Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

I thought for a moment and said, "It's not that there isn't. Is there an upper limit to the mass that your magic can manipulate?"

The penguin girl tilted her head in confusion.

"There's an upper limit. Why are you asking that?"

"Now set your sights on me, and then focus all your efforts on improving your own quality."

Antarctic Star pressed his hand against his chest, his body faintly radiating an unnatural blue light...

"Yes, but it's not enough."

I felt a slight gravitational pull.

Can we continue?

"Ah."

As its mass increases, the consumption of magic power also increases proportionally. Antarctica seems to be struggling a bit, but it still achieved the effect I wanted.

"That's about enough. Remember this pressure. You should understand what I want to do, right?"

"Universal gravitation, you must use my magic to distinguish the real volleyball."

Although they are emperor penguins, they are much smarter than you might imagine.

Because of the magic of the South Star, its own mass exerts a tremendous gravitational pull on me, so strong that if I don't resist, I will be pulled towards it. This will somewhat affect the volleyball that Sirius is hitting. As long as I change the trajectory of the volleyball, I can find the real volleyball among the many phantoms.

"But this is only a defensive tactic; you also need to execute the offense."

"Miss Miluno, is this what we're going to do?"

Nanji Star must really want to win, right?

This is only human nature.

"Use the second tactic."

Although I feel bad for Seruno, I don't want to lose.

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(Sun Yao)

After a ten-minute break, Ms. Yin Wei's whistle signaled the start of the decisive game.

Although they won the second game by a large margin, just as we were able to find the weakness of the "super-heavy high-speed ball", Miss Miluno and her team will surely be able to think of a way to deal with the "phantom ball".

Miss Sirius served the ball, and she used the same trick as before, slapping out more than a dozen identical volleyballs. Only one of them was real, while the rest were magical projections. Although these projection balls had no physical form, it was only when they landed that it was clear whether they were real or fake.

My magic can easily filter them out, but for Miluno and Antarctic Star, distinguishing a real volleyball might be a bit...

Just as she was thinking this, Miss Miluno swayed and successfully lifted the volleyball up.

Was that a coincidence?

In the last round, I occasionally managed to guess correctly once or twice before the target landed...

After a brief moment of thought, Miss Antarctic Star's super-heavy ball struck again. Since it wasn't very fast, I put on the anti-gravity bubble the instant the volleyball crossed the net, and then quickly removed the bubble to prevent Miss Yin Wei from blowing the whistle.

This brief moment was clearly not enough to undo the mass that the magic had added to the volleyball, so Miss Sirius's Orbit of Light took over the volleyball, spun it in the air, and then delivered it to my hand.

Repeated touches of the ball constitute a foul. If Miss Sirius is to attack, I must pass the ball first.

"Ugh, it's so heavy."

But the falling volleyball couldn't be caught at all and just fell to the ground, almost breaking my hand.

"Serno-chan, are you alright?"

Worried, Miss Sirius grabbed my hand to examine it, noting that the knuckles at the base of my thumb were somewhat red, swollen, and painful.

"fine……"

Even though Miss Sirius used about the same amount of deceleration time, the volleyball's weight didn't fully recover... Is it because Miss Milno didn't make contact?

I think I understand the essence of Miss Miluno's magic.

Despite losing points first, Sirius seemed unconcerned.

"No problem, continue!"

"Yes! But... I think they have a backup plan."

"It's alright, I have a backup plan!"

Miss Sirius always shines with confidence, which is why she is so charming.

To prevent further injury, I also put a layer of magic membrane on myself and Sirius.

Miss Antarctic Star served again, and it was still her signature "super heavy shot".

To catch that massive volleyball, one must not only contend with the force of the South Pole but also with Earth's gravity.

I used bubbles to eliminate gravity again, and Miss Sirius's Light Orbit took over the volleyball. However, this time she did not guide it in a circular motion. The reconstituted volleyball turned around on the Light Orbit and was thrown straight back to the other side of the net.

Use someone's strength against them...

Is this her "backup plan"?

Chapter Twenty-Four: Filtering Magic

(Sun Yao)

Sirius tossed the volleyball back, but Miss Antarctica easily lifted it up, making it look like it wasn't heavy at all.

Her magic doesn't seem to be simply about increasing weight, but rather about manipulating the mass of an object relative to a specific target. In other words, are Miss Sirius and I the only ones who feel that the volleyball is heavy?

That makes sense...

If it's simply about increasing mass, then the volleyball will be crushed by gravity, making it more flexible to use than it appears.

The idea of ​​using the magic of the South Pole Star to retaliate was shattered.

Milno leaped high into the air, preparing to launch a new round of smashes!

"Serno!"

At Miss Sirius's suggestion, I added some floating cushions. No matter which one the smash hits, the angle and softness will cause it to fall into Sirius's orbit of light and begin to dissipate the force...

boom--

The result was unexpected; the volleyball flew out of bounds the moment it touched the air cushion and became a dead ball.

call out--

Then came the referee Ms. Yin Wei's whistle.

"Tentacle out of bounds! Milno and the Antarctic Stars team score one point!"

"Huh?"

I was stunned for a moment before I realized that these air cushions were like part of my body. The South Star reduced the mass of the volleyball relative to the air cushions, so when the ball hit the air cushions, it bounced away and naturally went out of bounds...

"Intentionally hit the ball at someone, and then let the ball go out of bounds."

Miss Sirius explained, "It's a scoring technique in volleyball, and it's very common."

"How should we deal with this?"

"Lower the air cushion height and tilt it inwards."

I tried to do it, but the effect was not obvious, and I continued to lose points one after another.

The score quickly fell to a 16-9 deficit.

Miss Miluno's goal has changed from hitting the ball into the court to hitting the book onto my air cushion and then out of bounds. The volleyball is fast and light, and with the elasticity of the air cushion itself, it is difficult to react in time.

"call……"

Although I haven't been exercising much, I'm still a little out of breath.

Miss Sirius tried to create a side net to stop the ball from flying out, but Milno and the others used light and heavy attacks back and forth... If the super-heavy ball broke through the air cushion, it would need her light orbit to catch it, and she couldn't use all her light to build the side net.

We must think of a solution...

"Don't be nervous, Seruno-chan."

Miss Sirius comforted her, "Think calmly about what else your magic can do."

I wonder if my bubbles can filter out those troublesome magic spells?

Miluno and Seruno's magic is attached to the volleyball and seems inseparable, but if my bubble only "rejects" the magic, can the volleyball itself pass through?

Give it a try... My magic requires belief to work!

The volleyballs, heavy and difficult to distinguish, came at me. I set a new rule for intercepting the air bubbles, and the volleyballs that made contact with the air cushions passed through them without stopping.

But the speed slowed down, or rather, it returned to normal.

It worked!

Miluno's "acceleration" and the "mass" of the South Star completely destroyed the magic attached to the volleyball. My magic can even "reject" ethereal magic!

The application of magic was expanded once again, which far outweighed the joy of victory.

Sirius reacted quickly, swiftly positioning herself to lift the volleyball, creating an opportunity for me to counterattack. I seized the moment, took a step, and jumped, attempting a spectacular spike.

"what!"

boom--

The ball didn't go over the net, hehe~

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The final score was 19 to 21. Sirius and I won by a narrow margin of two points because Miss Antarctic Star used up all her magic. Milno alone was unable to cope with the phantom balls in her eyes and lost points in a row.

She stood in front of the net, looking up in a daze.

"We lost..."