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After defeating Extend and securing one of the small crystals in the inner layer that was nearby, Rabbitfoot was kicking the ground for the small crystal in the outer layer in the direction of the west.
In combat, it was nice to have the trees that served as footholds in the area, as the three-dimensional maneuvering allowed her to toss her opponents around, but in the case of simple movement, she couldn’t go at full speed because the raised roots were rather in the way. Although she was still fast compared to Permafrost and Red Ball, and thus play a leading role, she was no match for those who can fly, such as Tyrant Sylph and Dragon Call.
The reason why the other teams hadn’t yet arrived when Tyrant Sylph secured the small crystal in the inner layer was because the Red Team’s priority was to defeat the enemy, but in the case of the Yellow Team, they simply arrived too late. On top of that, she has lost time due to the struggle between the frontrunners. Rabbitfoot is moving her legs with the determination to make up for the delay, but she is in no hurry.
In terms of simple distance, it’s faster to aim for the small crystal in the middle layer in the southeast than to aim for the outer layer, but the map shows that the crystal in the east middle layer near it’s tinted red. Considering that the Red Team duo is waiting for a restart, this means that Wigs Crosseau is in the vicinity.
Rabbitfoot has a certain confidence in her abilities, but at the same time she doesn’t overestimate her. It’s obvious that if she clash with the Thread Witch head-on, she will not win. That is why, ignoring the small crystal in the middle southeast layer where Crosseau would be heading, she is aiming for the small crystal in the outer east layer, taking a slight detour.
There was no fatal error in Rabbitfoot’s decision. So the fate that it had to follow as a result of its choice was, in the end, nothing more than luck.
「Rabbit Smash!」
Out of the line of sight that Rabbitfoot had reached, Wigs Crosseau was holding her hand on a small crystal. Lost in thought for a moment, she jumped out and made a surprise attack with the strength of her stepping foot.
It was only a prediction that Wigs Crosseau would be heading to Crystal in the southeast-central area. Therefore, she had naturally assumed that this might happen, and if the situation was such that she would’ve to fight with a good start, she planned to turn on her heel and run away like a hare. She had told her team members as much. But when she saw Wigs Crosseau pouring out her magic unprotected, she became greedy that she could do it now. If she let go of her hand while pouring magic power into the crystal, the magic power that has been poured until then will dissipate and she will have to start all over again from the beginning. Even if she know that the best decision is to immediately remove her hand and intercept it, there is still a possibility of hesitation. And that hesitation can be fatal in the face of Rabbitfoot’s speed. I used Grab The Sky from the beginning for movement. No time to use Territorial Magic, but enough speed.
Wigs Crosseau’s action was swift as she noticed the chanting against Rabbitfoot, who invoked her magic and rushed in. Without any hesitation, she removed her hand from the crystal and stepped back. If this situation had been the same as the battle of Extend, she could have forced a guess. But no. There is one clear difference. There is a small crystal in this place. The small crystal is an indestructible object.
Wigs Crosseau steps back and the crystal enters the straight line connecting them. It doesn’t hit. Understanding this, Rabbitfoot kicked the small crystal as hard as she could and tried to escape in reaction, but it was too late.
「Cling Net」
Sticky white threads appear out of nowhere and entangle Rabbitfoot’s tiny body. The more she struggled to escape, the more it became stuck to her body, and the more she tried to move, the more she became unable to do so, finally, she was crucified by a small crystal.
「Field Magic :『Rabbit』!」
Rabbitfoot doesn’t shy away from playing the deep end. Although she doesn’t have an abundance of magical power, she would end up losing half of it if she were to be defeated. She has no hesitation in giving her all, even against opponents who are certain to win or who have little chance of winning.
「Rabbit Smash!」
She kicks the small crystal that is stuck to her with magic that instantly increases her kicking power, but she still can’t get out of it.
Like a poor prey caught in a spider’s web, she can only wriggle around in a hapless manner.
「Gah, agh, argh, aagghhhh!!!」
It’s not even a magic chant anymore, but a beastly yell that draws out so much strength that it almost breaks the body, but the threads that have stuck won’t come off. After all the resistance it could muster, Rabbitfoot stared at Wigs Crosseau as if it had finally given up.
「What are you looking at? If you’re going to do it, do it now!」
「Are you ready to resist now?」
「Hah!? You think you are showing mercy!?」
「No, I would be happy to help you if you would use your magic power for nothing.」
Her voice was as flat and expressionless as ever, and it sounded to Rabbitfoot as if she was saying this sincerely, not in mockery or anything. In other words, from the bottom of her heart, she didn’t regard Rabbitfoot as a threat of any kind. She thinks that no matter what she do to her, she will not lose. So she said let her resist until she felt comfortable.
