The Eye Demon Doesn't Die from the Magical Girl

"Magical Girl"

Ji Hui's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked in astonishment at Chizuru Yuzen in front of him, whose expression was a little gloomy. After a while, he slowly spoke.

“But you’re obviously overage.”

""

Chizuru Yuzen swore that she really wanted to kill this damn extraterritorial demon Yi Lingfu.

But despite her uneasiness, she didn't care too much. She just glanced coldly at Ji Hui who followed her and spoke slowly.

"There's no age limit for magical girls. Although there are some who retire, there are women from eight to those in their thirties and forties."

"Oh fine"

Her words made Ji Hui rub his chin slightly.

Although he did call them magical girls because of their cosplay costumes and colorful sticks, he never expected that this was actually the official name.

"So, the Shattered Star Palace and the Fallen Demons are your enemies?"

"almost."

Chizuru Hazen nodded slightly, and seeing Ji Hui's still curious gaze, she continued to explain.

"The Shattered Star Palace will open up a pre-emptive space for devouring the world, draw strength from the Gray Realm, and allow fallen demons to emerge. From unknown places, they will devour the world like an apple, leaving it piece by piece."

"Those swallowed by the Gray Realm will be completely slaughtered by the Fallen Demons. Although magical girls are usually able to detect and destroy them in advance, sometimes they cannot arrive in time."

"If they succeed, the entire Gray Realm will completely devour the area, and the people outside will completely forget what happened here, as if this area never existed. Only the magical girls chosen by the Holy Spirit Temple can regain their memory of its existence, but they cannot save the area that has been devoured."

The Holy Temple is a completely unclear term.

However, it should be like the cartoons I watched before, where the mascots of the selected magical girls exist in the regional headquarters or something like that.

"Well, in your opinion, I am the fallen demon created by the Shattered Star Palace, so you are desperately hunting me down?"

"Do not."

But this time, Chizuru Hazen shook her head slightly, and her tone became more serious.

"You are not a fallen demon, but a demon from outside the realm."

"The fallen demons can only survive in the Gray Realm, a buffer zone, and cannot directly enter the real world. Once they are eliminated, the distortions in the Gray Realm will disappear, and will not have any impact on the real world.

"But the extraterritorial demons are different. They are terrifying beings summoned by the Shattered Star Palace from other worlds. They can directly operate in the real world. Because of this, the disasters they cause are far beyond imagination."

"Almost every time an extraterritorial demon descends, it brings irreparable disaster to one or even several cities. Therefore, it must be nipped in the bud as soon as possible."

"I see"

Ji Hui nodded thoughtfully, and finally understood why this group of people were ready to kill him like crazy.

"But I have absolutely no idea what's going on. I'm just an unlucky guy who accidentally traveled through time."

"Isn't your ability enough?"

Chizuru Hazen's tone became a little dissatisfied, as if she remembered her own terrible experience, and glared at Ji Hui who was holding his coat to keep out the rain.

"With that vile ability, and your humanoid form, you were able to sneak into the city, feign innocence, and secretly cause riots, even causing others to die of dehydration. Just based on these things, you are absolutely dangerous."

"Must evil power be used for evil things?"

However, Ji Hui just curled his lips and said unhappily.

"Although it's not clear yet, I believe this ability can be used in the right way."

"Besides, if I'm so dangerous, why haven't you just eliminated me?"

His question also made Yuzen Chizuru silent for a moment. After hesitating for a while, she slightly turned her gaze to Ji Hui and asked slowly.

"Why didn't you kill me then...?"

"Then? At the optician's?"

Ji Hui blinked, causing Yu Ran Chizuru to nod slightly without being noticed.

"Um"

After waking up, as a normal woman, she naturally subconsciously checked her body at the first moment.

The result was that, apart from the punches and some bruises from being pressed, his body had not suffered any of the misfortunes he had imagined. It was as if the other party had no interest at all and had simply walked away after he fainted.

That was completely different from what she had imagined, and even the ending where she couldn't wake up didn't happen. That was what really led her to not eliminate Ji Hui the first time she saw him.

"First of all, although I will not hold back against those of you who want to kill me, I am still a normal person after all, and I won't kill everyone I see."

"Secondly, if I really kill you, wouldn't that confirm my identity as the so-called Outer Devil? I don't really have a good impression of this world that's trying to intimidate me right out of the gate, but I'm not so desperate to resort to killing to vent my anger."

After putting down two fingers, a smile slowly appeared on Ji Hui's face.

"Of course, the most important thing is that I swore an oath to an old man who was kind to me to be a good person with an open mind. Even if the world were different, I wouldn't break that promise."

Looking at the determined expression on his face, Chizuru Hazen was silent for a while before turning her head slightly.

"Really? I understand."

"Speaking of which, where are you taking me? Are you planning on just taking me to your base camp to claim the reward?"

Looking at Chizuru Yuzen silently leading him forward, Ji Hui couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked.

"Don't worry, I won't set a trap for you."

After glancing at him, Chizuru Hazen also spoke lightly.

"I promised to get you something better. I won't break my promise."

"It's just that I'm in a hurry, so I can only let you go home first."

Chapter 11 Contract and Wishes

"go home?"

Ji Hui couldn't help but blink slightly, and then his expression became weird.

"I didn't expect you to be so generous."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just anxious to get home."

Under his strange gaze, Chizuru Yuzen suddenly realized the ambiguity in her words and glared at him.

"What's more, my home also has protective barriers, which is much safer than being in the outside world."

