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29 – The Magical Girl Surrendered to the Mushroom (1)

29 – The Magical Girl Surrendered to the Mushroom (1)

“Sniff, sob, sniiiiifff….”

There are many kinds of tears that people shed.

While tears of sadness are the most common, there are also tears shed from suppressed anger, or tears used as a way to manipulate someone’s emotions by whining and being stubborn. There are tears of overflowing joy, and tears of overwhelming emotion.

The reason I’m crying now is definitely the latter. I can’t help but sob uncontrollably from the overwhelming emotion.

That’s how touching episode 13 of season 7 of Witch Girl was.

“Ugh… Witch Girl… Ruby is a gift from God… I can’t believe it….”

Ruby is the main character of Magical Girl Witch Girl R, a magical girl with striking red hair. She has a youthful appearance, but she ruthlessly punishes her enemies by emptying their bank accounts, burning down their houses, or inserting dildos into their anuses. This makes her comparable to a red devil, but she also has a soft heart and even sacrifices her virginity to save her friends, making her seem like a pure white angel.

However, if you come to know the delicate psychology hidden within that bold duality… from then on, no one can escape Ruby’s charm.

Really, Ruby must be a character created by God… It’s unbelievable that such a perfect character exists in the world… Ah, I want to share this joy….

“Community… community… I have to share it before this excitement fades…!”

I hurriedly logged into the Witch Girl community I recently discovered. Each of these reviews filled with emotion enriches people’s hearts. More than anything, joy and excitement are doubled when shared rather than kept to oneself.

“Seriously, you’re such a hopeless bum, meow….”

Cookie, who came to visit after a long time, muttered weakly, but I ignored her. I’m not a bum. I’m a proper member of society with the important role of a magical girl.

So I have nothing to feel guilty about!

Yeah!

“Let’s see… ‘Witch Girl Season 7 was the best as well. Ruby is truly an angel’…. What should I write next….”

“Can’t you just write something roughly, meow?”

“Are you even saying that?! Depending on what I write here, my evaluation of Witch Girl Season 7 Episode 13 will last forever! What if I think of the sloppy review I wrote when I try to recall ‘that feeling’ and become completely deflated! More than anything, what if people who were going to get into Witch Girl see my terrible review and think, ‘Ah, never mind…’ and give up? Huh?!”

“S-sorry, meow… so don’t radiate such murderous intent, meow… you’re making a terrifying face that you’ve never even shown to monsters, meow….”

I didn’t change my expression as I continued writing on the community.

Hmm… it’s still not enough, but it can’t be helped. I lament my poor writing skills that can only express this much. I majored in science in college, after all….

“If I could use a Wish, should I ask for ‘talent for writing’….”

“Meow? Do you want to become a great writer, meow?”

“Not really. It’s enough if I can convey the greatness of Witch Girl.”

“Really….”

Cookie muttered as if she was losing energy.

Come to think of it, there was a girl among the characters in Witch Girl who became a magical girl to make the wish of ‘wanting to become a novelist’.

“…By the way, Cookie, what principle do you guys use to grant wishes?”

“Meow?”

“In Witch Girl, the more you work, the more of God’s magical stamps… accumulate, allowing you to make any wish.”

But simply collecting points to grant a wish, I don’t really understand the mechanism.

You can earn those points by defeating monsters, by being violated, or by helping magical girls… I don’t know what the criteria are, and I don’t know how that accumulates to grant a wish.

There are so many things I don’t understand.

“Well… I can explain it, but meow.”

“But?”

“Can you, being an idiot, understand it, meow?”

“Are you looking down on me…?”

She didn’t seem to want to explain it, and I was too lazy to ask any further, so I decided not to ask anymore.

“Don’t do that, meow.”

“Huh?”

“You don’t even have a proper wish in the first place, meow. Rather than something like the Wish from the point shop, you should just live your life well with your own strength, meow. That’s not a proper thing, meow.”

“No, but I want to quit being a magical girl and go back to being a man soon.”

“You’ll become unemployed at that moment, is that okay, meow?”

“……..”

