Kissing the back of the hand, both in the material world and in the magical realm, is an ancient ritual.

This etiquette, known in the material world as the "kiss of the hand," is often used in very formal settings, and is either used to show respect to a respected lady or to a subordinate to a person in a high position. It's just that with the changes of the times, the society in the material world as a whole is moving towards science and technology, and such etiquette has faded in people's lives with time.

Today's hand kissing ceremony mostly appears in various films, television, and literary works, and has become a rather romantic behavior. Therefore, in the cognition of young people, it is a relatively intimate and romantic practice. Using this kind of etiquette to greet each other, regardless of what Aso Madoka himself thought, at least the young magical girls from Fangting City and Bai'an City all exploded, and they all let out high-low exclamations.

And if Bai'an City is still a simple gossip mentality, Fangting City, especially Lin Xiaolu, looks at Aso Yuanxiang's gaze as if he wants to eat people. Almost two steps later, he rushed out and threw out a serious question, "What are you doing?"

"It's just an intimate greeting, Lu." This was Aso's answer at the time.

"Expressing intimacy is obviously just a handshake or a hug, how can there be anything like you...... ...... like you."

Lin Xiaolu couldn't figure out how to summarize the other party's behavior for a long time, and when she gradually digested the other party's words, she quickly found another question: "Wait, why do you know my name?" ”

"I used to be the magical girl of this city, and naturally your mother's friend."

Aso's round face did not change color, glanced at the delphinium on the side, and after seeing that it had no reaction, he said quite freely: "Although you may not remember, but not long after you were born, I even hugged you with my own hands." ”

"Huh? Personally? What......" This kind of remark that was almost a direct announcement of "I am your elder" suddenly suppressed Lin Xiaolu's momentum, although she was still quite dissatisfied, but the confidence in her words suddenly weakened, "Are you lying?" How did I not know at all......"

"You can check with Delphinium, or go back and ask your father."

Smiling quite gently, Aso Madoka looked at Lin Xiaolu with interest: "Although neither they nor your mother have ever mentioned me to you, our relationship back then was very good, and even the name 'Xiaolu' was decided under my witness." ”

Lin Xiaolu opened her mouth wordlessly, the other party's words sounded true, but she still couldn't believe it, so she could only look at the delphinium on the side.

Delphinium, who was silent for a while because of the abrupt kiss and hand salute, also came back to her senses at this time, first glanced at Aso Enka with a complicated expression, then sighed, looked at her daughter squarely, and nodded: "That's right, except for Hong Sihe, when you were born, the magical girls in Fangting City, and your mother's teammates were actually there." In this sense, you are a child who has been watched since birth. ”

"Look." Madoka Aso smiled and spread her hands.

"Hmm...... Since the delphinium has admitted it, what ...... Let's take it for granted. ”

Reluctantly accepting the fact that he suddenly had a few more "aunts", Lin Xiaolu pursed her lips and nodded, but soon glared again and continued: "But that, what does it mean that you kiss the hand of the delphinch!" Do it yourself in such a big court! ”

"Between adults, the kiss is nothing."

Aso Madoka continued to say gently: "It's just a kiss, not a kiss, but you children should not imitate it at will." ”

As soon as the word "kiss" came out, Xia Liang, Bai Jingxuan, and the blonde girl on the side all lit up with a light of interest in gossip news, while Lin Xiaolu was hot at the root of her ears, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to the other party: "How can you say such a word here, it's just a hooligan!" ”

When Aso Yuanxiang heard this, she was silent and stunned in place, and after looking at Lin Xiaolu fixedly for a while, she suddenly couldn't help laughing, "poof", and laughed quite happily.

"Hahaha, that's so much fun!"

She sighed a little loudly, then bent down slightly from the side and leaned into the ear of the delphinch, "Your daughter is so cute, you really didn't teach her anything before?" ”

"Isn't it weird? She's only 14. ”

Delphinium glared at her, "Don't teach her anything, be serious." ”

"Okay, I'm measured."

