Magical Girl Tyrant Sylph

Chapter 124

Chapter 4 — Sleep, until your life is over • Episode 4–1 — Succubus ④

Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV

Under a clear, cloudless sky, an eerily writhing black haze screams unpleasantly. The figure is distorted, as if multiple squid or octopi had been forcibly attached to a human, and the back of the giant, which is about five meters long, is bumpy and heaving, the back of the 5-meter-long giant is heaving, with nearly 20 undulating tentacles sprouting from it. The basic attack pattern seems to be that the tentacles on its back extend and attack.

The enemy is an Earl-class, and the current Elephant-san’s group are probably 50-50 with a little bit of a disadvantage.

「Tornado Cutter!」

With the chanting, several blades of wind attacked the dist, spinning in a circular orbit and slicing the tentacles that were about to entangle Elephant-san and others in a circle.

「Kuh, this guy’s tentacles, quick!」

「The playback speed is also devilishly amazing though～!」

「The movement is gradually being…!」

The sliced tentacles disappeared as small particles, but they regenerated faster than that, as if they had re-grown from the root, and attacked Elephant-san and others again. Although Blade-san, who has a large number of hands, has managed to get rid of almost half of the ten tentacles, she doesn’t seem to have the time to go on the offensive. Press-san and Elephant-san have managed to avoid fatal wounds by using magic, but since a while ago, they haven’t been able to avoid them completely, and several cuts have been made. That tentacle seems to be normally highly fluid, but it seems to transform into a hard blade only at the moment of contact.

I thought they were neither too weak nor too strong for the three of them to practice with, so I am watching over them in a supportive way only when they seem dangerous, but this time it might be better to stop there.

「Open The Gate Of Nightmare!」

「Empty Adult!」

Just before I raised my cane to join in, I heard someone’s voice faintly, almost drowned out by the Diest’s voice, and at the same time, multiple cannons rose into the air and fired a volley of shells at the Diest at once. The sound of explosions, no less than the screams of the Diests, echoed around the area.

「Ah, that was dangerous～」

「I thought I was going to die.」

「I mean, if it weren’t for Syl-chan, we’d be dead, right? That’s really bad, isn’t it?」

By wrapping them in the Empty Adult, the Elephant-san’s group were able to protect themselves from the shells and blasts in the nick of time, but the Diest was blown away without a trace, becoming unregenerable and disappearing. Was it easily defeated because Elephant-san and her team were grinding it down? Or was it the work of a Magical Girl who couldn’t handle an Earl-class Diest. Either way, it was quite a ridicule to attack Elephant-san in front of me.

Since the previous incident, no new territory raiders have appeared, so I thought the friendly play had an effect…

「Field Magic——」

「This idiot! What kind of Magical Girl suddenly attacks while other Magical Girls are fighting!! I’ve taught you that many times!!」

「I–I’m sorry! I just thought they all were in a pinch! I didn’t expect this to happen! Um, I’m really sorry, everyone!」

If the whole area is cleared, it doesn’t matter where the enemy is. With this in mind, I was about to use Field Magic, but I interrupted my chanting when I noticed a familiar, frantic voice. I looked toward the direction where I heard the voice, and saw a girl in an unfamiliar costume holding her head painfully, as if she had been knocked down with a fist-bone by Shadow-san, and she was bowing her head repeatedly toward us with teary eyes.

…This is the one I want to get my head around. Apparently, that was not exactly a territorial raid attack.

「That was quite a fancy greeting, but what about you?」

「Nooo, haha, I’m very sorry. She kept telling me not to hit her in the side, but she seemed to have a temper tantrum. It’s all her fault! It’s not mine!」

「That’s terrible, Master! Don’t you usually cover for me at times like this!?」

「Shut up! This is Tyrant Sylph-san, the Wind Witch who runs the Magical Girls of Sakira Town! She had done an amazing job!」

「Ehh!? I’m sorry! I was in a hurry and didn’t notice it at all! I always watch your videos! Please shake my hand!」

I was so taken aback by their contrived exchange that I lowered my cane, which I had been holding ready.

…She’s very noisy. Who is this child? And I feel that Shadow-san’s mood is very different from that of the little girl, perhaps because she doesn’t use honorifics with her.

Or rather,

「But first, isn’t there someone else you should be apologizing to?」

「Y–Yeah, right! Umm, Elephant-san, Blade-san, and Press-san! I always support you! Sorry for attacking you out of the blue!!」

「Ahaha, what a cheerful girl. You tried to help us, didn’t you? That’s alright, that’s alright.」

「I said I support them! I’m so thrilled～! We’re famous now, aren’t we?」

「Be careful next time. You are the newest Magical Girl in Sakira Town, right, Succubus-san?」

Haah, oh, right. That’s the kind of people she was. I could see that no one here would blame this Magical Girl.

I gave Shadow-san a sharp look with the intention of giving her a proper sermon later, and she seemed to have noticed my gaze as she bowed her head. Good grief, what are the fairies doing? It is the job of fairies to teach such things properly, isn’t it?

「Yes! But the name Succubus is not cute, so please use the Magical Girl Saki!! A Magical Girl of Dreams? It seems so!」

「Right, then, Saki-chan. That was some pretty powerful magic you just did.」

「About that☆ That’s a lot of strength right there.」

「Ah— rather, her magic is not that simple either.」

「I will explain it to them, so please keep quiet, Master! You happened to see a very strong one just now, but it seems that the one that comes out with that magic is decided by itself from the nightmares I have had!」

「Usually, they only come out with a few minor attacks, so I can’t count on them as a force at all, but I didn’t expect her to do that only at a time like this… This brat didn’t do it out of malice either.」

「Master—!」

「Shut it… I always tell you not to yell out every time…」

「I’m relieved to hear you’re getting along so well, Shadow-san.」

「No, well, you too.」

As I stepped back and watched Elephant-san and Shadow-san chatting with Shadow-san and the others, I wondered when Succubus-san had slipped out of the circle of conversation and came near me.

