'No!　Freak!　Help!
It's all right now, Shiori Mizuse!　I'm Ryouji Sakagagi. I saved your life, so I'm going to sign you up and make you a magical girl!



Well, you know what? I won't do this until we've been properly introduced to each other...!
What are you confused about, Miyuki Shinozuka? My name is Ryuji Takahagi, and I'm the man who makes you a magical girl under contract! I'm the guy who's going to turn you into a magical girl with a contract!



'The fate that the Red Moon leads, and the cause and effect of death with the Black Past Life - does that mean that thy purpose is my body?
Yeah, yeah. That's right, Sasahara Nagumo. My name is Ryouji Sakahagi. By contract, I am the one who will transform your body into a magical girl!




　It was another day after the hotel was attacked by the demons.
　Under the night sky with the red moon (kurezki).
　In the harbor where containers lined up, I was watching the battle between the magical girls and the demonic hordes from the top of a crane.

''Listen, am I the only one who thinks a firm agreement is necessary for a contract?''

　Another black cat appears right next to me.

'That's none of my business,'
Oh, man. I can't believe you actually tried to be like us.

　There's nothing special about it.
　I used the Transformation Contract Cheat that I stole from Eggmaker's other terminal in a robbery cheat a long time ago.

　However, I changed the default settings of the cheat significantly.
　Eggmaker's 'Transformation Contract Cheat' collateralizes the magical girl's 'everything after the fact' in exchange for granting a wish.

　My transformation contract doesn't grant wishes.
　Instead, I can make a compulsory contract.
　I can lend my cheat ability unsecured, and it can be cooled off.
　In other words, I can stop being a magical girl with no risk after wiping out the demons.

　I owe it to the girls who were attacked by the demons and prepared a total of 23 magical girls.
　The only thing left to do is whisper the sweet words, "You're the only ones who can protect everyone," and you've got yourself a magical girl of love and courage.
　

That's certainly not the way we do it. I'll admit it. But even if you don't do what we do, don't you think there's an easier way for you to overcome the Female Genri (female rule) without having to imitate us and increase the number of magical girls?
'Of course I did. But this is what I've decided to do this time.
Oh, my God, are you sure you want to punish us?　You guys always take things so subjectively small and take it out on us like that. I don't get it.

　Of course, the reason isn't just guesswork.
　It's the effects of the female Genri (female rule) enhanced by the Red Moon (Kurezki) that just can't motivate me.
　It has nothing to do with my pledge, and I guess it's because I want to be nostalgic on Earth.

　However, as long as the other side is coming after me, I have to defend myself.
　And if it's to remind the enemy, I'll use any means at all... that's all.

　So I had to frown at Eggmaker's unexpected line.

'Are you that concerned about Misaki Honoka?'
What?　What's that?
It's not uncommon for you to kidnap women for their bodies.

　This guy is hitting me in a subtle way that hurts.

'Only b*tc*es with rotten hearts can be forced to take them.
'Really? If so, I think Misaki Honoka meets the requirements?
'He was ... well ... he was. If he was a free killer, I would have.

　Honoka Misaki's original wish was to gain power.
　She testified to that in the Hakoniwa World as well.
　However, she fell in love with me at first sight, and soon she wanted to be my lover.

　Sure, I would take a wife, but I had no desire to play the romantic game.
　I may take advantage of my love for her and take her into a late-night wrestling match, but I don't want to die whispering love to each other like a couple.
　That's why Honoka Misaki's love will never come true.

'Wow!　Look, look, there are other kids fighting again!
'Look!　You're next to my balls!
You were with Honoka the other night.

　It looks like the girls have arrived.

Ryouji!

　Honoka Misaki, who was with the girls, swoops in on a flying skateboard.
　As she landed on top of the crane, sprinkling glitter and colorful star symbols, she came toward me.

'Shit!　Why did you make me disappear?
It's my way of saying I know you want to be friends with each other.
Mmmmoo!

　Honoka Misaki gets angry in a huff.
　She's wearing a much more girlish vibe than when she was in the Hakoniwa World.
　It seems that she's interacting well with her friends.

''Ah, that's right!　Honoka-chan can rest there!
'What...?　Oh, yes!　Mr. Misaki, leave this to us!
'Guddrak'
Huh?　Hey, hey!

　The adulterated daughters have flown off towards the demons.
　The egg-makers have been gone for some time now.
　It's probably because they don't want to risk being asked unnecessary questions.
　It's not as complicated as it sounds, so it's a relief for me.

"Hey. Those girls are going to see your true nature...
'What?　Oh ... yeah. I don't know.

　Well, if I knew, I wouldn't be able to get along with him like that.

'Ryouji... do you want to know why I'm like this?'

　Honoka Misaki narrowed her eyes, looking a little uncomfortable saying it.
　However, he tilted his head slightly, as if he wanted to ask her.

　To put it bluntly, I'm not interested in the origin of the killer (villain).
　That is because such a thing is obviously disgusting.
　But...

Go ahead and say it if you want.

　I know from first-hand experience that confiding in someone will make it easier.

'That's sweet. Ryouji is.
What's that? I don't get it.

　Honoka Misaki, smiling ticklishly, begins to talk about her past at length.
　As expected, the story is a parade of depressing developments.
　Omitting her emotions and curse, the story can be summarized as follows.

　Misaki Honoka was abused by her parents from a young age.
　Her father was a drunk and violent in some way, and her mother was absent from the house and having an affair with him openly, almost as if she was abandoning him.
　After years of the hell of being 'made to drink' by the gambling buddies her father brought home, Honoka Misaki met Eggmaker.

