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Chapter 8
Chapter 1 — Blow all of heaven and earth to smithereens! • Episode 1-2 • Encounter ②
Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV
I was in a pleasant micro-sleep. The warm sunlight shining through the gap between the curtains accelerated my sleepiness.
I don’t want to wake up yet. I’m going to go back to this dream again…
「Ryōichi! How long are you going to sleep–ran! You’ve been slacking lately–ran!」
「Uuh…… 1 more minute…」
「Enough of this, wake up now–ran!」
As the blanket that I was wrapped in is mysteriously pulled away from me, the air, cooled beyond belief by the air conditioner, caresses my skin, as if it were summer.
It’s chilly…
I curl up in a ball and shrink to try to escape the cold… it’s impossible. I’m starting to wake up.
「That’s no way to get back into society–ran!」
「Who are you to say that…」
I know I sound like a big jerk, but if I hadn’t been made to look like this in the first place, I wouldn’t have had to rejoin society. I am functioning as a cog in the wheel of society to begin with.
「It doesn’t matter if the company can handle it, if you can’t–ran!」
The company seemed to treat this as a sick leave of absence, whatever magic he had used. I did not receive a phone call, only an email notification. Normally, this kind of messy response should not be possible. In the first place, usually the boss would come to visit me or something. Not because they were worried about me, but to check my medical condition. Since there is not even that, magic is a frightening thing.
I have a complaint, but there is no point in curling up like this now that I am awake. When I checked the time, the hands of the clock showed that it was just before midnight.
「Isn’t it just about the right time? I’ll have a lunch.」
「This is not fine at all–ran! I didn’t make you a magical girl to lead this self-indulgent life–ran!」
「Can you please shut up…」
It has been about a week since I was changed into a girl’s body and reluctantly became a magical girl. At first, I tried to maintain the same rhythm of life as when I was at the company, but by the time three days had passed, my waking time was already before or after noon.
I was originally a pain in the ass, and in order to survive, I had forced myself into a model working life that fit the mold.
This was no longer necessary as I could no longer go to work, or, for that matter, have a school or part-time job, and I began to hunt for Diests that appeared irregularly. It is obvious from the very beginning what would happen to a person who is by nature sloppy if he or she loses deterrence, and it is inevitable that this has happened.
Furthermore, this is the first time in about 10 years that I can sleep soundly and soundly every day. I don’t dread the coming of night. I don’t dread lying in bed. How could you say such a cruel thing to someone who has regained such a longed-for daily life, that I should get up earlier?
After all, what I’m trying to say is that it’s not my fault.
「There’s someone who’s already beating the Diests, so isn’t that good?」
The reason Jack made me a magical girl in the first place was to defeat powerful Diests. At this point, I feel like a jerk, but there is nothing I can say about that now, so I will put it to the side for the moment.
What Jack wanted from me must have been the ability to fight, and if that was the case, he had no right to be told what to do with my lifestyle. I have already defeated a number of Diests in the past week, and I am much more adept at handling magic than I was in my first incarnation. I have also defeated an Earl level Diest, which is one rank above Vikant’s. I’m doing my part as a Magical Girl. I’m doing the job that’s asked of me.
If I were to use an analogy to my current situation, I would say that the company is interfering in my private life. Geez, it’s a totally outrageous black company that has caught my attention.
Besides, I heard that a Diest appeared yesterday while I was napping and sleeping until the evening, but according to what I heard later, it was defeated without any problem. Originally there is another magical girls in the area, so there is no need for me to be present every time.
「That’s not the issue–ran! If you continue to be corrupted at this rate, eventually you’ll lose the will to get back on track–ran! I don’t want you to run out of reasons to fight–ran!」
「That’s not true.」
It is true that life as a magical girl is comfortable as long as I keep my eyes on the fact that I am risking my life. I don’t have any physical ailments, such as constant pain in any part of my body or inability to sleep, and I can live my life just hunting for Diests. I don’t have to worry about complicated relationships. It’s all good.
「Oh, there it is.」
Besides, I can use useful items.
The Magiphone, a smartphone-like device provided to each magical girl. The functions are almost the same as those of the smartphone or its upward compatibility, and there is no doubt that it was created with reference to the smartphone.
Magiphone is really useful. As well as notifications of dist occurrences and transition functions, but above all, there are many useful applications for daily life.
One of my favorites is the magic delivery service. Purchases made on the Magiphone’s exclusive shopping site are instantly transferred by transfer magic. It takes only a few minutes from the time my order to the time it arrives at my home.
