Ch.100100. To the Next Day.

After Yuri’s day passes, it becomes the day of the redhead, Seohyun.

“So… do you have anything in mind?”

“Umm… not really…?”

“Well… like wanting to get revenge. Or wanting to go somewhere.”

Since it was still Yuri’s day, I was sitting on her lap, discussing what to do tomorrow.

“Hmmmm… but Seohyun… unlike me, she doesn’t really have any feelings toward you…”

“Well, I guess the redhead was the youngest for a long time. Arin, when you were the youngest…”

“Hey, hey…! Stop, stop…! Why are you suddenly bringing that up…!”

The redhead was actually quite an impressive magical girl.

Well… I’m not sure about now. But she kept charging at me from the first time we met, saying she wanted to be as strong as Blanc.

And charging again.

And charging again.

And charging again.

When she fell, she’d charge again.

She charged at me so much that she eventually earned the nickname “Redhead” from me, this strange magical girl.

As far as I know, she’s the most passionate one among them…

“You’re a high school student, aren’t you?”

“Yeah…?”

“And you must be preparing for exams.”

“…Yeah?”

“Let’s study. I’ll watch over you in your room all day. Oh, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll answer kindly.”

“I-I hate studying… T-the tests just ended…”

“Are school tests the only exams? Don’t you have college entrance exams too?”

“T-that’s…”

“Fine. Then on the day I spend with you, we’ll study.”

The redhead was horrified and objected to my answer.

“N-no…! Studying again after exams just ended… A-anyway, I’m going straight to work at the Association, so it doesn’t matter…! Let’s play… okay?”

“Then you need to tell me what you want to do tomorrow. If you have no ideas, I’ll just assume you want to study, and I’ll make you follow the optimal study method to get you into a Seoul university.”

“N-no… I hate studying… B-but… what should we do…?”

“Well… think about it and let me know by midnight today. And should I call you by your name?”

“…Unnie.” [Big sister]

“No.”

I need to firmly cut off things like this from the start.

Really, seriously. Asking me to call her “unnie” when she’s younger than me?

Of course, Yuri is… sigh. It’s my fault for losing to her.

“Tch… then call me by my name.”

“Honestly… you’re all so strange. Haven’t I given you all good nicknames? It’s not like my naming sense is weird. Besides, do you know how rare it is for me to give and acknowledge nicknames?”

“…Do you really think they’re not weird?”

“At least it’s not something like ‘Passion Monster,’ so it’s fine, isn’t it, Redhead?”

“…I think you really need to reflect on yourself.”

“What? I’m perfectly normal.”

Looking at me with disbelief, the redhead, stunned by my confidence, picked up her smartphone and started searching for things to do tomorrow.

…Disbelief? Why?

“Hmm… Want to go watch baseball?”

“Do you want the whole world to know that you awakened by smashing a monster’s head with a baseball bat and almost did the same to your mascot? Besides, baseball stadiums…”

…are crowded.

And if we get caught on camera there…

“…Come to think of it, that won’t work. How about going to see a movie?”

“A movie, you say? Hmm… well, that’s up to you to decide.”

“Hmm… Yeah, let’s go see a movie. Do you like action movies?”

“Me? I don’t mind anything. Just choose whatever you like.”

“Eh… I’m not sure either… Action… I wonder if this will be fun.”

“I don’t know either. We could also just go and buy tickets for whatever’s showing at that time.”

“…Sigh. Fine, but I’m not going to study. It gives me a headache…”

“As a student, shouldn’t you be studying? You should at least fulfill your duty as a student. Being a magical girl doesn’t mean you can neglect your studies. There aren’t even villain organizations targeting magical girls anymore.”

“Uh, yeah… b-but…”

“With this body now, I can’t study what I want. I doubt anywhere would accept me anyway. But you still… sigh.”

Come to think of it, I didn’t have much to say either.

I was busy bickering with Blanc for nearly ten years. Spent three years in prison.

And after getting out, I couldn’t even work…

No education, nothing.

I guess that’s karma for you.

“You. The last time you fought with me was during Ragnarok, wasn’t it?”

“Y-yeah?”

“And you were in middle school then… Sigh, have you been studying properly? Haven’t you been wasting your entire academic life as a magical girl?”

“No, I haven’t…?”

“Why are you two fighting? Bine. She has her own thoughts. Don’t just tell her to study.”

“…Sigh. Well, my memories are stuck in the time when I was a student over a decade ago. I studied really hard back then. Said I was going to medical school. Ah, people really don’t know what’s coming.”

“Right. Yeah, yeah. I didn’t know I’d end up like this either.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Ah-ah. No apologizing on your own.”

“…That’s too much, unnie. Taking away even my chance to apologize.”

“Hmph. Forbidden.”

And so, the meaningless night conversation ended as I was held in Yuri’s arms.