“Do you think you can easily find a job that’s as free and pays as well as this, meow? Do you think you’ll be allowed to spend your days indulging in Witch Girl like this, meow? Aren’t you considering the possibility of becoming a zombie-like existence, drowning in overtime and work, with no time for hobbies or anything, meow? How many jobs in the world don’t have overtime and respect your personal life, meow?”

“……..”

“Still, if you have some capital and some time to study in the meantime, you might be able to get a job at the company you want, meow? Plus, being a magical girl is like being a civil servant, so companies will recognize it as work experience, meow? Why would you give up a future that gets brighter the longer you do it, meow?”

“Uh……..”

“Is Magical Girl Witch Girl R more important, or is getting a job more important, meow?”

Faced with the ultimate either/or choice, my head felt dizzy and faint.

Getting a job is important. If you don’t get a proper job, you’ll ruin your life.

But… Witch Girl is, life.

It’s life itself.

There’s no way I can give it up!

“The answer is obvious, meow. You occasionally go out and defeat monsters, occasionally slip up and let them touch you a few times, and ta-da, you get money, meow.”

“Yeah… tha- er, no, wait a minute. That’s why I don’t like it!”

“There are jobs like that, meow. You should be grateful that they’re using a useless human like you for something meaningful, meow.”

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“Do you have something against me?! Why is your evaluation of me so harsh?!”

“No matter how hard you try, the world calls people who can’t produce results trash, meow.”

“Apologize! Apologize to all the people in the world who are working hard, you psycho fairy!”

I shouted angrily, but Cookie nonchalantly took out a snack from the shelf and started munching on it.

Don’t eat other people’s snacks without permission….

“Huh? There’s a comment?”

I was about to check if there was something wrong with the review I posted, but I saw that there was a comment. It was almost the same time I posted the article.

Witch Girl R is restricted to viewers 19 years of age and older, so only adults use the community. And it’s just past lunchtime now.

I don’t think people would be using this kind of community at work… it must be a pretty idle loafer or unemployed person. Or a college student with no classes.

“Wh-what is thisssssssss?!”

After checking the comment, I slammed the table in anger!

“Wh-what is it, meow?!”

“Th-th-th-this damn… what kind of guy is this?!”

The content of the comment was a complete criticism of my argument. No, if it was objective criticism, there would be no reason to get angry. Only narrow-minded snobs get angry at that kind of thing, and a generous person like me respects any opinion and uses it as a foundation for a better tomorrow.

However… in the comment,

『Isn’t Ruby just a two-faced psycho?』

Along with this kind of nonsense, there was a string of comments that I couldn’t understand at all. Most of them were about belittling Ruby.

My beloved Ruby!

I won’t forgive it!

“Cookie! Can you use that Wish to find out this guy’s address?!”

“Uh…….”

“I’m going to catch him! I’m going to catch him and lecture him until he changes his mind! I’m going to earn points to find out this guy’s address!”

In front of Cookie, who sighed as if she had a headache, I blazed with a fire of rage.

It was ten minutes later that Yura called.

* * *

I bit my nails anxiously after receiving Yura’s call. This is a disaster… a disaster!

[Sis, why aren’t you here? Today is ‘that day’.]

It was only after hearing these words that I remembered. Today was the release date of the limited edition Witch Girl R character merchandise!

“Oversight…! How could I have forgotten…! I can’t believe it…!”

I was so busy watching Season 7 all night that I completely forgot that the date had changed.

[Sigh, I thought Kay sis would definitely come too, but I thought it was strange that she didn’t come.]

As she said that, she sent me a picture of Yura with messy hair and glasses, hugging a bunch of Witch Girl merchandise. She was also wearing a Witch Girl illustration t-shirt.

I asked her if she didn’t have classes on weekdays, and she gave me a great answer:

[Are you kidding me? I skipped them! How can I listen to classes when it’s Witch Girl?!]

It was the result of my diligent proselytizing since we met in front of the mine last time. Yura, who had already become a great Witch Girl fan, could not escape the clutches of Witch Girl.

…I feel like I’ve dragged someone’s life into the depths of despair, but… well… it’s okay… I like this better!

[Anyway, this branch is almost sold out. Even if you come now, you won’t be able to buy anything.]

