CH 21

I’m not good at waking up. Even without Mkyu sticking to my face, I can’t think straight and am always sluggish when I wake up from sleep.

I go to the washbasin and brush my teeth, just for the sake of it. I see myself reflected in the sink, with my hair a little messy and a drowsy look on my face. Her eyes are very cute and her head is hazy and dreamy. My head is still in a hazy dreamy state, but I suddenly remember that I went to bed yesterday without taking a bath, so I head to the living room to get a towel while filling up the bathtub with hot water.

I was about to head to the chest of drawers to look for a towel, but along the way, I saw a steamed bun that had turned gray rather than white hanging down its head. It was mumbling something in a dak atmosphere and was drinking something from the 1.8-liter sake bottle he was holding in his hand. Or can you even drink?

“Mokyu. What are you doing?”

When I called out to Mokyu, Mokyu raised its head and turned to me. For some reason, Mokyu’s eyes are really moist and red, probably because of the alcohol.

Mokyu notices me and, contrary to its expression, Mokyu speaks in a surprisingly firm tone.

“Roze, I have told you that we (Mokyus) are basically free, right kyu~.”

“Yeah, I think we talked about something like that.”

“Fairies are free, irresponsible, curious, and will do anything as long as it’s interesting, and don’t like trouble kyu. They are unthinking and thoughtless in everything they do and don’t care no matter what happens, that kind of useless bastard kyu. They are the kind of people who, if they are interested in something, immediately chases after it, and if they lose interest in it, they immediately abandons it kyu.”

I feel like you’ve been ragging on them a lot, but aren’t fairies your own kind? Certainly, when I heard that they were trying to farm ‘Wanderer’, I can’t deny that I thought they were a very crazy bunch, but as expected that’s too far.

“They said they were bored of it…”

“Hmm? Of what?”

“Supporting magical girls, they said they were bored of it kyu… That’s why they went back…”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

What do you mean bored of supporting magical girls? Also, going back?. In the first place, didn’t you say that the fairies were supporting the magical girls as atonement for creating the ‘Wanderer’? I feel like the detail is different, but roughly it should be like that.

“I think I told you yesterday that it was strange that I couldn’t spot any fairies around Sapphire and Quartz kyu. After Roze went to bed, I asked the other fairies what was going on kyu. They told me that they were bored of supporting and watching the magical girl and that they had already left kyu. Not only the Magical Girl Committee, but all the fairies in the various organizations had also left…”

“Ehh… what’s up with that…”

“Mokyu, won’t go home kyu. I can no longer go back kyu. The Magical Girl Committee members and other fairies in various places have left this world on the premise that ‘it is not good for us to help mankind any further, and that the rest should be taken care of by mankind themself’. Mokyu was told I did not have to come back until I could confirm that all the ‘Wanderers’ had disappeared… The fairies are responsible for creating the Wanderer, so Mokyu should go and fulfill that responsibility…”

Ah…come to think of it, I was the only one who knew that it was the fairies who created ‘Wanderer’. I just woke up so my mind wasn’t working properly. If I hadn’t heard that story, it would be quite understandable to be told that ‘mankind should take care of the rest’. I know the backstory, so it’s complicated.

So, what is it? Does that mean that fairies won’t help mankind anymore? Leaving only Mokyu behind.

“Huh? Doesn’t that mean there won’t be any new magical girls? Isn’t that pretty bad?”

“When a new fairy is born, they will appear to give power to the magical girl and then return kyu. Just like with Benihime yesterday…”

“Ahh, that. She said it disappeared without giving any explanation. I see-.”

Haah, I’ve been told stories that have blown away my drowsiness since morning, so I’m gradually waking up, but it sure seems like it’s going to be quite complicated. I don’t know to what extent other magical girls were supported by fairies, so I don’t know how that will change. However, from now on, a neglected magical girl like Benihime will appear. And if so, it is certain that the number of stray magical girls will increase.

“Looks like my work has increased.”

