Dual-Core Magical Girl
(Ceruno)
September 29th.
On Monday.
Clear...
Above the clouds and below the dome, the Zodiacal is always sunny.
Almost a day has Past since Miluno entered the teleportation portal to "the Other Side" alone.
This trip was unusually long, and Sirius wasn't with them, which inevitably caused some concern. However, a Magical Girl Soldiers was sent back in the morning via teleportation magic, which was a way of reassuring them that everything was alright.
"Ceruno."
Miss Bai Ze...
Oh no, it was Professor Bai Ze's voice that brought me back to reality.
"Staring blankly into class first thing in the morning? What could be more important than the teacher's lesson?"
The gentle, elder-like magical girl is now joking with me... I can't deny it.
"Well, I guess so."
She took out a pipe and shook it.
"Come on, show everyone the technique for stabilizing magic power."
"Oh, yes!"
Support type is a broad category, so there are many students in the class, and most of them are magical girls who do not have independent combat abilities. Many of them came to the Zodiacal to find opportunities to use their magic.
However, they lack experience in using magic, so their control over magical power is relatively weak.
Of course, Teacher Bai Ze didn't intend to smoke in class. This pipe was a newly developed teaching device by the teachers of the Zodiacal. By infusing it with magic, one could blow out bubbles filled with smoke, but the speed at which the magic was infused needed to be controlled.
This is the same principle as blowing soap bubbles.
If you go too slowly, the bubbles will shrink.
Too fast and the bubble will burst.
Therefore, a stable output of magic power is needed to blow out sufficiently large smoke bubbles.
However, I'm actually quite good at this.
I walked up to the podium in the lecture hall, took the pipe from Professor Bai Ze, and slowly infused it with magic. A bubble emerged from the pipe and steadily expanded, growing larger and larger until it almost touched the ceiling of the classroom before I stopped.
Teacher Bai Ze clapped his hands and said with satisfaction:
"Okay, fine, I'll let it go for now that you were daydreaming in class."
"Um, sorry..."
I returned to my seat amidst the applause of my classmates. Although it wasn't difficult for me, most magical girls couldn't do it. I seemed to have a more flexible control over magic than others.
"Controlling the output of magic power may seem insignificant to a magical girl, but it's extremely important. The other students need to work hard too."
Teacher Bai Ze continued:
"By conserving magic power, we can enhance our ability to fight continuously. We may not realize the importance of this when dealing with ordinary Monster, but in the future, you will all encounter witches. These powerful enemies have magic reserves far exceeding those of magical girls. We must carefully calculate every bit of magic power in order to have any chance of victory."
She paused, then changed the subject.
"However, there is one exception. Although it hasn't been made public yet, we'll take this opportunity to broaden your horizons."
Teacher Bai Ze turned on the multimedia system and then loaded a holographic projection into the room... Huh?!
"Isn't that Ceruno?"
"The other one is the class advisor for the Mobility Class!"
"Together, we'll be called the Galaxy Team; we're the ace unit to fight the witch."
"They actually merged with Miss Sirius?"
Um...
Miss Bai Ze was playing a previous online live stream. (See the bonus chapter)
This refers to the video featuring Milius and Celius.
Suddenly, all eyes in the class were on me, and there were even whispers among the students. As an idol, I shouldn't be shy about being looked at, but since I was a student, I couldn't help feeling nervous...
But Teacher Bai Ze said:
"Uh, sorry, I played the wrong video file."
What's going on?!
Although she did say that she wasn't good at using computers, just like an elderly woman.
"This is what I'm going to show you."
The background appears to be a laboratory of one of the Association's branches, as the Association's logo can be seen on the wall. A brown-skinned magical girl carrying a short-handled battle axe walks towards another floating Crystal and solemnly reaches out to touch it.
Teacher Bai Ze explained:
"This video is from the selection ceremony of the Brazil Branch. As instructed by Director SpiCa, all branches of the Association are currently searching for magical girls who can fuse two Crystal simultaneously..."
In the video, the magical girl successfully absorbed the Star Crystal, her entire body enveloped in Light Flow, much like when SpiCa and Sirius merged. However, she didn't solidify for a long time. Just when I thought she was about to fail, her fused form began to appear...
She is a magical girl wielding two battle axes.
What kind of magical berserker is this? Am I, a magical girl who uses a wand, considered an oddity?
Teacher Bai Ze explained:
"She is the first person, besides Galaxy, to successfully control the second Crystal Magical Girl. There is currently no other successful example besides her."
To handle two Crystal effectively, one needs not only to be compatible with both Crystal, but also to have the capacity to accommodate Crystal, especially with an exceptionally large one like Miss Sirius...
Looking at it this way, Miluno and I are both pretty amazing!
Since I came to the "Zodiacal," I've occasionally realized that I'm actually a genius, which has made me more confident.
A student raised his hand and asked:
"Teacher, when will we conduct the selection process?"
Teacher Bai Ze replied:
"It will be arranged in a while. After each branch has finished testing the magical girls under its jurisdiction, they will send the extra Star Crystal to the City School, and then we will organize all classes to conduct the selection."
"Yay!"
"I have a chance to change my magic!"
Despite the low success rate of using two Crystal, the Support Class students are still excited, probably because they think they can obtain offensive magic through two Crystal and shed their support role...
However, dual Crystal only enhance existing magic.
"Alright, everyone, quiet down."
Teacher Bai Ze simply clapped his hands, and the students' chatter ceased.
"If you use your support magic properly, you can also fight directly, it's just more complicated than magical girls who attack directly. I think it's only a matter of time before magical girls who are unwilling to accept their own magic lose their adaptability?"
Teacher Bai Ze also fought her way up using support magic, so her words are very convincing.
"Well, enough of that. Before get out of class ends, everyone come up and test the stability of your magic output..."
Noon.
I carried the packed lunch back to my dorm.
Xiaojie and Xiaoling had already returned before me.
"Sister Ceruno ~"
The beautiful girl with dark skin and white hair was very clingy. Even though she was the one who hugged me, her innocent heart and youthful appearance made me feel a sense of guilt.
It's like taking advantage of a child.
Xiaoling also asked:
"Hasn't Sister Miluno returned yet?"
"Not yet... This time it's taking a particularly long time, but time flows more slowly over there than it does for us. Although a day Past here, only a few hours Past the 'The Other Side'."
At least the Magical Girl Soldiers thrown back this morning put my mind at ease a little.
However, going deep behind enemy lines alone, with the cunning Aldebaran still the target, it's hard to imagine how much pressure Miluno was under at this moment...
She had shown me her weaknesses before.
Despite her seemingly omnipotent nature, Miluno is actually just an ordinary girl at heart, capable of fear, panic, sadness, and grief.
Unable to go with her to "the Other Side," I couldn't share her burden...
Hey! Ceruno!
Just as I was thinking this, a strange yet somewhat familiar magical girl flew in through the living room window.
Her long, Radiance hair swirled and fell in the living room.
After standing still, he beckoned to me with his finger.
"So, guess who I am? Three chances!"