Chapter 66

As usual, I was scratching my belly and drinking beer.

Then suddenly, a chubby guy flew towards me.

“Rampage-san.”

“What?”

“People are still talking about the fact that you were in Japan!”

“Really?”

Hmm… I’ve been busy eating all week, so I didn’t notice.

I’ve seen some magical girls in Japan… Oh, are you talking about that incident in Tokyo?

If that’s the case, then yeah…

“Well… Speaking of Japan, I didn’t see any magical girls while I was there. Was I too busy eating?”

“Huh? Uh… I guess so?”

“How are they? Not worth paying much attention to, right?”

“Exactly! Ah, but… their weapons are kind of weird.”

“Huh? Weird?”

“They use these really thin swords with strangely poor durability…”

“…Ah~.”

That’s probably a katana.

The Japanese are weirdly nationalistic about that stuff.

Especially when it comes to samurai and katanas, they genuinely believe they’re the strongest.

Well, katanas were decent swords back in the day, but by modern standards, they’re really…

They should just use energy blades.

With energy blades, you can shape them however you want without being limited by form.

Even if a staff breaks, it can be repaired instantly, but breaking it is still bad.

Why do they have such delusions about this…?

“They probably know how to adjust the shape of an energy blade, so I don’t get why they’d use that…”

“I don’t understand either!”

“Well, they do look cool and stylish. But they probably genuinely believe it’s the strongest weapon.”

“Really?!”

“I don’t get it either, but that seems to be the trend.”

Still, if they’re taking down demons and monsters at their level, I guess it’s fine.

They’re probably using magic attacks with techniques suited to their abilities rather than relying on the sword itself.

Thinking about it that way, there’s no need to confront them or even mention it.

And if it breaks, they’ll probably realize and fix it themselves.

They wouldn’t keep saying “Katanas are the best! Katanas are the strongest!” after it breaks, right…?

“…It’s a good thing the staff is a soul weapon. If it breaks, it’s not the end—it repairs itself instantly and performs at full capacity like nothing happened.”

“If it weren’t like that, Japan’s retirement rate would’ve been weirdly high!”

“True.”

Soul weapons, made by extracting a part of the soul—magic staves… Their performance depends on the magical girl’s power.

If you’re as strong as me, you get near-indestructible durability and insane energy blade output… Well, the output part is thanks to the Fairy Queen’s enhancements.

But it’s still an incredible output proportional to your power.

Plus, using techniques through the staff amplifies their performance.

It’s a weapon worth making, even if it requires extracting part of your soul.

But to use it so poorly, believing in nonsense like “katanas are the strongest”… It’s just sad to watch.

“By the way, Rampage-san, your mana control has improved, hasn’t it?”

“What? Mana control? I’ve been constantly using techniques 24/7 while controlling my mana, so of course I’m improving faster.”

“That’s just chaos…”

Controlling mana without using it is different from consuming mana while controlling it.

Until now, my destructive power from my Third Ability was growing much faster than my mana control, but now my mana control is improving faster, so I’m satisfied.

Even with control, using my Third Ability caused too much collateral damage.

Just being able to prevent that makes me happy.

…Though I doubt I’ll ever need to use my Third Ability on Earth again.

“Oh, speaking of which, what happened to that hero guy? His name was… Choi Minki, right?”

“The hero? Choi Minki… Choi Minki… Ah! That guy! He got turned into a monster by a medal and is currently undergoing treatment!”

“…What?”

“It’s been a while, but he was turned into a monster by a surprise attack, so we took him in for treatment!”

“That happened…?”

“He’s the first non-magical girl human to show some resistance, so we’re trying to save him before he fully becomes a monster!”

I can’t believe that happened to him…

I don’t know the details, but it’s a big deal.

He probably got careless while doing his hero thing.

I’m pretty sure I told him to be careful…

What did he do to get turned into a monster by a medal?

Did he get ambushed from behind and forced to absorb the medal?

“So, how’s his condition now?”

“Want to go check on him?”

“Sure.”

Thinking about it, I opened a [Gate] to the Fairy Realm to check on him.

But when I got to where the hero was supposed to be… I couldn’t find him.

“Hey, where’s the hero?”

“Huh? This is him.”

“…What?! This?!”

Looking around, I was shocked when the chubby guy pointed.

The guy who was clearly a boy… Why… Why is he a girl now?!

“Uh, what happened…?”

