Magical Girl Hero - Chapter 9

In the darkness, two fishy red lights glowed.

Embedded in the mucous, muddy body, it just faces forward without looking anywhere and moves forward at a leisurely pace.

There is no physical trace after it passes by, but the stagnated air will make you feel sick, if it’s an ordinary person they would not be able to stay sane.

Those who are unlucky enough to be touched by it will suffer coma, madness, memory loss, etc. All of that which wouldn’t do any good to you.

A presence that terrifies those who are awake and gives nightmares to those who are asleep, slipping through the building and just move forward and forward.

This being, which clearly is foreign and not of this world, is called “Wanderer”.

Just wandering around, only sowing discord, and just existing, this enemy of mankind, which can hardly be called a living organism, is formed by many masses of malice.

Even if you tried to get rid of it, it won’t have any effect, and no matter what you did, it wouldn’t even flinch.

Those who saw this monster that appeared out of nowhere will gradually lose the strength to escape and can only pray that it would pass by.

It was already too late when I confirmed this strange figure in the gathering place where many buildings and streets were lined up, and even at this moment, people from inside the building were reflected in the windows looking at the figure with hatred.

The moment this abnormal being was confirmed at a gathering place with many buildings and streets, it was already too late. Even now, at this very moment, a person reflected in the window building is looking at the abnormal being with hatred.

Before this monster which caused damage each time it moved, lays the largest group of buildings in the surrounding area that stands like a wall.

‘I wonder what would happen if the monster passed through there.’

A future that can easily be imagined, and a desire to not see it happen.

Just as the people watching were overcome with feelings of resignation, a gust of wind blew, and a person landed in front of the monster.

Its existence is clearly too small to confront the monster, nevertheless, it attracts those who see it with its overwhelming presence.

But, just how does the monster feel about this obstacle that prevents it from reaching its destination.

However, it must have held the intention to eliminate it.

The abnormal being, which had only been moving forward until now, stretches out a part of its muddy body like a tentacle and swings it down at the figure as if to crush it.

What would happen if the monster that could pass through buildings intentionally attacked. What would happen if the body is covered by mucus which could cause abnormalities just by touching it.

Contrary to the thoughts of the bystanders, the arms that were swung without hesitation, burst just like a balloon before they can hit the ground.

Intense flashes of light burst out, illuminating the monsters and figures in the deep darkness of the night as if they were shone by spotlights.

Fluttering long hair and skirt. Strong-willed eyes stared sharply at monsters. The crescent-shaped lip that is smiling confidently. Amethyst shining on the chest.

With ribbons and frills swaying in the wind, and a black and purple outfit, anyone who saw her will think she is a sweet little girl.

Holding a sword in her right hand and pointing it at the monster, this hunter is the natural enemy of the strange monster.

“Now let’s count your sins!”

Magical Girl Black Rose’s entry.

Appearing stylishly when there’s a pinch is an essential requirement for a hero.

What should I do to look cool and what kind of posse should I take.

While thinking about various things, I rushed over to the “Wanderer”, what I saw was the muddy mucus that was about to reach the buildings.

I’m not trying to create a pinch on purpose, so I speed up, if I don’t then there’s no telling how big the damage caused by “Wanderer” will spread.

Hurryingly entering the scenes in front of me, the monster immediately swung its tentacle toward me who stand in its way.

I wasn’t thinking about having a conversation or anything like that, but the enthusiastic welcome that I got was too sudden, so I hurriedly picked up the sword that was hanging on my waist and swung it.

I should have ambushed it from a farther distance.

It’s already too late to regret it, facing the limb that was swung down by, I swung the sword in panic, and without feeling any kind of resistance the arm that was swung down, bursts.

I didn’t use any magic – or rather, I didn’t even have time to use or think about it, it’s just a swing that’s the same as when a child plays make-believe, it couldn’t even be called an attack, however, the fact that even just that much is able to fend off the threat in front of me calmed down my mind.

My own power is greater. The opponent’s attack isn’t scary.

My confidence banished the fear and turned it into a driving force to move forward.

I step forward and instantly moved to the “Wanderer”.

