Chapter 13

“……”

Even though I offered to lay out some blankets, my friends who said they’d sleep on the couch are now all sprawled out on the floor.

Yesterday, just in case, I had Chubby cast Recovery Magic on them, and once the alcohol was completely gone from their systems, they started running around again. I cast it again, and they started running again… They went crazy, so it’s no wonder they’re like this.

After all that, there’s no way they’d still be conscious.

Well, I’m immune to poison, so it doesn’t matter to me.

Anyway, nothing happened in the middle of the night, like being attacked or anything.

Even if my friend turned into a girl, it doesn’t make sense for them to suddenly change their behavior, especially since all three of them are into tall, curvy adult women.

In other words, no matter how much they look at me, they wouldn’t get excited.

Even if they saw me naked, they’d probably just keep a straight face.

…Well, I do have an adult body, but my height is like this…

Ah, now that I think about it, that magical girl I used to interact with a bit, the one who came from Italy for a while… she was already tall back then, so she must be huge now.

Girls’ heights are pretty much set by middle school, and she was already around 160 cm back then, right?

If it were her, they’d probably all like her.

Magical Hatred… she wasn’t as strong as me, but she was still really powerful.

Though she had some personality issues.

“Morning. Wake up.”

“Hey… I finally took a day off…”

“It’s already 9. You’ve slept enough.”

“10… just until 10…”

Maybe I shouldn’t have told Chubby to use Recovery Magic on them.

…Well, since they came over to hang out after a long time, it’s fine to let them sleep a bit more.

“Fine, sleep more. But I’m definitely waking you up at 10.”

“Ugh…”

Seeing them like this… reminds me of the first time we all got together and had a drinking party after becoming adults.

I passed out quickly because I can’t handle alcohol, but I woke up early… and the sight back then was exactly like this.

Well, this time they just ate too much and fell asleep first.

“…I hope there’s no signal or emergency dispatch right now.”

“Don’t jinx it!”

By the way, these guys were so disappointed last night asking me questions about my body. What exactly were they expecting?

I mean, ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fighting as a magical girl so much that I’m pretty used to it by now. Even if this happened, it’s not like much has changed.

But were they expecting me to act awkward or something?

Anyway, they’re such otakus…

They must have wanted at least one cliché reaction to turning into a girl.

…Ah, but there was the clothing store and the whole period thing.

What a pain… but I took the medicine, so I won’t have to deal with that anymore.

And I’ve already gotten used to the clothes, so there’s nothing to be embarrassed about now.

By the way, what Daeyoung did to me yesterday…

…Well, it is what it is.

No matter how much I think about it, I didn’t feel much.

I’ve heard that if you live as a woman, your mind gets drawn to that body, but honestly, from my perspective, that sounds like a lie.

If anything, if Daeyoung really had lustful intentions toward me, I’d probably feel so disgusted I’d vomit.

Actually, I did grimace for a moment.

Sigh~… I’m practically a eunuch now.

When I was a guy, at least I could get excited watching adult videos.

“Chubby. Beer… no, just bring me a glass of water.”

“Yes!”

I’ve been drinking all night, so I’m a bit tired of alcohol. Let’s just drink water today.

By the way, once these guys wake up, we’ll need to eat breakfast… I’ll have Chubby prepare something.

Oh, there’s some bulgogi meat.

“I’ll wake them up soon, so you go ahead and prepare the rice and bulgogi.”

“Yes!”

While Chubby’s cooking, I’ll watch the news on TV.

…The West is still having big problems because of those guys.

The U.S. is completely gone, but over there, they’re still…

“Ah~! I slept well…”

“Stretching like a 40-year-old man.”

“A 40-year-old man? What are you watching?”

“The news. Just looking for anything related to magical girls.”

“Really? …Wow, they’re still obsessed with women, minorities, and black people over there.”

“That’s the karma of Westerners, but the problem is that it’s being directed toward magical girls, Asians, and media too. Especially since they’re more extreme, there’s already been a case where someone was executed after it was implemented.”

“Seriously…?”

“Yeah, I looked it up. They were shouting about how magical girls are the root of gender discrimination or something, and they shot a mascot with a gun. It didn’t work because of the magic, though.”

“Crazy…”

What even is gender discrimination…? People who follow that ideology are all messed up in the head.

But it’s good to hear that the mascots are protecting the magical girls well.

It won’t be long before those idiots realize that no matter what they do to magical girls, it’s all pointless.

…Well, as long as they don’t harm magical girls, I don’t care what they do elsewhere.

That’s not something for us magical girls to deal with.

We just need to eliminate those who target magical girls.

“Anyway… you guys, wake up. Breakfast is almost ready.”

“Ugh, ugh… ah… it’s already morning…?”

“It’s past morning, it’s 10.”

“…What, that’s still morning.”

“……Ah~ If it were Nuna stepping on me to wake me up, I’d be happy, but it had to be you…”

“Should I let you sleep forever then?”

“Ah, sorry.”

Really… as soon as they wake up, they’re already teasing me. Maybe I should’ve woken them up at 9.

“By the way, what’s for breakfast? It smells good.”

“Bulgogi.”

“It’s ready!”

By the way, I’m glad I bought that dining table.

At first, I just bought a decent one for decoration, but who knew it’d be used like this…

“Wow, this is delicious.”

“Looks like you’d shed hair everywhere, but you can cook well.”

“Real.”

“I’ve been doing housework for over a month while getting yelled at by you, so I’d better be good at it. Though 90% of it is thanks to the tools and my mom’s recipes.”

