Alicia Just Wants to Live Relaxedly As a Human Being
Karin the Witch Girl 2
Karin POV
“Yup, please use this smartphone, wherever and whenever you are. The phone serves as a quick emergency response when it detects the presence of monsters near you. And after the notification appears on your phone, you must fight it according to the established battle protocol. Please pay attention to it.”
A year passed and I had been registered as a rookie witch girl.
I was in front of the receptionist of the witch girl's company and received a smartphone device commonly used by magical girls. The phone has many features that mostly work for the purpose of reducing the potential death of magical girls as well for disguise.
One such function is, [Transformate]. It will magically change my look from top to bottom, especially in dress. My clothes will magically be reproduced into new, flashy clothes. But, it was not an ordinary flashy outfit, this outfit was a magic tool that could increase the fight efficiency of the magical girl by increasing the endurance and agility so that the victory ratio would increase.
There were also the shoes of a magical girl who could make the wearer fly, as well as a magic wand that would make the magical girl would not quickly feel tired from constantly using magic. This is because, the magic wand is like a catalyst that will reduce the magic energy used to a minimum level. So the speed of magic energy decline will slow down.
Then the other function of this smartphone is as a liaison or giver of information between other magical girls. Then also as a tool to create a mirror world or [Mirror World], a temporary alternative world place for a fight between magical girls and monsters. The rest functions like most functions of a regular phone.
I turned around from the reception desk and walked home. Looking at my identity on that smartphone, I was still the E rank or beginner rank of the magical girl. In order to improve my ranking, I just need to add a lot of experience. Your own experience can be gained from fighting together with other magical girls or contributing to maintaining the peace of the surrounding community. Then the parameters for the experience points obtained will also be displayed in my identity on this smartphone. So it can be easily monitored.
Looking around, some girls who were likely magical girls spent a lot of time here. Because here also serves as a cafe or restaurant, they used to sit around while enjoying food and chat about many things. Most of the magical girls worked in groups, so it was no wonder that they reviewed the results of their fight here while also having lunch.
Even though I am a beginner and do not know the rank of those magical girls, I suspect they are great people because they are magical girls who have registered first. Also seeing how they were engrossed in discussing the newly fought monsters with vigor, it was clear they had won a landslide. Therefore, I guess they are great people, at least above me.
Including my mother there seems to be a lot of magical girls in this world, probably exceeding thousands. They are scattered everywhere in all corners of the world, and the company ‘Magical Girls Corp’ is the center. Almost every major city in every country has a branching of this company. Including those near this area are in Tokyo City. So I have to get on the train when I go there.
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Arriving home, as usual I had my mother train me as usual and take me away to fight monsters with her.
At first I was scared and could only hide in the distance, but I managed to overcome my fear. And now I can contribute in defeating monsters so that my experience points increase.
Since I have promised in myself, I will train hard so that I can protect my family and friends well.
...
“By the way, Mom. What is the rating of mothers in the witch girls association?”
Right now as usual, I am practicing magic under mother's guidance, practicing new magic techniques in the fire attribute. Mom was the best witch girl I've ever seen. He could already master the 6 element magic techniques, namely fire, water, earth, wind, light, and darkness. So I was curious about the rank. The witch girls' rating is listed on their smartphones, but it is personal or they do allow showing off their own ratings.
“Hm, currently mom is still in the B.” rating
“Ohhh. That's great, Mom.”
“No. There are still many people better than Mom. Remember that there is still sky above the sky, okay?”
“Ehhh, even though mom already looks really great to me.”
“Hahaha. No, there's still a witch girl on top of mom. For example, those who rank A and above. There were hundreds of magical girls currently listed at A rank. They are great people. You could say most of them could already master all seven magic attributes, or had already achieved high-level magic techniques. More than that, on top of it again were those ranked S. The highest level that could even defeat a high level monster alone. Even their mastery in magic techniques were all already at the highest level. There were only 10 of them ranked S-Ranked. They are very great people. And they are scattered all over the world with their own titles. In Japan there is one of them, namely Amano Hasegawa. He was nicknamed the [Sword Slayer of Darkness] because he was very skilled at manifesting his dark magic and fire to his sword techniques. So that the sword or katana he was holding emitted an aura of darkness or intense black flames that even he said could cut through the mirror world itself. And moreover, there were still 9 more great people like him. Mother herself is still far below.”
