Chapter 496
"Yes, Your Highness."
As she walked away, this only young Royal Family and princess of R'lyeh gradually disappeared into the shadows of the Royal Palace.
Her petite stature did not diminish her presence and authority; the Royal Palace servants all felt her powerful Magic Power as Royal Family and her extraordinary Magic talent.
As she completely disappeared into the shadows, and all the servants were gone, a Magic girl appeared beside the little princess, her demeanor respectful, humble, and expectant.
The Magic girl knelt on one knee beside the princess, performing the proper etiquette of a servant, a slight smile playing on her lips in the darkness:
"Your Highness, are you ready to travel to Earth to retrieve that rebellious Witch's Magic Armament?"
Princess Dailuoluo's face appeared rather cold and solemn in the darkness.
She said softly:
"Certainly."
"My Elder Imperial Sister, and all the Queen throughout history, have been too weak... Although R'lyeh is vast enough, there are so many of my subjects who want to become Magic girls but cannot."
"And Lilith, the Witch once attempted to do that, is even more unforgivable."
"... Anyway, let's head to Earth first. As the future Queen, I need to see what my future Kingdom will be like."
She said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
In the shadows, the Magic girl serving as the princess seemed genuinely pleased with the princess's decision, revealing a bewitching smile.
"Your Highness is wise. If you can obtain and utilize that forbidden Witch's power, with your talent, I believe you can surpass King R'lyeh and lead R'lyeh into a new era."
It seems a new undercurrent is brewing?
Or perhaps... no one realizes that the real undercurrent is about to return like lightning?
Volume Four Does This Count as a Magical Girl??: Chapter 19 Kirishima Chizuru, Even She Has a Insight
"Takanashi, they move."
In the morning physical education class, in classroom Year Four, Class Four, teacher Haihara is battling with the most unruly and lazy troublemaker in the class.
Without hesitation, she grabbed the small spray bottle from the classroom and began spraying water at the Takanashi that was perched on the table.
Takanashi, on the other hand, covered all her hair with her hat and stubbornly lay on the desk, covering her head in resistance.
This undoubtedly made teacher Haihara frown, realizing that this was no ordinary truant.
But she didn't have any other tools for forced sex education.
What should we do?
Unfortunately, her two top lieutenants, Kuroki Yuka and Corporal Sakaki Chika, had already gone to physical education class and couldn't help her put the Takanashi torture.
"Tsk, I'll let you off the hook for today."
Haihara, rather unconvinced, put away her small spray bottle.
At this moment, Takanashi cautiously peeked out from under the large hood, just in case Haibara was Haihara him in order to launch a surprise attack.
She blinked her listless eyes, which resembled Haihara's. Compared to usual, Takanashi looked even more listless and unmotivated today.
Without much ceremony, she took a small bag of snacks from the Takanashi under the table, opened it herself, and started eating it noisily, asking as she went:
Why are you so listless?
Upon hearing this, Takanashi first raised her eyes, then, like a cat, rubbed her chin against the cuffs of her wide, baggy clothes, looking listless, and then muttered a complaint:
"Um..."
"A relative who's less annoying and more troublesome is coming over."
Haihara was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.
"... I don't remember having any relatives?"
She felt genuinely confused.
Could they be relatives from her sister's side? She didn't think they were that close.
Hearing this, Takanashi reached into the snack bag in Haihara's hand, grabbed a handful, stuffed it all into his mouth, his face puffed out like a hamster's, and mumbled indistinctly:
"You really think you're my mom? Mom, Mom, if only you would become real if I called you a few more times."
She stared at Haihara with a very resentful look.
The woman in front of her clearly didn't consider her a close friend except on weekends; she was completely cold and aloof.
Of all my body, only my chest was warm.
"..."
Haihara was too lazy to explain.
However, she couldn't be bothered to dwell on it anymore.
To this day, she still doesn't know what happened between her and a certain Queen during the time she was sealed away, which led to her having that kind of relationship with the girl in front of her.
From this perspective, she was also slightly unhappy?
By the time she realized what was happening, she had already pinched Takanashi's cheek hard, making the other girl howl in pain.
"Mom... Okay, I know I was wrong, Teacher Haihara. I won't yell at school anymore."
Takanashi gave up.
As the saying goes, One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near Haihara felt that the Problem Child in her class were being seriously led astray by that brat Kuroki Yuka.
Haihara naturally let go of Takanashi's hand, quite pleased with how nice Takanashi's face felt lately.
However, on the other hand...
This kind of interaction with others at school and in the classroom, this kind of time spent alone with the Takanashi during PE class, seems like it won't last much longer?
After all, she's about to leave her position as a homeroom teacher.
The Takanashi will no longer remain on Earth.
Haihara thought for a while.
In the end, she realized that she probably wasn't that attached to or cared about it.
