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Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Light Novel) - Volume 5, Chapter 6: Fighting and Magic
Volume 5, Chapter 6: Fighting and Magic
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Part 1
Wednesday, November 18
Inside the empty room 106 was Maki, standing at the center of the inner room, focusing. She was using her magic to thoroughly scan the room. She opened her eyes after several minutes and wiped the sweat off her brow.
“... I see, so the sword Satomi Koutarou used was created by controlling a portion of the magic power concentrated here.”
From her investigation, Maki realized that the magic power wasn't just gigantic, its quality was amazing as well. The magic power matched the power flowing from the sword Koutarou had used earlier.
“With this kind of magic power, not even Rainbow Heart could leave it alone...”
The reason Yurika hadn't used the magic power concentrated in the room was because Rainbow Heart had forbidden the abuse of magic. For the very same reason, she couldn't use magic to prove her identity. But that restriction didn't matter to Koutarou, who wasn't part of Rainbow Heart. Maki thought it was only obvious that Koutarou would be using the magic power.
“But to think controlling only a portion of it had that much power. If I can steal the control of it, I might be able to overturn the difference in power.”
Maki grabbed her cane and closed her eyes again.
If I reuse the spell Satomi Koutarou used... In reality, Sakuraba Harumi had done it, so I should be able too...
“... Analyze Magic – Modifier – High Precision – And – Casting Time Four Times.”
Maki raised the precision of her magic and continued what she was doing. Maki's primary goal was to investigate the concentration of magic power and to flush out Yurika's accomplice. But depending on the outcome of her investigation, she might be able to go beyond that goal. She naturally applied more force with her hands.
Just you wait, Satomi Koutarou... I'll destroy that confidence of yours!
Right now, Maki felt more hostility towards Koutarou, who had chased her off, than Yurika.
“Satomi-san, it seems like Maki-chan is tampering with the magic power in room 106.”
“It seems that way. Maki-san is standing in the middle of the room, doing something suspicious.”
“Satomi-kun, you must have good eyes to be able to see from this far. I can't see anything at all.”
Yurika used her magic while Koutarou just used his outstanding eyesight he had been born with to spy into room 106. But no matter how hard Harumi strained her eyes, she couldn't see the inside of the room.
“What's the situation?”
“She's probably examining the room; I can sense green-type magic, which is used for fortune telling. And also orange-type magic, for degeneration. That one is probably because she's trying to take control of the magic power.”
“What else?”
“I can't see anything else from this distance using passive magic.”
Koutarou, Yurika and Harumi were on the roof of a five-story apartment house. From there, they were able to spy into room 106. Since they had picked a building far away in order to not be detected, Yurika was having a hard time getting a grasp of the situation.
“Should we get closer? Although we'd probably be discovered.”
“No, we'll need to rush in either way, so I'd rather make a surprise attack than find out what she's doing.”
Regardless of what she was doing, they had to get in Maki's way. Koutarou had decided that in that case, a surprise attack had a higher chance of success.
“I understand.”
Yurika agreed right away. Since Yurika was bad when it came to showdowns, she left the decision to Koutarou who specialized in fighting.
“So what are we going to do now, Satomi-kun, Nijino-san?”
“It doesn't look like we have a lot of time, so we'll need to attack.”
“In that case, I'll charge in.”
“Satomi-kun will!?”
Harumi was amazed by what Koutarou had said.
“We can't let Yurika go in her current state. She will keep her distance and support me.”
“T-That's true... but...”
Harumi was worried. Maki had strange abilities, she had experienced that first hand. She couldn't help but worry about Koutarou rushing in.
“In that case, I'll cast lots of spells on you while I can. If I do it when you get close, Maki-chan might notice.”
Yurika pulled out her cane and pointed it towards Koutarou.
Now that I think about it, that cane and that outfit used to belong to that Nana girl...
As he looked at Yurika's appearance, Koutarou recalled that. At the same time, he remembered that he hadn't apologized to Yurika yet.
“Yurika.”
“Yes?”
“I'm sorry for not believing you all this time.”
