Tag Mind control -2

Kyukyu couldn’t stop flapping his wings due to anxiety.

“Please come quickly… quickly…”

He was about to go crazy. Although he knew that appearance was an act, there’s always a possibility.

He couldn’t rule out the possibility that he had been deceived. Above all.

‘When I capture Iris, call the other girls. I’ve sent letters, but there’s a high chance they won’t see them.’

Calling all the magical girls, what on earth could his intentions be?

“…My head hurts…”

Kyukyu sighed deeply. A cluster of stars descended beside him.

“Kyukyu! Where’s Noah!?”

“Stella-nim…”

Kyukyu looked at Stella. She too had an urgent expression.

“Is Noah okay!?”

“Kyu…”

“…Don’t tell me…!”

“Iris-nim is… captured by Kraken…”

“By Kraken?”

“Yes. It seems he’s planning something big this time.”

Stella’s expression twisted.

“After being quiet for a while, this was his plan…”

“Kyuu… what about the others…”

In sync with Kyukyu’s sighs, other magical girls also arrive one by one.

Natalia arrives, and soon after, Black Heart lands as well.

Both look bewildered. Well, they couldn’t help but be.

They received a contact saying Iris was in danger, and even received a letter presumed to be from Kraken.

It would be strange if they weren’t panicked.

“Everyone has gathered. I’ll explain as we go, so please hurry.”

Kyukyu hurriedly flew up.

Following his lead, the other magical girls joined in flight.

Kyukyu’s explanation was simple. Kraken had captured Iris, and it was a serious crisis.

The place they arrived at following Kyukyu’s guidance, there was.

“Iris!”

“…Stella!”

Iris bound by tentacles.

And.

“Why are you so late.”

“…What?”

“I almost died waiting…”

For some reason, Kraken showing irritation.

“Why are you the one getting annoyed!?”

“Black Heart.”

“Release our unnie quickly!”

“Unnie… huh. How amusing.”

“What?”

“A parasite living off Iris.”

He made a dissatisfied sound and then shook his head.

“Further dialogue is a waste of time.”

And with that, he extended his hand and tightened the tentacles more strongly.

“Ugh… ah…!”

“Iris! You… stop it right now!”

“I refuse, Natalia. You’re also a parasite.”

“…What?”

“See for yourself, your own powerlessness.”

+++++

“What are you… planning to do…!”

Iris struggles.

She seemed to sense something ominous.

“You’ll just fall into a long sleep.”

“Don’t be ridiculous!”

“…I’m sorry.”

I concentrated magical energy in my pupils. Beyond the mask, I could see Iris’s pink eyes.

Her pupils were shaking violently. I could feel my magic entering her body.

There were forms rushing in. The others were rushing in to save Iris.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

I deployed the remaining tentacles to block the magical girls. Magic energy began to rapidly drain from my body.

For a moment, my vision blurred and my head shook. But I didn’t stop. Rather, something worse would happen if I stopped.

…I’d probably get beaten up badly.

If I was going to stop now, I wouldn’t have started in the first place.

“Aaaah…!!!”

A scream cuts through the dawn’s stillness.

Iris’s body trembles, and the magical girls’ attacks become more fierce.

They seemed to want to protect Iris somehow.

But what can they do?

‘What can weaklings protect?’

With a hardened heart, I cast dominance over Iris.

At some point, the sound stops and silence falls. Iris creaks like a marionette with strings attached to her body.

Her eyes turn towards me.

“…Master, your orders.”

A tear, shining like a meteor, fell, and the starlight disappeared from the girl’s eyes.

I succeeded. In dominating Iris’s mind.

It wasn’t a pleasant feeling. Rather, it was the opposite.

“…Sigh.”

“…Why are you sighing.”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I felt uncomfortable. To subjugate and control a close sister figure. It seems I’m not destined for heaven.

Still, this will be a good preventive injection for them.

“Ah… Iris!”

“…Unnie!”

“Snap out of it! You shouldn’t listen to someone like him!”

Despite her comrades’ calls, Iris maintained a blank expression.

Like a person whose soul had left.

I raised my hand and pointed at them.

“Give them a little treatment.”

“Yes, master.”

Like a well-trained dog, Iris followed my words. Even if that order was to attack her comrades.

Boom!

The sound of air being torn spreads. Iris charges in.

The first target is undoubtedly Natalia.

“Kyaa!?”

Eliminating the healer is a basic tactic in battle. Iris knew that fact well.

