Chapter 109

She said... she wanted to find her relatives.

"Relatives? In this academy?"

Takanashi Shiori suddenly remembered that Sakaki Chika's grandmother was indeed R'lyeh.

Like her, she is a Magic girl who went to Earth on a mission.

However, after completing her mission, Sakaki Chika's grandmother did not return to R'lyeh. Instead, she stayed on Earth, living a normal life with the mortals there. She even got married, had children, and died of old age on Earth like an ordinary person.

Moreover, Magic girls who can travel to Earth are generally not too bad, except for her, who is a loser.

It's quite normal that Chika's grandmother has relatives at R'lyeh Academy.

But Chika's grandmother must be Flower Magic girl, right?

Why would a relative be at Bird System academy?

"What kind of relatives?"

"It seems she was said to be Grandma's younger sister..." Kirishima Ai recalled what Chika had told her not long ago.

After hearing these words, Takanashi fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Kirishima Ai asked, puzzled:

Is there a problem?

"It's nothing, it's just... since she's Grandma's sister, she must be very young."

"What?"

Kirishima Ai frowned; she didn't understand what "Takanashi" meant.

Seeing Kirishima Ai's puzzled expression, Takanashi quickly realized that she probably didn't understand the difference in the concept of lifespan between the two worlds.

"Normally, Chika's relative should only be around fifty years old, which means she's not even middle-aged yet, and is only a few years older than me."

"Looking at them, they're probably about the same age as us."

However, that relative's older sister, who is also Chika's grandmother, had already reached old age on Earth and passed away peacefully at a normal age.

If Chika actually meets that relative, she'll probably be quite surprised.

After all, I thought I would see someone of grandmotherly age, but instead I met someone whose mentality was not much more mature than mine.

"..."

For a moment, Kirishima Ai felt that Takanashi's words were somewhat absurd and difficult to understand no matter how you looked at it.

Is fifty years old just youth for a Magic girl...?

But why did Chika's grandmother age so quickly?

However, it's probably hard for Chika's relative to understand this either.

The older sister who stayed on Earth had become an old woman and had a granddaughter when she was still in her prime.

"... Why did Chika's grandmother do that?"

Kirishima Ai still asked the question.

She was referring, of course, to the fact that Chika's grandmother had a lifespan like that of an ordinary person.

Takanashi looked around, not yet seeing Sakaki Chika behind him. After thinking for a moment, he slowly spoke:

"I've heard... that's how all Magic girls who come to Earth end up."

"Both?"

Is it because they stayed on Earth that their lifespan became the same as that of ordinary people?

If that's the case, then going to Earth must be a terrible thing.

But Takanashi quickly rejected Kirishima Ai's idea.

"After arriving on Earth, my Magic Power will decrease somewhat, but I should be able to live longer than the average person without any problems."

"But I heard from the seniors at the academy that Magic girls who chose to go to Earth in the past all gave up their Magic Power and chose to age like ordinary people..."

This is something that's hard to understand.

Normally, no one likes to die young; everyone thinks the longer they live, the better.

Even ordinary people on Earth hope to live to be a hundred years old, or even to live forever.

But perhaps it is precisely because she is a Magic girl that she has such thoughts after arriving on Earth.

As we chatted, I found myself getting a little hungry without even realizing it.

Takanashi through his Magic Wand's storage space and found that there seemed to be some snacks inside. After taking them out, he discovered that they were a bag of bread that hadn't been opened yet.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems like she took it from her mother Haihara's house.

She skillfully tore open the plastic bag, then took a small bite. At that moment, Kirishima Ai looked at her and whispered:

"So... are you like this now too?"

Takanashi Shiori must also be one of the Magic girls who came to Earth.

Upon hearing the question, Takanashi paused in the act of biting the bread, but quickly continued biting, gently tearing off a piece and slowly chewing it in his mouth.

It has a regular flavor, a little sweet, and a hint of wheat.

She thought about Kirishima Ai's question for a moment. To be honest, she hadn't considered such a thing before, after all, she was only sixteen years old, the same age as high school girls on Earth.

But... in a few decades, ordinary people will be old, right?

Considering that woman is twenty-seven this year, and will probably turn thirty in three years, which is middle age on Earth...

On the surface, her expression remained unchanged, still indifferent, simply showing a lack of concern.

"Normal aging isn't such a bad thing, is it...?"

Now, she understands a little bit of what those Magic girls from before were thinking.

Chapter Forty-Two: The Witch's Former Residence

While a morally corrupt female teacher was harassing a young girl, Dark Feather was also wandering around the academy.