“Satomi-san...”
Yurika smiled and shook her head as Koutarou apologized.
“Life as a cosplayer this half year wasn't all that bad.”
“Yurika...”
Koutarou smiled wryly, it was all he could do in this situation.
“Besides, having you help me like this is more than enough.”
“I see. Then I'm counting on you with the magic.”
That was essential in order for Koutarou to continue helping Yurika.
“Yes.”
Yurika smiled as she began her incantation.
Part 2
“Yes! I did it!”
Maki cheered, the girl who rarely showed emotion threw her cane up into the sky with joy.
“Since it was such ancient magic it took a while to operate, but I should eventually be able to gain complete control of it!”
Maki had succeeded in controlling the room's magic power. However, it was a near insignificant amount compared to what was concentrated. That was all she could do in a short amount of time.
“For the time being, I've managed to stop the energy supply flowing into Satomi Koutarou...”
However, having succeeded at analyzing the control was a big deal. Because of that she had been able to stop the power from flowing into Koutarou.
“Alright... At least now I don't have to worry about that ridiculous sword for a while...”
With the authority that Maki had obtained, she was only able to temporarily stop the magic power, but that alone was already a great outcome. If she did the same during the battle and robbed Koutarou of his sword, she would definitely win.
“But to think I'd see a spell using the ancient Folsarian language here of all places...”
The magic language being used in present day Folsaria had been modernized after the old language became obsolete. They analyzed and unified the magic being used, and restructured the incantations so that they would share the same alphabet and grammar, removing the need for idioms and making magic, overall, easier to use.
Magic using Folsaria's ancient language was said to have been the hardest to restructure. The language was not only too old, but phonetic and ideographic characters had been mixed in creating a very unique alphabet. It had very little in common with all other magic languages, and it was the hardest magic language to use.
“Satomi Koutarou... just who is he...?”
If he was related to Yurika or Rainbow Heart, the magic language he used would have been modern. But since this was an ancient magic language, it would mean that the spell had been brought here by ancient Folarians and had been inherited until this time period. And that meant that Koutarou was related to those people.
“The brains to create master plans, can use reinforcement magic without transforming and a master at necromancy. He also has considerable skills when it comes to fighting. On top of that, there's this magic power supply system based on ancient magic. There's not even that many people in Folsaria that could do this...”
Having gotten a grasp to the extent of Koutarou's powers(?), Maki was once again taken aback.
“But I won't lose next time. Now that I have control of this place, I'll definitely win!”
Her sense of rivalry towards Koutarou flared up once more. Right now, Maki's enemy wasn't Yurika, but Koutarou.
At that moment, a bell sounded from the decorations on her cane.
“You're finally here, Satomi Koutarou!”
Inside the barrier were five alarms that Maki had set up. The alarm that had been triggered was the one closest to room 106. The first four had been set in places easy to find, but the last one had been hidden. It was an old trick, but Koutarou and the others were amateurs and had easily fallen for it.
“You're too late, Satomi Koutarou! And Nijino Yurika!”
Which was why when they opened the door, Maki calmly greeted them.
Part 3
As Koutarou opened the door and jumped into room 106, she faced Koutarou and Yurika calmly, without any sign of surprise.
“You're too late, Satomi Koutarou! And Nijino Yurika!”
“She noticed us!?”
“Maki-san! We'll be taking back this room!”
“You're welcome to, if you can defeat me that is.”
“That's just what I'll do!”
However, Koutarou didn't care and rushed towards her. Normally, if a surprise attack failed, it was common to withdraw, but there was no room for retreat now. If Maki kept control of the room, something terrible would happen.
“Satomi-san!? R-Right, here we go, Angel Halo!!”
Yurika quickly realized his intentions and pointed her cane towards Koutarou's back.
“Effect – Release!”
With those few words, Koutarou's body began glowing in various colors. It was almost as if he was wearing a rainbow. Koutarou had been strengthened to the fullest of his potential, but in order to avoid detection by Maki, the effects had been sealed. Yurika's few words served to release the seal.
