The Magical Girl Became a Lewd Dancer (5)
A vast desert had appeared.
Scorching sunlight that felt like it would bake you alive.
Monsters that never died, devouring people whole.
Bandits who plundered and looted, mercilessly cutting down anyone in their path with their blades.
Mountains rose, earthquakes shook the earth, volcanoes erupted, swarms of insects attacked, and meteors fell from the sky.
It was as if everything was nothing more than a dream. A nightmare, if anything.
And the moment Kei's magic ran out, everything returned to normal as if nothing had happened. Except for the lives that had been lost.
......At this point, saying anything else would just be ridiculous, nyang.
Cookie, who had been watching it all unfold through the screen torn open in space, let out a deep, worried sigh.
A magical girl's source of power was magic, but to use that magic, a costume was required. No matter how good the bullets, you couldn't fire them without a gun.
And the costume given to Kei was one of the lowest grades... It shouldn't have been capable of displaying such power.
This magic called wasn't originally part of this costume, nyang.
The recently unlocked <Magical Punch> had been altered to match the costume... That was probably the best way to look at it.
Cookie couldn't stop sighing.
A fantasy intruding upon reality.
A cheat.
Unfair.
A blatant imbalance.
A threat to the world. A threat to humanity.
Such magic... Cookie had never seen anything like it even in Magic Land. Or rather, there might have been records of something similar in ancient texts, but only as legends—magic of the highest tier.
Why did such power end up in the hands of an Earthling?
......I don't know. I can't know.
After a moment of thought, Cookie let out one final heavy sigh and shook their head, casting aside both the thoughts and the worries.
After all, Cookie was merely a balancer.
Whether it's a strange monster or a madman, I don't need to know, nyang. All I have to do is keep the scales from tipping too far toward either Mekrak or Earth, nyang.
The problem was that Kei alone was tilting those scales dramatically... but since Kei was easy to handle, it wasn't an issue.
"Still, I can't help but feel pure admiration, nyang. To think someone with talent that doesn't even exist in Magic Land appeared on Earth...."
It was complicated, and regrettable, but at the same time, Cookie felt a sense of relief.
If such power had existed in the rotten core of Magic Land, this fragile galaxy would have been reduced to a garbage heap overnight.
So, under no circumstances could Magic Land learn of Kei's true identity.
The problem is that such power is in the hands of that airheaded fool, nyang.
That part would require careful handling, one way or another.
All of this was to protect the three worlds—Magic Land, Mekrak, and Earth—and beyond that, the galaxy itself.
"For now, I'll just have to keep rolling Kei around a bit more, nyang."
Cookie began leisurely plotting the next plan.
* * *
"Hmm...... I wish there was something worth stealing."
After confirming once more that all the monsters had been wiped out, I began wandering around the hideout.
Having stuffed myself with whatever food I could grab in the now-empty banquet hall, my stomach was bloated. Taking a walk like this to help with digestion wasn't so bad.
"......Even if I wanted to take something, nothing really catches my eye."
There were machines that looked expensive, but since they were Mekrak tech, I honestly had no idea how they worked or what they were for, and I didn't feel any particular urge to take them.
Maybe it was because I wasn't used to stealing.
Let's not do anything unnecessary.
After grabbing a cold can of beer from the boss Bibi's room and taking a sip, I stepped outside the tunnel. My costume was already dismissed.
"Huu~ The outside air after so long...."
It really had been ages....
The night air felt this good.
"You...... made it out safely."
"Huh? Oh?"
While savoring the night air and gulping down the beer, I came face to face with a familiar figure.
Purple short hair. A horn ornament on her head. A provocatively revealing black costume. And above all, her strikingly large breasts.
She was Blue Sapphire's teammate... or so I thought.
"Hey~ What brings you here?"
"......I heard you were captured."
"Oh? Were you trying to rescue me?"
"It seems it wasn't necessary, though."
Ah, right. I remembered her name. Yura.
"Noman helped, so we managed to break in as far as the entrance... but the Bibis were stronger than expected. Thanks to that, we couldn't get any deeper and barely escaped... I thought you'd be fine since you're strong, but when you didn't come out for days, I got worried...."
