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Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Light Novel) - Volume 5, Chapter 5: Sunshine and Rainbows
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Sunshine and Rainbows
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Part 1
As the sound of the Math teacher’s chalk tapping against the blackboard continued, Theia stared at Koutarou's seat.
In the end, Koutarou didn't come back...
Despite the fifth period starting, Koutarou hadn’t returned yet, leaving his seat empty.
That's right, the cell phone!
Theia pulled her cell phone out from her pocket. Since Koutarou's number had been registered, she could call him with the press of a button.
But...
But Theia didn't contact Koutarou. Instead, her expression clouded up.
The fifth period just started... and I'm in the middle of class... That's right! I'm in the middle of class so it can't be helped!
Theia made excuses for herself and put her cell phone back in her pocket. In reality, there were several ways for her to call him. She could fake that she was feeling ill and head towards the nurse's office. But Theia couldn't do it. If she called Koutarou herself, she wouldn’t know what to say.
Alright, better continue!
Putting her cell phone down, she turned back towards her notebook on top of her desk. The notebook had been filled up by messy scribbles, all about ideas for the next play. She had prepared her notebook for a new manuscript, but she had just started on it. No proper sentences have even been formed yet; it was simply filled with ideas.
As I thought, if I can't get that scene right, I can't create the others...
That scene was the very last scene of the story: the Blue Knight's and the Silver Princess's parting scene. The fighting had ended and the Silver Princess had become the empress. After seeing it through, the Blue Knight left on his own, even though he was aware that the Silver Princess loved him.
According to historians, the Blue Knight simply returned to his homeland where his family waited, or he feared that his existence could trigger an internal power struggle. Thus, he had left the Silver Princess. There was also a theory that he might have been assassinated. The Blue Knight didn't appear in history after that; the truth could only be found 2,000 years ago. So while the parting scene was a mystery, it was also the climax of a grand love story. As such, it was beloved by the people of Forthorthe, in both the present and the past.
It was a well-known fact that the Silver Princess loved the Blue Knight... but what about the Blue Knight?
Of course, Theia was the same. Because of the way she felt for the Blue Knight, this scene was the starting point, and she was also planning on writing the remaining scenes to make this final scene stand out. Theia held her pen tightly in her hand, but she still couldn't decide what to do.
If he does love her, they would at least kiss...
Kiss. When Theia thought of that word, she imagined a man and woman kissing. But that man and woman weren't the Blue Knight and the Silver Princess, but a somewhat dimwitted young boy and a girl with beautiful golden hair.
A kiss, huh...
Theia played with her fantasy for a while as the sound of the chalk continued ringing out with a fast tempo. However, Theia's heartbeat was even faster.
Ah!!
After living in a dream world for several seconds, Theia returned to her senses. As her beautiful hair shook back and forth, her face turned bright red.
No, no. The Blue Knight and the Silver Princess are the ones who are supposed to kiss! W-Why would I k-kiss that ill-mannered boy!?
While Theia's face turned red in embarrassment, she hurriedly tried to cross over the 'kiss' idea. But her hand stopped after drawing the first line.
B-But, since I'm his acting instructor, I'll... I-I'll... kiss... with him... like lovers do. A kiss that stops your breath, d-deep kisses... training... countless... countless times...
“F-Fuaaaaaa...”
“Your highness?”
At that point, Theia collapsed on her desk. Her face was beet red; she had passed out because her brain had overheated.
“Your highness, what's wrong?”
“Hah... Ahh... be, be more... gentle with your kisses...”
Worried, Ruth who had been sitting next to her shook Theia's body, but Theia showed no reaction and kept mumbling senseless words.
“Ruth-chan, it's okay Ho-! According to our observation, she has just passed out after overusing her head Ho-!”
“If you wait a moment she'll recover Ho-! So don't worry Ho-!”
“I see... thank god...”
