Chapter 38 – