The Dying Fairy!!!!
The fight was over. He had truly become a magical girl. Jinwoo felt like he was dreaming.
“Ah… hahaha… this is seriously driving me insane.”
It was enough to make anyone lose their mind. This was something he had longed for over a long period of time. Now that he had achieved it, there was nothing more satisfying.
“Haa… damn it. I never thought I’d actually end up making a contract with a male.”
Beside him, the fairy floated in the air and let out a weak sigh.
“Hey, human. Is your finger okay?”
“Hm? Now that you mention it, it is fine.”
It seemed the contract had completed, because the ring had enlarged to perfectly fit his finger. Moreover, the gruesome wound where bone and flesh had been gouged out was now completely healed.
Jinwoo belatedly noticed the fairy’s condition and spoke in a calm tone.
“But are you okay?”
“What?”
When the fairy answered in a curt, irritated voice, Jinwoo said,
“You looked like you were injured too.”
“Ah……”
Only after hearing those words did the fairy finally assess its own body. Its hide was torn and bleeding, and its bones were broken, leaving one arm slightly twisted. The situation had been so urgent that dopamine had flooded its system, numbing the pain entirely. Now that the incident was over and the tension had eased, the fairy realized—far too late—just how horribly damaged it was.
The brain truly was a strange thing. When it belatedly processed injury information that even the owner hadn’t noticed, what had felt fine suddenly became agonizing.
“A… ack! Damn it! I… I’m dying…!”
This was no time to worry about others.
-Shushushuu…
The fairy’s consciousness blurred on the spot. Its eyes rolled back halfway as it fell like a leaf, and Jinwoo caught it gently with both hands.
“Hey, are you all right?”
At first he thought it had simply fainted. Honestly, since it had been moving around fine until now, he hadn’t assumed the injuries were that serious. So he brought his face closer and examined the fairy’s body from every angle. Only then did the severity, hidden in the darkness, become painfully obvious.
“Damn… this is a real critical injury.”
The fact that it had been moving at all until now was nothing short of miraculous. Jinwoo’s mind rapidly ran through the calculations.
If the fairy died, the contract would be canceled. He would never become a magical girl.
Therefore—
“I’ll save you!!!!”
Having reached that conclusion, Jinwoo widened his eyes and broke into a dead sprint.
-Thud thud thud thud thud thud!!!
“Damn it! Don’t die!! Fairy!!!!”
“U… uuuuugh… I… I’m dying…”
The fairy’s stomach began to churn violently from the sudden insane sprint. Its already miserable expression twisted even further, causing Jinwoo to panic and accelerate even more.
“Damn it! Get a hold of yourself, fairy!!!”
“Ugh… bleeegh… the fairy is dying…!”
“I will save you! Aren’t we immortal partners who shared a contract of blood and flesh!!!”
“Ugh… stop… stoppp…”
“I cannot do that! Fairy!! Do not give up!!!”
At this point, the fairy was losing its mind from motion sickness long before the pain. It tried to convey its true feelings, but between its physical state and the constant gurgling in its throat, it couldn’t get the message across.
“Ugh…! P… please! At least… s… slow doooown…!”
“Tch! You foolish creature! Don’t worry! I know someone who can heal you!! So just hold on a little longer!!!”
“Ugh…! That’s not… it… my stomach… uuuuuurp!!”
“Faaaaairy!!!”
Jinwoo was genuinely worried about the fairy. Once the tension had lifted, all the pain seemed to crash down at once, and the fairy’s condition was deteriorating rapidly. He sprinted at tremendous speed, the surrounding scenery blurring past.
The fairy’s stomach was already churning from motion sickness; now the scenery whipping by made its eyes feel like they were spinning in their sockets.
“Uuuuurk! H… human! Just… let… me… go! Please…!!”
“You fool!! Do not let go of the thread of hope! Hold on tight, I said!!!!”
“Let… me… gooo~! You fucking… baaaastard~!!”
In the end, the fairy’s true wish never reached Jinwoo. With the single-minded determination to save the fairy at all costs, Jinwoo displayed a truly desperate sprint. The story of a massive man thundering through the night would later spread across the internet as the urban legend of “the Running Giant,” but Jinwoo had no way of knowing that.
The main house of the Parkmyeol Park family.
The current head, Park Chiyou, sipped her coffee while gazing at the moonlit night. By now Jinwoo should have already returned. Yet he still showed no sign of coming home. He had always wandered off on his own, so she wasn’t exactly worried, but lately the boy had become incredibly well-behaved. As a result, Park Chiyou found her heart drawn to him far more than before.
‘Did he say he was going to the PC bang with a friend?’
