Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

About My Best Friend Being a Magical Girl (Author: Cat's Glasses)

Summary:

On one hand, I save the world as a (super-powerful) magical girl; on the other hand, I must be wary of my best friend, who's a huge fan of magical girls. To prevent our friendship from turning sour, I swear I'll take this secret to my grave!

"If my identity is exposed, I'll graduate from my magical girl career!" Even though I made that vow, I never expected...

Chapter 1 I, a Magical Girl

(Albinocotyledon)

My name is Bai Ziye.

Male, 17 years old, a student.

Standard height, standard build, and handsome looks.

I have a good brother I grew up with.

His name is Sun Yao, but everyone calls him A Yao.

He has a chubby face typical of otaku, with an honest and simple demeanor.

However, in my opinion, he is not actually fat.

His face is relatively round, he has some minor flab on his abdomen, and his weight is within the normal range. He is at least 20 kilograms away from being obese, so he is a complete fake fat guy.

But that's not the point. The key thing is that he's a magical girl... fan.

Not only is the room filled with various magical girl figurines, posters, and other merchandise, but my favorite magical girl is still "Montavia Milno".

To be honest.

"Miruno" is the name I used when I was a magical girl.

Yeah, I'm currently working part-time as a magical girl... well, the proper kind, the kind that never involves clothes being torn off or selling fan service.

In conclusion, even in order to prevent our friendship from deteriorating, I must completely conceal the fact that I am a magical girl.

To keep this a secret, I didn't even register with the Magical Girl Association.

Even if the strange person is dealt with, you won't get a single penny; it's all free volunteer work, considered unpaid labor.

However, it seems that as long as I register, all the previous bounties can be settled in one lump sum...

When should I register?

Of course, it's when we graduate.

When will I graduate?

If her identity is exposed, she will immediately graduate from the magical girl profession!

I had already planned to do this.

To pass the time on a hot summer afternoon, Ah Yao and I were sitting in a KFC restaurant, playing the latest masterpiece called "Monster Hunter: Rice".

Fast food restaurants are great places. As long as you're thick-skinned enough and can tolerate the subtle stares from the staff, you can order an iced Coke and sit there for an afternoon.

Removing ice is to prevent the cola from becoming diluted.

"Wow! I got the medulla oblongata!"

After finishing a game, A Yao shouted excitedly, which made the shop assistants look at him with even more disgust, and even a little sting.

But I don't care.

Hilarious, her face doesn't even turn red.

Compared to the shame of "fighting monsters while wearing a girly short skirt and broadcasting it live on the entire internet," what is this level of shame?

Looking at the "Mission Complete" message on the screen, I put down my NS and flexed my wrist.

"Ayao, I have a question for you."

Upon hearing this, Ayao also put down his NS and looked at me with a suspicious expression.

"what's up?"

What exactly do you like about Miluno?

As soon as I asked that question, he slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Hey, I'm really excited about this!"

Even his breathing became rapid, just like a hyperthyroidism patient.

"Please don't get agitated, and answer me calmly."

"A mysterious and powerful ice queen, the magical girl with the least information online, yet her strength ranks in the top 10 magical girls! And she's an incredibly cool high-speed type... Milno isn't just a magical girl active in this city, but her activity area is right near our home! This means that as long as I keep going out, I'll eventually see her in person... Aren't these reasons enough?"

Ayao's face turned red and his neck thickened as he spoke, and I twitched the corner of my mouth.

However, what he said was true.

It may not be very modest of me to say this, but I am really very strong as a magical girl.

The Star Crystal that the mysterious magical girl gave me is practically a cheat code tailor-made for me. Once I transform, I can unleash extraordinary combat power. So far, I haven't encountered a monster that I can't defeat in one round, and therefore I've never fought to the point of my clothes being torn off.

If we're just talking about the duration of each battle, I might be the strongest magical girl.

Perhaps because I am too strong, the weirdos in Changkong City generally do not appear in my activity range, so the security in this area is so good that even the house prices have risen.

but……

"Is your reason for asking me to come out today because you insist on being out and about?"

"if not?"

He shrugged.

"If it weren't for Miluno, wouldn't it be more comfortable to come to my room?"

"No, I don't want to go to your room..."

I refused on the spot.

Do you want me to stay in a room filled with my own merchandise and photos?

Just kidding, I'd rather take on more than ten monsters in one go than spend ten minutes in that hell.

We're not so poor that we need to come to a fast food restaurant to enjoy the air conditioning. Ayao is even a rich second-generation. After all, he can't afford those expensive magical girl merchandise if he doesn't have the money. But he's clearly a rich kid who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. I don't know how he turned into this nerdy guy. I look back and examine every little thing we did growing up together, and think about when he turned into this freak.

"You really don't understand how great magical girls are!"

Ayao was yelling at me, trying to figure out how to complain, when a piercing evacuation alarm sounded outside.

[Alert! Phase wormholes detected in areas D4 and D3. Expected to fully deploy in five minutes. Residents in these areas are requested to evacuate in an orderly manner.]

"...Oh my? It's been a long time."

We are currently in the D3 area of ​​Changkong City, where holographic evacuation guidance arrows are lit up on the road.

Despite the fact that a destructive monster was about to appear, Ayao was filled with excitement.

I called out, "Let's go! It's time to take refuge!"

"Huh? A shelter? Ye Zi, there's a weirdo around here! I don't want to go to the shelter, I want to see Miluno!"

"Miluno won't show up in broad daylight... Hey! Don't run away!"

Ayao ran out without looking back.

This idiot actually planned to find a place to peek at the magical girls' battles; he even forgot his phone and backpack on the table, and I had to pack them up for him.

It took some time to pack up, and by the time I stepped out, he had already vanished. The streets were packed with orderly evacuees, and it was like a temple fair, with people shoulder to shoulder. If you were not careful, you would get separated, and once you were separated, you would lose contact with them.

But he also left his phone behind.

"Damn, he runs so fast, I knew he wasn't fat..."

I looked around and found the holographic marker of the phase wormhole in the air.

The enormous high-altitude arrow projected by the high-altitude phase detection vessel is visible from any corner of the entire d3 region.

It's not far from here.

At most 300 meters.

Is this weirdo betting that I won't make any moves during the day, so he's trying to steal my place?

But I'm not the only magical girl in this area...

amount……

The other one seems unreliable.

The evacuation sirens were still sounding in the air.

External Invader

A collective term for enemies that come to this world through wormholes.

They are usually depicted as unusual humanoid figures, hence the name "freaks".

Twelve years have passed since the appearance of the "Zero Extraterrestrial Intruder" that caused massive casualties, yet humanity still does not know where these external enemies come from.

Conventional weapons are like swords drawn on paper to them, unable to harm them in the slightest.

Fortunately, magical girls who could transform using "Star Crystals" were born among humanity, which allowed the world to maintain a brief period of peace.

Twelve years have passed, and countries have long since developed comprehensive response strategies.

Although people have long been accustomed to these sudden alarms, and zero casualties have become the norm, each alarm still brings panic.

I carried two backpacks and went against the increasingly sparse crowd to find Ayao.

Now that we know the location of the phase wormhole, we should be able to find it by searching around the marked location.

"stop!"

As soon as he squeezed out of the crowd, he was stopped by an arm with an armband.

"An intruder is approaching from outside the area! The general public is prohibited from approaching. This area is not safe. Please leave the scene immediately!"