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“You, you….”
A torrent of profanity wandered across Joo Ah-yoon’s tongue, but ultimately, what she uttered was the most fundantal question.
“Are you crazy?”
She was crazy. Insane. How could she say such things about soone she knew so well? The affection she had shown before was hard to see as false. The kindness she demonstrated back then was certainly genuine.
So now, Baek Ah-hee genuinely intended to kill soone she had followed without question.
It wasn’t a healthy thought. Especially inappropriate for a magical girl. A magical girl who draws strength from love and peace, ignoring love itself.
“No, I’m not crazy. This is a decision reached after much deep consideration.”
Baek Ah-hee answered coolly. She was already sitting on a counter seat. Politely crossing her knees and placing her hands properly, her posture suggested the following conversation was no re jest.
“I will not help the Watcher.”
Her tone was stiffer than usual, sounding almost like a declaration.
In reality, it would likely be the sa regardless of who she was talking to. Even if Han Jae-jung were present.
“I’m not his colleague. We’re competitors. Of course, he’s also like my ntor and a comrade. But before that, the fact that he’s my competitor and primary rival remains unchanged.”
Baek Ah-hee’s eyes shone correctly. Bright like a first-magnitude star. Yet, a self-righteous gaze that considered no one else.
“I won’t do the stupid thing of helping a competitor.”
“You….”
Joo Ah-yoon was speechless at her confident attitude.
“…Those I should help are the weak and my colleagues.”
Baek Ah-hee smiled softly when ntioning the weak.
“Of course, I can’t call villains weak. Still… Strong people probably have colleagues of their own. He and I are competitors… And he’s likely building many relationships. There are probably colleagues among them.”
Baek Ah-hee t Joo Ah-yoon’s eyes. Her pure, gleaming gaze ruthlessly illuminated Joo Ah-yoon. Her large red eyes reflected Joo Ah-yoon’s face, still colored with bewildernt.
“Right?”
Her question created even more intense waves in Joo Ah-yoon’s heart. The aning was simple.
Baek Ah-hee and Watcher’s relationship is competitive. A relationship where they stimulate and develop through each other. Therefore, she cannot carelessly extend help. The mont one-sided assistance touches them, the relationship would twist, turning from competition into pity and compassion.
“There will definitely be soone who can extend a helping hand without as much deliberation as . To begin with, I think he can overco this level of crisis even without my help!”
But here, there’s soone who can act without regard for social perception or courtesy to the other party.
“So, I’ll just believe and wait.”
Han Jae-jung is facing a crisis completely different from before, with a terminal condition.
‘…Only I can do this.’
Only she, his sole colleague, can help him.
Relying on soone might ease the mind. Sharing the sa concerns with soone would naturally be comfortable. But this is just an escape for herself.
How should she help? What if she fails? Such worries are ultimately just self-satisfaction. She was just running away, making excuses out of fear of becoming useless. ℝäΝȪ₿Ęṩ
The excuse of being unable to imagine an imperfect brother is nonsensical.
He was ultimately just a person with human emotions. Soone who gets angry, feels fear, becos weak sotis.
She had known what needed to be done for a long ti.
She didn’t transform because of a dream, but transford to protect her dream.
“Ah-hee.”
“Yes!”
“Sorry, but today’s business is over. Leave.”
Her task remained unchanged.
“Eh? I’ll pay more! Call the boss! Boss! I’ll pay more, so let stay~!”
“We’re not that kind of establishnt. And I’m the boss, you brat!”
Protecting her dream. That’s all.
Baek Ah-hee’s opinion deserves respect. She has her own beliefs and follows them thoroughly. Asking her to break those beliefs for re emotion would be selfish.
The sa applies to other magical girls. The fact that soone she was close to is actually a villain and has a terminal condition could potentially shake her public and private boundaries and influence her beliefs.
“Wh-what’s suddenly happening….”
“Because there’s sothing more important.”
So, this is enough to do alone.
I do not know what kind of hardships I will face in the future. I do not know how many challenges await . Not sothing I can do, but sothing I must do. Burden is naturally present. Nevertheless, it’s okay.
From the mont I lit up the star of Deneb again, I have finished preparing for hardships. In any curse or misfortune, I will soar proudly. Like a swan.
“So today is a day off.”
Therefore, today is also a ti to work.
Let’s go help the dream.
