Chapter 112

Episode 111: The Manifestation of Mystery

Oh, Beautiful Girl, Protector…!

We’re going to fight…!

“They’re ruining the sisterly百合 and they’re infuriated.”

You’re pissing me off, you bastard!

I was just watching, hoping the story would come together nicely, and then this happens!

It’s clearly Miuye’s awakening episode, so it’s not like a bunch of strong foes should be swarming in!

Don’t you get how things work?

“…Could it be that we’ve been lured here? Perhaps they anticipated my arrival to kill Kanon.”

“Fufu, you’re so predictable. It’s so easy to foresee your actions.”

That’s a lie.

I had come solely to witness “Miuye’s Great Victory! Let’s Go, Sisters!”

In fact, while watching, I was having a discussion with Star Reader’s Staff about familiars and whether Miuye’s magic eye might reveal our true identities if she saw through it.

So, I was just an audience member.

I never intended to join the battle!

Then why are you blaming me, Doctor or Nameless?

Just because she’s a beautiful girl doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.

“Hmm, this is troubling… Alright, I’ve decided. We won’t touch Miuye anymore. So, hand over Kanon. Let’s call it even at that.”

“No way am I letting that happen!”

“I’m not asking you, Miuye.”

If Miuye says no, then it’s definitely no!

“Unfortunately, I need something from you, Nameless. Why don’t you finally show your true face?”

“Aha, I’m the only one targeted. Well then, it’s mutual love, isn’t it?”

Yeah♥

No, wait, that was close.

“You were thinking how happy you’d be to be mutually in love with a beautiful girl, weren’t you?”

Yes.

I even thought, “Which one will wear the wedding dress?”

“You looked ten times happier than I imagined.”

However, I am the Mysterious Beautiful Girl who doesn’t mix business with pleasure.

Remaining detached and acting coldly is what makes a Mysterious Beautiful Girl truly mysterious.

Girls like her only become emotional in the latter half of the main storyline or after falling as heroines.

“Every time, I think, is it really wise for her to commodify herself this much?”

“Um… Are you two talking about something again? If it’s a strategy, I’d like to know too, please.”

“Ah, sorry Ciel… Her sword is bothering me.”

Star Reader’s Staff assists me once again today.

Thank you.

“Leave it to me♥ ——However, it’s true that her sword concerns me. It’s almost as if it has become part of us. Although it’s a different approach from Demons Gear, it’s undoubtedly a weapon beyond human intellect.”

Upon hearing that, I noticed Nameless’s sword for the first time.

An unpainted silver sword with exposed wiring that occasionally sparks.

I see… So it’s still incomplete.

……Wait, didn’t she use Mizuki Senpai’s flame earlier?

Incomplete? Using someone else’s magic or Mizuki Senpai’s flames when it’s incomplete?

Cheating much? We’re trying hard with mere interference and brute magical power here.

“That toy intrigues me. Let me examine it more closely.”

“Of course not!”

Nameless unleashes artillery fire.

I block it with a barrier formed by one hand.

The shock and pain reverberate through my bones, nearly knocking me unconscious, but I’ve already endured far worse pain twice before, so I can handle it.

By the way, I guard with one hand because it looks cool. That’s the natural thing to do.

“Why is Na Takikai defending himself with one hand all this time? We could cancel it out with either me or his sister.”

“Eh? Ah… She might still have something hidden up her sleeve. There’s no need to use us unnecessarily here. After all, Demons Gear is the master’s trump card.”

“Trump card… I understand now.”

Nana calms down again.

If I were to make a contract with this girl, I’d probably win easily with nothing but blunt truths.

Without being a Mysterious Beautiful Girl, I’d end up incredibly strong all the time.

“Fufu, it was like a gentle breeze.”

After blocking the artillery fire, I flick my hair back and smile.

Left arm hurts!

Is there a crack? Is it okay?

“A crack would heal quickly.”

That’s right!

My energy is full from witnessing Miuye’s cool moment, so a minor injury is nothing!

“Let me try using that toy as well.”

