Chapter 391 – Side Story – About How My Modern Times Were Urban Fantasy (6)
As I waited in the hallway for a while, the sound of footsteps came closer, and I immediately lowered my head.
“I’m sorry!”
I am sorry for not being able to fulfill my role as a guide. I had such absurd delusions that I had no face to see. By the way, I’m sorry for having such a rude delusion…
The sight of Topaz lowering her head as she continued to pour out her rambling apology seemed to show how embarrassed she was.
When she saw that, she didn’t even think about complaining.
I thought she would at least complain about leaving me alone, but seeing her look so sorry didn’t mean she was that dissatisfied.
If you calculate that and then do it like that, you could say it’s quite clever.
Asil waved her hand and said.
“It’s okay. Because there was no problem. But this time, I’ll ask you properly until the end.”
“Yes! This time, I will guide you all the way to the end! “It was an exchange, right?”
“Huh. They said I had to register something to sell the spirit stone.”
“Registration? Was there such a thing?”
“Since you’re a magical girl too, don’t you sell spirit stones on the exchange?”
“I sell it. But I use this.”
Topaz took out a card from her pocket.
It was a simple ID card with a photo of Topaz in the form of a magical girl, the name of the magical girl called Topaz Blast, and the date of issue.
“Huh? This…”
I felt something tickling, so I looked closely and felt a subtle magical power flowing through the card.
It was a magical power that felt like topaz.
“Are you recognizing it as magical power? “It’s fun.”
“Uh, sister. Do you feel that? “I only heard that there was such a thing, but I didn’t feel it.”
After listening to it, it was definitely an excessively small amount to be felt by someone of Topaz’s level of skill.
I can’t believe you can handle magical power so delicately. It occurred to me that Earth’s magic tool technology is not something to be underestimated.
Asil and Topaz talked a little bit and headed to the Spirit Stone Exchange.
A woman was waiting for the two in front of the door of the exchange in the basement of the association.
“Are you here now? You waited. Topaz, you didn’t leak in a strange place again, did you?”
“Uh? Why is my sister here?”
The woman greeted Topaz in a friendly way. Although she was a bit of a nag.
“I heard you made another mistake? “The manager sent me here because he was worried.”
“Ugh… The manager too. No matter what, you can’t make a mistake twice in one day.”
“Hehe. Is that so? But I think I’ll make another mistake?”
“Huh? … Ah!”
Topaz then remembered that she had been guiding Asil and introduced the woman to Asil.
“Sister, this is a magical girl like me! It’s Emerald’s sister! And Emerald Sister, this is that older sister…”
“Use it.”
“… No, she is the sister you know who was an unidentified magical girl!”
Topaz, who almost called Asil by the name Unknown again, narrowly broke her handle.
Emerald, who was watching the scene with a chuckle, looked at Asil and slightly lowered her head.
“You were that famous person. It’s called Emerald Echo. Please take care of me. Oh, do you need your real name?”
“No it’s okay. Because it’s enough for me to know.”
As expected, there was a different real name.
Well, the names Topazni and Emeraldni could not have been real names.
Asil also slightly lowered her head and scanned Emerald’s body with her eyes.
It wasn’t meant to be obscene. Although the body full of feminine charm naturally attracted attention, I knew full well how the act of looking at the body in that way in the first meeting affected the person concerned.
The reason Asil looked at her emerald was to understand her magical power.
In terms of her mere magical power, Emerald was stronger than Topaz.
If Topaz’s magic power is 10, then Emerald’s is around 20 to 25 at best. And Asil was around 30. Of course, since she fights with elemental power rather than her magic power, it was difficult to measure her skills simply by magic power.
Asil, who was assessing Emerald’s skills, suddenly looked away.
In the other world, the act of understanding each other’s magical powers was not that rude. To put it in an analogy, it felt like guessing the standard of living based on the brand of clothes or car worn. It might be a problem if you say it out loud, but it feels like it’s acceptable to just nod to yourself.
But I didn’t know if it would mean the same thing on Earth. Asil felt anxious inside, wondering if it was a rude act.
Fortunately, that wasn’t a problem, or perhaps she didn’t catch Asil stealing her magic power, so Emerald didn’t say anything about it.
“Then since Mr. Asil is here too, shall we go in? She’s probably waiting for someone from the registration department too.”
“Wait? You don’t have to go that far…”
“Hehe. It’s a little burdensome, right? The manager takes good care of things, but the method is a bit old-fashioned.”
A stranger is waiting just for you.
As the incident was too stimulating for Assa, Asil hurried into the exchange.
The exchange was quiet.
The space itself was clean, but there were less than ten people, both workers and customers.
