Chapter 121 – Access (1)

Before I could tell him to come over here for help, the phone hung up.
Even in the midst of embarrassment, I feel Grape getting closer and closer.
I can’t tell the exact distance, but I can feel the unpleasantly sticky waves of magic as if I’m right next to it.

As if the beating of a heart, thick magic continued to sweep through the surroundings.
It is similar to the sensation I felt when I first saw Ash.
It shoots out mana and reflects it to objects with other mana to specify its location.

However, it is something strange to say that it is a normal magical girl’s magical power.
Unpleasant yet comfortable sensations sink and float something in my body repeatedly.
There is a feeling of sympathy and repulsion at the same time.

“Monster?! No, this… ?”
“Rosé, ahead!”

The taste is different from the mana felt by monsters.
Even though it has the same sweetness, it is still less melted like chocolate and sugar are different.
She is still a magical girl.

But there is a possibility.
Should I tell you?
What?
To whom… ?

“What is this from before… !”
“Teacher?”

Unpleasant sensations won’t go away in your head.
Something is inside me
As the senses that a person should not have awaken little by little, the sense of heterogeneity is felt.

The magical girl’s strong magic shook her intestines, and the negative’s slimy energy sank her body.
The subject continues to shake, and the headache gets worse.
Lose control
It’s not a strength that I, an ordinary person, can endure.

“Oh… ?”

Suddenly, my mind calms down and my reason returns.
There is no such thing as heterogeneity.
I am normal.
There is a feeling of tightness in the head, but it is quite comfortable.

Why did you feel uncomfortable?
The discomfort I feel is all natural…
Matter of course… There is nothing wrong with that.

It is natural to feel a headache in such a stressful situation.
It is natural for a person who is feeling the crisis of life to suddenly feel a magical power that ordinary people do not feel.
Of course, no problem.

“Rosé, stay calm and shoot magic equally. And kill those around you. Don’t spare your magic.”
“Ah, yes!”

After I regained my composure, I first ordered Rosé to use her mana sparingly to inform me of my location and to clear the surrounding negatives.
Grape is coming, so there’s no reason to save Rosé’s magic anymore.
The magical girl I can use is replaced with a stronger one.

The waves of magic power that were passing through the surroundings gradually diminished, as if they had received Rosé’s magic waves.
We have identified the location and are getting closer and closer.
The subway is already completely closed with monsters and infectious agents appearing, so it is judged that it will take some more time until Grape arrives.
What should I do?

Fortunately, all the infected are moving passively, crouching in response to Grape’s magical power.
Just as a piranha sees a shark and runs away, it feels a natural enemy that stimulates animal instincts and thinks about escaping.
This is the difference between a monster and an infected.

When the infected meets a magical girl who is excessively stronger than herself, she contemplates whether or not to run away, but the monster throws away her life and runs.
Bats and demon dogs are struggling between remaining animal instincts and negative desires, but huggers move more actively and prepare to attack the magical girl like a moth to a light.
Then, should it be better to let the infected be dealt with first, or to get rid of the small monsters first?
As I was thinking about it, I felt a strange vibration from above my head.

“Uh?”

One by one, the red magic sensor lights illuminating the tunnel went out.
As if something had severed a power line in the middle, the light flickered and stones and dust rained down from the ceiling.
I can feel the powerful magic power from above.

“Sister?! It’s crazy?!”

Infected creatures that do not have monster-specific barriers hit their heads against the falling stones and suffer.
The bat falls, and the demon dog avoids the stone and widens the distance.
Rose came to my side in surprise, holding a shield over his head and supporting him so that he would not be in danger.

Rosé’s eyes, looking at the ceiling, are colored with a feeling of astonishment.
It’s not a very tasty feeling, but it helps you guess the situation.
Grapes are falling through the ground from the ceiling.

It is nonsense.
The subway is built very deep underground so that it can be used as an air-raid shelter in case of emergency.
Normally, it serves as an intrusion route for monsters to appear when driving, but in an evacuation situation, the barrier is lowered and designed to be used as a temporary shelter, so the entire station is surrounded by high-strength metal.

The moment a monster alert occurs, the subway turns into a temporary shelter.
In order to enter, there is no choice but to open the temporarily closed exits one by one through the normal passage.
Ignore all of that and break the shelter to get in quickly.