"Thanks. I really was stuck and couldn't move."
"Yet here you are, escaping on your own."
Still, it was nice to know someone had been concerned about me.
"So, are you alone, Yura?"
"Noman was with me until yesterday. I told Blue Sapphire and Rine not to come. They were both eager, but.... Ah, and Noman earned quite a lot of points from the last time she was captured. She had enough saved up, so...."
"A 'wish'?"
Yura nodded.
Most magical girls probably did this job for the sake of those wishes.
Most <Witch Girls> contracted for girlish wishes too.
If they had accumulated enough points to buy a <Wish> from the point shop, there would be no reason to keep fighting. That was probably why Noman retired.
"B-but Noman helped as much as she could! She said she couldn't just do nothing after receiving help... so she gave us a monster radar, information on traps, a mapping of the hideout structure... everything she could do."
"Really? Ah. You didn't have to worry about that... Yeah. I should thank her too."
When I let out a dry laugh, Yura bowed deeply at the waist.
"Thank you for helping us last time. And...... I'm truly sorry for the rude things I said when we first met."
Yura's bare shoulders trembled slightly.
She didn't need to take it so seriously, but this girl really had a rigid personality....
"It seems you got captured because you were helping us... So I wanted to at least help you escape, but you got out on your own... I don't know how to express my guilt or gratitude... I can't give you points, but... if there's anything else, I'll do whatever you want. I want to."
"I see. Got it."
It would be awkward to refuse when she was offering, right?
After a brief moment of thought, I made a suggestion to Yura.
"Your breasts."
"......Yes?"
"Let me touch your breasts."
Wiggling my fingers, I grinned at her.
"....................................Eh?"
Yura's mouth fell open in a dumbfounded expression.
"Uuut... Hnn...... Y-you're too much...."
Yura had collapsed onto her back, covering her chest with both hands as her body twitched and trembled.
"Huu, satisfied, satisfied."
Really, Yura's breasts were even bigger than I'd imagined.
The size that didn't fit in one hand, the softness and elasticity... That sensation was so astonishing that even as a woman, I was moved. Wonderful. It was the kind of awe one might feel upon witnessing a paradise or utopia, overflowing within me.
Setting aside the fact that there was still a man inside me, I was simply moved as a person.
This was truly the ultimate breasts.
"Uuuu... I-is this enough...?"
"......."
"Why are you wriggling your hands like that while thinking so hard?!"
"No... I'm just trying to burn this sensation and emotion into my mind so I never forget...."
"Stop it!"
I twisted my neck to dodge the rock she threw. With a terrifying crack, half the stone embedded itself in the wall before splitting and falling apart.
......She threw something like that at a person's head? Was she insane?
"This is enough. I don't need anything else. Besides, I... or rather, your team helped me too. You know, back on the bus with those Normals."
"......That's why I told Blue Sapphire and Rine not to come. Noman and I were the ones who said things that would upset you."
Ah. I see.
Just like I'd thought earlier, she really was a woman with an extremely rigid personality.
If I were still a man, she might have been my type.
"Yura."
"Yes."
"If I became a man, would you date me?"
"What?!"
Yura's flustered reaction was obvious.
Well... suddenly hearing something like that would be surprising.
"Wait. That was too sudden. My bad. Forget it."
"Ah, yes...."
"If I became a man... yeah, have my child."
"What?!"
"I'll take responsibility! Let's get married!"
"......Aaah. Being captured by monsters... has made your head this messed up... I'm sorry... How could this happen...."
I was perfectly normal, though....
She was treating me like some weirdo....
* * *
"By the way, what kind of wish did Noman make?"
"She said her dream was to start her own company. She paid off all her debts while working as a magical girl, and she wanted to run a business that would never fail."
"As expected... No wonder she was so meticulous with money."
"Somehow, since I'm still a student... Noman felt like a 'capable adult' to me. I kind of admired her... She worked hard even on small things."
"......That stings a little."
"Yes?"
