Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　Last time, a massive war broke out between humans who followed the Monster King who wanted to rule the world and humans who resisted the Monster King's rule.

　Subsequently, after the war ended, humanity ushered in peace.

　But even so...

　If you look closer to the bigger picture, to some small countries, you can easily see that... war has never really ended.

　War is not something distant; it is a common occurrence.

　This is certainly true, at least for "Semayep".

　……

　Southeast Asia is divided up by four monster kings... No, that's not quite right. To be more precise, it's actually the same monster king.

　The four-in-one approach of "punishment," "restraint," and "contractual action" [against/attack].

　It is both the same person and not the same person.

　A rather strange king who is both someone who wants to kill the other and someone who is an inseparable part of himself.

　Of course, it's one thing for the top players to fight each other...

　The key point is that it is not simply a matter of fighting each other, but rather a complex web of intertwined forces that recruit civilians, magical girls, and monsters.

　A war of mutual recrimination.

　It is war.

　……

　Semayebo's hometown village has been ravaged by war since she can remember...

　Gunshots, cannon fire, and magical roars formed the main theme of her childhood.

　During her childhood, she took all of this for granted, believing that the world was simply how it should be.

　But in reality, this is not the case.

　It wasn't until she became a magical girl and left her homeland that she finally realized... that her country had suffered an undeserved calamity.

　Although it was their own choice.

　But is it really impossible to attribute the fault to anyone?

　Not necessarily.

　……

　It's the Monster King's fault.

　-

　"Shh...shh..."

　Semayebo's leg was shaking rhythmically, making a slight noise in her airplane seat, indicating that she was not at peace.

　Sitting next to her, Erin Grenouille glanced at her companion but said nothing... Perhaps this was another kind of homesickness?

　"This flight has arrived over Ninoy International Airport after a flight time of four hours and fifty minutes and is about to land. Please proceed in an orderly manner..."

　"……"arrive.

　……

　This was part of their pre-arranged plan, a contingency plan for the future of humanity...

　Semayep and Erin Grenouille then did what the Rebel Kings were supposed to do.

　However, when it comes to the more specific, minor details, Erin Grenault can't help at all; that's left to Semayep, the local, to plan.

　"I'll call a car and take it from Daninoy Airport."

　Go to my village, then hike to the areas of the other three kings…

　Semayep planned it this way, then nodded to Erin Grenouille: "And then, we'll really be facing off against the King."

　Surprisingly, she wasn't afraid at all.

　On the contrary, I'm really looking forward to it...

　I've been looking forward to this day for a long time.

　It was as if it were destiny, or some kind of mission... If she succeeded, this land would no longer be burning in the flames of war.

　The four characters are: "讨", "束", "约", and "伐".

　Three of them need to be killed...

　All that's needed is to kill three of them.

　"..." The Monster King's victory? The Monster King's reign?

　In the foreseeable future, as fate has decreed, that is the path that will allow humanity to survive between magical girls and monsters...

　Although it shouldn't have been like that, and although it was something the four of them should have tried their best to avoid, it could still be allowed for the time being...

　For the time being, Semayepau will place the kingdom under the control of one of the following: "punishment," "binding," "conquest," or "conquest."

　As long as the war can end, then the Monster King's rule is not a fact that needs to be denied immediately; one day, this future will need to be denied...

　But at least not now.

　The most important thing to do now is to extinguish the flames of war, if there is any real meaning to life. If human life is not meaningless... then this worthless war should be ended.

　-

　As the vehicle drove to the vicinity of Semayebo's village, the two hiked through dense forests and animal trails, eventually arriving at a place resembling a camp.

　It's clear that there are quite a few human soldiers and magical girls patrolling here.

　“Sema—”

　The one who greeted them was a magical girl whose demeanor seemed somewhat aged, yet whose appearance remained youthful and beautiful, even looking younger than Semaiebo.

　The accent was obvious; the person was a local who had never studied English.

　Then there were many people who looked like they knew Semayebo, dressed in ancient and thin clothes, and didn't look like modern people... tribal people?

　They started to enthusiastically come over and greet us.

　The trained-looking man looked over curiously. Meanwhile, the magical girls, weathered by storms and bloodshed, seemed to already know Semaepo… and came over to greet him warmly.

　Then he pointed to the destination not far away.

　Following the line of sight, what came into Erin Greneau's view was a vast expanse of stones stuck in the ground... a dense array of graves.

　In that instant, Erin Grenouille suddenly understood what war truly meant.

