Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Kagura Yu asked, puzzled.

Rania said, "I want to ask you for a favor."

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Mayumi Haga has been in a good mood lately.

Rather, it's better than ever before.

Although Senior Urzana is currently unable to restore her body and reverted to her core form after exchanging a few words with him, and may only be able to maintain this state for a long time to come, she is still in a good mood.

She found a rope and hung the senior's core around her neck.

Not knowing what it was, but surprised to find that Mayumi Haga was wearing an accessory for the first time ever, Hitomi Tono exclaimed, "...You really are Mayumi?!"

Mayumi Haga's high school doesn't allow necklaces, earrings, or other accessories, so she hides her core inside her uniform collar, covering it with her clothes. However, she accidentally revealed the thin string holding her senior's core, which was then discovered by Hitomi Tono.

Haga Mayumi calmly tucked the rope in a little more, completely covering it.

“We don’t allow jewelry at our school, so you’d better watch out for the disciplinary committee,” Tono Hitomi muttered.

The two went to school together, walking up a long slope, and could already see the school gate and the disciplinary committee members wearing armbands standing at the gate checking people's appearance.

However, the faces standing there today seem to be familiar.

The blonde heiress is working seriously.

"Ah, it's Lily." This sentence contained a sense of relief, after all, the disciplinary committee member was one of their own.

Yuri Takajo is a member of the student council, and you can indeed occasionally see her and other disciplinary committee members taking turns standing at the school gate to check people's attire.

Although this disciplinary committee member has been skipping classes frequently lately, or rather, leading the way in skipping classes, her gentle yet composed demeanor is indeed impressive, and she certainly looks like a qualified disciplinary committee member.

Like a smiling tiger.

As they passed the school gate, Hitomi Tono gave Yuri Takajo a fist pump to cheer her on as she diligently carried out her inspection work, while Mayumi Haga nodded in return.

Yuri Takajo noticed the rope that was suddenly hanging around Mayumi Haga's neck. Although she was puzzled, she was about to call out to her when Mayumi Haga had already quickly left.

I had no choice but to leave this question until we got back to the classroom: "Mahimyu-kun, what's going on with you today?"

Mayumi Haga remained calm and composed: "It belongs to an elder."

Senior Urzana instructed her to keep her core close to her body, saying that she would use this form to monitor whether Mayumi Haga was recklessly using self-destruction and injuring herself.

Although she didn't quite understand what her senior meant, Mayumi Haga still obediently wore it.

It felt like we were back to the time when the two of them traveled together.

Mayumi Haga really liked this feeling.

Therefore, she seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood today.

Even when she relaxes and drifts off into a daze, a smile plays on her lips that she herself is unaware of.

Hitomi Tono, who was standing next to her, vaguely guessed the reason. This pendant might have been left to Mayumi by her senior, which was why Mayumi was so happy.

Yuri Takajo was not quite sure what was going on, so she squinted and thought: Could this be a gift from Hitomi?

In her memory, her two friends seemed to be in an ambiguous relationship recently.

Therefore, in a friendship between three people, if the other two develop feelings for each other, the third person will automatically be demoted, which is inevitable.

Yuri Takajo became even more suspicious that the two were in a relationship.

Although I don't know why Mayumi kissed so many times, maybe the prankster's magic malfunctioned, but Hitomi did kiss him once.

Could it be that these two people...?

Yuri Takajo's gaze shifted between the two.

"Speaking of which, where's Belle?" Hitomi Tohno noticed that Koma hadn't arrived yet and they were going to be late, so she asked, "And Kagura too..."

The class monitor, who was sitting in front of her, turned around: "Belle seems to have suffered from heatstroke yesterday and developed a high fever last night, so she took sick leave. As for Kagura... ah, she's here."

Kagura Yu rushed into the classroom at that moment.

She looked a little strange.

Unlike her usual self, who would silently go to her seat without even looking at anyone else, today she looked around the classroom as if she were a little unfamiliar with the environment, and it took her a while to find her seat.

After seeing the two empty seats next to Mayumi Haga, she frowned and thought for a while before finally finding her own place.

After taking her seat, she sniffed and smelled a scent in the air that only she could detect. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she turned her head to stare intently at Mayumi Haga.

