Chapter 195

"... call."

Kirishima Ai's fair face flushed slightly.

She gently raised her hands and then exhaled warm breath.

It's really cold.

Maple Plain City is located quite far north, and its temperature is much lower than other cities at the same latitude.

In this kind of weather, I really want to take a hot bath instead of staying in a classroom that doesn't have heating.

Yes, it would be even better if there were hot springs.

Actually, wanting to soak in hot springs wasn't a sudden whim.

Instead, a while ago, Doctor Hong Shang suddenly mentioned that his family had opened a new hot spring hotel, but he hadn't had time to go with his partner recently, so he gave her two free accommodation vouchers.

Although she didn't know the connection between them, geniuses always have many ingenious ideas that ordinary people can't understand, so Kirishima Ai accepted it gratefully.

Now, those two coupons are in her desk drawer.

Thinking about it carefully, she realized she had never soaked in a public hot spring before, because she was too embarrassed to soak with other people.

If it were a hot spring inn like this, then there wouldn't be this kind of trouble.

But there seems to be a more serious problem.

As she was thinking this, she suddenly heard the teacher's voice:

"The weather has really gotten cold lately, so please remember to wear more clothes. Quite a few teachers in the office have caught a cold recently."

Such a gentle tone and voice could never belong to Teacher Haihara.

Soon, many voices in the class echoed this sentiment.

The atmosphere was quite relaxed.

This kind of atmosphere usually comes from Teacher Suzuki's music classes. Although there are only a few classes a week, they are very popular. This is probably because the music classes are relaxed and the teacher is very popular.

As the class was nearing its end, and the lesson was almost over, Teacher Suzuki chatted casually with the students:

"Right? There's another three-day holiday coming up soon, teacher. I'm really looking forward to it. How should I spend it...?"

"Maybe going to a hot spring would be nice, especially since it's so cold."

Perhaps it's because of what happened last night.

Kirishima Ai wasn't listening carefully to what Teacher Suzuki was saying; instead, she was lost in her own world.

She glanced cautiously into the distance and saw the woman, who, like herself, was sitting in the back row of the classroom, but was intently watching Teacher Suzuki.

That is, her homeroom teacher, Haihara.

At noon, the lunch break bell rang, and Kirishima Ai, as usual, ate lunch with Takanashi and Sakaki Chika. Although they didn't have much in common in their daily lives, they would occasionally chat for a bit after spending so much time together.

However, they didn't talk much at noon today, and both quickly finished their lunch.

They had some things to do later.

At Kaedehara High School, there's a fair amount of time during lunch break, excluding meals, but considering the time needed to meet up later, it's best to eat quickly.

So, without saying a word, the only sounds were the sounds of the high school girls eating their lunch, and they finished eating in less than ten minutes.

Next, they were to head together to the school's backyard, where there were hardly any people.

The area around here usually consists of some teaching buildings that are not frequently visited, as well as some buildings that have been abandoned for a long time, such as the art building, the ecological park, and things like the astronomy building that they have never been to before.

Although it sounds impressive, it actually feels quite outdated.

Soon after they arrived there, they saw the campus streets covered with fallen leaves, almost a golden carpet.

Besides that, there was the tall, beautiful girl standing under the maple tree, her school uniform impeccably styled—the current Student Council of this school, Kazama Kiriori- senpai.

Yes, the person they arranged to meet here was the Student Council.

Upon seeing them, Kazama Kiriori smiled:

"You guys arrived faster than I expected. How's it going? Not many people come around here, right?"

Tell them that the person from this place is the association president.

They deliberately chose a place where few people would come to meet.

After the battle with Rainbow Feather ended, although they weren't very familiar with each other yet, the relationship between Kirishima Ai and the Student Council was much better than when they first learned each other's identities, having gone through the battle together.

Although the Student Council still has many mysterious aspects, on the other hand, she is now a reliable Magic girl mentor who guides them.

Even though Rainbow Feather was defeated, their battle as Magic girls was not over.

Monster remain a problem they must confront.

In order to deal with the potentially more powerful Monster that may appear next, they also have to become stronger.

That's what it means...

But in reality...

"I've only just managed to find the time to meet you all, so let's not waste any more time. Takanashi, please transform!"

As the Student Council, Kazama -senpai has a lot of troublesome work to handle, so even during lunch break, she may not have time to meet with them.

Today is a rare day.

However, just as Kazama -senpai just said.

Today, their training wasn't about them training together as Magic girls.

It's about Takanashi Shiori herself.

"Wait a minute, President, shouldn't we transform first?"

Kirishima Ai glanced at Takanashi, thought for a moment, and then said this to Kazama Kiriori.

"That's true."

Kazama Kiriori nodded:

"Then, just to be on the safe side, let's transform first."

As she spoke, she pulled open her sleeve, revealing the armlet inside, and then took out the two Crystal that allowed her to transform into Phantom Wind.