「Don’t ridicule me, argh, agh, arrgh!」
Driven by the desire to beat up the wicked woman in front of her, even if it’s only a small chance, Rabbitfoot chants a spell that should never have worked and hasn’t seen the light of day for a long time, as it isn’t usable against either Diest or Magical Girls.
「Charm Of Bunny!!」
「Ah…」
Fascination, an anomalous magic that only a few Magical Girls possess. It can be used to make the target like the user, and make it do whatever the user wants.
Although this sounds like an extremely powerful magic, it’s of little use in Magical Girl activities, as Diest hasn’t yet been confirmed to have the function of creating favoritism in others. Furthermore, Magical Girls have very strong protections against direct-acting types of magic, and they cannot be used in competitions or territory wars, as they are 90% ineffective.
If there is any use for it, it would be against ordinary people, but Rabbitfoot, aside from other Magical Girls, doesn’t have the sensibility to use magic for such things.
Rabbitfoot has never used this magic before, except for a trial run when she first became a Magical Girl to check its effectiveness.
Although she knew that, if she thought about it calmly, it would be a waste of magical power and would never work, this didn’t matter at all to Rabbitfoot, whose blood was boiling in her head. She was eager to give Wigs Crosseau a shot at anything. She was going to use all the magic she had at her disposal to continue chanting.
However, the strange response after activating the Charm Magic made her doubt and confused, and she stopped chanting unexpectedly.
「……」
「No way, did it go through?」
A sense that the magic has been successfully activated. While it may not be obvious for body enhancement, manipulation of natural objects, or emission systems, abnormal state magic can sense whether it has passed or not by the response without having to look at the other person’s state. Rabbitfoot herself had no idea of such specifications, but now she understood them. It was different from when she had tried it out before. Clearly, there was a certainty that Wigs Crosseau had fallen under the spell of enchantment.
She didn’t know why the Fascination came through, but now wasn’t the time to think about it, and Rabbitfoot hurriedly began to think of a strategy to make the most of the situation. Not only can she beat the Red Team’s main person, but if she does well, she can even take her away for the duration of the match. There is no advantage like that. It’s as good as winning.
With a clear victory in sight, she was so swept away by her buoyant feelings, which was unusual for Rabbitfoot, that she didn’t notice Wigs Crosseau, who approached her gradually with an empty expression.
「Uwah!? Hey, what are you!? Nhuu!? Nhn, mhm, urk—!?」
Wigs Crosseau, who suddenly embraced Rabbitfoot as if covering her from the front, forcefully took her lips before she had time to say a word of denial. With her own lips, of course.
Rabbitfoot’s mind, which was thinking about what was to follow, went blank for a moment, unable to comprehend the situation.
It’s a miscalculation because she have never succeeded with Enchantment Magic before, or rather because she doesn’t know, but even enchantment magic varies in its strength from person to person. The range is from the powerful ones that can make you do whatever they say as long as they pass by, to the ones that can make you feel just a little curious at best, from the so-called “pinnacle” to the “bottom”.
Rabbitfoot’s magic, which is only the Magic Of Witches, is absolute obedience to any command, but while not being commanded, it has the extraordinary property of acting on its desires according to the acts it has embraced.
Rabbitfoot, thrown into a state of confusion by the sudden event, quickly tried to follow Wigs Crosseau away, but her arms were stuck to the crystal by a sticky thread.
Then, she pulls her back a little to give her a little momentum so that she can hit her slightly moving head, and Wigs Crosseau, perhaps thinking that Rabbitfoot is trying to escape, puts one hand around the back of the young girl’s head and holds it firmly to block her escape.
Rabbitfoot, inwardly cursing the perverted woman, glares at Crosseau with a snarling nose, wanting her to leave as soon as possible, but since her mouth is sealed shut and she cannot chant or move her body, she can only accept what she is being forced to do.
In the end, Rabbitfoot, whose innocent lips had been violated for a full minute of time, let out a vindictive cry the moment Wigs Crosseau lips parted to catch her breath.
「Die…! You sex offender…!」
「Understood.」
Wigs Crosseau followed her loved one’s orders and pierced her own heart with her own specialized weapon.
A blast of rainbow-colored light and a spectacular effect, and Wigs Crosseau avatar vanished as white particles.
To her credit, the whole series of acts were sad incidents that occurred because Rabbitfoot’s enchantment magic was so powerful, and she was never a rapist in the first place.
「Spit! Ah— ugh, it’s the worst I’ve ever felt…!」
Rabbitfoot, freed from her crucifixion by Wigs Crosseau’s death, her magic lifted, ran off, swearing with a groggy look on her face.
『I took down Wigs Crosseau.』
The unexpected and worst case has been put to rest, but the fight is not over yet.