Published at 17th of August 2019 9:07 am

Volume 17, Chapter 5: Welcome, Father!

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Part 1

Saturday, September 4

It was Saturday, September 4 just after the summer vacation had ended. Due to work related matters, Koutarou's father, Yuuichirou, would be returning to Kitsushouharukaze city for a little while. While his original schedule had just been to finish work and head back, for various reasons a hole in his schedule opened up this evening so Yuuichirou decided to pay his son an unannounced visit. Since it was so sudden his son might be surprised, but it had been a while since they had met so Yuuichirou wanted to make full use of this coincidence.

“It should be just up ahead.”

Yuuichirou headed towards Corona House, following the map in his memories. Fortunately it was accurate and he reached his destination without getting lost.

“Here it is, Corona House. There's no doubt.”

Corona House was supposedly built over 25 years ago, but you couldn't tell from how it looked. The design was old-fashioned but the building itself was well maintained. Since it was such an old building it was clear that the landlord or caretaker put a lot of care into maintenance.

“I hope Koutarou is doing alright...”

When he visited him last year, Koutarou's room was clean and the contents of his fridge was neatly arranged. He clearly remembered being surprised, as when they lived together things hadn't been that clean.

But it had been a year since then. If the room had been clean because it had just been moved into then he should be able to catch a glimpse of how Koutarou normally lived now. That's why Yuuichirou hadn't let Koutarou know he was coming.

“Koutarou's room was 106...”

Yuuichirou entered the Corona House grounds and headed towards room 106. He was looking forward to seeing how his son was living but he was still uneasy. Having raised Koutarou on his own, he felt he owed Koutarou a lot for making him feel so lonely. He felt uneasy, worrying whether or not Koutarou had returned to his past rough lifestyle. He hadn't contacted Koutarou because he wanted to find out. His sense of responsibility told him so.

“This is it.”

Yuuichirou stood in front of room 106. Without any hesitation he pressed the intercom button and a chime rang out.

“Ye~s.”

However, here something unexpected happened. The reply from the room belonged to a woman, and a rather young one at that. It was the voice of a woman in her teens or twenties.

Why is it a woman's voice? Did Koutarou get a girlfriend?

The first thing Yuuichirou imagined was the relationship the woman had to Koutarou. When he had been young he had a girlfriend himself. That's why it wouldn't be strange for Koutarou to have one as well. If anything, since Koutarou had a tendency to keep others away, it would be something welcome.

“Who is it?”

However, the moment he saw the face of the girl who opened the door, Yuuichirou gave up on the girlfriend theory. The girl had long golden hair and beautiful blue eyes. She was obviously a foreigner. She was also short and her face was overflowing with youth. She looked several years younger than Koutarou. Yuuichirou couldn't imagine that Koutarou had a girlfriend younger than him and from a foreign country.

“What is it?”

“It's a guest. He's wearing a suit in this hot weather so he must be a door to door salesman or something.”

“Your highness, that manner of speaking is rude to our guest.”

The next two girls that appeared further refuted the theory of Koutarou having a foreigner as a girlfriend. The first was a foreigner girl with classic glasses. The second girl had a short cut and a serious impression but, as expected, a foreigner.

As he saw the three girls Yuuichirou suspected that he had accidentally rung on the wrong door.

“I'm sorry, it seems I got the wrong room.”

“I see. Well that kind of thing happens when it's this hot.”

“I'm sorry.”

“Don't worry about it. Good bye.”

The golden haired girl on the left showed an elegant smile and closed the door. The smile had a strangely attractive charm to it. Because of it, Yuuichirou remained standing in place for a moment after the door was closed.

“Oh right, Koutarou.”

Having returned to himself, Yuuichirou checked the room number again. Since this mistake had come from him not confirming the room number he made sure to check properly this time.

“Oh?”

However, the name on room 106 said Satomi on it. Just to be certain Yuuichirou pulled out his pocketbook and confirmed the address. Corona House, room 106, it was correct. This room should without a doubt be Koutarou's apartment.

“...So those girls must've been Koutarou's friends or something...”

Yuuichirou might have held a preconception that Koutarou would have no relationships with any foreigners. His school might have had an overseas exchange program.

“Alright.”

Recollecting himself, Yuuichirou reached out to the door's intercom again. Since this was the second time, there was some slight hesitation before he pushed the button, but once again the chime rang.

“Ye~s.”

