151-150. Magical Girl Name ☆ Trade



 Two days have passed since then.

 I pushed Misaki against the magical girls who demanded explanations, and I managed to make time for myself.
 Thanks to that, I was able to enjoy the money-losing imperial play in the brothel during the day.
 I could become a millionaire overnight by trolling around on a gambling cruise ship.
 Of course, he spends his money like crazy and contributes a lot to the economy.

 A number of times along the way, the red moon (kurezuki) rose into the sky, but it all went through.
 I've left the entire response to the magical girls.
 I'm not interested in helping out at all, so I'm in a leisurely mode, eating fairchickens and watching the game.

 Misaki was among the group of magical girls, but that guy was the only one dressed the same as usual.
 Speaking of magical girls sprinkling their dreams and hopes around, there's a transformation... but even in the world of Hakoniwa, she was using her powers as usual, and maybe her seemingly normal outfit with a hoodie on is her magical girl form.

 But still, she's a magical girl and a murderer.
 How much of an attribute do you want to put on it?
 Of course, I didn't tactfully call out to Misaki and the other magical girls who were cackling to each other, so I just disappeared.

 And then the red moon rises again at the next playground.
 No, seriously, aren't you being a bit persistent?




 That night, I was enjoying the top floor royal suite of the hotel to my heart's content.
 Of course, I had to make sure Misaki didn't catch me in the other hotel's.
 I took a shower, wrapped myself in my bathrobe and watched the night skyline while I sipped wine in my glass.
 After enjoying it for a while, I sit down on the sofa and take a platter full of premium fair tiki with bones and gobble it up.

 Aha! Delicious.

 Every time I spend time like this on earth, I think.
 Eat, sleep, hug.
 That's all you need to be a human being........

 I wonder if I was wrong to think that if I was petting a cat on my lap, I would be a complete villain....

''What on earth do you mean by that, Sakahagiri Ryoji?

 Before I knew it, there was a black cat sitting on the sofa in front of me.

 
 A wish-pushing salesman and a collector of fate and the future.
 And the energy manager of the godd*mn universe.

''What the f*ck are you doing here when people are enjoying their vacation? What do you want?
I'm just here to make sure. You don't call yourself our neighbour in front of these kids. Are you trying to skim our quota?
Now, what do you think?

 I hadn't meant to do this in the slightest, but I was spouting such lines by way of guessing.

'Good grief. You really are a destroyer, aren't you? I can't get enough of Gaff's room and you're even trying to destroy this world.
"Yeah well I heard from Nogami Shino. You guys built Gaff's room, right?
That's right. Wasn't that a wonderful invention? That thing had solved all the entropy problems in the universe. And yet, now the universe is headed for thermal death again.
'But Gaff's room was built on the sacrifice of the dead. The Underworld Faction has a point, don't they?
'I think it's really silly of you to let the universe go to ruin over such trivial matters as the souls of the dead. Well, your lack of understanding isn't the first time.

 Eggmaker concluded and dismissed it on his own accord.
 Then, his eyes flashed as if he was trying to peer into our true intentions.

''If you're going to imitate us, then you'll at least let us participate in the extermination of the demon, right?
You mean those people who serve the klezki.
That's right. This world is being targeted by invaders from the outside. Well, that's why I was sent here.

 The will of the stars begins to defend itself when the stars themselves are in danger.
 In other words, it does not move to protect the humans and animals living on the world.
 It is the role of the Creator God to protect the people living in the world created on the stars.

 So if world invaders appear, the local population must first respond.
 If this is not enough, the gods will help in various ways.

 Since direct intervention by the gods is forbidden, it's basically an indirect method.
 They can send an angel to descend from the heavens, create demigods with humans and make them heroes, mow down earthlings with a truck and reincarnate them, or get advice from the affiliated Temple of All (Pantheon).

 However, if even that is difficult, they will outsource it in exchange for energy currency.
 The "T.F." that I worked for is a mercenary group that is sent out into the world for this kind of outsourced work.
 And the biggest king of outsourcing on the Earth system is the black cat washing his face in front of me... the eggmaker.

 But these aren't the ones who get their hands dirty in battle.

