How Is the Heroine's Name...
How Is the Heroine's Name...
Bianca Lucia.
The mystery she possesses, Majihoi, is a highly noble academic ability.
[Manus Gignit Hoc Illud ㅡ The hand creates this and that.]
The ability to manifest sentences recorded in books into reality by reading them with one's hand.
The more deeply a piece of literature is embedded in the Idea, the collective unconscious of all humanity, and the deeper the user's understanding, the closer its destructive power becomes to a natural disaster.
Of course, the drawbacks are clear.
Once a phrase is used, it cannot be reused because it has already been implemented in the world, and she can only use books she can reach right now among the many books on her wheelchair, etc.
Of course, despite that, she has the overwhelming advantage of having perfect attendance in the party to the point of being called one of the 3 Great Heroines.
Anyway, thanks to that, Bianca was known in this world as a mysterious, sickly girl with brown hair who always carried dozens of classics on her electric wheelchair.
Well, unlike a certain ill-tempered true ancestor from the neighborhood who threw away the name her parents gave her and uses the name Bianca, this one is actually an Italian lady.
I heard her family is a noble family with a long history, too.
"Excuse me, Bianca-sunbaenim?"
As I approached with a grin, Bianca, who was drinking black tea by the window, slammed a very thick and hard-looking book shut with a thud!
The cover said Faust.
Ugh. To read that masterpiece by Goethe with such a terrifying expression.
Well. She's probably reading something else.
"...Are you the rude freshman who just entered the Academy?"
True to her nickname, Ice Princess No. 2, her attitude was so high-handed it felt like it would freeze the very air.
Why No. 2? Because the original Ice Princess No. 1 is way over there in the north, in Siberia.
"I'm not interested in unnecessary contact with people. If you have no business with me, would you mind moving? I can tolerate tea going cold, but I cannot tolerate wasting time with an ignorant human."
The murderous intent radiating from the back of Bianca, who was trying to pass me by while operating her wheelchair controller with an irritated gesture, screamed that if I followed her any further, she would recite a book passage and blow me away.
But I didn't give in at all and followed closely behind Bianca, humming a tune.
She's the one who will be moaning under Si-woo instead of me in the future, so this much is nothing.
"Hey, sunbaenim. Don't be so cold to a fellow Academy student. I heard rumors about you and became a fan, so I came."
"Ha! A fan? Does an ignorant first-year even understand my literary depth? Seeing you act so rudely to a second-year senior, I can feel the absence of proper upbringing."
"No, that's a bit much with the 'no upbringing' comment."
"My apologies, that last remark was uncalled for."
"I actually self-taught my upbringing. You don't actually have to apologize."
"..."
Bianca was dazed for a moment, and perhaps thinking she shouldn't get involved with this crazy person, the speed of her wheelchair gradually increased. But no matter how fast an electric wheelchair is, it's only 11~12 times faster than a sprinter.
Since it's slower than a turtle to Awakened ones, I easily matched my pace to follow her, and Bianca eventually slammed the brakes on her wheelchair.
"Why on earth are you following me?! I hate your type! A vulgar, noisy, shallow freshman who doesn't even know the weight of a single sentence!"
Ah, scary.
But I know.
As a veteran who has clicked thousands of choices to conquer the character Bianca Lucia in the original work, I know the truth hidden behind this whole noble young lady concept.
This woman is actually a hardcore otaku. A very severe one at that.
The book wrapped in that Faust cover right now? There's a 99.9% chance the contents are actually the new light novel that came out as a limited edition this month.
"Sunbaenim. About that book earlier."
"...What is it? Are you going to dare to discuss the sentences of the great writer Goethe?"
"No. I saw it slightly inside the cover. It's volume 4 of <The Hero was Actually the Demon King's Maid>, right?"
In an instant, Bianca Lucia stopped, the hand holding the black tea cup trembling, and Bianca's face, which had turned whiter than rice noodles, slowly turned toward me.
"...You, what did you just say...?"
"Ah, I was shedding tears of blood because I missed the pre-order for that too. Sunbaenim, I heard the special illustration for that came out really pretty... Could you show it to me?"
Hearing the sound of Ice Princess No. 2's mask shattering, I quickly snatched the bookmark from Bianca's hand and grinned.
It really is that.
"G-give it back! That is not something an ignorant freshman like you should touch...!"
"Huh? Sunbaenim, is this by any chance the limited edition bookmark for <Magical Girl Nanaka>? Wow, the premium price on this must be huge. The condition is very good, isn't it?"
In the original game, the Bianca route starts with Si-woo bumping into her on the street and picking up this bookmark for her.
But I am not Si-woo. For the sake of canceling the insurance, this level of blackmail... no, building rapport is essential.
"Hehe, sunbaenim. I can go around telling everyone about this, right? If I take a picture and post it on the Academy bulletin board with the title 'The Secret Hobby of Ice Princess Bianca'..."
"P-please give it back... please...."
Where did that high-handed princess from a moment ago go?
Bianca was blushing beet red and on the verge of tears.
But as I continued to pretend to take pictures, finding it amusing, Bianca's mental state eventually broke past the critical point.
"Seriously... seriously, no! Die! Just die!"
Bianca opened the <Faust> in her arms with trembling hands.
"In die Traum- und Zaubersphäre / Sind wir, scheint es, eingegangen!" (We seem to have entered the realm of dreams and magic!)
"Huh? Sunbaenim, wait...!"