“Hee!”

Along with Rosé’s frightened voice, Kwadeuk! There is a sound, and piles of earth fall from the ceiling, covering the dark subway with dust.
The shiny stones that melted like glass roll on the floor, and the gleaming blades and ring-shaped light shining brightly from above illuminate the messy subway.
It is a terrifying sight.

“Ha… ! Ha… !”

In the hand of Grape, who had transformed into a magical girl, a crystal sword with small black energy was constantly emitting sharp light.
Waves of magical energy emanating from Grape swept away the surroundings, pushing away the dust that had spread in the air all at once, revealing the field of view.
An inexplicable murmur comes from Grape’s mouth, who puts her hand to her head and gnaws her teeth until her mouth bleeds.

As the eerie magical energy tickles and passes through my body, a terrifying gaze turns to me.
But it’s not that scary.
The body trembles with fear, but the mind is quite intact.
Grape is not an enemy, but a tool I must use now.

Calm down, calmly think about the current situation.
Emotions are gradually consumed, and senses are separated from reality.
Not afraid at all.

“Sister Grape! Are you here?!”
“Ah… Ahhh… !”

On Grape’s head, who finds me and opens her eyes wide and tries to come closer, her ring of light spins with force as if it will tear the surroundings.
Grape’s expression distorted, and her magical energy pulsated around her body.
The sight of Grape’s magical power pushing the tightening ring was clearly visible.

Fear rises as I see her resisting in her hypnosis, but for now I need Grape to sustain my life.
You can only have the Maiden of Rapids if you keep her life.
When it becomes clear what to prioritize, we look at Grape’s situation.

I’m resisting the hypnosis I put on first, telling me not to come close to me.
From the moment he saw me with his own eyes, it became more certain that he was coming closer to me, and his movements gradually slowed down as if the hypnotic restraint had strengthened.
Negative emotions are read from Grape.

I am afraid that I will be hated for coming close to me with regret, despair, anxiety, and guilt that I feel.
Sweet and sticky emotions tickle my insides, but my life is more important than my appetite.
You have to cancel the hypnosis you put on first.

“Rosé, toward the grapes!”
“Yes!”

The hypnosis placed on Grape was hypnosis to not come near me, not hypnosis to avoid me when I approach.
There is nothing wrong with approaching from my side.
Thinking so, as I got closer to Grape, a hugger jumped into my body.

“Hey?!”

Almost at the same time, a terrifying killing force and sharp energy passed right next to my body.
Grape, who got close to me in the blink of an eye, spreads a terrifying energy around him with a bloody look.
Blinking my eyes, I looked at it and found that Grape, ignoring hypnosis and everything, suddenly rushed at me, and found that the hugger had been pierced at the tip of his sword.

“Where, where, this… !”

Grape’s body, which was close to me, had a sticky energy of black light, bloody magic power that forcibly bristled the senses of touch, and a ring of light shining above his head was shining at the same time.
Grape clenched his teeth, applied his magical energy to the tip of his sword, lengthened the blade, and swung the sword with terrifying speed.

“Where are you trying to touch! You baby bug!!”

A long slash sweeps away the infected and monsters behind me at once.
The powerful force pulls the small monsters and forcibly draws them into the slash, widening the distance and chasing down the demon dog that was trying to run away and tearing it apart.
It’s a creepy sight.
Rosé struggles to deal with them one by one, and the number of infected and monsters that the four middle-ranking magical girls have been struggling with disappears in one shot.

Rosé froze as he stared at Grape with his eyes wide open.
I also felt absurd and futile for the same reasons as Rosé, but also thought that something was strange.
Grape isn’t weak, but was it this strong?

This is a bit too much pressure.
Ash-like pressure is felt from Grape.
It should be said that the quality of magic power is different, but the type and density itself are different.
I muttered, recalling the words that came out of Grape’s mouth a beat late.

“… Worm baby?”

This is the first time Grape has cursed like this in front of me.
Even if he is the rapist who raped me… Except for that time, he was a person who kept his line even when he said aggressive things and didn’t say anything too harsh…
I never thought Grape would say the word ‘bug’ in such a bloody tone.
Shocking.