Transform into a magical girl after getting off work

——"Here you go, these are your number plates. The two numbers on the plates represent your team and personal numbers, so please keep them safe."

The staff responsible for registering the teams fished out two metallic round plates from a nearby props box. As he recorded the numbers on the plates, he explained their purpose:

"Take this plate here, for example. The number on it is 277, which means your team number is 277. As for the B193 below, that's your individual number for the actual combat assessment. Please remember it."

Emerald Sparrow took the metallic round plate from him, examined it in a pretend manner, and put it in her bag. Then she asked: "I understand. So, how do we confirm the third teammate in our team?"

"Please wait a moment. We're still registering all mutually designated teams. Once registration for the designated magical girls is complete, we'll start random team assignments. At that time, if another magical girl draws your team number, we'll also give her one of these number plates."

The staff quickly explained: "The number plates for the same team can sense each other through magical power fluctuation. You can confirm now, and later find your third teammate this way."

"I see... How amazing!"

The Dogtail Grass standing behind Emerald Sparrow closed her eyes and sensed the connection between her and Emerald Sparrow's number plates as instructed. She then showed an understanding look: "Impressive, even the exam plates in the Kingdom have such convenient features!"

"After all, they collected registration fees."

Already aware of the process, Emerald Sparrow breathed a sigh of relief for smoothly passing the registration for the combat assessment. Slightly pleased, she suggested: "Anyway, since we've finished the procedures, let's not stand here obstructing others. Let's wait on the side."

She accepted the team-up request from Dogtail Grass.

There wasn't any special reason. No matter if she designated someone or not, she would end up assigned to some team. And from the brief conversation with Dogtail Grass, she felt this kid's personality was decent. Not the type to cause trouble constantly in a team. So teaming up wasn't unacceptable.

This aspect was something of Emerald Sparrow's experience.

When she was young, participating in a word plate assessment for the first time out of her level, she lacked experience and suffered from it. Back then, she also left the Fangting City team and joined a random assignment alone. As a result, among the two teammates she was assigned, one was a pampered young lady who grew up locally in the Kingdom. Not only was her strength mediocre, but she also bossed others around, creating an unpleasant atmosphere in the team. At times, one of the other teammates almost argued with her.

Even in retrospect, she wouldn't call it a pleasant experience. In fact, had her personal abilities not been exceptional back then, successfully completing the task despite a chaotic team, the assessment would undoubtedly have failed.

Now returning to the exam hall with a false identity, she wasn't pursuing any scores, nor did she intend to seek trouble. Teammates being slightly weaker was fine; a good personality was essential. Otherwise, when the assessments' defense tasks from the Magical Affairs Institute became challenging, she couldn't find time to placate ill-tempered kids.

Considering these thoughts, Emerald Sparrow and Dogtail Grass returned to the shaded spot and chatted while waiting for the team assignment results.

"It would be great if we got a teammate from the strongest list."

Watching the registration queue shrink in the distance, Dogtail Grass sighed.

"Why?" Emerald Sparrow looked at her curiously: "Didn't you say you're strong and can pass the assessment on your own?"

"Well, I did say that, but still feel it's better if the randomly assigned teammate is stronger."

Dogtail Grass pushed up her glasses: "You see, if our teammate is from the strongest list, it reduces the chance of other teams having such a powerful magical girl. Clearly, it's a win-win situation, right?"

"Then why team up with me?" Emerald Sparrow looked at her, puzzled.

"Long Dan senior is because we get along well! That's another matter! Look, the Exam Institute gave us an opportunity to choose teammates, meaning they want us to act with friends and base our team's unity on unbreakable friendship! Then, hope for a randomly assigned 'strongest list' teammate to lead us to victory, right?"

Dogtail Grass gestured: "In other words, I chose Long Dan senior because it gives our team a soul! And the randomly assigned teammate will be our team's sword and shield!"

"I think the Exam Institute's intended approach to forming teams contradicts everything you just said..."

Emerald Sparrow remarked helplessly: "Also, we've only known each other for two hours. Where did this 'unbreakable friendship' even come from?"

"... I don't have other friends here." Dogtail Grass looked down, fiddling with her fingers, her tone awkward.

Emerald Sparrow fell silent.

The waiting to meet their teammate didn't last long, and soon, the registration completed the team assignments.

——"All present examinees, keep hold of your number plates! Find your teammates through verifying magical power fluctuation!"

A staff stood in the plaza's center, announcing loudly to everyone through a sound-amplifying magic technique: "Repeating once more! Hold onto your number plates! Find your teammates through magical power fluctuation!"

Suddenly, the examinee crowd began moving.

Emerald Sparrow and Dogtail Grass, holding their number plates, felt the draw of magical power fluctuation, moving arduously through the gaps in the crowd. They walked several hundred meters before finally finding their third teammate.

The magical girl who was randomly assigned to their team was doing the same thing. When the three of them finally met in the crowd, raising their heads and confirming each other's appearance, Emerald Sparrow and the other girl froze almost simultaneously.

"Ah."

"Eh?"

The two made short sounds almost involuntarily, neither excited nor disappointed. Surprised, perhaps, but not much so. Mainly because the two had met once before.

"Dogtail Grass." Emerald Sparrow turned to her teammate.

"What is it, Long Dan senior?" After confirming her new teammate's appearance, Dogtail Grass also looked at Emerald Sparrow.

"It seems your wish really came true." Even Emerald Sparrow found the current team composition somewhat amusing.

"Wish?" Such an ambiguous phrase puzzled Dogtail Grass briefly but she quickly understood: "Huh? You mean..."

Undoubtedly, standing before them was the "third teammate" that Dogtail Grass had just wished for — a magical girl from the "strongest list".

And this girl, half a month ago when visiting the Magic Kingdom, had met Emerald Sparrow once on a Kingdom express train.

Standing before them, looking serene, was the magical girl from Tiandu City, codenamed Tu Dinggui.