Chapter 284 – #2-67 the Embers Slowly Burning at Your Feet (2)
“Hey, Blue… What do you plan to do now… “Hey?”
Black, with his usual somewhat timid attitude, asked Blue Sapphire, who was also in the same room.
While with Blue Sapphire, no matter how lonely Black was, he opened up somewhat.
However, there was a harsh and solemn atmosphere like a cold wind blowing from Blue Sapphire now, so the tense and cautious tone of speech had no choice but to return.
It’s been a day since I heard Danae’s harsh words.
Yesterday, he was fussing all day long and swearing all sorts of things, but today he has been like this since the morning with his mouth shut and giving off chills.
As Black, who has little experience in interpersonal relationships, he does not know how to comfort his colleague in this case.
Because of that, in the end, I couldn’t ask anything and just watched her all the time, or just brought her meals from time to time, waiting for her to calm down… But I thought it couldn’t go any further than this, so I tried to bring up some topic.
And actually, this is a story that needs to be discussed urgently right now.
According to the nuances expressed by Dan-ae, it seems that she is planning to drag these two to the base of the ‘Liberation Front’, even if by force.
If that happens, it will be difficult to rescue Alpha or Cookie.
Despite Black’s question, Blue Sapphire was still looking at the wall with a blank expression.
Black was about to give up without even thinking about making a second attempt.
Suddenly, the blue sapphire turned its head again with a sigh.
“Hey, sorry Black. “You made me worry for no reason.”
“Uh, no, it’s okay… Ah.”
“Okay. Therefore… Phew, I think I need a little more time to put my mind in order. Really, I can’t calm down.”
“Well, that’s possible! Oh, do you need something? Would you like me to get you something? If you are bothered by my presence, should you please go out and come back? “I’ll be back tomorrow.”
“No… Are you okay? Because it’s okay. Huh. Rather, I wish you were there.”
Blue Sapphire waved her hand and stopped Black, who was about to run away.
And then he said with a bitter smile.
“It’s okay, it’s just… “I’m just complaining, but can you at least listen to my story?”
That’s it, it’s not that difficult.
If it were a back-and-forth conversation, Black would have abstained, thinking that no matter how much he squeezed, nothing would come out, but as long as he just shuts his mouth and listens, anything is possible.
However, here, I hope for a well-timed rebuttal, or after listening to the whole story, “What do you think?” When you ask for feedback like that, Black has no choice but to bite his tongue.
Anyway, the story of Blue Sapphire begins.
Black listened intently to the story, keeping his nerves sharp, hoping to find a timing that wouldn’t disappoint his opponent.
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Blue Sapphire’s story was about what happened in her past with her cliff.
How on earth did Blue Sapphire come to hate her cliff? She clearly described the process.
In the past, Danae worked as a team with Blue Sapphire and several magical girls.
But one day, Danae betrayed them and sold them to monsters.
With the help of another magical girl, she somehow succeeded in escaping, but disappeared without being judged.
After that, the cliff again caused a big incident, and many magical girls, including Blue Sapphire, got caught up in it and ended up seeing all sorts of unpleasant things… Since the story is long, I will skip that part.
After hearing everything, including the omitted parts, Black eventually came to a conclusion.
Wow, Danae was a bigger bitch than I thought.
As soon as I met her, I was so impressed that she didn’t break the belly button.
She is a woman who deceives, deceives, and does not hesitate to put others in misery for her own gain.
She couldn’t quite understand why such a change of heart occurred, and she became the leader of the ‘Liberation Front’, a group of magical girls.
“Of course, it doesn’t just mean good things. Because that woman is a human being who only moves for her own sake.”
I am not a person who works for the sake of the earth or for justice that anyone would think of.
That was Blue Sapphire’s assessment of Dan-ae.
She is almost convinced that the moment she is no longer needed for the “Liberation Front,” She will be thrown away like trash.
If it had been black before, ‘No way…’ ‘ I thought, but after listening to the story now, I thought that might be the case.
No, I think I will 100% do that. For some reason, I feel that way.
“… But, it’s not because of that fact that I’m angry. “Liberation Front” Or something else, to be honest, it’s good for me anyway.”
“Okay… ? Then, why…”
“I’m just angry. “He’s angry at me, not at Dan-ae.”
Blue Sapphire speaks gloomily.
“Dan-ae is such a bad, selfish, and self-centered person that it makes me shiver, but she’s still… “She is an amazing person in many ways.”