Therefore, she shouldn't be sad.
That's it.
"So, soon, to help us retrieve the Magic Armament, one of your relatives from faraway R'lyeh will be coming. That relative is actually Princess R'lyeh, and she's very powerful?"
During recess, a few students gathered in a small corner of the classroom Problem Child.
While doing her homework, Kirishima Ai summarized the description of Takanashi and asked questions.
Takanashi is eating a bag of onion rings:
"They say we're relatives, but the other person has no idea about this. If we actually run into each other, they'll probably treat me like a servant or subordinate?"
These two terms made the other Problem Child seem strange and absurd.
Even knowing the other person is Princess, would she really treat her fellow Takanashi like this?
They remembered that Ms. Roland was a very kind person, very approachable.
Kuroki Yuka immediately became curious about a question:
"How powerful is your relative?"
In R'lyeh, a Magic girl's strength and status are positively correlated to some extent.
Since the other party is a princess, her strength must be amazing.
Takanashi looked up and pondered for a moment:
"He's probably not as good as the guild leader when we defeated the Demon King, but he's stronger than me and Chika, something like that?"
That's quite a large range.
Recalling the time when she transformed into the Crown Rank Magic Girl Skywind using the Devil King Crystal, Kuroki Yuka felt that the student council president at the time could have spun them all around with one hand.
It's alright, she has even more detailed control experiments to conduct.
"If I attack in my Dark Kite Form, you attack in your Thousand Sins form, and Little Chika use the latest and trendiest Sacred Domain form, and the three of us sisters attack together, are we a match for this Princess?"
Kuroki Yuka pinched her chin and asked earnestly.
"... Can you please stop worrying about your Maple Plain City Magic girl power rankings all day long?"
Takanashi Shiori felt that Kuroki Yuka a little too obsessed with combat power.
"Hey, are you suggesting I'm concerned about your grades, Miss Takanashi?"
Kuroki Yuka at Jun, Yang Erliu Jiu suspected that Sanba had squinted his eyes.
Afterwards, she looked at Takanashi smugly, which made Takanashi Shiori feel a sudden urge to have a one-on-one battle with Kuroki Yuka.
"Cut.
Takanashi unhappily.
However, in the end, she still replied with one sentence:
"If it's based on my memory, maybe..."
Unexpectedly, after hearing these words, not only did Kuroki Yuka even Kirishima Ai, who was studying nearby, subconsciously nodded as well, seemingly satisfied with the explanation.
This surprised Takanashi quite a bit.
Has Kirishima also fallen into the abyss of power struggles?
She considered her words carefully:
"What, could it be... that you're interested in this kind of thing too, Kirishima?"
Unsurprisingly, Kirishima Ai shook her head.
Kirishima Ai expression, rested the back of her hand on her chin and, under the watchful eyes of everyone, once again uttered a startling statement—
"I just feel, is it possible, I mean, possible?"
"This Princess R'lyeh is actually just another annoying, villainous Magic girl causing trouble. She claims to be here to help find the Overlord's Magic Artifact, but she actually has ulterior motives. Once she finds the Magic Armament, she'll turn against us, and then another thrilling Magic girl team battle will begin?"
"So it would be a good thing if we could ensure we have the resources to fight them."
"...?"
The Takanashi blinked in confusion.
Former idol Sakaki Chika blinked, tilted her head, and pondered the possibility of those words.
It feels... somewhat absurd, yet also highly probable?
Due to the repeated base raids and sudden attacks from the enemy in previous team battles, these Magic girls from Maple Plain City are now showing signs of becoming somewhat irritable, bloodthirsty, and berserk.
Now, they react immediately whenever they detect any indication that someone intends to exploit information asymmetry behind the scenes.
Stress can cause a transformation, and then someone will suffer misfortune.
Kuroki Yuka considered the possibilities and immediately began to criticize:
"Foolish R'lyeh people, don't they know that Earth is protected by our brave Magic girls?"
Kuroki Yuka immediately clenched her small pink fists and punched the void repeatedly, seemingly ready to strike hard as soon as the princess arrived on Earth.
"-----."
But in the end, she was met with a powerful counterattack from Takanashi Shiori.
Kuroki Yuka collapsed to the ground, clutching her head, having been brutally punished by Takanashi's fist. She slumped onto the table, unconscious.
The Takanashi is almost at its breaking point.
"... Have you forgotten that I'm also R'lyeh? I have an R'lyeh classmate here who can be called to help beat you up."
She took a deep breath and finally calmed herself down.
Of course, she herself was well aware of the character of some of her fellow R'lyeh people, and it was not unreasonable for her companions to have such concerns.
This time, not only is a strange and unknown Magic girl R'lyeh arriving, but she is also a very powerful individual who may be difficult to control, which inevitably makes people uneasy.