Ch.181181. So Many Complaints.

“It was uncomfortable.”

“Why?”

“Because all night long, I couldn’t think of anything but you.”

Really.

It was suffocating, being trapped inside Blanc.

Nothing but the scent of Blanc.

I couldn’t think of anything but Blanc.

“Uh, umm…!?”

“Huh…? Why are you reacting like that today…?”

“Uh, umm?! Isn’t this a normal reaction? W-what are you saying, Bine!”

“…Could it be that you were tired yesterday…?”

“Honestly, wouldn’t anyone be tired…?”

“I thought so… Your eyes are red. Why don’t you rest more? It’s not like we have anything specific to do now anyway. Just being here counts as being on duty, right? For Hyewon too.”

“Me?”

Hyewon, who had been tidying up the blankets, seemed surprised when her name was called.

“I… took time off?”

“What?”

“I had some days accumulated. I can take time off too, you know. Honestly, even when I’m on magical girl duty, not going to the Association doesn’t count as time off, but since things turned out this way, I might as well use some vacation days. Two birds with one stone.”

“Speaking of two birds… what about this out-of-control Blanc?”

“Out of control? She’s perfectly fine now.”

“Hyewon. Can’t you see her condition is clearly abnormal?”

“She seems better than yesterday.”

“Still, her eyes.”

Blanc’s eyes remained bloodshot.

She used some power yesterday. Maybe she should rest now.

No, seriously.

Now that Eden is gone.

If I…

Yes.

As long as I don’t do anything, maybe they won’t have to work as magical girls anymore.

“Do you remember what happened yesterday?”

“…Ah.”

Just to make sure, I asked about yesterday.

Hearing that, her face turned even redder, and she couldn’t look at me.

“W-wait…?”

“Why are you reacting like this now… ugh. Do you know how uncomfortable it was for me, unable to sleep while you were sound asleep?”

“Uh, that’s…”

“How was it, sleeping while hugging me? Was it sweet?”

“…It was nice. No, that’s not what I meant…”

“As long as you enjoyed it, that’s fine. Well, I was tired too since I fought alongside you. But monsters have excellent recovery abilities.”

“I’m sorry…”

“What are you sorry for? Just being hugged like a doll while trying to sleep, unable to move. Ah. You must have really thought I was a doll after falling asleep? I woke up once because you hugged me so tightly I could barely breathe.”

“I-I’m really sorry…”

“Well, I’m not saying this to burden you or scold you…”

“…”

Blanc just looked down at the floor, her face flushed.

Wearing blue pajamas as blue as her eyes, with that red face.

“It’s fine, really… It’s not the first time I’ve been hugged like a doll while sleeping. Thinking about what you did that day. Recently… no. I’m not sure if I can call it recent. But I have memories of being held captive in various ways, like by Yuri.”

“Ugh…”

“Well, now Yuri has Ellie. If we throw Ellie at her, wouldn’t that solve the problem to some extent?”

If I could see them together right now.

Hmm…

“What are you saying? I’m going to eat Bine too!”

“What?”

“Hey, hey! Let go and talk!”

“Ellieeee. So noisyyy. My ears hurt. Can’t you speak a little quieter?”

“Hey! You’re the one who…! Eek?! That tickles!”

“Hehe…”

Yuri is still hugging Ellie.

Well, seeing Ellie with her leash off, not causing any trouble and only resisting verbally.

I wonder what Ellie did wrong to make Yuri treat her like that.

“Isn’t Ellie enough…?”

“I don’t want tooo. I’m greedy… I want both of you.”

“‘Want’ what? We’re not objects… Um, Ellie seems a bit uncomfortable, couldn’t you make her a little more comfortable…?”

“Hmm? Ellie, are you uncomfortable?”

“I-I’m not uncomfortable!”

“Reallyyy…?”

Yuri asked Ellie with a face that looked like she might cry.

Then, as if she had no choice, Ellie said:

“…It’s not that uncomfortable. If you just make it a little more comfortable, you can continue…”

“Hehe.”

“W-wait…! Don’t hug so tightly, it hurts! It hurts! Magical girl! It hurts! Kyaah?! The villain is dying!”

“…Ellie really does seem to be enough.”

“Hmm? I’m a playboy.”

“I’m not sure what you mean by that… Anyway, Ellie alone isn’t enough to satisfy you.”

“That’s rightt. I’m going to get Bine. I already have Ellie, so?”

“What are you saying! I belong to Bine!”

“Huh? Then Bine belongs to me too. Does that mean Ellie belongs to me too?”

“W-wait! That’s not what I meant! I misspoke! I don’t belong to Bine, Bine belongs to me!”

“Mm-hmm. But Bine is mine, and you’re mine too, Ellie?”

“Hey! How does that work?!”

“Well… because Ellie is mine…?”