“She is good at deceiving others and never gets fooled. His field of vision is wider than mine, and his head works several times better than mine. She doesn’t have magic, she says she’s nothing special, and she actually has lower magic output than me… “When she fights one-on-one, she’s not confident she’ll win.”
“You also have the charisma to command others. Even though she is such a bad person, people eventually gather around Dan-ae. There are so many people who need Dan-ae. 『Liberation Front』 Is like that, and so am I.”
Blue Sapphire spoke in an unusually gloomy manner.
In fact, Blue Sapphire hated having to deal with her enemy, Dan-ae, but she recognized her abilities and came all the way to this place.
Blue Sapphire’s eyes were slightly red, and she continued her words with a sigh.
“But I don’t have anything. I can’t do anything. I’m so pathetic like this. Yesterday, I heard a warning from Dan-ae, and now that I think about it again, I realize how pathetic I am.”
“Not really.”
“No, it’s pathetic. I’m so pathetic. I am an incompetent fool who lacks ability and only wants too much. All you know is how to show your teeth and complain to Dan-ae, but in the end, you are nothing but a burden on her. My sisters, they were all great people. They were people who could easily accomplish anything on their own…”
It seems to remind me of other magical girls that Blue Sapphire followed in the story a little while ago.
Among the dogs, there was Alpha, who was currently captured in the ‘Factory’, and the ‘strongest magical girl’ that Cookie once mentioned was also included.
She was acquainted with the ‘strongest’, and even fought with him.
It was a somewhat surprising story for Black.
“Er… Er… Erdo, much better than me――”
‘Huh?’
Suddenly, a familiar name came out of Blue Sapphire’s mouth as she mumbled in fascination.
Black’s eyes widened in surprise, and he cautiously tried to ask her about him.
But just then, a knocking sound was heard.
Someone came to the room.
Giiiiing―
“As expected, you were here. Long time no see. Nice to meet you.”
The person who opened the door and entered the room was Noah, a magical girl with chestnut brown hair.
Black frowned slightly at her appearance, wearing an impressive costume similar to that of a maid.
That’s because he doesn’t have very good memories of her.
Every time, he followed Dan-ae and played with Blue Sapphire next to her when she teased Black.
Let’s be wary of the thought, ‘What are you going to do again?’
Noah smiled brightly and waved her hand.
“I’m sorry about what happened before. Just to apologize, I’d like you to go somewhere with me, is that okay? Someone who wants to see you two… Because there is someone.”
At Noah’s words, Black made eye contact with Blue Sapphire.
Well, I guess nothing much will happen just to follow along for a while.
The two people who made that decision followed Noah.
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It felt like something tingling was touching my skin.
In reality, it wasn’t like my skin was cracked, or an electric current was flowing in the air, it just felt like that.
The same goes for the warden’s office, but the interior of this fully scientific ‘facility’ maintains the highest humidity and temperature, so the skin never becomes dry to the point of tingling.
So, that’s it in the end.
An ominous feeling that I felt before.
An intuition, also called a sixth sense, as if it tells you something is going to happen.
That ominous feeling that has been in my mind for some time is now manifesting itself as a tingling pain in my skin.
‘… Me indeed. ‘Why are you doing this?’
‘Recapturing the ‘facility’ was easier than expected, so perhaps things are a bit more confusing.’
Things happened just as she expected, and she reached the ending she wanted very easily.
Thanks to this, I have a lot of strength and space left over, and all that space is used for ‘what if…’ It seems like I’m thinking about things like ‘and making peace with my worries.
However, Danae’s theory is that operations that require 100% or 120% effort to be successful are considered failures from the beginning.
It is a successful operation if you can achieve what you want with 60%, or at most 70%, of the effort you planned.
In that case, if something happens, you can afford to deal with it.
In reality, the same principle applies to the workplace.
If there is a company that has 10 employees and all of them must put in 100% or more effort to maintain it, it will be overloaded and collapse as soon as new work increases or an emergency occurs.
So, if you successfully complete the operation and still have some spare time, it is not something to be anxious about, but rather something to praise yourself for.
When I think like that and try to push away the anxiety.
A knock was heard.
“Come in.”
With permission from the cliff, the door suddenly opened, and the person who had knocked appeared.
Then, Dan-ae was slightly happy, but at the same time, she frowned slightly as if she was dissatisfied.
“Noah.Where did you go? “I was looking for you.”
Her close associates who were barely visible during the previous two days.
Noah, a magical girl with chestnut brown hair, came into her office with a smile on her face.
