Chapter 35: The Return of the… Messiah?

Around the time the planted Magical Cigarette had completely burned out.

Magical Girls suddenly appeared and dragged away the incapacitated futanari.

“Magical Military Police. Thank you for your hard work. We will take over from now on.”

I wondered if it was right to put “Magical” in front of the word “Military Police,” but I decided to just let it go.

Honestly, I was too lazy to point it out now.

“Yes, please.”

Seeing that the Magical Girls had come so quickly even though I hadn’t contacted them separately, it seemed that proper measures had been taken for the Magical Handcuffs.

Probably, if you put handcuffs on Magical Criminals, it would automatically transmit their location. That’s why they warned me not to put them on my own hands by mistake.

Anyway, the process itself wasn’t anything special.

It ended with them checking whose handcuffs they were, and asking me, who was relatively okay, to explain the situation.

Well, I muddled through somehow.

“Magical Girl Golden Retriever handled everything alone. At the time, Magical Girl Blue Fox and I were incapacitated. I only put the handcuffs on separately.”

Here, most of the Magical Military Police were convinced.

Looking only at the results, only Ray’s handcuffs were put on the Magical Criminals and only wounds from Ray’s magic existed.

“No, what are all these wounds like.”

“Is a human being doing this kind of thing?”

“She’s really a dog, this is.”

Each of them evaluated the futanari’s wounds with troubled eyes, but well, it somehow passed.

Of course, even so, some Magical Military Police raised quite sharp questions.

“Circumstantially, it seems like Magical Girl Golden Retriever was also drugged, how was this possible?”

“Originally, when dogs are in heat, they don’t care about the species and become crazy dogs. It’s roughly similar to that, well.”

“Ah-ha.”

But there were no more questions.

A very small number still showed suspicious eyes, but they didn’t question me any further.

“If Si-yool says it, it must be right. Anyway, it’s late, so everyone take them away as quickly as possible.”

It was thanks to the White Magical Girl.

There was also a White Magical Girl among the additional personnel who came, and she sorted out the situation at once.

As expected, the power of three stars was powerful.
She had suppressed everything with just one word.

Then, the White Magical Girl turned her eyes to me.

Not the bleak orange eyes when looking at the Magical Criminals who were being dragged away a little while ago, but the cozy orange eyes with worry and relief.

I was probably quite worried.

“Si-yool, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief.”

Honestly, I was grateful but also a little uncomfortable.

I had almost never received such straightforward kindness from others, so it felt too awkward.

Even though the first impression should have been the worst, she had been caring for me in many ways since I came to the unit, so I didn’t know how to react.

I wondered if she was trying to treat me well in her own way because she felt sorry, but it felt quite burdensome.

Why was she doing this?
I didn’t know the reason at all.

So, I decided to smile appropriately and say goodbye.

“Anyway, thank you for worrying about me. I’ll go now.”

“Okay! Rest well!”

That’s how the dirty and disgusting day ended with the White Magical Girl’s beaming smile.

The subsequent events went smoothly.

Ray, who monopolized the achievements, to be exact, was monopolized by the achievements, was given a special vacation, and the unit personnel, including me, were confirmed for promotion.

It wasn’t a process that happened overnight, but the paperwork progressed quite quickly for a magical girl organization that was similar to the military.

Probably, the White Magical Girl’s Mascot had intervened to some extent here. I roughly thought so.

Anyway, my current rank was Magical Private.
There were two ranks left until Magical Sergeant.

In other words, my discharge was one step closer.

Fortunately, Ray didn’t have any particular questions about these flowing events.

“I don’t know what it is, but anyway, it’s a vacation!”

She was just happy about the fact that she had received a special vacation.

“Thank you so much! For cuffing them with my Magical Handcuffs!”

It was a bonus that she kept thanking me.

Seeing Ray so happy, I inwardly thought it was a relief that I hadn’t killed the Magical Criminals at the last moment.

Of course, it would have been easier to just kill them.
I had lived like that in the first place.

To be honest, I had even thought of just killing them all at the last moment.

However, there were reasons why I chose not to kill.

First of all, I had to give the vacation to Ray, so I didn’t cross the final line.

Of course, even if I killed the Magical Criminals, Ray could still get a vacation. I could just have her kill them all with her magic.

No matter what the result was, it was a task where I could make them judge that it was the decisive role.

However.

I didn’t want Ray to carry the murder I had committed.

I didn’t want her to get blood on her hands without her knowing.

In the first place, even if Ray wasn’t normal, she was a Magical Girl, wasn’t she?

Murder didn’t suit Magical Girls.
That was something that guys like me did.

And.

I didn’t want to commit murder even in the present world.

Of course, murder was one of the easiest methods. I, who had been killing for 10 years, could say with confidence.

However, if I continued to commit murder in the present world just like in the other world……

I was afraid I would lose my existence.
I was afraid I would lose the last thread of humanity.
I was afraid I would remain as a completely twisted and distorted existence.

Because of that revulsion, I didn’t want to commit murder.

In the other world, it couldn’t be helped. It was a necessity, not a choice. I had to do it to survive.

I saved one person and ten people came back, and the person I trusted stabbed me in the back and shattered my spine. Murder was inevitable.

But, it was different in the present world.
I could survive even if I didn’t kill.

In that case.

I wouldn’t have to commit murder.

Of course, if it was ever necessary, if it was really necessary, I would cross the line, but now was not the time.

So, I didn’t kill.

Well, anyway.

By the way, I was a little worried about Ray.

Honestly, from her point of view, she could have suspected me, but the fact that she didn’t suspect me at all meant that her intelligence was really lacking. Was it because she was a dog?

