The Teacher Is Actually a Villainous Magical Girl

Magical Girl Silver Feather twisted aside, dodging the attack. When she looked down again, the Monster had already vanished.

Normally, she would have switched to gun mode and opened fire, but she was still inside the school. There were probably many students who had not escaped yet.

"It is a great honor to meet you, Magical Girl."

The Monster's cold voice came from behind her.

She threw a punch backward, but it felt as though she had struck a weightless scrap of cloth. The Monster floated into the air like a ghost without weight, then drifted around behind her again.

"I'm sorry, but I don't believe I've met you."

Magical Girl Silver Feather folded her Feather Wings, and light gathered around her wand. But she quickly realized that her magic power seemed close to running dry.

After slashing with her sword, she only barely cut apart a strip of cloth and failed to injure the Monster itself.

"I have been a Monster for three years. But because of that Magical Girl Phantom Wind, I could not fight again until now..."

The Monster let out a low, chilling laugh that made Magical Girl Silver Feather deeply uncomfortable.

"Three years ago? You are..."

She did not recognize the Monster before her. Three years ago, she had only been an ordinary middle school student. Still, she knew the Magical Girl it had mentioned.

Magical Girl Phantom Wind—the Magical Girl who had been active in Maple Plain City three years ago, and also the Magical Girl who had defeated the most Monsters in Maple Plain City.

But one day, that Magical Girl had suddenly disappeared, vanishing without a trace after once being the most active Magical Girl.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Kite Monster, a wind-type like Magical Girl Phantom Wind. Though three years ago, she defeated me once."

So a guy from three years ago had come back?

She did not know why this guy had managed to survive until today, but now...

Magical Girl Silver Feather clenched her fist—

"Whether my attacks hit harder than Magical Girl Phantom Wind's, you can experience it properly with your body."

Inside the school building, Kazama Kiriori leaned against the windowsill and watched the battle below. Naturally, the building was now completely empty, leaving only her standing there quietly.

After seeing the Monster fighting Magical Girl Silver Feather, she softly murmured to herself:

"So it's this Monster..."

She knew the Monster currently fighting.

It was a wind-type Monster called the Kite Monster. It was fast, and its fighting style was strange.

However, it was not an especially powerful opponent.

But bird-type Magical Girls were not good at dealing with wind-type Monsters.

And Magical Girl Silver Feather seemed to be in terrible condition, fighting in what was practically a state of exhaustion.

A battle that exceeded the limits of one's body was dangerous even for Magical Girls. If it became serious, it might even affect the part of them that was ordinary human.

She was curious. Where were Magical Girl Silver Feather's companions?

Why was Magical Girl Silver Feather the only one fighting under these circumstances?

If she remembered correctly, the person named Takanashi Shiori should also be a Magical Girl.

Outside the building, Magical Girl Silver Feather had fallen into a difficult battle. For unknown reasons, her body was in terrible condition, and this Monster was not the type she was good at handling.

She quickly looked around for the vanished Monster's whereabouts, but found nothing until she heard something falling from above.

Looking up, she saw the Monster descending from the sky. The strange creature swooped toward her like a battered kite falling from the heavens, extending its two withered legs as it tried to entangle her.

Magical Girl Silver Feather froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting the Kite Monster to be able to fly.

The falling Monster barely grazed her arm, and intense pain spread through it. When Magical Girl Silver Feather opened her eyes and looked ahead again, she found that the Monster had vanished without a trace.

This guy was so fast...

She had never encountered a Monster faster than her before.

Then she noticed the grass on her left rustling in the wind. Soon, the Monster's figure appeared at the edge of her vision.

This time, the Monster had completely spread open its body. The rags on it resembled a Bat's wings as it let out a shrill, bizarre cry, appearing again and again in different places like a constantly swaying, spinning ghost.

Though she dodged every attack, she realized that she could not catch the Monster at all.

Her transformation had a time limit.

Magical Girl Silver Feather knew she could probably not keep dragging this out.

Just as she was about to call Takanashi Shiori over for help, she suddenly sensed a familiar magical presence approaching.

At the same time, in the instant she was distracted, the Kite Monster ambushed her from a corner she had not noticed, about to wrap itself around her neck.

"Bang!"

Just as the attack was about to touch Magical Girl Silver Feather, a magical explosive shell fell from the sky and struck the Kite Monster.

The bursting light scattered and fell like fireworks, exploding in every color.

The Kite Monster was knocked to the ground by the blow.

"..."

Magical Girl Silver Feather raised her head and saw a dazzling figure slowly descending through the air.

It was a girl like a stage star, dressed in an elaborate and gorgeous pink-and-white gown. Layer after layer of fabric fluttered downward around her, entwined with blooming flowers.

She had long, dreamy pink hair adorned with pure white roses, and her eyes held a dazzling gleam like stage lights.

