Chapter 13

Chapter 1 — Blow all of heaven and earth to smithereens! • Episode 1-4 • Witch ①

Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV

I rubbed my left hand where it had been held. It didn’t hurt. But even now that I’ve untransformed, I still feel a little bit of heat.

I had never heard anyone say to me that they wanted to be friends.

「I hope you don’t hate Elephant–ran. That girl had no bad intentions–ran.」

「I don’t dislike or like her. I’m just not interested.」

I didn’t need to be told, but I knew she must be a softy. When was the last time someone looked at me with such straight eyes?

I talked to him for a bit, reminding myself that walking away without saying anything like I did the last time would just unnecessarily alarm him… I knew I shouldn’t get involved.

「I think it’s time for me to visit the Magical World too, no matter how unimportant that may be.」

It is a different world centered on the Bureau of Magical Arts, which oversees Magical Girls, and is about the size of the Tokyo metropolis. That is the Magical World. The Deception World is said to be located at almost the same coordinates as the real world in order to deceive the eyes of the distressed, but this magical world seems to exist in a place that is divorced from the concept of distance in the first place, and can be transferred in an instant from anywhere in Japan.

On the other hand, in principle, returning from the Magical World to the real world can only be done at the original location, but since I do not understand the detailed logic behind this, I am convinced that this is the way it is supposed to be in the first place.

In addition to the magical bureaus, the Magical World is home to a variety of other facilities, some of which closely resemble shopping malls and leisure facilities in the real world, and others are of magical origin that exist only in the Magical World. Naturally, as Magical Elephant said, there are places to eat.

「I got caught up in the food talk–ran.」

「I’m getting tired of home delivery.」

Compared to real-world delivery services, the variety is more varied and the time it takes to deliver is not so long, making it very convenient, but there are still limitations. Above all, this home delivery service consumes quite a few points.

I touched a little on the transition situation in the magical world earlier, but it is a principle that when a Magical Girl returns from the Magical World to the real world, she can only return to her original location, and there are exceptions to this rule.

The exception to this is the use of a special magical tool called a long-distance transfer device. There are two conditions for the use of this magical tool: first, the user must be a Phase 3 Magical Girl, or a witch.  And the other is when a Diest over the Marquis class occurs.

The Marquis class Diest can barely be won by more than one Phase 2 Magical Girl taking on the challenge, but it is common for there not to be several Phase 2 Magical Girls in the area in which they appear. As a rescue for such a situation, we use this magical tool to send Witches to the rescue.

The reason why this magical tool has such usage restrictions is because it consumes enormous amounts of energy to operate. It is not something that can be used at a moment’s notice; it is a tiger cub that is finally approved for use when it is absolutely impossible for the Magical Girls onsite to handle it on their own.

To return to the topic of home delivery, the transition to a favorite place is such a high hurdle, but this is a different story with Magical Girls and other things.

I don’t know if it has something to do with the size or the fact that it is a living thing, but it seems that it doesn’t take a huge amount of energy just to transfer a small object to a desired location, and even though it is not so lightly consumed that it can be released for free, the delivery service in the magical world can be used by anyone but it can take quite a lot of points, but they take quite a few points with them.

「Besides, I’m interested in a lot of things.」

I was originally interested in the Magical World, but put it off because of the hassle of going out.

Wanting to try the food of the Magical World was only one of the triggers.

The real reason I was thinking of going to the Magical World was to find a way to get back to my original form.

Jack told me that by defeating the Diest and accumulating points I could get the aging potion and the sex change potion. And I, who had no way to resist, agreed to fight as a Magical Girl, and I have been fighting until now.

But the situation is different between me then and me now. I once had no connection to the Magical World, but now I am a Magical Girl. I don’t have to take Jack’s word for it, but have a chance to explore it for myself to see if it is true.

What’s more, I may even be able to report Jack’s conduct to the appropriate authorities. I don’t know if there is such a police-like agency, Jack once said. If they don’t find out, there is no problem. Conversely, if they are found out, there is a problem. There is a system to judge guilt.