Karama and Korama had approached Ruth while camouflaged. Ruth let out a sigh of relief after hearing Karama's and Korama's report.
“Why why did Theia-chan faint Ho-?”
“I want to know Ho-! We need to examine and prevent it Ho-!”
The two haniwas started climbing up Theia's desk. The appearance of two haniwas clinging onto the desk's legs and climbing up was very adorable, but since they were hidden from sight, nobody would take note of it.
“There seems to be a lot of scribbles Ho-!”
“The notebook is completely black Ho-!”
“Her highness has been very busy creating a script for the new play.”
“Ho-! This is serious Ho-!”
“HoHo-! We can't prevent this Ho-! Good luck, Theia-chan.”
The haniwas looked at Theia with admiration, their empty eyes looking gentle.
“T-Training... it's training so... one more time...”
“Karama, Korama, leave her be.”
“Ho-, got it Ho-. Nee-san.”
“Good night Ho-, Theia-chan. Rest well Ho-!”
Having been scolded by Kiriha, Karama and Korama obediently returned to Kiriha's desk. The two haniwas looked adorable as they skipped towards Kiriha, but even this time, no one could see them. The same was true for their master, Kiriha. But in her case, it wasn't that she couldn't see their appearance, it was because she was looking through the window.
“But what really happened to Koutarou and Yurika? At this rate the fifth period will end...”
Kiriha had been watching the front gate for a while now. But neither Koutarou nor Yurika had appeared as the clock kept ticking away.
“I just hope something strange hasn't happened...”
Kiriha was planning on calling Koutarou once the class ended. Unlike Theia who had fainted, it was not a big deal for Kiriha.
Part 2
Around the time Theia passed out in the classroom, Koutarou was still at the construction site. Even after Maki had vanished, Koutarou and Sanae were unable to leave. The reason for that was because both Yurika and Harumi were unconscious. The only thing Koutarou could do was carry them to a prefabricated hut on the site.
“How'd the call go?”
“No good. I got no reception outside.”
Koutarou wanted to get in contact with Theia and the others for to help treat Yurika. When it came to healing, the Blue Knight's treatment devices were superior to a hospital’s. He also wanted to get in contact with them to deal with Maki.
If they heard that a new opponent had appeared, neither Theia nor Kiriha would be able sit still. But for some reason, his cell phone couldn't get a signal.
“In that case, should I go to school and call them over?”
Since Sanae was a ghost, she was able to fly directly to the school. With the phone out of the question, it was the fastest way there was.
“Could you? I can't move from here.”
Since Koutarou couldn't leave Yurika and Harumi on their own, he quickly accepted Sanae's proposal.
“I got it. Just wait Koutarou, I'll go call them right away.”
“Yeah, I'm counting on you, Sanae.”
“Yeah♪”
Having Koutarou ask her, Sanae cheerfully nodded and passed through the roof.
“Huh?”
As Sanae was flying towards the school, she could feel that her body had become oddly heavy.
“That's weird... I wonder what it is?”
It felt like she had a rubber string attached to her that was pulling her back. And the further she travelled from the prefabricated hut that Koutarou was in, the stronger it pulled on her.
“Geez, what is this... I don't know what it is, but don't get in my way, I'm in a hurry.”
Sanae couldn't stop here. Right now she had an important job she had gotten from Koutarou. If she completed it, he was sure to praise her. Because of that, Sanae increased her speed to fight against the power pulling her.
“Let me go, Koutarou is waiting!! Eh, Huh!? It disappeared!?”
Just as the power pulling her back was about to become a real problem, it vanished. It was almost like a rubber string stretched too far, and it sent Sanae rotating through the sky.
“Ohoho... what was that...?”
After looking around, she tilted her head as she flew upside down. Sanae had never experienced that before.
“Well, I returned to normal, so who cares.”
However, after returning to normal, Sanae quickly dismissed it and began flying once more. She normally never pondered on anything anyways, and she wanted to help Koutarou.
