36 The Young Lady Who Came Barging Into My Place Was Actually a Magical Girl (Honestly, My First Time Seeing One)
Agents known to the general public, and agents kept secret.
There are various types, but… a magical girl is my first time seeing one.
Well, I figured they probably existed somewhere in the world, but…
Actually witnessing one with my own eyes is a first-time experience for me.
“Um… nice to see you again? Aroma-san.”
“…Eh? Master Manager… sama?”
Aroma-san, holding her staff-type Ignis Board, striking a pose on top of a telephone pole.
Magical Fighter Aroma… or rather, Aroma-Eustia.
It seems she announced herself without confirming her opponent… and is now looking down at me with wide, blinking eyes.
“No way… it can’t be… Master Manager-sama is one of Devilas’s minions!?”
“No, that’s not it, okay? I actually just finished defeating one of those Devilas guys’ minions…”
“That’s impossible! The demon cards controlled by Devilas have an effect that bewitches those who face them! There’s no way a fighter other than a Magical Fighter could fight them and be perfectly fine!”
I see, so it’s the type of enemy that inflicts debuffs when demon cards are used.
It’s a fairly common pattern with demon cards.
Well, as usual, I defeated them before the demon card could be summoned, so I didn’t notice… But that would be difficult to explain…
“That said, the fact is I defeated them…”
“It’s not impossible to defeat them. With Master Manager-sama’s level of skill, it wouldn’t be impossible. What’s strange is that you don’t show any signs of exhaustion whatsoever.”
I see.
While I don’t think someone like Ren-san would lose to a small-fry Devilas, let alone executive-class ones, fighting would be extremely tiring due to the bewilderment effect.
If someone tried to force consecutive battles in that state, even Ren-san might find it tough.
Conversely, the fact that I’m not exhausted is normally impossible… I suppose.
Yeah, that is certainly suspicious.
But since I haven’t done anything wrong, I can only assert my innocence.
To explain why I’m not exhausted, I’d have to reveal that I didn’t let them use demon cards in the first place…
Alright then, in that case.
“Then, Aroma-san.”
“Wh-what is it…?”
“—Let’s Fight, right here.”
Saying that, I ready my Ignis Board. Aroma-san’s eyes widen.
The simplest method to prove my innocence. That is to communicate through a Fight.
For people to understand each other, the most universal method is always a Fight.
And,
“Desuwa…I-I understand!”
Aroma-san will also accept this Fight in this situation.
Even if she might die of joy facing her idol, Aroma-san is clearly a serious type.
In a serious situation, she won’t die of joy.
That’s what I thought when I made the proposal, and it seems I was right.
With this, I can also have the Fight we couldn’t have during the day. Truly killing two birds with one stone.
“…Ignition!”
“Ignition desu wa!”
And thus, the Fight between Aroma-san and me began.
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A Fight is an act of laying bare each other’s essence.
Not in any indecent sense, mind you.
“I see, so a Magical Fighter is the awakened form of a fighter with the aptitude to defeat Devilas…”
“That’s right desu wa. Subjugating Devilas is the Magical Fighter’s mission!”
Apparently, Magical Fighters aren’t an organization but individual agents who act alone.
There are agents like that sometimes.
At this point, it might be faster to just call such agents heroes, but…
Since fighters who battle Dark Fighters are commonly called agents in this world, let’s call them agents.
I continue the conversation while [Lord-Michael]’s attacks are sealed and I’m gradually taking direct damage.
“Are there other Magical Fighters?”
“I’ve heard there are, but I’ve never met any directly desu wa ne.”
It seems individual groups are fighting Devilas separately from each other.
Not only are [Lord-Michael]’s attacks sealed, but even its effects are nullified, leaving me with nothing to do as I end my turn.
Frankly, Aroma-san seems to have realized I was innocent right after we started Fighting.
Originally, confusion seemed to come before suspicion for her, so once she understood through the Fight that there was nothing strange about my fighting style, it was easy for her to realize.
That said, does that mean we’ll stop the Fight? The answer is no.
