Just a magical girl who picks up trash

It took more than half an hour to say goodbye. The villagers were so enthusiastic that even after they were several miles away from the village, they could still see the villagers looking at them from afar and waving at them.

"Sister Xiaolei is very popular in the village!"

Seeing this scene, Yu Huan immediately sighed. Lei also nodded gently at this time. While holding Yu Huan's hand, she turned her head and said with a smile:

"Well, everyone in the village is a good person!"

Good people will definitely be rewarded. Although Yu Huan didn't know whether this point could be established, she quietly gave the village chief a crystal before leaving the village... Of course, in terms of value alone, it might not be a valuable thing, but the key point is that it is... an awakening crystal!

Yu Huan did not tell the village chief the specific purpose of the crystal, but just gave him a few reminders. Then he let the village chief keep the crystal alone. The power in the awakening crystal can be used three times, which means that if the village chief is lucky, there will most likely be three more magicians in the village in the future.

Of course, those are undoubtedly things that will happen several years later, so Yuhuan doesn’t know how the future will develop.

Shitou Town is the largest town nearby. If the surrounding villages have any agricultural products that need to be sold or wild vegetables and game from the mountains, they will be transported here for sale. It is not far from Huangcao Village, only about two or three hours' journey. Shi Lei brought Yu Huan here with ease.

Because she lived alone for many years, Shi Lei would often come here with the villagers to sell some of the hemostatic flowers she grew, mushrooms from the mountains and other supplies to earn a living, so she naturally had some understanding of Stone Town.

In the low wall made of rows of wooden spikes, a large open door represents the entrance to the town. After walking in, a lively atmosphere that is completely incomparable to that of a small village suddenly emanates from it. There are residential buildings on both sides of a road, and not far in front of the buildings are vendors' stalls on the ground. The town residents who come and go buy what they want, and there are also people from other villages who pick and choose, sell or buy something.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is another type of people. They are figures wearing leather armor or armor, carrying various weapons. Fierce aura emanates from them. Even if they are just walking in silence, you can still see the intricate muscles through the gaps in the leather armor.

Mercenaries can be regarded as a special profession in the Demon Realm. They are somewhat similar to scavengers, but compared to the scavengers' actions in the ruins, they are more inclined to accept commissions in the Demon Realm.

Mercenaries all possess magical powers, but they are not magicians. According to Yu Huan's current understanding of the Demon Realm, it is obviously not enough to just have magical powers to become a magician. Secondly, you also need to have magical attributes and mental strength.

Magic power releases magic, attributes represent the direction of personal growth, and mental power is undoubtedly the most basic existence of a magician. It can be said that the three are indispensable!

Mercenaries, apart from their strong physiques, will more or less have some shortcomings in their magical talents. It is precisely because of these shortcomings that these people cannot become magicians, so they turn to another alternative path as mercenaries: magic warriors!

Having magic power but no mental strength makes it impossible to become a magician. So, you can just use this magic power to strengthen your body or attach it to weapons to achieve combat effects. This can be considered a kind of magician, but in Yuhuan's opinion, it is more like... a fighter!

After all, fighting spirit has always been the standard CP of magic in the other world!

Of course, mercenaries are a kind of free profession, so to be honest, whether it is a magic warrior, a magician or even an ordinary person, they can become mercenaries. There is no restriction at all. It's just that magicians are naturally noble and ordinary people are too weak, so there are more magic warriors among mercenaries.

Do you want to go shopping first?

Arriving in Stone Town for the first time, Yu Huan looked around this exotic town with great interest. Shi Lei, who was standing beside her, asked immediately... Although she needed to go to the mercenary guild in the town to contact the caravan she had agreed on before and confirm the departure time, if Yu Huan wanted to go shopping, she could make some time first. She still had some savings, so it should be enough to buy things!

"Hmm... never mind, let's get down to business first. It's okay to go to Jiuhuang City for a stroll later. It should be more lively there!"

It was just a small town, which only made Yu Huan curious. After all, she had even seen the futuristic city in the sky like Tianta City, so she naturally wouldn't be too interested in it. Besides, Shi Lei had some serious business to attend to, so she immediately shook her head and said so.

"okay!"

Shi Lei could tell there was no trace of reluctance in Yu Huan's tone, so she nodded and pulled her towards the Mercenary Guild.

It is obviously impossible for the Mercenary Guild's headquarters to be set up here. Stone Town is just a small branch of it. As soon as Yu Huan entered the door, he felt the extremely noisy and chaotic scene.

The mercenaries were drinking, laughing loudly and talking about random things. From time to time, one could see pairs of eyes passing through them. Some of them were consulting the counter about their missions, while others were looking for tasks that suited them on a huge wooden board posted on the side.

How should I put it... the general scene of a standard RPG game setting is probably like this!