“I worked hard!”

I’ll mix the bulgogi sauce and meat with the half-eaten rice.

There’s some glass noodles too, but I don’t mind them.

“I’m full…”

And so, the four of us… no, three of them and I finished a hearty breakfast with just one bulgogi.

It’s always a shame that my stomach has shrunk too, so I can’t eat as much.

I wish I could eat more.

“So, what are you guys gonna do now? Stay here longer, or go home?”

“I’m gonna watch you transform into a magical girl before I go.”

“Ah, that’s a good idea.”

“Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen you transform.”

“These guys…”

What kind of guys are these…

…Well, I guess it’s a good thing they’re my friends.

No matter what I become, they just accept it and keep joking around.

“I’m not transforming unless there’s a demon or monster. So don’t wait for it and just…”

“Ah! An Earl-Class monster signal!”

“……”

“Ooh!”

“Hurry up and transform! Hurry!”

“I’ll record it.”

Sigh~… The timing is just perfect…

Well, since a monster appeared, I’ll transform quickly and go.

……Transform.

“Ooh…”

“It’s different from what I imagined…”

“Your whole body gets wrapped in something black, then it disappears and changes… It’s cool, but not really the kind of effect you’d expect for a girl…”

“Shut up.”

Actually, there are transformation effect parts sold at the Magical Girl Store, but I can’t tell these guys about that.

If I did, they’d make me buy it right away, and then they’d adjust it to their tastes.

If that happened, I’d feel like killing myself every time I transformed.

Anyway, since a monster appeared, I immediately opened the window and flew out.

And as soon as I spotted the monster, I dove down and smashed its head.

With the acceleration, I hit it at such a speed that the Earl-Class monster was crushed before it even noticed me.

“Any casualties this time?”

“None!”

“…Another medal.”

I still don’t know what these medals are for, but I’ll just keep destroying them.

I only need one or two to figure it out anyway.

“Since it’s destroyed, let’s go back.”

“Yes!”

“…No, first get away from that destroyed medal trash.”

“…Huh?”

“Now!”

“Whoa?!”

Tch… that was a trap after all.

Now even destroyed medals are spewing out weird stuff…

First, I grabbed Chubby and threw him back, then I incinerated the trash and whatever came out of it with an [Energy Blast].

“……”

I immediately destroyed it with [Energy Blast], but what was that black thing?

What’s the purpose of something like that…

“…Hey, Chubby.”

“…Yes.”

“You saw that too, right?”

“Y-Yes, I did!”

“Good… report it quickly. If someone gets caught by that, who knows what could happen.”

“Got it!”

Even if they let their guard down, there’s no way someone who can take down an Earl-Class would fall for something like that… but it’s better to report it just in case.

Sigh~… After a long time with nothing happening, why is this happening now?

What’s the goal of these monsters doing this…

“…What do you think it is?”

“Huh?”

“What do you think their goal is?”

“Hmm… Honestly, I’m not sure. They didn’t use this method when invading other worlds.”

“Really? Wait… other worlds?”

“Each dimension has many worlds. Just the ones I’ve seen, excluding this human world, there are two.”

“…You’re more experienced than I thought.”

Other worlds exist, huh… So, is something like reincarnation in another world actually real?

No, even if other worlds exist, that’s different from reincarnation stories.

Anyway… this is the first time I’ve seen them using medals to do this kind of thing, right?

That’s why we still can’t figure it out.

“Usually, senior mascots handle male magical girls, not rookies!”

“Really? So… there are more than a few guys who are magical girls now?”

“That’s right!”

“Uh, okay…”

There are more TS guys than I thought…

Ugh… I hope they didn’t end up like me.

“By the way, do you know where they’re active?”

“There are about 3… no, 2 in Korea!”

“Oh, really…”

Fewer than I expected.

But it’s still shocking that there are others besides me.

Why did you say 3 and then 2?

Was it just a mistake?

“Sigh, whatever. Let’s go back.”

“Yes!”

…Ah, that reporter is chasing after me with a camera and microphone again.

I’d better leave quickly before they bother me.

Once a reporter latches onto you, it never ends, so I flew up and headed home quickly.

If I’m not careful, all the reporters waiting around will swarm me, shouting whatever questions they want like parrots, making things exhausting.

I’ve never given an interview in 15 years, so I understand why they’re so eager, but…

“…What are you guys doing?”

“Waiting to see you detransform.”

“We’re recording now, so hurry up.”

“I’m curious what the detransformation effect looks like.”

These guys… they’ve been waiting here just to see me detransform?

…Tch, detransform.

“……”

“Aww…”

“What, it’s the same…”

“What were you expecting? Did you think I’d glow naked and change clothes or something?”

“No.”

“We’re not interested in your naked body.”

“That’s too old-man-like.”

“Then what were you expecting?!”

Don’t expect that kind of thing and just drink more or play games or something…

Really, how pathetic.

“Whatever, let’s play games. I prepared four computers for you guys.”

“That’s good.”

“But what game are we playing?”

“Just look on St○am, there’s bound to be something good.”

Well, in the end, it’s games.

Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I played games with these guys.

“Let’s play this.”

“Ooh, that looks fun.”

“I heard that recently became free.”

“4-player squad? Let’s do that.”

And so, I spent the whole day playing games with my friends, drinking, and ended up in the same state as yesterday.

Ah, I did go out once to take down another demon, but other than that, there were no issues.