“I see, you've taken the size of this room into account and you're trying to make this into close quarters fight! In that case-!”
Seeing the spells covering Koutarou, Maki saw through his goals and stepped back.
“Ah!?”
Maki broke the window and jumped outside. If Koutarou was going for a fist fight, Maki had no reason to stay in the room. Her best option was to get somewhere open where she could use her ranged attacks.
“Wait!”
Koutarou dashed through the room and jumped out through the window. But Yurika slowly walked to the center of the room and stopped.
“Maki-chan left the room!? Why!?”
Yurika frowned, but it wasn't because her wounds hurt. Maki was supposed to be after this room. But she had easily given it up and jumped outside. Yurika couldn't understand why she had done that.
“Analyze Magic!”
However, she soon found out why.
The spell has been encrypted!? I see, so that's what she's after!!
After finding out the reason with her magic, she quickly chased after Koutarou. She didn't have the time to undo the encryption. Maki was planning on defeating either Koutarou or Yurika first.
“You're pretty good, Koutarou!”
“You too, Maki-san!”
Once Yurika had gotten outside, Koutarou and Maki were already in the middle of their fight. The two of them were fighting on the road next to Corona House. At this time, the road was normally well trafficked but thanks to the barrier, there was no one around.
“Satomi-san, watch out! Maki-chan is after us!”
Yurika called out to Koutarou, but he didn't respond. He was too busy dealing with Maki to do that.
“Mind Flare!”
“That's nothing! How about this!”
Koutarou dodged Maki's spell and unleashed a kick as he got close.
“Quick Cast – Force Field!”
However, Koutarou's foot crashed into Maki's shield of light. Koutarou's body had been strengthened by Yurika's magic, on top of that he was covered with attack spells. Because of that his kick packed quite the punch, once it collided with the shield an intense flash occurred.
“Damnit, this doesn't work either!”
The red light enveloping Koutarou's right leg vanished, it had been used up.
“This man is better than I thought!”
Since she had used magic to defend herself, Maki was able to act quicker. She jumped far back and took some distance from Koutarou.
“I can't use any big spells with him this close!”
“Wait!”
Koutarou quickly chased after Maki. If she maintained the distance, she would have the advantage.
“Sonic Impact – Modifier – Touch Trigger!”
Koutarou's right leg began glowing red once more. Yurika had used her magic from the rear to rearm him.
“...The injured Yurika is supporting him from behind, entrusting all of her magic to Koutarou, and making this a close quarters fight that magicians are bad at. A solid plan.”
If I wasn't good at fighting in close quarters, I would be in trouble!
Maki readjusted her grip on her cane and quickly started on an incantation.
“Quick Double Cast – Acceleration, Tiny Memory Flash – Modifier – Touch Trigger!”
Her body began glowing yellow and her cane blue. She had increased her reflex speed and covered her cane with an offensive spell that erased a few seconds of their memory.
“Satomi-san, make sure you dodge that!”
“So that's the memory erasing spell!”
Before the fighting had started, Yurika had told Koutarou what she knew about Maki's spells. That included the spell currently covering her cane.
“Correct!”
Koutarou and Maki closed in on each other, and a close quarter fight began. With his body strengthened on top of being fit, Koutarou had the upper hand in terms of physical prowess. However, Maki had a cane with a long reach to make up for the difference. The most troublesome of all was the spell covering the cane. Since it was activated through touch, it worked for both offense and defense.
“Taaaaaaa!”
“Woah, not good, she's not going to let me close in!”
Koutarou was unable to get nearer, the attacks Maki made with her cane were too severe. Thanks to Yurika's cooperation, Koutarou was able to dodge it, but because of the spell, clumsily attacking was too dangerous. In this situation a few seconds of memory loss would mean defeat. Because of that, Koutarou was being stalled by the cane, and couldn't get in close enough to use his fists.
“Satomi-san, back away for a moment!”
“Yurika!?”
When Yurika said that, Koutarou didn't hesitate to cut his attack short and fall back.
As he put some distance between himself and Maki, he felt that the indigo light coming from the cane looked more ominous than before.