No, was that too much? Did I tease her too hard? Here, for real?
The moment Goethe's profound sentence rang out, the world began to shatter into pieces.
If it were normal magic, it should have been a majestic sight, but Bianca Lucia was different.
What dominated Bianca's inner world was not the philosophy of a great writer, but the light novels and magical girl anime she had been reading until dawn last night!
Sparkle! Ring-ring!
Unrealistic flower petals fluttered, and ribbons that appeared from thin air wrapped around Bianca's body, transforming into a flashy dress.
Her brown hair emitted a magical glow and flowed even longer, and in Bianca's hand, a purple broom with a star-shaped decoration was held.
...This is the fatal side effect and essence of Bianca Lucia's mystery, Majihoi.
Since she couldn't possibly have an interest in the classic literature she was forced to read because of her family's expectations, her mental image had hardened into the form of her favorite otaku media.
"Sunbaenim, that quality is too high for just cosplay..."
"Shut up! I'm going to kill you all! I can't be the only one to die!!"
Bianca cried and swung her broom.
Whoosh!
An absurd wave of magic power rose, and the space next to me was erased as if it were being cleaned.
If it's a witch, it's a broom. If it's a broom, it's cleaning. So, is it a transformation that cleans space?
"Eek! Sunbaenim! That's a bit too much! I almost died for real!"
I quickly leaped backward and chanted the incantation.
"Epheta, Rota!"
The Burning Wheel that appeared to block my front cast a curtain of flames, blocking the space-cutting attack.
Bianca, riding her broom, stomped her feet in the air and poured out her grievances.
"What do you know! Do you know how prestigious my family is! If this gets found out, I'll be disowned! I was cooperating with the research because they promised I could geek out to my heart's content at the Academy... Even this transformation! Once it hardened, I can't change it at will even in front of others! Waaaaah!"
Every time Bianca swung her broom while crying, the terrain vanished.
This is exactly why Bianca becomes a fixed member of the party in the final stages of the game.
Because Si-woo's dice luck has strong random elements, there always comes a moment when you lack damage output when building a stable party, and that's when Bianca is brought in.
The Majihoi ability with a sky-high ceiling.
Although the activated phrases pop out randomly like a gacha, once a jackpot hits, it's the thrill of one-shotting the final boss and everything else!
In the community, memes like "Why is that Bianca's fault?" or "Go pull the gacha harder" circulate.
"I'll kill you! I'm really going to kill you! I'll die and appear in your dreams!"
"No, sunbaenim! Please calm down! I have something to tell you?! And the one who is about to die right now is me!"
Boom!
Using the Burning Wheel's physical immunity trait as a shield, I was able to narrowly dodge the attacks.
But if this continues, I'm going to die! Not because of world destruction or anything like that, but because I kept teasing a second-year senior for fun and I'm going to die!
"Epheta, Video!"
The Watching Eye summoned with the incantation monitored all directions from above my head, ramming the optimal real-time evasion route into my brain.
At the same time, I accelerated the mini-sized Burning Wheel to build a wall of giant pillars of fire.
If I output 100% here, things will get even bigger.
I've already caused one incident, so if I stand out more here, I'm going straight to the Leviathan interrogation room.
No, Leviathan is fine, but if a monster tag like Justice Miller gets summoned by bad luck, that's an instant death route in itself!
"Haa, haa... Sunbaenim! I told you to calm down!"
Watching Bianca, who was panting and gripping her broom tightly, I briefly got distracted.
With Majihoi's output... couldn't I subdue a higher-level angel if I summoned one here right now? Free labor. No, there's no talent like this as a volunteer.
No, what am I thinking! I'm not some urchin-haired guy who shouts Furube Yurayura every time he causes an incident at school!
Slap, slap. I slapped my cheeks to shake off the stray thoughts.
Let's ask for submission politely later.
Right now, stopping this rampaging magical girl is the priority.
I used the heat of the Burning Wheel to create a mirage.
A synergy available if you subdue both the Watching Eye and the Burning Wheel.
As my figure scattered into several branches through the refracted light, Bianca's pupils wavered.
I didn't miss that gap and dove into Bianca's arms.
"Gotcha!"
But Bianca is indeed a second-year.
With amazing reflexes, she dodged my touch, gripped her broom with a reverse grip, and tried to strike down.
"You rude freshman!!!"
Her hair fluttered, and just as the destructive magic power gathered at the tip of the broom was about to pour over my head, I thrust a piece of paper I had prepared in my arms right in front of her nose.
"Sunbaenim! I came to apply for the club!"
"...Eh?"
In an instant, the magical girl image that wrapped around Bianca's whole body shattered like glass breaking.
The broom disappeared like dust, and the posture Bianca maintained with magical power collapsed.
Bianca has a chronic weakness where her lower body loses strength along with rapid magic exhaustion when her magical girl transformation is undone.
"U, ugh...!?"
I quickly hugged and caught Bianca, who was rolling off her wheelchair because she couldn't overcome gravity.
"...Seo-yeon, student?"
"I just enrolled, so I didn't know which club to join. But just in time, the Literature Research Club where you are, sunbaenim, caught my eye."
I shook the recommender column of the empty club application form right in front of Bianca's nose.
"You'll... accept my application, right? Otherwise, I might upload everything I saw earlier to the Academy gallery."
"...Eek."
Bianca's face burned bright red once again.
With this, the capture of Bianca, the candidate for the main wife to cancel the insurance, is complete.