Infiltration Begins! (1)

“Senior, wake up.”

“Ugh…just a little longer…it’s morning…”

Why wake me up when I’ve just come back?…

Mera, that guy…he kept teasing me, saying magical girls don’t drink, and downed the beer himself. I ended up overdrinking too…

Somehow I made it home, but now the hangover is hitting me, and my head feels like it’s going to explode…

“It’s evening, you know…you slept all day. Don’t you remember?”

As I slowly open my half-awake eyes, I see a hangover remedy and sweet milk on a tray, and Miwol, my junior, shaking me awake…

I came home and went straight to bed, right? I was supposed to meet Chuchu and Soo-ah to infiltrate Black Rose last night…

Worrying about me, Miwol’s voice is a bit lower than usual. She’s precious to me too.

“Ugh…I slept a lot.”

After waking up and checking my phone, it’s already 8 PM. The infiltration team assembly is in about an hour.

I quickly shower and change into the office look that Ciel prepared…ugh.

“Miwol, do I look okay?”

The neatly ironed blouse is tight around the chest, and the pants are tight-fitting slacks. It’s a good combination, but…it’s suffocating. I’ve never worn anything like this before.

“You look fine, senior.”

“It’s a bit tight…do you have another pair of pants?”

Miwol pulls out a skirt from the rack. It’s a black skirt that goes well with the white blouse.

“Why are you doing this…I barely managed to wear the maid outfit…”

“I wanted to see you in it.”

“You were worried about me just a moment ago…”

“That’s different.”

Miwol, with her limited transformation and Luna’s gauntlets, looks up at me with amber eyes…

She’s becoming more like Hyun-ah…she’s changing…

Last time at the esthetic shop, she wore that exposed underwear-like outfit…it’s not like her.

Anyway, rather than being forced to wear it, I’ll put it on myself.

……Please stop staring…

8:55 PM. Entrance of Seductive Castle, Black Rose.

“It’s really strange…”

The feeling of the wind on my bare legs…this is why I didn’t want to wear this. It’s attracting attention somehow.

Miwol cast an perception-blocking spell on me before we left, so to others, I look like an extra from a manga…but the location is still concerning.

“Can I call you tonight?”

“I’m not an employee.”

“Then, want to have a drink inside?”

“No.”

This is the seventh time…it’s getting annoying.

Escaping the hunters and moving near the guard, no one else tries to hit on me.

The perception-blocking spell isn’t failing, but the sheer size of the place, like a palace with neon signs, is overwhelming.

The sweet smell is intoxicating…it’s truly a Seductive Castle.

After the monster invasion, prostitution was legalized, but I didn’t expect it to be like this…bunny girls in leotards are everywhere, soliciting customers.

Who is the rebel…?

They say they kidnap rebels and ordinary women alike…so are these women rebels?

They look like ordinary workers, but I can’t let my guard down.

Last night, what the child said about the camera still lingers in my mind.

“The men in black suits came to our house, scolded my parents, and took pictures…then my parents quietly left.”

The image of the child’s parents leaving after being scolded…it’s haunting me.

It wasn’t just a ordinary camera, I think…maybe it had some hypnosis feature.

I should tell Soo-ah and Chuchu about this later…

“Excuse me…”

Tok tok-

“…Huh?”

A girl with a head shorter than me, golden wavy hair, and amber eyes.

She looks like a witch with her wavy locks and innocent face…could she be working here?

“Why?”

“I…uh…”

She seems young, but her demeanor is mature. Maybe she’s not a kid?

“Ah, I haven’t introduced myself properly…”

“Pfft…you’re a kid.”

I drag her into a narrow alley away from Black Rose.

Her magic forms a barrier around us, allowing us to speak freely.

“Finally…I was scared in that crowded place. You’re amazing, Lupin.”

“Of course, it’s Chuchu.”

“You remembered! I’m glad.”

Chuchu’s magical girl outfit usually covers her face, so this is the first time we’re talking without masks.

She’s even more of a beauty than I expected…this is dangerous.

“Hey…are you an adult?”

“Yes…I’m the oldest in the team but the youngest.”

“I…uh…sorry.”

She shows me her ID, probably because her body is a complex for her.

Naturally, Ciel wouldn’t include a minor in the infiltration team.

“By the way, Lupin, Soo-ah unnie already went in for the interview.”

“What? Why didn’t she wait?”

“She said she was too curious and went right in…she’s been waiting for about 10 minutes.”

She’s always been headstrong, and during the meeting, she asked me a lot about what happens inside Black Rose.

Maybe her apathy made her curious about sexual stimulation…I hope nothing happens to her.

“This isn’t the time…let’s go, senior.”

“Wait…am I the senior?”

“You were the first to become a magical girl…so you’re my senior. I’ll call you that from now on.”

“Th-thank you…it’s embarrassing…”

“Then, when it’s just us?”

“That’s…alright.”

When I asked if she was an adult, her expression turned sour…I must have hurt her.

Maybe it’s nice to be called that sometimes…

“By the way, Chuchu, don’t look at the cameras. They might have some magic.”

“Hmm…Soo-ah unnie and I should be fine. We’re in transformed state, and we have the ‘Magic Nullification’ skill…I wish I could cast it on Lupin…”

“I’m fine. I’m wearing the gear Ciel gave me.”

The skill isn’t in the bracelet, so I can wear the gear without transforming.

Without skills, I’ll have to rely on the gear…

Everything’s ready…let’s go.

“Hehe…Senior…”

Following Chuchu, who smiles and dispels the barrier, we step back into the dazzling Seductive Castle, Black Rose.

Following Soo-ah, who’s already inside, the bright magical girl Chuchu and the phantom thief Lupin take a step into the darkness for a brighter future.

“Only you two passed. That kid…didn’t make it.”

The interviewer only accepted me and Soo-ah. Chuchu…I expected this.