“It’s not just at that level kyu!! Why did they left Mokyu behind kyu! ! Mokyu is doing my best to deal with “Wanderer”, and I and Roze are also doing our best to support the magical girls kyu!! Even so, erasing all the ‘Wanderers’ is impossible kyu! ! In this world, when malice gathers, a ‘Wanderer’ will be born kyu! I can’t go back to my hometown for the rest of my life kyuuuu! ! ! ”

Mokyu becomes delirious and waves the sake bottle in its hand, but it is dangerous, so I take the bottle away from Mokkyu and rub Mokyu to calm it down. Mokyu’s fur is soft and comfortable to the touch.

For a while, I hug Mokyu and let Mokyu do as he pleases until he stops crying.

After a few minutes, Mokyu seems to have calmed down, although Mokyu seems more depressed than usual, Mokyu rolls on my lap with a more normal complexion than before.

“Well, if anyone can’t go back to their hometown, they’ll be confused. Come to think of it, where is Mokyu’s hometown? You said it was another world but.”

“It’s difficult to explain kyu~. It’s a pseudo-separate world, but I don’t have the words to accurately describe it kyu~. However, we’ve connected Mokyu’s hometown and this world with magic so that we can come and go kyu~. Magical Girl School is also connected to another space in the same way kyu~. However, Mokyu’s pass to return to her hometown was revoked, so I can’t go back kyu~.”

“That’s terrible. I wonder what will happen to magical girls from now on.”

Another world is too grand to imagine, but it’s important to force yourself to accept that such a thing exists. Magic sure is an amazing technology to think it can connect with another space and be able to come and go. And Mokyu looks pitiful…

“I don’t think it will change that much kyu~. I don’t think the support of other fairies was working properly since it’s just for their own enjoyment. But I am sure that the number of stray magical girls will increase in the future, so I am worried kyu~.”

As I thought it’s going to increase, huh. If it was only like yesterday’s Benihime, it would only be a little troublesome, but I can’t help but feel uneasy when I think of a child who has obtained such a mysterious thing as magic and uses it out of curiosity.

I wonder if the Magical Girl Committee is also in a bit of a panic now that the fairies are gone. No, despite all the trouble it’ll bring, they may be surprisingly accepted it. After all, from the perspective of the human race, fairies are like saviors, creating magical girls to protect mankind from the monster “Wanderer”. If that savior says, “The rest should be taken care of by mankind,” then they have no choice but to agree. It’s not like they can just grumble and risked making their savior unhappy.

Anyway, from now on, a magical girl will suddenly be born, and then they will take her into custody. Thinking about it like that, it seems like it’s going to be difficult for me to move. After all, I’m a stray magical girl, and from now on, the Magical Girl Committee is likely to actively search and take stray magical girls in for protection.

I hope they’ll leave me alone. Well, I guess that’s impossible.

Guess, the constant changes in the world won’t settle down that easily.

“Roze…”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Mokyu looks up at me from above my knees. A beautiful girl holding a white wonder creature in her lap is a very picturesque sight, isn’t it? Mokyu is an excellent mascot, you know.

“Roze won’t abandon Mokyu…? Will you stay with me from now on…?”

I think I should be a little more kind to Mokyu from now on, I gently pat Mokyu on the head to reassure her.

“I won’t abandon you, and you can stay as long as you like. I know you’re working hard, and I’m very grateful to you. Because you delivered a wonderful world to me, who had no dreams or ideals and was just living a boring life. I feel like the fairies who created ‘Wanderer’ are a bit too sloppy to be the savior of mankind, but for me, Mokyu is definitely my savior.”

I firmly affirm Mokyu as I give Mokyu a hug. I don’t usually say such things to Mokyu, but today is a good time for me to reveal what’s on my mind. I’m embarrassed to say it, and it seems like Mokyu would get carried away if I praise Mokyu too much, so for today.

I slowly rocked Mokyu on my lap and kept stroking Mokyu, and even though she was so embarrassed that she nuzzled her face into my lap, Mokyu let me do as I please.

