I Made a Mascot Contract
I Made a Mascot Contract
"To call something like this a gift. Should I say it's just like her, tsk."
Jin So-wol stared at the Goblin Great standing right in front of her.
Due to the influence of the 'gift' Hecate had given, purple magical energy swirled around it, and its eyes were stained red.
[The usage is simple! When that new magical girl hunts monsters, just feed this to any one of them!]
"Well... fine. She needs to be able to take down something like this easily for it to be worth this lady's time."
She felt uncomfortable, as if she were being played by Hecate, but the desire to see the magical girl's skills with her own two eyes was even greater.
"Now, let's see what you've got."
"What the. It's just a Goblin Great."
What appeared outside the Gate was a Goblin Great, which was getting a bit tiresome to see.
However, it was a bit bigger than the others and looked like something was off with its condition. It was even wearing armor, in its own way.
"Grrr..."
"That looks like the last one, so let's finish it quickly and take a break."
With those words, the hunter acting as the tanker raised their shield and stepped forward once again.
"Wait! Something's weird-"
Before Seol-ah-unni could even finish her sentence, the Goblin Great, which had been slowly looking around, made eye contact with me.
"Kwooooar!"
"Why, why is it doing this all of a sudden!"
"Provoke!"
The hunters who hurriedly raised their shields used their skills, but the monster didn't even care about the other hunters and lunged at me.
"Argh!"
I dodged the axe that the Goblin Great kept swinging around.
Because it kept swinging it wildly, it wasn't easy to counterattack.
Isn't this cheating? No matter how I look at it, even one hit would be fatal, and it's fast... if you have a conscience, you should at least be slow in one area.
I glanced past the Goblin Great and saw that the hunters were also unable to get close because of the wide-sweeping axe.
Should I just transform into White Lily and solve this alone...?
I was thinking that when I made eye contact with Seol-ah-unni.
As if she had read my thoughts, Seol-ah-unni shook her head.
Then, Seol-ah-unni's voice came through the drone that flew over.
"Don't transform! There are too many eyes. If you transform here, you'll definitely get annoyed!"
"Then what do I do! Can we catch it without doing that?"
"You can hold out for now, right? Hang in there a bit! I'll find an answer!"
"I can't hold out for long!"
It's hard enough just focusing on dodging in my Cherry Blossom state, let alone if it were White Lily.
If it were just a regular Goblin Great, I would have had a little breathing room, but I don't know what happened, it's not a normal one...
"Watch out!"
I heard a commotion from the Gate side and turned my head to see monsters pouring out again.
"Left! Don't let them break through! Focus!"
Before I knew it, the battlefield was divided into me, who was drawing all the aggro from the Goblin Great, and the hunters, who were blocking the secondary wave pouring out of the Gate.
However, the hunters, exhausted by the larger number of monsters than before, seemed to be gradually getting pushed back.
In a way, it couldn't be helped. They were already exhausted from continuous combat, and now a second wave of monsters was pouring out.
It can't be helped. Seol-ah-unni told me not to transform, but... if things go on like this, I don't know what will happen.
Of course, just as Seol-ah-unni said, it's going to be annoying, but it's better than someone getting hurt.
Not using the power to stop it, even though I have it, just to make things easier for myself isn't what a magical girl does.
Saving everyone in style in a situation like this is what a magical girl is!
Flash-
"Oh, will of pure white, bloom with a noble fragrance! Magical Change Form!"
As soon as I finished transforming, I heard the murmuring of citizens behind my back.
Maybe that's why my face felt hot and my heart was pounding like crazy. I hadn't seen my own face, but it was definitely flushed red.
On top of that, as if pouring oil on a burning house, a blue window popped up.
【 Magical Girl Cherry Blossom's popularity has increased. 】
What is this? Are they rubbing it in?
I glared at the Goblin Great, which was swinging its axe and rushing at me.
Yeah, come to think of it, this is all because of you. If it weren't for you, I'd be sitting over there right now, laughing and chatting about how we all blocked the Gate well.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to shout these lines in front of so many people.
If it weren't for you.
"Kwooooar-!"
"Shut up."
I drove my fist into its stomach.
Pow-!
The Goblin Great's armor cracked and shattered into pieces.
