized crystal from her pocket. It was the same one Qin Nan had given her earlier. "But how do I do it specifically?"

"It's very simple. You just need to hold the emerald crystal in your hand and guide the magic power to start absorbing it."

Qin Nan made a fist-clenching motion and demonstrated it to Tang Cao.

"I don't need to teach you how to guide your magic. After becoming a magical girl, you should have already felt the changes in yourself."

Tang Cao nodded excitedly, then held Cui Jing in his hand, closed his eyes, and tried to mobilize the magic power hidden in his body.

At first, Cuijing didn't feel anything unusual, but soon, Tangcao felt a wetness in the palm of her hand.

When he opened his eyes, he found that the emerald crystal had actually begun to melt. It was a hard crystal, but now it looked like an ice cube under high temperature.

"Stop looking and close your hands quickly, otherwise the energy will evaporate." Seeing Tang Cao's curious look, Qin Nan couldn't help but remind him.

Hearing this, Tang Cao quickly clenched his fists.

(End of this chapter)