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What the hell happened with the situation?

It was just confusing.

How did she know I stayed out?

And what on earth is this reaction from the child?

Due to the pressure of the child tightly hugging my waist, it gradually became hard to breathe.

“Oppa.”

A voice that couldn’t be colder.

Goosebumps spread across my arms, and my whole body seemed to stiffen.

“You promised me… But. But why!!”

-Thump.

“Ugh…”

Pushed back by the child’s strength, I was driven against the wall.

Even if I tried to push her away, there’s no way an ordinary person could overcome a Magical Girl’s strength.

First, it seemed like I needed to slowly figure out why she was so angry.

“Wh- why suddenly. Are you doing this, Ai.”

“You promised me. We pinky promised, Counselor Oppa.”

The child held out her pinky finger as if telling me to look.

It was a pure white and fragile pinky finger.

And the base of her pinky finger still had a scab, just like last time.

‘Did she bite it again?’

I thought the wound would have healed somewhat since some time had passed.

But the wound still remained.

There was only one conclusion left.

That means she periodically bit her finger until it bled so the wound wouldn’t disappear.

“Oppa…… you don’t even know my feelings like that and you’re rolling around with some other girl. Haha……”

Rolling around with another girl.

Of course, I did sleep with Freyphe yesterday, but it wasn’t anything like what the child is thinking.

Not only did we not sleep close together in the first place, but I swear there was nothing that would make her anxious.

But why is she so anxious?

“Rolling around with another woman? It’s true I stayed out last night, but nothing like what Ai is thinking happened.”

“There’s… not? You say there isn’t? Then what is this smell from this clothing, and from my body? And even the residual mana scent. She’s a Magical Girl, right? You rolled around with that other assigned girl, didn’t you, Oppa?”

Residual mana scent? Smell?

At that moment, a scene flashed through my mind.

The coat that was put over Freyphe last night.

And even the sight of Freyphe wearing my coat while in her Magical Girl form.

I felt like I knew why Ai’s misunderstanding had deepened.

Then, if I just explain what happened yesterday step by step……

The child looking up at me intently.

Her eyes were filled with only one emotion.

Jealousy.

An unstable and extremely dangerous emotion.

So, the only thought I had was that I had to clear up the misunderstanding quickly.

“Ai, first listen to my words… Hmm?!”

I opened my mouth to explain, but it was forced shut again.

For a moment, thought stopped.

Huh?

The moment I tried to open my mouth, something soft came in, and gradually my breath was choked.

And I could define the current action.

Kiss.

-Gulp.

Ai’s fleshy tongue that forced my mouth shut no matter what I wanted to say.

It was hard to breathe.

I had to stop her, but because of the peach scent and soft touch digging into my mouth, I couldn’t easily speak.

I tried putting strength into my hands or body somehow to push her away.

However.

-Grab.

Overpowered once again by Ai’s strength, which she grasped like a ghost, I couldn’t resist at all.

I just waited, hoping for this kiss to end quickly.

“Haaa, ha, fuu. How is it, Oppa. It feels better than with that girl, right?”

“Cu- Cu-gh. Ai.”

Only then, with her lips separated, could I breathe.

I didn’t care whether saliva was on my mouth or not.

Breathing heavily first was important.

As I caught my breath, I felt my blurry vision gradually returning.

Now, I really had to correct this misunderstanding somehow.

Whatever Ai said, I had to move first, so I grabbed her shoulders.

And I looked at Ai again.

She was blushing with a silver thread of saliva on her lips, just like me.

The atmosphere was calmer than before, so it seemed she would listen to me now.

“It’s a misunderstanding. I’ll explain everything I did yesterday.”

I explained quickly and briefly what happened last night.

As she listened to my explanation, Ai’s face gradually turned red.

As if the misunderstanding was resolved, she released her hold and started to distance herself slightly.

“Ah, then. Uhh. S- sorry. Aah.”

She fumbled with her lips for a moment, then deeply bowed her head.

A strange face where embarrassment and awkwardness coexisted.

However, perhaps hidden deep within, it seemed a small sense of joy was also mixed in.

“I’m okay, Ai… However.”

I felt like I definitely had to say this one thing.

Sudden increases in physical contact like today should not happen.

To prevent recurrence somehow, I felt the need to be firm as well.

“It would be good if misfortunes like this don’t happen again from next time.”

“I’m sorry… Oppa. I was really so angry that my head briefly…”

“Please be careful. If something like this happens again, then……”

Should I say this, I wondered, but I steeled my resolve and looked down at Ai.

Just as I was about to speak.

-Beep beep!

“Ah, uh. Sorry, a sudden call… Huh? Oh?”

Ai’s eyes went wide as if startled, simultaneously with the sudden call.

She rubbed her eyes for a moment as if unable to believe it, then quickly tried to leave.

