Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"Shut down? She still has a power switch on her?"

"The power button is right there..."

"How could it be stored in a place like that..."

He leaned close to her ear and whispered something in her ear. Spica's expression turned strange, even flushed.

Although it was a girlish reaction, she was actually a woman approaching forty.

Seruno said angrily, "To turn living people into killing machines... Doesn't 'the other side' have any humanity?"

"Whether they are human is questionable, and they probably don't have empathy."

Sirius patted my arm as he spoke, offering his sincere praise.

"Well done! You managed to take down the witch single-handedly. I'm very impressed with you now!"

"I have no reason to be praised by someone who slacks off, do I?"

After I said that, she explained with dissatisfaction, "My maids also needed rescue! I rushed over as soon as they came out, but you solved it too quickly!"

That's unreasonable. Should we be condemned for being too fast?

A large yacht sailed in from afar and then docked at the pier.

Spica called out, "Everyone, please get on the ship. Why don't you spend the night on the ship? I'll arrange new accommodations for you tomorrow..."

Seruno asked, "Huh? Can't we stay overnight at the Hawaii branch?"

“The Hawaii branch is small and doesn’t have extra dormitories, so a yacht would be a better option if comfort is a consideration.”

I glanced at the yachts docked at the pier. Although they were not small, they would not be considered comfortable if nineteen people were squeezed in.

Melissa replied, "Don't worry, we'll take these documents to the kennel and spend the night there."

"Huh? Aren't any of the maids here?"

"Yes, it's the same at the kennel. We'll make more details tomorrow."

I would feel bad even if I slept on the yacht myself while Melissa and the others stayed in the kennel.

Even if I wanted to invite her to squeeze onto the yacht, she would definitely refuse with something like, "I'm the guest, and she's the maid."

"Miss Sirius really suffered a heavy loss, destroying a mansion, but I gained a sailing warship—where's the loss?"

I reminded them, "But the warships have already disappeared."

"At least it existed at some point."

The magic of Betelgeuse will dissipate once its effect wears off, including those landmines.

At this point, Ms. Spica's expression turned serious.

"Disappeared……"

"They disappeared when the fire was put out, right? And those traps and robotic arms too."

"I mean Betelgeuse... The branch reported that the Hunter Witch disappeared during transport."

Chapter 51 Post-War Summary

(Sun Yao)

Board the ship.

Ms. Yin Wei took over the yacht's helm, while the original driver returned to the branch in a small boat.

I also understand what Ms. Spica meant when she said, "Going to headquarters is not as good as spending the night on the yacht."

I've been on yachts before, but this one sent by the Hawaii branch is more luxurious than any I've ever seen. Sofas, stereos, TVs, and refrigerators go without saying, but there are even three bedrooms. Although the two downstairs rooms are about the size of capsule rooms, the one at the bow is a double room with a private bathroom and a king-size bed, which is very impressive...

With such a large space, Melissa and the other maids could easily squeeze in, but they insisted on staying on Naboo Island.

Speaking of which, is UI-31 still hiding on the island?

To avoid Miss Spica not being able to stay with us, we might go to Miss Melissa...

Thinking this, I looked at Ye Zi again, trying to find clues that he was the one who was ui-31, but I couldn't see anything.

There were only six passengers and a dog on the yacht.

Yeah, dog.

After obtaining permission, I also brought the Golden Globe aboard the yacht.

When the mansion exploded, the child, worried about us, climbed over the wall and ran out again. The rainforest at that time was full of dangerous traps, and it was amazing that it managed to find us.

However, those traps have disappeared along with the sailing warships.

The hunter witch also disappeared, and her disappearance made us realize something.

Something we've never been able to understand before.

How exactly does the Hunter Witch achieve invisibility?

I couldn't figure it out before, but now I have some guesses...

"They didn't run away, they disappeared."

Inside the luxurious cabin, Miss Sirius sprawled out on the sofa in a very unladylike manner, still holding a half-empty bottle of wine in her hand.