I was expecting a bustling place like an auction house, but it felt like a local bank appeared.
As if understanding Asil’s slightly disappointed feelings, Emerald explained.
She said, “Not many people knew of the existence of spirit stones in the first place. These days, you can even transact online.”
Well, it had only been two months since Youngseok was known to society. People who had been trading in the past probably had their own routes, so they didn’t necessarily use the exchange, and there weren’t many brave people who would jump into a new item that had been known for less than two months.
When Asil approached the woman who appeared to be her employee, she was handed her documents as if she had been waiting.
“Welcome. Just write this down and go over there.”
It was a simple form where you entered your name, transaction purpose, and account information. Except for what says ‘Magical Girl Registration Application’ at the top.
“I’m not registered as a magical girl?”
“Ah. Sorry. There is no precedent so far for someone other than a magical girl to try to sell a spirit stone. There is no separate form prepared. “I know that you only want to register the exchange and not the magical girl, so don’t worry.”
… Is that so?
The explanation that there was no form because there was no precedent was quite plausible, so Asil filled out her documents despite feeling uncomfortable.
The manager said he didn’t directly register her as a magical girl, so it’s probably trustworthy. If the situation arises, I had the intention of grabbing the manager by the collar.
After completing the documents, I headed to the photo studio next to the exchange.
“Studio? “Why photos?”
“I’ll tell you that.”
Asil asked Topaz and Emerald, who had entered the photo studio together, but the answer came from an unexpected place.
It was a man who came out from inside the photo studio.
Topaz asked curiously.
“What? It’s a face I don’t know. “What about the person who originally worked there?”
“Because today is my day off.”
The man said that and looked at the three of them. Asil noticed that the gaze stopped for a moment on his and Emerald’s chest.
Not only did he speak informally when we first met, but my first impression was the worst.
The man approached Asil and said.
“I think it would be quicker to show it in person. “Can you transform me now?”
“This is the transformation.”
“Okay? The outfit is unusual for a magical girl. “Excuse me for a moment.”
Snap!
The man pointed the camera at Asil’s arm and took a picture.
If the camera had been pointed at his body or face, he would have said something, but he didn’t say anything because he only captured his arm on the screen.
“Ruler. Look.”
However, Asil’s arm was not visible in the photo the man took. He was blurry, as if he were a mosaic.
Is the camera broken?
“Is that broken?”
“No, no. This is because of magical power. “If you wear clothes made of magical power, you won’t be photographed.”
Asil recalled that there was a picture of Topaz on the subway station’s electronic display board.
I thought it was just a drawing because it was collected by Magical Girl Chewdeok, but it was actually because I couldn’t take a picture.
“… Huh? But there was a proper photo taken on the Topaz card earlier?”
The photo I saw before arriving at the exchange clearly showed Topaz. His hair was also yellow, so he must not have been fully transformed.
The man lifted the camera in his hand.
“That’s why we need this photo studio. This is also a camera with its own special magic, so if you take pictures with it, you can capture the magic as it is.”
Click.
The man touched the camera, set something, and took another picture of Asil’s arm. This time, a human arm was captured properly.
“Everything is explained now, right? “Do you have any more questions?”
“No.”
“Then let’s take a picture quickly. Stand over there. Ah. It’s not really an ID photo or anything, so you can pose in any way you like. All you have to do is not cover your face.”
The man said so, but it was too difficult for him to pose well while taking pictures.
Click, click.
In the end, I ended up taking the photo in a posture that was no different from when taking an ID photo.
Until Topaz invades.
At some point, the transformed Topaz entered the filming area and hugged Asil’s arm.
“You filmed everything, right? Sister. This time, let’s take a picture together!”
“What? Is that okay?”
Asil glanced at the man.
The man said as he looked at the camera screen to see if he was looking at the pictures he had taken.
“Are you okay. Because I took pictures of everything I needed to take pictures of. And it’s not uncommon to take pictures of magical girls like this.”
“It’s not rare?”
“Because magical girls are also girls in their prime.”
The world thinks of magical girls as amazing people, but the association employees who frequently come into contact with magical girls know that this is not the case.
They had some special abilities, but they were just ordinary girls. She likes men and enjoys taking pictures with her friends.
However, since you can’t take pictures in a magical girl costume, if you wanted to take pictures, you had no choice but to come to this photo studio.
“… Is that okay?”
“Because all of that is included in the job. I get bored here because there are no ordinary customers. Ruler. “Call me when you’re ready.”
If you say it’s okay, it must be okay.
The transformed Emerald also came close to Asil. As the three women took a pose, the man picked up the camera.
“I take pictures. One, two, three.”
Snap!