Even without words, I knew instinctively.

That something had happened.

I, too, momentarily forgot that I was about to scold Ai and decided to ask what was happening.

“What’s happening?”

“A high-level demon beast alert call came. This… only comes for at least Grade 1 demon beasts. I’m sorry, Oppa. I’m really in a hurry…!”

Ai hurrying out of the counseling room.

I understand that she’s deploying quickly because it’s urgent.

Still, something felt off.

‘She was smiling… wasn’t she?’

The moment she left, a smile was on Ai’s face.

Although there was a misunderstanding, I suspected that perhaps the whole situation had unfolded according to Ai’s intentions.

I couldn’t know what the truth was, but the uneasy feeling didn’t seem like it would disappear.

I had tried to maintain boundaries as much as possible, but ending up with a kiss today was an unexpected result, and my head was throbbing.

“At this rate, I might really be forced to graduate.”

Far from counseling, I was worried that I might keep crossing the line like this and get kicked out.

The silver lining was that this incident happened because of Ai’s mistake, so now I have a reason to push her away more strongly next time.

However.

‘I never imagined it would go as far as a kiss.’

I had planned to gradually unlock physical contact only when Ai’s state wasn’t good.

They were logs to throw into the fire of love whenever it seemed like it was about to die out.

Suddenly, by throwing in a whole lot of those logs, what kind of problem would arise?

And when things couldn’t be solved with just a kiss later, I had no idea how far I would have to go.

Would there be physical contact beyond a kiss?

-Ding!!

“Is it a disaster text message?”

Since I knew Ai had been called, I thought a disaster text message would come soon.

[Emergency Disaster Text Message]

[-B City- Around 11 AM, a Fallen Magical Girl appeared in the B City Industrial Zone. Please evacuate as quickly as possible.]

“A Fallen Magical Girl…?”

For a moment, my mind went blank.

What Ai had been called for was clearly a demon beast alert.

But what was the message I just received?

It was a Fallen Magical Girl alert, which might be even more dangerous than that.

Could it be that the alerts came simultaneously?

Goosebumps ran all over my body at the sudden disaster.

First, I have to evacuate.

Because the location of this counseling room is also in B City, there’s a high possibility of getting caught up in the battle.

‘Wait a minute… No way. It couldn’t be?’

At that moment, one person flashed through my mind.

The Magical Girl I encountered last night came to mind.

The Fallen Magical Girl I met underground.

Could it be her…?

“What on earth is happening… Wait a minute.”

And with a somehow uneasy feeling, I looked at my phone.

Please. Please let it not be.

Although I was in a situation where I had to evacuate myself, another person kept coming to mind.

Freyphe.

Certainly last time, she tried to deploy immediately even against a demon beast that was clearly stronger than her.

Could it be this time too?

Hoping it wasn’t, I opened the phone app to check the current status of the assigned personnel.

[Magical Girl Ai – Currently called to Grade 1 Demon Beast Extermination Battle.]

[Magical Girl Freyphe – Encountered Fallen Magical Girl.]

“Such a thing.”

My unease soon became reality.

‘There’s no way Freyphe can possibly handle her.’

The combat power of the Fallen Magical Girl I saw, even estimating roughly, would require someone like Ai, an A-class, to be able to fight.

Then what about Freyphe?

Probably…

No matter how positively I thought, a good outcome didn’t emerge.

Gulp.

What should I do?

I am not someone with strong powers like a Magical Girl.

But telling myself to ignore it and evacuate, something kept bothering me.

Something.

Yes, something seemed to be whispering to me.

-Save Freyphe.

I don’t know what that voice was.

But one thing was certain: I could make up my mind.

I’m going to Freyphe right now.

Whether there’s anything I can do or not isn’t what’s important.

To not regret it someday, I decided to go to the scene right now.

***

“What… is this.”

I wondered if the scene unfolding before my eyes was truly real.

It looked like something where it would make more sense for me to be dreaming.

The city that was fine until yesterday…

Like in an apocalypse manga or novel, everything was broken, and nothing was intact.

Disaster.

I felt like I understood why Fallen Magical Girls were called disasters.

Even though I had thrown myself into danger, my mind was remarkably clear.

And I kept moving forward.

“…Oh my, it’s already quiet? Earlier you were running wild like a beast cub, and now you’re whimpering like a dog cub again.”

……

I was able to find them in the ruined place.

The Fallen Magical Girl I met underground, and Freyphe, brutally broken to the point it was hard to watch with open eyes.

As soon as I found the two of them, I approached them.

I couldn’t be any later than this.

Because Freyphe, covered in blood, wasn’t in a good state.

“Oh my, you’re that person from then. I didn’t expect to see you again here?”

Here, I’ll somehow negotiate with her to save Freyphe’s life and my own.