The Phantom Thief Becomes a Magic Phantom Thief (3)

Over Technology. That was the word that could define the technological prowess of the Clausin and Ciel.

Compared to the science of the Monsters, who regarded nuclear weapons as child’s play, the equipment Ciel had made for me was equally impressive.

It wasn’t pure science, as magic was mixed in, but the moment I realized the pistol in my hand was no ordinary object, my eyes, which had been filled with disappointment just moments ago, widened like knot holes.

No bullets,

No batteries,

No wires.

A gun that fired projectiles manifested solely by my Magical Power and imagination, requiring not a single detailed component. Who in the world wouldn’t be amazed by this?

“An ordinary person would struggle to even fire one shot… but Rapin’s Magical Power is of a quality comparable to Magical Girls, and far surpasses that of a normal person. To the point where there’s no difference between us.”

On the tablet Ciel was holding, my face appeared like a hologram, along with a graph displaying various curves. She repeatedly gasped in admiration, then sighed with regret as she looked at it.

“Ugh… there are too many Negative Skills. Is it because of the Brand on your stomach? Even if I overlook the Blessing of Contraception, what in the world is the Blessing of Eternity? That’s a Skill only a Demon of Lust would have…”

“Wait, wait a minute, Ciel. What are all these ‘Magic Phantom Thief’ and ‘Negative Skill’ things you’ve been talking about?”

“…Ah, Rapin, you might not know. Have you ever heard someone speaking in your head sometimes? The Clausin, who are called Monsters, Magical Girls, and all living beings possess a special power. Status, condition, blessings, and so on… Most people call these 『Skills』.”

It was an unbelievable story, but it was reality, not a game. I was an experienced person, and another experienced person had just shown me a hologram containing their information.

『Ciel: All-Powerful Magical Girl』

『Wisdom of the Sage LV3』

『Inventor’s Talent』

『Blessing of Contraception: Always Active』

『Blessing of the Guardian: Always Active』

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“Compared to mine, yours looks incredibly good…”

“Ahaha… I wasn’t trying to brag.”

Based on the explanation Ciel gave me while scratching her cheek, I finally understood the true nature of the voices echoing in my head.

Compared to extraterrestrial beings, humans on Earth had not yet grasped the concept of 『Skills』, and were considered a rather inferior species whose Skills did not manifest easily.

That’s why their development was inevitably slower than beings like the Klaus Tribe, and after being invaded, Earth was renamed Colony Star-009.

In summary, things like my 『Corruption Desire』 or 『Brand of the Devil』, which weren’t as helpful as Ciel’s 『Wisdom of the Sage』 or 『Inventor’s Talent』, seemed to be called Negative Skills.

“Don’t worry too much. Negative Skills won’t level up unless you accumulate the corresponding experience. It’ll be tough, but if you live a little carefully, they won’t increase much.”

“Of course I will. I intended to do that even before disgusting things like 『Mutation Constitution』 appeared.”

“Alright~ Magic Phantom Thief Rapin, put the ring next to the gun on your wrist.”

“So, what *is* a Magic Phantom Thief?”

“I’ll tell you once you’ve equipped all the gear. Come on, hurry~.”

Ciel urged me on, somewhat strangely.

I finally tore my eyes away from the fresh, budding breasts hidden within the navy Schoolmiz visible between her cute face and white gown, and equipped the black, ring-shaped bracelet on the table.

“Heehee~ Rapin, you like even such modest breasts, huh? You were all goofy when Hyun-ah hugged you. Even if they’re smaller than Hyun-ah’s, they’re still not bad, are they?”

“Ah, no, that’s…!”

“Hehet, your reaction is cute~. I suddenly want to make you cosplay to my heart’s content…!”

As I made excuses, the ring passed through my palm and reached my wrist, then began to shrink, becoming the perfect size for my wrist.

“Doesn’t it feel stuffy? Does it bother you or feel tight?”

“Not at all. It feels like there’s nothing there.”

No foreign sensation was felt even when I rotated my wrist. As I gasped in wonder, just as I had with the gun, Ciel smiled confidently, saying it was too early to be surprised.

“I called you a Magic Phantom Thief, but you don’t yet know how to wield Magical Power.

For now, you’ll either speak commands as I’ve programmed them, or the magic I’ve programmed will activate through your imagination. This time, try saying or imagining ‘Transform!'”

Hmm… so I just need to visualize it?

‘T-Transform?’

─Paat!!

“W-What is this?!”

“Don’t be scared. That’s the color of your Magical Power. It’s beautiful, like the ocean, isn’t it?”

Too embarrassed to say it out loud, I merely thought the word “Transform” in my head, and the ring began to flash with a dark blue light.

Soon after, the light enveloped my body, and as the overlook shirt I was wearing slowly disappeared, another outfit was put on me.

A black jacket and gloves draped over a pure white blouse.

Compared to how my entire arms were completely covered, I wore hot pants that reached mid-thigh, with a holster attached to my waist.