When she mentioned this, her expression couldn't help but become a little smug, and she glanced at Ji Hui provocatively.

"Rather, knowing this, do you still dare to come here casually? Extraterritorial Demon."

"I'll say it again, I'm not some extraterritorial demon. Even if I do look a bit like one, at least I still consider myself a normal person."

"That's the Eye Demon."

Chizuru Yuzen curled her lips slightly, causing Ji Hui to sigh.

"I just have to be associated with the word 'magic', right?"

However, having finally found a source of information who could know more, he naturally did not intend to let it go so easily, so he followed her closely.

"But even so, aren't you a little too relieved?"

"I just thought that if you really wanted to kill me, you could have done it that night. Besides, I have something to ask you as well."

Looking at his somewhat suspicious look, Chizuru Hazen also sighed slightly.

"After all, I am different from those magical girls. There is no need to eliminate you immediately to gain merit points." Zero Five -

"Merit points?"

Ji Hui blinked and asked curiously.

"What are merit points? They sound like a game."

"similar."

Chizuru Yuzen frowned slightly, but didn't say much. She just continued walking forward and explained to Ji Hui.

"The best thing about being a magical girl is that you can have your wishes granted."

Ji Hui's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he couldn't help but look around.

"Excuse me, there shouldn't be any white people here who look like rabbits and ask everyone if they want to be magical girl guides, right?"

"You mean those weird-looking animals in cartoons, right?"

Seeing Ji Hui inexplicably nervous, Yuzen Chizuru shook her head slightly.

"Reality is different from anime. We don't have such cute things as guides. Instead, we have the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Temple and transformation devices for girls who are qualified to become magical girls."

"As a reward for signing the contract, the Holy Spirit Temple will grant a girl a wish when she is chosen to become a magical girl."

"And if you want to fulfill new wishes after that, you must continue to fight. By slaying fallen demons and outer demons, you can earn merit points and receive rewards for fulfilling your wishes."

"Wow? You can still come up with something new? That sounds pretty good."

Ji Hui raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, stroking his chin while muttering in surprise.

But compared to him, Chizuru Hazen's expression became a little darker.

"However, not all wishes can be fulfilled, and wishes also come in different sizes."

"Perhaps because of the rewards, the initial restrictions on wishes were not very large. From ordinary money to resurrecting a person, and even ruling over an entire region, everything can be achieved."

"But after this, there are limits on wishes. The more grand and difficult the wish, the more merit points are required to achieve it."

"At least, the Holy Spirit Temple's response to a wish for complete world peace is completely insufficient, even if all the fallen demons and extraterritorial demons that have been eliminated so far are added together. It's not like the animation, where it truly and omnipotently answers all wishes."

"Also, every wish needs to be reviewed by the Holy Spirit Temple. It must be well-intentioned and good wishes to be granted; otherwise, they will be ignored. Therefore, wishes like destroying the world or making someone you hate disappear are impossible to fulfill."

"If you continue to report wishes of this magnitude, the Holy Spirit Temple will judge you as a disqualified magical girl, forcibly take your transformation device back, erase your memory, and return you to ordinary life."

“Oh, so that’s how it is.”

Ji Huijiu murmured thoughtfully, and finally had a general impression of the existence of magical girls in this world.

Rather than being a magical girl who saves the world out of kindness, this is more like an employee system where wishes are used as salary and a confidentiality agreement is signed.

"Hey, what did you wish for? And what about you saying you're different from those magical girls?"

But this time, Chizuru Hazen did not answer directly. Instead, she turned her head and spoke in a cold tone.

"Let's go, I'm in a hurry."

Ah, it seems like I stepped on a landmine.

Looking at Chizuru Yuzen who was walking straight forward with slightly heavier steps, Ji Hui couldn't help but scratch his head and thought helplessly in his heart.

It seems that this girl is somewhat resistant to being a magical girl, otherwise she wouldn't deliberately separate herself.

As for the reason, it might be related to the Holy Temple that grants wishes.

Judging from the proficiency with which she explained it to herself, it seemed that she had been working as a magical girl for quite some time.

Ji Hui shook his head slightly, then continued to follow her, slowly walking towards the hill in the distance on the edge of the city.

But no matter what, I'm thankful that she has no interest in me in this regard.

After hearing Chizuru Hazen's explanation, he also understood that he was indeed a popular person in the eyes of magical girls.

Even without mentioning the imaginary harm, just as the points that can realize their wishes are worth it for them to eliminate themselves directly.

However, in that depressing atmosphere, neither of them spoke to each other for the rest of the journey. They remained silent and walked slowly in the drizzle.

It was not until they came to a winding mountain road paved with neat steps that Chizuru Yuzen finally turned her head and slowly spoke to Ji Hui.

"You'd better not run around. There are many traps here that can trigger the barrier. I have no objection to you seeking death, but at least wait until I understand everything I need to know before dying."

Her tone, which was somewhat venting, did not attract Ji Hui's attention. He just looked curiously at the stone lanterns on both sides of the mountain path and the names marked on the dilapidated walls that were covered with moss.

——Haizen Shrine

"Come to think of it, I haven't asked your name yet. My name is Ji Hui, so please stop calling me the Outer Realm Demon."

Seeing the name of the shrine, Ji Hui remembered that he had not asked the other party's name yet, and couldn't help but ask.

"Hazen Chizuru."

As Chizuru Hazen spoke calmly, she also put on her wooden clogs and stepped onto the steps that had been washed clean by the light rain.

Chapter 12 Haizen Shrine