A VR Travel Story That Makes You Want to Be Humiliated 389

Chapter 389 – Side Story – About How My Modern Age Was an Urban Fantasy (4)

Korean branch of the Magical Girl Association.

The association established to support the activities of magical girls has recently been put into emergency condition.

“Shadow reaction is lost!”

“Already? Where is Topaz?”

“Topaz… “It’s still 3 minutes before we arrive!”

“Again?!”

Recently, shadows have appeared, and shadows that disappear before the magical girl arrives have begun to appear.

The association clearly sensed the appearance of Shadow, but the response disappeared before the magical girl could actually defeat it.

Unless Shadow is a magical girl, he cannot be defeated.

Therefore, there were two possibilities as to why the shadow disappeared.

Either Shadow has acquired the ability to avoid the Association’s detection equipment, or an unregistered magical girl is active.

Since it was a phenomenon that only occurred near a specific area, the latter was more likely.

There were cases where a girl naturally awakened to her magical powers and became a magical girl.

However, in that case, unlike the magical girls belonging to the association who had been trained as magical girls since childhood, they did not know how to use magical power or weapon skills, so they often suffered unfortunate accidents during battle.

There were times when she grew into a combat-hardened veteran, but it just wasn’t the case.

Either way, the association was in an uproar.

These days, when the appearance of shadows has increased exponentially, each magical girl is an invaluable human resource.

However, they could not send out minors who were still in training, so magical girls who suddenly appeared like now were the top priority for recruitment.

And, although I hate to imagine it, if a magical girl got drunk on power and even tried to commit a crime, it would be a huge headache.

“Call Topaz. “The situation is over.”

“Yes.”

The boss who instructed her subordinate was troubled again.

I was wondering how on earth I could attract an unidentified, unregistered magical girl to the association.

———-

Asil was troubled.

In front of her, who was sitting cross-legged in her bedroom, several spirit stones were rolling around on the table.

If anyone who knew anything about Yeongseok saw her, she would cause a stir.

It is common to store gold bars carefully wrapped in cloth, but to leave a spirit stone several times more expensive than that lying around carelessly.

But Asil also had a reason.

To Asil now, these spirit stones were nothing more than a nuisance.

Asil’s plan to make money through spirit stones was not wrong. Actually, there wasn’t much of a problem collecting this much spirit stones.

Spiritstones didn’t come out as often as I thought, so I had to catch more shadows than expected, but it wasn’t a problem because it was annoying.

The problem was next.

Spiritual stones can be sold for money. It makes a lot of money.

But, where can I sell it?

It was after the existence of Shadow and Magical Girls was revealed to the public that the Spiritual Stone began to be released publicly. Not even 100 days have passed yet, let alone half a year. There was no way to find a trading partner that was as easy to find as a gold and silver store or a gold exchange.

After searching the Internet, it seems that magical girls either arrange transactions through a place called the Magical Girl Association or even sell on consignment.

Then wouldn’t it be okay to contact the association somehow? I thought about that, but there was a bit of a problem.

The spirit stone is money, but Asil is in a position to secretly steal it.

In fact, the Magical Girl Association was in a situation where it was okay to take the spirit stone or throw it away, so they were willing to bow down and scout him if they could handle Shadow, but Asil was so distracted by the fact that the spirit stone was expensive that she didn’t even think about it.

“… Huh?”

Asil, who was repeating her worries for which there was no answer, suddenly raised her head when she felt an unpleasant feeling coming from somewhere.

This sensation, which Hajin could not feel in her body, was an unpleasant feeling similar to the magical power of the Demon Lord that she felt in the other world. Although it wasn’t exactly the same.

It was a sign that a black swamp would appear somewhere.

I don’t know how to change it into money right now, but once I save it, I can exchange it someday.

With that thought, Asil stood up.

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“Oh. “One popped up.”

Asil found a small spirit stone in the remains of the last Shadow she defeated and cried out in joy.

This time, I was at a quiet distance from my room, and the shadow that appeared was a little stronger than usual, so it was extremely annoying, but when the spirit stone appeared like this, the thought of being annoying disappeared.

It was like a gamer who was annoyed by going through the dungeon every day and then rejoiced when a good item dropped.

However, perhaps because the battle had just ended, and he was so happy that he had obtained her spirit stone, Asil did not notice the approaching sign.

“There you are!”

“Huh?!”

Asil was startled by the sudden voice and turned to look in the direction from which she heard it.

There was a girl there with a slightly sorry expression. A yellow-based dress with windows longer than her height. She was the magical girl Topaz Blast.

“Oh, sorry. “I didn’t mean to surprise you.”

“Yes…”

A magical girl has already arrived. Although she went a little farther than usual, she never thought she’d meet her like this.