Mayumi Haga sensed a subtle hostility coming from the side, turned her head in confusion, and saw only Kagura Yu scrutinizing her with sharp eyes.

"...?" She was bewildered.

What's wrong with Kagura?

She hadn't seen Kagura Yu for a long time, so why did she feel that the other person had a lot of opinions about her?

“…Haga Mayumi.” The other person gritted their teeth, “You have a very foul, fishy smell on you.”

Main text: Chapter 105 Medical Examination (4000 words)

Kagura Yu… or rather, Lania, who was temporarily using Kagura Yu’s body, discovered that something significant seemed to have happened to Mayumi Haga while she was distracted.

It has an aquatic odor.

To be honest, the marks left by aquatic creatures on humans are not very obvious and do not have a strong smell. Furthermore, Mayumi Haga has a powerful self-healing ability, so even if she is bitten, there will be no traces that can be detected by the naked eye.

However, through her own "eyes," Lania saw the marks that had been placed on Mayumi Haga's body by others.

Wet and smelling of water... it's the infamous aquatic creature.

Lania wasn't really sure where Mayumi Haga had been during her travels, but she did know that Mayumi Haga had been to the aquatic territory.

While she was still alive, because her body could not leave the Wizard Village, a considerable amount of material and field research tasks were completed through messengers delivered to Mayumi Haga.

After all, Mayumi Haga is always traveling all over the continent, so what's wrong with having this restless guy run errands for me?

Mayumi Haga never refused him; she would always agree gently and quickly send back what Lania needed.

For example, the inscriptions on the stone tablets within the aquatic territory were copied back with the help of Mayumi Haga.

The inscription records the Shui people's tradition of marking their loved ones with a symbol.

Through the ritual of biting during intercourse, true fusion is achieved. The flesh and blood of the aquatic beings enter the lovers' bodies, imbuing them with their own scent.

However, such rituals are not usually performed too thoroughly. Generally, it involves eating a piece of meat or something else, and then letting the wound heal afterwards.

However, aquatic creatures are known for their bloodlust, and once they take a bite, they lose all control and may even devour their prey completely.

If a race is physically weak, then naturally they will not be able to successfully complete such a ritual.

Within the aquatic community, in most cases, they will choose a mate that is commensurate with their own strength, so that one of them is not too weak and will be completely devoured without being able to resist.

When Rania first deciphered the information on the inscription, she thought this race was really strange... Where could they find such a barbaric "wedding ceremony"?

Now, she sensed the presence of the aquatic mark on Yuga Mayumi.

At least she remembered that she was now [Kagura Yu] and not [Lania], so she didn't directly ask which scoundrel had laid a hand on Haga Mayumi... but saying "you smell like river fish" was really not a friendly thing to do.

Even to outsiders, these words sounded rather provocative.

Yuri Takajo was dumbfounded by her cousin's rude words. Her gaze darted nervously between Mayumi Haga and Lania, who was disguised as Yu Kagura, as she hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Wait, wait, this must be a misunderstanding, right? Actually, Yu meant that Mayumi had fish in her lunchbox..."

"Yeah, something must have gone wrong." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit off, Hitomi Tono laughed it off. "Kagura-kun, did you unconsciously say a line from the anime you watched last night?"

Rania, her face sour, ignored the two inexplicable people and stepped forward towards Mayumi Haga: "Mayumi Haga, don't you have anything to explain?"

Mayumi Haga raised her arm, looking bewildered and innocent, and sniffed it before answering earnestly, "I've taken a bath."

She had no unusual odor.

Mayumi Haga takes personal hygiene very seriously, and even when traveling, she does her best to keep herself clean. Let alone in this world where bathing is so convenient.

She was certain that she did not have any unpleasant odor from handling fish and shrimp.

After Megrane arrived at the house, she used the kitchen more frequently than usual to satisfy the aquatic creature's appetite. Previously, Mayumi Haga could go three months without cooking at home, but now she had to cook every day.

We haven't eaten any river seafood at home these past few days. If I had to name one, it would only be...

...Megrane?

Huh?

Was Megragne really that smelly? Did he have a odor that he couldn't even perceive?

While it's true that fish will stink if they die out of water and aren't properly preserved, Megrana is at most half freshwater fish, and besides, it doesn't have a tail anymore...