“To the school, I gotta hurry.”
In reality, what had been pulling her back had been her own feelings. At first, she had been bound to room 106, however as time passed she had changed to being bound to Koutarou instead. The one that had severed that bond were her own feelings as well; her feelings of wanting to help him had overpowered her feelings of wanting be by his side.
“Alright, I'll give it my all!”
Having her bond changed from the room to Koutarou reflected how she had grown very attached to him.
Harumi opened her eyes shortly after Sanae had left.
“H-Huh... I....”
“Sakuraba-senpai, are you okay?”
“...Koutarou-sama...?”
And what she had been looking after for the past 2,000 years―
“Ah... Uhm, I...”
Harumi snapped out of her dazed state. She recalled what happened before she fainted.
“T-That's right, Nijino-san. Is Nijino-san okay!?”
Harumi jumped up. She then hurriedly looked around and noticed a wounded Yurika lying next to her.
“Nijino-san, Nijino-san!”
Tears began forming in Harumi's eyes as she shook Yurika. She knew that Yurika had protected her so she was in a frenzy. As she thought that Yurika might have died for her, she couldn't calm herself down.
“Calm down, Sakuraba-senpai.”
“But, Satomi-kun! Nijino-san is... Nijino-san is!”
“It's okay, she's just unconscious.”
Koutarou hugged Harumi and made her stop shaking Yurika.
“Let go, let me go!”
However, Harumi tried to shake Koutarou off. She was just that worried about Yurika.
“I called for help just now. Yurika will be fine.”
“...Really?”
After several attempts, Koutarou was finally able to persuade Harumi, and she stopped shaking Yurika. She then slowly turned towards him.
“Yes. She'll be treated shortly.”
“T-Thank god...”
Harumi let out a large sigh of relief and relaxed.
I'm sorry, Sakuraba-senpai...
In reality, Koutarou didn't really have a full grasp of Yurika's injuries. But he knew that if he didn't say that, Harumi wouldn't calm down.
“I was so worried that something would happen to Nijino-san... thank god...”
Harumi wiped her tears away and looked up at Koutarou. At that moment, she was smiling through her tears. She felt deeply relieved and happy.
“So, are you okay, Sakuraba-senpai?”
“Me...?”
As Koutarou said that, Harumi finally realized the situation she was in.
“Ah, I-I...”
Koutarou was embracing her, and his face was really close. In that situation, she couldn't remain calm.
“Ah, I-I-I'm fine, i-i-it's nothing.”
“Is that so? Your face is red though.”
Noticing that Harumi seemed a bit off, he was worried that she might have caught a fever, and put his hand on her forehead.
“It doesn't... seem like you have a fever.”
“I-I-I'm fine!”
Harumi thrust Koutarou away and escaped from his arms.
Ah, right...
Seeing Harumi like that, Koutarou realized that she was embarrassed.
“I'm sorry, Sakuraba-senpai.”
Koutarou began blushing as well and apologized.
“N-No...”
Harumi shook her head as she stared down on the ground.
Thank god... Satomi-san let go... if that had continued, I might have said something amazing...
If it was with someone she hated, Harumi wouldn't have been this upset. The reason for that was obviously Koutarou.
“So, about before, Sakuraba-senpai.”
“Ah, t-that's right, what happened after that?”
As if to run, Koutarou changed the topic. Harumi followed along, and the strange atmosphere around them vanished.
“I can't really remember what happened after Nijino-san collapsed...”
“Eh!? You don't remember!?”
“Yes... did something happen?”
Harumi remembered everything up until when Yurika protected her from the fireball, and Koutarou had held her up. Because of that, she found it strange that Koutarou was so surprised.
“N-No, if you don't remember, then...”
Sakuraba-senpai doesn't remember anything? Then what was...?
Harumi had completely forgotten about handing over the glowing sword to Koutarou.
Now that I think about it, that sword vanished alongside Maki.... Just what is happening?