“The cloak is designed to appear from behind if you want it to. Now you look more like a Phantom Thief… What you were wearing until now was too revealing.”

Ciel smiled, resting her hand on her chin. When I checked my reflection in the mirror that appeared from the ceiling, I understood why she had that expression.

The design was different from what I wore before transforming into a man… but compared to the slutty outfit that perverted bitch Halo left behind, my current attire was more than to my liking.

It was wholesome itself, with no cleavage showing, and my stomach wasn’t exposed to reveal the Brand of the Devil. It was an outfit that suited Lee Seri’s face perfectly.

“It’s all fabric made from your Magical Power. As long as you have Magical Power, the clothes will automatically repair themselves if damaged, and they’ll mitigate most attacks to some extent.”

“…It feels a bit strange to say this to someone I’m truly grateful to… but why are you doing so much for me?”

Even if Miweol was Luna’s precious person and a Phantom Thief who helped civilians in a different way than they did, the benefits she was giving me were far too generous to be considered ordinary civilian aid.

“…Rapin, do you remember me saying I’d be busy tomorrow?”

“Of course I remember. You said you were researching and looking for other Magical Girls… Is it because of me?”

In an invaded society, Magical Girls might only be at the level of a vigilante group, but there would undoubtedly be significant changes starting from after today’s attack on Gould’s Prison.

Even if Gould had lost his memory of me, and even if he had erased the records of the infiltrating woman, the fact that Magical Girls had stormed the Prison could not be undone.

“Don’t say it like that… You two are strangely similar in these moments. They say people who like each other start to resemble each other… Ehet☆”

“Th-That’s not it at all…”

“It’s not entirely your fault. It was something we decided the moment the six of us formed a team. The schedule just got moved up a bit.”

Jjoo-ok… Ciel, having finished her milkshake, rose from her seat and approached the screen in the center of the Workshop.

“We said we’d help each other, didn’t we~ As long as you help Luna, I’ll assist you too.”

Kku-uk- As she pressed the button, a green-tinged planet, similar to Earth, appeared on the screen behind Ciel.

“In that sense… Rapin, may I make a suggestion?”

However, it was Planet Klaus, the Home Planet of the aliens who invaded Earth, with a vast landmass and almost no blue areas that looked like oceans, making it hard to call it Earth.

“To defeat the Klaus Tribe, will you become a Phantom Thief who works with us?”

***

“The sun is already rising…”

The dawn sky began to brighten.

Luna, resting on the rooftop of a high-rise building after her patrol, slowly stretched as she watched the rising sun announce the start of a new day.

‘I’ll rest until today, and then it’s back to business tomorrow…’

Because her fleeing figure resembled rabbit ears, the public’s name for the Phantom Thief was… Rapin.

Seri sunbae’s Cafe Lapin… Now that I thought about it, the fact that the Phantom Thief and the cafe had the same name brought a strange smile to my face.

The thought of it being a cute name lasted only a moment; as I recalled the events of today, my bright expression hardened once more.

Although sunbae was very good at escaping, when she was cornered, she made efforts in unseen ways, like felling trees or secretly tying the feet of her pursuers, but…

I also had my duties as a Magical Girl, and I couldn’t follow sunbae around 365 days a year, so I couldn’t always protect her.

Some days, she would return covered in wounds, and the next morning, I would have to face sunbae wrapped in bandages everywhere.

Even after realizing that the Phantom Thief’s true identity was the person she respected and cherished most, she had never once let it show.

She feared that if sunbae knew I knew the truth, she would distance herself from me. But I realized once again how foolish that thought had been.

‘How much pain must she have been in…’

Padeuk-

The more I recalled sunbae’s utterly miserable state that I had witnessed in the Prison, the tighter my teeth clenched.

An unforgivable act.

I couldn’t prevent the act I had wished my precious person would never experience.

After becoming a Magical Girl, not only gratitude returned for her selfless good deeds.

‘Wouldn’t it have been better if you’d saved us a little faster… We wouldn’t have had to suffer such terrible things.’

‘Why did you come so late? If you hadn’t been late, our dad wouldn’t have died!’

‘Why do you only kill rogue Monsters? If you have that power, kill them all!!’

‘Are you coming at dangerous times just to get famous? You’re in cahoots with the Monsters, aren’t you?’

Even people who said, “It would have been better if *you* had been violated,” and tried to counterattack with the Monsters.

But sunbae…

‘As a civilian who wants to repay you, as your sunbae, as Phantom Thief Rapin who admired you… can I steal a little of that responsibility?’

“…Aja Aja!”

Bad memories, go far away~!!

I just need to work harder! Move faster, and become strong enough to save everyone!

Magical Girl Luna is everyone’s leader, so she needs to be everyone’s pillar of support. I’ll try my best to be as diligent as Hyun-ah unnie, who was the previous leader.

“…Huh?”