Natalia, unable to respond to the thrown punch in time. Her body rises into the air…

“Ugh… ugh…”

With a boom, the sound of a wall breaking was heard.

That was the end. Natalia lay face down on the floor, her body twitching.

My impression was…

‘…That’s harsh?’

Maybe there was something built up from before? Even if brainwashed, to hit that hard?

Well, it’s true that Natalia’s endurance is weak, but…

“…Go easy.”

“Pardon?”

“No… just give them a moderate beating. I don’t want them to die either.”

“Yes, I’ll go easy.”

“I’m counting on you.”

Iris, who nodded, charged again. Her appearance was like that of an angry tiger.

Her fangs were now directed at Stella.

“Snap out of it…!”

“As per master’s orders, I will deal with you.”

Stella shoots arrows and distances herself. Befitting an archer. Her movements are swift.

In terms of speed alone, she might be faster than Iris.

However.

‘She’s just fast.’

Iris didn’t pay much attention to the arrows. Though she suffered minor scratches from the arrows, that was all.

No power to inflict fatal wounds, no secret move to reverse the situation. If you’re pushed back in battle, you can only lose.

“Kuk!?”

Iris flies up and delivers a kick. Stella, who got hit on the back of her head, staggers and falls.

“Are you okay, Iris.”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

“Then, is it the last one now.”

Our gazes turn towards Black Heart.

She.

“…”

Was frozen stiff, unable to do anything.

Could it be.

‘PTSD?’

Did the memory of being beaten by Iris before come back to her?

It must have been quite severe back then. To think Black Heart would show such a frightened appearance.

Iris, clenching her fist, preparing to throw a punch. I grabbed her shoulder and shook my head.

“That’s enough.”

“…Yes, I’ll stop.”

“Your great magical power is too good for a coward who bows before the enemy.”

“…Kuk…”

Black Heart had her head deeply bowed. She then took care of Stella and Natalia and left the place.

Stella and Natalia who had fainted. Black Heart who couldn’t do anything. This should be quite a shock.

Being attacked by Iris, and simultaneously not being able to do anything.

“…Whew.”

“…Take that woman to the police station and come back. I have somewhere to go.”

“Yes.”

Iris, who was about to come out of the hypnosis, flies away with the woman.

She will probably safely take her to the police station and come back.

“…Haah.”

My conscience hurts particularly today.

Even if I comfort myself saying it’s all for the sake of the world.

+++++

The place I arrived at with Iris was near a motel. After all, letting her stay at home would probably give away her identity.

I’m planning to rent a room at a nearby motel and have her stay there for a while.

We released our transformations in a nearby alley.

“Release.”

When the transformation was released, we returned to our original forms. I had been worried about my identity being revealed, but it doesn’t seem necessary to worry too much.

After several experiments, I found that memories during hypnosis almost completely disappear. Thanks to that, I could do this.

For Noah, I am neither Shin Hyun nor Kraken right now, just master.

“…Oppa?”

“…”

Or not?

“…Oppa is… Kraken?”

“No, that’s impossible. I don’t know who Kraken is.”

“Huh…? Then why… master is Kraken…”

“Hey, what does it matter if I’m your master? Don’t you like it?”

Noah, who had been rolling her eyes, smiled brightly.

“I like it…”

It was a devastating blow to my heart. To think she would acknowledge me as her master.

No, more than that. Did she recognize me even under hypnosis? When I experimented with others before, they couldn’t even recognize their family members.

“…How did she recognize me?”

“Pardon?”

“Noah, do you remember me?”

“Yes, oppa, I mean master.”

“Um… hmm.”

“How could I forget you?”

“Really?”

“Of course. Because you’re someone I really like.”

…This Noah…

‘She seems to have become strangely proactive?’

Should I say her attack power has increased, or that her inner thoughts are coming out directly?

Noah stared up at me and demanded:

“Master.”

“Yes?”

“…I request a reward.”

Asking for a reward for her work.

Suddenly asking for a reward? Well, she did a good job so she deserves a reward, but isn’t this too sudden?

I blinked my eyes.

“Re… ward?”

“Yes, I need a reward. A reward filled with master’s love.”

“Love…?”

“Yes. If I don’t receive master’s love, I’ll become sad. I might even start crying.”

Having said that, Noah.

“Please bestow upon me a reward filled with love, master.”

“…”

“Please? I beg you, master whom I love so much.”

She clung to my chest and started to rub her cheek against me.

This was a side effect I hadn’t anticipated at all.