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"But... even after the broadcast, remember to keep a good mood."

"Magical Girl☆Merry, I sincerely want to see the smiling faces of everyone gathered in the live broadcast room!"

Sizzle.

The lights in the room dimmed for a moment, and then returned to normal.

Everything has temporarily come to a halt at this moment.

Apart from--

Mary is still immersed in her own fantasy.

No one would have thought that the person in "Magical Girl☆Merry" would complete the live broadcast under such circumstances.

No one would have thought that there were more than just Meili who "participated" in the live broadcast room.

Slap it.

Ian grabbed Mary's hair, forcing her to raise her head like a horse. The scene looked like a horse and its owner.

"Well, Meili, it's time for our live broadcast to end, right?"

"You like—" Meili turned around and looked at him behind her, "Now you are the one who 'controls' me, you can do whatever you want."

"..."

Of course, Ian didn't take Mary's words seriously.

But he did have to end it all.

after all……

Because there were too many people coming in at once.

He had been spending almost two hours like this with Mary.

"Then let's end it well."

A quiet, but not so quiet, sound passed by—

The man closed his eyes first, then opened them again.

Soon, he and Mary were no longer of one mind.

Looking at everything in front of him, Ian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - this was indeed a rare experience for him, at least for now.

"It seems you don't resist all this."

Mary, who witnessed the man closing and opening his eyes, said this in a light tone, as if she was an outsider, as if she had never participated in this live broadcast.

"What? You say you don't like it, but actually you love it to death?"

"..."

Faced with Mary's "ridicule", Ian felt another meaning.

She... was testing something.

"Merry, if you have anything to say, I suggest you be straightforward. Your mind is too hard for me to grasp. If something unexpected happens and you don't get what you want to know, it will be troublesome."

"..."

Meili was silent for a while, as if she was hesitating whether to compromise.

And in the end, her choice was to follow the man's wishes - this itself is probably part of the "acting", right?

"I want to ask... do you like it or not?"

"If you don't like it... there's no need to do it next time, because it's really difficult to keep silent all the time."

"So you can say that kind of thing."

Ian smiled slightly, an expression he only showed when he found something genuinely funny.

"I thought you really didn't feel anything at all - that's actually pretty devastating."

"but……"

The man looked at the Flower Magician who was asking questions in front of him, and his expression gradually softened.

"If you ask me whether I like it or not, then of course I should answer yes - after all, I really haven't had the opportunity to experience this kind of thing before."

"But if you ask me to do this every time I broadcast live, that's impossible."

"I can't just disappear every time, right? If that happens, the virtual idol 'Magical Girl☆Merry' won't be able to survive."

"..."

Mary was silent for a while, then asked again.

"That means you don't hate everything I do, but because of external reasons, you can't accept it every time, right?"

"Is it important to you to figure this out?" Ian asked.

"Yeah." Mary nodded.

"Then do as you wish."

"That's...that's great."

"..."

"..."

Again.

Every time after finishing something with Mary, I always fall into a strange atmosphere, and there always seems to be a subtle wall of separation between the two of us.

But this time, the one who broke the silence was the Flower Magician.

"I said--"

"According to your logic, shouldn't you show up in front of them sooner rather than later? Otherwise, people will start to suspect you're 'Magical Girl☆Merry', right?"

"Hahaha." Ian laughed. "No one would think that - but you are right. I should leave now. I still have a lot of things to do today."

"Well, let's go."

Ever since——

With a strange tacit understanding, Ian packed up everything and Mary sat back in her anchor chair.

Everything seemed so peaceful until the man walked to the door with the cell phone that recorded everything.

He turned around, looked at Meili sitting on the chair, and said softly:

"If you want to take a shower, you can go straight to my room."

"I don't mind you doing that—"

"in addition……"

"Meili, I admit that you are indeed an interesting person. If there is a chance in the future, can you try to look at other things with me? Like, do something else during the live broadcast?"

"Your inner self is very much to my liking in every sense."

"..."

Mary didn't answer Ian directly, but just turned her back to him and nodded in her anchor chair.

The man didn't say much.

"Well, see you later. If you have any questions, come to me immediately."

There was a snap.

The door of the live broadcast room was closed.

Outside, the sound of Ian hanging up a warning sign that read "This place is under maintenance, no entry for unauthorized personnel" could be heard.

In this way, this place will become an extremely secret live broadcast room in Chaldea.

An accident...

He really kept Mary in captivity.

The man covered his forehead, shook his head and left.

But what he didn't know was that—

The moment she closed the door, Mary's expression, who was sitting in the live broadcast chair, suddenly changed.

She had been quite calm in front of Ian, but now she started to feel uneasy. Her reaction was completely different from usual, and she looked like a different person.

She just stared at the ceiling of the room, as if she was looking at something far away and out of reach.

But such behavior seemed unable to satisfy the woman's current thoughts.

More...more...more...

pop-

Her call filled the room at this moment, making the still bright screen seem a little dim.

"Eh……"

Mary just stayed in the chair alone, motionless, appearing quiet yet inexplicably restless.

She kept repeating the same words - "I like it so much... I like it so much... I like it so much... I like being with him so much."

"..."

Once again, the person in "Magical Girl☆Merry" continued to express her love in the darkness, and no one knew when she would calm down.

This is probably the true meaning of "degeneration", right?

but--

Ian didn't know this.

He was still thinking about how to explain the matter of "Magical Girl☆Merry".

The development of reality does require men to think about all of this.

As soon as Ian arrived at the director's office, Olga Marie was waiting there with a bunch of things in her hands.

Judging from her furrowed brow, she must have something important to report.

And as for what that would be...

Ian could figure it out with just a little thought.

that's the truth.

Olga Marie just took Ian’s hand and said directly;

"Ian!"

"Do you know that 'Magical Girl☆Merry' that suddenly appeared today?! What the hell is that?!"

"..."

Facing the anxious Olga Marie, Ian was not panicked.

He sat down on his usual chair, patted his thigh, and spoke to Olga Marie.

"Come, Chief."

"Eh……"

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Olga Marie still sat on the man's lap very obediently, just like a pet he kept.

"What are you doing... Why did it suddenly happen like this..." The girl lowered her head and said shyly.

"Don't you like it? Director... Oh, no, it would be more reasonable to call me your wife, right?"

"Eh!"

Olga Marie blushed.

She recalled how the man pressed her down on the table and proposed to her.

"No! That doesn't count!"

"It has to be counted—" Ian said with a smile, and then reached out and gently stroked Olga Marie's hot cheek, as if he was treating someone extremely important.

"Captain, in my memory, you are not this kind of scoundrel, right?"