Koutarou felt confused about the strange, unimaginable things happening around him.
“N, Mmm...”
It was around that time that Yurika woke up.
Part 3
“Yurika!”
“Nijino-san!”
As Yurika opened her eyes, she saw Koutarou and Harumi.
“...Satomi-shan... Shakuraba-senpai...”
“Are you okay, Yurika!?”
The two of them were smiling, but there were tears in their eyes.
“Why are you crying...?”
“I'm not crying, you idiot!”
“It's because you woke up, Nijino-san.”
Koutarou shouted and Harumi cried. As she heard their voices, she remembered what had happened before she collapsed.
She remembered her fight with Maki, that Koutarou and Harumi had appeared in the middle of it and that she had taken a fireball for Harumi. Her mind gradually cleared and she tried to get up.
“Yurika, don't push yourself! Stay down!”
“I can't, do that.”
Koutarou tried to lay Yurika back down, but she shook her head. Having no other option, Koutarou supported her body as she got up.
“Satomi-san, what about Maki-chan? What happened with Maki?”
“After you passed out, we had a small skirmish with Maki before she vanished.”
“What about Sanae-chan? I can't see her around...”
“My cell phone can't get a signal so she's out calling for help.”
“I see... the cell phone not getting a signal is because of our magic.”
“Really?”
As Yurika stood up thanks to Koutarou's support, she took a deep breath. As expected she had burns and bruises all over her body.
“Hah... Ahh... Before we started fighting, we set up a barrier to ward off people. Within that barrier, all communications are jammed.”
The barrier that Yurika and Maki had set up before the battle not only kept people away, but it also prevented people on the inside from reporting what was going to those outside. The barrier blocked sound, visual information and electromagnetic waves. As a result, cell phones lost their reception.
“I don't know anything about magic, but is your body okay, Nijino-san?”
To Harumi, Yurika's health was more important than enemies or magic. She grabbed Yurika's hand with both of hers and looked at her with a worried stare.
“I'm alright. I'm the magical girl of love and courage after all.”
“...Then, that's fine...”
Yurika smiled and nodded, but Harumi couldn't relax as she looked at Yurika covered in wounds.
“So what are you going to do now, Yurika?”
She might have been covered in wounds, but she had still gotten up. Koutarou understood that was because she had something she had to do.
“I'm going after Maki-chan.”
“You can't go after her in that state!”
Harumi shook her head and objected. She didn't want Yurika to move with her injuries.
“Even then, I need to go. There's no time to spare.”
“Chasing after her or not, do you even know where Maki-san is?”
“Yes. She's headed to room 106, I'm sure of it.”
“At our place? Why would... ah, that's right, you said―”
“Yes. Maki-chan is after the magic power in room 106.”
Yurika had said the same thing ever since they first met. One day the evil magical girls would appear, targeting the magic power in room 106.
“That's why I need to go now, or something terrible will happen.”
Yurika stood up as she said that.
“Kuh...”
Yurika's face warped with pain and broke out into a cold sweat as she stood up.
This is the real Yurika... no, this is a real magical girl...
Koutarou understood the weight of Yurika's duty. She worried about her duty more than her body or life.
In that case...
Koutarou made up his mind.
“Yurika, I'll bring you home.”
As he said that, Koutarou turned his back towards Yurika and kneeled. He was planning on carrying Yurika all the way to room 106.
“Is that really okay, Satomi-san?”
Taking into account everything that had happened up until today, she couldn't believe his offer.
“What does it matter? This is the only way to protect room 106, right?”
“T-That's true, but...”
Koutarou wasn't just offering out of good will, but because of everything that had happened up until today. He felt that he had an obligation to help Yurika since he hadn't believed her until now. He also wanted to help his roommate of over half a year.
“That's absurd!! If Nijino-san keeps fighting in that state, something really will happen to her!”
