Chapter 396 – Episode 396 – Magical Girl’s Manager
“I don’t have much to prepare, but please eat now.”
“… Okay.”
I looked at Hara blankly, then slowly turned my gaze downward.
The dishes prepared in front of you are filled with sincerity.
The sight of her smiling while wearing an apron was very cute.
“Oh, by the way, the transformation…”
“I feel like I want to solve it.”
I have used this ability to prevent anyone from accessing this house.
There is a possibility that problems may arise due to undoing the transformation.
So I had no choice but to maintain it.
“Is that so!? I’m sorry. Well, there’s no way those guys will leave me alone.”
“No. It feels weird.”
And if you think about it, what if the author who thought she was a magical girl turns out to be a man when she loses her transformation?
I also thought that it might embarrass Hara, who dreams of becoming a magical girl.
I didn’t think there was any need to find a way to forcibly cancel the transformation.
“Hmm, it’s delicious. I guess you usually like cooking.”
“Yes, I’ve been working at a restaurant since I got my license as a hobby.”
“Ah.”
Well, it looks like he lives alone, so he must have a proper job.
It looks like the ability hasn’t been awakened in this world.
It seems like I’m living a normal life.
In the end, a magical girl is just what she wants.
It feels so sincere that there is a separate goods room as a trace of the good work.
… Let’s hear more about that story.
“You asked me to accept you as a disciple, right?”
“Yes!”
“Awakening is not something you can do at will.”
I know I’m dreaming of becoming a magical girl, though.
It is definitely not something that can be achieved through awakening.
However, they are talking as if it is possible.
“… Magical girls who are under the control of enemies, that is, masters, can be awakened with medicine.”
“Did you know that?”
… They actually extract the minds of awakened people.
The mind crystals were processed and made into a medicine that promotes awakening.
A form of using it to awaken brainwashed children and raise them to the level 10 they want.
It is a system that is no different from what I know.
“… Lucifer also knew.”
“Yeah, but seeing as you talk so casually, it looks like you don’t know the ingredients of that medicine.”
“Ingredients…?”
“It’s a gem called decision-making.”
“Ah, the name was a decision.”
… I think I’ve seen the decision itself before.
I don’t think I know what kind of item it is.
“That decision is made by stealing the heart of someone who has actually awakened.”
“… Yes?”
“It is a sinful item created by taking a naturally awakened magical girl, not only her powers but also her emotions.”
“… Well, like that.”
Looking at his expression, it looks like he was thinking of using it himself.
But if you find out that it was made that way, you’ll probably stop thinking about it.
… No, seeing as they were talking about the Master in the first place, the intention to use it might have disappeared at that point.
Even to the Irregular named Lucifer, a ‘real magical girl’ who is hostile to the Master.
The correct answer would be to think that a similar system would be in place.
“I don’t have such a system. So, simply awakening you into a magical girl. That’s impossible.”
“…”
Of course, I am thankful that they saw me and held onto the dream they had given up on because of those guys.
However, I don’t want to awaken people in the same way as those guys.
… It’s not because I feel sorry for the victim, but because the method is very dangerous.
Because in the end, they only see children as material.
By using a drug that was originally meant to be used only once, indefinitely.
By overworking the child until it either dies or awakens.
This drug has a low awakening probability and produces high efficiency.
“So, even if I accept you as a disciple, you cannot become a magical girl.”
“… I see.”
“Are you disappointed?”
“A little bit.”
I guess I wasn’t as hugely disappointed as I expected.
It’s a pity to become a magical girl.
But that doesn’t mean it feels like I’ve given up on something.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m used to it. It’s only recently that I started to have strange expectations from that drug.”
Since I haven’t been able to awaken for a long time.
She has somewhat accepted the fact that she cannot become a magical girl.
Of course, it seems like I’ve been looking forward to it recently because of the medicine…
“Anyway, it’s rare to know about such drugs and masters.”
“Actually… I hid in the factory because I wanted to get that medicine.”
There she learned about the truth about magical girls and the Master.
It is said that she forgot her original goal and ran away.
He really is a great guy.
How strong was her desire to become a magical girl?
She did such a dangerous thing with just that thought.
… It looks like they didn’t try to kill Hara for no reason.