“Nah, I wouldn’t want it interfered with and stolen. …Doctor, help me out. Don’t you want Solciera’s combat data?”

“Yes, indeed. Then, Divided Death.”

“Ugh, I’m tired of seeing butterflies already.”

The doctor stands beside Nameless.

It seems he’s producing green butterflies and aiming them at me.

As I consider how mysteriously he’ll process me, I suddenly notice a peculiar glow.

This doctor—he possesses the brilliance of a beautiful girl.

“Have your eyes finally gone crazy?”

No.

My eyes unmistakably recognize that glow! This isn’t a mistake!

“Ah, you’ve noticed.”

The doctor, understanding my attitude, smirks and speaks.

A plain-looking person, yet I feel like a beautiful girl…

“Our academy has speculated on the inscription Solciera holds based on Nameless and Kanon’s information. Presumed ‘Universal Love.’ That’s what we call your inscription. You cannot harm someone who loves another. There may be more specific conditions, but this is roughly accurate, right?”

“…Well, maybe.”

The doctor talks nonsensically.

What is he saying?

“Right now, I’m replicating universal love by interfering with my own soul. Should you harm me, your soul alone would meet its demise, just like Nullity Kanon over there.”

He indicates Kanon with a nod as he says this.

Universal love or whatever, basically he’s artificially created the brilliance of a beautiful girl.

It seems he’s exploiting the instinctive inability of mine to oppose beautiful girls.

Hmm, we’re in trouble here.

Even if I were to run, it wouldn’t work with just me.

If we were to fight, we’d need to go all out, which might result in my death too…

“Stop it, Solciera. Fighting means you’ll die. Unlike before, this will be a serious battle.”

Nameless says this while holding a large scythe and sword.

Her tone sounds genuinely concerned.

“…Solciera, let me help you.”

Miuye stands beside me and says this, but the next moment, I catch her as she collapses, and I smile coolly.

“That concern alone is enough. Besides, this is my stage”.

No, to be precise—

“Isn’t this our stage?”

Impressive, you get it, Star Reader’s Staff.

“…Huh, what is this magic power!?”

“Solciera, what do you intend to do? I’m telling you not to fight.”

“—Fufu, the inscription of universal love? How absurd. Trying to confine me within such a small framework?”

Nameless and the doctor take defensive stances.

But it’s too late.

“Let me show you the light of the stars.”

When the situation arises where we must defeat a beautiful girl, we already have the solution prepared.

Let’s go, Star Reader’s Staff!

“Are we doing that? Alright then!”

Magic circles expand in my eyes.

Silver light swirls around me like a vortex.

It has no particular meaning.

A massive magic circle unfolds on the floor simultaneously.

It also has no particular meaning.

Behind me, various sized magic circles mesh like gears and start to rotate.

Of course, it has no particular meaning.

But from the perspective of a Mysterious Beautiful Girl, it holds great significance.

Since it’s my debut, it needs to be flashy.

“Let’s go, partner.”

Yeah!

From here on, it’s Double Mysterious Beautiful Girl Time!

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In front of Miuye, Solciera was enveloped in a silver vortex.

An extraordinary amount of magic power, understandable even without her magic eye, surged.

A power excessive for a single girl continues to grow stronger right before our eyes.

“What is this…!? I don’t know… I don’t know this Solciera!”

Nameless shouts.

The doctor appears to be attempting analysis, but there are simply too many unknown factors.

“Unidentified magic formulas and unprecedented magic power… How much curiosity you provoke!”

At the center of the light vortex,

as if celebrating the birth of a new star, the girls chant.

“―The twin stars shall manifest here.”

Two voices overlap.

Simultaneously, the silver vortex bursts outward.

In a world where silver particles of magic power dance, two girls appear.

Soleciera with her azure-silver hair flowing.

And―

“Hmm, not a bad sensation at all.”

Though identical in appearance, the girl with red eyes nods after checking her fists.

“Who are you… What are you…!?”

To Nameless’ question, one smiles seductively, the other mockingly.

“We are―Soleciera.”

“Shall we begin Act Two?”

The twin stars were certainly present.

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