“Ugh… I can’t believe it!”

Then the only option is to knock out the people who have already bought them from behind and steal them!

[You can’t commit robbery….]

“Ugh… those people are also Witch Girl devotees… I can’t help it….”

[Has it become a religion.]

While I was wondering what to do, I got new information from the community.

The animation specialty store in City B has an event time that is one hour later than other places!

People who couldn’t make it on time can buy it here.

‘But it takes more than an hour to get to City B by subway…! It takes even longer if the transfer is delayed. Then a taxi…….’

“What are you thinking about, meow? Why are you suddenly looking at me?”

Ah. That’s right.

Come to think of it, there was a means of transportation that was faster than most public transportation.

“Costume Change!”

“Meow……?”

I quickly transformed and ran out of the house through the window at full speed.

Alright. It’s time to show the sincerity I didn’t even show when fighting monsters!

* * *

I covered the distance that would have taken 37 minutes by taxi in just 7 minutes. I would have arrived even faster if I hadn’t misread the map.

“H-hovering in the air, meow……?”

“Huh? It worked when I tried it?”

I thought I had to move quickly, so I was able to do a double jump by kicking off the air without any difficulty. Magical girls can really do anything.

Anyway, I landed in front of the animation specialty store like a comet and immediately ran inside.

The costume I’m wearing now is the School Look Costume, which is just a school uniform.

However, it was so short that it was embarrassing to call it a school uniform. The skirt, which was close to a miniskirt, barely covered my panties, and the see-through shirt was also so short that my navel was visible.

As an adult, wearing such a sexy school uniform costume, desperately running in broad daylight to get limited edition character goods… even I felt incredibly pathetic, but it couldn’t be helped. I had to accept it as a natural sacrifice for Witch Girl….

To be honest, I wanted to undo the transformation as soon as I arrived, but

I heard a notification.

I still don’t really understand this costume system, but it seems I can’t take it off now. It’s embarrassing, but I can’t help it. And it seems like I have ‘recognition impairment’ while transformed…. It’s okay… yeah….

“There it is!”

Ignoring the strange looks people were giving me, I hurried inside and saw the Ruby character merchandise I had been longing for. There was also a ‘Tatara Dog’ doll, the dog-like fairy that transforms Ruby into a magical girl.

I quickly grabbed the limited edition Ruby merchandise with lightning speed, and then, at the moment I was about to pick up the ‘Tatara Dog’,

“What…….”

My hand overlapped with another hand on top of ‘Tatara Dog’. It was a pretty hand with fair and delicate fingers.

“…Excuse me, I grabbed it first?”

I said, trying to smile as much as possible.

“No, no. I had my eye on it first, and you’re trying to take it away from me.”

That doesn’t make sense?!

I wondered who the uninvited guest was who was making such an absurd and ridiculous statement. I raised my head in anger, and then I lost my words.

“Huh…….”

There was a flawless beauty there.

She was slightly shorter than me, with fluffy blonde hair, strangely golden eyes, and attractive pouting red lips.

I was quite confident in my appearance as a woman, but I thought she was a beauty who wouldn’t be inferior to me.

But that wasn’t the only thing that surprised me.

The other person seemed to be surprised for the same reason.

Just like I was wearing a school uniform costume.

The other person in front of me was also wearing a strange dress with strange frills.

There’s no doubt. This woman is definitely――

““A magical girl?!””

The two people’s shocked voices overlapped.

* * *

“Let’s see… but what should I do with this, meow.”

After Kay ran out, Cookie pondered, looking at the huge magic stone that was lying in a corner of the house.

It was a magic stone that Kay had picked up and brought back because she couldn’t leave it in the abandoned mine’s hideout last time.

It would be dangerous to hand it over to mediocre guys, but it’s a waste to leave it as it is. More than anything, if there’s another cheat like Kay, or a similar magical girl, then Meklak needs a trump card too.

“…Should I send it to ‘the Doctor’, meow?”

Cookie opened a gate in the air and sent the magic stone somewhere.

She left a model that looked exactly like the magic stone in the place where the magic stone used to be.

This is a perfect crime.

Author’s Note

Thank you.