「I want to explore the Magical World alone, so please don’t follow me.」

「I’m surprised that Ryōichi still had such a boyish heart. I thought it was long dead–ran. I don’t mind, but when do you want to go–ran?」

Jack didn’t seem to doubt me when I said I wanted to go alone. It was a good deception.

「It’s late today, and I guess tomorrow.」

「Okay–ran. You’ll be back early after the Diest comes out–ran. I go on with my work for the first time in a while–ran. Ryōichi is too much work and the procedure is not going well at all–ran.」

「What are the procedures?」

「This way of talking–ran. Don’t worry about it–ran.」

I felt like I was being left out of the loop, but I guess Jack’s job isn’t just to stick around with me.

It was convenient for me to know that he was working on something else that day, so I didn’t pursue the matter too much, and we ended the conversation there.

The next day, after a good night’s sleep and a pleasant pre-noon, Jack was already gone.

I get ready to make the transition to the Magical World, too.

「Blow all of heaven and earth to smithereens!」

I heard that many people in the Magical World basically spend their time in the form of Magical Girls, so naturally I transformed myself before going there so as not to float away.

「Transfer Coordinates : Magical World Food Street.」

The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and a pleasant breeze is blowing. I heard it was a different world, but honestly, I don’t know how different it is from Japan.

It seems to be a world created by magic to begin with, so perhaps it is only natural that it should resemble the environment of Earth.

Nevertheless, the sense of placement has nothing to do with the taste of the meal. Since it was a good opportunity, I decided to look around and try eating at some of the food stalls that I normally don’t have much of a chance to visit.

I basically didn’t go to local festivals because I didn’t want to be seen by my classmates participating in a festival all by myself. So, although I only knew the culture of yatai (food stalls) from anime and manga, it is surprisingly not bad.

It is also good that there are not so many people on the street. The number of Magical Girls in the country is negligible, and today is during the daytime on a weekday. It’s a weekday, the time of day when most Magical Girls have school. No wonder there are so few people.

Conversely, the Magical Girls who are here now and then may have a reason or may not be a students.

As I scurried around the stalls, I could smell the delicious smells wafting through the air. Following the smell like an insect lured by the light, before you know it, a meat skewer is being grilled right in front of you.

It looks delicious. Sizzling.

「Yo, Little Lady! Are you buying?」

「Ah, hiek!」

No matter how bad a communicator I was, one step short of a sociopath, I had enough common sense and ability to force myself to act like a normal member of society.

It would be impossible for a shopkeeper to shrivel up at the mere thought of being spoken to (except in a fashionable clothing store), but I couldn’t help but let out a small scream at the horror of the scene I suddenly saw up ahead.

The fierce face, muscular body, bushy fur, and sharp, exposed fangs.

It was a tiger. There was a humanoid tiger threatening me with a brush to apply the sauce.

「What the, are you perhaps Little Miss new here? Don’t worry, I won’t take and eat you. I’m hurt that you’re so scared.」

I cannot discern any expression on the tiger’s face, but I thought the tiger-man who said so looked troubled.

Thinking back on it, maybe he wasn’t threatening me earlier either, but his fangs were bared because he was laughing at me…

「I–I’m not afraid of anything. I’ll have one with sauce and one with salt, please!」

「This is Aiyo-mai-do! Is this the first time you’ve seen a fairy, Little Miss? You don’t have support fairies?」

The tiger man asks as he dexterously uses his claws to place the two skewers into the plastic container.

He doesn’t look like he should call himself a fairy…

「Support fairies… Are you talking about the pumpkin ghost? We’re going our separate ways today.」

「That’s it. Everyone doing business in the Magical World is a friend of that pumpkin ghost. And me, of course. Just because I look scary doesn’t mean I’m going to shoot magic at you, okay?」

「I’m not afraid! I will not!」

「Hahaha, Then that’s good. Touch your magiphone here for payment.」

I held up the magiphone and inwardly wondered if it was electronic money, and pirorin! The sound was light and lively.

It seems that the payment has been completed.

「Eat it before it gets cold!」

「Thank you very much.」

Contrary to appearances, or is it just as it looks? In any case, he was a vivacious and kind tiger.

The skewers are delicious, and the magical world may be a better place than I had imagined.



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