Magical Girl? I Got Tricked Into It!

Magical Girl? I Got Tricked Into It!

Author: Dimensional Traveler Nep

Synopsis:

He had been tricked into a contract by a scummy magic wand.

Ando Koichi, who thought 3D was a trash game, was forcibly turned into a beautiful girl.

After learning that battles could put his life at risk, all he wanted was to slack off and return to his ordinary life.

But unable to break the contract, he was forced to live as a beautiful girl.

Unexpectedly, his childhood sweetheart, childhood friend, and secret crush all gathered around him at this very moment.

"Damn magic wand! If you hadn't tricked me, I'd never become some magical girl even if I died! Give me back my normal life!"

"What? You can turn back... but think about it. You've gotten used to this after so long, you have friends now—wouldn't it feel weird to turn back?"

"Being a girl isn't so bad, actually," said the girl who had once been a boy.

Volume One: The Story of How I Was Tricked into Becoming a Magical Girl: Chapter One: The Magical Girl Was Once a Boy

"Uooooooh!"

Beneath a dim sky, a gigantic beast let out a bizarre roar.

It crawled on all fours. Its head somewhat resembled a snapping turtle's, but what it carried on its back was not a shell; instead, it was a spiraling, layered structure like a snail shell.

It stopped before a twenty-story building, opened its bloody maw, and bit down on it. Like it was eating chocolate, it tore off a chunk with a crunch, swallowed it without much chewing, then took another bite. Before long, it had eaten half the building.

"Wow, it sure has an appetite. I wonder what's so tasty about that thing."

The twin-tailed little girl clad in a cute magenta outfit casually tossed away the binoculars in her hand. The discarded binoculars did not hit the ground, instead turning into a mass of red liquid in midair before transforming into a similarly magenta magic wand.

"There's no helping it. The Void World is made of magical power. If we let this Void Beast keep eating, it might evolve."

Though it should have been a rigid metal creation, the talking magic wand could not only float in midair but also twist its metal shaft and tip ornament in time with its tone of voice. It looked remarkably humanlike.

She rolled her eyes and put on a helpless expression. "It'll be troublesome if it evolves. Come on, Ruby, let's take it down in one go!"

"Yay! Take it down!"

The magic wand cheered as it transformed into a mass of red liquid and flowed before the red-haired little girl. After being reshaped through magical adjustment, it became a bow a head taller than the girl herself.

She braced the bow with her right foot and pulled the string taut with both hands.

Magical power slowly gathered upon the bow, forming an arrow of magic that became a crimson meteor streaking across the sky as she released the string.

The precise shot pierced the Void Beast's head while it was eating, sending it to paradise before it could even cry out.

"Every time I get dragged in here like this... when will it ever end?!"

"You have to believe in yourself. After all, you're the strongest and cutest magical girl."

"But I don't want to be a magical girl!"

"I was a hot-blooded young man, and after turning into a woman, I have to become a magical girl and save the world? Why am I the only one this unlucky?!"

The red-haired little girl vented her frustration by shouting at the sky of this world.

"If you keep shouting, and some magical girls happen to pass by later, everyone will know you used to be a guy."

This cutie was Ando Meiko, the star of the Magical Girl Tokyo Branch, codenamed "Red Princess." Her becoming a magical girl had been purely an accident. After all, one year ago, she... he? He had merely been a pathetic otaku whose confession had failed.

One year earlier.

The boy soaking in the water rested his head against the edge of the bathtub and stared at the ceiling with a deep sigh.

He closed his eyes. When one had nothing to do, one naturally began recalling recent events.

Today had been the third time Ando Koichi confessed to the girl he loved most, but he had failed once again. Her rejection had left him utterly despairing.

As expected, 3D is a trash game, he grumbled inwardly.

Ando Koichi was an utterly ordinary high school otaku. He was a little chubby, and while he could not be called handsome, he was at least fairly pleasant to look at.

When it came down to it, even he did not know why he had persisted after being rejected so many times. Even now, he still clung to fantasies about her.

With his eyes closed, his mind was filled with the dating sim he had just played...

If my childhood sweetheart moved in here...

If the girl next door, who was a year younger than me, still followed behind me like before, calling out with that sweet smile, "Big brother, wait for me!" and "Big brother, I like you the most!"...

If I were the protagonist of a romance galgame...

If I...

His consciousness gradually faded until he lost awareness...

"Mm... did I fall asleep...?"

When he opened his eyes, he found his body in the same state it had been in when he entered the bathtub. But this was not the bathroom, so he was not lying in the tub either.

Everything within his sight was dark, making him feel as though he had been placed inside the opening of a game. The only sources of light in the entire world were himself and a flickering point of light like a quest marker.

He paced toward the light.

Only when he reached it did Ando Koichi's expression turn to shock. There was only a soft bed, and lying atop it was a red-haired, twin-tailed girl as pure as a newborn baby.

Her skin was white and delicate as milk. On her adorable, slightly baby-fat face, cherry-red lips opened and closed faintly as though she were breathing.

The immature yet endlessly stirring sight made him swallow as his eyes widened.

"What kind of god-tier opening is this for a beautiful-girl raising game?"

Though the opening seemed terribly cliché, it made him especially excited. This was exactly his thing.

And it felt so real that Ando Koichi absurdly began wondering whether, while bathing, he had been run over by a truck that crashed into the bathroom and been transported to another world.

"Let me take a look. There ought to be some kind of event I can trigger in the opening of a restricted game like this."

Though he said that, an indescribable smile appeared on his face, like a farmer who had watched a rabbit knock itself unconscious against a tree.

For some reason, he repeatedly reminded himself to stop, yet Ando Koichi only felt his body slowly move toward the girl beyond his brain's control. His outstretched fingers trembled in midair.