And swings the sword sideways and slashes the mucous body in half.

Reacting too late, the “Wanderer”, increased its volume as if to protect itself from the sword, and used its tentacles to take a guard-like posture and cut into the trajectory of the sword.

The body that is solidified by multiple tentacles, makes its presence that’s like an unshakable rock increased, however, for the sword there’s no resistance as if cutting through melted butter, and the result is one-third of its body was annihilated

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The incomprehensible sound emitted by an incomprehensible voice that could be taken as either sorrow or an angry roar resounds throughout the city and stirs fear in those who heard it.

However, the strange sound that leaked out when it was being attacked is clearly not a scream or anything like that, it just serves as a push to make the next attack even more intense.

It frantically swings its remaining tentacles around but, just by a light swing of the sword, the tentacles pop off as if it’s just a big balloon, after crushing the arms that were swung at me one by one, all that was left was the “Wanderer”, which had shrunk to the size of a normal car.

The result has already been decided, but there is no need to show mercy to evil.

Taking out a shining silver medal from my cuff, I inserted it into the sword.

As soon as the circular hole is filled, the sword began to glow becoming something like an object that appears in myth or legends.

With the sword held up and eyes fixed on the enemy, I shouted as I swung the sword from overhead to cut it in half.

“Light! Destroy the darkness!”

The magic contained in the medal reveals its true purpose as the prerequisite word is spoken.

Purification magic “Holy”.

The magic that banishes darkness and evil, the only magic that every magical girl can use.

It’s the foundation of being a magical girl and this purification magic is necessary to exterminate monsters, the effect is clear for all to see.

A sword of light rains down from the sky and pierced the monster.

The sword that pierces could even pierce the ground, purifies not only the monster but also the stagnant air caused by the monster.

After the light disappeared, there’s only silence, nothing is left, it was hard to believe that a monster had been there until just now.

The scene that seems like an illusion makes people doubt their own eyes and urged them to search for the magical girl that caused that scene. The magical girl, however, had already left like the wind after she confirmed that the monster has disappeared.

“Well, it was really worth seeing kyu~! As expected of a magical girl I’ve acknowledged kyu~!”

“Well, thank you. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could give me a little more advice? As one would expect, every first time doing something new is always scary.”

After finishing the monster’s extermination, I decided to wait at the top of a nearby building for a while to see if it really disappeared.

Confidently casting magic then walked away, only to find out that the monster was still alive, if that really happened then that’ll be a shame that will never go away in all my life.

While looking down at the place where I had been fighting until just now to make sure there weren’t any problems, I complained to Mokyu to kill time.

“What are you saying when you handled the ‘Wanderer’ like it’s just a child kyu~? If on top of you beating it so unilaterally, I gave you advice then I would feel bad for the ‘Wanderer’ kyu~.”

“There’s nothing pitiful about the monster. Also, it’s bad to slander people you know…”

“With Roze’s attack magic monster of that size can be defeated with one blow kyu~. To be able to annihilate it with purification magic without using attack magic, there’s no helping it, if you got slandered kyu~. Well, being ruthless is also a good point of being a hero kyu~.”

“Is there any difference between attack magic and purification magic?”

I thought both were similar in name and effectiveness. “Wanderer” was also wiped out so I don’t think there’s much difference.

“Purification magic, as the name suggests, it’s magic for purifying evil things kyu~. However its purpose is not to purify the “Wanderer”, its purpose is to suppress the evil power emitted by Wanderer, so to speak, it’s a defense magic kyu~. Each Wanderer is a little different, but that feeling of sickness, which is collectively called “malice”, is poisonous for magical girls too kyu~. Therefore, by using it before or during battle, they obtained the means to counteract the malice kyu~. So, even if you touch it by mistake you will still be fine, it’s not something to use directly on the ‘Wanderer’ kyu~.”

“Yeah… But didn’t I defeat the ‘Wanderer’?”

