The Innocent Magical Girl Gets Tricked (1)
The studio known as Mera Studio, which had been kidnapping women and churning out their own AV videos, was finally finished once its last ringleader, Black, and the two giants he summoned were defeated.
The fairy Cookie, left in tatters by the ox-headed giant's attacks, fortunately regained consciousness before the dungeon completely collapsed. Thanks to Cookie's power, we managed to escape safely to the outside.
Cookie wore a subtle expression when we claimed we had defeated the giants ourselves, but that was that.
As for the remaining cleanup—such as dealing with the Normals connected to Mera Studio—Cookie said it would handle everything, so we left it all to the fairy.
And then there was another worry: the AV footage the monsters had shot of the kidnapped women—
"Ah, none of it has been distributed outside yet, really. I swear on my fingers. Eh? Not enough? I'll swear on one of my balls! Do you believe me now?!"
When we grabbed one of the grunt monsters while escaping the collapsing dungeon and interrogated it, that was the answer we got.
"......You filmed that much and didn't sell any of it? That makes sense?"
"It's the studio policy. We don't distribute anything unless it's under a proper contract. The rule is we don't release anything unless the other party consents."
"No, but why go that far?"
"Eh? Distributing illegally filmed material is a crime. I thought Earth had the same law."
"......."
"Ah, sorry. Magical girls are an exception. Anything filmed of magical girls gets released the same day."
Anyway, it seemed there would be no lingering problems. The filmed data was probably buried under the collapsed dungeon.
As for the released women—
"Oh my... that's a little disappointing."
Most of the women who heard the news of Mera Studio's destruction were smacking their lips, so that didn't seem like something to worry about either. They were all carnivorous types. I was reminded once again that women could be tough.
Anyway.
By my sense of time, we had been trapped in Mera Studio for quite a long while. Not just my sense of time—over two weeks had actually passed. The journey that felt so long finally came to a rough conclusion.
And for me, a peaceful, utterly boring daily life returned after so long—
* * *
Three days had already passed since Mera Studio's destruction.
"Ugh... sob......sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob...."
In the corner of my room that had even felt nostalgic three days ago, I was sobbing in deep sorrow.
Finishing off Mera Studio, which had threatened Earth and indiscriminately kidnapped women to film lewd videos, was a good thing. It was the right thing to do.
Above all, the giant we defeated at the end. When that thing went down, a ton of points came in as a bonus, so I thought the payout wasn't bad either.
But the problem was that by the time we escaped the dungeon, the sun had already set.
The merciless signboard that greeted us when we rushed to the store after dumping the cleanup on Cookie was "Sales Ended."
The Witch Girl Rubii limited-edition goods....
I couldn't buy them...!
"Uwaaaaaaaaah~~~~~!!! This can't be, this can't be happening~~~~~!"
Waaah, sob sob.
I cried until my tears became a flood. It felt like the first time I had cried this hard since kindergarten. The tears that had been dripping like chicken droppings now flowed with the force of the Han River.
On top of that, Yura was also part of the reason I was crying so much.
"Yuraaa~~~ I couldn't buy them! I was really looking forward to this limited edition~~~~! What do I do, what do I do what do I do what do I do~~~~~!"
"Come to think of it, this time they were going to sell the side-story Animal Farm arc figures."
"Yeah! Yeah! Rubii was the bunny, Blue Moon the cat, Lemon Yellow the fox... those sensational, dizzying outfits that never got proper merchandise except for the limited sale, the legendary costumes! And the figures were detachable! I heard that if you took the clothes off, even the lewd parts underneath were meticulously sculpted! Not just the figures—there were tapestries, phone cases, T-shirts, and special short story collections for each character. So many, so~~~~ many things, and I couldn't buy any of them~~~~! My Rubii~~~ my bunny-bunny Rubii~~~~!"
While I was clinging to Yura in front of the store and crying in an unseemly way,
"Ugh, sob sob, Yura too, Yura must be sad too... Yura likes Witch Girl Rubii a lot too...."
