Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

For Tu Dinggui, the name Cornflower was not unfamiliar. In fact, compared to others, she heard the name a little more often.

People always compared her teacher, Blue Star, to Cornflower and Ying.

Compared to Blue Star, both Cornflower and Ying were considered senior magical girls, so such comparisons often judged whether "Blue Star had reached that height." If most of these comparisons occurred between Blue Star and Ying before Ying's fall, after Ying's demise, with Blue Star undoubtedly the strongest in the Material Realm, Cornflower undeniably became the most mentioned name.

Many would say that Blue Star was somewhat like Cornflower.

Not just because of their similar blue-themed Magic Clothing and image, but also because they both had an impression of being "people of few words, but ruthless." More importantly, Blue Star was also a rare genius.

She was just born a little late, so by the time she became a magical girl, both the inter-realm wars and the Great Beast Disaster were history. Although magical girls inevitably had to face battles with Remnant Beasts, compared to those two cataclysms, Blue Star was a magical girl in a "peaceful" era.

For this reason, many who favored Blue Star wondered if she had the chance to distinguish herself, she might not be any worse than Cornflower.

——To reach the position of Candidate Gem Wand from the Material Realm.

This was the expectation many had for Blue Star now.

They hoped that, after becoming the number one in the Material Realm, Blue Star could go further and obtain that immortal authority in the Magic Kingdom.

These expectations inevitably reached Tu Dinggui's ears.

Although Blue Star never discussed these topics with her, even if Tu Dinggui asked, Blue Star would show little interest in talking about it, Tu Dinggui still kept the name Cornflower in her heart.

"So, she turned out to be Cornflower's child..." Tu Dinggui murmured, somewhat surprised, yet with a sense of realization.

She had never told anyone that the revered Blue Star was actually her aunt.

Tu Dinggui, or rather her real name, Li Jiangran, belonged to the Li family in Tiandu City, a family with generations of magical girls.

The Li family had passed down the "Celestial Maiden" legacy for eight generations. Li Jiangran's grandmother was a Flower Level magical girl who joined the Magic Kingdom early on and was still working at the Civil Administration Institute. To ensure the continued legacy of magical girls, each generation of the Li family pursued having many daughters. However, even so, not all descendants were guaranteed to have talent. Among her mother's generation, only her aunt had the magical girl talent out of three female descendants.

As a result, when it came to Li Jiangran, she naturally became the disciple of her aunt, the magical girl Blue Star, given her own talent.

She understood the feeling of becoming a magical girl due to being a "descendant of magical girls," unlike ordinary girls who dreamingly leaped into a rabbit hole like a fairy tale. For her, the identity of a "magical girl" was a path arranged by her family from the beginning, just a job or perhaps a better career.

Even though she lived in the Material Realm from a young age, for her, the Magic Kingdom naturally existed, magic power was a natural world construct, and becoming a magical girl was a natural thing, even participating in exams felt like a child from an average family attending high school exams, carrying the family's expectations.

This did not mean she disliked or resented becoming a magical girl, but in her eyes, the world of magical girls and the Magic Kingdom did not have the fairytale filter. So she wouldn't act surprised like other Material Realm examinees or enter the exam hall curiously and cluelessly, nor feel novel due to the vastly different examination methods compared to the Material Realm.

Even magical girls from the Magic Kingdom grew up hearing countless heroic tales of magical girls; their identity and admiration for magical girls far exceeded the children from the Material Realm. In fact, if you belittled the entire group of magical girls before two examinees from different worlds, the Kingdom's person would be much more outraged than the Material Realm's person.

So, among her peers, Tu Dinggui's mentality indeed lacked resonance.

Perhaps as they age, every magical girl will gradually adapt to this, but at Tu Dinggui's age, such children were indeed rare.

That's why she found Long Dan so special.

Despite being a small child, younger than her and similar in age to her sister, he seemed unbothered by everything. His face neither joyful nor sad, as if nothing in the world concerned him.

Talking to Long Dan was also enjoyable. Long Dan didn't try to flatter her like other Material Realm children or silently reject her as an "outsider" like Kingdom kids, nor was he overly professional like the Silver Corridor System people. Furthermore, he could suddenly say a few particularly reasonable, persuasive words.

Although Long Dan never talked about himself, it didn't stop Tu Dinggui from having different guesses.

And now, the answer was finally revealed before her—Long Dan was actually Cornflower's child.

Now, many things made sense.

Why Long Dan, despite his age, seemed unfazed by anything, nor intimidated by opponents older and with higher Kaihua Levels—he must have seen a lot from a young age; why Long Dan, as a child, spoke so coherently, handling relations with a sense of closeness and distance, never acting out or sulking because of his age—his family education must be very strict; why she occasionally sensed a bit of the same aura only Teacher Blue Star had from Long Dan—naturally because people said Blue Star resembled Cornflower, so it was normal for Cornflower's daughter to resemble Blue Star.

Most crucially, why did she occasionally perceive Long Dan's slightly indifferent and even melancholic emotions—it might be because Cornflower was a cold and strict person, uncaring even for her daughter.

Tu Dinggui carried out very serious reasoning.

Although she didn't know Cornflower herself and knew she shouldn't presumptuously judge someone she hadn't met, she wasn't familiar with Cornflower, but she knew her teacher, Blue Star, very well.

Blue Star was such a strict coach, demanding to the point of breakdown, rarely showing a smile, seldom giving compliments.

Tu Dinggui believed her emotions were very calm, but during her days as Blue Star's student, she often felt like crying from the intense training. The reason she didn't actually cry was that she knew, even if she did, such a strict person like Blue Star wouldn't ease her demands or comfort her.

She was learning from a very great magical girl, a rare opportunity others couldn't ask for, so she shouldn't complain.

Tu Dinggui always told herself that.

So, if Cornflower was also very similar to Blue Star, would her educational style also be as strict and despairing?

Very likely.

Thinking of these, along with Long Dan's sincere encouragement and recognition in previous assessments, Tu Dinggui couldn't help but feel: such a cold on the outside, kind on the inside, and such a pitiable child.

This feeling peaked after traveling with Lin Xiaolu and others for several hours when they saw Long Dan rushing after them.

"Whew, you guys are fine..." Long Dan just stopped, not even finishing his sentence before Tu Dinggui stepped forward and held his hands.

"I understand you now." Her voice was extremely sincere.

"Hmm?"

Emerald Sparrow's confusion was also very real.