episode_0057

Magic Girl Spica’s morning is early.

Spica, who woke up in her own room, opened her eyes before the alarm even went off.

It was still a long way before the sun would rise.

Unfortunately, she had fallen asleep alone yesterday, so she was alone in the bed.

After a brief moment of loneliness that Si-hyun wasn’t beside her, Spica crossed the chilly living room towards Si-hyun’s room.

– Hiss… Ha…. Hiss… Ha…

She cannot enter the room and disturb Si-hyun’s sleep.

Spica put her ear to the door and fully utilized her magic girl’s excellent perception.

She didn’t use magic to enhance it, but she focused and listened to Si-hyun’s breathing, imagining Si-hyun sleeping.

These days, Si-hyun is wearing cute animal pajamas.

The weather has become much colder recently, so Spica prepared warm full-body pajamas as they were needed.

Si-hyun, who doesn’t care much about clothes, usually wears whatever Spica picks out for her.

Si-hyun was slightly surprised at first when she prepared the animal pajamas, but after confirming that her youthful appearance and the animal pajamas suited her very well, she has been wearing them.

If Si-hyun was wearing what Spica had prepared for her yesterday, today’s animal pajamas would have been penguin pajamas.

Spica recalled Si-hyun, who was wearing black and white penguin pajamas and wobbling sleepily as she came out to drink water before going to bed last night.

It was so cute. Si-hyun is sleeping soundly under the same roof.

Today again, Spica took some time to appreciate her life and Si-hyun.

After reflecting on the meaning of life for a moment, she got dressed and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

When Si-hyun first came to this house, breakfast was supposed to be prepared alternately by Si-hyun and Spica, but as a result of doing this and that to Si-hyun almost every day, Spica would be preparing all the breakfasts until the first half of next year.

Si-hyun shortened it because she felt sorry that it was too long, but that’s how it turned out.

Si-hyun tends to eat lightly in the morning.

She is small, so she doesn’t eat much, and she doesn’t move around actively, so she only eats enough to stave off hunger.

According to what her mother-in-law and father-in-law told her, when she was a man, she used to eat a hearty breakfast before going out. Therefore, she occasionally prepares a Korean-style breakfast with soup, stew, and rice to hone her skills.

But not today.

A fresh salad with homemade dressing, freshly baked bread, an egg dish, and a creamy soup.

Spica, who needs to move her body, eats a lot more than she thinks, so she prepares a generous amount. The amount Si-hyun eats is quite small in comparison.

Spica didn’t want to show Si-hyun that she was a woman who ate a lot, but now she stopped pretending to eat little. Si-hyun would worry if she didn’t eat well, and she realized that Si-hyun didn’t look at her strangely for eating well.

Spica estimated Si-hyun’s wake-up time based on her activity level and sleep time the day before.

She times it so that a warm breakfast is ready as soon as Si-hyun wakes up.

“Good morning, Si-hyun!”

“Uh… Good morning… Haaam….”

Si-hyun, wearing her penguin pajamas, appears rubbing her eyes.

As always, Si-hyun was cute and beautiful.

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“I’m off!”

“Uh-huh… Be careful~”

She has work to do from this morning.

After preparing a simple lunch, she left the house, seeing Si-hyun off, who was wearing indoor clothes.

Si-hyun is still sleepy, but she is still wide awake to see Spica off.

Taking advantage of her sleepiness, she gave her a kiss as a farewell. Si-hyun didn’t avoid it.

Spica just gave her a quick peck.

This was because there was a time when she kissed her goodbye for about 30 minutes, half-fainting Si-hyun, and was scolded a lot for being late.

Spica’s house has a good location, so it doesn’t take long to get to the Magic Girl Support Association building.

It only takes about twenty minutes at a leisurely pace from leaving the house to arriving at the conference room.

“Hello!”

“Good morning, Spica.”

“There’s still some time left, right?”

“Of course. There is plenty of time to catch your breath.”

All magic girls are equal, but someone has to take the lead.

Since there aren’t just one or two magic girls, a representative is needed to gather opinions or convey opinions elsewhere.

The Magic Girl Support Association handles all diplomacy with other organizations, but a magic girl is needed to talk to the Magic Girl Support Association.

This gathering, which is called the Magic Girl Summit, the Magic Girl Representatives Meeting, or the Class President Meeting, is mostly ignored by most magic girls.

In terms of image, it is an organization with an atmosphere like a class president and a student council president rather than a member of parliament and a president.

The representative is usually a magic girl who has been doing it for a long time, has charisma, has influence, or is sociable.

Spica, who met almost all the conditions, was one of the representatives.

Among the representatives of each location, the magic girl in charge of the face of all the magic girls was implicitly the magic girl who was ranked number 1 in the magic girl ranking, unless there was a special event.

Spica, who met Si-hyun and went through a special awakening, is now the number 1 magic girl in the world ranking with an overwhelming difference, and was pushed to take on the role of general representative.

Her sister, who had been the number 1 magic girl in the world ranking until then, sang happily and handed over the job, saying that she was going to retire now.

She was envious.