Just like before a woman's voice replied, and at the same timing as before, the front door's knob turned. Yuuichirou was sure it was the same girl as before as he waited for the door to open.

“Who are you, uncle?”

“Huh?”

However, Yuuichirou's expectations proved wrong again. The face that appeared on the other side of the door belonged to a small girl with a rice cracker in her mouth. She moved her big eyes up and down and looked at Yuuichirou with confusion.

“A guest again?”

“Since he's this persistent he must have a lot of pressure to sell.”

From behind the first girl, two more girls Yuuichirou hadn't seen before appeared. One had a ponytail and an apron, and gave of an active and homely impression, the other girl had twin tails and seemed to be lacking confidence. All three of them were different from the first three.

“So, what business do you have?”

The girl with the rice cracker moved it out of her mouth to her hand and tilted her head. As she did, Yuuichirou remembered what he came here for and explained his reasons to the girl.

“Ah, uhm... actually I have business with the resident of this room.”

“With Koutarou?”

The moment the girl mentioned his son's name, Yuuichirou knew he wasn't at the wrong room. However, he still had his doubts. Judging from the girls' appearances, they were Koutarou's friends, but he had no reason why the three foreigners and the three girls in front of him, for a total six, were gathering in Koutarou's room.

“Yes, actually―”

Just as Yuuichirou was about to confirm his doubts, the cellphone in his pocket made a noisy sound.

“Who is it calling now... oh!?”

Yuuichirou interrupted his conversation with the girl and took a look at his cellphone screen. On it, the name of the business partner he would be meeting with later was being displayed.

“Miss, I'm very sorry. This is an important call so I'll have to take my leave for now. I will be back later.”

“Ah, yeah, okay.”

Yuuichirou pressed the phone's call button and closed the door to room 106. He wasn't here on vacation, and he still had work to do.

Part 2

The call was indeed an urgent one. His business partner wanted to delay the meeting from 7PM to 8PM and needed an answer right away. Yuuichirou acknowledged the request and hung up. Since that was the only reason for the call, the conversation didn't even last for five minutes.

“...Ugh, those girls must think I'm just some strange old man...”

Yuuichirou smiled wryly as he returned the cellphone to his pocket. He then pressed the intercom button for a third time.

“Ye~s.”

The voice this time was high-pitched and carried far. It wasn't the voice of one of the two girls he had talked with before, but since there were six girls in the room, Yuuichirou figured it must have belonged to one of the other four and didn't think much of it.

“Who might you be?”

However, once more, Yuuichirou was betrayed by his expectations. The girl that opened the door was someone he hadn't seen before. She had long black hair and a thin figure. Her very existence seemingly exudes gentleness and it was clear that she had a good upbringing.

What is up with this room... Koutarou, just what kind of life are you living?

As Yuuichirou was stunned by the appearance of a seventh girl, yet another one appeared behind her.

“Harumi, what is it?”

Behind the first girl was another girl with black hair. She wore something similar to Japanese-styled clothing and had a calm expression and mannerisms. In her hand she was holding a frying pan, she was most likely in the middle of cooking. This girl also gave off the impression of having a good upbringing, though in a different sense of the word.

“Kiriha-san... it seems like the person who came before is back again.”

“I see, let me take over.”

The girl in Japanese clothing put down the frying pan and traded places with the first girl. Confident and calm eyes stared at Yuuichirou. When it came to mental age, she was probably the oldest of all the girls he'd seen.

“What business do you have with us?”

The girl's brisk words struck Yuuichirou, but thanks to that Yuuichirou returned to himself and explained to the girl why he was here.

“Satomi Koutarou is supposed to live here... and I would like to speak with him.”

“With Koutarou...? I see, if I'm not mistaken you're Koutarou's...”

The girl seemed to have realized something after speaking with Yuuichirou and nodded. She turned back towards the room and called out into the inner room.

“Maki.”

“Yes?”

As she did, another girl poked her face out. This too was a completely new girl, making it a total of nine girls. This new girl had soft-looking hair reaching all the way to her shoulders and had eyes giving off the impression of someone with an adamant will, yet at the same time she looked somewhat fragile, giving her a mysterious feel.

“Where is Koutarou right now?”

“Satomi-kun went out to work this morning. So he should be coming home soon.”

“I see, thank you.”

“You're welcome.”

After saying what she had to say, the ninth girl returned to the inner room. The black haired girl turned back to Yuuichirou and let him know of Koutarou's whereabouts.