"It's nothing. Still, I hope it works out for her. People who work hard deserve to succeed."
"That's true. I think so too."
"What about you, Yura? What wish are you going to make?"
"Well... I still don't really know. I started this to earn money for university tuition."
"I see."
"But after being assaulted by monsters last time, I earned a lot of points... so I should start thinking about it soon."
"Somehow, it feels like getting assaulted earns points more easily than defeating them...."
"It really does seem that way...."
* * *
"Sis~ I'm here."
The magical girl known as Noman, real name Kim Hye-yeon.
She was a capable woman, but unfortunately, her circumstances weren't good.
Her father had passed away when she was young, leaving behind nothing but debt, and her mother had ruined her health raising two daughters while shouldering that burden.
But she had been loved.
Knowing that, Hye-yeon had resolved to protect her family with everything she had.
She learned how to earn, spend, and manage money, worked hard to earn even one more penny since her student days, dressed in the same plain clothes every day while trying to give her younger sister even a little more allowance....
The job that rolled into the lap of this hardworking woman was that of a magical girl.
Though she had always been worn down by financial hardship, the pay from being a magical girl was decent, which was nice. If she used her points well, she could earn far more money than before.
The debt was paid off quickly. It was debt she and her mother had been diligently reducing together from the start. She still remembered how light her body and heart had felt on the day the debt disappeared, as if she could fly.
And whether by luck or misfortune, being captured and assaulted by monsters had earned her far more points than expected.
Being assaulted... well, she could think of it as being bitten by a dog. She had already heard about the possibility before contracting as a magical girl and had been prepared for it.
After all, monsters could appear anywhere, anytime, and in this world, anyone could be victimized regardless of whether they were a magical girl.
More important than that was the wish.
Having finally gathered enough points, Noman joyfully made her wish.
"【I want to have my own company that will never waver.】"
She wished for everything she could imagine—how much annual revenue she wanted, what industry, what kind of subordinates—pouring all her ideals into it.
The wish was granted.
Now Noman, Kim Hye-yeon, had become the president of a global corporation, making a name for herself as a capable woman.
"......Sis, you're still not awake."
Kim Hye-yeon's younger sister, Kim Ju-hee, set down the bag she had brought with a disappointed expression.
Just in case, she had brought patient food, but it probably wasn't needed.
"When are you going to wake up...? Huh...? Sis......."
Noman had become president and was making a name for herself as a capable woman.
Except it was all "in a dream world."
In reality, she was merely sleeping as if dead.
The cause was unknown, the condition was unknown, she wasn't dying, she didn't get hungry, her hair didn't grow longer, and she only breathed softly... Like a princess whose time had completely stopped, nothing changed except for her breathing and heartbeat as she simply continued to sleep.
"Sis, Sis......!"
Kim Ju-hee clutched Kim Hye-yeon's sleeping hand, tears dripping down.
Her heart ached at the sight of the sister she loved and admired.
What on earth had caused this?
Why had she suddenly fallen asleep like this?
She didn't know the reason.
She couldn't know.
But.
"Please... God... If you can save Sis... I'll do anything......."
To her plea,
"You said you'd do anything... if it meant saving your sister?"
answered a fairy with the adorable appearance of a doll, who had appeared in the room at some point—neither god nor human.
"Wha......?! Wh-where did you—?!"
"I'm a fairy from Magic Land, pyo. So, what if I told you I could grant any wish, pyo?"
The fairy's words, laced with hypnotic sound waves, shook Ju-hee's heart in an instant.
"Th-that... Can you really save Sis?"
"Of course, pyo."
The fairy smiled benevolently, as if to reassure her.
"However, you'd have to become a magical girl and defeat Mekrak... Would that be all right, pyo? The fighting?"
After a brief moment of thought, Ju-hee nodded firmly.
"A good choice, pyo."
The fairy smiled and waved her hand toward Ju-hee. The power of a magical girl would soon descend upon her.
But Ju-hee didn't notice that the hand of Hye-yeon... Noman, which she had been holding, had gripped hers slightly tighter, as if to say "don't."
