Chapter 497

The good news is that Shafeilin has asked Professor Roland to cover for her; the bad news is that she doesn't know if the Princess will actually come looking for her as Shafeilin instructed.

If what Kirishima said is true, there might be no shortage of trouble ahead.

"Anyway, let's calm down and help me find the Overlord's Magic Armament."

Takanashi picked up another onion ring, bit into it, and made a crisp sound.

"If we find it in advance, we won't have to worry about these troublesome things, and everyone will be happy."

Finally, they are about to face their final mission as Magic girls in Maple Plain City.

In the noisy, bustling classroom, naturally no one could hear their strange, whispered conversations, except for Kuroki Yuka's occasional off-the-cuff remarks.

Well, besides another ordinary female teacher who was always curiously spying on every corner of the classroom.

"..."

Hearing everything, Haihara began to genuinely feel: Are Magic girls these days a bit hopeless?

Volume Four Does This Count as a Magical Girl??: Chapter 20 The Prelude to the School Festival

Although Kaedehara High School is a preparatory high school for college entrance exams, Haihara sometimes wonders if the school has far too many activities throughout the year.

Now, as the semester draws to a close and students face final exams, they also have one last major event before the semester ends.

That was the two-day School Festival.

Yes, although the timing is incredible, Haihara, the homeroom teacher, received a notice long ago that this year's School Festival would begin soon.

This seems to be the students' last happy time before the end of the semester.

This is also the last trouble that Haihara, as the homeroom teacher, has to consider.

Generally speaking, do high schools actually schedule their School Festival in winter?

However, school rules are school rules, Haihara, being just a teacher, naturally cannot prevent the students from having their School Festival.

Just like usual, let the students decide for themselves.

Haihara decides to fully utilize the students' initiative.

At this point, my thoughts gradually returned to reality.

The only sounds she could hear in the classroom were the whispers of her students, which she had grown accustomed to for a long time.

Early in the morning, she gazed at the howling snow and wind outside the window, a sight she had grown accustomed to, and then gently touched the paper related to the School Festival on the podium.

She spoke calmly, as usual, without much enthusiasm:

"The School Festival is just around the corner. Even though we're only in our first year of high school, we still need to prepare our own activities."

"So, let's start by deciding on some simple activities. Does anyone have any good ideas? Feel free to share."

The students already knew the approximate date of the School Festival, so she didn't intend to explain further. After all, most students had probably organized similar events in junior high school, just on a smaller scale.

The first thing to do is to briefly decide on the format of their class activities.

The School Festival at Kaedehara High School lasts for two days.

The first day was an internal school celebration, where all students could move between classrooms and experience different activities.

On the second day, visitors from outside the school are allowed to enter and sightsee, and in the evening, the students who stay can participate in Bonfire Party.

As for the so-called activities, besides the food stalls set up on campus, the most common ones are maid cafes and haunted houses.

These decisions should be left to the students.

Upon hearing the news, although the students had expected it, they still couldn't help but be overly excited. Haihara really wished they could have acted more calmly and maturely.

Next, she sat down in the chair and began waiting for the students' unoriginal little creative ideas.

The method for deciding on the activity was simple: the students would come up with several ideas, she would write them down on paper, and the final decision would depend on how much the students cheered.

She took notes and read them aloud to herself in a low voice.

"Let me see... a haunted house, a coffee shop, a band? A restaurant?"

Haihara thought she could just choose one randomly. In previous years, she wasn't a homeroom teacher; she either didn't come to school or just wandered around aimlessly in an unpopular and shady way. But she felt that the students' actions were all pretty much the same.

Suddenly, a student raised their hand and made a suggestion:

"Teacher, how about a café with a Magic girl cosplay theme?"

The classroom fell silent for a moment.

This is something everyone should think about carefully.

The female teacher, Haihara, hesitated for a moment:

"... What's the topic?"

She thought she had misheard.

Not a maid or butler, but Magic girl?

Although it sounds outrageous, this is Maple Plain City, and it seems that there is indeed fertile ground for this kind of culture.

What's worse, it's clear that as soon as the suggestion was made, students, both male and female, immediately showed great enthusiasm for the idea.

"Magic girl-themed café! We could have some classmates dress up as Magic girls like Silver Feather or Thousand Sins, and others as Monster, and then run the café together. What do you think, teacher? I think it would be a huge hit!"

It's basically just a cosplay café with a Magic girl theme.

In previous years, Haihara would have said that the idea was very creative.

But this year...

She glanced instinctively at the students who had Problem Child in the class and found that they were all sweating profusely, feeling inexplicably guilty, and some even lowered their heads to prevent others from noticing them.

Seeing this, the woman's deep, dark eyes seemed to hold a hidden meaning, but she gave a barely perceptible smile, as cold as ever, yet with a touch of gentleness.