　Honoka wished the Eggmaker the power to kill her parents and her father's friends with her own hands, and she became a magical girl.
　However, soon after that, her parents were killed by demons and died.
　Perhaps it was because of a compensatory act...Honoka Misaki killed a bunch of similar jerks, and before she knew it, she was enjoying killing people.

　The worst story of the cul-de-sac, which had no redeeming features, was told by Misaki Honoka.

'In other words, you've lost the object of your revenge to a demon and you're taking it out on someone else.
Yeah. I think I'm the worst at this. I wish I could just get away with my demonic nature. But I couldn't.

　Hearing Misaki Honoka's line in a self-mocking tone, I sigh heavily.

''Well, that's what people trapped in a curse are like, isn't it?
That's about it, isn't it?
Yeah, it's really ... it's like that.

　Once there, the conversation was interrupted.

　While Misaki was talking about the old days, the trend of the battle was leaning towards the side of the magical girls.
　It seems that the ability enhancement (buff) of the female Genri (female rule) is not too great, and the magical girls are demonstrating a fighting power that exceeds the power I gave them.
　The demonesses, who are outnumbered, have decreased in number.

　........I'm finally beginning to understand.
　It's true that Kurezuki (Kurezki) seems to be strengthening the female Genri (female rule), but the female Genri (female rule) itself is also quite strong.

　This must be a female-dominated universe to begin with.
　When Eggmaker said that 'this world doesn't want men to fight', he meant that much.
　If that's the case, then I don't understand why the demons use the red moon, which gives the defenders an advantage.

　While I was thinking about it like that, Misaki Honoka stretched widely.

''Well, I guess we'll see. The reason I started calling myself Ko instead of Honoka.

　I see.
　So that's what it means that your true name is both Honoka and Ko.

　Well, that's good to know.

It's only them now. They're the only ones who call me by my old name.

　Yeah, totally.....
　That's why I don't want to hear these stories.

"Just so you know, I'm not going to give you a hand about your past. That's something you'll have to deal with yourself.
Ryouji...

　Honoka Misaki...no, Ko looked up at me sadly.

''Well, if it's at least a chest, I'll lend you one.

　I muttered as I turned my gaze towards the battle, and Ko's eyes widened in surprise.

　There was a distinctly loud explosion sound.
　The magical girls were about to repel the huge monster that the demonic nature had merged with each other with their combined power and special techniques.

''Ugh......................''

　Ko falls down, sobbing.
　He didn't rant and rave, but he kept quietly wetting my clothes.
　I look up at the sky while patting his head for some reason.

"Kurezki hasn't disappeared...　

　I thought the giant demon from earlier was the Lord of Wards, but I was wrong?

...hmm?

　A shadow is shining on the red moon (Kurezki).

　It is the silhouette of a woman.
　It is not the figure wearing a robe the other day, but the outline of a woman is clearly emerging.
　The guy is carrying something like a huge hammer on his back--

　What, that hammer.....

What, this enormous amount of magical power...?

　Ko fanned the red moon.
　The vortex of magic power with the storm swelled up around the hammer woman's shadow.
　The magical girls also noticed and pointed to the sky above.

　This unceasingly rabid magic power wave is...!

You guys, run!

　I scream at the magical girls but they're not going to make it!



　The woman threw a large swinging hammer downwards with the spirit of a cleaver.
　The super-speed mass clad in tremendous divine lightning approaches the magical girls with a roar.

''Self-realm deployment!

　If he's who I thought he was, the time stoppage will be handled with a no-time travel cheat!
　Right now, all we can do is protect the magical girls with defensive wards anyway!

　But as soon as the ward I deployed collided with the falling object, it shattered into pieces without a second glance.

"Hmm, you mean...?

　The self-domain ward, which should have been able to withstand the fall of the satellite, was destroyed.
　In addition, when a low-pitched shudder echoed in the center of the magical girls, the port they were in was caught in the explosion and all traces of it disappeared.
　Countless lightning bolts extending in all directions from the point of impact created more destruction.
　The seawater in the vicinity flowed into the huge crater where the electrical storm was occurring in a raging vortex.

''Attenuating the power with the wards, this is it...!

　It's a female Genri (female rule) that's many times more powerful than anything I know.

　Anyway, the kinetic energy on the magical girls blown up by the explosion is reduced to zero by the "Physical Manipulation Cheat," and after making them still in the air, I protected them with a ward.
　Fortunately, none of the girls were directly hit by the hammer, and the magical girls all have 'cockroach cheats' just like Ko, so they don't seem to have died, but I'll use a life extension cheat just in case.

''Everyone!
No, don't go now!

　He still tries to jump out of the way, but he eats a high speed tangent to Ko's neck to reap his consciousness.
　Normally, this would be a scene where he would use sleep magic, but under this intensity of female Genri (female rule), there is a good chance that a man's magic won't work.
　After putting Ko into the sealing beads, he looks up at the sky again.

　I'm not proud of it, but my wards haven't been broken since I survived Eva's Yanderyl Loop imprisonment.
　But........I've only been cracked once.
　

　A hammer flew up from the surface of the sea and spontaneously flew up into the sky, heading towards the red moon (Kurezki).
　The woman grabbed the hammer as it flew through the air without a care in the world and smiled at me.

I've been in trouble........you're the master of the Sacagawea.

　........The encounter is in a game imitation type other world that is everywhere.
　A woman who was an enemy at first, but became his wife after they hit it off.
　Ituna, Sianne, and Stella ... the strongest of all the wives in this season's bountiful crop.
　She's the heir to the record of Thor, the god of thunder, who surprised me with his pure fighting, even though he's a mid-ranked god of thunder.
　And my ex-wife, who had to be released because of her feud with Eva.

　I never thought the day would come so soon..........that guy's name would be called out!

Salifa!

　The brown-skinned woman grinned at my call.