Honjitsu no mahō shōjo eigyō wa heitende īdarou. Sōiu kibun demonaishi, mahō shōjo iinkai ni subete marunage shiyou. Subete o wasurete yuttari sugosu jikan ga atte mo ī hazuda. Mo ki ~yu o kakaeta mama o furo e mukai fukuwonugu. Soshite, iyana koto o fukitobasu yō ni yokusō e Daibu suru. `Rōzu, kon’na chīsana yokusō ni tobikomu no wa yokunai kki ~yu. Kowaretara dō suru tsumori kki ~yu’ `sonotoki wa okkī no kai naosu yo. Boku wa mō ōganemochidakara ne. Oyogeru saizu no o furo demo tsukutte moraou yo!’ `Kono-ka wa chintaidakara sō iu no dekinai to omou kki ~yu’ o furo de yuttari to, mo ki ~yutokudaranai-banashi de moriagaru. Oyu ni mi o makasete daradara suru no wa kimochi ga ī monoda. Nobosenai yō ni wa chūi ga hitsuyōdaga. Pukapuka to uite iru mo ki ~yuha, marude uki wa demo tsuite iru ka no yō ni tadayotte iruga, ke toka ochite tsumaranai yo na. Tsurekonda no wa bokudaga imasaranagara fuan ni natte kita. Hontōni tsumaru to komarunode, uite iru mo ki ~yu o hippari dashite karada o arau koto ni suru. Fudan to chigai ke ga nurete tarete iruga, soredemo manjū to shite no sugata o ushinatte inai mo ki ~yuwo yuka ni suwara sete, atama no ue kara shanpū de aratte ageru. `Ki ~yukkyu! ? Totsuzen nani o suru kki ~yu! ? Mo ki ~yuha suponjiji ~yanaikkyu!!’ Abarete sawagidasu mo ki ~yuwo mata ni hasande kotei shi, sonomama arai tsudzukeru. Jibun ga arawa rete iru koto o rikai shita mo ki ~yuha, saisho wa teikō suru yō ni mijirogi shite itaga, yagate kimochiyoku natte kita no ka otonashiku chikara o nuite mi o makasete kureru yō ni natta. Fushigina koto ni ke wa issai ochinakattanode, boku no shinpai wa kiyūdatta wakedaga, ma~a, rirakkusu dekite irunara sore de ī ka. `Sō ieba, mo ki ~yu. Akahime ga dō natta ka tte wakaru? Safaia ni makasetashi nantoka shite kure teru to wa omoukedo’ `wakaranai kki ~yu. Ima made iron’na jōhō wa yōsei-tachi de kyōyū shi tari shite takki ~yu. Dakara iinkai no dōkō toka, futsū no mahō shōjo ga dōshiteru toka, aruteido wa kiku koto ga deki takki ~yu. Tada, ima wa mō min’na inaku natta mitaidakara, korekara wa sōitta jōhō mo atsumeru no ga muzukashiku naru kki ~yu’ `sokka ̄. Fuben ni nari-sōda ne ̄ ‘ `dōse nokottete mo, taimurīna jōhō o yokosu renchūde mo nakatta kki ~yu. Mushiro, zatsuna jōhō kara senbetsu suru sagyō ga nakunatta dake raku ni natta kamo shirenai kki ~yu’ mo ki ~yuha warainagara katsute no dōryō e dokuwohaku. Fukkireta ka wa wakaranai ga, sorede kibun ga raku ni naru nonara boku mo zonbun ni tsukiatte ageru to shiyou. `Boku wa mahō shōjo seikatsu o jūbun tanoshin derukara, mo ki ~yumoshikkari tanoshinde yaru no ga ī yo’ `mochiron kki ~yu. Dōse ue kara sashizu sa reru koto mo mō naishi, karini atta to shite mo mushi shite yaru kki ~yu. Mo ki ~yumo suki ni yatte tanoshima sete morau kki ~yu’ `amari chōshi ni nori suginaide yo? “Wandarā” tanjō no ninomai wa gomendakara ne?’ `Wakatteru kki ~yu. Kondo wa mo ki ~yu ga aratte agerukara suwaruto īkki ~yu!’ `Hai hai, yoroshiku ne’ mo ki ~yu ga mijikai te o ugokashinagara, hisshi ni boku no kami to karada o aratte kureru. Dochira-tomo awa-darake ni nari, ōkina awa no katamari o tsukutte asobi, saigo ni wa kōkyū suponji no yōna yawarakai karada o kakaete, awa mo tsukare mo iyana koto mo subete, oyu de arainagasu.