She was a Magical Girl of the Pink Faction.

"Long time no see, Ai. Are you surprised to see me?"

She greeted Silver Feather warmly.

"When did you come back?"

Silver Feather was somewhat surprised to see her.

As the two spoke, the Kite Monster on the ground struggled to get up again. The next moment, thorny vines grew from the ground, wrapping around it and binding it bit by bit.

Magical Girl Silver Feather took the opportunity to press her magical device, using up the remainder of her magic power as she aimed at the Kite Monster's mask.

—A beam pierced through the Kite Monster's head.

With a cracking sound, the Kite Monster's mask shattered and gradually turned to dust. As its body collapsed like sand, only a brilliant green crystal remained.

The pink Magical Girl bent down, picked up the crystal, and said with a smile—

"Of course I came back to attend school. But I did not expect to encounter something like a Monster attacking the school right after returning."

Magical Girl Silver Feather fell silent and sighed.

"Thanks, anyway."

Without a doubt, the Magical Girl before her was one of her companions—the flower-type Magical Girl, Magical Girl Star Flower.

At the same time, she was Maple Plain City's most popular Magical Girl.

Just as she said that, she suddenly felt the world before her sway. Her consciousness gradually blurred, and the magic power throughout her body was nearly exhausted.

"Ai? You don't look well. You..."

The other girl's voice gradually became impossible to hear. Silver Feather's body tipped forward.

Her world sank into darkness.

The Teacher's Home Cooking

When she woke up again, she was in the infirmary.

She was not very familiar with the school infirmary. After slowly opening her eyes on the bed and seeing the unfamiliar ceiling, she quickly noticed that someone seemed to be sitting beside her.

Raising her head, she saw the woman sitting by the bed. She was tall and thin, wearing thick round-framed glasses, with a gloomy and cold aura. Her face always carried the same indifferent, expressionless look.

The woman was flipping through a book. When she noticed Kirishima Ai had woken up, she lowered her head and casually said:

"You're awake?"

Kirishima Ai's eyes were still somewhat dazed. She rubbed them lightly and tried to sit up, only to find that she was still a little tired.

Lowering her head, she asked groggily:

"I...?"

From what she remembered, before passing out, she had been fighting a Monster as a Magical Girl. She had held on until another Magical Girl arrived, but afterward, she had suddenly run out of strength and her consciousness had become blurred...

Teacher Haihara spoke as calmly as ever:

"You fainted. Other students brought you here. If you still feel unwell, I'll take you to the hospital later."

Perhaps because she had just fainted, the woman's tone was gentler than usual. Maybe this was how she normally spoke, only with a little more concern for her.

Kirishima Ai became a little more alert. Shaking her head, she said softly:

"No, I'm fine. Thank you."

She checked the time. It was probably already afternoon, and nearly an hour had passed since she fainted.

Monster incidents were not particularly rare in this city.

Even after today's Monster attack, the school had no intention of suspending classes. Once the Magical Girls restored the damaged areas, everything returned to normal.

Because Magical Girls existed, many people lacked vigilance toward Monsters.

The only thing Magical Girls could not restore was human life. Therefore, in incidents like this, the only thing that truly mattered was the people themselves.

Haihara was still reading her book and no longer paid much attention to the student beside her.

"Don't worry about it. If it were like three years ago, I would have a lot of trouble too."

The woman had returned to her usual self.

But Kirishima Ai did not quite understand what Teacher Haihara meant. She also seemed to have heard a somewhat familiar phrase: "three years ago."

After thinking for a while, she remembered where she had heard something similar.

The Kite Monster had also mentioned three years ago.

Had something happened at this school... three years ago?

There was no point thinking about things she did not know. Kirishima Ai felt that she could probably get up now.

Although she did not want to attend class either, she wanted even less to stay with Teacher Haihara for so long. So she slowly sat up from the bed. But shortly after she did, an awkward sound echoed through the already quiet infirmary.

"—Grrr..."

It came from Kirishima Ai's stomach.

For a moment, the atmosphere was awkward.

Only then did she remember that she had eaten less than half of her lunch before the Monster attacked. Even her lunchbox had been crushed underfoot.

Not only would she have to go through the entire afternoon hungry, but she would also need to buy a new lunchbox after school.

Thinking of that, Kirishima Ai felt slightly dejected on top of embarrassed.

Teacher Haihara glanced at her.

"Didn't have time to eat lunch?"

"Mm."

Kirishima Ai nodded.

The cold woman pushed up her glasses, rose from her chair, and said:

"Wait here."

Kirishima Ai watched in confusion as she left the infirmary. But since the other woman had told her to wait, she could only remain on the bed and wait for the teacher to return.

When Teacher Haihara came back again, she was carrying a lunchbox. She placed it on the small table beside the bed.

Kirishima Ai raised her head and looked at Teacher Haihara.

Teacher Haihara looked back at her: