Chapter 68: Moke's Thoughts

In recent days, Moke felt that his status as a Sower within the Fang Ting City Magical Girl Squad was growing increasingly low.

According to the descriptions he had heard, a Sower serves as the hub for communication between the Kingdom and the local government in every city, and is also the guide for the Magical Girls; undoubtedly, they should receive love and respect. However, the treatment he received in Fang Ting City was completely different.

Senior Cuique is an Inspector of the Investigation Bureau; her status is undoubtedly higher than his, so it was one thing for her to be cold and unyielding toward him; Lin Xiaolu is a Magical Girl he contracted personally, yet because he told her a small lie at the very beginning, she now clashes with him every single day; only Xia Liang was willing to treat him gently, but that gentleness did not seem directed at a Sower, but rather treated him like a pet or something similar.

Although Moke himself knew that, as a Sower, he was indeed somewhat incompetent, and even before this, he had no concept at all of what this identity entailed. However, his progress should have been obvious to all; there was no reason to be discriminated against!

Even the Inspector of the Investigation Bureau, upon witnessing his performance, had looked at him with new eyes and offered high praise; did that not prove the point?

Moke felt that, at the very least, it certainly could not be his fault.

Since he had done nothing wrong, then the issue of his status within the team was merely bad luck; therefore, he needed to think of some methods to change all of this.

Since the old relationships would be difficult to change in a short time, the best means now was naturally to develop a Magical Girl on the same side as himself, with himself as the leader.

As long as he had the first ally standing with him, breaking the fixed impression that he was merely a mascot, and gradually making Xiaolu and Xiaoliang recognize his excellence, would that still be a difficult matter?

Of course not!

This was Moke's entire plan.

So, when he discovered a new prospective Magical Girl in the Lixing District a few days ago, his first reaction was not to immediately return and notify the other members of the squad. Instead, he thought to take it slow, first cultivating a certain amount of affection between himself and the other party.

At present, this process was proceeding quite smoothly.

The girl Moke discovered in the Fuli Academy of the Lixing District was named Bai Jingxuan; she was a child who appeared sensible and well-behaved. Although her age was slightly younger than the other members of the squad, there was no problem with her becoming a Magical Girl.

Relying on his knowledge being richer than that of such a little girl, Moke quickly won the other party's favor and friendship.

At the very beginning, he simply chatted with her about interesting things in life, listened to her small daily troubles, and at the same time raked his brain to dig up his own experiences in the Magical Kingdom, which were not particularly rich, and told them all to Bai Jingxuan.

As the conversation progressed, he developed a few small schemes, beginning to intermittently mention Magical Girls, and also confessed that he was the Sower of Fang Ting City. However, this included a great deal of subjective processing: he deliberately portrayed himself as Venerable and respected, deeply admired, and playing a very crucial role within the squad, completely disregarding the fact that he was on the verge of becoming a mere mascot.

He boasted like this, and Bai Jingxuan listened just like that; she never doubted the authenticity of the information in Moke's words, though occasionally she would raise her own doubts:

"Young Lady Fairy, if your relationship with the other Magical Girls is so good, won't they get jealous when you come out alone to talk to me?"

"Jealous? Maybe they will, but they can only wait for my return unwillingly and with longing! After all, I am a Sower; going out to find new Magical Girls is my mission!"

To this, Moke only laughed in a state of arrogant delight.

This strange relationship continued for several days; as the girl and the fairy grew familiar with each other, the "friendship" between them also became much more sincere.

Moke did not forget his somewhat impure purpose, but he was also infected by the child's pure and kind nature. Compared to the initial friendship born entirely of utilitarian motives, he also genuinely developed quite a bit of affection for this child from the bottom of his heart.

Bai Jingxuan's thoughts were much simpler; after all, she knew nothing of Moke's intentions and could not guess at all that there was so much calculation within them.

She simply began to lower her defenses against Moke.

At the beginning, facing this suddenly appearing fairy, although she was very curious, she also had basic psychological defenses. But as these days of interaction passed, she admitted that Moke was interesting enough as a friend, and some subconscious instinct told her that Moke's nature should not be bad.

So when Moke said to her, "You can also become a Magical Girl," she was somewhat surprised, even feeling a small joy, but it was not to the extent of being terribly shocked.

"But, my body is very weak; I have a disease that is difficult to cure and also affects my movement. Can I still become a Magical Girl like this?" she asked.

"It doesn't matter; as long as you become a Magical Girl, no matter how poor your original physical condition is, you can be as healthy as everyone else!"

Moke promised with full confidence: "After all, that is the power of a Magical Girl, the power that brings hope to people!"

"Really? Is there no problem with my eyes either?" Bai Jingxuan could not help but reach out to touch the socket where her artificial eye was placed.

"No problem, no problem! You must believe in New magic!" Moke patted his chest.

"Then, how do I become a Magical Girl?"

Bai Jingxuan imagined it with some longing, then turned to worry: "Do I need to write an application form like applying for a subsidy? What should I do if my handwriting is too ugly?"

"There is no such complicated process; it only requires that I found you, and the other members are willing to accept you."

Moke sat in the shade, proudly twitching his ears: "In a few more days, I will introduce you back to them and give them a big surprise!"

Two more days passed after this conversation, and so today arrived.

Moke kept his promise to come find Bai Jingxuan to strengthen their bond; they chatted happily for another afternoon, and after regaining his missing self-confidence here, he brushed off his backside and wanted to go home.

He was already calculating exactly when it would be best to introduce Bai Jingxuan back, to make the others feel his crucial role the most.

Would it be better to say casually, "I have not failed my mission; I have found a new prospective Magical Girl," when Senior Cuique was distressed about a lack of manpower?

Or would it be to reveal the truth with a disdainful smile when Lin Xiaolu and he were bickering, saying that he was useless as a Sower?

Just thinking about the opportunity to turn the team's opinion around made Moke so excited that his whiskers and tail were about to fly up to the sky.

After bidding farewell to Bai Jingxuan, he climbed over the courtyard wall of the Fuli Academy and floated along the path he had come, flying gracefully. He closed his eyes, immersed in his grand daydreams, shaking his head and swaying, humming a little tune, his mood light and happy.

And after flying perhaps several hundred meters, just as he was about to enter the next block, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, as if he had collided with some obstacle, and due to the reaction force, he instinctively raised his head.

"What is this? Who has nothing better to do than park a car in the middle of the road..."

With his mood ruined, he widened his cat eyes, just about to complain loudly, but the words only got halfway out and he could not continue no matter what.

Because there was nothing in front of his eyes.

There were no cars, walls, telephone poles, or other obstacles as imagined, nor were there any pedestrians. In front of him was just an ordinary street path, looking completely unobstructed.

It was as if the hard object his head had just hit was all an illusion.

Moke suddenly thought of a certain possibility.

For him, this possibility was actually very familiar, because since he came to Fang Ting City, this was not the first time.

Extending his paw, he gently pushed forward and pressed down, feeling as if there was an invisible wall in the air before him, blocking his path to continue forward.

"... We're done for, meow."

After a long moment, he muttered to himself, somewhat dazed.