episode_0042

“Huh? Oh, are you done with all your business?”

Ellis’ class, who was waiting for us, was spoken to by the homeroom teacher.

Well, I did tell Ellis to act naturally.

At least if you get caught here, you know you’ll be in trouble too.

Still, it was a very considerate gesture to cover the seal with a scarf.

“Huh? Suyeon, what about that scarf?”

“Ah, this, this is… ”

“This is a scarf that I gave as a gift because I helped with the association work. It’s cold in Seoul.”

“Oh, is that so? That would be great! Our Suyeon. She’s going to Seoul. I believe that Suyeon will do well there too, teacher.”

“Yes, yes… Thank you… ”

“We also think that our friend Sooyeon will go and play a really big role. Um, please contact the association for anything that needs to be handled at school. We need to take Sooyeon urgently right now. Is that okay?”

“Yes, yes, of course we can protect the citizens. We will take care of attendance.”

“Thank you, teacher. Suyeon. Let’s go now.”

“Yes, yes! Blanc!”

“Okay, let’s go. Thank you for taking the time!”

“I am honored. The magical girls came all the way here. Be careful on your way in!”

So I left school, welcomed warmly by my homeroom teacher.

Back to the association.

Take one villain.

Well, I guess I’m hungry since I haven’t eaten yet.

There are things more important than such trivial things.

“Okay, this is the association. If you listen well from now on, you won’t have to go underground, right?”

“That, that… Anyway, if you give me an order, I won’t be able to resist… ”

“Well, I’m not sure. It wouldn’t hurt to tell me in advance, right?”

“Yes… ”

“Where we’re going is just a little bit up from here.”

“That, that… I didn’t hear anything on the way here… What am I supposed to do… ”

“Go and see and you’ll know.”

“I, I… am weak in physical strength… and my abilities are not that great, so I think it would be a bit too much to use me as a sandbag… right?”

“If you want to be a sandbag, I’ll let you do it when I’m done. It was just time to make it. It would be great if there was a sandbag that was good at running away and reacting well, right?”

“Hee, eek! Sorry, I’m sorry! I don’t like sandbags! Please! ”

“What if you take something I said as a joke so seriously? Hey, that won’t happen, so come with me.”

“Hipp… Yes… ”

So I arrived at the door of the room with Ellis by my side.

The room where she was, even after watching for several days, seemed to be just sleeping soundly.

First of all, his vital signs improved, so the hospital set up a room just below the floor where the association president was.

Every day, Arin comes to take care of him and check to see if he’s getting any worse.

I was very careful not to get hurt if I touched it. I touched it with my hand.

Even after school, I always see her at the association.

From my perspective, he was really looking at the wine with utmost sincerity.

Same thing today.

Maybe he came early after school.

Arin’s presence was felt in the room.

There is a knock on the door, and Arin’s voice is heard answering that it is okay to come in.

Open the door, enter, and you will see a bed.

A small child lying on it.

Ellis would have known who this child was the moment she saw him.

“Rain, rain… Rain? Why, why here… Why? Rain! Rain!!”

“Ellis! Ah.”

As soon as he saw Vinay, he couldn’t catch Ellis who ran towards him.

Because he pushed us away with truly superhuman strength and ran to the bed.

“Da, who are you!”

However, Arin was stopped by someone she was seeing for the first time, who was wary of approaching Bine.

“What are you! What are you doing, stopping us from going to Binne? Get out of the way!”

“Da, who the hell are you, coming to my sick sister? Yunseul? Seohyun? What the hell is going on! Bringing such a strange person to a sick person…!”

“What kind of weird person am I! You’re the first person I’ve seen, and shouldn’t I be the one asking you!”

“Sister! This guy, no. Is he a villain? That seal, that thing. How can you bring a villain into a room where your sick sister is!”

Yes, the hospital room was a mess.

They were meeting each other for the first time, and in the meantime, Ellis jumped into Vinnie’s arms.

I understand Ellis’ situation, but I also understand Arin’s situation.

It was the first time in years that I had seen Bine’s face, but she was lying in bed, unable to get up.

A girl watching it.

If that kid were to block the reunion, anyone would be upset.

Arin, a girl who suddenly barged in, was trying to attack her precious older sister.

Because underneath the scarf that had just been taken off, there was a seal that could be seen as a symbol of the captured villain.

We need to resolve the situation where misunderstandings between us are deepening.

“Both of you stop. Ellis, take a step back.”

“Eek, yes… T, but! Blanc-nim will have to explain too! Why is Binette lying there! What’s with that little brat!”

“Are you a kid? You seem more kiddy than me? What are you doing right now!”

“Both of you, stop fighting. Calm down.”

“”Yes… “”

So I stood next to Ellis and introduced her to Arin.

“This is Ellis. She was the closest child to Biné when she was in Eden. Biné risked his life to rescue her during Ragnarok, and brought her here.”

“Sister Yunseul. She’s a villain. How could I bring her to Sister Binne… ”

“I thought she might be able to wake up Binnie again.”

“Yes… ? Was that the role I came here for? If that was the case, you should have told me earlier… !”

“Let me know so I know what to do.”

“Vinega, Vinega can’t get up like that! Why, no, but why is Vinega with Blanc? It’s definitely in Marina… ”

“That’s it, later when Binnie wakes up, you’ll hear it from her own mouth. First, find out why she collapsed. Arin is coming out too, so it’s okay.”

“Sister, how can you be sure that it’s okay?? If you make things worse for Sister Bin, why would you make a villain…!”

“Arin, she might know more about Vine. So hurry up.”

“Haa, seriously. I can’t believe it. She’s different from Bine’s older sister. Totally. Totally… ”

“It’s okay. That kid loves Binnie so much. At least he won’t hurt Binnie.”

So Ellis walked over to Binette’s side and examined her.

In hopes that it would help her examine Vine, I also told her what Vine’s current situation was.

It seems like the magic power generation is blocked somewhere, but life activities continue, but it is not recovering.

His body is fine, but he hasn’t regained consciousness.

It also told her how much lower her magical power output was compared to usual.

Almost all the information, everything I know.

After hearing all that, Ellis sighed with a look of relief on her face.

“Was it like that? I again… ”

“Huh? Do you have any guesses?”

“This is, again, a lack of energy in another aspect.”

“On the other side?”

“The explanation is a bit complicated, but I’ll explain it simply.”

Starting with those words, Ellis explained the fundamental reason why Binney had collapsed.

“First, we need to have a clear understanding of our monsters. Our monsters, as you saw earlier… the magic core is a very important organ.”

“You need a magic core to stay alive, and you need a magic core to control magic power.”

“Plus, if you gain control of the magic core, you can do anything that person does. Just like the contract magic from before.”

“Haa, losing that agency to a magical girl… ”

She took a moment to catch her breath and glared at me.

Are you that annoyed that I took control of your precious magic core?

“So. You don’t want to do it?”

“Oh, no! Now the explanation of the magic core begins!”

“The way these magical cores work is divided into two stages. One is the energy condensation stage. It absorbs food or magical particles from the surroundings, invisible magical particles called Marparticles, through its skin, and condenses all of that magical power into the core. Then, the processing stage for release. Vine is blocked at this stage.”

“Why? If that’s the case, why would it be blocked? ”

“Because Vine put a lock on Eden.”

“What, what did you say…?”

“In Eden, such a powerful force. It must not turn to the side of justice. So it was double and triple locked.”

“That’s, what is… ”

“Well, isn’t that obvious? That kind of lock is a lock that all the monsters in Eden have. Well, if you hadn’t been using magic power until now, it wouldn’t have been depleted, so you wouldn’t have fallen.”

“No, how do you know that…?”

“I almost died because of this lock. I almost lost consciousness while fighting a wild animal in the mountains. I don’t want to do that again.”

“Really? How can you be sure of that?”

“It happened suddenly, without any warning, just due to a decrease in magic power. And you said that the magic power output was lower than usual. Then, that’s the only thing I’m suspicious of… ”

“Then, how should we solve it?”

“It’s simple. Just do something bad.”

If I do something bad… it’s okay…?

“What is that…?”

“If you commit an evil deed, this lock will be released and the magic core will start producing magic power. The amount of evil deed.”

“What is the standard for evil deeds…?”

“Only Binnie would know that. The very thing that he thinks is evil, the wavelength of that thought, is the key to the lock.”

To Bine, I have to make you do evil deeds, evil deeds again. That can’t be possible…

There isn’t any.