“What are you even saying, really…”

Ellie must have quite a headache.

Well…

I don’t care anymore.

Anyone can have me…

What use would I be anyway?

“So, why did you call me? Is it because you like me? If you like your big sister so much, you should have just said so. Come on, there’s space next to Ellie here, want to come over?”

Yuri moved Ellie to one leg and patted the other, tempting me to come over.

“No thanks. Please be satisfied with Ellie.”

“Whaat…? Are you abandoning your big sister? My heart hurts so much…”

“Please don’t think that what works on Ellie will work on me. I don’t know what happened between you and Ellie… but it doesn’t work on me.”

“Tch. But it would be nice if you came over?”

“Later. For now… please be satisfied with Ellie.”

“Bine…! Are you abandoning me?”

“I’m not abandoning you… um. Fighting!”

Ellie looks at me with resentful eyes.

Well, can’t be helped in situations like this.

“S-so… was it really hard…?”

Blanc is still speaking in a dejected manner.

“I told you. I’m used to it.”

“Being used to something and it being hard are different… How could I do that to someone who exerted herself so much yesterday.”

“Geez. If you were going to worry about that, why did you do it in the first place? And then challenge me to a duel yesterday?”

“Ah…”

“It was a duel you challenged me to. Weak magical girl.”

“…Still, I think you would win.”

“Huh?”

I was about to tell her the truth again like yesterday, but…

“Oh, enough! Stop, stop! You said you have a lot to do today!”

Hyewon stepped in to prevent things from dragging on.

Tch.

It was another opportunity to remind Blanc, who still avoids the truth and deludes herself that she’s stronger than me.

Well.

That doesn’t mean I’m weak.

Besides, without the collar, recovering my magical power is no big deal.

“Fine. I understand… Well. That’s possible.”

“And we need to go for your examination, Bine.”

“Just me?”

“Ellie already did hers, right? Or not?”

“Ellie might have been subjected to something by the doctor too, right?”

“That’s…”

On that topic, it’s not Hyewon but Ellie, who’s being tormented by Yuri, who answers:

“I don’t have any contract or binding with Baal, and the doctor didn’t mess with me. My last contract is with Bl… no. With Yunseul.”

“Hmm…?”

“The doctor did something to my body? Pfft. That’s impossible. Even the doctor wouldn’t go that far. Do you think I’d let the doctor have my body?”

“But didn’t you go to the lab a lot?”

“Mostly when the doctor wasn’t there. I did things on my own. The conclusion is… my master now is Yunseul. Not you, Yuri!”

At Ellie’s attack on Yuri,

Yuri doesn’t even flinch and says to Blanc:

“Heyyy? Yunseul? Can you give Ellie to me?”

“What?”

“When I ask like that, you just say ‘yes.’ Got it?”

“Yes, umm… what did you say…?”

“No, no. It’s nothing. Thank youuu?”

Yuri is a much scarier person than I thought.

Taking Ellie away in an instant.

Ellie looks like she wants to struggle, but.

Hmm…

I think it’s best for her to stay like that until she’s released.

Sorry, but I don’t think there’s anything more I can do here.

And I can’t sacrifice myself, can I?

While tidying up the room, I also chat with Arin about various things.

“Is Seohyun okay?”

“Hmm…? Yeah.”

“I see.”

Seohyun, who seems lost in thought.

For now, we clean up together.

And talk about various trivial things.

“My magical power seems to be recovering well. It feels like it’s coming back properly even when I use it like I used to.”

“We can’t be sure. We need to go for a proper examination to see how things have changed now that the restriction is gone.”

“It’s a shame. I wish I could go to a normal hospital.”

“Isn’t this place better?”

“This place… feels too much like a laboratory. It makes me feel like an experimental subject.”

“This is the only specialized treatment facility for monsters, isn’t it? The magical power treatment equipment here is the best too. It’s almost impossible to get this level of treatment at outside hospitals.”

“I guess so. Because I’m a monster. How about you become a monster too, Blanc? At least the body feels lighter than a human’s.”

“I’ll pass…”

“It’s not that difficult. Just… get captured by a strange person, dragged to a somewhat bizarre place called a dimensional gap, have your entire body butchered, and you can gain power with some memory loss?”

“Yeah. I really decline.”

“Well… I didn’t have the option to decline.”

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“Been through a lot… The hardship I went through was causing you hardship, wasn’t it?”

“Well, still. That doesn’t erase the pain you experienced.”

“The pain I experienced doesn’t justify the pain I inflicted on others.”

“…That’s true.”

“Please don’t say I’ve been through a lot. I haven’t.”

“But. That doesn’t mean it was pain that an ordinary person should have to endure out of malice.”

“Enough. Let’s go get that examination.”

Sigh.

Right now, I only envy simple Ellie who’s caught by Yuri over there.