Just before I dispelled my transformation, a luminous orb appeared before my eyes, drawing a pattern in the air. It was a distress signal.

And this color was…

“Hyun-ah unnie?!”

The magic cast upon the five of us by the sender of the distress signal. The faster the light flashed, the more urgent the situation.

‘I only knew such a thing existed, but it had never lit up before…!’

After all, she was a Magical Girl. Those who could subdue a Guardian of the Stars were few and far between.

‘In that case… Seven Stars?’

Even though she was a playful unnie, she would never deceive us with something so serious, like the boy who cried wolf.

Now that the Prison had been attacked, the thought that another Seven Star might try to harm a Magical Girl flashed through my mind.

Should I call other team members? It would be better to go with several people rather than alone…

“…No.”

I might be too late.

I won’t let unnie suffer the same pain sunbae went through…!

If it’s a large number of rogue Monsters, I can deal with them all at once. If it’s a Seven Star… I’ll escape somehow.

…

Even with the sun rising, the city center, packed with buildings, was still dim.

A secluded alley. It was even darker than the place where we held our meeting, and the buildings were so tall that it would be difficult to notice anything happening there.

In the center of that alley, a familiar black-haired woman lay collapsed on the ground, her gaze directed towards me.

“…Hyun-ah unnie!!”

“Ugh… Luna…? It’s Luna… right?”

Pink eyes, half-closed, fluttered open at my voice.

I summoned moon swords around us, spreading them out like a barrier in all directions, then carefully embraced unnie and examined her body. Aside from her Magical Girl Bot being torn, no other severe injuries were visible.

I couldn’t completely drop my guard just because I had secured unnie. Although no other presence was felt apart from the Hyun-ah in my arms, a Monster could appear at any moment.

As I tidied her disheveled hair, I saw a faint, inexplicable smile on unnie’s face.

“Thank you for coming… Ahaha… Haa… I wondered what I’d do if you didn’t come…”

“That’s impossible! What exactly happened?”

“Well… among us, there was a traitor… who sided with the Klaus Tribe…”

…What?

A traitor?

…It can’t be. Who… who could have betrayed us?

Mera? Soo-ah? ChuChu? Ciel?

At least among the team members I knew, there was no one who would stab me in the back.

“L-Let’s escape first! Before more attacks come─”

The moment I tried to escape with unnie in my arms, my balance faltered, and I was instantly slammed against the wall.

“Hahat… You’re truly naive… It’s your charm, so I can’t call you stupid. Ahat♡”

“Heh, heup…?! Ha-eup… Eumeup…!”

“….♥”

Unnie’s face drew closer.

The scent of freshly warmed, creamy milk wafting from her two voluptuous breasts, which I longed to emulate, stung my nostrils, and my resisting strength gradually weakened.

My Magical Power, which could be called the driving force of life… was draining away.

『Hyun-ah’s Drain Kiss LV 4 activates』

『Magical Power is stolen by the kiss.』

『Resistance is impossible.』

『Resistance is impossible.』

『Resistance is impossible.』

Chyureureup Chup-

Jjup-Jjuup..

A crimson tongue intertwined within the overlapping mucous membranes, stealing Magical Power.

While part of it was the confusion from the sudden first kiss, as the lukewarm, slug-like tongue invaded my mouth and the lewd sounds grew louder, helplessness dominated my body.

All that was permitted to me now was to collapse, savor the lingering aftertaste of my first kiss, and gasp for breath.

“Haaah…! I never knew Luna’s Magical Power would be this sweet! Haa… I’ve lost half my life not knowing this…”

“Unnie… why…?”

When the suffocating kiss ended and she pulled away, a string of saliva stretched out like a thread, arcing to the floor.

Clinging to my consciousness, which felt like it was about to snap, I looked at Hyun-ah unnie, who was trembling, seemingly exhilarated by the excessive Magical Power.

Jjigeok… Jjigeok…

“Mheu-euh… I like it, I really like it…”

Honey-like fluid dripped from between her thighs onto the floor, and Hyun-ah, panting, gently pinched her own stiffly erect nipples.

“Oh dear… This isn’t the time for this… Luna, you might not understand why I’m doing this right now… but you’ll realize soon enough.”

“The Joy of the Female.”

“The Joy of the Female.”

“I will teach you a pleasure that will make a flower garden bloom in your brain, a pleasure even greater than what sunbae felt.”

A book pulled from her cleavage spread its pages, covering my face, and with a lewd smile, she softly uttered a spell.

“【Sleep, Page of Slumber】”

“N-No… Sunbae, sun…bae…”

“One day isn’t enough time to completely corrupt you… but it should be enough to stain a pure white page.”

As she was a child with a weak mentality, it needed to be done slowly. She needed to be tainted by Lust, little by little.

It would require a lot of effort, but the joy in return would be just as great.

Hyun-ah, closing the page that had been spread with eerie black Magical Power, picked up Luna, who had fallen asleep in her arms, and vanished in an instant.