Waving his hand to show that he knew, and ignoring Lin Xiaolu's angry snort full of dissatisfaction, Aso Yuanxiang straightened up, walked straight to Lin Xiaolu, and then stretched out his hand to him with a graceful gesture and said, "I'm sorry, if my words make you feel uncomfortable, then I will take it back, I hope you can accept my apologies, Xiaolu." ”

"I just saw that my teammates' children had grown so big, so I couldn't help but want to tease you, and I hope you don't care."

Seeing that Lin Xiaolu not only didn't mean to shake hands with her, but shrank back a little vigilantly, the smile on Aso's face was even worse, and then she withdrew her hand without feeling embarrassed at all: "In short, I hope we can get along well for the next period of time." ”

"What's next?" Xia Liang, who had been watching the play, keenly captured the key words in her words, and repeated them repeatedly.

"Yes, next, we may stay in Fangting City for a while."

Aso Madoka nodded: "Let me introduce myself to you again, I am the captain of the magical girl team in Bai'an City, the alternate patrol envoy of the Investigation Institute, the magical girl Margaret." Due to the fact that Fangting City has recently become a high-frequency activity area for claw marks and black ember dawns, and the security situation is not good, after consultation with the director of the Investigation Yuan, it will be temporarily stationed in Fangting City for military support. ”

"At the same time, considering that there is less than half a year to go before the qualification certification exam for the new year, the newcomer magical girl of our Bai'an City team also came to Fangting City to apply for cross-city learning exchanges."

"Learning...... Communication? ”

Sensing something from the other party's words, Lin Xiaolu raised her head slightly, first at Aso Yuanxiang, and then at the magical girls in Bai'an City on the side with some confusion.

There was no doubt that the Bai'an City team was also looking at her, or rather, at the girls in Fangting City.

- "As the instructor said, the purpose of our coming to Fangting City is to learn and communicate. “

The girl, codenamed White Thistle, took a step forward, took Aso's words, and continued, "In other words, we are here to help and to kick the gym. According to her mentor's expectations, she wants to see what kind of strength the magical girls in Fangting City have now, and she also hopes that we can verify our learning results with this. Make sure we can achieve a rookie magical girl who is better than the land she came from. ”

"Kick the ......"

Lin Xiaolu blinked, gradually regained his senses, and realized what the other party was expressing: "What else are you talking about, aren't you here to fight with us?" ”

"Hmph, are you scared?" The blonde girl standing slightly behind smiled, "I saw it before, you can't even beat a beetle-level remnant beast?" ”

"What do you mean that beetles can't win? Obviously, you guy forcibly snatched my head! Lin Xiaolu was suddenly unhappy.

"Why did you rob someone's head, I didn't take the repercussions, did I?"

"Isn't that because you were drenched in the slime of a remnant beast, and you ran away before you had time to take it?"

"I told you not to mention it again!"

As soon as she heard Lin Xiaolu mention the matter of the remnant beast slime, the blonde girl suddenly half-covered her mouth with a pale face: "You, are you deliberately provoking me?" ”

"Heh, it's not necessarily who provokes first!" Lin Xiaolu crossed her waist and replied.

Seeing that these two people were about to quarrel before they could say a word, Xia Liang hurriedly acted as a peacemaker, pulled Lin Xiaolu back, and at the same time turned his head and looked at Bai Ji: "In short, you are here to communicate with us...... Or rather, right? ”

"That's what the guru means."

Bai Ji nodded: "Of course, it's just a competition in strength, we don't have any hostility in essence, and Mu Lily is just a little ugly when she speaks, and she doesn't have the intention of embarrassing everyone." ”

"What is Wood Lily?" Xia Liang looked at the blonde girl and the silent girl behind her.

"It's me, it's me."

After glaring at each other with Lin Xiaolu, the blonde girl hugged her arms and said proudly: "My code name is Mu Lily, although I don't know your strength for the time being, the guy over there who can't beat the Worm Rank also disappoints me a little, but since it was taught by the patrol envoy, then don't make me feel helpless...... Ahem! ”

She spoke in a rather flamboyant tone, but unfortunately before she finished speaking, Aso Madoka on the side slapped her on the back violently.