Just a little more. Just a little more.

Even through the air, he could tell that her skin would definitely feel wonderful to touch. Still, he reminded himself that if the girl suddenly woke up, he had to remain calm as if nothing had happened.

As long as I'm not embarrassed, the embarrassed one will be someone else.

Things went smoothly. His fingertips had already touched her. Just as he had imagined, her skin was smooth, soft, and delicate.

As he began to lose himself in the sensation, he suddenly turned his head and saw the girl blinking her large eyes as she curiously studied him.

Ando Koichi smiled faintly to himself. He had already anticipated this situation.

Under the girl's gaze, Ando Koichi calmly withdrew his hand and took several stiff steps backward...

The next instant, he dropped to his knees. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I was wrong! Please forgive me!"

If he did not apologize, he would die, right? He would definitely die, right? Being caught red-handed in a dream was completely beyond his expectations.

The obsession that had urged him to continue even if he was discovered shattered in that instant like glass hitting the ground. No matter how perverted he might be, he was ultimately just a somewhat timid, somewhat introverted otaku.

The little girl sat up, crossed her legs, and casually rested one foot atop Ando Koichi's head.

He had expected her to punish him, but rather than holding him accountable, her first words were a question that left him completely baffled.

"Hey, are you despairing over your life?"

"A little, maybe, but I wouldn't call it despair. I'm just kind of fed up," he answered honestly.

"Do you want to live a life like one in the 2D world?"

"Yes. A romantic comedy would be best, of course. If possible, I'd like to be the protagonist."

"Do you want the power to change everything about your current situation?"

"Well, who wouldn't say yes to that question? But what's the price?"

"Do you want to have me?"

That question was practically a bombshell. Do you want to have me? Why were there such beautiful, exhilarating words and sentences in this world?

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, the little girl revealed a heart-hooking smile like that of a little devil.

"If you answer me honestly, I might even let you lick my feet."

Ando Koichi felt his brain crash on the spot. Without his brain's vital CPU support, the focus of his thinking shifted downward. He almost blurted out a single word. "Yes."

"Are you willing to sign a contract with me and become a magical girl?"

"I am... Wait, hold on. A contract? What was that just now?"

"Hahaha, too late!"

Amid the girl's crisp, bell-like laughter, his vision was swallowed by the blinding white light erupting from her body, and he lost consciousness once more.

"Mm..."

The surroundings were no longer the dark place he had just seen. Back in the bathroom, Ando Koichi rubbed his foggy head while recalling that ridiculous dream.

Did I soak for too long...? My head feels so dizzy. I need to get out quickly...

For some reason, his body felt heavy, and a subtle sense of imbalance made him uncomfortable. He did not know whether it was because he had fallen asleep in the bathtub and soaked too long, causing something to go wrong with his body.

But he did not dwell on the matter. Feeling unwell, he only wanted to leave the bathroom and return to his room as soon as possible.

As he stepped out of the bathtub, his foot missed its footing. Ando Koichi immediately lost his balance, and a bloodcurdling scream echoed throughout the bathroom.

"Eek!"

But more than the pain, what concerned him was the sound he had just made. How could that possibly have come from a boy's throat?

"Wait... huh? Why has my voice become like this?"

No matter how he tried to speak, the sound that came out was not his original deep, magnetic male voice. Instead, it was a crisp, pleasant, slightly soft female voice.

A chill ran through him. Ando Koichi quickly got up from the floor, only to unexpectedly step on the bar of soap he had used and carelessly thrown aside without putting away.

"Ah!"

With a miserable cry in a clear girlish voice, his butt made intimate contact with the bathroom tiles.

"Ow, that hurts..." Trying to ease the pain, he rubbed the spot where he had fallen.

Wait, what... what was with this smooth, perky, elastic sensation?

Only after standing back up did he realize what was happening. He looked down, but his feet were completely blocked from view by two masses of fat.

"Huh?"

"No way... I can't still be dreaming, can I? I should still be asleep in the bathtub, right?"

He slapped his own face hard. The only sensation was pain—extreme pain. It hurt so much that Ando Koichi was nearly in tears, and that told him he was not dreaming.

Instinctively, he looked toward the only half-length mirror in the bathroom.

Though the mirror was covered by a thin mist from the steam filling the bathroom, the figure reflected within it was even more clearly graceful and curvaceous. That could not possibly be him.

He casually grabbed a spare towel folded nearby and draped it over the mirror. As if preparing for battle, Ando Koichi took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.

The mirror had been wiped clean, but the hand holding the towel trembled slightly as he removed it.

"Heavens... can this really be me?"

He reached out in disbelief and touched his own face, while the person in the mirror naturally followed his movements.

Perhaps because she had just emerged from hot water, the cute girl in the mirror had a faint blush on her cheeks. Beneath waist-length black hair was milky-white skin that could be called mutton-fat jade. Her slender arms were perfectly proportioned, and her long, jade-like legs had not lost the softness they should have had.

Most importantly, the part below her neck looked like it could rank fifth or even sixth among twenty-six brothers and sisters.

"This is bad..."

This was not a good thing at all. Ando Koichi did not dare keep admiring the completely different self in the mirror. He flung the towel over it, and the towel slapped against the mirror, completely covering it.

While he was still clearheaded and rational, he hurried out of the bathroom. After drying himself in the bathroom's changing area, he put on the clothes he had prepared.

Getting dressed was excruciating. His clothes were far too large for his now smaller body, constantly slipping off his shoulders no matter how he wore them. It did not look dignified at all.

But none of that mattered anymore. He only wanted to rush back to his room and then figure out what the hell had happened to him.