Madoka's first recruitment attempt ultimately ended in failure.
"Teacher, did we fail?"
After signaling Akemi Homura to send her back, the "performance" naturally came to a temporary halt. Nanoha came over somewhat uneasily to ask, but Fang Zheng remained very calm.
"Failure is fine. It means she has enough judgment. If she had simply agreed, that would have been abnormal."
To be honest, Fang Zheng had not thought much of Kaname Madoka at first. Of course, according to Akemi Homura, Kaname Madoka was an especially kind, passionate, and captivating girl. But only thirty percent of Akemi Homura's words could be taken seriously. After all, Kaname Madoka had "once" saved Akemi Homura's life. Naturally, beauty was in the eye of the beholder.
Yet from the few brief observations Fang Zheng had made, he did not think very highly of Kaname Madoka. She seemed somewhat weak-willed, easily swayed by others, and not like someone with many opinions of her own.
But Madoka's refusal to be recruited this time made Fang Zheng's eyes light up.
He realized that although Madoka appeared to be someone without much of an opinion, she actually had strong convictions.
If he had to describe her using the traits of a webnovel protagonist, Madoka possessed the quality of, "If I like it, I'll do it, even if I have to sacrifice everything. If I don't like it, I won't care even if you pile mountains of gold and silver before me."
It was simply that her outward demeanor was too gentle and meek, so most people would never notice that side of her.
And that was indeed the case. According to Akemi Homura, in many of the loops, even though QB constantly tempted Kaname Madoka into making a contract and becoming a Magical Girl, she was almost never moved.