“Koutarou has left for his part-time job. He works at the excavation site on the top of the hill where the Kitsushouharukaze high school is located on.”

“I've heard about it from Koutarou.”

Yuuichirou also knew about Koutarou's part-time job. Since Koutarou was still a student, he needed his parents consent to get a part-time job.

“And we are―”

Eventually the girl began telling Yuuichirou what he wanted to know the most. Right now he was more interested in learning about them than Koutarou.

“―people who have become Koutarou's friends during this past year. We now get along so well that we can come and go to each others houses.”

The girl clearly asserted herself and politely bowed. The other black haired girl who had opened the door also bowed to him. They were very amiable greetings.

“How polite. I am Satomi Yuuichirou, Koutarou's father.”

Yuuichirou responded by bowing as well. That seriousness was something the girls had seen before and the girls naturally felt familiar with Yuuichirou.

“I have heard rumors about you. It is nice to meet you, father. I am Kurano Kiriha.”

“I am Sakuraba Harumi. Satomi-kun and I are getting along well.”

Like that, Yuuichirou met with the nine girls. It was far more quiet when compared to Koutarou's meetings with them, yet the girls were more nervous than they had been during their meeting with Koutarou. If they were disliked by Yuuichirou it would be a big minus in their future.

Part 3

Koutarou didn't know that his father had come visit his room until after he had finished his part-time job for the day. Excavation work got him dirty and sweaty, and in order to keep his cellphone from breaking he left it behind in the locker as he changed into his work wear.

“Not good, if everyone runs into my old man...!”

Having changed from his work wear to his normal clothes, Koutarou sent out a mass mail to all the girls telling them to keep away from room 106 until night and he hurried on home. Even if the girls didn't run into him, their stuff was still lying around the room. He would need to clean that up before Yuuichirou showed up.

“Hey, Koutarou!”

“Old man!?”

However, sadly, by the time Koutarou returned to Corona House Yuuichirou was already there. The only fortunate thing was that Yuuichirou was outside the room, smoking by himself.

“You got back quicker than I thought.”

Yuuichirou smiled as he looked at his son's face before pushing his cigarette into a portable ashtray. He had begun smoking after losing his wife but he had never smoked in front of Koutarou to set a better example.

“Alright. Let's go, Koutarou.”

“Go? Where?”

“Since we've met for the first time in so long, I thought we should go visit mom together.”

Yuuichirou picked up the bouquet nearby. He had prepared them especially to visit his wife's grave.

Koutarou quickly agreed. Nothing bad could come from getting away from his room, and it had been awhile since the two of them visited his mother's grave together.

Part 4

Koutarou's mother, Takami, parted with this world about eleven years ago. Takami was a fine woman and those related to the Satomi family equally grieved her death. Her ashes were placed in the Satomi family grave. Only a few years had passed since she married into the family, but nobody opposed doing so.

“Long time no see, mom. Both Koutarou and I are doing fine.”

“I'm fine, but the old man is iffy. I always ended up doing the housework.”

“Don't be silly. I can do it when I have to.”

“Well, I'm sure mom knows more about that than me.”

They put down the flowers and spoke towards the tombstone. If Koutarou used the spiritual powers he had gotten from Sanae he could easily confirm if his mother's spirit was there or not. However, he never did. To humans, the truth wasn't always necessarily important. There was meaning in speaking towards the tombstone as if she was. At least that's what Koutarou believed.

“Geez, you take after your mother.”

“What parts?”

“The inflexible part.”

“And you couldn't leave that alone.”

“Well. That would be the case... stop making me say embarrassing stuff.”

“Sorry, sorry. But there you have it mom. You don't have to worry about us.”

“We're doing fine. So Takami, watch over us from heaven.”

Koutarou and Yuuichirou continued speaking to the tombstone for a while longer, where the mother of the family was supposed to be, as if they were trying to recreate the family life that was lost eleven years ago. At this time, Koutarou had a lonely expression he very rarely showed. Since his mother's death had greatly influenced his personality, he couldn't remain by himself in this place.

Part 5

With their grave visit over, Koutarou and Yuuichirou were headed towards the station. Yuuichirou had a business meeting after this which he needed to head to. His fatherly face wouldn't remain for much longer; by the time the sun had set it would be the face of a working man.

“...I've caused a lot of troubles for you after mom died.”