Is Kagura's sense of smell really that sensitive?

Mayumi Haga seriously considered whether she had truly given the purple-haired girl in front of her an excessively unpleasant olfactory experience.

After all, the filtration system in this world is quite strange. Sometimes, smells or tastes that would cause her to feel nauseous or vomit would seem to be just orange juice to the people here.

Could it be the other way around, with smells that one cannot detect...?

Just as she was thinking this, Mayumi Haga saw that the purple-haired girl over there was losing her temper and glaring at her angrily.

With her back to Hitomi Tono and Yuri Takajo, in a place where only Mayumi Haga could see, the other person's pupils suddenly turned crimson.

Even though neither her voice nor her facial features resembled the original wizard at all, only the color of her eyes had changed, Yuga Mayumi still subconsciously grasped that familiar feeling.

Because the shrike in her left hand was burning hot, almost scorching her soul.

The familiar name was on the tip of her tongue, and as Mayumi Haga's mind went blank, she was about to blurt out, "Rani..."

"Come with me!" Lania grabbed her wrist, forcefully interrupting Mayumi Haga's words, and dragged her out of the classroom.

This scene was almost exactly the same as the day Kagura Yu had just transferred to the school, but the one who took the initiative was now someone else instead of Haga Mayumi.

And class is about to start. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll likely talk for a long time, just like that day, before I come back.

Hitomi Tono was a beat behind. She wanted to go out too, but as soon as she reached the classroom door, she saw the kind face of her homeroom teacher, Ms. Kirino.

She immediately stopped and stood still, a nervous and guilty smile on her face: "Hello, teacher!"

"Tono-kun, class is about to start, what are you going to do?" Ms. Kirino smiled, but her kind and benevolent face made Tono Hitomi break out in a cold sweat.

Because after leaving Mayumi Haga's house, her homeroom teacher gave her individual tutoring—through telepathic communication.

The gist of it is that Ms. Kirino can allow magical girls who need to be deployed to leave the classroom during class, but as far as she knows, Hitomi Tono has recently been forbidden from transforming and is definitely not within this scope of freedom of movement.

If a student is skipping class because of magical girl duties, the homeroom teacher can treat it as personal leave. However, if the student is skipping class for reasons other than magical girl matters, the homeroom teacher will have to visit the parents to have a serious talk with them about their recent behavior at school.

With her weak spot exposed, Tono Hitomi could only force a sheepish smile: "N-nothing, it's just that my stomach hurts a little and I need to go to the bathroom..."

The pink-haired idiot's shifty eyes told Ms. Kirino that she was going to lie without even listening to what she was saying.

She simply said gently, "Tono-kun, your English grades haven't been very good lately. This is English class, right?"

They sent the restless Tono Hitomi packing.

As for the two students who had already left the classroom, Ms. Kirino felt that they should be given some freedom because of Mayumi Haga's identity as a visitor from another world.

Moreover, Mayumi Haga's attendance rate is only recently failing; most of the time it's much better than the two magical girls', so there's no need to worry about her grades.

...Speaking of which, since Mayumi Haga is from another world, why is she better at Japanese literature and history than most of the local residents in her class?

Ms. Kirino sighed helplessly.

Especially today, when she saw the paper that Hitomi Tono handed in, it was clear that she had worked very hard, but the accuracy rate was quite dismal.

Moreover, among the students sitting next to Mayumi Haga, apart from Yu Kagura who excelled in science, the others' grades were dismal.

Belle is another story; she might not be used to Japanese language instruction since she just returned from abroad. Tono Hitomi is basically terrible at everything except physical education, and Takajo Momoi's grades have also dropped significantly recently.

Even though Kagura is excellent, her humanities grades are quite poor, and her imbalance in subjects is so severe that the teachers once suspected that the child was doing it on purpose.

Shouldn't these kids spend more time studying?

Ms. Kirino shook her head, deeply troubled.

The school bell rang, and she snapped out of her reverie and walked into the classroom.

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Meanwhile, Lania brought Mayumi Haga to the infirmary.

There was no one else in the infirmary; the school doctor was not there.

The school doctor here is often not in the infirmary, and I don't know what he's doing.

The two looked around to make sure no one was watching, then pushed open the door and came in.