"Like the warships, mechanical arms, and those weapons, the guy Milno defeated was himself a 'weapon' manufactured by the 'Arsenal.' In other words, the real Betelgeuse... the Hunter Witch never even came!"

The reason why it was a robot has also been found.

Modern robots can indeed be used as weapons, and can be conceptually considered as weapons. They can be constructed using the magic of Betelgeuse, although the reasoning is somewhat far-fetched. But magic is such a "miracle".

I chimed in, "This machine clone can not only use magic, but it can probably also disintegrate, transfer, and reconstruct itself... After being modified on the other side, the power of magic can be exaggerated to this extent... Even witches would find it troublesome."

After a lot of trouble and heavy losses, they only managed to repel the opponent's clone.

Although we won, the result felt like a loss.

If it weren't for Miss Miluno's great strength, "Mr. Werewolf" and I probably wouldn't have been able to deal with even this clone.

"call--"

Miss Spica stood at the top of the stairs and exhaled a puff of smoke out the window.

"That hunter could only construct conventional weapons before, but after becoming a witch, she did gain much greater power."

I chimed in, "But the price is losing oneself, becoming an assassination weapon for invading one's homeland..."

Although she came to purge the counter-revolutionaries, I was only the second target.

"Have you lost yourself?"

Miss Miluno pondered my words carefully. Sirius noticed something amiss and asked, "Miluno-chan, just say what you want to say."

"I heard the witch's... clone expressing clear words and easily understood emotions."

"What did she say? Oh, complained that you took off her panties?"

Miss Miluno retorted with a sidelong glance.

"I already told you I was putting it on her."

I can testify to that.

The fact that the Hunter Witch's panties were stolen by UI-31's ability inevitably brings to mind the incident where Yoko ripped off Milno's swimsuit...

That werewolf really was Ye Zi!

I glared at Ye Zi again, but he scratched his head inexplicably.

"In short, she deeply hates magical girls, which is probably a result of being brainwashed by 'the other side'."

Whether it's the Hunter Witch or the previous Mermaid Witch, their actions are guided by clear logic. In other words, the witches possess rationality, but like those strange individuals, they have no intention of communicating with us.

I felt a bit emotional.

"It's just like the Avengers."

"Perhaps they came for revenge, and I am their target."

Spica looked bitter and said, "Serno should remember, right? The first time we met..."

First time meeting?

Oh, it's about the battle with the Mermaid Witch.

“Pojang had already driven you to the brink of despair. Metal couldn’t completely stop her. She had the opportunity to deal with you as her target, but instead, she turned her attention to me the moment I appeared… It’s understandable that they hate me, since I was the one who proposed the first counterattack.”

Back then, the Mermaid Witch did indeed use her powerful water spear, but she had other ways to deal with me and didn't necessarily need that. I later looked up some early information and found that Kawanami Namie, as a magical girl who manipulates water, had a trump card to counter both biological and plant-type monsters.

Manipulation of bodily fluids.

It can drain the moisture from plants or reverse the flow of blood in living organisms with just a touch, either of which is extremely deadly.

Ultimately, the thirty magical girls who participated in the first counterattack were all outstanding individuals who had grown up through the baptism of war; each of them was an elite, and there were no weaklings among them.

I comforted her, saying, "Miss Spica, it's too early to blame yourself. There must be a way to turn them back."

Are you willing to help?

"Yes, when we get back, I'll go with you to persuade my father."

Miss Spica was surprised by my change of heart, but for me, it was something I had already decided beforehand.

"Speaking of which, Miss Sirius's mansion has burned down, and the fact that there are strange attacks every day has been confirmed. Is there any need for us to continue our 'vacation'?"

"No, then the three of you will return to Changkong City tomorrow..."

Miss Spica answered very decisively.

Although it was my own question, I still feel dissatisfied with this arrangement.

"...Although I wanted to say that, you haven't really had any fun yet, have you? As compensation and a reward, I've prepared a surprise for you. Go to bed early tonight."

surprise?

Miss Spica's sudden smile and turn made my dejected mood rise again.

"Can I go to Hawaii?"

"I guarantee it's a better place than you know Hawaii."