　Although all she could smell was the earth, grass, and trees, she inexplicably could also smell gunpowder, blood, and gunpowder smoke.

　This feeling is quite unpleasant.

　After a while, Semaebo, who had been away from home for a long time, ended the conversation and came over: "I've found out, the Monster King here is 'Yo.' Let's go talk to him and see if we can get his help."

　Do you want to collaborate?

　That's not necessarily a bad thing.

　Erin Grenor is not that kind of extreme person... just like her ancestor who collaborated with vampires to seek survival for humanity.

　The ancestors killed far more humans than vampires.

　Humans who do not understand the meaning of the "Age of Man," who are content with their little world and aid and abet evil, are far more terrifying than vampires themselves.

　If we want to deny the future of Monster King's rule over the world and restore balance between positive and negative, perhaps cooperating with Monster King is necessary.

　Otherwise, it might reverse again, turning into a situation where the positive extreme is at its peak and the negative extreme is at its decline.

　That would still not be a good thing for humanity.

　but……

　"You said that 'punishment,' 'constraint,' 'conquest,' and 'warfare' are a four-in-one kingship, right? Can they really allow outsiders to interfere in their war games?"

　In response to Eileen Grenault's question, Semayep sighed: "Perhaps... but more importantly, even with the help of one of them, can we really do what comes next?"

　With the help of one of the four kings, he killed the other three...

　As two magical girls?

　Will it win?

　……

　Will win!

　Chapter 511, Commemorating the 1,145,140th Word

　"Chirp, chirp, chirp—"

　"boom!"

　"Ding Ding Ding-"

　"..." Everyone seems to be very busy during this holiday...

　It goes without saying that Kurenai put a lot of effort into teaching the three magical girls; teaching three girls by herself is quite a lot of work.

　Xiao Cui is communicating with the little elf.

　Blue Sky Nagisa is self-destructing.

　Yaochuan Guang is trying her best to create a pirated version of the Scarlet Crystal Technique, naming it "Yaochuan Crystal"... She's probably the one who's having the most trouble.

　To this day, she still doesn't understand how Teacher Hong's "Crimson Crystal" is formed... Magic power can indeed form crystals.

　However, the crystal will instantly disintegrate as soon as the thought is even slightly distracted.

　Hong's explanation is... that as long as you couple magic with "killing intent" and "belief", it will be fine, but it's a bit difficult.

　Ultimately, Yaochuan Guang has never considered anything with the "thought of killing," and even if he had, it was merely...

　It only took a moment...

　It would be far too difficult for her to try to infuse even 1% of her emotions into a spell... especially when it's murderous intent.

　In terms of the increase in intensity, murderous intent is a superior emotion.

　It's too difficult for Yaochuan Guang to master.

　I think we should see if there's any technique that can be released using "foolishness," and I reckon Hikaru Yokawa will be able to learn it quickly.

　Cong Yu thought to herself as she drank the can of cola in her hand.

　Then, for no apparent reason, Hikaru looked over, and then, seeing Congyu's puzzled expression, she muttered, "I have a feeling that Congyu-chan is thinking I'm stupid again."

　"???" How perceptive Yaochuan Guang is!

　Cong Yu was startled, but quickly looked away and retorted without changing her expression: "That's not true. I was just thinking... Xiao Guang is so cute."

　Wow! Yay!

　Upon hearing this, Yaochuan Guang was overjoyed, his happiness evident on his face... He immediately started jumping around with immense joy.

　Lan Tianzhu and Xiao Cui were whispering to each other, saying things like "What a cheesy couple" and "So ugly."

　I don't know if it's because I've been reading Hong Kong comics lately.

　Sitting next to Cong Yu, Hong, who was happily munching on her ice cream, remarked with some emotion, "You're really good at fooling kids."

　The weather is quite cool today, but Kurenai is enjoying her ice cream here... Oh well, that's how magical girls are.

　Forget about eating ice cream in winter, you can even lick an open-air metal signpost without any problem (readers, don't follow my example).

　"What do you mean, 'liar'? Don't talk nonsense..."

　As Cong Yu said this, while still sitting, she suddenly leaned forward and, without moving her buttocks, took a bite of the red ice cream.

　Then he pulled his body back.

　Hong was so frightened that her hand trembled...

　Cong Yu seemed to stretch her neck or her body suddenly extend... and quickly bit off a corner of her ice cream.

　So...so cute!

　Thinking this, Hong glanced at Cong Yu, who seemed completely unconcerned, and asked, "So you really think Yao Chuan Guang is cute?"