"Pure, radiant, the flower of miracles!!"
On the living room sofa, watching the Magical Girl anime playing on TV with Azura, I felt a strange chill for some reason, and the abdomen that had previously been sliced open throbbed faintly.
What was going on here?
"Miluno... I've finished making it."
Barbara rubbed her eyes as she came downstairs. She seemed eager to rush into a hug, but ultimately suppressed the impulse, instead pulling a fiery red magic potion out from behind her back.
That color looked a little spicy.
"As long as I drink this, I'll become what Miluno wants me to be."
Even if she said that, I completely failed to understand the concept.
"You aren't going to make anything dangerous... Hey!"
She didn't answer, simply unscrewing the potion and gulping it down in one go.
The petite girl collapsed to the floor, her head drooping as she muttered to herself:
"This is fine... This way I can become a real person."
What did a real person even mean?
"Miluno, Barbara's body is getting very hot..."
Azura pointed out. In reality, it wasn't just hot.
She was also growing at a visible rate. Originally built like a prepubescent child, she not only gained several inches in height, but her chest—previously even flatter than mine—swelled up explosively; her sprout-like, fresh green hair grew longer, fluffier, and softer; and though her facial features hadn't changed drastically, they had opened up slightly, her face still retaining a soft baby fat...
This was only a change in appearance.
Barbara opened her eyes. That initial cluelessness had been swept away, replaced by burning eyes full of fiery spirit.
"Mn, human feelings are pretty much like this, aren't they?"
She stood up, spinning around in place to examine her new posture.
Then she looked back