Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

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"No, do I really have to give him this verbally? Didn't you give him your phone? Why don't you just call him and get him to take action? In the end, you could have just had Miss Yin Wei handle this task, right?"

What role do I play in this mission?

It seems redundant.

Sirius shook his head and pointed at me like Uncle Sam in a recruitment ad.

"No, it has to be you."

"It has to be me?"

"You're not just dealing with Liu, but also with someone who will only listen if you step in."

I don't understand what Sirius refers to.

"Who else?"

Sirius laughed, "Well, just an unlucky guy whose life you saved."

Chapter 18 Ryuhime Project

(Albinocotyledon)

Surprisingly, there is a cluster of luxurious villas hidden in the suburbs of the northern mountainous area of the city. There are no reconnaissance airships stationed here. It is a gray area of Changkong City. After taking the bus to the nearest stop, it is still half an hour's walk to reach it.

Clearly, the location and design of this villa complex did not take into account the poor people who need to walk there.

"A rich community? Are you kidding me? That guy Liu actually lives in a place like this? Is this also Sirius's arrangement?"

He's hiding here with someone whose life I saved...

To be honest, I don't remember saving anyone.

As I approached the gate of the villa complex, I was feeling dizzy from the heat. A security guard on duty jogged out of the guardhouse next to the gate. He looked to be not much older than me and was wearing an ill-fitting wide-brimmed hat.

"Wait! Miss over there, please wait a moment!"

"Huh? What is it?"

"You can't just come and go as you please here."

They were fairly polite, but I was still a little annoyed to be stopped at this point.

"I need to go inside to find someone. Do you think I came all this way up the mountain just to play?"

"Then, at least come here and sign your name to register."

"But I'm a magical girl, you know. Wouldn't it violate the identity protection law to ask a magical girl to keep a record of me?"

"Ah, this..."

The security guard looked a bit embarrassed; he probably hadn't been a security guard for long and didn't know how to handle this kind of situation.

I pushed off with my feet and easily leaped over the three-meter-high gate, waving at him from the doorway.

"Alright, go back to your air-conditioned room. If I really want to go in, what can you do to stop me? Don't tell anyone I was here, and no one will hold you accountable."

Magical girls are legally invisible. Ordinary people who try to uncover a magical girl's true identity will be held legally responsible. If a magical girl is involved in a theft, the only recourse is to call the police, who will then hand the case over to the Magical Girl Association for handling.

Of course, magical girls generally don't commit crimes.

Because they had no reason to commit crimes.

"Judging by the house number, this should be the building, right?"

Although there was a doorbell, I still used the same trick and climbed over the outer wall of the detached villa.

Apart from the central pillar, almost the entire two-story house is made of glass, and the exterior walls reflect golden light in the setting sun, exuding a surprising and unique sense of design.

The interior decoration is incredibly luxurious, and the second floor even has glass floors, so you can see the entire house's furnishings from downstairs...

Ok?

Her pale face was mostly hidden by her perpetually wet green hair, and her slender body was covered with emerald silver scales.

There's no mistake, it's the Mermaid Witch.

She was singing to the music video on the TV screen, and didn't stop even when she noticed me. Although the villa was visually very open, it was surprisingly well soundproofed, so I, standing outside the door, couldn't hear what she was singing very clearly.

The person I saved was her...

"Miss Knight, please come in."

A petite girl was leaning on the railing of the second-floor terrace, waving at me... Wait, who is this?

Seemingly sensing the confusion on my face, she pointed to herself and said, "It's me! I'm Liu!"

"...You can not only change your face, but you can even change your sex?"

"No, I am still a man."

"..."

A man who looks and sounds like a little girl?

I don't know what my expression was, but Liu's face was full of helplessness.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't want to dress like this either! But only when I'm dressed as a woman will Miss Shuiwei listen to me."

Unbelievable! That mermaid witch actually has such a fetish?

The second-floor balcony isn't high; now I only need a short running start to easily jump up.

"Why don't you go change your shoes at the door..."

"No need, I brought my own slippers."

The military boots of their battle uniforms were replaced with transparent plastic slippers from a dollar store.

My Star Crystal Space is larger than those of other magical girls after the fusion, so I prepared a lot of small general merchandise, but nothing of value.

"So can you tell me? Why are you with the witch?"

"Well..."

(Explanation omitted; please refer back to the previous volume's extra chapter for details.)

Liu briefly recounted his encounter with the Mermaid Witch.

It's outrageous. Not only did he subdue the shark girl, he even single-handedly took down one of Betelgeuse's clones.

"So, you've started training for the idol festival right here in this villa?"

Liu nodded and put his hands on his hips.

"Hmm! To gain true freedom, we're determined to win the championship!"

The prototype for the Samehada Witch, Kawanami Namie, seems to be a professional harmonies singer. Inheriting this talent, the Samehada Witch will become a formidable rival to Seruno...

Is it boldness or just a penchant for creating drama? Sirius actually orders a witch to sign up for the "Supernova Idol Festival." Even if ordinary people can't tell, there are always magical girls at the event who can recognize her...

"His true intentions will be exposed as soon as he takes office. What exactly is Sirius thinking?"

"It won't be exposed because Miss Water Resources will not participate in the competition in her real form; she has no intention of going on stage."

The Mermaid Witch pushed open the balcony door and stared at me without saying a word.

If I remember correctly, this guy can actually talk, right?

"It's too complicated to explain, it's faster to let you see it for yourself."

His right hand nail had been transformed into a round-headed glass lens, looking like a flashlight.

"What kind of mimicry factor did you eat?"

"Although it doesn't emit light, it can still do this..."

Like a projector in operation, the "lens" in Liu's hand emitted a faint glow, and a green-haired girl I had never seen before appeared before me, wearing fluffy animal ears and a large tail, but her movements and expressions were exactly the same as the Mermaid Witch standing next to her...

I reached out to touch it, but found that the phantom had no physical form.

It's just a very realistic image.

"Although my projection is just an illusion of images, it can be linked to a specific target, and the projection range is very far. We will participate remotely from a van outside the arena. This 'projection magic' is the magic of our group 'Magical Girl Ryuhime'..."

"and many more."

I heard a name that caught my attention.

"So you guys are a group?"

"Yes, let's take one character from each of our names..."

I couldn't help but complain, "But your name only has one character, right? 'Ryuhime' just sounds like 'you.' Looking at it this way, even this virtual avatar incorporates wolf elements instead of shark... Is wearing women's clothing not enough to satisfy your perverted mind? You pervert!"

Even though I scolded him, Liu blushed and scratched his head.

He shamelessly admitted, "...Oh...because when I'm not singing, that's definitely me..."

This pervert is finished.

I really want to stomp on his face. He's so small and shrunk, he should be easy to knock down, right?

"This isn't his fault..."

The mermaid witch finally spoke up.

"...After all, that's how I speak."

That shrill voice is the reason she can't do voice-overs in normal situations.

Chapter Nineteen: Sniffer Dog A-Liu

(Albinocotyledon)

Back in the villa's living room, I explained my purpose.

"No problem, I should be able to smell the power on the other side."