"If I were to tease and pick a fight at this time, it would be perfectly in line with the plot!"

Well, the kind with routine plot!

Apparently, the town's security was quite good. Therefore, the welcome event Yu Huan had been anticipating naturally did not occur. Shi Lei simply pulled her along, ignoring the scrutinizing and inquiring eyes around her, and walked directly to the counter. She rummaged through her pockets and gently placed an iron-gray sign on it.

"Hello, I'm here to take on a mission!"

Yes, Shi Lei is also a mercenary, and the so-called hitchhiking is related to accepting the transportation mission of the caravan. Of course, since she cannot contribute herself, she naturally has no reward, on the contrary, she needs to pay a fee. However, the advantage is that the mission is the mission, and it will be counted in the mission summary in the end to increase her mercenary points.

Well, by the way, Shi Lei’s mercenary level is Black Iron, which is the lowest level of mercenary. She has completed the following tasks so far: one!

11. Departure

Yu Huan's brave attire was obviously somewhat out of tune with the attire of this place, so long before she set off, she changed into Shi Lei's clothes. It was one of the two white and beige dresses that the village had jointly purchased for her so that she could go to school decently. The material used was the cheapest coarse cloth, but perhaps because the women in the village were good at handicrafts, it did not feel uncomfortable to wear.

As for appearance... with their looks, there's no need to worry about lowering their looks.

Because she had accepted the mission a few days ago, Shi Lei came here just to confirm the departure time and say hello to the caravan, so nothing went wrong during the period. Originally, this kind of mission of hitchhiking or earning mercenary points was not uncommon in the mercenary guild in this border town, not to mention that when they learned that Shi Lei was going to Jiuhuang City to participate in the admission examination of the Magic Academy, they naturally would not mind making friends with a future magician.

"The caravan will depart tomorrow. As for today... let's find a place to stay for the night!"

Originally, if it were Shi Lei, she would probably just find a place to sleep. However, because of Yu Huan, Shi Lei, who obviously doted on Yu Huan more than herself, would definitely not let Yu Huan sleep with her in the woods or something. Therefore, the two of them finally checked into a hotel and booked a room.

The small town hotel was quite well furnished. After taking a comfortable bath, Shi Lei put on her clothes as pajamas and immediately hugged Yu Huan and lay comfortably on the bed.

"Go to sleep, we have to leave tomorrow morning!"

As hitchhikers, the two of them naturally could not enjoy any good treatment. However, since they were girls, they could ride in the caravan's vehicle. However, it was more of a torture than a pleasure. After all, a vehicle full of goods was obviously not a suitable place for people to rest.

Shi Lei could foresee this, so it was very necessary to rest before leaving. However, Yu Huan blinked and let the other party hug him. He raised his head and looked at the wooden roof above his head in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"..."

After a long time, looking at Shi Lei who was already breathing evenly, Yu Huan smiled slightly, then closed his eyes, and also stretched out his hands to hug the other person in return, then he leaned lightly in the other person's arms, and soon he also breathed evenly.

"..."

In the darkness, feeling the movements of the little figure in her arms, Shi Lei silently increased the strength of her embrace, as if she was afraid that the little person in her arms would disappear in an instant if she let go. A sweet smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth, as if she had dreamed of something very beautiful.

Nothing in the night

After a warm night, Shi Lei sat up from the bed early in the morning feeling refreshed. Looking at Yu Huan who was still sleeping beside her, she smiled and got out of bed. After a simple wash, she walked outside.

Yu Huan has the habit of staying in bed late, which is obviously the same no matter where she is. As long as there is someone she can trust around her, her vigilance will be greatly reduced. Therefore, until Shi Lei prepared breakfast and brought it in, Yu Huan sat up from the bed with her slightly large skirt hanging down, revealing one shoulder, and her messy pink hair casually hanging down.

"Ha~~~Sister Xiaolei, good morning!"

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she spoke in a dreamy voice with a soft and coquettish tone. Coupled with her beautiful appearance, Shi Lei, who had just put down her breakfast and was about to say hello, subconsciously covered her nose and then showed a puzzled expression.

"Strange... why does my nose suddenly feel hot?"

At that moment, not only the nose was hurt, but also the heartbeat. Seeing Yu Huan like this, Shi Lei felt as if her heart skipped a beat. She stared at Yu Huan blankly, but suddenly, a very... scary thought flashed through her mind in an instant.

Well, because it happened so fast, Shi Lei didn't realize what this thought was, but she subconsciously felt that it was not good.

"Good morning, Xiaohuan. Hurry up and wash up and have breakfast. It's time to go!"

She shook her head to get rid of the inexplicable thoughts in her mind, and immediately greeted Yu Huan. Looking at the little girl getting out of bed as if sleepwalking and floating towards the bathroom, Shi Lei couldn't help but reveal a doting smile on her face.

