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Having said that, she voluntarily leaned back to increase the distance between them appropriately, showing her friendly attitude.

Seeing her demeanor, Lin Xiaolu relaxed a bit, but still looked vigilant. She did not sit next to Hong Siyu but remained standing and said, "So, what does Emerald Sparrow\'s contact person want with coming to my house?"

"Not just as Emerald Sparrow\'s contact person, but also as a former Magical Girl."

Hong Siyu shook her head, correcting, "The difference is quite big!"

"What specifically?" Lin Xiaolu raised an eyebrow, clearly skeptical, "After a Magical Girl retires, she just becomes an ordinary person, right?"

"From the level of Magic Power, indeed so. I\'m now just a physically healthy, weak woman."

Facing Lin Xiaolu\'s challenge without wavering, even remaining unbothered by the term "ordinary person," Hong Siyu said confidently, "But, my understanding and knowledge of magic surpasses yours."

"Anyway, it\'s not more than Emerald Sparrow\'s, right?" Lin Xiaolu said somberly.

"Ahem... Don\'t say such things, it makes you less cute."

Choked up by Lin Xiaolu\'s words for a moment, Hong Siyu faltered and put her palms together, "Anyway, I happened to take a day off today, so I volunteered to come over and check on you all. I\'ve heard that you\'re studying with Seeder now?"

"Following it? It\'s nothing more than a lackey strutting around in borrowed plumes," Lin Xiaolu scoffed.

——"I\'m a Fairy, and even by appearances, I\'m a cat, calling me a lackey is slander!" Moke, who was at the side, protested solemnly.

"These past few days you\'re so pompous you\'re only short of barking!" Lin Xiaolu glared at it.

"What\'s wrong with barking? After all, some people can\'t even be a lackey if they wanted to."

Moke\'s whiskers twitched, and it opened its mouth wide in retort. It was particularly smug lately and unconcerned about Lin Xiaolu\'s disparagement: "With your rate of progress, you\'ll remain a junior for life, turning from an active junior into a retired one, and that will be your perpetual relationship!"

"What did you say!" Lin Xiaolu was immediately incensed, ready to lash out, but then she glanced at Hong Siyu sitting nearby, and the words that reached her mouth were forcefully swallowed back down.

From an active junior to a retired one, and then eternally only having that level of interaction—if what Hong Siyu said was true, then she herself seemed to be a living example.

Such a "textbook case" sitting in front of her made her unsure of what to say.

Fortunately, ordinary people with scarce Magic Power can\'t see Fairies, and naturally, they can\'t hear what Fairies say, so Hong Siyu simply looked up, curious, "Is your Seeder here? Are you arguing?"

"Ah… Uh, it\'s nothing," Lin Xiaolu said, somewhat embarrassedly evading the question.

Soon after, Xia Liang, who went to the kitchen, also came back with several cups of tea. Seeing the two talking, she put down the teacups and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Just chit-chatting, chit-chatting."

Hong Siyu picked up her shoulder bag from her leg, placed it on the side, and waved over to Xia Liang, "I mean, I wanted to come and see how you\'re doing since I heard from Emerald Sparrow that you\'re planning to take the certification test next year?"

"So it is, do you have any advice?"

Xia Liang understood Hong Siyu\'s intention and obediently sat next to her, "Moreover, you said you retired as a Magical Girl ten years ago, how can you prove your identity?"

"That, of course, would be with this!"

Hong Siyu fumbled in the bag beside her and pulled something out, extending it in front of them.

In her hand was a badge with a purplish-red background. In the center, the number "41422" was written, surrounded by numerous tiny Favo Runes that were difficult to see clearly. Above the numbers, a name was also inscribed in runes, although Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang could not understand it.

They had seen Emerald Sparrow\'s authentication emblem before, and compared to hers, Hong Siyu\'s badge had one significant difference aside from lacking some intricate and flamboyant decorations: its surface was dull and gray, unlike Emerald Sparrow\'s, which had a Flow of Magical Power that made it look iridescent.

"This is the badge from my time as a Magical Girl, and though it\'s a word badge, it\'s been deactivated since I retired. Now it\'s merely an ornament," Hong Siyu explained nonchalantly, as she stuffed the badge into Xia Liang\'s hand: "Take a look, everyone, take a look!" Discover exclusive content at mvl

Thus, the two girls leaned in and examined it closely.

This was the first time they had the chance to observe an authentication emblem up close since they had become Magical Girls. Emerald Sparrow, although she had shown it to them previously, was never willing to display it too much.

Xia Liang poked the badge in her hand with her index finger, asking with some curiosity, "Speaking of which, it\'s said that the authentication badges are a symbol of a Magical Girl\'s strength. How are they different from the Flowering Ranks?"

"Can ability blooming to the flower level make one eligible for a flower badge?" Lin Xiaolu also added from the side.

——"Of course, it can!"

"Actually, that\'s not the case."

As her voice fell, two sounds arose simultaneously, but the answers were completely different.

The one who abruptly interjected with an "of course" was Seeder, while Hong Siyu\'s response was in the negative.

Seeder immediately covered her mouth as if she had done something wrong after hearing Hong Siyu\'s response; Hong Siyu, being an ordinary person, had no reason to hear Seeder\'s voice, so she continued on her own, "To put it simply, a flower badge represents the elite among those at the flower level; as well as a minority who have not reached the flower level, yet have made significant contributions as Magical Girls."

"The assignment of a flower badge is subjective, based on the royal court\'s recognition level of a Magical Girl, so situations arise where a very strong Magical Girl is only a word badge, which is what we call adult corruption."

After taking back the badge from Xia Liang, Hong Siyu, in high spirits, placed it casually to one side: "But overall, just consider flower badge holders as the most successful ones among Magical Girls, they indeed count as \'big shots\'."

"Eh? That means..."

Lin Xiaolu, belatedly aware, glanced at Xia Liang, and seeing no surprise on the latter\'s face, could only exclaim herself, "Emerald Sparrow is actually a big shot?"

"Haha, you just realized that now?" Xia Liang laughed helplessly.

"Emerald Sparrow must have told you that she is a \'Patrol Envoy\', right? That\'s her official position as a big shot; in fact, most flower badge Magical Girls hold nominal positions at the Five Major Institutes."

When it came to these matters, Hong Siyu was like a treasure trove: "The five major power organs under the royal court, the Investigation Institute, the Finance Institute, the Research Institute, the Civil Administration Institute, and the Magical Affairs Institute — the entire operation of the Magic Kingdom relies on this system."