It's been making all that noise and screaming since earlier.
"Making all that noise! In a public place! Is that okay! Or is it not!"
Pow-! Pow-!
It was one-sided violence that could no longer be considered a battle.
The Goblin Great seemed to have lost consciousness, its eyes literally spinning in circles.
"Hoo... how much did I hit you that you're already fainting? We're not even close to done."
I glanced toward the Gate, and the situation didn't look very good.
"I'd love to torture you more, but I don't have time, so I'll spare you. Be grateful."
I transformed to catch it quickly and help, but I almost forgot my original purpose because I was venting.
"Blanc Strike!"
Along with a pillar of light rising from the ground, the Goblin Great disappeared without a trace.
Seeing it disappear makes me feel so refreshed.
"Waaaaah!!"
Cheers coming from behind me.
"Over here! Look over here just once!"
"Shouting the lines is totally like a magical girl!"
"She took down that giant alone!"
As I turned my head, I felt countless gazes focused on me.
······I don't even know anymore. I've already done it, so should I just wave?
But maybe it feels a little good. Shouting the lines was embarrassing, but receiving cheers makes me feel strangely proud.
"Mom, but why is that big sister shouting lines?"
"Shh. You don't ask things like that."
No, it is embarrassing.
"Ahyeon-ah! Sorry, but if you're still okay, help out over here too!"
"Ye-yes! Coming!"
Let's just deal with the Gate quickly first. I was doing weird things again.
"Hoo... it's finally over."
"Confirmed the Gate is closed, so it's really over now."
The place where the Gate had been open until just a moment ago had already turned back into the ordinary fountain I had seen at the very beginning.
"Thank you for your hard work..."
"Our little lady did the most work! Since she took that guy down alone!"
"Hehe... it's nothing..."
"Man... I really thought we were done for back there."
The Gate was closed, and there were no more monsters visible nearby, so everyone thought that all the monsters that had poured out had been defeated.
"U, ugh!"
When I turned my head at the sudden scream, a small goblin was lunging at a child. It was probably a small one that we had missed and overlooked.
It was a small goblin that even an awakened hunter could catch, even if they were E-rank, but in other words, even that pathetic goblin was an extremely threatening existence to a young child.
"Pong!"
Pongpong, who had dashed out in an instant, rotated its tail in the air and sliced the goblin's neck clean off.
"Phew..."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief, and the child was quickly calmed down by Seol-ah-unni.
"Pongpong!"
Pongpong couldn't hide its smugness, striking a pose in its own way as it looked at me.
"Puhahaha! What was that!"
I burst into laughter because the sight was so absurd.
"Still... good job."
The moment I placed my hand on Pongpong's head, a scene flashed before my eyes.
A garden with colorful flowers in bloom. In the very center, a blonde girl was petting a fox that looked exactly like Pongpong.
"Good job! Sylphie! You have to keep listening to me from now on!"
"Pong!"
"Syl...phie?"
"Pong!"
Pongpong answered with a cry to the words I had blurted out, and only then did I come to my senses.
"Do you want your name to be Sylphie?"
For some reason, I felt like that was what I had to do.
"Pong!"
【 The Azure Fox has accepted the name you gave it. 】
【 Proceeding with the Mascot Contract. 】
Huh? Mascot contract? Who said you could do that? What is that?
"Pong!"
At the same time, a dazzling magic circle appeared, centered on me and Sylphie. The magic circle appeared for a moment, then disappeared.
【 Azure Fox : Sylphie has approved the Mascot Contract. 】
No... I didn't say yes or no, why are you doing and approving the contract on your own.
Isn't a contract supposed to be mutual? What kind of contract is this...
"Pong!"
"What. Why can I understand you."
The cry was definitely no different from before, but strangely, I could understand what Sylphie was saying.
"Pong!"
"That's the effect of the contract? That's nice, I guess..."
According to Pongpong... no, Sylphie, because we made a Mascot Contract, we can now communicate, and I can summon Sylphie whenever I want, no matter where they are.
Well... good things are good, right?
"Pong!"
"What? You want me to buy you meat because you did well today?"
······Since your personality hasn't changed, I really need to discipline you. But since you did well today, I guess I'll buy it for you once...