“Control Plant – Modifier – Extend Length Four Times!”
Along with Yurika's words, the trees by the road suddenly began moving. She was using her magic to control them, and their branches reached out towards Maki.
“Curse you, Yurika!”
Annoyed by Yurika's intervention, Maki used her cane to smack away the branches. As she did, the indigo light covering her cane began to vanish. After touching the branches, the magic that had been charged in the cane had been consumed.
“Satomi-san!”
“Leave it to me!”
By the time Yurika yelled out, Koutarou had already charged in. This was his chance, there was no way he would let it pass.
“Got you!!”
Koutarou used all of his power and threw his right fist towards Maki. She readied her cane to protect herself, but it seemed like he was about to blow her away along with her cane.
“―In the end I have no choice to but to use this.”
However, before Koutarou's fist could reach Maki, a black disc appeared and blocked it.
“What!?”
At that moment, pretty much all of the spells cast on Koutarou vanished. The only ones that remained were the ones furthest away from his right fist that had collided with the black disc.
“Satomi-san, hurry up and run!”
The black disc moved the same time Yurika shouted. The disc was absorbed by Maki's cane, and it turned black.
“Surprised? This is your power after all. Of course, I can only use a portion it right now.”
“My power!?”
Koutarou stopped moving after hearing what Maki said.
“Maki-chan is controlling the power in room 106! So hurry up and run!”
“So that's―”
“It's too late to run now!”
Maki laughed as she pointed her cane at Koutarou. It was the expression of someone convinced of their victory.
I've gotten control of the magic concentration! Satomi Koutarou can't use this ridiculous magic power anymore, I’ll be the one to use it! In other words, it’s my win!
Up until now, Koutarou had been looking down on Maki. He had been making fun of her when she first transferred to their school, and at the welcoming party he had stolen information about her. On top of that, he had interfered in their fight at the construction site.
She had several misunderstandings about Koutarou, but she was so certain of her victory against him that she didn't care.
“Die and return to the soil of your homeland, Satomi Koutarou!”
That was a frequently used phrase in Folsaria. It was said that the dead returned to the now lost lands of ancient Folsaria. So that saying was the equivalent of handing someone their death sentence.
“Lightning Lance – Modifier – Change Element Darkness – And – High Concentration!”
Like she had done at the construction site, Maki created a lightning spear. However unlike before, the spear was black, and it was contracting. As the spear shrunk, it got darker, and once it finally stabilized it was like staring at a black hole.
“Satomi-san!”
“Not good!”
Koutarou tried to run away, but since the majority of spells cast on him had been erased, he was now moving much slower.
“Taaaaake thiiis, Satomi Koutaroooou!!”
Maki unleashed the black spear against Koutarou who was trying his best to dodge.
Satomi Koutarou, there's no way you can dodge this spear the way you are now!
The spear discharged several black electrical currents and closed in on Koutarou.
“Quick Cast – Anti-Magical Shield – Modifier – Maximize!”
Yurika used almost all of her remaining magic power to cast a defensive spell on Koutarou, but, Maki's spear reached Koutarou before Yurika's spell could activate.
“Uwaaaaah!?”
“Satomi-saaaaaaan!!”
When hit by the spear, Koutarou wasn't just shocked; he could feel his strength leaving his body. His limbs went numb and his body got cold. The spear that consisted of darkness had stolen his life force.
“Ugh... D-Damnit.”
Koutarou fell to his knees. The spear hadn't actually injured him, but with his life force stolen, he was unable to move.
“Oh, to think you'd survive after being hit by that. As expected from Satomi Koutarou, perhaps?”
As I thought a single blow wasn't enough... But with this, the white magic power inside his body should be all used up. The next one will finish him off!
“Satomi-san, you can't stop, run!”
“I can't... my body won't move...”
On top of her severe injuries, Yurika had used up all of her magic power while Koutarou had his life force stolen by the black spear. The two of them could no longer move.
I-I at least need to get Yurika out of here...
Koutarou used all of his strength to move his body.
