"It had really been a busy day."
Soaking in the hot spring, Kuon Asuka finally stretched lazily. Maple and Sally were also soaking in the water, completely motionless.
"Yeah... but it feels so good... And we got to see quite a few interesting things too..."
"Come to think of it, Little Flame, you were really amazing. What kind of class skill was that?"
Kuroyukihime was clearly more interested in Akemi Homura's final barrage of light arrows. She swam over to Homura like a mermaid and looked at her curiously.
"Did you get it from a Gift Game?"
"Huh? Ah... no, it was an ability I already had... My master helped me out a little too."
"An ability you already had?"
Hearing that, Sally curiously moved closer as well.
"Are you an Esper too, like Miss Asuka and Miss Yao?"
"Esper? No."
Akemi Homura shook her head at Sally's question.
"I'm a Magical Girl."
"Huh?!"
"A Magical Girl?"
"No way!!"
At Homura's answer, not only did Sally and Kuroyukihime gather around, but even Maple and Kasukabe Yao excitedly swam over. Only Asuka stared blankly at everyone, unsure how to react—her era had still been postwar, and she had barely even seen televisions, much less Magical Girls.
"This is my first time seeing a Magical Girl."
"Do Magical Girls really transform naked? Aren't you embarrassed?"
"Come to think of it, what does a Magical Girl transformation actually look like? Is there a long sequence like on TV? Aren't you afraid an enemy will interrupt you halfway through transforming?"
"..."
Faced with the three girls' questions, Homura had no idea how to answer for a moment... She had never considered those questions herself, okay?!
"I don't really know, because transforming only takes an instant... Um, it isn't like anime... and it's not really