Joo Ah-yoon imdiately kicked Baek Ah-hee out of the store and contacted Han Jae-jung. Fortunately, he responded imdiately.
After waiting a little, Han Jae-jung ca.
“…Brother.”
“Ah-yoon, I have sothing to tell you.”
“Yes. I know.”
Joo Ah-yoon nodded. lancholy fills her eyes.
“How much ti is left?”
No matter what words approach, do not panic, do not break, move forward.
“3….”
“3 years? Yes. That’s so short….”
The ti as imagined. Certainly short. But it’s not a period without hope at all.
“…Oh, no.”
“Then, 3 months?”
Shorter than imagined. Can I find a way to save him within this ti? No, don’t worry. I must do it. Nothing is impossible. If I must do it, I will even pluck the stars from the sky.
Han Jae-jung shook his head.
“30 days.”
“…Say that again.”
“30 days.”
“So you an it’s been about 30 days since you heard the terminal news?”
“No, 30 days left.”
Joo Ah-yoon hardened her expression.
“What the hell are you doing, you bastard…!”
The period was incredibly absurd.
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Ippotranslation
***
September muttered while looking out the window.
“O….”
The cheap whiskey was still full in his glass, and his subordinates gathered in Korea surrounded him.
“Now I see that precious bastard’s face.”
He ca here because they said he could see a lion in Korea. Until now, not even a glimpse of the lion was visible.
He had heard about the lion’s activities shortly after arriving. He thought, ‘At this rate, we’ll see that guy’s face soon!’ It felt like just yesterday he was exclaiming about the rumored location. But ultimately, he still couldn’t see the lion.
But now, it was irrelevant.
A knocking sound ca to September’s lancholic ear. When he gestured, the door opened, and a man in a suit entered.
“Brother. The seniors from the US have just arrived.”
“Oh, is that so? Guide them roughly.”
September was about to wave him away but stopped.
“Ah, wait a mont. If you guys ss around politically, you’ll die by my hand. Rember that.”
“Yes!”
“Well, since the language is different, communication might not work. But the starlight will surely translate, so try to communicate as much as possible with body language, huh? Use what you learned in school?”
“…Yes.”
Though it was a harsh statent for those here, the people he brought weren’t completely brainless. From the beginning, among those who browsed the internet, so frequented Arican communities, so communication wouldn’t be a problem.
September had ordered veterans from the Argo Family’s headquarters in the US to co here.
The reason is, of course, one.
“Our bug friend has co on a long journey.”
To capture the Scorpion that arrived in this land.
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Ippotranslation
***
[Ah, a- Mic test. Please gather everyone who can co to the conference room now.]
A notice was issued at the Magical Girl Headquarters.
“Ugh… How troubleso….”
“Davi. Follow it even if it’s troubleso.”
Haru was about to run away imdiately, but unfortunately, Yoon Seol-hwa happened to pass by and caught her.
With the mascot’s light on, it seed to be a notice informing people outside headquarters as well. It appeared to be a very important announcent.
The important announcents of magical girls tended to beco less normal the more crucial they beca. Generally, dangerous things.
Certainly not sothing comfortable.
Everyone entered the conference room with a certain degree of anxiety. Haru was even more dejected.
“Senior… Isn’t senior the strongest now? Can’t we just blast and eliminate everything? Then we wouldn’t have to listen to such notices.”
“If only I could do that.”
Blue Sirius had awakened her divinity since the November incident.
Absolute temperature ice.
She could now control ice that never lts, and her range and instantaneous firepower had beco incomparably stronger than before.
However, as powerful as her power was, an equally powerful consequence followed. Naly, fatigue.
After entering a divine state, her stamina would rapidly disappear. Her body would beco weak for as long as she maintained her divine state. Fever was basic, and sotis she would even faint.
For Yoon Seol-hwa, with her weak heart, these side effects were fatal. Especially since all these side effects would hit her right after transforming back when her body was at its weakest.
Inefficient. Like driving a sports car with poor fuel economy.
Therefore, Yoon Seol-hwa decided to put one restriction.
Using divinity only in dangerous tis. And only once per hundred seconds.
Originally, her power was so overwhelming that misuse could easily turn the surrounding area into a wasteland. Having this sense of caution was not a bad result.
‘I don’t want to beco arrogant either.’
After awakening her divinity, people around her were calling her a genius magical girl, a treasure for humanity, and gilding her face. But Seol-hwa herself felt differently.