The mother I currently admire how great, now told me at length about the top-tier magical girl and her own weakness that was far from great. So far from the association as well as the witch girls around, there was nothing that I saw as good as mother, so I had no idea how great those people you were talking about were. Although from reasoning it is clear that those who are at A rank and above will be greater than B rank. But ever since I found out it was mom who defeated the lone Black Gryphon who scared me earlier when I was coming home from school with Aki. I became more admiring mother than any other witch girl.
“By the way, he said your good friend has got a new job in that mysterious house.” Looks like Mom's trying to shift the subject.
“I,iya. She works to be Alicia's maid, the girl who occupies the so-called haunted house alone.”
“The mysterious foreign girl who diverts the haunted atmosphere to normal, yes. Rumors have spread everywhere, so I know most of them. Even so, the mother herself felt that there was something strange about her. No young girl would want to live alone in that house, but she instead occupied it. Isn't that weird. What do you think, Karin?”
“Well, I think so too. But now my impression is slightly improved because it was he who helped Aki and saved her. I had a conversation with him, too, and there were no strange words and felt covered up. She just looks like a normal innocent girl who is at odds with her family, so maybe she is the child who ran away from her house, that is also only Aki's opinion. I don't know the details myself. But since he was the son of a rich man, he had no difficulties in life, as it seemed like his parents were still sending him money. So I don't know if the relationship with his family is good or bad. I don't know anymore.”
“Fumu. Indeed, he was impressed like a child who ran away from his home, but he still received a lot of money from his parents. What a strange girl. Well, as long as you can be good friends with him, I guess he'll be more open little by little.”
“Yah, mungki-......
TING
A small clink emerged from the notification on my smartphone.
Looking at the contents there seemed to be monsters around here. Because this smartphone will also be a notification to defeat monsters if there is a magic reaction from a nearby monster. So I have to go up against him, even though this will be my first time fighting monsters alone.
“It's just class D, so it's okay. It can also be a real exercise for you, Karin. So fight.”
Indeed, now that I have been working with my mother for so long, my rank has already graduated from the beginner and become a D rank. So the monsters that will appear in this smartphone notification will not exceed the threat level D. Because the witch girl will be adjusted to the level of her opponent to avoid unfavorable situations.
“Don't worry, mom's here too. So mom can help later if you need help.”
“.......Good. Thank you mom. Then I leave first.”
“Ya, be careful!”
Then I went towards the direction the monster was found.
The location is in school, so it doesn't take long to get there. Luckily it was already night, so there was no one around so there was no need to worry about civilians. Even so just in case, I will still create a mirror world, as it is a mandatory protocol when fighting monsters.
Looking at it directly, it was a spider monster with a size of one meter. It is very scary and disgusting to see. I'm the type who hates insects because they're so disgusting, but either I have to beat him right now or he'll endanger school life, especially my good friend, Aki. I don't want to see that.
[Dark Bind]
I'm launching a shadow binder. Bind it and make it unable to move.
After all, the magic that I am most good at right now is only dark magic. So this is all I can do.
So my plan was to stop his movement and then finish him off.
[Black Bullets]
After his movement stopped, I fired black attack magic at him when he was still unable to move. So all those attacks were about him.
“Yosh....Succeed.”
GHRAAAAUGHS
“............Ti-dak possible.”
But honey, like the previous attack did not destroy it, and somehow I felt that the monster was getting bigger and stronger.
“Sialan....”.
[Dark Bind]
I rolled the dark binder again, making it stop moving suddenly while still in the air.
But the spider that was getting stronger was shaking violently. Struggling to be free from the restraints of darkness. And finally one bond in one of his right legs was severed.
“Kuh....hard head once...accept this!! [Black Bullet][Black Spear][Black Arrow].”
I desperately launched several dark attacks at once towards the spider.
Dust billowed around him so that the monster figure was covered in a thick cloud of dust.
“Hah...Wh-do,......Me,....Suffer...Huh...Huh?”
I wish that the fight was over.
TINGGG TINGGG TINGGG
Turning around with my expectations, my smartphone instead rang loudly as if giving a warning.
‘Come back, magician girl Karin! Detection shows the monster has somehow gained excess magic energy and will soon make its evolution into a high-level monster. Repeated, immediately for the magical girl who was fighting him to immediately leave the location. The corresponding witch girl will be sent to the location soon.’
I don't know what's going on. And despite the danger, I'm exhausted right now, so I can't move.
I just feel like I've managed to defeat that spider monster.