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Let’s close the magical girl business for today. I’m not in the mood for it anyway, so let’s just leave it to the Magical Girl Committee. It would be nice to have time to just forget everything and relax.

With Mokyu in my arms, I head to the bath and undress. Then I dive into the bathtub to blow away all the unpleasant things.

“Rose, it’s not good to jump into such a small bathtub kyu~. What are you going to do if it breaks kyu~?”

“When that happens, I’ll buy another big one. I’m already a millionaire. Let’s make a bath that’s big enough to swim!”

“I don’t think you can do that, this house is for rent kyu~.”

Relaxing in the bath and having a good time talking about trivial things with Mokyu. It feels good to just sit back and relax in the hot water. Although I have to be careful to not go overboard.

Mokyu is floating around as if she had a floating ring attached to her, but I hope the bath won’t get clogged up with hair or something. I was the one who brought Mokyu in, but now I’m getting worried.

I was worried that it might get clogged, so I decided to pull out the floating Mokyu and wash Mokyu’s body. Unlike usual, Mokyu hair is wet and dripping, but Mokyu still hasn’t lost the steamed bun form, so I let MOkyu sit on the floor and wash its head with shampoo.

“Kyu kyu! What are you doing all of a sudden kyu~!? Mokyu isn’t a sponge kyu~!”

I pinned Mokyu, who started to make a fuss, between my legs and continued to wash her. When Mokyu realized that it was being washed, he initially wriggled in resistance, but eventually, Mokyu began to relax and let himself be washed, as Mokyu started to get comfortable with it.

Strangely, Mokyu hair didn’t fall off at all, so my worries were unfounded, but well, if you’re relax, then that’s fine.

“Come to think of it, Mokyu. Do you know what happened to Benihime? I just left it to Sapphire and told her to do something about it but”

“I don’t know kyu~. Up until now, fairies have shared a lot of information with each other kyu~. That’s why I’ve been able to hear about things like what the committee is doing and what how the normal magical girls are doing kyu~. It seems like everyone is gone now, so it’s going to be difficult to collect that kind of information from now on kyu~.”

“I see. It’s going to be inconvenient, huh.”

“Even if they were still around, they wouldn’t be able to send any timely information kyu~. In fact, it may be easier now that Mokyu doesn’t have to sort through all of the miscellaneous information kyu~.”

Mokyu laughs while trash talked his former colleagues.

I don’t know if Mokyu has gotten over it or not, but if it makes Mokyu feel better, I’ll go along with her as much as I can.

“I’m fully enjoying my life as a magical girl, so it’s good if Mokyu enjoyed it as well.”

“Of course kyu~. Anyway, now I won’t be given any orders from above anymore, and even if I do, I’ll ignore them kyu~. I’ll do what I like and have fun with it kyu~.”

“Don’t get too carried away, okay? We don’t want a repeat of the birth of ‘Wanderer’, do we?”

“I know kyu~. I’ll wash you this time, so sit down and take a seat kyu~.”

“Yes yes, I’ll leave it to you.”

Mokyu washes my hair and body frantically, moving her short hands. Both are covered in bubbles, playing with the bubble, making big lumps of foam, and finally, holding the soft body as if it’s a luxurious sponge, they rinses away all the bubbles, fatigue, and unpleasantness with hot water.