The son who used to roam the night streets chasing girls had suddenly started enjoying wholesome activities. It was truly unexpected. Well, most boys enjoyed games, so it wasn’t that strange, but the old Park Jinwoo had never shown the slightest interest in such things, which made it all the more surprising.
“I just hope he hasn’t gotten caught up in anything strange…”
It was a worry she would never have entertained in the past. Seeing herself acting like a mother now felt somewhat repulsive, but she had never been completely devoid of maternal love toward Jinwoo. So she decided to accept this version of herself. Above all, she had resolved to change. In that case, helping her child pursue what he wanted was only natural, wasn’t it?
“Still, I’m curious what our Jinwoo wants to do in the future.”
The sight of her son suddenly training like a madman and transforming into a muscular figure was astonishing. His exercise routine was calculated with the precision of someone who knew exactly how to make muscles grow quickly. Even though he only maintained the bare minimum of dietary control, the results were impressive. Come to think of it, Jinwoo might possess outstanding talent as a bodybuilder.
“Hm… being a bodybuilder isn’t a bad profession.”
In truth, the majority of magical girls preferred men with bodybuilder-like physiques. After all, once a magical girl retired and became a mage, she would need to marry a man and bear children. Those children had to be stronger and healthier than anyone else, so naturally the men they favored were muscular males in peak physical condition. If Jinwoo married into a respectable magical girl family as a mage, it would paint quite a promising future.
“Haa… what am I even thinking. I shouldn’t be having these thoughts. It’s not like I’m trying to sell my own child…”
Of course, prestigious families had always treated their children as strategic assets. To produce outstanding magical girls, the spouse naturally needed superior genes. In the past, retired magical girls had gone to extreme lengths to find men of exceptional talent. Because of this, polygamy was surprisingly permitted in this world when it came to magical girl lineages. After all, superior male genes were precious to them as well.
Even so, Park Chiyou had no desire to use her own child for such purposes. Marriage was best when it was with someone you loved.
“Anyway, our Jinwoo should be coming home any time n……”
-Crash!!!!
At that moment, the window suddenly shattered. A massive man landed heavily with the moonlight at his back.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”
No matter how many battlefields the magical girl Park Chiyou had survived, she couldn’t help but be startled by such a jump scare. After all… she was still human.
“Mother─!!!!”
“Oh my goodness! J… Jinwoo?”
Only after hearing the booming voice echo from the darkness did she realize it was her son. Park Chiyou let out a breath of relief, clutching her chest. She sighed in relief, furrowed her brow, and immediately began scolding him.
“Jinwoo!! If you’re coming in, use the front door! Why are you coming through the window?! And if you’re going to come through the window, at least open it first! What is this?!”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
No matter how urgent the situation, he had still done something wrong, so Jinwoo apologized sincerely. Since a broken window wasn’t a big deal, Park Chiyou decided to let it slide and asked him what was going on.
At her question, Jinwoo exclaimed “Ah!” and urgently held out the tiny creature in his hands.
“Please save it!! Mother!!!”
“Hmm? Jinwoo, what exactly is……”
The moment she looked, she immediately recognized it as a fairy. The small, short-limbed, plump creature that resembled a cat was bleeding profusely with its eyes rolled back.
“Oh my!! Isn’t that a fairy?! Where on earth did you……”
“Treatment first, please! Mother!!!”
Park Chiyou had once been known as the Helen Keller of the magical girl world. With her healing abilities that had saved countless lives on the blood-soaked battlefield, she could surely save even a critically wounded fairy. Taking it to a hospital would be far slower.
“Understood! Hand it over!”
Realizing the situation was urgent, Park Chiyou carefully took the fairy into her hands.
“U… ugh… s… save… meeee…”
“Tsk tsk tsk… poor thing. Look at the state of your body. Just hold on a little longer. I’ll fix you right up…”
“F… first… put… me… down on the floor…”
The fairy was on the verge of throwing up. At the very least, it wanted to vomit on the floor so it wouldn’t dirty someone else. If things continued like this, it might end up emptying everything inside her embrace. Unaware of this, Park Chiyou shook her head.
“No. I need to treat you first, so endure it for a moment.”
“P… please…! It’s… coming… out…!”
For a second Park Chiyou thought it was coughing up blood and hurriedly moved toward the table in a panic. The fairy had reached its limit.
‘I’m fucked! It’s… no use anymore! I’m… I’m going to—!!!’
But in the end, the fairy could hold it no longer…
“Gueeeeeeeeeeeeck~~~!”
“Oh my goodness! What is this?!”
It vomited out all the world’s misery directly into Park Chiyou’s bosom. Thanks to that, her already warm chest became even warmer, heated by the steaming vomit.