Ch.105105. Amethyst and Garnet (5)

People gather around someone who is screaming and ranting while holding a smartphone.

A madwoman who pushed a small, cute child into the lake while the child was peacefully running.

There were many cameras secretly filming the child, likely because the child was quite famous.

Not everyone came to see the child running, but most people with cameras near the child had come to see both the child and the girl running ahead of them.

That’s why they were able to capture it so vividly.

When a red-haired girl pulled the child out of the lake, people started reviewing their recorded videos.

That screaming lunatic was the one who pushed the child.

“Are you crazy?”

“I’m crazy? You’re all the crazy ones!”

“Lady, are you in your right mind? How could you push a little child into the lake like that! I’m calling the police!”

“Ha! Go ahead and call them! Let’s see who should be arrested! It’s not me who should be arrested, but that girl lying over there! Oh my! A magical girl saving a villain instead of citizens!!! That’s what magical girls are like these days!”

“Lady, you’re properly insane. Someone call the police quickly!”

The commotion in the crowd grew even more intense.

Police arrived quickly and began to sort out the situation.

As they did so, they checked who was at the center of it all.

“Police. We received a report and came. Someone was pushed into the water?”

“Yes! This crazy woman… I have video evidence right here.”

“…? What?”

“Oh, police, police! Hurry and lock up that demon, villain, trash in Marina! What are you waiting for? And while you’re at it, that magical girl over there has clearly betrayed citizens and sided with the villain, so lock them both up in Marina! Hurry! Now!!!!! Lock them up!!! Right now!!!!!”

“Excuse me. Are you the one who reported this?”

“Yes. That woman… ugh. Why is she like that?”

“May I speak with the magical girl?”

“…Now?”

“It’s a necessary procedure for now.”

In matters involving magical girls, they defer to magical girls.

That’s the rule established by the Association and the government.

Leaving one officer near the madwoman, the questioning officer approaches the magical girl.

She was tightly hugging the child she had just rescued from the water.

“…Excuse me.”

“Don’t come any closer.”

The magical girl responds sharply.

She was also greatly disturbed by what had just happened.

“I’m Detective Kim Hyun-woo, responding to the report. Since a magical girl is present, I’d like to request your cooperation. According to witness statements, someone pushed a child…”

“…I rescued someone who fell into the water. I just rescued them. I didn’t see clearly how they fell in.”

“I see. And the victim is…?”

“…A child under my protection. No, under our protection.”

“‘Our’…?”

“A child under protective observation by the Association… Yes, the wording isn’t great, but that’s what it is. The former Eden villain, Vinay.”

“I see.”

“Yes. The Association instructed us to keep her at the magical girl dormitory for observation.”

“You said villain. Does that mean they’re not a citizen of the Republic of Korea?”

“No. I believe they’ve completed their sentence. They should be registered as a Korean citizen.”

“…Then we’ll handle this on our end.”

“Yes. Please do.”

“Thank you for your cooperation, Magical Girl.”

The officer moved away from the magical girl and approached the madwoman again.

She was now screaming even louder than before, making inhuman sounds.

“AAAHHH!!!! These people are harassing me!!!! Officer!!! Police!!!!! Arrest all these people!!! I said arrest them!!! You take my tax money, so do your job!!!!”

The officer approached the woman, who now looked not just cringe-worthy but pathetic.

“I am placing you under immediate arrest on suspicion of attempted murder. You have the right to an attorney, the right to make a statement, the right to remain silent, and the right to request a review of your arrest by the court. Anything you say may be used against you in court.”

The officer recited the Miranda rights while placing cold silver handcuffs on her wrists.

The officer who had questioned the magical girl earlier was busy collecting statements and evidence from witnesses, and approached the magical girl again to ask if they could contact her later.

The madwoman was taken away by the police, but people still couldn’t leave the area.

The powerful memory was etched into their minds.

Perhaps their stares were too intense, as the magical girl flew away into the sky, carrying a small darkness.

There was no one left at the center of the circle they had been watching.

Only the damp traces of water remained where they had been.

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[Domestic Magical Girl Gallery]

This is insane for real… – Anonymous (211.235)

I went to ○○-dong Lake Park because I really wanted to see Garnet.

