Chapter 26 – Episode 26. A Male Hero Stands Next to a Magical Girl (1)
Episode 26. A male hero stands next to a magical girl (1)
The atmosphere in the upper-level conference room in the underground general situation room of the B.H base, where the meeting was held in the evening, was strange.
At the very back, Jeon Seong-wook, a handsome middle-aged man, crossed his arms and furrowed his brow.
He was looking at the large screen in front, and Kang Ga-hyun and the other magical girls were also looking at the same place.
On the screen, a man was surrounded by a ‘path of flames’ and muttering against the translucent glass window with a blank face, but every word he said was a sight to behold.
Words and expressions that were embarrassing to hear, at least in this solemn atmosphere, continued to appear.
Nevertheless, the conference room remained quiet.
Even though it may be embarrassing, we must thoroughly distinguish between public life and life.
[… We repeated the situation several times… And put in a lot of effort until we captured you guys. You became my flesh slaves and were freed from the pain of being a magical girl. While you were with me, you seemed so happy that hearts appeared in your eyes. That’s our relationship.]
Words that were no different from sexual harassment continued.
Although the vulgarity was lessened by the blank face and sloppy speech, the content was so high that it would be embarrassing for ordinary women to hear it.
[With you… I have mixed bodies countless times in previous lives. ,You have experienced the height of pleasure through me. It was repeated endlessly, and magical girls were my toys from beginning to end. With your ancestors-]
While she was already on probation, Hye-ri Jang thought about Smile Face’s comments for a long time and got sick of them, but she couldn’t concentrate on them.
A senior conference room with the lights off.
Apart from the solemnity of this place where secret conversations about Paramas and the ‘Smile Face Gang’, which had recently been designated as the third force, took place, she slightly bent her waist and caressed her own lower abdomen.
Strangely, my insides are getting warmer.
It doesn’t hurt my stomach, but it feels unpleasant, like when you start your period.
But it’s not all that bad, and although I don’t want to admit it, I end up focusing on that feeling.
While the smiley face on the screen was chattering, Jang Hye-ri felt both the desire to put her fist in his face and the extremely irrational urge to ‘jump’ into the screen.
The light turned on, and Kang Ga-hyun spoke.
“If nothing else, you did a good job on this.”
Her tone was still cold.
Jang Hye-ri felt like crying, hoping that she would forgive her, but she still allowed the person who used the Star Oath to enter her conference room, so she was also glad to hear Kang Ga-hyun’s greeting.
In fact, until now, she didn’t even look at Jang Hye-ri as if she was punishing her.
“Where are you uncomfortable?”
Still, as befits someone who has cared for her for a long time, Kang Ga-hyeon relaxed her expression and asked Jang Hye-ri.
Hye-ri Jang straightened her back and controlled her expression.
“… Are you okay.”
“… Okay. Well then, let’s continue talking about work. As you can see from the base manager and other employees, what can be inferred from this is that Smile Face is not from Earth. “He himself referred to himself as an ‘outsider,’ and just looking at the description of his past life.”
“…”
Ga-Hyeon Kang was confident in the conclusions drawn by Hyeri Jang, the wit shown by Magical Scarlet, and Uriel’s Mirror.
Without even thinking about the fact that that shallow ‘relationship’ was a story made up by Smile Face.
In fact, when Jang Hye-ri used the skill, she did not feel any traces or reactions of any mental barrier.
As the caster of her skill, she was sure of it.
The skill to bring out the truth and sincerity from the target was properly activated, and even if it was a mysterious smiley face, he revealed everything he knew.
So it’s more of a problem.
Magical girls and that guy mixed up?
Does that mean they were a couple?
Was polygamy allowed on the planet in your past life?
In order for magical girls to awaken, they had to recall their memories from their past life, when they were in Bright Star.
However, at least Jang Hye-ri, Joo Yena, and Mayuri had no memories of being his wife with Smile Face in their past lives.
So, is it an older past life than that?
There was no way to check it.
“Miss Hyeri, what do you think?”
Jeon Seong-wook, who had been silent, smiled and asked.
“Welcome back. Dr. Kang still seems a little angry, but I think magical girls should definitely be a trio. So, don’t be intimidated, but speak confidently. Does anything come to mind? “Is Smile Face… A villain?”
“… Of course he is a villain.”
Hye-ri Jang answered.
I don’t like the base commander’s comment itself.
Smile Face is the villain, so what is it?
The context makes sense.