It's not just Kazama- senpai.

Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika also took out their Transformation Artifact and Magic Crystal.

Soon, the once quiet school backyard was filled with all sorts of strange sound effects, and suddenly became very noisy.

"Which one should I choose? Which one should I choose? Which one should I choose..."

Entertainment! Smiles! Dreams!

"Gale! Ace!"

After a dazzling flash of light, the street, which was originally covered with fallen leaves, was swept up by a gust of wind, which swirled up the maple leaves that had fallen to the ground and scattered them into the green area not far away.

Three Magic girls stood guard on the exposed street.

They are Magic girls of three different styles: Star Flower, Silver Feather, Phantom Wind, representing the floral and bird-themed styles.

To be honest, they rarely transform together at the same time.

After all, since Rainbow Feather was defeated, no Monster has been able to withstand the righteous gang-up of three Magic girls.

Immediately afterwards, the three Magic girls all looked at Takanashi Shiori, who had not yet transformed.

"Should I transform now?"

Takanashi felt a little awkward being watched by three people at the same time.

After receiving confirmation, Takanashi seemed a little hesitant. She took out her only Transformation Magic Crystal —the Rainbow Snake Crystal extracted from Teacher Haihara's Monster.

This Magic Crystal exudes an extremely terrifying Magic Power.

That's for sure, because it's the Crystal of the strongest Monster.

Her original Wingless Bird Crystal had been crushed by Rainbow Feather and was no longer usable.

Therefore, this is her only combat form at present.

After Takanashi took out the Magic Crystal, the Magic girls adopted a cautious demeanor, as if they were dealing with Monster.

Ignoring the group's extremely hurtful attitude, Takanashi still embedded the Magic Crystal into the golden cross she wore around her neck.

"--- Rainbow Sin Dragon."

Perhaps due to a resonance with her, the Crystal's name changed from Rainbow Dragon to Rainbow Sin Dragon.

Crimson Magic Power began to surge, enveloping Takanashi's entire body like a mist.

As the girl's gaze was stained by the blood mist, it changed slightly.

"... Transformation."

After that, the voice of Serpent System- like Witch rang out, and the blood mist quickly condensed into the outline of armor on the girl's body, and due to the violence of the Magic Power, it quickly caused the ground to sink and shatter.

The surrounding air seemed unable to withstand this immense Magic Power, emitting a tearing and distorting sound.

After the blood mist dissipated, only the figure of a girl dressed in hideous Magic Gear remained on the shattered street.

"Magic Girl Thousand Sins - Reverse Scale."

Even seeing the streets destroyed, the Magic girls were already used to it.

Anyway, they'll have to fix it themselves eventually.

After this exaggerated Magic Power filled the air, it meant that Takanashi's new form, Magic Girl Thousand Sins, had been transformed.

Thousand Sins is her Magic name.

She is not one of those Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon, or romantic figures, but rather a true Snake-Type Magical Girl, aside from the Overlord.

To be honest, this aura alone is terrifying, far exceeding the level of a typical Sacred Domain.

"To advance directly from apprentice to Sacred Domain, even I have never heard of such a thing before."

Phantom Wind sized up the Magic girl who had appeared before him, crossing his arms as if deep in thought, seemingly sighing.

As they had predicted, the appearance of the Magic girl Thousand Sins caused quite a stir.

"Although it's not the first time I've seen her, Takanashi's Magic girl form is really refreshing, and is her name Thousand Sins?"

Star Flower, on the other hand, seemed quite interested, smiling as she curiously examined Thousand Sins.

However, before that, Star Flower had already released a mind Magic that made ordinary people ignore this place.

Therefore, they don't need to worry about being misunderstood as being attacked by Monster.

Meanwhile, Silver Feather looked at Thousand Sins.

"Little bird... Thousand Sins, how are you feeling now? Are you feeling unwell?"

When you first start using the Serpent System Crystal, it's generally very uncomfortable, like being burned by scalding flames.

However, Thousand Sins simply lowered his head and looked at the sharp claw armor on his hand:

"No, it's just that I start to feel increasingly irritable whenever I transform..."

She gave off an impression of being irritable and cold when she spoke.

He was like a cold-blooded tyrant.

Silver Feather considered her words for a moment:

"So, Thousand Sins, as we agreed before, we'll help you train your strength next. Now try to unleash an attack on that empty street, and be sure to control your power."

That's right.

Their purpose in meeting this time was to train Thousand Sins.

Magic Girl Thousand Sins is the Sacred Domain Magic girl who single-handedly tore Rainbow Feather apart countless times in the battle some time ago.

Without exaggeration, excluding the guild leader's Fang Trump Card form, Thousand Sins's current strength far surpasses theirs, and it could even be said that she possesses power that does not belong to the Sacred Domain.

They certainly didn't train Thousand Sins to make Thousand Sins stronger.

But for...