...She's not the kind of girl that should fight!
But the best he could do was move the fingers on his right hand. The rest of his body wouldn’t budge.
“Maki-chan, don't do anything else to Satomi-san!”
“Are you kidding, Yurika? You should know just how dangerous this man is to us.”
Maki sighed as she created two black spears. She was going to use them to finish them both off.
I wasn't able to control that much of that room's magic power, but it's more than enough...
As Maki pointed her cane towards the two, she was once again impressed by the magic power concentrated in room 106. If she could make that power Darkness Rainbow's, they could overturn the power balance.
“Well then, this is goodbye.”
“I-It's no use...”
No matter how hard he tried, his body wouldn't move. Even Koutarou realized his defeat.
“Satomi-san.”
Yurika used her cane as support and headed towards Koutarou. Having used up all of her magic power, there was nothing else she could do. But even then, she was determined to protect Koutarou. However, due to her injuries, Yurika's progress was slow. She wasn't going to make it to Koutarou before Maki unleashed her spears.
“Farewell, Nijino Yurika and Satomi Koutarou.”
Maki unleashed her spears against Koutarou and Yurika. The two spears roared as they tore through the sky.
Just when everyone thought that all was lost–
“Karama, Korama, spiritual energy field at max power, focus everything you have forward.”
The voice of a girl could be heard.
“Understood Ho-!”
“Leave it to us Ho-!”
The next moment, two haniwas appeared in front of Koutarou. They were Kiriha's servants, Karama and Korama.
“What!?”
As Maki opened her eyes wide in surprise, the two Haniwa's created a shield made of yellow light in front of them.
“A barrier!? But you won't be able to block my spears with a single spell!!”
“Then there's no need to worry. This isn't magic.”
As the black spears flew into the shield, their trajectories changed and they flew up into the sky. The spears had tremendous power behind them, but they had been splendidly parried. However, Maki barely paid any attention to that; she was distracted by Kiriha who had appeared from an alley.
“Kurano Kiriha? There's a barrier in place, so how did you get in? And what's with those clay figures!?”
Maki was taken aback by the sudden appearance of Kiriha, and by the power of the two haniwas that had been able to parry her attack.
“Sanae came calling us over, and Harumi was here waiting. It was easy for us to get in.”
“Satomi-kun, Nijino-san, as you asked, I've brought everyone here!”
“Koutarou, are you okay!?”
When Kiriha mentioned Harumi and Sanae, the two of them appeared from behind her. Harumi had brought Kiriha and the others to Koutarou and Yurika. Before the battle, Yurika had opened up a hole in the barrier. Harumi had waited by that spot and let Kiriha and the others in.
“Karama and Korama were able to deflect the spears because they're used to that type of attack.”
The black spears stole the life force of a human. That was very similar to stealing spiritual energy. Karama and Korama were skilled at controlling spiritual energy. They might not have been able to defend against a normal spell, but the black spears in this case were under their specialty.
“However, you won't be able to defeat me by staying on the defensive!”
Some mysterious girls appeared... I've taken too long... Now then, what to do?
Having understood the situation, Maki showed a confident attitude while thinking ahead for a plan. But Maki didn't have that long to think.
“Agreed, you can't win a battle without attacking.”
“Your highness, electrical communication may be jammed, but it seems we can still use subspace communication.”
“...And attacking is my specialty!”
Next up, Theia and Ruth appeared. As they appeared, Theia immediately began her attack.
“Blue Knight! High Convergence Laser Bombardment! Annihilate the enemy that stands before me!”
Theia used her bracelet to order her warship in orbit, the Blue Knight, to start the attack.
“Your highness, that's too much!”
“That's not true! Torturing my knight is punishable by death!!”
“As you wish, my princess.”
Theia was furious. Burning with rage, she glared at Maki. Koutarou was Theia's vassal, and lately he was becoming something more. Theia simply couldn't find it in her to forgive someone that had hurt him.
“Quick Cast – Force Field – Modifier – Maximize!”