It was quite interesting, but it was just too big, and she kept getting lost.

Moreover, it seems that some people mistook her for another Magic girl and wouldn't let her go, but luckily she escaped quickly.

"Hmm..."

They all look like students.

Upon reflection, she realized that she hadn't been to school for a while and felt a little unfamiliar with it.

Looking up, she saw girls passing by who looked similar to her. Compared to Earth, the girls here seemed very cute and had great figures. They were the kind of cute that wouldn't look out of place even if they wore Magic girl outfits.

Dark Feather felt that if she wore this Magic girl outfit instead of her transformed appearance, she might look quite ridiculous.

Because she is in Magic girl form, she can now hear the voices of other people talking in the distance, such as laughter, complaints, all kinds of voices and faces, all of which are very clear in her world.

She used to attend an all-girls school.

Although she didn't recognize any of the people here, and the school uniforms were completely different styles, she still felt a little bit familiar with them.

Her tail twitched, a little agitated, but after a while, it drooped down again, looking somewhat dejected.

Go wash your face.

After searching for a short while, she saw what looked like a sink with a mirror next to it. She slowly walked to the mirror, pressed a device that resembled a faucet, and water flowed out.

He cupped his hands in the water and patted it against his face repeatedly. The Dark Feather feel much more awake.

When she looked up again, she saw herself in the mirror.

This decadent appearance is indeed a bit strange.

Dark Feather is no longer the same person she is as Kuroki Yuka. If you include this face, she should have three faces now. Which one is the real her?

However, I hadn't looked closely before, but now I feel that this face has a somewhat familiar feel to it, but I can't quite place it right now.

Can't remember...?

In a slight daze, Dark Feather brought her face a little closer to the mirror, wanting to see her face, wet with water droplets, which looked gentler and softer than usual, like the warmth of the sun, unlike her usual demeanor.

This kind of temperament reminded her of someone from the past.

She wouldn't normally think about it.

However, in the girl's eyes in the mirror, that face gradually melted and changed, eventually transforming into a face she had seen before.

A young girl's face, as warm as the morning sun.

"... Huh?"

Dark Feather paused for a moment, stunned.

Where had she seen this face before?

However, as if it were a hallucination, flames began to appear on the girl's face in the mirror, spreading little by little, even penetrating her skin, and beginning to destroy and tear that beautiful face apart bit by bit.

Upon seeing this face, Dark Feather's eyes narrowed, and she fell into a daze.

The next moment, her entire face turned pale, revealing a look of terror, and her stiff body involuntarily leaned backward.

For a moment, even breathing was held.

But it all seemed to be just a temporary illusion. When she came to her senses and looked in the mirror again, there was no girl being burned by fire, only the somewhat unfamiliar face of a Magic girl.

Just then, someone poked her in the back, startling her.

"Um... excuse me, have you finished using it?"

Dark Feather immediately turned his head and saw a female apprentice with a puzzled look on her face.

It seemed she also wanted to use the sink, and then she saw Dark Feather, who looked a bit strange.

After a moment of blankness, Dark Feather snapped out of it and shook her head in a daze.

"I'm... I'm done, sorry."

After saying that, she prepared to leave, but her legs still felt a little weak.

The girl noticed her pale face and asked with some concern:

"Are you alright? You don't look well..."

"... It doesn't matter."

After saying that, Dark Feather walked away somewhat embarrassed.

Behind her, several girls seemed to have seen her too and started talking about her.

Is that girl alright?

"Hmm, that Magic Gear... doesn't it look familiar...?"

"No way, although it does look somewhat familiar... you must be mistaken."

Even though those words had nothing to do with her, Dark Feather felt as if she had heard them before.

Suddenly, Dark Feather felt a little nauseous.

Only then did she realize that she hadn't taken her medicine that day.

Suppressing her nausea, Dark Feather hid in a secluded corner, leaning weakly against the wall. After catching her breath for a while, she took out a medicine bottle from her Magic Wand space, poured out a few pills with clumsy movements, and haphazardly put them into her mouth.

After swallowing the dry saliva, she looked up at the ceiling for a while.

Lately... she seems to have gotten a little too cocky.

Perhaps because she felt so relaxed around the Witch, she forgot about the things she still had to do.

Dark Feather sighed.

We've had enough of sightseeing, let's go find the Witch.

On the other side.

After class, Haihara did not leave, but remained in the area where the Witch once lived.

There is a courtyard nearby. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it shows no signs of age, as if she had only gone out for a short while.