Fortunately, the side effects were so severe that she had to experience frustration before falling into arrogance.
But it wasn’t a bad thing. It was better than falling into the delusion of becoming strong and making a ss.
‘Later, when living with Han Jae-jung, he might be uncomfortable.’
Moreover, if arrogance were to seep into her body and make him uncomfortable, it would be a disaster. Being able to restrain herself was a joyful thing.
“Uwaaa… I was just about to get off work… Hidoi (too much)….”
Next to her, Haru was still grumbling about the sudden call. At her cute junior’s complaint, Yoon Seol-hwa gave a bitter smile.
“Weren’t you the type who likes fighting villains in the first place?”
“Ah~ Maa (well)… To be precise, I like overwhelming villains unilaterally… Crushing them with numbers and reviving them as corpses to further humiliate even their death….”
“Humiliation… You know quite a difficult word?”
“Yes. I learned it from the internet.”
“I see….”
It was truly an unhealthy motivation. Even Yoon Seol-hwa couldn’t shield this, so she changed the subject.
“So what could it be?”
“Who knows? Maybe a dangerous villain has entered the country?”
“Eh? Isn’t Korea already full of dangerous guys?”
Indeed, that was true. It wasn’t a large land like Russia or Arica, but there were already several S-class villains in this small country. It was getting tireso.
[Ah- Sorry for the sudden call. Sothing urgent ca up.]
When she arrived at the conference room, a unicorn was bowing its head beyond the large monitor screen.
A petite white horse with a colorful, rainbow-colored horn. Its fluffy fur and cute eyes were so soft that one might mistake it for a stuffed animal at first glance.
Unicorn. The headquarters’ mascot and director. Unlike magical girl mascots, a fantasy creature visible to the naked eye.
[Hmm… Well, sorry, but we’re going to conduct a joint operation.]
A joint operation? The magical girls gathered in the conference room showed confusion. If it were a joint operation, they would only need to gather the magical girls involved.
It didn’t seem like sothing that required such a large-scale eting.
“Ah. Could it be?”
Soone made a sound as if realizing sothing. Suddenly, anxiety flowed down their necks.
[Yes, I think your guess might be right.]
A joint operation was not a trivial matter.
Basically, every magical girl’s battle was like a joint operation. The most basic approach was for nearby magical girls to gather and fight villains.
But only within the country.
[A magical girl from Japan is scheduled to be dispatched here.]
“…Majika yo (Is this real)?”
White Davi muttered in a dry tone.
“Why? Crossing national borders is quite dangerous. Unless it’s sothing significant, they wouldn’t co all the way here… Could it be?”
Ara, who was questioning, stopped speaking and glanced at Haru. Her gaze was full of suspicion. Haru shook her head as if denying it.
“I don’t know! I have no idea! It’s completely unrelated to !”
[Yes, it’s unrelated to White Davi.]
“Then….”
[You all have heard about one of their magical girls being severely affected by the Scorpion, right?]
They all knew. The incident where the magical girl who had long reigned supre after Sky Polaris was instantly brought down.
Rumor had it that she had lost most of her starlight.
Everyone nodded.
[It’s been confird that the Scorpion constellation’s villain has arrived in Korea.]
Everyone stopped moving.
[I’ll say it again. This ti, the instruction is a joint operation.]
The most ferocious beast among the three beasts. Its poison of fear crawled up their spines like a bug.
[Please eliminate the Scorpion constellation’s villain together with the Japanese magical girl.]
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Ippotranslation
***
Paradox sat on the Scorpion’s back, stroking its shell.
“Our Scorpion has much greed. Always trying to catch everything. Perhaps that’s why it has many enemies.”
A ga proposed to Han Jae-jung.
“I believe you’ve realized that the participants aren’t just you and .”
Those targeting the Scorpion were not just them.
“The winner will devour everything. Starlight, our lives, soone’s mories, emotions.”
Among all these competitors, only those who stand out and shine, those with the strongest beliefs, will erge.
“Because you know best that anyone can shine.”
Paradox smiled, scanning the area near the neck stung by the Scorpion.
Paradox’s remaining life: 31 days.
Han Jae-jung’s remaining life: 30 days.
The Scorpion’s remaining life is expected to be similar.
However, it’s not certain that one of them will take its neck.
“I have great expectations for everyone.”
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