"I'm fine because a friend bought them for me instead."
".........What?"
"Since I hadn't been in contact for so long, an online Witch Girl Rubii friend who was worried about me bought all of Lemon Yellow's goods in my place. Since I got my favorite Lemon Yellow's goods, I'm fine."
Saying she had to check the merchandise first, Yura raised her hand and left without looking back.
What a heartless woman.
"Haa...... Yura's so lucky...."
They say your cousin buying land makes your stomach hurt. Even if we all couldn't buy them, the thought that someone I knew got them while I didn't made my head sink into an unbearable depressive mode.
What was it again? There was something I needed to question Cookie about regarding what happened in the dungeon... but now it didn't seem to matter. I had no motivation.
Buzz— The smartphone I had left beside me vibrated. A message from Yura.
When I touched the screen to open it, there was a photo of Yura buried among Lemon Yellow goods in a fox outfit, smiling brightly.
The attached message was just three characters: [lol lol lol].
"Aaaaaaaaah!!!"
I threw the smartphone like I was having a seizure.
That rotten bitch.
I'm never helping her again!
"Uwaaaah...! Me too, me toooo...!"
After banging on the floor and getting furious, an unbearable sadness washed over me and I grew gloomy again.
Then the smartphone I had thrown started vibrating again. Uuuung— uuuung—. It didn't seem like a call, so probably another message. Was Yura sending something else to rub it in?
After hesitating for a moment, I picked up the smartphone I had thrown away with dead eyes. ...Thankfully, nothing was broken.
[I'm sorry, unni. I was just joking around.]
[You looked so depressed that I asked a friend who knows about these things.]
[Do you want to see this?]
Along with a few lines of messages, the last thing attached was a link.
Wondering what it was, I clicked it and my eyes widened.
This, this is......?!
"Oooooooooh...!"
After checking the page that appeared on the screen, I trembled with tears of emotion.
* * *
Hmm~ hmm~♪
Evening, when the sun had set and people were starting to fill the streets. I was standing in an alley near a busy area close to my house. I had a hat pulled low, wearing a loose T-shirt and hot pants that daringly exposed my thighs. At first, wearing shorts this short had felt repulsive, but once I got used to it, they were comfortable so I wore them often.
"When is he coming, when is he coming...."
With a pounding heart, I waited for the time to come. I thought an hour had passed, but when I checked my smartphone clock, only three minutes had gone by. Eheheh. I'm such a scatterbrain~.
What Yura sent was a link to some secondhand marketplace site.
When I opened the link, it was a page selling all the Witch Girl Rubii Rubii limited-edition goods that had just come out, as secondhand items.
Looking at the details, everything was brand new, not even the packaging opened.
――[Only selling to those with a burning hot soul for Rubii.]
――[Item handover will be done in person. Only those living near X Station, please purchase.]
Perhaps because of those conditions, no one had bought them yet. X Station was only two stops away from here. No, even if it were overseas, it wouldn't be a problem. Plane fare wasn't something I'd regret!
Without hesitation, I immediately contacted them saying I would buy, and not long after, I received a positive reply.
"~~♪"
The song I was humming was the theme song from season 7 of Witch Girl Rubii. The cheerful melody echoed softly in the dim back alley where no one was passing by.
"Wow, there really are good people out there. I don't know what happened, but selling the goods they went to the trouble of buying, and at a cheap price as long as you have the soul... Good grief, a real Witch Girl Rubii fan. Ah, I should thank Yura too. She must have looked into it for me... Alright, I'll embroider Lemon Yellow on a handkerchief and give it as a gift. Ah, when is the seller coming~ Soon the bunny girl Rubii will be in my hands... heh, hehehehehehehe...."
While I was smiling to myself, unable to hold back,
"Uh...... Are you perhaps RubiiLickLickLick?"
"Hyah?!"
Startled by the voice that suddenly cut in without warning, I let out a strange sound.
When I turned around, beyond the alley, a man wearing a hood with a large bag on his back was staring blankly at me.
