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Chapter 110
Chapter 3 — Dry scrape, burn and perforate! • Episode 3–4 — Witch Cup ⑮
Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV
The color of the small crystal changed completely to blue before my eyes, and at the same time, my whole body was enveloped in light and I found myself transferred to the waiting room. I quickly tried to look at the map to see if I had won or lost, but I couldn’t do that because I seemed to have already returned from my avatar to my real body.
The crystals would certainly have changed color and we would have won as far as I could see on the map just before the game ended. But without actually confirming that, I’m sure I was worried.
「Don’t worry, Sylph-chan. We won.」
Perhaps noticing that I was about to check the map, Doppelganger-san who had been forwarded with me turned the Magiphone screen to me and said so.
On the screen was a social networking site dedicated to Magical Girls, where posts about the Witch Cup flowed one after another. And written here and there in the posts are the words “Blue Team” as the winner.
「We’ve won…」
If this is the real-time reaction of the Magical Girls watching the live broadcast, it means that our victory is confirmed. I was finally relieved and relieved to recognize that fact.
「You did well, Sylph-chan.」
「Rather, Tyrant Sylph does have a hot side, aren’t you! It made me feel like I don’t want to lose to them either!」
「…? What are you talking about?」
Doppelganger-san approached me with a gentle expression as if she were looking at something smiling ever so slightly, followed by Ex–Magna-san, who folded her hands behind her head and said so with a somewhat embarrassed air.
I think we have talked a lot since the meeting that we will definitely win this Witch Cup, but what’s the point now?
「I knew you didn’t notice. When you were fighting Frost-chan, you thought you cut off the communication in the middle of the fight, but we were connected the whole time.」
「I don’t know what’s going on, but, you know, this is how you get your family back together, right? Good for you.」
「——Eh!?! H–Huh, you heard that…?」
「I heard you loud and clear.」
「Your spirited yell is also perfect.」
I couldn’t help but say out loud, “I can’t lose, I have to win,” I had no idea that the communication was still on… You could have told me earlier!
「P–Please forget it! I was a little excited at the time, or maybe I wasn’t calm, but whatever, it was a mistake!」
「You don’t have to hide it. Cool-loli is good, but your childish part is also good because it makes you have a gap～」
「I agree. If you’re lonely, I think it’s okay to spoil yourself with someone closer to home.」
I’m not lying about my feelings, but I was so embarrassed because I had no idea that anyone was listening to me that I turned red and made an excuse. But they both see my impatience and say such things to me as if they were making fun of me.
「～!! I don’t know anymore!!」
「Oops, she’s sulking now.」
「I wasn’t making fun of you in any way, though…」
Talking any longer would only cause me embarrassment, so I turned my back to them and took out my own magiphone. The Witch Cup is over, so there is no need to be friends any more, and we’ll just let the rest of it play out.
「Well, was everything calculated except that we were going to be dropped? I didn’t hear anything about you leaving the base.」
「That is indeed not true. I just thought it would be better to do the last one on the spur of the moment, looking at the situation. Frost-chan suggested that he was dropping the Dragon Call-chan, so…」
「Well, that’s what you said. You’ve been listening to me a lot.」
I turned on my Magiphone, which had been turned off during the match while listening to their exchange, and a number of notifications from the Messages app popped up on the screen. It seems that I received messages from Elephant-san, Blade-san, Press-san, and then I’ve seen the one from Extend-san.
Everyone shared the same message of congratulations on winning the competition, and in addition, Extend-san’s message was very feminine, saying that she wouldn’t lose the next time. If the Witch Cup is held again someday, I probably won’t be in it, but it would be tedious to tell them that, so I’ll just briefly thank them and say I’ll win the next one too.
Elephant and her team have sent me an additional message asking me to come to the Tower Mansion around 3:00 p.m. if I have time. I think there will be awards and prize giving afterwards, but it won’t take more than two hours no matter how long it takes, so we’ll probably make it in plenty of time. I’ve given them a duplicate key to my room, so if the worst happens and I’m a little late, they can go in first, and I’ll tell them I understand.
「Since we’re at this point, I’d like to implement a swimsuit SSR commemorating the competition championship at MGW, but I need some materials, so can you wear a swimsuit?」
「No. Didn’t you always try to get me to wear a swimsuit every year, Magna-chan?」
「Not at all, if you want to make the most of that nice body, you have to wear a bikini! And look! You’re the Octopus Witch, so you’re good with tentacles and the sea!」
「I mean, think about the time of year. It’s not the season for swimsuits and the ocean anymore.」
「Eh! It’s fine! In the Magical World, the climate can be controlled! You will wear it, and so will Tyrant Sylph!」
「!? I don’t want to wear it!? What are you saying!?」
I was thinking that she was saying something stupid again, but I was trying to keep my attention off of her so that she wouldn’t spark it off on me, but for some reason she is saying to me as if it’s a definite thing to wear a bathing suit, not persuasion. If I leave it alone, she will pretend that I didn’t reject it as it is, so I hurriedly deny what Ex–Magna-san said.