“I'm old enough now to know that you get upset from losing a loved one. So I don't mind anymore.”

“I see... you're at an age where it wouldn't be strange to have a girlfriend after all.”

“It's not going that well though.”

Koutarou and Yuuichirou were talking on the way to the station. The topic shifted from Koutarou's mother to Koutarou himself. It was only obvious for a father living far away to be interested in his son. The setting sun's light fell on them as they walked side by side.

“But you still have some girl you get along with, right?”

“Well, a few.”

“Nine are quite enough. Isn't there someone you're interested in among them?”

“Eh!?”

Koutarou was at a loss for words. The words Yuuichirou had casually spoken caught him off guard. With the mention of nine, Koutarou instinctively thought off the girls of room 106... Yuuichirou had met with the girls.

“Did you meet them, old man?”

Koutarou carefully chose his words and asked Yuuichirou. The nine girls had special origins so there was a chance Yuuichirou had gotten a bad impression of them. It was also possible that Yuuichirou wouldn't be so pleased to find nine girls in Koutarou's room. This was an extremely tense situation for Koutarou.

“Hm? Yeah. A moment before you got back home. They're all good girls.”

However, despite Koutarou's worries, Yuuichirou smiled. Considering his expression, it was clear that Yuuichirou hadn't gotten a bad impression of the girls.

“Since there were so many I didn't get all the details but... it seems like you helped them out in their time of need.”

“Ah, yeah. Something like that.”

Koutarou got a rough understanding of what had happened when Yuuichirou met the girls. The girls avoided explaining hard to understand subjects and only told him the essential parts.It was a suitable explanation for Yuuichirou who lived in the ordinary world.

“Since then we've gotten closer.”

“If I'm going to be honest, Koutarou, with the exception of Kenji-kun I didn't think you'd find people like that. So I was surprised.”

Yuuichirou said and smiled wryly.

“Old man...”

Despite the girls omitting details, Yuuichirou had gotten a proper understanding of their relationship with Koutarou.

“I've finally understood why you are doing fine on your own, Koutarou. It's thanks to those girls.”

The girls' existence was very welcome for Yuuichirou. Since he felt indebted to Koutarou, the girls' existence were a blessing for Yuuichirou. Even more so since they were so pleasant. He felt even more reassured since only Kenji had been that close to Koutarou before.

“I've only recently realized that myself.”

“That's good. Don't forget to be thankful for those girls.”

“I intend to.”

“If you say that then we're good.”

Yuuichirou smiled happily and nodded. Seeing that, Koutarou realized that the meeting between his dad and the girls went far better than he imagined. Of course, Koutarou intended to treasure the girls. He had no intention of betraying Yuuichirou or the girls.

“By the way, Koutarou. Who's your favorite among them?”

“Eh? What now, all of a sudden.”

Koutarou's eyes shot wide open in surprise. Yuuichirou had asked something completely unexpected.

“They're that varied. I'm sure at least one of them appeals to you.”

“Well, it's not like there aren't any. But I'm still not sure.”

Koutarou couldn't answer Yuuichirou's question. Right now, Koutarou couldn't find any differences between the girls.

“Is that so.”

“What made you decide to marry mom?”

But if Koutarou learned why Yuuichirou chose Takami, he might be able to spot those differences the girls had. He wanted to partake in his father's experience.

“Why I chose her, huh... we actually got along poorly at first.”

“It didn't look like that to me.”

The parents Koutarou knew were always intimate. That's why being told that they hadn't gotten along was something Koutarou couldn't imagine.

“Well of course. We got married because we solved our poor relationship.”

“I see, of course. Then why was it resolved?”

“I'll omit the details because it's embarrassing, but the main reason was... that's right, the main reason was that we gradually grew to understand each other as time passed.”

“I see...”

“The direct opportunity was that we got involved in the same problem and as we were working on resolving it, it just sort of happened. But this was just an opportunity and not the reason.”

“I think I get it.”

Yuuichirou's story was something Koutarou felt familiar with. His relationship with the girls had been built up on similar grounds. The opportunities often came from trouble, but it wasn't the actual reason. The only reason was that they understood each other.

“That's why it felt right for me and Takami. Koutarou, don't you have someone like that?”

Yuuichirou smiled as he asked Koutarou. It was a smile consisting of interest as a parent and interest as a man. A special expression that manifested itself as Koutarou was becoming adult.

