I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 97 Why is resigning so difficult?

Lu Yue never imagined that "resigning" could be described as a protracted process.

Normally, if someone resigns voluntarily and doesn't want n+1 compensation, why is the Civil Defense Bureau preventing them from leaving?

As long as he remains an employee of the Civil Defense Bureau, he cannot help his younger brother, otherwise the Bureau's sanctions will be no joke.

However, even after finding Lord Yuheng, there was still no follow-up to his resignation.

Finally, one day, when Lu Yue had reached her breaking point, she received a notification from the human resources department—

When she arrived at the HR office, she discovered that the response wasn't an approval for her resignation.

"What is this?" Ji Xia asked, looking completely bewildered, holding the piece of paper in her hand that read "Salary Increase Notice".

"Is that even a question? They gave you a raise!" The man in front of her smiled. He was a personnel officer from the Yuehua City Civil Defense Bureau and immediately told Ji Xia the "good news" of her raise.

"..." Ji Xia rubbed her forehead. "...I want to resign not because I think the salary is too low, but because I have something that requires me to resign."

"Huh? Really?" The man was somewhat surprised. "A 60% raise this time! This is the first time I've ever seen such a large salary increase. Lady Ji Xia, are you really not considering staying?"

"Please submit my application to the higher-ups again. I just want to resign; don't try to keep me by offering me better pay." Ji Xia handed the salary increase notice back to the man.

As a result, this delay lasted for more than half a month.

The next time I heard about personnel matters, HR still handed me a piece of paper—

"Your paid leave has been approved!"

For Ji Xia, a formal employee of the Civil Defense Bureau, in addition to fighting against disaster beasts like a regular registered magical girl, she spends her other time doing administrative or clerical work at the Civil Defense Bureau, just like any other human going to work.

The paid leave for magical girls isn't literally defined; it simply means they don't need to go to the Civil Defense Bureau anymore, and their salary continues during this time. However, they still have to fulfill their obligation to defeat the monsters. In other words, they do the same work as regular registered magical girls, but enjoy an extra fixed income.

"And the vacation time they've given us this time is quite generous! A whole year!"

Seeing that the HR manager was still talking non-stop, Ji Xia interrupted him, somewhat speechless.

"I've already said, don't try to retain me by offering me better pay. My real goal is to resign."

The HR person looked puzzled. "Lord Ji Xia...why would you resign for no reason? The higher-ups have offered such a generous salary, can't you just stay?"

Ji Xia sighed, then turned and left. She knew that the HR manager in front of her was just a paid employee, and he was merely relaying her resignation message. There was no point in making things difficult for him.

However... since the higher-ups are willing to give me a holiday... I might as well take it.

"I'll take this paid leave. Please make the arrangements for me."

Before leaving, she said those words.

*

"So, it's really strange."

Lu Yue returned home and spoke privately with her younger brother, pouring out all the frustration she had been feeling lately.

"Someone is preventing me from leaving, and I'm pretty sure it's Noah's doing." Lu Yue crossed her arms, her face flushed with anger. "I really don't know what she's thinking. I haven't offended her, have I? Why won't she let me join you?"

"Sis, you're overthinking it," Shen Zixin said nonchalantly. "Maybe it's because you're the only officially registered magical girl in Yuehua City, and the Civil Defense Bureau isn't comfortable entrusting the city's security to a registered magical girl?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Yue retorted immediately. "Yuheng himself is in Yuehua City, so his safety is absolutely guaranteed. Even if Yuheng is too busy to deal with something as trivial as dealing with the disaster beasts, can't we just transfer another magical girl from another city to be stationed there?"

"Besides, there are cities without officially employed magical girls, and basically, relying solely on registered magical girls is enough to maintain the stability of a city."

Shen Zixin did not respond.

In fact, he was well aware that his older sister's current inability to resign was indeed Noah's doing.

Noah did not hide this from Shen Zixin; she had told her about it a long time ago.

"Why not let my older sister join?" Shen Zixin was completely baffled by this decision.

"This is the result of my careful consideration." Noah looked troubled. "Let her be the 'older sister' in your life, that's enough. If your relationship goes any further... it might end up like the tragic story I have."

Shen Zixin naturally pressed for details about this exaggerated description. However, Noah was always reluctant to elaborate on the "reasons." She also instructed Shen Zixin to pretend to be clueless if Lu Yue came to him to ask about this matter.

*

"I just wanted to protect my younger brother... why is it so difficult..."

Her sister's voice pulled Shen Zixin back from her reverie. Hearing her complaints, Shen Zixin tried her best to comfort her: "It's not that serious right now, sis. Just focus on your work and take care of things at home. We can handle anything, even a battle."

"Easy for you to say. Do you expect me to stand by and watch my family face danger? If you were in my shoes, you wouldn't be able to sit idly by either!"

"That Noah... honestly, I don't stop her from risking her life, I'm just trying to protect you, why does she have to stop me from doing something like this?"

Seeing that her older sister's resentment towards Noah was growing stronger, Shen Zixin quickly changed the subject, "Since that's the case, since you're on paid leave... why don't you use this time to go and visit the 'Unexpected Natural Disaster' Memorial Park in Guangyang City?"

Upon hearing Shen Zixin mention this, Lu Yue's expression finally softened somewhat.

"Hmm...that's true. Anyway, there's no use rushing to resign now. The memorial park...I did want to visit it before...but if we leave Moonblossom City now, what if Noah gets attacked by the future assassin? You won't be able to help her then, will you?"

"Hmm... don't worry about that." Shen Zixin took out her phone and started looking at the calendar. "Hmm, at this time... it's perfectly feasible to make a trip to Guangyang City."

"There won't be any enemy attacks for now, so we can rest assured. After all, that place... we have to go there, right...?"