…

Except for the fact that somehow I was forced to bathe with Yuri, got into the tub with her, and had my body touched all over.

And even though I could wash my hair by myself, she insisted on washing it for me, and I was thoroughly handled.

And then…

“How could I… I-I was a man before?!”

“Ah-ah. No talking about the past. Now you’re my cute little sister, so it’s safe. Come here.”

In the bathtub, embraced by Yuri…

Buried in her chest…

“Hyat!? Y-you shouldn’t do this…!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay… Huh. So warm.”

“Ugh… D-don’t touch me?! D-don’t touch there…! That’s sexual harassment! Let go, let go! Unnie!!! Unnie!! Hey, hey!!!!”

I ended up being taken advantage of by the soft peach.

* * *

“…”

“…”

Early the next morning.

I woke up at my usual time.

But.

“Why are you up so early?”

“Huh…?”

“Shouldn’t you be sleeping at this hour? It’s the weekend.”

“I just woke up early. Why? What about you? Why are you up at this hour? Shouldn’t you be resting?”

“No… my eyes just opened. I have nothing to say, but as you can see, Blanc has banned me from the kitchen. So I was just sitting here.”

“…At this hour?”

“Well… I was going to secretly tidy up. But thanks to you, Seohyun.”

“Yeah. Just rest. You’ll collapse again.”

“I don’t understand why everyone makes such a fuss about me doing a little work… Sigh. If I head to the kitchen now, you’ll definitely tell Blanc, won’t you?”

“Of course.”

“Sigh. I woke up early for nothing.”

How annoying, waking up at this hour.

I thought I could finish in about 30 minutes.

“Really? Want to sleep a bit more?”

Seohyun’s eyes…

See, she’s patting her thigh again.

“…Is that what I think it is?”

“Yes. Come here and sleep.”

“Seohyun, do you think I’m some kind of dog…? Do you think I’ll go there just because you call me?”

…

“Lie down comfortably. I’ll wake you up when it’s time.”

I lay down.

Since it was the day to listen to Seohyun while being with her, I had no choice.

“…I’m not a pet.”

“I remember. The day before Yunseul unnie decided to bring you in, she asked if she could keep something.”

“…That doesn’t mean I should be treated like a pet.”

“Hmm. It doesn’t matter.”

“Um… I’m treated as the same age as Blanc… This is too much.”

Seohyun started stroking my head.

“Um… Seohyun…”

“Yes, what is it?”

“This is strange…”

“It’s not strange at all.”

“Is… that so…”

Slowly, and slowly again.

Gently, and gently again.

Little by little.

From top to bottom.

If I focus on the touch…

That…

I shouldn’t fall asleep… here…

In the end, I couldn’t get up until I heard Seohyun saying we should go out for lunch.

* * *

“Yawn… Unnie? Were you already up…?”

“Shh, be quiet.”

Since it was the weekend and she didn’t have school, Arin came down to the living room earlier than usual today.

Seohyun was stroking the small child using her lap as a pillow, as if she were a treasure.

“You’ll wake her up…”

“…Unnie, she’s cute.”

“Right? But when you think about what she’s done, it’s a bit scary?”

“…I’ve only heard about it.”

The two girls whispered as they watched over the sleeping child.

With regular breathing.

Her small chest rising and falling.

With soft breathing sounds, the two couldn’t continue talking and just kept watching.

“…How did such strength come from this body? She’s just so soft.”

“…When I think about our sparring session… it is scary.”

“…She was holding back a lot then. If she had been serious…”

“Yes. It was just training. An actual serious duel…”

“I was the youngest then. Hmm… When I was immature, I used to charge at Yunseul unnie and Hyewon unnie too. I even charged at her without fear.”

“What…?”

“Yes. At Bine when she was serious. Um… Arin, don’t you know how I awakened?”

“I’ve heard about it…?”

“…That’s how it started. I thought, why can’t I catch this small child? Shouldn’t magical girls stronger than me be able to take her down instantly? So I charged at her.”

“What…?”

“Don’t even mention it. The shock I received that day… Whew. I don’t even want to imagine it.”

“It was so bad that even you don’t want to imagine it…? In terms of monster rank, how strong was she…?”

“…SSS-rank? That’s how it felt…?”

“Hik. Is that right…?”

“Well… what’s scarier is that wasn’t even her strongest. But now she’s just so cute.”

“…Honestly, doesn’t she look like my little sister?”

“She only looks that way. If she were awake, she’d insist otherwise.”

Seohyun answered while playing with the pitch-black hair.

After living together for some time now, she only wanted to let her rest a bit more.

Thinking that she had paid for her crimes and wouldn’t do bad things anymore.

Of course, they would still have to guide her to do some bad things for her health.

The two girls could only stroke the small, pure darkness.

The quiet morning was filled with the happiness of the two girls.