A few minutes later, Yu Huan, who was already dressed neatly, with her long pink hair combed and tied into two neat ponytails, walked out looking refreshed.

"So fast?"

She was a little surprised at how long Yu Huan took to wash up, but Shi Lei didn't ask any more questions and placed breakfast on the table one by one:

"Let's eat!"

"Ok!"

After nodding slightly, the two sat opposite each other and started eating the bread that Shi Lei bought. Although it was not expensive or delicious, it was enough for lovers.

After eating and drinking their fill and getting ready to set off, the two sisters, one big and one small, walked out of the hotel hand in hand and headed straight for the town entrance. From there, they could clearly see vehicles filled with various boxes parked there, and people coming and going were constantly checking the ropes and the degree of binding.

Shi Lei was just a supporting role, so naturally she would not be taken seriously. Apparently, people like her were very common in the caravan. Therefore, after Shi Lei handed over her mercenary badge, the caravan just glanced at it casually and pointed to a vehicle also loaded with goods nearby without much concern.

"Which car do you two take? Remember, don't touch the merchandise on it. Also, your rest time is synchronized with the caravan, so don't run around... That's all!"

After briefly explaining some of the rules, the person in charge of this area hurried off to do other things, with no intention of paying any attention to the two of them.

Following the direction the other party had pointed out, they quickly found their own car. Luckily, the car was filled with small items, so there was a lot of empty space. After Shi Lei got in the car first, she let Yu Huan get in and sit directly in her arms. With a large box leaning against her back, it was just enough for the two of them to sit in it overlapping each other.

In response to this, Yu Huan leaned directly into Shi Lei's arms, pressed against her breasts and holding her with both hands, and said... it was quite comfortable!

12. Do you want to learn magic?

The journey was quite boring, but it was obvious that Shi Lei was a person who could entertain herself very well and was easily satisfied. Therefore, at this moment, she was holding Ye Chen in her arms, weaving various shapes with her long pink hair that reached her calves, and having a lot of fun.

Yu Huan was lying in her arms as if he was asleep, but in fact his mind had sunk deep into his consciousness, constantly observing the system... or rather, the various powers within the system.

As a scavenger, Yu Huan obviously inherited the fine tradition of scavengers. Whenever he saw something good, he would subconsciously put it into his own space. The result of this was that in addition to things like belts and voice changers, Yu Huan's system space was also filled with various supplies, materials, etc. obtained from the ruins, from Tianta City or from other dimensions.

These things were piled up in the almost boundless system space. Even if Yu Huan had not paid attention to them for a long time, it would not have any impact. However, when she was free, she suddenly had the urge to sort them out.

The first step is to pack up all the discarded or unusable things and sell them to the system to earn spirit coins. In fact, now with a world as a backing, those endless powers of faith are now being converted into spirit coins and entering the system. Therefore, Yu Huan no longer needs to worry about the amount of spirit coins. However, despite this... thriftiness is also a virtue!

After the miscellaneous items were dealt with, the next thing to deal with were the injection materials, fruits, technological creations and other supplies. These things were accumulated in Tianta City through various competitions or as gifts given to him by Xiao Ya and others. After observing them for a while, the bored Yu Huan modified them one by one, and thus obtained a bunch of belts, transformation props, etc. He was even lucky enough to get two job cards and a Hammer of Judgment.

It is naturally quite brain-consuming to organize the complicated items. Yu Huan frowned from time to time under the appearance of sleeping as she looked at the mountain of supplies in front of her. Even after removing those that were sold and modified, there were still so many left, and these supplies came from the Demon King's City... Well, yes, Yu Huan, no, it should be said that Hei Yu directly emptied the treasure house of the Demon King's City and then piled it all in her system space.

There is no doubt that the treasures collected by the Demon King's City will not contain any defective products. Basically, each one is a priceless treasure. Its value is so great that it is priceless even in other worlds, not to mention in the Demon King's plane.

Even when these things were piled in front of Yu Huan, Yu Huan could only take a deep breath, squat down silently and start to sort them out one by one.

After all, she is the guardian of that world, so Yu Huan cannot just take all of these for herself or sell them all. Although it doesn't really matter, she still plans to pick out some of them that she can use, and put the rest away to be handed over to Xueli and the others when she returns.

"I happen to be in the Demon Realm right now, and as for magic items... they're always much better than technological creations!"

Being in the Demon Realm, Ye Chen could not tell about other places, but she could see that the Demon Realm seemed to be very resistant to things like technology. After all, from the time she came here until now, she had never seen any overly advanced technological creations. Even the things they used to travel were pulled by the oldest horse-drawn carriages. Of course, it was called a horse-drawn carriage, but it was actually pulling a one-star demon beast as strong as an ox: the Ox-Horse Beast.