She gently touched her fingers, remained expressionless, and looked back at the students in the classroom.

"Renting a Magic girl costume for all the girls in the class seems quite expensive. You should consider our class budget."

For some reason, Haihara started covering for the Problem Child.

Although the excuse was rather flimsy.

A student immediately responded:

"Wouldn't a few people dressing up as Magic girls be enough?"

"That's right, just like those guys from our city."

"Teacher Haihara, is it really not allowed?"

It seems no one can resist the proposal of Magic girl-themed cafe.

It's just an ordinary cosplay café, but with Magic girls involved, it feels different.

Haihara herself doesn't care about any activities, and of course, she has no objection to Magic girl-themed cafe.

She rested the back of her hand on her chin, pretending to consider it for a moment.

After that, she nodded and readily agreed.

She also found the activity quite interesting, and it seemed like there was no reason for her to refuse.

Besides... right?

Meanwhile, the few Problem Child who were unpopular in class or suffered from social anxiety dared not speak out against their anger.

As for Kuroki Yuka...

Well, she didn't seem to have any complaints about the event.

Soon after, Haihara heard that sound.

"Hey, who should we have dressed up as a Magic girl? Like Fate Kite or Phantom Wind?"

In this era, both men and women can easily and without pressure or shame say the name of Magic girl.

Because there really is a Magic girl in this world who can shatter the entire world with a single punch.

After hearing the question, the students began to think about it.

For example, whose appearance or personality matches those of several famous Magic girls in their minds.

It would be better if I didn't want to.

The more they thought about it, the more they wanted it.

Year Four, Class Four was already the most famous class in the first year of high school for producing super beautiful girls.

The Problem Child quartet is made up of stunning beauties.

She'll be popular no matter what role she plays.

But thinking about it carefully, doesn't Kirishima look a lot like the Magical Girl Silver Feather?

Even their temperaments are quite similar.

"How about Kirishima playing either Silver Feather or Fate Kite? It sounds perfect!"

One little girl seemed very excited.

"...?"

Kirishima Ai blinked, looking confused.

She quickly shook her head---

"Wait, why me? I... I... I know absolutely nothing about Magic girls."

"I don't know... I just feel like it suits her for a strange reason, and Kirishima is both beautiful and cool, she'd definitely be popular as a Magic girl."

Soon, many voices echoed in agreement from the surrounding area.

That's absolutely right.

Upon closer reflection, Kirishima is practically a carbon copy of Silver Feather's human form.

Am I dressed as Silver Feather? Really?

Watching her classmates chatter away, only Kirishima Ai, speechless and frozen in place.

Then, the discussion shifted to who should play the other Magic girls, and how many students should be chosen to play the Magic girls.

In this process, Takanashi Shiori's potential was unfortunately discovered, and she tragically sacrificed herself.

The reason is simply that Takanashi is so beautiful that she would be popular no matter who she dressed up as.

After a bit of simple, tedious, and self-indulgent statistical work, Haihara discovered an interesting statistical fact from the students' discussions and mentions.

Thousand Sins and Phantom Wind seem to be the most popular Magic girls in the class right now.

What a bunch of shallow brats who only care about intensity.

Finally, even a certain former idol classmate was not spared...

"By the way, how about letting Little Chika play Star Flower?"

Surprisingly, even the seemingly most different Magic girl and her human form were inexplicably linked together.

Sakaki Chika herself wasn't particularly nervous or scared. She just blinked her bright eyes with a slight surprise, nodding as she listened to her classmate speak, looking quite serious.

"Their figures are so different! They're both cute, though."

Sakaki Chika is only 1.5 meters tall, but Star Flower is nearly 1.7 meters tall, which is quite a difference. Most people would never be able to connect them.

Not to mention their personalities, they are completely opposite.

"But only Sakaki Chika can pull off the role of Star Flower, a super idol, right? And this contrast might actually be popular, wouldn't it?"

"Yes... right?"

Finally, even Sakaki Chika collapsed.

When the old Problem Child trio was completely wiped out, Haihara, as someone in the know, inevitably Kuroki Yuka, the only accomplice present who had shared information with her.

Kuroki Yuka seems to be hoping that her classmates will discover the most suitable actress to play the role of An Iris, the famous Black Magical Girl of Maple Plain City, the strictest mother of the Black Death Cult, the woman of the rotten-fleshed Belial, and the Magical Girl Dark Kite who is ten times stronger after being redeemed.

However, it seems that for various reasons, the Magical Girl Dark Kite and her user have not yet been given priority consideration.

Seeing this, Kuroki Yuka panicked and wanted to ask everyone if they had any thoughts about the coolest and strongest Magical Girl Dark Kite. Then, Takanashi Shiori pinched her thigh, and she covered her mouth and wailed, almost dropping her little pearls.