However, Harumi was still set on stopping them. She wanted to stop her best friend no matter what.
“If I leave her be, something will happen to this city or the magical country.”
But Yurika had something she had to protect at any cost. She had made a promise to her predecessor, Rainbow Nana. She had spent over half a year in this city. Therefore, Yurika couldn't just stand down.
“Get on, Yurika.”
“Yes.”
Yurika's face was still warped with pain, but she didn't hesitate to push her body onto Koutarou's back. As she did, Koutarou stood up.
“Satomi-kun, Nijino-san, you really can't go!”
“This is dangerous, so go back to school please, Sakuraba-senpai.”
“Satomi-kun!?”
Harumi was normally withdrawn and didn't assert herself, but this time she didn't back down.
“No, I won't go back!”
“Sakuraba-senpai!?”
“If you won't stop fighting, I definitely won't go back!”
That was the first time Harumi had said something selfish to Koutarou.
Part 4
Meanwhile, Sanae had reached Kitsushouharukaze High School. She passed through the window straight into class 1-A's classroom and headed straight for Kiriha and the others.
“My cell phone can't reach him either. So either he's turned his cell phone off, or he has no reception.”
“I can't connect to Yurika-chan's cell phone either. Well, in her case, she just might not have paid her operator.”
“Hmm... Just what are the two of them doing...”
“I just hope nothing happened...”
The fifth period had just ended and they were currently having their break. Kiriha and the others had their cell phones out and faced each other. But for some reason, Theia was lying down on her desk.
It was at that time that Sanae arrived.
“Everyone, there's trouble! Come with me, quick!”
“Sanae? Are you the only one back?”
“What about Satomi-sama and Yurika-sama?”
There was a big difference in excitement as Sanae came flying towards Kiriha and the others. The group just assumed that Yurika had overslept or was playing around.
“That's it! Koutarou and Yurika are in trouble!”
Sanae, who was the only one who knew what had happened, pointed at Ruth and continued talking. She was determined to bring everyone to where Koutarou was as soon as possible.
“That doesn't sound very calm.”
“What kind of trouble?”
“It's a pain to explain, just hurry up and follow me! Just as Yurika said, a new enemy after our room appeared!”
“What!?”
Hearing that Koutarou was in danger, Theia kicked her chair away and stood up.
“Is Koutarou alright!? How about it!?”
Theia rushed up to Sanae and questioned her. After hearing that an enemy had appeared, Theia worried about Koutarou's safety first of all. At that point, the two of them felt the same way.
“Koutarou is okay, but Yurika is hurt! So hurry up, we have to go!”
Sanae grabbed Theia's arm and forcibly pulled her towards the exit.
“Alright, lead the way.”
Theia soon began moving on her own. She couldn't say that she wanted to go together with Koutarou, but if he was in danger, she would go to help him. It was the lord's duty to save their vassal after all.
“Your highness, I will accompany you.”
“I understand the situation. I can't ignore an enemy after room 106. I will come too.”
“I have a bad feeling, so I'll come too. I don't want my residents to be in any trouble.”
Ruth, Kiriha and Shizuka followed suit. The five of them then encountered Kenji who had just entered the classroom.
“Oh? Theia-san and company, where are you headed?”
“Just some unfinished business. Let the teacher know we’re leaving early.”
“I don't mind, but... is there any trouble?”
Maki and Yurika were gone, Koutarou had left to pick up something he had forgotten and hadn't come back. On top of that, Theia, Ruth, Kiriha and Shizuka were leaving early. Anyone would notice something was happening.
“Mackenzie-kun, according to Yurika-chan's explanation, an evil magical girl has appeared and she's in trouble.”
“I see. Then take your time.”
After Shizuka's short explanation, Kenji smiled and gave way. The five of them jumped out of the classroom and ran down the stairs leading to the entrance.
“... I've been thinking.”
“About what?”
“Normally, you won't believe it, right?”
“Probably not.”