“I really don't get it. I can't see a clear difference. They're all good girls in their own ways.”

In the end, Koutarou couldn't find one girl that stood out from the others. But that wasn't because none of them felt right. If anything it was the opposite.

Just who do I love...? What should I do from now on...?

He felt like he understood all of the girls and they all understood him. He also knew their worries and weaknesses. He didn't want to leave them be and he didn't want to be left alone either. As they overcame hardships together, the feeling that this girl might be the right one bloomed within him. However that wasn't limited to just one girl. By the time he realized there were already nine girls that met that condition.

“Think it over carefully. Nothing good will come from rushing a decision. It's a decision that will affect both of your lives after all.”

“Old man...”

“And because they're all good girls, I won't forgive you if you make a half-assed decision.”

“Haha, that's just like you old man.”

Koutarou smiled as well. He knew that he couldn't casually make a choice. If everyone felt right it meant that everyone was precious. He couldn't do something half-assed and hurt the girls. If he didn't know than he needed to spend even more time and face that problem.

“By the way, how do things look on your end?”

Having reached a conclusion for now, Koutarou shifted the question back to Yuuichirou. Since this was a good chance, there was something he wanted to know.

“You've found a nice person, right?”

“Koutarou...”

Based on Yuuichirou's behavior and speech, Koutarou sensed the presence of a woman in his life. However Yuuichirou hadn't told Koutarou himself. That's why now was his chance to ask.

“I'm fine now. I've grown up, and I have Mackenzie and everyone else. You can be free, old man.”

Koutarou knew why Yuuichirou hadn't done anything. The love for his wife hadn't gone away, and he also held back out of consideration for Koutarou, and now he felt that Yuuichirou was being tied down by that, which wasn't good.

“I've decided to continue like this until you've become an independent adult. There's nothing for you to worry about.”

“So there really is one.”

“Yeah.”

“But I feel bad for that person. You're keeping her waiting right?”

Koutarou had first felt the presence of a woman in Yuuichirou's life when he noticed that his taste in clothes changed. Since Koutarou was in charge of housework when they lived together, he noticed one day as he was washing the clothes. That was back when Koutarou was in middle school and several years had already passed since then.

“She understands. I've told her everything.”

When Yuuichirou spoke those words, he looked back for an instant.

“I see...”

Seeing Yuuichirou's behavior, Koutarou was convinced. Seeing that, Koutarou became convinced that the real reason why their relationship hadn't grown was because Yuuichirou still loved his wife.

Yeah, it's really not something you need to rush...

Koutarou thought of the half-knitted sweater deep in his wardrobe. That was something his mother had been working on when she got into the accident. Completing that would be one step for both Koutarou and Yuuichirou to move on. It had also been the reason for Koutarou joining the knitting society.

“In exchange.”

“Hm?”

“You better make the wedding a big one. You've kept her waiting for years right?”

“Koutarou... yeah, by all means, let's do that.”

The two then continued walking towards the station while talking about insignificant things before parting ways. While their parting was curt, there was no doubt that today was very meaningful for both of them.

Part 6

When Koutarou returned to the room, all of the girls were for some reason sitting straight.

“I'm back, what are you doing?”

Koutarou had no idea why the girls were doing that. Then as if to response to Koutarou, all of the girls lowered their heads. They were more or less prostrating.

“H-Hey?”

““We're sorry!!””

“Like I said, what are you doing?”

The girls were apologizing, but Koutarou didn't know of any reason as to why they had to apologize. Koutarou's confusion grew ever bigger.

“There is actually something we must apologize to you for.”

As Koutarou was starting to feel troubled, Kiriha began explaining the situation. Behind her, the remaining eight nodded their heads in unison. It seemed like Kiriha was speaking for all of them.

“We nine have met with your father. Mr. Yuuichirou actually arrived here before he contacted you. That's why we suspect that we have caused you some troubles and are therefore apologizing like this.”

““We're sorry!””

The girls lowered their heads again. That was when Koutarou finally understood the situation. They were apologizing for having met with his father.

“We'll be careful not to let others see us in the future.”

“...What, is that all... I thought this would be about something worse...”

Koutarou let out a small sigh and sat down facing the girls. He had been a little worried because the girls all looked so serious.

“Satomi-kun, you're not, mad...?”

Maki who was sitting closest to Koutarou timidly asked him. Since she didn't want him to hate her, she was very invested in knowing how he felt. In response, Koutarou carefreely shook his head.