Eh, when did he get here.
He must have seen me humming!
My face burned hot. Oh my god.
"Heh, hehehe, Y-You've arrived... You came earlier than the meeting time."
"You came early too. It's still five minutes before the promised time."
"I've been here since two hours ago!"
"......."
"Are the goods in that bag?! They are, right? Ah, here's the payment!"
The hooded man looked at me warily, then pushed away the white envelope I held out with his hand.
"No, honestly, I don't need money."
"What?"
"I said it, didn't I? 'Only selling to those with a burning hot soul for Rubii.'"
Exactly.
"Honestly, several people have shown interest in buying from me... but none of them could show a soul that satisfied me, so I rejected them all."
H-How could that be?!
I swallowed hard and shouted confidently, as if shaking off the tension.
"My soul won't lose to anyone! My love for Rubii is second to none among the seven billion people on this Earth!"
"Ha... Anyone can say that... The last buyer I met was especially bad. Didn't even know Rubii's lunar birthday——"
"December 10th!"
At my loud voice, the man looked at me in surprise for a moment.
"Rubii's solar birthday is January 1, 2004! The lunar birthday is December 10, 2003! The fact that the lunar birthday is in December was treated as an important foreshadowing in season 8, episode 9, so I remember it clearly! Though it's understandable that many fans can't recall it right away since it was deliberately omitted from the character setting sheet!"
"Hoh...... You seem better than I expected?"
"Heh, hehehe... Feel free to test me as much as you want. No one can match my feelings for Rubii!"
The man let out a breath as if steadying himself, then smiled provocatively.
"What handkerchief does Rubii mainly use?"
"A frilled vermilion handkerchief with a salmon pattern on the edge!"
"What brand of dildo does Rubii use when masturbating?"
"Magic Milf Faction Factory!"
"Who wrote the lyrics for the season 9 ending song of Witch Girl Rubii?!"
"Korean Kim Pil-su and Japanese Nakamura Kanon co-composed it! Recording was done by China's Wang Sui-feng! Since Witch Girl Rubii R is a joint production between Korea, China, and Japan, this ending song created together by the three countries has great meaning! Above all, the ending animation of Rubii was highly praised as 'goddess-level beautiful'!"
"What is Rubii's favorite position?!"
"Doggy style!!!!!"
In the dim back alley where almost no one passed by, our argumentative conversation continued back and forth.
The man fired off minor questions like a machine gun, and I answered loudly and leisurely.
The man had worn a subtle expression at first, but now he was smiling in satisfaction.
This feels good!
Thinking that, I answered even more energetically.
"Hoo......"
"Haa, haa... Is that all the questions?"
After answering without even breathing, I spoke while panting. The hooded man's head nodded readily.
The man carefully set down the ridiculously large bag he had been carrying on his back.
"Satisfactory. Your Rubii soul... no, your Witch Girl Rubii soul has impressed me. No one will be able to find fault. I shall bestow upon you the title of the ultimate Witch Girl Rubii otaku... Witaku."
"Heh, hehehe... That's going too far...."
Twisting my body, I held out the white envelope containing the payment to the man. But once again, he pushed the envelope away with his hand.
"I don't need payment. To a Witaku of your caliber, I should show respect rather than accept money for something like this."
"A-Aaaah... Good grief, how can that be!"
"Heh, please accept it."
Tears of emotion rolled down from my eyes.
Good grief!
Was the world always this beautiful!
As a magical girl, I had found a reason to protect this Earth!
"Now, please check the contents."
Deciding to gratefully accept the favor, I crouched down on the spot and examined the bag's contents.
Wow~! Goods! Everything's here! This is the tapestry I couldn't buy! This is the doll I couldn't buy! This is the limited-edition collection of lewd Rubii illustrations I couldn't buy! The limited-edition lewd short story collection of Rubii...!
"Huh...? What?"
While checking the contents one by one in front of the hooded man, I found something strange and pulled it out with my hand.
