I Am Actually a Villainous Magical Girl, Teacher

The monster this time had very distinct features.

It looked as if a person were wearing a Pterosaur suit, complete with leathery wings and rough, intricately textured skin.

Its head consisted of a pale human mask protruding from the maw of a Pterosaur.

Magical Girl Silver Feather lay on the ground, gasping for air as she stared at the creature.

What kind of freakish thing was this?

With wings like that, was it a bird-type monster?

But she was a bird-type magical girl herself; it was impossible for her not to sense the power of birds. Although the creature did possess an aura similar to a bird, it was...

A Magic Crystal on her body began to glow—it was the dark green one from before.

Is this also a Snake?

"Magical Girl Silver Feather, I have finally waited for this day. Now, remember forever the monster that defeated you! I am the brand-new Snake monster—the Pterosaur Monster!"

The Pterosaur Monster spread its wings and let out a cackling, guttural laugh.

So it really was a Pterosaur.

But... what did a Pterosaur have to do with a Snake?

She hadn't read many books, but she wasn't that easy to fool.

Magical Girl Silver Feather tried to push herself up from the ground to continue the fight, but this monster was on an entirely different level than the ones before.

It was likely even stronger than the Thorn Monster.

Just as she stood up, she suddenly sensed a familiar magical aura.

Turning around, Silver Feather saw a small, thin figure appearing in the corner of the amusement park.

Sakaki Chika.

She finally arrived...

Silver Feather let out a sigh of relief.

"Hmm... there's actually another magical girl. Which one is this?"

Looking at Sakaki Chika in her ordinary human form, the Pterosaur Monster felt confident it could take on two at once.

"I... I'm sorry I'm late."

Sakaki Chika walked over with small steps, took a deep breath, and slowly raised the object she had been holding in her hand.

It was a gorgeous magic wand shaped like a microphone, with a complex, flamboyant design, topped with a pure white, unopened flower bud.

This was her transformation tool, named Magician.

She leaned her lips gently toward the microphone:

"Mi... microphone test."

Following that soft call, the bud at the top of the wand suddenly bloomed, revealing a red and green heterochromatic gem inside. At the very center of the petals was a slot—

"Activation confirmed..."

Then, she took the Pendulum she had been wearing around her neck and embedded it into the center of the wand—

"--Iris."

She was using the flower-type crystal, Iris.

Once the Magic Crystal was inserted, the wand erupted in brilliance, and the light transformed into an illusory flower bud, enveloping her entire body.

"Transform..."

Sakaki Chika whispered, her voice incredibly soft.

Dreamy, iridescent light scattered like flower petals, and within that bud, the girl's silhouette gradually elongated, her outline becoming increasingly vivid and clear.

The girl's figure became taller and more graceful, draped in layers upon layers of gorgeous, petal-like dresses that looked like cascading blossoms, and her hair was dyed a dreamy, ethereal pink.

"Entertainment! Smiles! Dreams!"

Compared to Silver Feather's transformation, this magical girl's transformation sound was much more cheerful.

When the rebirth was complete, the final petals fell away, and a dreamlike magical girl was born from within.

Stepping out, the girl gently raised her hand and snapped her fingers—

"--Snap!"

"Magical Girl—Star Flower!"

With the sound of the snap, the light shattered into falling petals, descending from the sky like brilliant fireworks. The girl standing amidst the flower rain appeared almost excessively magnificent.

After the transformation, she was no longer Sakaki Chika, but Magical Girl Star Flower.

She waved the now-elongated wand in her hand, moving like a conductor, or perhaps more like an elegant magician—

"The magical girl of the century, making a grand entrance~"

She was a completely different person from before, flashing a playful smile.

Magical Girl Star Flower, a floral Magician who excels at all sorts of flashy magic.

Even though she was transformed from Sakaki Chika, her personality was completely different from when she was an ordinary person.

She looked at Silver Feather and smiled:

"Xiao Ai, let's finish this quickly. It wouldn't be good if we made the lovely Teacher Haihara angry."

After all, she was a Magical Girl who wanted to bring smiles to everyone, especially all the cute girls.

"...Huh?"

Silver Feather was stunned.

Cute and Teacher Haihara—could those two words even be used together?

Magical Girl Star Flower raised the magic wand in her hand at this moment, pointing it at the Pterosaur Monster:

"Then now, let's cast a miracle magic that will make everyone smile."

After class, Haihara remained silent, just staring at her phone screen with lifeless eyes.

Only Takanashi Shiori, oblivious to the danger, curiously leaned in to take a look at the screen:

"Teacher, what are you watching?"

