Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

Of course, I also need to take a detour to confirm some things.

"Is it really that simple? Can we really help without you?"

"Nothing for now, but there will definitely be other uses for your nose later."

Liu glanced at the Mermaid Witch.

The latter nodded, which meant he agreed to my arrangement.

"Then we'll head back now. Please be careful, Miss Knight."

"Ah."

After parting ways with them, I rushed to the Chrollo Idol Agency.

If she hasn't awakened into a monster yet, I'll join the agency and represent Chrollo in the competition. If I can bring her even a glimmer of hope, perhaps I can delay the time it takes for her to become a monster...

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broken.

I couldn't get through to either the cell phone or the firm's phone, which deepened my ominous premonition.

Qiao Lina usually lives in the firm. At this moment, the lights in the small two-story apartment were off, and the surrounding area was full of old, empty houses that no one lived in, giving off a sense of desolation.

This place is perfect for filming horror movies at night...

"Miss Qiao Lina!"

I called out at the door but no one answered, so I went straight to her office.

……

It seems we arrived a step too late.

An ominous black crystal had appeared and was being held in Jolina's palm... or rather, it was partially integrated into her palm.

"No! You can't touch that!"

I summoned the hourglass to try and reverse this state, but an invisible impact knocked me down... I couldn't even get close? My invincible transformation time?

She also asked, "Sikong Cai? What are you doing here again?"

The crystal had completely disappeared into her palm, but surprisingly, she remained conscious.

"That's something from 'the other side'! Using it will turn you into a monster!"

"Nonsense, this is clearly a Star Crystal... I won't give it to you... It's mine... Get out of my way!"

Qiao Lina's figure began to change.

Her body began to shrink, small pointed horns grew on her forehead, large bat-like wings with wing membranes sprouted from her back, and even a slippery tail with a pointed tip emerged from behind her...

In layman's terms, it's a succubus.

Because she has become younger, she is a young succubus.

"Miss Jolina?"

I've never met a purely eccentric female person before, not a witch...

She stood in front of the full-length mirror in her office, admiring her new look, flapping her wings and twitching her slender tail.

"Is this how I am as a magical girl?"

"No, she doesn't seem like a magical girl at all."

Her eyes shone with a captivating pinkish-purple light, yet held a distinct smile, and she helped me up from the ground.

"Ha, you'd better keep my identity a secret... What's that law called again? The Magical Girl Secrecy Law?"

So you're clearly not a magical girl!

And her thinking is perfectly normal, even though she's clearly become a weirdo...

She asked, "So, what do you want to do back here?"

"...I want to be an idol."

Hearing me say that, she laughed even harder.

"Regret it? Too bad, you won't have the chance now."

She spread her wings, opened her arms, and her tail swayed merrily behind her.

Although it's not fluffy at all, this tail somehow reminds me of the Golden Ship...

“I will personally participate in the Supernova Idol Festival... You were right before, in this era, you can't become an idol unless you're a magical girl! I was just desperate and that's why I came to you, but ordinary people would only become a laughing stock if they went on stage, and I'm afraid they wouldn't even pass the auditions, right?”

Oh no, she seems to be very convinced that she is a magical girl.

However, there has been no precedent for a female monster so far. Although she has a peculiar appearance, she still looks human, so perhaps she can actually fool people...

But there's one person she's destined not to fool.

Sirius could see right through the fact that she didn't have a real Star Crystal inside her.

"Actually, some magical girls can't become idols either."

Now that things have come to this, there's no need to hide it anymore.

I took off my baseball cap and stopped pretending.

"As I said before, Sikong Cai is just an alias. My real name... to be precise, it's my name as a magical girl... Milno."

"Miluno? Oh!"

She stared with her captivating eyes.

Judging from their reaction, they must have heard of me...

"Are you the 'Bubble Witch' who just debuted recently?!"

……

Tsk.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Magical Girl Halley

(Albinocotyledon)

I spent ages explaining.

He even took out his phone and showed Qiao Lina his online profile, his mouth getting dry from talking.

She nodded, resting her delicate chin on her hand.

"Oh, so it's Miluno... Hmm... I've heard of her... but you... you're not really... famous..."

Although she tried to be as tactful as possible, being pointed this out was still more hurtful than she had imagined.

That's ridiculous. I'm a magical girl who occasionally shows up at the bottom of the power rankings, so why is my popularity so low? It's hard not to suspect that the association is secretly sabotaging me and manipulating big data to suppress my popularity.

"Ahem, let's not talk about me for now... Did you hear any sounds or commands in your head?"

The succubus Jolina shook her head, looking puzzled, and replied, "No, I don't know. Do magical girls hear such things?"

Magical girls certainly wouldn't, but it seems that monsters are controlled by some kind of will.

I then asked, "Do you have any destructive urges, like wanting to strangle me or something..."

"Strangle you? Why?"

She raised her eyebrows in confusion, then pressed her hand against her proud chest.

She replied, "Although your previous rejection made me feel hopeless, as a magical girl, I naturally have a magnanimous heart! Besides, what you said is not wrong. In this world, ordinary people really can't become idols. The one who is really wrong is me, who is stubbornly clinging to my delusions."

Her attitude was quite sincere, but you're not a magical girl at all!

I pressed my throbbing temples and asked, "Do you have any way to undo the transformation?"

"Um……"

She pressed her hand against her chest and tried it out.

"...It doesn't seem to be working. Is it a side effect of the first transformation?"

He's an oddball, after all.

It's normal that it can't be resolved.

"But don't worry, going out is still fine, I can do that."

Its bat wings gradually became transparent until they disappeared, its tail shrank into its tailbone, and even the horns on its forehead seemed to disappear...

Apart from her eyes, which glowed faintly in the dim light and didn't look human, there was nothing else about her that suggested she was inhuman.

She also asked, "How is it?"

"What do you mean, how about it?"

"Do I have the potential to become a top idol, given my current appearance?"

"I'm a complete novice in this field. You should ask yourself instead of me."

"You never disappoint when it comes to being a spoilsport."

She wanted me to praise her, but my answer clearly didn't suit her taste.

"Wait a minute. Since you already know about becoming a magical girl, I'll tell you one more secret."

She opened the filing cabinet in the corner of the office and took out a cardboard box from underneath.

The box looked heavy, but she didn't seem to be struggling, which shows that her transformation into a monster had enhanced her physical abilities.

boom--

She tossed the box onto her desk and then used a utility knife to cut open the transparent tape sealing it.

Finally, she turned on the light and said, "Let's turn it on and see."

"what is this?"

"My most precious memory."

At the top of the box was a red and white idol outfit; perhaps because it was so old, the white fabric had turned yellowish.