「Hey, hey, Tyrant Sylph, that’s not what you promised, is it? You promised me that in exchange for my proper participation in the Witch Cup, didn’t I?」
「That should only be a collaboration between the game voiceover and delivery!」
「Eh—? But the contract signed by Tyrant Sylph also says something about a swimsuit shoot, right?」
「Wha—!?」
The piece of paper that Ex–Magna-san took out of her pocket is indeed the document I signed the other day when I was summoned by Doppelganger-san. At that time, she said,「I’ve put it all on paper so that it’s not just a verbal agreement that I said or didn’t say, so please sign it. I’m going to participate in the Witch Cup seriously, Tyrant Sylph is going to help me with my project, and it’s just a list of voice guesses and other stuff like the video collaboration and things like we talked about the other day.」I looked it over lightly before signing it.
When I looked at the place where Ex–Magna-san pointed to, I saw that in addition to the voice guess and the content of the distribution, it said in very small letters,「If we win, you will help me collect materials for the commemorative benefits I will distribute.」
「T–This is not explained to me! This is a scam!!」
While other items are red-lettered or underlined where it is important, this one sentence is really small and in a standard font color and typeface. And maybe, but she dare to write it in a way that doesn’t use horizontal characters so that it doesn’t catch the eye. It would be more natural to include words such as “event” or “illustration” in the text.
「Well, well, it’s not like it’s going to decrease, you know, and Tyrant Sylph can help me out by being scruffy. Hey, please? I’ll not only collaborate with you, but I’ll help you spread rumors, too.」
「U–Uuuhh, do you really have to take pictures…?」
「Of course I need the photos because I’m going to use them as documentation. Don’t worry, I won’t make a photo book. It’s the fairies who’ll take pictures and look at the documents anyway, so it’s not much of an embarrassment, right?」
It’s embarrassing to wear such a swimsuit!
This is a fraud no matter what you think, but the Magical World doesn’t intervene in disputes between Magical Girls, so it is surely useless to say anything. Besides, even if it’s fraudulent, it’s still in the contract. Is it my fault? Because it’s my fault for not reading it properly…
「Don’t worry, don’t worry, I won’t make it worse.」
「Magna-chan…」
The moment she called her name in a low, bottom-chilling, heavy voice, Ex–Magna-san’s villainous, merchant-like, disagreeable smile seemed to twitch.
There are only three people in this room right now: me, Ex–Magna-san, and Doppelganger-san, which means that I can only think of one person who is the owner of that voice.
「If you keep going on about it, you’re not kidding yourself, okay?」
「N–No, don’t take me seriously. I’m kidding, I’m kidding, ahaha… Right, Tyrant Sylph!」
Doppelganger-san lifted her eyes flashing and looked angrily at Ex–Magna-san. She is angry to look at. Perhaps she was angry for my sake?
I mean, Ex–Magna-san, she said all that and then she said she was joking…
「…Is that so? It sounded like you were serious to me.」
「Not at all! This sentence is also a bit mischievous! I’m not trying to make her do it for real!」
「Then you don’t need that contract anymore.
Octopus.」
「Agh—!? Cruel, you’re so cruel… You’re a Oni, a Devil, Doppelganger…」
The contract that Ex–Magna-san had just held up to her nose was torn to shreds by the eight legs that were summoned. This way, if I tear up the copy I have, I can pretend that the promise never happened in the first place, and that’s why Ex–Magna-san is probably crumbling to her knees and crying her eyes out. From what she’s saying, it sounds like there’s still plenty of room for more….
However, I am a person who keeps my promises. I can’t accept the swimsuit story, but I can’t pretend that there wasn’t a mutually agreed-upon arrangement.
「I’ll take care of the voice guess and the collaboration as promised, is that okay?」
「Really!? You’re a God, an Angel, Tyrant Sylph!」
「You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, Sylph-chan.」
「I don’t like it, but a promise is a promise.」
「I’d like to give Magna-chan a good scrape of my nails… for being so disciplined and sincere.」
「I don’t think it is a good idea to say such things in front of her! That’s power harassment, power harassment, you know!?」
「I don’t want to be told by someone who is sexually harassing her.」
Doppelganger-san is not really displeased with Ex–Magna-san, who seems to have recovered from her earlier depression and is now saying things like this and that, while giving off a “oh dear” vibe. Perhaps she was saying that this isn’t the first time a matter like the contract she just mentioned has come up. Not knowing the tricks of Ex–Magna-san, I was deceived, and it seems that I should try to avoid getting involved in the future.
「Yo, sorry to interrupt the excitement, but it’s time for the awards ceremony. We’ll be moving straight into the interviews afterwards, so think about what you’re going to say.」
「If isn’t the Director? This is very much appreciated.」
「Don’t bother coming out of your greatest habit every time.」
「How cold. I’m the one who’s looking out for you, and you’re being so extravagant.」
I thought I saw Earth’s gaze turn toward me for a moment as he spoke lightly.
No, well, I don’t know if it was really true, since this globe doesn’t have a face or anything, but I somehow felt he was watching me. I guess I can’t talk about the reward here, so I guess we’ll just have to talk about it another time.