She hasn’t told Si-hyun yet that retiring from being a magic girl until another magic girl regains the top spot is a very sensitive thing to do.

– Ding~

[Hello~]

– Ding~

[Good evening.]

– Ding~

[Haaam… sleepy…]

Magic girls scattered all over the world connected remotely from the conference rooms of their respective magic girl support associations.

A hologram that was almost identical to the real thing appeared in front of Spica.

“Ahaha… It looks like everyone is here. There are people who are awake for the meeting when they should be sleeping, so let’s start quickly!”

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Even a gathering of only good people can have conflicts.

It’s just that the conflicts can be resolved gently.

Rather, if there are only people who are okay and yield to others, that requires other control.

Although there is a lot of leeway now, humanity is still at war with monsters, and the end is not yet in sight.

If there are only people who are okay and want to help others first, it will fall apart when real help is needed.

You have to know the reality accurately.

Because of this, the regular meeting became longer than expected.

“Ugh~~~ It’s over!”

“Good work, Spica.”

“You worked hard too, Sea.”

“What do you mean? I was just sitting in the back.”

“No. Sea, you prepared all the data.”

While talking to the support association staff who supported her, she headed to the cafeteria.

It was right at lunchtime, so it was crowded. She lined up and received her food and ate lunch with the association staff.

“Spica, what are you going to eat?”

“Hmm… I think I’ll have the A menu. What about you, Sea?”

“I’ve decided since yesterday that I’m going to eat the C menu!”

“Really? Then should I have that too…”

Since taking on the role of the general representative, her workload has increased.

She began to understand how the former No. 1 sister, who wanted to retire quickly, felt.

“Sea, this is the end for this week, right?”

“No. There’s a meeting with the higher-ups from the Central Association the day after tomorrow.”

“Ugh…”

“And tomorrow, we have to have a meeting to prepare for that meeting.”

“Ughhh……”

Spica groaned.

But that didn’t change reality.

“Sea.”

“Yes, Spica.”

“Isn’t a meeting for the sake of a meeting a waste?”

“Then would you like to go in without talking about it in advance?”

“No…”

“Right.”

Spica’s attempt to reduce the number of meetings disappeared in vain.

When she thought about it, Spica’s efforts were nothing compared to the support association’s efforts to make Spica, who didn’t actually work, at least pretend to work.

Spica just decided to eat her food quietly.

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“Ugh~ I’m tired~”

“Good work, senior.”

After that, it was time to stand by for emergency dispatch.

Even though emergency dispatches have almost completely disappeared due to the development of precognitive magic and infrastructure, the standby for emergency dispatch has not disappeared.

“I saw you in the conference room for quite a while earlier. Did it take that long?”

“It was strangely long today. Ugh… I miss Si-hyun…”

“Just hang in there a little longer. All we have to do today is stand by, right?”

“Yeah. I have to cheer up a little more. The day feels strangely long today…”

A junior came into the waiting room where Spica was half passed out.

Still, she was relieved that she was waiting with someone she was close to today.

“Right now Si-hyun is… taking a walk.”

“Do you know your partner’s schedule? That’s amazing.”

“No. A clone transformed into a dog is with Si-hyun right now. I can check it remotely.”

“Senior, that’s a little creepy.”

“You’ll understand everything when you have a lover.”

“Even if other magic girls who have lovers hear Spica-sunbae’s story, they’ll say, ‘This is a bit much’.”

Magic Girl Luna’s respect points for Spica, which had been recharged after a long time, were quickly depleted.

“You still haven’t told your partner yet? That the new dog you’re raising is you transformed.”

“Yeah. I haven’t been able to tell her yet.”

“Didn’t you say you were going to tell her honestly soon?”

“It’s not easy…”

“Well, that’s true. I think it will become increasingly difficult to say as time goes on.”

Spica, who was passed out, looked depressed.

She had found a way to alleviate the fact that she had to be away from Si-hyun when she left the house, but she had to throw it away with her own hands.

“If it’s your partner, wouldn’t she just allow it if you told her honestly?”

“No. I think she’ll tell me not to do it, saying that I should concentrate during work hours.”

“Well, she thought the magic girl’s work was important.”

“Then I can’t see Si-hyun’s defenseless side when she’s relaxed because she thinks there’s no one around!”

“Ah.”

The whistleblower reported 1 point of external conscience.

“And Si-hyun, who has already learned the joy of raising a dog, might start raising a real dog.”

“Then you can raise one too.”

“If I raise one, the amount of time she spends paying attention to me will decrease! I want to be with Si-hyun a little more!”

The junior’s respect points for Spica decreased by 1 point.

– Bip Bip Bip –

“Huh?”

“It’s an alarm. Let’s see…”

“What’s wrong?”

“It says we have to be dispatched in 3 hours.”

“…..Is it our turn?”

“Yes.”

“Then what time do we go home?”

“I don’t know…”

“Ughhh~~!! I want to go home!”

The junior’s sympathy points for Spica increased by 1 point.

She decided to lower the reporting points by 1 point.

A season when overtime work dances.

It was winter.