Haihara said in an incredibly cold voice—

"Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V."

Chapter 17: News Regarding the Devil King

"Gwaa, that woman beat Big Sister Sha Qina until she was on her knees. She's probably going to drag her back to make her a Star-effort slave!"

"Damn it, you caterpillar, why is your imagination so vivid!"

At the headquarters of the Black Death Cult, the villainous female executive Sha Qina was currently kneeling on the ground in a dogeza pose, admitting her mistakes.

Haihara sat in her chair, lost in thought.

Just today, the new type of monster they had created had sacrificed itself heroically after being subjected to a righteous gang-beating by the Magical Girls.

Naturally, Haihara's teaching career had hit another downward slope.

She tapped the table, signaling for Sha Qina to sit down first.

Sha Qina obediently sat down on another chair.

"Even so, it was only a Mature Form monster. Is it really that difficult to deal with more than two Magical Girls?"

Haihara rested her chin on one hand and began to ponder.

As mentioned before, monsters are divided into three stages: Sprout Form, Mature Form, and Perfect Form. Sprout Form is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person, and most of the monsters the Magical Girls have dealt with so far have been Mature Form.

As for the Perfect Form, it hadn't appeared in this city for three years.

In the memories of the Magical Girl that Haihara had obtained, there was indeed the existence of Perfect Form monsters.

In that Magical Girl's impression, a Perfect Form monster possessed the strength to take on five opponents at once, and only those high-level Magical Girls who had stepped into the "Holy Domain" could deal with them easily.

So-called high-level Magical Girls were those who had entered the Holy Domain of the Royal Family, had an audience with the Queen, and received a "High-Level Magic Crystal" bestowed by the Queen.

They were roughly equivalent to the nobility and mentors of the Magical Girls.

If one were to understand it through the concept of tokusatsu films, one would at least need to buy another Bandai upgrade item to win.

"But Perfect Form monsters aren't easy to create; it's very difficult."

Sha Qina shrugged.

"Is it difficult?"

Haihara really didn't know how Perfect Form monsters were born.

After all, in the memories of that Magical Girl, the monsters she casually pinched into existence were all at the level of the Perfect Form.

"Mm."

Sha Qina nodded.

"So-called monsters are born from people's negative emotions, and they also come from their impure wishes—that is to say, their desires."

"Monsters are born from insatiable greed that cannot be satisfied, and subsequent monsters act to fill that void."

Then, she easily explained the principle of how Perfect Form monsters were born to Haihara.

"And those who can ultimately fulfill their desires are the Perfect Form."

From this point, it was very difficult to achieve.

In this era, very few monsters could complete their desires and achieve the final stage of sublimation under the targeting of the Magical Girls.

And if the desire was only very small, there wouldn't be enough accumulated greed to create a sufficiently powerful monster.

"What about the executives? The Perfect Forms from a few years ago must have all completed their evolution with the help of the executives, right?"

Haihara also had impressions of the villainous organizations from a few years ago. At that time, there were still villainous executives active on television who were wanted nationwide, but as of now, the only one she had seen so far was Sha Qina.

"The magical girl active back then was Phantom Wind, you know. Two of our organization's executives were injured by her and still haven't fully recovered."

A few years ago, the strongest magical girl in Maple Plain City, the magical girl Phantom Wind, was on an entirely different level compared to the magical girls of today.

Even now, those few executives from the Black Death Cult have only been hiding in the shadows, nursing their wounds while creating monsters.

Haihara looked at Sha Qina:

"What about you?"

This woman should be an executive as well, right?

"Me? I'm afraid of pain. I'm not a magical girl or a monster; I get hurt if I get hit."

Sha Qina blinked her eyes.

Besides, she only joined the organization two years ago. The pay for this line of work wasn't even as good as her IT job—it was only a few tens of thousands of yen, so why would she risk her life?

"..."

Seeing Haihara's expression turn cold again, Sha Qina immediately realized she had said the wrong thing and scrambled to find the right words:

"Uh... besides, for me, the only real goal is to resurrect the Devil King. Defeating magical girls isn't really a necessary task."

As a villainous executive, all she needed were the Magic Crystals left behind after a monster was defeated to provide power for the Devil King's resurrection. In a sense, she and the magical girls actually had a mutually beneficial relationship.

"Speaking of which, Miss Haihara, are you a magical girl too?"

She had only heard about Haihara from the Thorn Monster.

Usually, she could barely sense any magic power from Haihara, yet she could feel a terrifying and oppressive aura.

It was just like the feeling she got when facing the Devil Kings.

"...I suppose you could say that."

It all depends on how one defines a magical girl.