episode_0048

Well, yeah.

If it ends well, isn’t it good?

I feel better about moving around now than when I first woke up.

The fact that my magical power output has increased means that I have done something that my subconscious recognizes as an evil deed.

Was it that my subconscious mind was working as an evil deed to try to ‘educate’ Ellie a little?

Or something else?

Well, maybe I showed a bad side to Arin.

Or, did you break the floor?

Hmm, I don’t know.

We need to figure out what constitutes evil.

That means you have to do evil.

I’m not saying you have to become a criminal again.

I don’t want to commit another crime at a point where the red line has already been drawn.

Above all, it’s annoying to have to get through this magical girl and commit evil deeds.

What do I think is the standard for evil conduct?

Does an evil act have to be so severe that it is punishable by law to be considered an evil act?

Or do I feel like I’ve done something evil, even if it’s just to the extent that society generally considers it an evil deed?

Ha, it’s complicated.

First of all, I’m curious as to what those two are conspiring to do.

“Yes, Arin? Are you done with the plot?”

“Yes, yes? A conspiracy…?”

“Can you make it so that you won’t regret releasing Ellie? What about Arin?”

“Yes, yes!”

Arin’s slightly trembling answer.

I don’t know if it was because I was consumed by a sense of mission to satisfy myself, or if I was consumed by fear. But for now.

“So Blanc, can I go back now? I don’t even know where this is. It’s a bit… uncomfortable to stay in a room like this for too long. ”

“Ah, that makes sense. I guess it’s time to go back, but I also need to check if he can move properly, and I need to find out why his output suddenly increased so much. Can you wait a little bit? I’ll call the doctor.”

“Um… No matter what, I still don’t feel safe in this hospital room. And I also broke this room, so… I feel a little bad. Where exactly is this place?”

“Association. This is the association president’s office. I think it’s still a bit too early for you to be admitted to the association’s hospital, so I made an entire hospital room for you.”

“Yes…? Why to a villain like me…? If you tore out a hospital room, it must have cost a lot of money!”

“I didn’t really hear much. The association president gave permission, and we used temporary equipment. And it was a good opportunity to study the characteristics of the monsters, so everyone wanted to participate, right?”

After hearing Blanc’s answer, it was clear that it was a lie.

It’s true that they used makeshift equipment, but I don’t think anyone was going to participate.

Even if it’s not an outright lie, I feel like there’s something he’s hiding.

“So, the truth you are hiding is.”

“Huh? You’re hiding it…?”

“Are you doing this knowingly? What, were you threatening me or something?”

“Threat? How could I do something like that? Huh?”

“Then, did you buy something? How?”

Blanc, who kept hinting at the answer and only then finally gave an honest answer.

“Yeah, haa… Really. I can’t tell even a small lie in front of you. I just borrowed some of the association president’s strength. As you know, there’s a team specializing in treating monsters in the association, right?”

“Yes. I heard that it exists. But, I understand that its role is to catch and treat near-death monsters and extract information from them… ”

“So, he said that although it is a professional level of emergency treatment to open the mouth, it is difficult to make a full recovery, so he did not want to take on this job. That is why I borrowed some of the power of the association president. I did not use any other coercive means. I also gave those people appropriate compensation.”

“Haa, thinking about it again, I still don’t understand why they’re treating me like this. Ugh… I’ll pay for all the expenses for this… ”

“Why are you burdening me? Stop talking nonsense. I’ll call people to check, so just rest. ”

“No, but still… ”

“You collapsed because I pushed you too hard with my greed. I’m sorry, that’s why.”

“No, your greed… ”

“It was my greed.”

Is he trying to end it by saying that he was at fault? No matter how much I offered to pay, he almost forcefully said that it was his fault…

What can I do as a villain?

I am already living under the control of a magical girl…

“Haa, really… I understand… ”

“Okay. Arin? Come here and stay next to Bine.”

At the sound of Blanc calling Arin, the two stopped their plot and came to my side.

Well, it was cute how the fear from before had disappeared and she had returned to her original state and was holding my hand tightly.

Two hands holding me tightly, soft and small, not that different from mine…

I wonder if he became jealous again after seeing that, or if he thought he also had ownership of my hand.

Ellie also came to the other side and took my hand.

Looking at it this way, my two hands are tied by little children.

It’s nice and warm.

huh.

Blanc had already left the room, giving me such warmth.

Well, the redhead seemed a little wary when I got angry earlier, but now she just sits on the couch and looks at her phone like she doesn’t care.

“Redhead. You don’t have to follow Blanc?”

So, it’s no surprise that I’m suddenly calling you.

The redhead was so startled that she dropped the phone she was looking at and answered.

“Uh, huh?”

“Why are you so surprised?”

“Ah, no… Are you surprised that he suddenly cares about me?”

“You’re surprised at the strangeness. So, you don’t mind bringing Ellie in?”

“Yeah, well. What difference would it make if we brought in another villain now? Well, I did find it annoying that they tried to mess with the contract magic earlier, but… ”

“Besides that, you. You fought with Ellie often, didn’t you?”

“That’s all in the past. We fought briefly in the early days after I debuted. Even then, he wasn’t that tough of an opponent.”

Ellie shouts next to me at the remark that ignores Ellie’s fighting power.

“Hey! You, seriously!”

“Ouch… My ear hurts… Ellie, I’m the one who’s sick, so why are you doing this?”

“Ah, Vine. Sorry! But, you want me to just stay still after hearing what Garnet said?”

Ha, it seems Ellie was secretly worried.

Well, since Ellie left the front lines of the battle, she barely trained, and that redhead has grown up so much, that Ellie wouldn’t be able to win now.

By now, the difference between Ellie and the magic potion will be big.

“No, but. You’re messing around with that contract magic? What is that?”

“Well, he tried to reverse the contract magic to put me under his control.”

“Oh, that’s what you mean. I remember there were a few idiot fighters who ended up becoming servants of monsters… ”

“Yeah, that’s how you tried to control me. Well, it’s a good thing Yunseul stopped you before, otherwise, what would have happened… ”

“Huh? I don’t think it really mattered… ?”

“Huh? Isn’t the plan Ellis made a bit serious?”

“Ah, what I meant was that you have already surpassed Ellie’s magical power by far.”

“Huh… ?”

In response to that, Ellie, who had been quietly chuckling next to me, asked back.

“Wait a minute. What are you saying? I’m weaker than that Garnet?”

“Yeah, there’s already a big difference in horsepower.”

“Huh? What I checked is different? When I saw it in the video, it didn’t change anything! In the first place, when I fought, she was a magical girl with less magical power than me?”

“You haven’t grown since then, but the redhead has grown that much. Enough to be selected as one of the 20 people in Ragnarok.”

“No, that, then… My plan is…!”

“I guess I’ll end up being the redhead’s subordinate… ”

“Ugh, eww! Tea, I’d rather die…! T, I don’t like that!”

Is it to the point where you’re completely terrified and hate it?

For Ellie, red hair was like a rival to Blanc for me.

“You just signed a contract with Blanc.”

“Ugh, ugh. That’s better… Ugh… I’d rather have Blanc as the master… Thinking of Garnet as a slave who follows me around like a pet… Eek! Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps!”

Ellie rolled up her sleeves and showed me her arms, as if she wanted to let me know that she was really creeped out.

“So, Blanc owns you, then… ”

“Yeah, if you give an order, you have to do it. That’s why I’m even more glad I didn’t make a contract with that Garnet! Shit, I’m really glad I failed… !”

The redhead, hearing those words, seemed to have no thoughts.

“So how are you, redhead, are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m really okay. You’re bound by a contract anyway, right? If you want, just ask Yunseul unnie to take care of it.”

The fact that she says such subtle and brutal things so nonchalantly is really like her.

So, is everything done?

For now, all I have to do is enjoy this warmth and relax.

“Arin, I’m sorry for being a little harsh earlier. Well, and it may have been a long time ago for you, but I’m sorry for being harsh during training too. Will you forgive me?”

“Yes, of course. My dear sister Binae, whom I really cherish.”

Yeah, warm warmth.

“Ellie, you too. It’s been so long since we last met, and I’m sorry… ”

“No. It was my fault. She really is alive… Not Marina either. Out here, like this… Haa… I’m so glad… ”

“Well, I’m a body that’s been captured by magical girls.”

“Still, we can meet again.”

“Is that so.”