“Of course, even if it’s a mass of malice, the ‘Wanderer’, can still be extinguished if it is over purified kyu~. Originally, the magic is only powerful enough to scrape the surface of “Wanderer”, in Roze’s case it’s like you scraped, cut, and crushed the malice into pieces kyu~. It’s like being shoved into a grinder and is gradually scrapped off kyu~.”

When you put it like that it’s like I did something cruel, but since the other party is a “Wanderer”, I would rather think that I did a good job.

Means are irrelevant when it comes to destroying evil, all will be forgiven in the name of justice.

While making excuses for my actions, I asked Mokyu something that I just remembered.

“Mokyu. Come to think of it, after defeating the ‘Wanderer’, something like this was dropped. Do you know what this is?”

The crystal I hold in my hand is black like an obsidian, and it shimmers like darkness when it reflects light.

This stone, which is slightly smaller than a baseball and has a rugged look and feel, was dropped on the place where the “Wanderer” was before it got annihilated.

I’ve never seen or heard of such a distorted stone before, so it probably comes from “Wanderer”.

It doesn’t look like something good, but since I didn’t feel anything unpleasant, I decided to bring it with me.

Well, it also seems like something that shouldn’t be left alone.

“Ahh! I forgot kyu. You can say that’s what you get when defeating ‘Wanderer’, good thing you bring it with you kyu~. I was careless kyu~”

My relationship with this steamed bun has only been a short one, heck it hasn’t even been 24 hours, but I am somewhat forgetful, but there are already times where it’s forgetful, irresponsible, I’m pretty worried about whether I’ll be able to trust it in the future.

The mascot character is like a hero’s advisor, so I want it to get itself together though.

I decided to ask about the details of this stone for the time being, even though I was exasperated.

“That stone is called a ‘magic stone,’ it’s a crystal of malice that is formed inside a ‘Wanderer”s body kyu~. That said, there is no danger in and of itself, so you can rest assured kyu~. If you collect magic stones, you can exchange them for points and you can exchange the point for various things, so you should collect more kyu~.”

“Exchange it into points? It’s like a game.”

“Well, we used various references to keep the motivation up kyu~. Being rewarded will people more motivated, doesn’t change even if they become a magical girl kyu~.”

“It’s often said that if you expect something in return, that’s not justice. Well, even heroes of justice are human, personally, I am grateful to be paid. Anyway, what are you going to do with these things? You’re not trying to produce something like ‘Wanderer’ again, aren’t you?.”

If that’s the case, even I won’t give this to Mokyu. I’m not trying to be a role model hero, but I’m also not going to be a hero who supports evil either.

“The ‘Wanderer’ was a force majeure kyu~! There are many ways to use them, and even your country is collecting them kyu~.”

“The country is collecting this?”

“That’s right kyu~. Magic stones are the result of the gathering of malice, but their essence is just a mass of pure energy kyu~. It can be used for various purposes, the country is collecting and researching it kyu~.”

“I wonder if it will be fine…”

I can’t see any bright future that came from researching the crystals of malice that came out of “Wanderer”.

“As I said earlier, this stone itself is a mass of pure energy, There is no danger as long as you don’t do anything too unreasonable kyu~. It’s an excellent product that can be used as a substitute for electricity, fuel, or anything like that kyu~.”

“That in itself seems like something that would create an entirely different problem…”

Hey, just so you know I don’t want to get involved in having difficult talks like issues of interest.

For the time being, I’ve learned that it’s not a dangerous item that would cause immediate problems, so I hand over the magic stone to Mokyu.

Even if a problem arises that causes another concern, let’s just have someone else handle it

There won’t be anything good if an amateur intervenes in a difficult talk.

“If the magic stone is proof that the ‘Wanderer’ has been defeated, then there’s no need to stay and watch here anymore. Alright, let’s go home.”

A hero standing on the roof of a building while facing the wind seems like a perfect picture, but I can’t just stay here and do that forever.

I brushed off the dust on my skirt and stretched, and just when I was about to activate the magic and go home, someone called out from behind me.

“Excuse me,”

On a dark night, on the top of a building lit only by moonlight.

I slowly turned around to the voice calling out to me even though there should be no one there.

“Can I have some of your time.”

There stood a little girl.