With the way Theia was acting, Maki sensed something bad was coming and used all of her magic power to cast a defensive spell. Theia had chosen a laser weapon. Normally, there wouldn't be enough time to block, but since the attack was coming from orbit, there was a slight lag before the attack came. Maki was able to cast her spell the moment before the attack hit.
The lasers punched through the atmosphere and rained down on Maki. As the lasers descended from out of orbit, they had decelerated greatly, but they still had more than enough power behind them. Because of that, Maki's full powered defensive spell easily began giving away.
At this rate they'll break through my shield!! Then what about this!?
Maki used the remaining power she had gotten from room 106 and poured it into her defense. As she did, the magical shield in front of her recovered and turned black. Although it was giving way at first, it now barely held up against the Blue Knight's bombardment.
“Oh... Even if it may have been weakened by the atmosphere, to think you'd withstand a bombardment.”
“T-this kind of attack power is ridic...!”
Maki had used up all of the magic power she had stolen from room 106, and all of her own as well. If she hadn’t done that, she wouldn't have been able to withstand the Blue Knight's bombardment.
“But with this it's over! Blue Knight, fire a limited Genesis Buster!”
“Your highne~ss!! Stop it or I'll get angry!!”
Theia tried to bring out the anti-matter cannon, but Ruth desperately stopped her. The cannon had far too much power to be used on a single person.
“Koutarou has to stand on the stage with me!! We'll shout at each other, laugh together and create the play together!! Even then, someone dared harm Koutarou!! I definitely can't forgive her!!”
“Are you trying to destroy that Satomi-sama along with this planet!?”
“Ugh.”
“Don't worry, leave the rest to me, Theia-san.”
Finally, Shizuka appeared. She approached Maki without making a sound and swung her fist.
“I have no intention of forgiving someone who broke my window.”
Maki was a skilled martial artist. But since she was exhausted after her fight with Koutarou and Yurika, she had used up all of her magic that she normally combined with her martial arts. In that state, Maki had no way of avoiding Shizuka's attack.
“Kyaaaaa!”
After receiving Shizuka's consecutive attacks, Maki slammed into the asphalt. Just a minute ago, Maki had an overwhelming advantage, but now she was covered in wounds.
I was too obsessed with defeating Satomi Koutarou and failed because of my greed...
Having taken this much damage, even Maki had to admit defeat. She should have stayed true to her original objective of gathered information.
However, I was able to get a grasp of the power of the people around Satomi Koutarou. If I can get home safely, this will end in a draw!
Even in this situation, Maki was thinking of escaping Koutarou and the others.
“In that case!”
Maki quickly got up and raised her cane above her head.
“You still want to go at it!?”
Shizuka reacted by taking a stance, however nobody expected Maki's next course of action.
“...Thank you for everything up until now, Twilight Wing.”
Maki pulled off one of the accessories on her cane. Seeing that, Yurika realized Maki's goal and warned everyone.
“This is bad, everyone, brace yourselves for an incoming attack! Maki-chan is about to use a spell!”
“An attack!? In that state!?”
“Geez, she's so stubborn!”
“Karama, Korama, deploy the spiritual energy field. Protect everyone.”
“Got it Ho-!”
While everyone was bracing themselves, Maki began her incantation.
“... Sacrifice – Twilight Wing – Precast Spell – Release.”
By destroying her own cane, Maki released the magic power inside it and then cast a spell using that magic power. The cane was a magical girl's life. It was a tool required to cast advanced spells. On top of that, once lost, it took a considerable amount of time to recreate. Because of that, no matter how much magic power it held, magical girls wouldn't just destroy it at a moment’s notice. Having been backed into a corner, this attack was Maki's ace up her sleeve.
“Next time won't go the same way, Nijino Yurika! And Satomi Koutarou!”
The spell Maki had used to escape erased several hours’ worth of memories from the surrounding people.
Part 4
“And that's how I managed to escape. Today was a rough day, really.”
Maki's voice echoed in her empty room. Around her were the same six girls from before.
“That really does sound rough, Maki.”
“It might have been rough for Maki personally, but to us, this was a great success.”