Rather, a pure Fight is meaningful in and of itself as the act of Fighting.
There’s no reason not to continue.
“Devilas… are they Dark Fighters from another world?”
“Honestly, I don’t know desu no. They seem like they could have come from another world, or like they were born in some unknown secret place unknown to people.”
Apparently, even to Magical Fighters, Devilas are mysterious existences.
In the first place, Magical Fighters are magical girl-type agents, but they don’t seem to have the mascot-like existence common in magical girl stories.
At best, there was a mysterious hooded woman who appeared right after awakening as a Magical Fighter and taught her about Magical Fighters.
“That hooded woman is suspicious, isn’t she?”
“I think so too, but… the fact remains that she taught me the ABCs of how to act as a Magical Fighter. I don’t want to suspect her outright desu wa.”
Besides, I somehow feel a sense of familiarity with her… according to Aroma-san.
Maybe her true identity is someone close to Aroma-san.
In any case, Magical Fighters still seem to be very mysterious existences.
As for the battle with Devilas, she apparently struggled but managed to defeat one large-type Devilas the other day.
If this were a four-season anime, would we be right at the end of the first season?
And as a new development, she comes to my place… that’s quite a unique background, Aroma-san.
Well, I kind of understand the reason though.
I think this while taking direct damage to my Life points from Aroma-san’s counter effect.
“So Aroma-san… you saw the ‘Third Fight King Cup’ and came to admire me, right?”
“That’s right desu wa! Your Fight at that time, Master Manager-sama… even now when I remember it… uuu…”
“We’re in the middle of a Fight right now! Try your best to hold back!”
“Y-yes desu wa!”
The conversation shifts to things about Aroma-san personally.
As we talked at noon, the reason Aroma-san visited my shop was because she admired my Fight from several years ago.
The reason she came to me now, after several years, is because she’s finally able to come here on her own feet. But there’s also…
“I… admired that Fight, and strongly wished to become a fighter like Master Manager-sama.”
“…A fighter who Fights with full power and captivates others, you mean. Is your future dream to be a pro fighter after all?”
“Yes. Master Manager-sama became a card shop owner. But I still want to captivate many people as a professional desu wa.”
Aroma-san has a dream.
However, it’s an incredibly steep path.
Perhaps because she herself understands this, while she does speak straightforward words about her dream, there’s a shadow on her expression somewhere.
The reason such an Aroma-san was able to make up her mind to come see me is… surely.
“Even so, fighting as a Magical Fighter for someone’s sake, you gained confidence, didn’t you?”
“That’s… right desu wa ne. Like this, I’m even able to fight Master Manager-sama head-on.”
…I’m starting to understand Aroma-san somewhat.
What she’s troubled about, why she admires my fighting style.
Because I’m starting to understand, I can also easily understand why she’s troubled.
“As a predecessor, I have no intention of losing here. …Appear! [Primordial Holy Angel Ancient Nova Blaster-Uriel]!”
“…! That card is!”
“When this card is Summoned, it activates its effect by temporarily removing itself from the Field!”
The crystal angel reminiscent of flames appears and burns everything around it, including itself.
Currently, there’s a counter effect on the Field that nullifies the effects of monsters on the Field.
To activate an effect, I needed to remove the monster from the Field once.
“With this effect, I destroy all counter effects set on the Field!”
“No way, my…”
Because,
“With this, your ‘Lock’ is destroyed!”
The deck Aroma-san uses is a so-called “Lock Burn” deck.
Moreover, it specializes in delaying tactics that unable to completely wipe out the opponent’s LP in a single turn. So Aroma-san must understand too.
That she’s fatally unsuited to being a pro fighter…
“Once again… this is the end! [Lord-Michael]!”
“Ku, aaaaah!”
While somehow managing to overturn the locked board state to achieve victory, I internally make a difficult face at the magnitude of Aroma-san’s troubles.
TIPS: TCG (Trading Card Game) terminology like Lock Burn exists to some extent in this world too.
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