The hamburger and soda I ordered arrived in a matter of minutes as I listened to Jack talk away. This is not the case with traditional delivery services. Long live the magical variety, the Magiphone.
「Listen to what people have to say until the end–ran! You can’t eat all that junk food–ran! You ate it yesterday too–ran! You must eat well balanced–ran! You must go wash your face and brush your teeth first–ran!」
「Don’t talk to me like you’re my mother, pumpkin.」
Anyway, being a magical girl in many ways is comfortable, but it is still not an option not to return to my original form, to my original life.
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After finishing lunch, I watched some recorded anime and played some games, and before I knew it, night had fallen. Jack left after lunch to run an errand and hasn’t returned.
「I’m back–ran! Ah, Ryōichi! I told you, one hour a day for games–ran! As soon as I take my eyes off on you, this happens–ran!」
He came back just after I thought he would never have to come back.
「I’ve only just begun.」
「Really–ran? Then, it’s fine–ran.」
The truth is, I’ve been working on it for more than four hours now, but he’d never know it.
I mean, how long is this guy really going to stay at my house?
「I will do my activities as a Magical Girl properly, so you don’t have to come here anymore. I’ve already heard most of the basics.」
「I’ve said it before–ran! I’m going stay with the newest Magical Girl in the area and support them–ran! So I’ll support Ryōichi until the next magical girl shows up–ran!」
「…You didn’t ask me that, did you?」
「I definitely said it–ran! I knew you didn’t hear me right–ran! Don’t tell me you didn’t even ask me how to get back on track!?」
「I apologize for not listening, but that is indeed what I remember. Defeat the Diests and get points. Use the points to buy medicine. It’s really simple and easy to understand.」
It is said that the magical girl system was originally created to hunt Diest, but it is such a dream come true to have all the girls around your age fighting to protect the world.
Some of them may have such a noble spirit, but most of them are after the points they get for defeating the Diest. Rather, it would be more accurate to say that they are prizes that can be redeemed with the points obtained.
Money, for example. In terms of Japanese yen, one point can be exchanged for 100 yen. In addition, when exchanging for physical goods, such as food, home appliances, and sundries, the exchange rate is 80% of the actual purchase price. (TN : 100 yen currently is about 0.73 USD)
I don’t know what means the magical world uses to obtain cash, but at any rate, it is not impossible to get tens of millions, or even over a billion points if you defeat a powerful Diest. Not a few magical girls may be fighting for money.
For example, special medicine. I can also exchange precious medicines that cannot be obtained without magic, such as sex-change and aging pills that I must obtain to return to my original form, and conversely, rejuvenation and, in a special place, love potions.
However, these require so many more points than cash or non-magical items that some people even try to obtain some kind of magic potion with their entire magical girl life.
For example, magical tools. I can get shoes that kick the sky, a cloak that hides my figure, glasses that see through matter, a homunculus, and many other items.
「I have roughly 50,000 points now, so I have a long way to go.」
The two things I need to get back on track are a sex change drug and an aging drug. These can be exchanged for one at 500,000 points each. That means a total of 1.5 million points. My goal is to fight for these points.
By the way, one aging drug and one rejuvenation drug are effective for 10 years. Jack told me at first that I hadn’t even started my period when I was turned into a girl. My current body is roughly around 10 years old, and I need to age 20 years in order to return to my old life without discomfort. That is why I need two aging pills.
「Beat a stronger Diest and it’ll be over in no time–ran!」
「If they don’t come out, there’s no way to beat them.」
Diests are divided into classes according to their strength, and as a matter of course, the points gained by each class are different.
Common is 10, Knight is 100, Baron is 500, and so on. the points are increased by a factor of 10. Only the king has not been assigned a point of reference, but that seems to be because it has never appeared in the past, so it is difficult to determine the point of reference.
The return is great if a powerful Diest can be defeated, but of course the risk is great as well. And the more powerful the Diests appears, the less often it appears. Even if you want points, the Diests appear not always at the right time, and it is not a sure thing that you can win.
That said, I have a long way to go. So far, so good, and if things continue at the same pace, I will reach 1.5 million in less than a year, but according to Jack, Diests don’t normally appear every day like this.
I don’t know if there is something unusual going on or if it is just a coincidence, but once the frequency of their appearance settles down, the time to return to normal will be far away.
It may be inappropriate, but I hope they will appear more often while I am still a magical girl.