But reality doesn't seem to say that.
CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK
“....Mus-ta-hil...” I was amazed by what I saw.
What I saw now was that the spider monster appeared after the dust puff disappeared and its size became even larger, exceeding twice its previous size.
Then from his back, there was a cracking sound, then with disgust appeared a black bulge from his cracked back.
And that is, hair?
No it's a human head. From the black spider's back, appeared the head of a long black-haired human, covering his face and covered in a somewhat disgusting sticky mucus.
The longer, the more parts of the human body come out. He raised his neck, then to his shoulders and hands, until finally he raised his navel.
Looking at the chest area that is fulfilled, it is clear that man is the embodiment of women.
But, the lower part of his body was fused with the huge spider back.
I can only guess, that female human upper body is also part of the spider monster. And this development is likely what previous smartphone warnings have called.
Right, Evolution.
I don't know what it is, but I feel a great danger emanating from his body.
I feel like I could die at any time.
I can't believe that my career as a magical girl will end quickly with this misfortune.
I wanted to immediately cancel the mirror world and immediately escape, but this body fatigue was holding me back. Besides, I'm afraid that if this monster isn't dealt with immediately, it will cause fatal damage in the real world.
But still, he said there was a high-level magical girl who would be dispatched soon. I really hope they come and replace me soon.
TING
Just when I was thinking of being saved. Luck came when a message hinting at a high-level magical girl had arrived and I was told to immediately undo this mirror world instantly.
I'm relieved for a moment.
But, when I want to cancel the mirror world. The spider monster seemed to have completely finished evolving. His evil face had now been seen with his terrifying smile, plus some of his injuries from the skin change had already recovered. And then he quickly ran towards me, preparing to kill me.
I despair and fear enveloped me, making the hand that wanted to undo the mirror world stop moving. My body trembled, as the sense of death drew near.
Looking towards the monster again, when he ran, that speed alone caused a considerable wind momentum to occur.
Thus seeing death approaching just like that. I'm starting to get desperate.
But for some reason, a fraction of a second from the arrival of my death, I became calmer. And I'm not afraid of the death that comes. Because it's been confirmed with this that I'm going to die.
‘Maybe this is what is called despair.’ Or that's what I thought.
Still, even so I wish mom would come, even if it's impossible.
I just wish I could be saved.
“.....Forgive me,.mom..” I moved my lips, as if to say something to my mother. But the time given is not much.
I will only accept this death as a sacrifice. At least with my sacrifice, I hope that the monster will be defeated once this mirror world is automatically wiped out due to my death. That way the danger that would threaten the life of the school, especially Aki, had been obliterated by the magical girl stronger than me.
That's what I was hoping for.
Just when I thought so, coming from the opposite direction. Come something with incredible speed towards that spider-man, and......
BLURRRRR
I don't know what's going on, but I know I was thrown away by a sudden burst of momentum. At a glance, I somehow saw that the spider's human body was smashed, and blood was spilling from that shattered body.
For me, when this body touched the ground, I rolled several times, hit the rubble, and was last held back by a wall violently. Blood spurted from my mouth due to the instantaneous change in momentum, I also felt this chest and stomach tearing apart. My ribs and back feel like they're broken and I can't move my body any less.
All over the body really hurt, the eyes kept twitching which grew busier and thicker, and finally faded my consciousness. I somehow felt the darkness engulf me to the end of my body.
But then I felt something warm wrap around me and completely dispel my consciousness.
But it was so comfortable that I fell asleep.
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And then I don't know how long I've been asleep. I felt my consciousness slowly forcing me to return.
...
“In-where.., Me?”
That was the first word when I realized I was in a different place. The white ceiling, the padded mattress and some lights that were lit somehow even looked like stars to me.
“What, this is heaven?”
“Obviously No! This is only a special hospital in the company ‘Magical Girls Corp’, which is special for the injured witch girls. So you were brought here after the fight. But strange, according to reports you should have been seriously injured, but the truth is you didn't have the slightest injury. But fortunately, with that you can survive without any serious injuries to you.” The lady in white who was like a nurse, said all of that with a reassuring smile.
“...Oh, ..So.”
But my answer is so simple. It's just that I still have a hard time swallowing the situation, so I just nodded innocently, accepting what he said just like that.
“Your mother will also be here soon. So just wait here and rest, you have fought well.”
With that said, I somehow felt calm and then I fell asleep again. Hopefully this time, all those scary things will only be my nightmares.
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