“It's a magical girl after all...”
“Common sense gets in the way.”
Like that, the five of them left the school and headed towards Koutarou's rescue.
Part 5
It's warm...
That's what Yurika thought as she was shaken by Koutarou's back as he ran. His back was large, and when she pushed her cheek against his back, she could feel his warmth.
I can understand why Sanae-chan always does this...
Ever since Yurika had become a magical girl, she had, strictly speaking, been alone. Nobody fought alongside her, or even knew of her identity. Although they were together, Koutarou and the others didn't truly understand her. However, Koutarou had finally understood, he had finally reached his hand out to her and today, Yurika was no longer alone. She had found someone she could rely on.
I'm a bit jealous at Sanae-chan if she always gets to do this...
Yurika grabbed onto Koutarou even stronger. There was still a way to go until Corona House. She didn't want to become a burden to him.
“Hey, Yurika.”
“Yes?”
Noticing that Yurika was moving, he asked about something that had been bothering him.
“Why are you a magical girl? It's not like you were born that way, right?”
He had sort of heard her reason before; Yurika had on several occasions said that someone had once saved her life. But he had never listened to her circumstances. Koutarou used this opportunity to find out.
“...I was born in a normal family, and lived as a normal girl.”
Yurika hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth. She would have easily said those words to get him to believe in her. But now that he did, she began hesitating.
I see, I wasn't being myself...
At this moment, Yurika finally realized how little weight her words actually carried.
“But it seemed like I had potential for magic, and one day a demon attacked.”
That was over a year ago. Yurika, who was a middle schooler at the time, had stayed behind for supplementary lessons, and in the empty schoolhouse a large black beast had appeared and attacked her. It was an absurd beast that looked like a lion that had grown bat wings. The beast had appeared to feast on her magical power.
“The one who saved me back then was Nana-san. She was in charge of defending this area.”
“Nana... that's the name of your savior, right?”
“Yes. If Nana-san hadn't appeared, I think that beast would have eaten me alive.”
“I see.”
“So that happened...”
Harumi who was running next to Koutarou, mumbled deep in thought. If Koutarou had run at full speed Harumi probably wouldn't have been able to keep up, but he chose not to because of Yurika's wounds.
“Back then, Nana-san's duty was to teach me how to control my magic power. If I learned how to control my normally overflowing magic power, demons wouldn't come attack me anymore.”
“So, that person taught you how to use magic?”
“Yes. It was all basic magic though...”
Yurika recalled when Nana had transferred into her school to protect her and when she had taught Yurika basic magic to get her to learn how to control her magic power.
“After I learned how to use magic, I began helping Nana-san. Nana-san said she only saved me because of her duty, but to me she was my savior. And if that was her duty, then I wanted to help her with that as much as I could.
“What did you do to help?”
“Since I only knew basic magic, I never helped with fighting.”
Nana had strongly objected when Yurika first proposed to help her. She knew that Yurika had a high potential for magic, and she would surely be able to use advanced magic. But Nana was worried about Yurika's personality. She didn't want Yurika, who was gentle at heart, to fight.
“I was sort of like an assistant.”
But since Yurika was so stubborn about helping, she was allowed to assist her on the condition that she didn't do anything dangerous.
“I would make food or help in investigations. Nana-san is from Folsaria, so she had no papers here, so there was a lot I could help out with.”
Koutarou couldn't see Yurika's face, but he imagined that she was smiling.
“Folsaria? What's that?”
“Folsaria is the name of the magical country. Folsaria the magical kingdom. I hear it's a kingdom without a king.”
Folsaria existed on a different world. Of course, they have no diplomatic relations with Japan, so Nana was technically an illegal immigrant. Because of that, the mere existence of a cooperator like Yurika was a blessing.
“So, that Nana came from there?”
“Yes. Nana-san is one of the arc wizards in Folsaria's army, Rainbow Heart. She's the youngest to have ever obtained the title of Rainbow. She was a genius magical girl.”
