Surprisingly, This Was the Real Main Content – The Isekai Origin Tale
Surprisingly, this broadcast's main content was really, truly this—an epilogue, you could say. Or rather, the story of what happened after that conclusion.
As I stepped out of the police station and glanced at the chat, the vibe had completely soured. Couldn't be helped, really. The confessing association members had been let go right away.
That awkward chat energy—was it something they'd anticipated? From the police, no less.
"Uh... If they've repented, isn't that enough?"
I never expected to hear something like that from the cops.
"Haa. The fact that I can kinda understand it makes it even worse."
The police can't really control awakeners... They basically have no way to suppress them. Unless they're totally unsuited for combat, even the weakest ones can easily overpower an armed cop with a pistol. A guy like that branch chief uncle? Small arms are useless against him.
So even if they turn themselves in, it's tricky to take them. What's the point of detaining prisoners who could bust out whenever they feel like it? It just terrifies the guards for nothing.
Plus, all awakeners are potential gate response forces. There was even talk of summary executions for extremists who can't be controlled—just wipe 'em out! But that got shot down immediately. Practical issues before any ethical human rights stuff.
So until higher-ups take separate measures, it's like suspended sentence? Probation? Something like that. I wondered if this was okay to air on stream, so I checked with the manager. Their line said no big issue, but they could downplay the incident for info control if needed.
That's their solution? The state of the world...
"Sighhh. Just behave from now on, got it?"
"Y-Yes, ma'am!"
In the end, I gave the awakeners just enough pressure and sent them off. Not sure if it's as effective as actual legal judgment, but thinking back to how they cowered earlier, it probably has some impact. If problems pop up, deal with 'em then. I marked the barrier anyway—no way they'll slip away in my turf.
As I chilled, the chat was firing up a new topic. Hey, I'm multitasking here—why're you guys rolling with it without me? I'll hop on eventually.
"Over there? They slap a slave collar on 'em or use sealing orbs to lock 'em up."
People think alike, right? Though sealing orbs often got broken by brute force.
"We can. But sustaining it long-term is tough."
Long-term stuff is more orthodox mages' specialty than magical girls. Mine's especially inefficient due to my traits—worst among magical girls for sustain. Sealing orbs? Straight-up alchemy territory.
"It's like, no matter how strong the power, it won't bring a bumper crop."
Social or civ development favors crafters or buffers, yeah. Not complaining about my magical girl powers, though.
Then a familiar line scrolled by in chat.
"Ah, that one. Heard it a lot over there."
Nah, just one companion was like that. Wonder if that old guy's doing okay. Probably still an outcast.
"There was stuff like the Eastern Continent. Wuxia? Yeah, a companion wrote one and it blew up."
FWIW, inspired by that, I wrote a modern one too. Tanked hard.
"That's why magical girls are a fusion too."
Bantering lightly like that as I headed home, the weird aftertaste faded bit by bit. Hmm. Daegu, right? The 'new settlement area' from their confession. Kinda hits close since it's my hometown, but no need to broadcast that. Anyway, no real threat to the family home.
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"...We've leveled up from RP to real isekai logs, and this is the treatment I get?"
Time for the hyped main content. 8 million won superchat promise, after all.
"Why's the bait this thick?"
True enough. After some chat bouncing and farting around as usual.
"Everyone sit down. Tsk. Hey."
"...You little shits are doing this on purpose to gauge my reaction now, huh. Sigh. Anyway, hmm, which episode?"
Newbie surge, so something popular? Palace hostage crisis or kidnapping the northern duke? Or stripping the magic tower lord...
Bling bling bling—
A superchat sound chimed as I pondered.
"......Huh. Alright, we'll follow the money."
Definitely a civil servant—probably NIS. That baby talk for real? Kinda well-trained in a way? Whatever.
Is this okay? Korea's NIS, you good?
Or maybe dropping his guard like that is peak agent?
Chat's reacting fine anyway. Even the sharp ones suspecting his ID chilled at the shocking baby talk grammar.
"Cool. Day one in the other world it is."
Truth is, my isekai trip was pretty quiet. No classic truck, no 5700-char famous email.
Just woke up in some forest one day.
Don't jinx it.
Anyway, I was in total chaos. Two-headed bird screeching overhead, nothing but my body and this weird realization I was a magical girl. Dumped alone in the wild.
No way to stay sane.
Not really. Couldn't transform or anything at first. All magical girl traits kick in after your first transform.
No one around me back then. Alone, like I said. No mascot either.
Yep. Proper transform impossible. Two essentials: transform chant and will to transform. Missing one? No go. Force it? Not normal.
So I was basically a normie. In strength and everything else.
Couldn't stay rational—did something stupid. Denied reality, screamed my head off.
Remember that noble carriage bit? Nope. But my screams drew monsters: werewolves hunting in the woods and their pack.
"Woof woof woof woof woof!"
Curled up instinctively at the fierce bark—too late, surrounded. Werewolves command wolves strategically. Roar means encirclement complete.
I didn't know, just got jumped.
"Arf! Arf!"
"Grrrrr!"
Two wolves probing the encirclement, teeth bared. Love dogs, but those savage snarls? Pure suffocating terror.
Didn't even know no chant = no transform. Clung to instinct in panic.
"Transform! Transform! Transfoooorm!"
Called on magical girl power instinctively. No transform, obviously... but a miracle happened.
Remember what I said? Force it = not normal. Flip side: abnormal transform possible.
Yeah. Personal experience. Unfinished power lump—not really a transform—froze the wolves and vanished.
All I could muster pre-transform as a magical girl rookie.
Collapsed after exhausting it, next wolves and werewolf closing in slow. Thought it was over for real.
Then white flash slashed the werewolf.
"Over here! Someone's here!"
Huge shield enveloped me, fireballs smashed the wolves. The trio party I'd form later.
"Kid. You okay? How'd a little one end up in this demon woods?"
Future hero leader, warrior, and mage. First meet with comrades I'd share 12 years with.
Yeah. Knight-level even then. Rare powerhouse among demon woods adventurers.
"This place is dangerous. Why'd you come here?"
Probably 'cause they saved my life. Calmer me handled it decently, IMO.
"Uh. Just woke up here."
"Even dark mages eye ruins. Maybe kidnapped."
"Yeah. That weird chill... They'd want it. For sacrifice maybe?"
No lies, just hid 'other world' keyword. Worked great in grim medieval world.
"What now? Village too far."
"Duh. Take her where? No village in this backwater takes strays."
Didn't realize then, but they were dungeon diving in the demon woods spawn. 20+ years prior, meteor-like fall otherworlded the area, birthing the dungeon. Remote af.
"Might as well bring her."
"Whoa, you? You'd usually say ditch."
"That chill's no joke, like I said. Train it, could help exploring."
"Knew it."
They discussed, offered to join. Surprised icy mage pushed first. Hindsight, maybe he guessed something. No choice for homeless me anyway.
Joined party, off to dungeon.
"Mm. That's it for today?"
"Yep. Unhatched egg, precisely."
My mascot was dormant. Hatched long after we cleared the ruins and got it. Later heard: if contract power too strong, common—world-level interference limit. Caused tons of headaches later.
"Oops."
Too early for from-the-start tale. To calm raging spoiler chat, slapped a 5-min ban on Malreong Kongtteok and ended the stream.