“Yes. Anyway, I will take you as my disciple…”
“Can you make me your disciple?”
“What?”
“It’s okay if I don’t become a magical girl.”
It’s okay even if you don’t wake up.
I say I wish I could tell you things that people can tell me.
What she has learned so far is false information created by the masters.
Rather than that, I want to know the real world.
“Hmm, that’s something I can tell you even if I’m not a disciple.”
“Ah…”
In fact, anything you are told to do seems to be a good thing.
In her opinion, she wants to be associated with a true magical girl who achieves true justice.
Therefore, she has a simple mindset of wanting to establish a relationship between teacher and student.
But she doesn’t have anything to say, and it’s pitiful that if she takes the form of teacher and disciple, it just stops at the concept.
After thinking about that issue for a while, something came to mind and I nodded.
If you can’t become a magical girl’s disciple, you can teach me another job.
“Do you know that you are the magical girl manager?”
“… Yes?”
“A job.”
“Is there a job like that?”
It seems there are no managers in this world.
This is probably due to the special nature of the transformation of being a magical girl and the fact that elves are more likely to invade.
If so, you might actually feel special to this guy.
“Magical girl manager, who manages and assists the magical girl’s schedule… Yes, it’s like a sidekick in classic hero stories.”
“Magical Girl Manager…”
If this is the case, Hara can safely become my disciple.
Even if you don’t have to become a magical girl, you can naturally receive teachings from me.
Rather than just telling me something for no reason, I can make them feel like they are growing into a colleague who will be by my side.
“Do you want to try it?”
“Yes!”
Although I can’t become a magical girl.
You can become the closest thing to a magical girl.
Hara seemed very satisfied with just that.
“Okay. Then, I’ll go to class starting tomorrow.”
“Yes, Master!”
After that, I told Hara as much as I could about what I knew about being a manager.
I guess it was quite a long time ago when I was on active duty.
Since we have to apply information about the world now, there are a lot of things that need to be changed.
“Okay, so what are the characteristics of this dungeon?”
Still, I wonder if my free time ran away somewhere.
When I first started teaching, I felt unstable, but soon I became quite stable and was able to teach naturally.
“It’s fascinating… I thought only magical girls should learn these things.”
“Being a magical girl is a precious profession.”
Because supporting magical girls is enough for humans.
… Well, sometimes there are magical girls like Hye-eun who are perfect for support.
Although it has its own advantages, it is true that overall efficiency is low.
“Now you know the basics, right?”
“Yes, classify the dungeons. Organize the basic strategy for each dungeon. To the magical girl in charge…”
“Okay, then tell me the characteristics of the mythic dungeon.”
“Uh, so…”
Hara had a huge interest in things related to magical girls.
It was no different from the job of a manager, so I started learning the job extremely quickly.
… She only taught the basics, but she was of a quality that would be worthy of being hired as a manager right away.
“That’s amazing.”
“Really?”
“Oh, I adapted quickly too. He’s much faster than me.”
Hara probably had great aptitude as a manager.
Of course, it was not at all that she lacked talent as an awakener.
It’s true that she was quite talented.
But rather than such instinctive fighting.
It seemed more appropriate to accept and apply these theoretical things.
… If I had known it would be like this, I would have had them study like this a long time ago.
‘Well, if our hobbies were different, it might not have any meaning.’
In the end, it was in this world that Hara became interested in managerial work to this extent.
Because she lives an ordinary life and dreams of being a magical girl.
… But she doesn’t have any memories of her original name, she was just one of the children raised by the masters.
“By the way, what will you do if I master this job?”
“How do you do it?”
“Weren’t you sending it to a magical girl among your allies who need a manager?”
Ah, that is something that can be misunderstood.
Basically, I can do the manager work myself, so there is absolutely no reason to ask someone else to do it.
So, you may have thought that there was a separate magical girl who needed a manager.
“That’s not true. That’s not what I told you.”
“Yes?”
“I’m about to finish my training, so I don’t mind telling you.”
The person Hara must take charge of is none other than me.
So that I can focus on conquering dungeons and fighting against the master.
Hara will take over all the manager duties that I originally did.
“I-I’m your manager!?”
“Yes, if it’s Hara, you can trust it.”
As soon as I brought up the story, Hara was truly happy and hugged me tightly.
