Urging for more updates, then turning into a magical girl.

Chapter 93 Qingluan's Plan

The two had left the laboratory and were on their way to the royal court.

"One thing at a time, Commander..."

The emerald scepter walked ahead, hands behind her back. "You want to interfere with Azure's decision... I have no objection. But what do you plan to say to Azure? I need to find out."

Qingluan, who was walking behind, nodded. "Well... before I go to see her, I need you to find someone else for me."

Hearing Qingluan make demands at this point, the emerald scepter turned her head, feigning a troubled expression: "Commander, you have so many requests... The azure scepter is also busy with official duties, it's already quite troublesome for me to take you to her now..."

Qingluan took a deep breath.

Forget it, this isn't the first time. With that attitude, he just wants me to abandon my dignity one more time.

"...Mom, please!"

Since we've already called it that many times, it won't hurt to call it a few more times.

Moreover, this time, Qingluan even changed to a cute and soft tone, wanting to deliberately disgust the emerald green scepter.

"Hehehe!" However, the emerald scepter didn't find anything wrong with Qingluan's affected mannerisms at all; the troubled look on her face vanished instantly. "My good daughter! Tell me, who do you want to find?"

Qingluan rolled her eyes at her, her tone regaining its composure: "Yes, she's someone I met during the War Between Worlds. Finding her shouldn't be difficult, since she's also a veteran of the War Between Worlds, and her true form was injured, so she'll most likely be among those forced to retire—"

The emerald scepter interrupted Qingluan: "Commander, haven't I already explained the new rules of the kingdom? They can go to the material world to become instructors or hold clerical positions; they don't need to be forced to retire..."

"I know. What I want to ask is, are there any special regulations for the cities these magical girls travel to? Do they need to follow the same rules of apparent autonomy for traveling to their birthplace cities, just like ordinary stationed magical girls?"

That's right, the two Supreme Scepters mentioned this rule during their conversation at the banquet at the Demon Academy. And when Qingluan was still Cheng Qi, she probably asked Mo Ranying and the others why the kingdom had such a rule.

The reason the kingdom does this is because the garrison duties are usually performed by magical girls in their formative years from the material world. Since they were born in their own cities, they have a deeper affection for them and are naturally more responsible when they are on garrison duty.

Moreover, it is said that such a rule has become one of the important rules for the magical girls stationed there, and the country calls it the "City Self-Government Rule".

However, Basil also mentioned that the reason for this rule was simply because historically, the presence of magical girls from other regions often caused various problems. It's safe to say that behind every outrageous rule lies an even more outrageous story.

Upon hearing Qingluan mention the rule that "magical girls guard the city of their birth," the emerald scepter smiled slightly—

"That's right. That's the principle."

"Hmph, 'in principle'...? Does that mean it won't actually be done that way?" Qingluan snorted.

"That's right, as expected of my daughter, she understood very quickly."

While explaining, the emerald scepter couldn't resist taking advantage, "Because these veteran magical girls were extra-transferred into the material world, many of them are originally from the country. Naturally, they don't have the so-called 'city of birth in the material world'."

"You know about that war between the two worlds, right? Apart from the volunteers from the material world, the main fighting force was actually the magical girls from the country itself. There are exceptions to this kind of thing, though..."

"For example, if there are no more magical girls from that city in a city, but there is still no magical girl stationed there, then the kingdom will assign a magical girl to replace her, and the restriction of a magical girl from the local area will no longer be necessary."

"Therefore, the cities that these magical girl veterans go to can be considered as a special case, with the nation taking charge of arranging their destinations."

Qingluan nodded in satisfaction after hearing this. "Very good. The person I'm looking for... I hope to arrange for her to be in Yuanting City."

"Oh? This is the responsibility of the Demon Affairs Institute. You want to persuade Lady Azure Scepter to arrange this? Then what does this have to do with canceling the Crescent Moon karuta?"

"It's very simple. The core of the Azure Scepter issue is that she wanted to find a 'trustworthy person' to protect her daughter, right? But after searching around, she found that she could only find Crescent Moon, this big lazybones. That's why she bribed her with the flower cards to motivate her a little."

The emerald scepter seemed to realize something at once, "So you're thinking of finding someone among those magical girl veterans who can protect her daughter?"

"That's right!" Qingluan said smugly. "This way, there's no need for the Azure Scepter to bribe Arc Moon with flower tokens!"

"...That's impossible."

The emerald scepter sighed, rubbing her forehead in exasperation. "Sending them to the material world is practically exile... Plus, they're still full of resentment over the compensation issue. Do you really expect Azure to hand her daughter over to them? Or do you have some way to make Azure trust the person you've recommended...?"

"Hmph, don't worry, you'll understand in time."

Qingluan revealed a confident smile.

Based on her understanding of the Grand Eunuch, as long as she played the "emotional card," the Azure Scepter would definitely see it as a worthwhile deal to keep the Crescent Moon bound.

While this might not necessarily prevent the Grand Eunuch from obtaining the flower cards, at least it prevented her from getting them "immediately" right now... and that was enough!

What I need is time to raise the hypnotic erosion level to 100!

"Alright, but let's make this clear first, I'm only responsible for finding the person for you. Whether you can persuade the Azure Scepter is up to you," the Emerald Scepter reminded him.

"...Couldn't you have said a word in my defense? I wouldn't have made you do anything too difficult."

Qingluan sighed. "Or, shall I call you 'Mom' a few more times?"

"Hehe, Commander, that's not very interesting. If you keep calling me so reluctantly, I'll get embarrassed too!" The emerald scepter stopped and patted the blue phoenix's head. "Besides, if you call me too often, my deliciousness level will drop~"

...Why do I get the feeling that you look secretly pleased every time I call you "Mom"? What's wrong with you?!

Seeing Qingluan's disdainful expression, the emerald scepter smiled slightly. "Alright, just tell me what I'm supposed to do. And do you remember the magical girl you mentioned you wanted to find, her magical girl codename?"