Smile Face did not kill any citizens this time, nor did he even kill the recoveries or brainwashers.
All he did was stop Saint Paramas from causing terrorism against citizens and trying to obtain ‘oaths’ from magical girls.
He even arrived at the scene faster than the latest B.H. System and killed Saint Paramas.
Considering only this incident, he was a hero.
Saved citizens and helped magical girls.
But it would be evil.
Hye-ri Jang quietly stroked her throbbing lower abdomen and spoke more sharply for no reason.
“He’s just a guy who runs wild when he feels like it. From the beginning, that guy, the magical girls, said that if we didn’t receive the Star’s Oath… They would kill the citizens. If this isn’t a villain, what is? “He’s just a guy who tells lies because he wants to get attention.”
“That’s pretty straightforward.”
Sunwook Jeong gave his review.
Hye-ri Jang did not want to mention ‘The Star’s Oath’.
She stepped into the worst-case scenario.
The only reason she was able to enter this conference room was because the ‘Star Oath’ she used was stopped before it could be properly activated.
As Solena and Bloa kicked out Spe, the target of the Star Oath, the oath skill was also stopped.
Jang Hye-ri certainly thought so too.
However, she was invited to attend a meeting by Mayuri, and while taking a bath, she discovered a pattern on her lower abdomen.
A symbol of fire engraved when the Star’s Oath is activated, with long flames surrounding it from the left and right.
It looked like eyes surrounding flames.
“…”
This was the worst-case scenario for Jang Hye-ri, as it meant that the oath was taking effect.
Maybe she will be stripped of her magical girl status.
To her, her magical girl life was everything to her.
The only reason why Jang Hye-ri, an orphan who lived without a goal or purpose, is to live without committing suicide.
If she lost her magical girl status as she had no private life or hobbies, it would be her life.
… The truth about the star’s oath should never have been revealed.
… The effect of the star’s oath is that you gain a little more power by drawing on the power of the bright star, and you become slightly obsessed with the target.
It was unsettling that all of her consciousness and actions were directed towards Smile Face, but it seemed like she could somehow overcome it with her willpower.
You just have to deliberately refrain from using force.
She wouldn’t be in a situation where she would lie down, so Jang Hye-ri was confident that she would continue with this play.
No, she absolutely had to.
“Hey… I think he might not be a villain.”
At the moment when Jeon Seong-wook’s dark eyes and Kang Ga-hyeon’s cold eyes seemed to be directed at her, she felt burdened, Joo Yena raised her hand and expressed her opinion.
“Smile Face explained the weaknesses and abilities of Saint Paramas, known as Ogre… Facts we didn’t know. Before the Paramas saints disappeared, we… Fought them. But the humanoid Paramas saint that appeared this time is the same type as the liquid saint back then. It’s amazing. “I couldn’t have told you this for no reason.”
Joo Yena’s eyes shone with trust in humans.
“… Maybe he’s acting evil because he has a story behind him. To begin with, Smile Face isn’t killing civilians. “There is a cause.”
“Recoverers are also civilians.”
Seongwook Jeon said.
“Something is already getting messy, but since I first took office, and even before that, we have been planning and implementing projects at the government level to help people in recovery adjust to society. Although there is a distinction between recoveries, one of B.H’s goals is to prove that in the long run, they are just ‘victims’ and civilians no different from other humans. “Smile Face, who kills an innocent recovery person, cannot be called a good person.”
“Yes, sorry. “That part…”
Zhou Yena lowered her head, and she immediately apologized.
She also knew her own mistakes.
Why go through the process of healing the recoveries with holy water contained in bright crystals?
How contradictory it is if the person receiving the healing does not truly believe that the person recovering is a ‘civilian’ or a ‘good human being’, and treats them with that mindset.
Joo Yena admitted that she accepted Smiling Face’s arguments and logic without thinking about it.
“What about the rest?”
Seongwook Jeon asked.
“… On hold.”
“Me too. There is still not enough data. To say that Smile Face is truly a force, no one other than him has ever appeared. “I think the reason they kidnapped Ms. Song Bo-yoon was to use them as manpower… If they were really powerful, it might have been necessary.”
Mayuri and Kang Ga-hyeon took turns answering.
As always, Mayuri had a thoughtful and cautious expression, and Kang Ga-hyeon was calm, but like past doctors, she tried to remain as neutral as possible.
“But.”
Gahyeon Kang said.
“It makes some interesting inferences.”