Still, I personally liked this.
At least she wasn’t on the side of suspecting me.

“Sunbae, what really happened?”

The troublesome one was Sora.

Quite a bit of time had passed since the incident, but she was still asking me this.

“I keep telling you, your unni handled it. Of course, it seems like she doesn’t remember because she lost consciousness.”

“No, what happened to your hair?”

Ah, that part?

I stand corrected.
This time it was about my hair.

I thought I would pass it off because no one had questioned it so far, but only Sora was pointing this out.

“I didn’t think of asking because things were so hectic, but I just remembered it now.”

“Still, it’s not strange, is it?”

Even if she said it was strange, I would definitely maintain it.
This was the symbol of my memories.

“Well, it’s true. It wasn’t bad before, but I personally like this one better.”

Fortunately, Sora seemed to have accepted it well.

The way she suddenly came to my side and gently twirled my hair with her fingertips showed that she liked it quite a bit.

“It’s like a slightly thin fox tail, so I like it.”

The way she hummed and smiled with her eyes was truly a bewitching fox.

She’s a lesbian, so why was she being coquettish?
It really looked like her head was hurting a little.

Then suddenly, a thought came to mind.

“Ah, that’s right. There’s one thing I’m curious about.”

“What are you curious about, Sunbae?”

“What? What is it?”

At my words, not only Sora but even Ray, who had been excitedly fidgeting alone, showed interest.

“What kind of people are the rest of the unit personnel?”

I was sure that the Battalion Commander Magical Girl had said it before. That two people weren’t here now. One was because of a business trip, and the other was because of a vacation.

“Isn’t it about time for at least one person to come back?”

“That’s right.”

“She’ll probably come back today.”

Unlike other Magical Girls, we didn’t move in groups of four or five, but always only the three of us moved together.

When Kaijin appeared.
When arresting Magical Criminals.

So, I suddenly became curious.

“I thought you guys would know, unlike me.”

What would the rest of the Magical Girls be like?

Of course, everyone would be crazy.
This was an undeniable fact.

But there would be slight differences.

In Ray’s case, before we became close, she was a typical incompetent racist with lacking intelligence, and in Sora’s case, she was a shady schemer whose inner thoughts couldn’t be known.

If they were Magical Girls who lived with these two, they would definitely be far from normal.

A simple example would be Gotham’s villains.

If there were dangerous people like the Joker or Two-Face around, the rest would also be Scarecrow-level. It meant that they were just as dangerous.

Then I should know who they are in advance so I could prepare at least a minimum.

It was inevitable for a kind and normal Gotham citizen like me to survive.

“Um, first of all, one person is a lesbian.”

“Besides, she’s a bit serious.”

First of all, one person was a lesbian.
To the point that Ray, said she was seriously addicted.

That meant.

“Sora, you’ll get along well with her. You’re a lesbian too.”

But the moment Sora heard my words, she made a disgusted expression and stuck out her tongue.

“Sunbae, just because I’m a lesbian doesn’t mean I like all women. Besides, I’m a completely different kind of ‘lesbian’.”

“Is that so?”

Honestly, I wondered what the difference was between the two.

After all, weren’t lesbians all the same?
Was it the difference between a normal lesbian and a hardcore lesbian?

Well, still, I understood.

Just because someone was gay didn’t mean they liked all men, and in the same way, just because someone was a lesbian didn’t mean they liked all women.

In some ways, she would be closer to a normal person.

“Still, you don’t have to worry that much. The one who’s coming back today isn’t that one.”

The only fortunate thing was that the Magical Girl I just mentioned wasn’t coming back today. Maybe she was the Magical Girl who went on a business trip.

Well, I had to face her someday, but it was much better to see her a little later.

“Then what about the other one who’s coming back today?”

“Euh……, that’s someone who’s a bit complicated and serious to explain with words.”

What kind of complicated and serious woman could there be as you guys.

Of course, I didn’t really say this. I just thought up to this point.

“Sunbae, you weren’t thinking about some sh*tty thing, were you?”

“It looks like you were thinking about something penis-like.”

“There’s no way.”

The sisters were both quick-witted.
Maybe they really had a psychopath-specific intuition.

Anyway, calming my surprised heart, I slowly expressed my question to Sora.

“What’s so complicated and serious about that Magical Girl?”

“Well…… putting her way of speaking aside, she’s a really devout religious person, but…… it’s a bit like that. You’ll know better if you see her directly than if I tell you.”

At this point, I was seriously worried.

Even if Sora wasn’t normal, she was quite good at expressing what kind of person someone was.

And yet, even Sora couldn’t say it.
Could a normal person like me handle it?

With a anxious mind, I looked at Ray. Even if it was Ray, I hoped she would say something.

“Ray, what kind of person is she?”

Ray turned her head away.
Like a dog that heard the word bath.

“She’s a maho shojo that I don’t have anything in common with.”

Would there be a Magical Girl in the world that you had something in common with?

Of course, I didn’t say this either. Even though Ray didn’t discriminate against me anymore, there was no need to growl at her now.

“What don’t you have in common with her so much?”

“Everything. I just don’t have anything in common with her. Sora said it nicely in her own way, but she’s just a crazy b*tch.”

“Is that so.”

I still didn’t understand.

What kind of crazy person was she that even the two crazy people here shivered at her?

At that moment, the door to the unit burst open.

“The long-endured emptiness of the Magical Unit is now over, I tell you.”

One Magical Girl entered through the opened door. As if it was her home, she was truly natural.

“From now on.”

Yeah.

“This girl will stand above the Magical Girls, I tell you!!!”

One of the two Magical Girls had returned.