“I’ll explain. His monster transformation was slower than usual, probably due to his unique constitution, but the magical girl treatment didn’t work… So, to build resistance and make the treatment work, we turned him into a magical girl.”

“Hey, wait…”

“We had to save him… So we had no choice but to use a Crystal Stone.”

“And that’s how he ended up like this?”

“…It wasn’t supposed to happen. We planned to finish the treatment, remove the Crystal Stone, and revert him. But the Crystal Stone started melting due to the monster transformation, and he merged with it… Even though we didn’t reconstruct his body, he unexpectedly became a girl. Permanently.”

“…So, the treatment?”

“The monster transformation was diluted during the merge, so we succeeded in completely purging it with medication. But… he’ll have to live as a girl forever.”

“……”

Poor guy…

Forced into permanent magical girlhood against his will.

And in a more shocking way than me…

“Anything else?”

“Becoming a magical girl boosted his original mana levels significantly.”

“Really? By how much?”

“At least enough to take on Great King-Class enemies immediately.”

“Wow… That’s good news.”

“But that’s just mana. We don’t know what abilities he’ll have or how efficient they’ll be…”

“I see.”

Well, then we can use him to his full potential.

Having two heroines is a bit sad for him, but that’s that, and this is this.

Now that he’s a magical girl… I hope he’ll roll with it as my junior.

Well, that’s after he wakes up.

Ah~ Just imagining his reaction when he wakes up is already fun~.

Unlike me, his reaction will be hilarious.

“By the way, have you told his harem members?”

“Those from another dimension? We told them… They were devastated when they heard he became a girl. But they pulled themselves together and said, ‘Even if she’s a girl…’ So, I think they’ll be fine.”

“Ah, I see…”

…These guys, no need to worry about them.

I was going to console them, but…

Guess I’ll just prepare to tease him when he wakes up.

“Tell him when he wakes up. I’m going to tease him a lot.”

“Ahaha… The confidence of someone who became a girl first.”

“I’ll kill you.”

“…Sorry.”

I won’t let that slide as a joke.

I’m not as easygoing as you think.

“So, when will he wake up?”

“We don’t know. It’s random.”

“Is that so?”

Hmm… Still random, huh…

But I don’t get why he let his guard down.

From what I saw of him fighting monsters, he didn’t seem careless.

“Ah, one thing I’m curious about—why did he get caught? He doesn’t seem like the type.”

“He raided a medal exchange and got caught.”

“Ah~…”

Well… That explains it.

Even if there are demons behind the medal trade, the ones actually doing it are humans.

So, it makes sense he’d let his guard down…

“Tsk tsk… Even if the enemy is human, you have to be ruthless.”

“Only Rampage-san can do that without any resistance!”

So noisy.

Anyway, I’ve checked everything, so I’m done here.

Time to go home.

“Ah~ Really… Just thinking about teasing him is already fun.”

“You’re really evil!”

“I have the right to be.”

“Ah.”

By the way… Why is there a message?

Huh? Yura suddenly messaged me…

……No, damn it… My parents are really…

[Oppa!! I’m coming to your place now!! They just kicked me out, saying I got a job and should move out!!]

Sigh~… What kind of parents kick out their kid who just got a job?

They should at least let them build a foundation before leaving…!

[Stay at my place for now. I’ll find you a place to live, so you can stay for a while.]

[Really?! But I want to live with you, not alone!]

[Shut up and live alone. I’ll find you a place.]

[Okay…]

Well, since she’s got a job, she should live as a proper adult for at least a year.

I thought she wouldn’t get kicked out, so I was going to let her stay… But…

Well, it’s already done.

After working for a year, she can use her severance pay to buy an apartment and live comfortably.

She’s grown up well without getting swayed by nonsense.

“Alright.”

“Where are you going?”

“To buy another apartment.”

“Another apartment? Don’t you have enough?”

“Yura got a job, and her parents kicked her out. They didn’t even give her a foundation.”

“Yikes.”

Well, an apartment like this should be enough to live comfortably with rent income.

So, I’ll buy one next door.

I don’t care about real estate or money games.

I don’t play with money like that.

“But it’s almost dinner time, is that okay?”

“…Ah.”

Oh… It’s already late.

I’ll go tomorrow then.

For now, I’ll have dinner and take care of other things.

“What’s for dinner?”

“Pork bulgogi!”

“Really?”

Pork bulgogi… I’ll have two bowls of rice again.