“I'm not really angry. I couldn't contact you until later. Besides, the old man was in a great mood, saying how you're all such good girls. So there's no reason for me to be angry.”

It was Koutarou's fault for not being able to contact the girls earlier as he didn't have his cellphone with him during work, and Yuuichirou seemed to like them. Koutarou had no reason to scold any of them.

“I see... thank god...”

Maki let out a sigh of relief. The other eight girls did the same in varying degrees, and it wasn't until now that they were able to smile again. However, the atmosphere was still somewhat strange, and Koutarou continued speaking trying to fix that.

“By the way, what did you talk to my old man about?”

“Well, we went through everything from the beginning. We just omitted what we couldn't say.”

Sanae responded to Koutarou's intentions. She didn't like the stiff feel in the air.

“Like how when we first met Koutarou we only fought and such.”

“Or the sports festival or when we went to beach, we also talked about the culture festival.”

“I was the one to tell him about the play.”

“Yuuichirou-sama wanted the pictures of you when you were on the stage so I presented him with some.”

The girls joined in one after another and reported what they spoke with Yuuichirou about. As he listened to that he began thinking.

Yeah, a lot has happened between us...

Even if incidents and fights were omitted, there were a lot of memories between Koutarou and the girls. So they had told Yuuichirou a huge amount of stories. Yuuichirou must have been surprised. As he listened to the girls, Koutarou smiled inside.

“I told him about the time I was stranded on the snowy mountains and how you saved me.”

“I was so surprised when you started telling that story Aika-san. That story was just barely safe to tell. Ah, I told him about me being a landlord.”

“I told him about how you would go hunt insects from to time. It seems like you've always been like that, Bertorion.”

“I told him about how we rode on a roller coaster together and such.”

“And I told him about our activities in the knitting society.”

Another thought crossed Koutarou's mind as he listened to the girls.

Someone who feels right, huh...

That thought was that the girls were indeed special to Koutarou. If he were to borrow Yuuichirou's words, they felt right.

“What's the matter, Koutarou?”

“It's nothing. I was just thinking that so much has happened this year and a half.”

“Yeah... but there will much more from now on.”

“Yeah, you're right, Sanae.”

“Ehehehe~”

Koutarou and the girls had a lot of memories together. However, that wasn't all. They would surely make more memories from now on. That was a certain as the stars twinkling in the night sky. Koutarou firmly believed so.

Part 7

To Dark Crimson, her previous loss was extremely humiliating. Despite her combination attacks with Dark Green's future forecast, they had still been overcome by the brains of a single person who couldn't even use magic. As a result, Dark Navy was captured, and was in enemy hands even now. Darkness Rainbow had no sense of camaraderie, and only used each other instead. But Dark Crimson liked Dark Navy, Maki. She could empathize with Navy's natural born seriousness. That's why Dark Crimson wanted to clear herself of her humiliation and reclaim Maki. But even if she challenged them, the outcome would just be the same. Some improvements were necessary.

The reason for why they had lost was more than obvious. Despite being magicians that identified themselves as evangelists of knowledge, they hadn't lost to magic, but to knowledge itself. That's why Dark Crimson sought for scientific knowledge. However, normal science wouldn't be enough. At best she would just become equal to her foes. Thus, she made a deal with Maya and obtained alien scientific knowledge.

“...Ray of Sunshine – Modifier – Single Wavelength.”

Crimson's incantation echoed throughout the training area.

As she finished her incantation, a red light extended from her cane. When that light reached the concrete wall placed in front of her, it cut through it like a warm knife through butter and easily cut the wall. The red light created through magic was a laser beam made up of a single wavelength.

“Fu, fufufu, fufufufu! I see... so that's it! Fufufufu, that woman, Kiriha, was right! We were sheltered girls unaware of the world around us!”

Having obtained knowledge, she had gained this new magic. A logical and scientific type of magic built on the basis of proper knowledge. It was a next generation magic you might call scientific magic.

“But with this, I can win!! As long as I have this power!! Kurano Kiriha, Satomi Koutarou and Rainbow Yurika! Brace yourselves!!”

Scientific magic wasn't just lasers either. Theoretically it should be applicable to a lot of the current magic. Explosions, barriers, information collection, there were countless spells that could be improved. Several months after her defeat, Crimson couldn't suppress her excitement as revenge drew ever closer.

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