“Then why are you fighting, Nijino-san?”
Nana didn't want Yurika to fight, but despite that, Yurika was fighting all alone. It was only obvious that Harumi would have such questions.
“That's...”
Yurika hesitated. Up until that point she had been energetically sharing her story.
“That's because Nana-san lost her magic because of me.”
Yurika's voice was harsh and cold.
“I'll never forget that day, eight months ago. Just like Sakuraba-senpai today, I was taken hostage by Darkness Rainbow.”
“Like me... that's...”
“Yes. Nana-san was seriously injured while protecting me. So in order to defeat Maki-chan and the others, she released all of the magical power in her body.”
The injuries Nana had received when protecting Yurika was worse than what Yurika had gotten today, because all seven from Darkness Rainbow had attacked then. Not even the genius magical girl could defend herself from the seven girls from Darkness Rainbow. Suffering grave injuries and backed into a corner, Nana used her last-resort. She released all of the magical power inside of her to attack the seven girls.
“If you do that, you'll never be able to use magic again. But Nana-san did that to protect me.”
It was similar to a gas tank exploding. If you detonated the magic container inside your body, you'd never be able to recover your magical power. In order to follow through with her responsibilities and protect Yurika, she gave up her life as a magician.
“I see... So that's why you succeeded her role?”
“Yes. This outfit, and that cane originally belonged to Nana-san. I have to fulfil Nana-san's duties in her place.”
It wasn't like Yurika had wanted to become a magical girl, she just wanted to become like Nana.
“Nijino-san...”
Harumi respected Yurika's strong determination. There must have been a big meaning for Yurika to protect Harumi. Feeling that, Harumi felt even more grateful towards her. At the same time, she began to want to grant Yurika's wishes.
“I understand, Nijino-san.”
“...Sakuraba-senpai?”
“I won't tell you to stop any more. Instead, you have to win. I'll help too!”
“Sakuraba-senpai! That's dang―I mean, thank you very much.”
Yurika could feel Harumi's determination. It was the same as hers that day. Because of that, Yurika didn't refuse Harumi's offer.
“... I see... you really are a magical girl...”
Having understood everything, Koutarou looked mysteriously sad. Harumi then noticed his expression.
“What's wrong, Satomi-kun?”
“Ah, no... it's a bit selfish, but realizing that Yurika is a magical girl, I'm feeling that it's a bit sad.”
“Sad...?”
“What do you mean, Satomi-san?”
Normally, Yurika would feel abhorred and cry out after hearing that. But based on Koutarou's tone of voice, she, mysteriously enough, didn't feel that way.
“Hey Yurika, there's all kinds of people around me, right?”
“Yes.”
Sanae, Theia and Kiriha; Koutarou was surrounded by special people.
“But I always thought you were normal. Normal, just like me. You'd play around with your classmates and have fun. Even if the others went home, I always thought that you would spend these three years living a normal life.”
“Ah...”
Yurika hadn't thought of that. The few months after she had met Koutarou, she had lived like a normal girl. However, that had just ended. The moment when Koutarou admitted that she was a magical girl, it signaled the end of her normal life.
“It's selfish, right? I probably just wanted you to remain as a normal classmate. A normal classmate, with a special hobby.”
As Koutarou said that, Yurika felt it was a good thing that she was being carried. It wasn't enough for her to cry, but she knew that she was making a pitiful expression.
“Satomi-san...”
Then what about me? What did I want to be: a normal girl or a magical girl?
Yurika asked herself that, but she couldn't find an answer right away.
“...Yurika, fighting doesn't fit you.”
Koutarou looked up overhead. The sun and rainbow shone in the winter sky.
Nana-san, did you feel the same way?
“Sunshine and rainbows suit you better.”
Rather than casting magic and waving her cane around, Yurika suited basking in the sun and looking up towards the sky much more.
