chapter 88

The same day’s evening .

Maria returned home at 10 p . m feeling tired .

She passed through the living room and then took cup noodles and headed to her room .

I clenched my fist .

I’ll give a good talk to Maria .

Father is on an overseas business trip due to the investment trust of the credit union and Mother is troubled too .

In that case, there’s nobody other than me to give her a good talking about the 1 million yen theft .

I headed towards Maria’s room…And on the way there I changed paths to my room .

As I thought, I also need to prepare myself .

After all, I’ll be scolding my sister about going down the wrong path . Due to that my heart is also beating fast .

Before long loud music was being heard from Maria’s room .

I sighed from being fed up .

Basically, if you think about it she has no standards at home and then when she comes there’s this . The neighbours are also troubled greatly .

As I knew, as the only male currently in the house there’s nobody other than me to give a good talking to her .

I renewed my resolution and headed to Maria’s room .

And then, I knocked on the door .

“Oi, Maria?”

No reply . She probably can’t hear the knock from the loud music .

“Oi, Maria!!”

I knocked even stronger this time .

But, as I thought, there was still no reply .

“Oi! I’m entering!”

I open the door and —-

— There was a magical girl .

A blue magical girl wearing excessively frilly clothes .

My mouth was opening and closing…

“Ah… . ”

“Ah… . ”

Maria’s mouth was opening and closing, too .

“O…oi, Maria?”

“W-What is it, Onii-chan?”

“You know…”

“What?”

And then I recalled many things that have happened till now .

The 1 million disappearing and Maria not coming home… Well, various things .

Is that so, that was it… I came to one conclusion and asked Maria .

“Did you need money… for your cosplay?”

While blushing she answered back to me .

“That is irrelevant to Onii-chan, though?”

Maria’s cheeks were dyed red .

It seems she got embarrassed from getting red-handed at cosplay .

“Ooh, for today that’s it, but we’ll talk honestly another day . ”

I said only that much and closed the door while being confused .

I was so surprised that I couldn’t even scold her .

So, I think .

There’s only strange people around me!

・Kindergarten

Side: Morishita Maria

The day after my brother has seen my transforming appearance .

Though, he mistook my appearance as cosplay in the end .

Well, he was inattentive since the past so I can somehow understand that .

At any rate, I’m glad that he misunderstood .

Now, leaving that aside, I was going to the mountains that are just several stations away from Shonan .

On the way there, I bought daily necessities and food from the store and supermarket… Well, it’s dad’s money .

Soon Mother will notice too, I don’t know how long this situation will continue, nevertheless I still have a method left .

When I saw the closed school deep in the mountains I waved while carrying a huge backsack .

“Onee-chan!”

“Onee-chaan!”

As always everyone came to greet me .

And then I entered the school’s building .

“Onee-chan! I like games!”

“I want a cake!”

Everyone… as usual is asking me .

“Un . I’ll buy anything . ”

While treating everyone to short-cake I answered with tears in my eye .

“Dad’s swiped cash card has only 150, 000 yen remaining . The bankbook, cash card of the other bank have been hidden . Besides, there’s no more demons around this area . ”

I sighed while looking at everyone eating the cake .

“The limit is getting close . Maki-ane… What should I do?”

I sighed while looking towards the ceiling of the place called Kindergarten in the past by Maki-ane in self-derision .

Side: Lela Sakaguchi

“Abeno Kaguya?”

“What is it?”

“Trespassing in the general hospital under management of Tenpishi heavy industries late at night… The destination is the daughter of the founder . Do you understand what this means? This is beyond quarrelling as children!”

“It’s direct intervention between powers on the surface . There’s a chance of being put away as intervention in the public if we’re found . ”

The school’s loafers are echoing in the hospital at midnight .

“So, do you get it?”

“Yeah, I get it . And, I’m using the skill Concealment to not be found . ”

“So, what do you want to show me concerning Tsukimiya Shizuku?”

“The situation is heavier than expected . Already, requesting aid from Morishita-kun is entering my radar . ”

“And I said, what do you want to show me?”

“If I say it in terms of chess and shogi then Morishita-kun can turn the whole board over with just pure strength… Truly he’s a joker card that needs to be used at the last moment . ”

“Well, that’s probably the right way of putting it . That’s why we didn’t ask for his collaboration for this case so that he can recover MP . Honestly, if he comes out to the public, there might be a total war between Japan’s Amaterasu and the Vatican . ”

“Yeah, that’s how dangerous he’s in the world . And then, there’s you the lower executive of the Vatican who have double-crossed them and following Morishita-kun . It’s for sure that they’ll regard him as dangerous . ”

“Double crossed… More or less, I’m doing my duties to them from being in care, though?”

“I was a little bit ill-mannered there . But you know, Lela Sakaguchi?”

“What?”

“You are my highest ace card in deck of cards . That’s how much I value you . ”

“Well… Thanks for that . ”

And then Abeno Kaguya stopped in front of a room .

“No matter how you put it, it’s against duty to not explain the situation directly to the person that you’re going to use as a high ace . ”

I was at a loss for words .

“This is…?”

“Check the name . ”

I saw the nameplate and Tsukimiya Shizuku was written on it, then I fell to my knees not being able to endure it .

“Cleaning up later will be really troublesome . ”

「……」

I breathe on top of the bed while having my stomach juice kept in check from looking at the thing that once was a young girl .

“Why did… this black gal turned into a granny just over-night…?”

“To be more precise it’s two days . The loss of nerves in her right eye and shoulder was in one day . ”

“What is this…”

“Do you understand about magical girls a little bit now?”

“I don’t understand it . There’s no way I can understand it . ”

“There’s no training, it’s a technique where you become a superperson overnight with just a contract . That’s the magical girl system . ”

“System…?”

“Naturally, that has compensation . ”

“… Compensation?”

That’s right, Abeno Kaguya muttered .

“It shaves your life force and you literally become a superperson . At first it starts taking away your physical ability along with your five senses, and then this form is the final compensation . Do you get it now why they have to hunt the monsters and exterminate them at an excessive speed?”

“I don’t get it at all . ”

“There’s a reason why they have to hunt . They have a fighting style like a rakshasa that doesn’t mind dying . There’s a clear reason for that . ”

“What do you mean?”

“They must not stop fighting . Even if they slightly lose their five senses they cannot stop . ”

“Why is it like that…”

“There’s already a blunt compulsory reason for that . The lying old woman there can answer that . ”

And then—

Abeno Kaguya began explaining about the magical girl system to me .

After listening to everything, I looked to the changed Tsukimiya Shizuku and at that time—-

For the first time, I truly understand the meaning of why Magical Girls must live on the path of shura .