Because there were so many props, Yu Huan naturally couldn't finish sorting them out in a short time. So after sorting out a small part of it, she suddenly became aware of it and slowly opened her eyes. Shi Lei was still playing with her hair. She didn't know why she never got tired of it.

"Xiaolei, do you want to practice magic?"

Yu Huan's sudden words startled Shi Lei for a moment, but she nodded without even thinking:

"Yes I do!"

She also wanted to become stronger to protect Xiao Huan, so naturally she wanted to learn magic, otherwise she would not have traveled so far to Jiuhuang City to go to school!

"How about I teach you?"

Another sudden remark, actually it was Yu Huan's idea. After all, there were so many treasures in his system space, it would be a pity to leave them without using them. Therefore, Yu Huan's mind immediately flashed through them one by one, but his eyes turned to Shi Lei, his eyes full of seriousness:

"You should know that I am also a magician. If I teach you magic, I can at least lay a foundation for you in advance!"

Facing Shi Lei's doubts, Yu Huan explained:

"That Jiuhuang City Magic Academy, although you've obtained admission qualifications, you still need to take tests and exams, right? Whether you can even get in by then is still uncertain. If you're unlucky, you won't be able to become a magic warrior. So, to be absolutely sure... you should learn magic with me now, and at least become a true magician before you arrive. That way, you won't have to worry about the tests!"

Yu Huan said this out of genuine consideration for Shi Lei, but there was also a hint of time-killing in it. Anyway, there was still a long way to go, and since he was free anyway, he might as well let Shi Lei open up the realm of magic and then grow faster than others.

"..."

Shi Lei did not answer Yu Huan's words because she was shocked by Yu Huan's words.

Xiao Huan... do you want to teach yourself magic?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, before she could even say the rest of the words, she nodded vigorously without even thinking:

"Yeah, yeah, I do. The magic that Xiao Huan teaches me... I will definitely learn it seriously!"

His tone was filled with excitement and agitation, but there was not a trace of doubt in it. Even when facing such a simple Shi Lei, Yu Huan couldn't help but reveal a faint smile on his face.

"In that case... take this first!"

As she said this, she immediately handed Shi Lei a blue crystal.

"what is this?"

"Awakening Crystal, used to awaken magic power!"

"Oh, what do we do with it? Eat it?"

“…Please start your performance!”

"Ahaha~~~"

13. We've arrived

Yu Huan has always been good at doing things as soon as he said he would. Since he said that he would help Shi Lei awaken her magic, he would naturally act immediately. After handing a crystal to Shi Lei, she closed her eyes the next second. With her whole body filled with aura, faint magical light began to emanate from her body.

The awakening of magic is varied and strange, and the properties of the awakened magic are also different. The most common are the four basic elemental properties of earth, fire, wind and water, followed by the two rarer properties of light and darkness, and after that are the most mysterious space and time.

Of course, based on these magics, there are obviously various other variant attributes, such as ice, fire, thunder, or necromancy, holy spirit, etc.

The magic inheritance of the Demon Realm is quite complicated, and it can basically be said to be a hodgepodge of a world. At least along the way, Yu Huan had witnessed the magic that the magician responsible for the safety of the carriage occasionally released when he expelled the monsters. There were obviously only two people, but the magic they used had little connection at all, as if it were the power of two completely different systems.

Of course, the magic power was still used. Xingling didn't waste much time on Yuhuan, and easily drew out the magic power from Shi Lei's body. After all, Shi Lei herself possessed magic power, and although it was still very immature, it was enough to resonate with the Xingling Crystal.

"Well, okay, you may not know the properties of magic yet, so I will first teach you some ways to avoid it... such as meditation."

Then Yu Huan told Shi Lei about the method of meditation to increase magic power and mental strength. Shi Lei just sat in the carriage, quickly sank into it, and slowly closed her eyes.

Meditation was a reward for a mission that Yu Huan had completed, but in reality, it was of little use to her. After all, not only was Yu Huan's mental strength extremely strong, but the magic power in her body was boiling endlessly and increasing every moment. Therefore, Yu Huan naturally did not need to rely on meditation to absorb and refine the magic power around her.

Shi Lei fell into meditation. Yu Huan, who had nothing to do again, simply took out two coins and played with them casually in his hands. After a while, he once again entered the system space to organize his supplies.

Time passed quickly after Shi Lei learned to meditate. The beast tides and robbers that she had imagined along the way did not appear at all. She arrived directly at the gate of Jiuhuang City in peace. Looking at the black city wall in front of her, which was obviously countless times larger than the simple fence wall of Shitou Town, her eyes suddenly showed a series of strange lights.