Chapter 17
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: Thirsty Flower Seeks the Spring (1)
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"Grooooar..."
Today, as always, a bizarre monster appeared right in the middle of downtown.
Unlike typical monsters, it wasn't letting out deafening roars.
Instead, it was drooling a disgusting, off-colored saliva.
- Thud... Thud... Thud...
- Sizzle...
"Kyaaaaah!!"
The monster casually stomped over cars abandoned by fleeing citizens on the road,
and the saliva it left behind corroded the vehicles in an instant.
"Stop right there!"
The moment the monster crushed exactly ten cars underfoot,
a spirited, plucky, yet refreshingly bright girl's voice rang out.
"The... the Magical Girl is here!"
The citizens, certain the voice belonged to a Magical Girl,
retreated to safety as they always did, waiting for her to defeat the monster.
"Blooming beauty... Magical Girl Flora, appearing!"
Magical Girl Flora made her entrance, scattering a trail of glittering flower petals like a floral rain.
Wearing a pure white dress and wielding a staff shaped like a flower,
she stood lightly before the monster with graceful steps.
"Grooo... Grooooar...!"
As if realizing a Magical Girl stood before it,
the monster excitedly shook its jaw wildly, spraying acidic saliva everywhere.
"Eek...!"
- Whoosh... Splatter-!
The splashing saliva flew toward Flora as well,
but she swiftly formed a petal-shaped barrier to barely block it.
'Tch... What the hell is this thing? So annoying...'
Even in this situation, Flora's face bore a fresh smile,
but beneath it, hot anger was boiling.
Monsters were already ugly and repulsive by nature,
but the one she faced now was especially grotesque.
'Flora Rain won't cut it...'
Against a brute charging mindlessly, she'd use her main technique, Flora Rain,
but a foe launching ranged attacks was another story.
With the monster shaking its jaw and spewing saliva everywhere,
her incoming petals couldn't fulfill their role.
But Flora wasn't some novice Magical Girl limited to one technique.
A three-year veteran with hundreds of monsters slain and dissolved.
It wasn't a difficult opponent—just tedious.
- Whoosh...
Before attacking the monster, Flora first fortified her defenses.
Standing elegantly on one foot like a ballerina, spinning gracefully,
she formed a lotus-shaped barrier around herself.
"Grooooar...!"
- Splatter... Sizzle...
The monster shook its head wildly, then spun it entirely to launch saliva,
but it only melted one or two layers of the lotus leaves.
"Haaaaaaaah...!!"
While the giant lotus blocked the monster's attacks,
Flora gathered power with eyes closed, gripping her staff in a prayer pose.
Judging a prolonged battle would drain her mana,
she planned a single finishing blow from afar.
- Thump...♥
"Wha... what's this...?!♥"
Her focus shattered, stance crumbling,
she hunched over in panic, breathing raggedly.
'Why is my body... suddenly like this...♥'
What disrupted her concentration was an inexplicable thirst.
If it were mere dehydration, her lips would dry out,
but Flora's legs trembled, her face flushed red.
'My lower belly... my groin is throbbing... I can't focus...♥'
She'd experienced these symptoms sporadically for days,
but each time, receiving "mana replenishment" from her manager Jae-hyun made it subside.
But now, she couldn't get mana from Jae-hyun.
"Grooooar...!!!!"
To make matters worse, the monster's acidic barrage intensified,
and the lotus protecting her body wouldn't hold much longer.
'Tch... I didn't want to use this...!'
With the situation not going her way,
her pristine smile faltered slightly.
Her struggle to maintain her Magical Girl image twisting
meant the fight was tougher than she'd expected.
- Thump...♥ Thump...♥
'Nngh...!'
The worsening thirst brought cold sweat, but
Flora bit her lip, never taking her eyes off the monster.
Keeping her gaze fixed, she wedged her staff between index and middle finger, pointing at the monster,
her other hand precariously gripping the tip.
Then, pulling back her arm like drawing a bowstring...
- Whooooosh-
A fierce wind whipped up, forming a bow entwined with flowers.
"Take this! Storm of flowers piercing the skies... Flora Blast!"
Releasing the fully drawn string from her shoulder,
a gale so fierce it made standing difficult erupted.
- Whiiiiiirrr-
And with that wind, a massive floral arrow launched.
The arrow sped straight for the saliva-spewing monster's head...
- Fwooooosh-!
"GRRROOOOAAAAARH?!?!?"
Ultimately, the intense floral gale shredded it beyond recognition.
"Hoo..."
This ace strike, infused with immense mana,
left Flora far more exhausted than usual.
Unlike her other techniques, Flora Blast
forced unrefined mana into a crude projectile.
This method consumed vast mana
and burdened her body heavily.
'No choice... couldn't concentrate.'
But the thirst prevented proper mana focus,
forcing her to resort to this.
"Waaaaah!!!"
The head utterly pulverized, the monster began crumbling to dust,
and the citizens cheered at the sight.
Only then did Flora exhale in relief,
flashing her refreshing smile and waving to the crowd.
"Is everyone okay? No one's hurt, right?!"
Even as she double-checked civilian safety post-battle,
her mind was filled with other thoughts.
'Mana replenishment...♥ I need mana injection soon...♥'
Meanwhile... in the office of Magical Girl Flora and her manager.
"Haa..."
Back to her Choi Yu-na self, not the Magical Girl,
she approached her manager, who was focused on work with a displeased expression.
- Thump thump-
She could've tapped his shoulder or called out,
but instead kicked his chair to get his attention.
"I... I know you're back. If you need something, just say it."
Jae-hyun's tone carried a hint of what's your deal with me?,
scratching his head as he turned his chair.
"Ma... cha...rge..."
"Pardon?"
Having called him, she mumbled incoherently, hesitating.
Her face burned with shame and humiliation.
"Mana replenishment... please...♥"
"Ah... mana replenishment, got it."
Jae-hyun barely caught the words slipping from her pout,
chuckling despite himself, nodding,
setting down his pen and standing.
"Truth be told, I knew the moment I saw your face, Flora-nim.
Your ears are this red; impossible to miss."
The plush black sofa, once her exclusive seat.
"Y-You knew and still made me say it?!"
Now Jae-hyun sat there after dropping his pants,
but that wasn't her concern now.
"This... is what you want, right?"
"Haa...♥"
Even through underwear, the bulging silhouette exuded power.
Licking her lips at what he pointed to.
- Thump...♥ Thump...♥
From the moment the silhouette entered her blue eyes,
the throbbing in her lower belly intensified.
Hurry and devour what's inside to quench her thirst,
swallow that thick, sticky white mana to slake her craving.
The black desire rooted in the Magical Girl's pure mana whispered.
"Hurry...♥ Snuuuurp...♥"
Losing reason, she yanked aside his underwear, freeing it,
her excited eyes gleaming strangely.
"Smooch...♥ Smoooch...♥"
A stark contrast to her noble, beautiful battlefield poise—
utterly greedy, vulgar glans kisses.
'To crave it herself now... the corruption's progressed quite far.'
The reason Flora felt that intense throb in her belly,
compelling her to crave mana from his massive penis.
Having passed the Evil God's trial and gained full power,
he'd redefined acts like sex or fellatio as "mana injection."
Thus, Flora began mingling bodies with Jae-hyun casually.
And as the Evil God's power eroded her Magical Girl mana,
now she craved mana injection... semen.