 Eggmakers offer contracts to ordinary girls living on earth and turn them into "magical girls".

 Their modus operandi is this.
 First, the Eggmaker appears in the form of a black cat in front of the girl who has a wish.
 Then, he makes a magical girl contract with her wish as collateral.
 At this time, they lend the girl various cheat abilities to make her an asset.

 Training of local forces.
 That's the strategy of an eggmaker when they are contracted to be the guardians of the world.

 To put it bluntly, magical girls are strong.
 Most magical girls are found talented by eggmakers.
 So they will be able to wield power comparable to genius-type cheat holders.
 Most world invaders are repelled by magical girls, so they have a good reputation with the gods.

 Magical girls differ from ordinary cheat holders in that their power is only borrowed.
 It doesn't matter if her previous life was in another world or something, the cheat ability doesn't take root in a genuine local girl.
 Eventually, they are taken up by the eggmakers.

 And when the enemy is gone and the contract has expired, the magical girls--

...and Misaki too.
Yeah?
Are you a magical girl, Misaki?

 The eggmaker answered my question without a pause.

'Of course I did. What did you think it was?
''Oh no, of course not. I was connected to you and the other magical girls, of course.

 And moreover, Misaki had called the egg-maker Tama.
 That meant that they had made the 'name exchange' necessary for a magical girl's contract.

'If we can work together, I'll let you know--'

 Eggmaker cut in as if he didn't care what I was thinking.

'As long as Kurezki is out, women have an advantage over men in this world. That's because that thing has the effect of making the 'Female Genri' (female rule) stronger. Without exception, men will be weakened and women will be strengthened.
Yeah, I knew it. Misaki was powering up.

 The Female Genri-Orm (Female Rule) - the fundamental reason for the existence of women.
 It is a major source principle (rule) that is applied in almost every universe without exception.
 A pure source principle cannot be escaped by a law-ignoring cheat, and the red moon (klezki) is redeployed by the Lord of Wards. It's hard to escape being weakened.

 I didn't notice it earlier because I didn't fight it myself, but it seems likely to apply to me as well.
 To counter that, I'll have to do the same thing and strengthen the world's 'Male Genrius' (Male Rule).
 Or--

Well, I'm going to leave you now. As far as I'm concerned, I hope you'll walk past me in peace.
Pull it out.

 Without a reaction to my swearing, Eggmaker was suddenly gone.
 Just like when he showed up, as usual.



 Well, it's a separation device that has plenty of them anyway.
 When you break them, they'll just reappear in a hailstorm, just like the f*cking gods.

'But still, demonic, you know.

 Invaders from other worlds, large and small, bring rules that are not supposed to be in that world.
 Giant robots that shouldn't be in that world, miracles that shouldn't be in that world, physical laws that shouldn't be in that world.

 For colonization.
 For indoctrination.
 The characteristic of the otherworldly invaders is that they try to paint the world with their own values.

 But in the case of demons, I got the impression that they were like the common earth-based concepts.
 
 Moreover, reinforcing the existing source laws of the local world is a completely uncharacteristic way of invading.
 In fact, Kurezuki has empowered magical girls.

 I'm not sure if they're really invaders from the outside world.

No, no, no, I've decided to take it off this time. I don't need to deal with these people who have no business being under oath--

 I was about to say.
 The view through the glass walls of the royal suite was tinted red.
 Above the sky, the red moon (klezki).

'Oh come on, how many times have I seen this! Am I the main character in this case?

 If there's a magical girl, there's no need for me to be in the room.
 It wouldn't be the work of the star's will, so does that mean the demons are purely after me?

 Contrary to my thoughts, the furnishings and fixtures in the hotel room begin to move by themselves and make an eerie screeching noise.
 It's not like my usual other world, where I'm on Earth, so I'm trying to hold my own and stay quiet, but really, what's going on?

 For now, with a single snap of the finger, all of the demonic properties were instantly erased and I looked up at the red moon (kurezki) outside.

"........................Excellent. I'll tell you who you're fighting with.

 You think I'm going to refrain from doing this for as long as I can because you've interrupted my vacation so many times?
 I don't know if you're a demon or what, but I'm going to hunt down every single one of them, so get ready for it.