Went there as a genuine fan. When I got there, similar people were keeping their distance and just watching.

The rule of magical girl fandom: always watch from a distance. (If you don’t want to die)

This seems to be really important…

At the lake park, some crazy woman came out and pushed Vinay, who was running behind Garnet, into the lake…

She was screaming something and then laughing creepily;; Damn, I’m still in shock about what I saw…

Then Garnet immediately transformed and jumped into the lake…

I’ve never seen transformation speed that fast;; There was like a gunshot sound or something…

She didn’t come out for a while, and I thought something terrible had happened, but she brought Vinay out.

Wow, insane… Everyone was excited and prevented that crazy woman from escaping, and immediately called the police.

Looks like I’ll be having a meetup at the police station as a witness lolololol

Damn

I’ll post an update after I get back from the police station.

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<Breaking News> Unidentified Woman Pushes Child into Lake Park in Seoul…

Around 11 AM, a woman appearing to be in her 30s pushed a young child into the water at a lake park in Seoul.

The child was reportedly rescued safely by a magical girl. The child has been identified as Vinay, a former executive of Eden.

Vinay completed her sentence in 20XX and has been under the Association’s supervision, though she had disappeared from public view… (Read more)

Internet news outlets also covered the incident.

The magical girl community had been ablaze for a while already.

Some blamed irresponsible fans who didn’t respect privacy, others blamed fans for not stopping the approaching madwoman. And so on.

As always, there were comments in the magical girl community questioning why a villain was walking around freely, but these were quickly buried.

But this time, the story made it to the main headlines.

After many years of villains appearing and disappearing, Vinay’s name, which had been gradually forgotten, was brought back to the surface.

Interest in Vinay increased, with her name, Eden, and Magical Girl Garnet listed in order at the top of real-time searches on Korea’s Wiki site.

Reporters thought the incident could attract significant attention and used various sensational words to drive clicks.

And to drive those clicks, they didn’t care about using any negative wording, which was their characteristic.

Summoning and tearing apart a gradually forgotten villain.

For the media, it was the perfect opportunity to get views without being criticized by anyone.

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“What happened???”

“…Yunseul unnie.”

“Seohyun…? Vinay…?”

“…I was too complacent.”

“What do you mean…! You must be cold. Here, something to dry off with…!”

Yunseul, who had been drinking coffee to wake herself up, was shocked by the scene before her eyes.

Vinay with blue lips, shivering, and Seohyun in her transformed state—an unstable transformation—carrying Vinay in a princess hold.

It was more effective at waking her up than any coffee could be.

“…No, we need to get into warm water for a bit. I was planning to shower when we got back anyway.”

“Really…? Wait, I’ll go run the bath. Here, at least share my coffee while you wait…!”

Genuinely flustered, Yunseul handed over her coffee and went upstairs to fill the bathtub.

As she did so, she decided to check the magical girl community on her smartphone.

The two left in the living room grabbed towels from the downstairs bathroom and wiped themselves off a bit.

“Vinay. You don’t look good. Let’s just not go out today.”

“…No. I must keep my promise.”

“Vinay.”

“No matter what happened to me, I must do my duty. Seohyun, are you… going to stop me too?”

Seohyun couldn’t respond to Vinay’s words.

Because of her own complacency, Vinay had… Vinay had…

“…Alright. But let’s get undressed for now. I’ll help dry you off.”

“Here, you mean…?”

“The others are in their rooms anyway. It’s fine. And if you keep wearing those cold clothes, you might really get sick, so hurry.”

“…Okay.”

Vinay’s weak response came back.

Though reluctant, her words were reasonable.

Vinay tried to undress herself.

“Let me help you.”

“I can do it myself.”

“…Please let me help.”

Feeling like her heart would collapse if she couldn’t do anything, she pleaded with Vinay to accept her help.

Seeing her expression, Vinay released the waistband of her clothes and raised both arms in a victory pose.

“…Thank you.”

Seohyun grabbed Vinay’s clothes and pulled them upward.

Their height difference made it easy to remove the clothes despite them clinging to her body due to the water.

Then she immediately wrapped a long towel around Vinay.

She pressed gently all over her body to dry off the moisture.

Despite still being dripping wet herself.