The fluffy outfit with plenty of frills and ribbons is based on pastel purple and white, and combined with her long, gently permed, pale peach-colored hair, it gives her a dreamy, kawaii look? It’s something like that. It seems to be the opposite of the kind of clothing one might associate with the name “Succubus”. In case you are wondering, I think her tail that can be seen from under the skirt could be considered a Succubus element… Well, as she says she wants me to call her Saki, a girl of her age usually doesn’t want to be a Magical Girl with a succubus motif. Even I don’t like it. Maybe the costume is a manifestation of such sentiments.

It is a very serious crime to have attacked Elephant-san and her friends, but it doesn’t seem to have been intentional, she seems to be sorry for what she did, and above all, Elephant-san and her group have forgiven her, so it would be unwise for me to say anything more. I have nailed Shadow-san and I will tolerate her this time.

「…What do you want?」

「U–Umm… Sylph-san…」

I guessed that she had something to say to me since she went out of her way to approach me after we had left the conversation, but since she was just fidgeting and showed no sign of talking to me, I had no choice but to ask her what she wanted. Phew, I’ve come full circle too. Of course, it doesn’t change the fact that I’m not interested in being friends with any Magical Girls except Elephant-san, but I’ve grown enough to talk to her myself to maintain an appropriate distance.

However, even though I had just initiated the conversation, she wasn’t as energetic as she had been a moment ago, and was whispering something in a low voice while lying on her face.

「I didn’t hear you very well, could you repeat that?」

「uh… uhh, yeah! Err, w–would you like to be my friend!?」

「Eh, that’s impossible.」

「——!!」

Saki-san’s expression was so sad and distorted that one could almost hear the sound effect of “slump” if this were a manga or anime. Ugh, I feel a little guilty… But it can’t be helped. What is impossible is impossible, so I can’t get her hopes up by muddying the waters with strange words…

「Why? Is it because I attacked them all earlier? If there is something wrong, I will fix it!」

E–Ehh……? She seemed to be in a state of shock when I turned her down so firmly, but she still insists?

「It’s not about you or anything,」

I was about to reply that it was a very personal matter when I noticed the stares. Elephant-san and others are looking at me as if to say, “What’s going on?” That’s because they can hear her if she speak that loudly. When people look at me like this, I feel like I’m doing something wrong, even though I’m not doing anything wrong. Let’s leave as soon as possible.

「Anyway, what is impossible is impossible. I’ll excuse myself with this.」

They decided to end the conversation unilaterally and return in transition. Let’s reflect on the battle that just took place later on a magiphone call or a message app.

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After Sylph left in transition, there was an indescribable atmosphere among the remaining Magical Girls.

「I forgot because we’ve been fighting and playing together normally lately～ but in case you’re wondering, we’re not friends with Syl-chan, either.」

「Well, I don’t think Sylph-san meant to be friends with anyone but Elephant.」

「Come to think of it, Sylph-chan was like that in the beginning.」

「I–I guess the situation is more complicated than I thought… Ah, Saki, I’ll buy you dinner, but for now, let’s just go home.」

「…Okay.」

With Saki completely dejected, Shadow also left with the transition light.

「Not even Saki-chan, who seems to be the same age? This is even more of a mystery. I wonder why Ele-chan was the only one who got the right kind of attention?」

「But I’m sorry for Saki-san, but thanks for asking her straight, I understood one thing.」

「Understood one thing?」

Press, who has untransformed, crosses her arms behind her head and stretches lightly as she expresses her doubts, while Blade, who has also untransformed, shines her glasses and folds her arms as she expresses her thoughts.

「Sylph-san reflexively said to Saki-san, “Impossible.” Rather than saying, “I don’t want to.” I guess there must be something going on with Sylph-san after all. Not that she doesn’t want to make friends, but there’s a reason why she can’t. Isn’t that right, Elephant?」

「As long as you don’t change Sylph-chan’s mind, I guess.」

In response to Blade’s sharp observations, Elephant conceded that this wasn’t a mistake, even if she didn’t go into detail. Of course she doesn’t intend to talk about Sylph’s situation, but she wanted them both to know that Sylph had her own circumstances and wasn’t trying to be mean or hurtful to Saki.

「I see. Well, then I hope she can change that.」

「…You’re not asking me?」

「I’ve decided to believe in you. I’m not going to stand idly by and watch, either.」

Blade told her with a nihilistic smile, and Elephant smiled in response. Because they have fought with each other’s backs, they can trust each other even without words. Blade sometimes felt that their relationship was in danger, but after her recent confession, she knew that Elephant was serious. Then she changed her mind that instead of using leno to draw Elephant away, she herself should also go closer to Sylph.

「It’s not fair that just the two of you are doing adolescent things! Count me in too! Ele-chan, say it to me too! Tell me what you said earlier!」

「It’s a little hard to say when you put it like that, but… you won’t ask me too?」

「I’ve believed in Ele-chan from the very beginning—☆!」

「Hey, you make it sound like I didn’t believe her!」

「If that’s what you think, then maybe I’m right.」

「Ahaha, it’s alright, Blade. Blade is kind and you were worried about Sylph-chan.」

「Ele-chan, that makes me sound like I’m not being kind!」

「Mmph, you’re both so kind and I know you believe in me. Thanks for everything.」

Elephant, with her arms outstretched wide, hugged them both at the same time and thanked them, and they returned her embrace with gentle smiles, as if they had no choice.