Hand It Over! Miluno

(Miluno)

"Yadayo!!"

He grabbed Aldebaran by the Aldebaran with one hand and retreated back into the black mist.

"Oh dear, Miko-chan~ Didn't you say you wouldn't interfere? Are you angry because I'm hugging Sai-chan?"

Without the thorns and flower crowns to support its height, this short man's head only reaches below my chest, so I can pick him up like a chick.

Although this little golden statue weighs two or three hundred pounds, it's not that heavy for me.

"These black mists can interfere with the Supreme Council's monitoring, but they won't hinder your stage play. Let's be frank: hand over the technology of the Witch Domain and I'll cooperate with you to continue this performance. Otherwise, you'll stay here in jail with Betelgeuse."

I threatened her with a cold face, but she winked at me.

"So, you want to break the contract?"

"No, it's just revising the clauses that were initially unfavorable to us."

"I already said I'd teach you the techniques, but I didn't expect Mi-chan to distrust me like this. I'm a little sad, aren't I?"

"Stop with the nonsense, I'm not going to argue with you."

She stared at my face and sighed, as if giving in.

"Okay, then I need to say something to Sai-chan."

"You are not allowed to go near her again."

Who knows what she'll do next?

"Then let's get a little closer?"

I allowed her to peek out from the black mist, but she suddenly ripped off her white lab coat, pulled down the straps of her undershirt, revealing her bare collarbone, and yelled at Ceruno:

"Hahaha, I know what you're plotting! I won't hand over the technology to you until I bring Betelgeuse back... Oops!"

She brought it back to me.

What kind of airplane are you thinking of?

Instead, she started yelling and messing up her clothes.

"Ugh, Mikoto~ We're good friends, but we can't do this kind of thing! Ha~ Ya~"

Even though I didn't do anything, she still let out a suggestive, coquettish sound.

This is a trap.

But it wasn't directed at me.

"Mi! Mi! Miluno! No! What are you doing?!"

Ceruno, blushing, stammered as she easily took the bait and rushed into the black mist.

Because I wouldn't let her Past, she tried to get Ceruno to come over?

"Sai-chan! Help me!"

"Ah?"

Aldebaran then shamelessly pounced on Ceruno, clinging to her like a cheap advertisement on a telephone pole, clearly not going to be pulled down by me.

The most fatal thing is...

Ceruno, that silly girl, really protected Aldebaran, hugging him and turning him to one side like a mother hen protecting Aldebaran chicks.

"Miluno, you can't do that even to an enemy! If you have that kind of need to be met, you can come to me!"

What kind of need?

Does she really distrust her lover that much?

Aldebaran was rubbing his cheek against her chest, blatantly taking advantage of her, and even gave me a mocking smirk from an angle where Ceruno couldn't see. Didn't this idiot have any self-awareness?

"Well..."

I was just about to say something to explain.

"Ah--!!"

Aldebaran, which was clinging to Ceruno like a sloth, suddenly let out a scream, a string of blue sparks flew from its body, and it fell off Ceruno.

After a while, she sat on the ground and tugged at the black collar around her neck.

"What's this?"

Ceruno explained:

"The Forced Coma Shock Collar... it doesn't work with magic, but the gadgets are still usable... but as expected, it has no effect on witches!"

That was an auxiliary tool developed by the Association to contain Magical Girl Soldiers. Because witches have physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary people, the electric shocks from the collar are unlikely to stun them.

But Aldebaran's body is made of gold, a good conductor of electricity, so the Shock Collar was more effective against her.

Although the electric shock didn't knock me unconscious on the spot, my voice started to sound electronic.

"Then how come you're alright?! Crack!"

Aldebaran shorter.

"I have the protection provided by my Battle Dress! Simply put, it's not very conductive... Although it's a little numb, I can handle it because I was mentally prepared."

Ceruno's already fluffy hair flew up all over, a sight that should have been typical of waking up on a winter morning.

"Alright, Bi-chan, so what are you going to do? Staying in the black fog all the time will arouse suspicion! You still want to keep acting, right?"

You underestimated her.

I never expected her to trick Aldebaran.

"Bilibili! You guys want the technology for the Witch Domain, right?"

Thorny tentacles supported her petite body; Aldebaran, with her thin and frail frame, declared from its lofty position:

"You all underestimate me! Well then, I'll let you experience the power of the Witch Domain firsthand!"

A deep red barrier loomed over the prison from the sky.

Betelgeuse, Viktorika, and Regil were locked in the cage behind her.

"So it's all thanks to Miko-chan! It was the darkness you released that caused the concentration in this area to rise to a level sufficient to open the Witch Domain!"

Even without me, the witches imprisoned in this jail are enough.

She said that just to provoke me again...

"Well, it seems you really want to fight me."

The thick black fog dissipated.

The landscape within the area had transformed from a prison into a golden flower garden. The abundance of gold, while seemingly magnificent, was rather monotonous and dull. Moreover, every plant in the garden was covered with dangerous thorns; anyone who carelessly stepped into it would injure themselves.

Troublesome terrain traps.

Even if you speed up, you still can't wade Past this garden.

"Welcome to my garden, both of you. If you wish to leave, your only option is to defeat me, but..."

Her thorny tentacles, with tips like cannon barrels, fired out bottle after bottle of Magic Suppressant potion with a series of bangs, causing the magic within the entire area to flow sluggishly, like paste.

"... I'll stop at nothing to win! Get ready!"

Without the ability to use magic, Ceruno can only play the role of a decorative cheerleader in the background, and I have no choice but to use the power of this little thing...

But what about Sirius and the other magical girls?

Even Mono...

Shouldn't they be locked up in the Witch Domain too?

The little thing said helplessly:

"The Base Body has been isolated; the actual area of this domain is very small."

"Kukuku, is Michan looking for other magical girls? Unfortunately, this Witch Domain is limited to... the second level of the prison! People who aren't here will be kept out by the barrier, but you can't get in without Sai-chan's magic!"

"Is this even possible?"

"The scope of the territory is, of course, up to me!"

Ceruno looked at me pitifully.

Without magic, she couldn't help; a hint of unease flickered in her eyes.

"It's alright, even the Fomalhaut in the Witch Domain can't deal with us... Let Aldebaran handle it, Mono!"

"Here I am!"

The fluid darkness seeped out again from the Morning Star Crystal, and the little creature circled around me, uttering vows that only I could hear.

"I'm going to protect Ceruno- chan too! I'll teach that woman a lesson!"

Dark Armament.

Abyss, depravity, danger.

Well, I'm... kind of used to it now.