Almost suffocated by this slap, the girl codenamed Mu Lily coughed several times in succession, glanced at the other party with some aggrieved eyes, respoke a little reluctantly, and continued: "I hope you can let me have a good look at the strength of Fangting City...... Anyway, please advise. ”

After she finished speaking, she turned her gaze to the silent girl beside her.

The girl, who hadn't said five words since everyone met, was swept away, her shoulders suddenly shrugged, her head was lowered, her bangs covered her eyes, and she said in an extremely small voice: "...... I'm a mimosa. ”

Then, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and half of his body hid behind the white thistle.

“…… People live up to their name. Seeing this, Xia Liang commented.

"Indeed, people live up to their name." The wood lily on the side also nodded thoughtfully.

After the magical girls in Bai'an City introduced their code names, the girls in Fangting City also reported their code names to each other, and they knew each other. Then, the white thistle looked back at Aso Enka on the side, signaling that he had finished speaking.

"—Good, White Thistle. That's pretty much what I was trying to say. ”

Aso Enka nodded, her eyes swept over the newcomers present, and finally looked at Delphinium again: "What do you think of my suggestion?" ”

"Compete ......"

Squinting slightly, Delphinium didn't give an answer immediately, but this was not because she had any scruples, but because she was still weighing and judging.

After hearing the word "learning and communicating", she already knew what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, so she first estimated the strength of the magical girls in Bai'an City in her impression, and then looked at Lin Xiaolu and the others, secretly comparing the strength gap between each other.

And after some comparison, based on her previous impressions, she had to come to a slightly pessimistic conclusion - she may not be able to fight.

What is the strength of these girls in her own team, she knows very well: when Lin Xiaolu does not use strange white magic power, she is probably at the level of being able to defeat the Worm Rank Remnant Beast alone; Xia Liang's progress is relatively fast, and he has been promoted to the leaf level, but he hasn't even started to learn the technique at the moment, and he is basically only slightly stronger than the bud level; Bai Jingxuan's strength has increased rapidly, and even when she revealed the magic power of the remnant beast before, she already had the ability to defeat the chrysalis alone...... But to be honest, this power is completely impossible to use.

In other words, whether it is Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, or Bai Jingxuan, under normal circumstances, they are only at the bud level, or slightly stronger than the bud level.

And what about these three magical girls in Bai'an City?

The first is the white thistle, which is undoubtedly leaf-grade. This has been confirmed by the Delphinium during her stay in Bai'an City, because the white thistle has used the technique more than once, and has apparently become quite proficient.

The second is Mu Lily, regardless of whether this kid has the right to the leaf level or not, at least he has a very strong talent at the level of magic perception, and the range of perception alone can even be compared with himself in Bai'an City at that time.

Finally, there is the mimosa, although it has never shown any strength from beginning to end, and has even been vaguely under the protection of the white thistle, but whether it is the magic shown by chance, or the attitude of Aso Yuanxiang, it shows that things are not so simple.

Although it is very pessimistic to say, if a competition really starts on the spot now, the chances of the Fangting City team winning will not be higher than two percent - these two percent are still the situation where Lin Xiaolu and Bai Jingxuan can play extraordinarily, otherwise Xia Liang will not be able to support it alone.

Is it necessary to promise a fight that is bound to lose at this stage? Does this stimulate the children's competitive spirit, or does it discourage them?

That's what Delphinium needs to weigh.

It's just that before she could think of a specific conclusion, Madoka Aso, who was not far away, spoke again.

"Ah, by the way, Delphinium, it's not really pointing to just talk, I have another proposal."

She clapped her hands as if she had just remembered something, and then looked at the delphinium, the smile on her face faded slightly, and she somehow became much more serious:

- "In this competition, if you lose, I hope that the Fangting City team will not participate in this year's qualification exam. ”

After a few more delays, I continue to apologize to you, and I will never promise in advance what I can't do next time, and I feel like I'm lying like this, and I'm very guilty. Next time, I honestly admit that I can't write it, sorry meow.

(End of chapter)