Chapter 91
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 91
Chapter Title: How to Conquer the Gloomy Busty Magical Girl (1)
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The unmanned parcel lockers set up in front of the Magical Girl Management Bureau's first-floor lobby.
They were a welfare perk for employees who couldn't pick up deliveries themselves due to heavy workloads,
or for those stuck at work with frequent overtime and weekend shifts, unable to head home.
Magical Girls could use them too.
If they ordered parcels to the office they shared with their manager,
Magical Girls had free access to the lockers without any restrictions or rules.
And there was one Magical Girl who made frequent use of them.
"Heh heh..."
Even from a distance, she exuded a gloomy, musty aura,
but up close, she had the pretty face and glamorous figure befitting a Magical Girl.
The kind of look that could be called a gloomy busty beauty...
Serael was pulling something out of the parcel locker.
'The thing I waited three months for... it's finally here.'
What she usually received were various goods and the latest manga volumes.
She could have them delivered to her home without issue,
but since she spent so much time at the Bureau's office, this let her pick them up faster.
'No one will see, right...? It'd be so embarrassing if anyone did...'
She used the parcel locker at least once a week,
yet every time, she fretted about getting caught by people around her.
The packages were wrapped in plain brown boxes anyway, so unless someone checked the shipping label, no one would know.
"Heh heh... uh heh heh..."
Serael couldn't stop grinning, she was so thrilled.
It was limited birthday merch for her favorite virtual YouTuber,
which had crossed the ocean from Japan after more than three months.
In her rush to get back to the office and open it,
she started walking quickly—entirely out of character for her hunched, gloomy demeanor.
"Kyaa?!"
"Nyaa?!"
- Splat!
Not watching where she was going, she inevitably bumped into someone.
"Ow ow..."
The one who'd collided with Serael and fallen was the Magical Girl Koneko.
Serael hadn't been looking ahead either, but Koneko darting down the hallway like she was playing tag was also to blame.
'Th-the... box... it didn't get dented, did it?!'
Luckily, neither had been seriously hurt in the fall.
Above all, the box holding months-awaited merch was unscathed,
so Serael patted her chest in relief and let out a deep breath.
"S-sorry... Are you... okay...?"
With the goods safe, it was time to worry about the fallen girl.
She got up first, then cautiously extended a hand to Koneko.
"Nyahaha! Not hurt at all? This Koneko-sama is invincible!"
Koneko grabbed Serael's hand, brushed the dust from her ears,
and flashed a bright smile without so much as a wince.
"First time seeing you... but you're super pretty? You a Magical Girl too?"
She even poked Serael's chest playfully while complimenting her.
"Y-yeah...? I-I am, but... wh-what do you mean...? P-pretty...?"
When she was in her Magical Girl form, Serael heard "pretty" a lot,
but untransformed, people tended to avoid her, so she almost never got compliments.
"Huh? What do I mean? Just that your face is really pretty and cute."
It was a purely innocent compliment on Serael's looks.
'This bitch... such huge tits... so pretty too...♥
Train her up right and tame her... she'd make a perfect onahole bitch...♥'
And her plan was to offer this pretty bitch to her master, Jae-hyun.
"Uh heh heh... hee hee..."
'...Aside from that weird laugh.'
The problem was her gloomy attitude and speech, which didn't match her pretty face.
It was hard to fathom how someone so lacking in confidence and mopey could be a Magical Girl,
unless she had split personality or something.
"Since we bumped into each other... wanna grab something tasty somewhere?
Heard a new dessert shop opened up in front of the HQ building!"
"M-me...? T-together...?"
A trial for an extreme introvert who barely talked to anyone besides her manager.
She desperately wanted to hurry back and check out the long-awaited holy relic inside,
but feeling guilty for making her fall, it was hard to refuse.
'I-it's... fine... I can put it back and look later...'
In the end, unable to resist that bright smile, Serael accepted Koneko's invitation.
Like swallowing mustard through tears, she returned the box to the locker,
then followed Koneko with trembling hands.
Taking their chance encounter at the unmanned lockers as fate,
the two arrived at a newly opened dessert shop near the Magical Girl Management Bureau HQ.
"Serael? What a super pretty name! Magical Girl Serael!"
"Y-you flatter me too much... heh heh..."
As they ate the shop's signature crème brûlée,
Koneko bombarded Serael with questions.
"I fight in a black mini-dress with cat paws,
so how do you transform and fight as a Magical Girl, Serael?"
"W-well... it's kinda embarrassing to say..."
"Come on, it's fine! This is the kinda stuff only Magical Girls can share, right?"
From simple everyday questions like favorite foods,
to details on her transformed appearance and combat style.
"I... wear something like a nun's habit... and fight like...
kinda like the saintess character from that game..."
"Fighting like a saintess in a nun outfit? Sounds super pure and sexy!"
"P-please don't say it so loud... it's embarrassing... heh heh..."
Though flustered the whole time, she answered faithfully,
trying to explain in a way even non-otaku could understand.
'This feels just like that anime trope...,
like cute girls going for dessert after school...'
Part of her wanted to bolt from the spot,
but it also felt kinda nice, like stepping into an anime scene.
"Nyahaha! So, does Serael have any hobbies normally?
Like me, going out for tasty stuff?"
"H-hob... hobbies... you mean...?!"
The problem came when hobbies came up.
Serael had character keychains on her bag,
but she feared openly declaring "I'm an otaku!"
That's why she'd been nervous fetching her parcel earlier, worried someone might see,
and she always tried to act "not like an otaku."
"G-games... and watching NewTube videos..."
"Games? What kinda games?"
'Ughhh... why keep prying like that... you won't even know them...!'
For otaku facing normies, questions about favorite games or anime were the worst.
In a surge of extreme anxiety and introvert instincts,
Serael started anxiously biting her nails with frightened eyes.
"You look like you really love games, stressing that much?
Know stuff like 'Millennium Fantasy Chronicles'... or 'Boss Hunter World' maybe?"
"Y-yes...?"
Serael jumped in shock at the game titles from Koneko's mouth.
She'd expected generic PC bang fare,
not such niche genres and obscure titles.
'Heh heh... she looks like a total otaku girl,
but living in Japan as a kid means she knows some stuff...♥'
Koneko enjoyed games somewhat herself,
and her time living in Japan as a child made it possible.
"I-I like those games too... heh heh...
Boss Hunter series... or games from the same company..."
"Cool! Wanna hit up a PC bang after work then?"
"A PC bang...?"
Koneko straight-up suggested they game together at a PC bang later.
'Lure her to the PC bang... then take her straight to Master...♥'
Of course, not purely to game,
but to drag her to Jae-hyun and brainwash her into an onahole bitch in one go.
'What do I do... haven't been to one in forever...,
and no games we'd both play anyway...'
Of course, Serael couldn't just agree cheerfully.
Coming here was only because she felt bad about the collision; she had no desire to bond or become outgoing.
But Koneko's bright, bubbly eyes and smile were so intense,
she couldn't bring herself to say no.
Plus, someone who liked Millennium Fantasy Chronicles or Boss Hunter? She seemed safe to share tastes with.
'A real-life friend to play those games with... never had one before...'
A chance to befriend someone sharing her tastes might not come again.
"Th-then... shall we meet... in front of the HQ building...?"
Gathering her courage, Serael accepted Koneko's offer.