What I pulled out was a strangely shaped sphere. The sphere, made of some strangely heavy metal, I couldn't figure out what it was even after examining it in my hand. Why was something like this mixed in with Rubii goods? No matter how much I searched my memory, I had never seen such merchandise.
"It's a gift."
"Excuse me?"
When I looked up with a dumbfounded face at the incomprehensible answer, a mechanical sound—click—came from the sphere in my hand.
And what followed was—
Puhak-!
"?!"
From the sphere that had shifted and developed a hole, a sweet-smelling gas sprayed out. Holding it in my hand to check, I had no choice but to inhale the gas that suddenly burst forth.
This sweet smell, the feeling of it seeping into my body... it was familiar.
——An aphrodisiac?!
"Ha...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Kyahahahahahaha★"
In my vision, as I panicked and stumbled backward, the hooded man laughed in a high voice while covering his face with his hand.
The thought "trap" flashed through my mind.
"Costume Change!"
When I reflexively shouted, my clothes transformed into sparkling particles in response, soon becoming the familiar form-fitting navy-blue magical girl dress suit. The standard magical girl dress I was used to.
Leaning my back against the alley wall, I clenched my fists.
"Kuh... Don't get any funny ideas! You, you've never seen a real magical girl before, have you? No matter how much drugs you use, someone like you can be sent to the grave with one punch!"
"No, I've seen plenty of real magical girls!"
"So I'm not talking about Witch Girl Rubii, I'm talking about actual magical girls——Hyuk?!"
Startled, I grabbed my lower abdomen and bent over.
W-What?!
For some reason...
For some reason, it felt like my bladder was being tightly gripped...
"Ahaha, ahahahahahahaha!"
Laughing loudly, the man removed the hand covering his face. The hood he had been wearing fell down.
"A swindler! A veteran actor who deceives everyone! That is the path of the great phantom thief!"
Seeing the revealed face, I opened my mouth in shock.
What appeared was a mask I had seen before.
And in his other hand was a square magician's hat I had seen before.
"Hotho, hotho, hoth~~~~~o!!! It's been a while, Kei! I'm the great phantom thief Lupin. How do you like the urethra I developed for you★!!"
The damn monster who had left me with a bitter defeat and a sensitive urethra last time was right in front of me.
* * *
Wh-Why...
Why is this guy here?!
More than that, why is a monster using a secondhand marketplace site?!
"Well, after hearing that Miss Kei was a Witch Girl Rubii fan and couldn't get the limited goods this time, I quickly prepared. It was worth collecting this much by emptying my pockets... Ah, that expression right now. That despairing look as if falling from heaven to hell after falling into the phantom thief's trap... Hothooo...! It gives me chills..."
Lupin's fingers stroked the back of my neck and cheeks. I couldn't even step back because of the wall behind me. A chill ran down my spine.
"Y-You bastard...."
"Now, how about it. Show me a greeting piss."
I glared at Lupin while grinding my teeth. I wanted to push him away, but my hands were flailing helplessly around my lower abdomen... more precisely, around my crotch. My thighs were desperately rubbing together as if trying to hold it in.
Lupin's magic, Bladder Grab.
It was definitely an ability that could freely manipulate the bladder of a target within 5 meters.
"Come on, come on. Did you drink a lot of water? Feels like it's about to come out, doesn't it. At this rate, it'll come out."
"Hngh?! Ugh... D-Don't...!"
Tears welled up in my eyes. Whenever Lupin moved his fingers slightly, my body, stimulated in the bladder, twitched.
I-I have to pee...!
But this is the street... outdoors...!
No, more than that... with my body heated up by the aphrodisiac right now, if I pee like this... with my urethra so thoroughly developed as an erogenous zone, I would definitely come spectacularly.
In the middle of the street!
No way!
"Come on, come on. How about it, how about it."
"Hngh......!"
Leaning against the wall, I twisted my body.
But there was no way to resist.
Already dazed from the aphrodisiac, and now having my bladder stimulated to the limit by magic... my mind was definitely cornered.