Asil, who had a tendency to crawl, quietly took a step back, hiding her hand holding the spirit stone behind her back. She planned to run away at the slightest opportunity.

“You don’t have to be so careful… Huh?”

Topaz, who was puzzled by the reaction that was much more reluctant than expected, noticed that Asil was trying to hide something from her.

There were many people who tried to steal her spirit stone. That’s right, it’s incredibly expensive.

There were people who recklessly challenged Shadow to a fight, and there were also people who secretly rummaged through Shadow’s remains during the heat of battle. Of course, it was dangerous for her, and it was a nuisance that even interfered with the magical girl’s fight.

Even Topaz, who had a good personality, treated such people coldly.

However, in Asil’s case, the situation was different.

She wasn’t stealing the Shadow’s Spirit Stone that the magical girl caught, and she had no reason to say anything when she said she was going to take the Shadow’s Spirit Stone that she caught herself.

There was a rumor spreading in the world that only magical girls and associations could handle spirit stones, but that was a misunderstanding because only magical girls could obtain spirit stones from shadows, and there was no such rule.

“I won’t say anything about the spirit stone. “Would you like to talk?”

“…”

Asil’s movements stopped after hearing Topaz’s words. Still, I thought it was cute that she kept hiding the hand holding the spirit stone, like a cow hiding food. Although Asil was taller than Topaz.

“Really. No, the rule is that the person who catches the spirit stone gets to keep it. “Don’t worry, I won’t say anything about what I’ve caught so far.”

“… Really?”

“Ah. As expected, you were the one who caught Shadow until now.”

“Oh.”

Asil made an expression of regret.

Topaz’s nervousness eased at the reaction, which was more interesting than expected. And with a much more relaxed mind, she tried to talk to Asil.

———-

That evening. Magical Girl Association.

“Topaz. “You seem to be in a good mood today.”

Topaz smiled brightly at the words of an association employee in the same position as the manager who managed Topaz’s condition.

“Ah. Sister. Does it show a lot?”

“Anyone can see it. Is something good happening?”

“Lol… “I met the person I wanted to meet.”

“Okay? Are you meeting a boyfriend by any chance? If that’s the case, please tell me in advance. “I won’t tell you not to have a boyfriend, but you still need to know, so you can prepare for an emergency.”

“Oh my. There is no such thing as that boyfriend. “I just met an unknown girl.”

“Yes, yes. You should meet a man when you are young, so you can have a hard time later… Wait, who? Unknown?!”

The manager, who was struggling to talk through the monitor, suddenly screamed.

Topaz, who was shaking as she remembered Asil’s disgusted reaction when she heard that she was called Unknown within the association, almost fell off her chair at the sudden sound.

“It’s a surprise. Sister, what’s wrong?”

“Then…” ! No, this is not the time. “Where is the manager’s contact information?”

After a commotion broke out, Topaz and her manager came face to face with the manager.

“You met Unknown? “Could you please explain in detail?”

“Yes, yes…” .”

Even if Shadow’s response disappeared while dispatching to the scene, he would check the scene to see if there were any victims. But today I saw an incredibly beautiful woman on site. When I talked to him, he was someone I could communicate with. He thought they were the same age, but was surprised to find out she was her older sister. She got sick of being called Unknown. She said she likes the mild taste of ramen…

The manager, who was listening to Topaz’s disorganized and rambling story, seemed to be slowly retreating and tapped his forehead in concern.

If we had met, we should have brought them to the association somehow! If you do it as a way to build friendships among female students, you can use it!

… However, she never gave clear instructions to capture her unknown, and even though she was a magical girl, Topaz was now a girl who had only graduated from high school a few months ago. She seemed like a thief for wanting too much.

Fortunately for her, she testified that Unknown did not seem like a person who would do bad things with her abilities. The half-hearted manager was half-listening to the meaningless conversation between Topaz and Unknown, and her eyes widened when she heard that they had exchanged contact information.

“Wait for a sec. She can contact Unknown?”

“Yes? Yes.”

“Can we find out?”

“Eh. But I arbitrarily left my sister’s contact information…”

“Anyway, she must have known that if she gave you her contact information, she would be known to us. “No one knows that she belongs to the Magical Girl Association.”

“To? I see… ? If that’s the case…”

My conscience was pricked because I felt like I was deceiving a young child who had no real social experience, but the manager suppressed his conscience and received the contact information.

The contact information I received was the ID of an anonymous SNS. The account, which was created less than a few months ago and did not even have a proper profile picture, gave off a suspicious smell.

However, with the number of Shadows appearing more and more, it was time to grasp at straws. Please help me resolve this situation. The manager looked at the contact information he had received with great earnestness.

“…”

From the side, it just looked like an old man entering the end of middle age, looking longingly at a young woman’s SNS profile.

Fortunately, the manager did not notice the cold gaze of Topaz and the manager.