“That's true, Purple-anesama. I think so too. If Navy-chan hadn't investigated this thoroughly we would have not only been facing that man but also a bunch of girls we knew nothing about.”
Maki was in the middle of reporting about the results of her fight with Koutarou and Yurika to her allies.
“So you mentioned controlling a portion of that magic power, but how was it, Maki?”
“Hmm, I would say it was about as much as ten shots of your Inferno Fire.”
“That much!?”
Hearing Maki's report, the eyes of the girl in red began sparkling. The girl in red only sought to strengthen herself. Because of that she was unable to hide her hopes and excitement as she imagined controlling the power in room 106.
“If a small portion has that much power, the entirety of that power must be massive.”
“Yes.”
Maki nodded at the girl in violet's words.
“Even if all seven of us used it, it would still give each one of us power the equivalent of that of an artifact’s, if not more. It looks like it will take a lot of time to analyze though.”
As she reached that point of her report, Maki's face turned darker.
“However, it will take quite the determination to repel those that live there.”
“You mean that blonde girl's attack that took all of the magic power you controlled to block?”
“I'm more interested in the girl using those two haniwas. Haniwas are cute, right?”
“There were also mentions of a master in martial arts, right? I can't wait to face her.”
“You can't forget about Nijino Yurika. And most of all, that man that I can't hate enough, Satomi Koutarou.”
As she mentioned Koutarou's name, Maki's calm expression warped with rage, and she began grinding her teeth.
“That man is a threat with his necromancy and his control of the magic power in that room. And what's more, he's smart. Who knows what trap he will have ready for next time...”
“...Are you in love?”
“Could you not casually say something so frightening!? I don't want anything to do with a smart man that manipulates others!”
Maki specialized in magic that manipulated the minds of others because she didn't want to be betrayed.
Ever since she had been born in Folsaria, Maki had been constantly betrayed. Her parents sold her off as a slave. The slaves she had been planning on running away with had informed their master just before the plan went into action. Maki had lived her life with betrayal as a regular occurrence. Maki had only been able to escape that life because Darkness Rainbow had seen the magic potential she had.
Since she abhorred betrayals, Maki would never betray anyone. But she was afraid that she would be betrayed if she didn't make others obey her through force. Because of that, Maki was unable to believe in people and sought only power and to control those people with her mind manipulation magic. So when Maki had seen Yurika trust in Koutarou, she felt nothing but disgust.
That man is the worst! He plays with others feelings, he uses and then betrays them. I'll definitely correct him with my magic!
So if Maki was to ever fall in love, it would be with an honest man that would never betray anyone. To her, Koutarou was nothing but an existence to be hated.
“...Anyways.”
Once the girl in violet mumbled that, Maki, who was lost in thought, snapped back to reality and forgot about Koutarou. As Maki returned to herself, the girl in violet continued.
“It would probably be for the best if we proceeded with caution in the future.”
As the girl in violet proposed that, the other six girls nodded their heads in agreement. After listening to Maki's report, they all understood the seriousness of the situation.
“Maki, you should hurry and recreate your cane. And gather information while maintaining their trust. Since you erased their memories we should make sure to use that.”
Maki had no objections; either way, she had no way of fighting until she had completed a new cane.
“The remaining members should hurry up with their preparations. That said, those wounded won't heal faster because of that...”
The seven officers, excluding the girl in violet and Maki, were all unable to act. They were either healing up from their wounds, in the middle of rehabilitation or training their successors. They still hadn't recovered from the damage from their battle with Rainbow Nana.
“I have some things to do over here, so you'll have to carry the burden on your own for a while, Maki.”
“Don't worry. With that man as my opponent, that's just what I want.”
“...Don't go too crazy, Maki.”
With those words serving as parting words, the girls surrounding Maki disappeared. The meeting was over and Maki was left all alone in her room.
Satomi Koutarou. At the very least, I’ll defeat you on my own before the others arrive!
Maki's hatred for Koutarou boiled inside of her, as if she hadn't heard her allies warnings.
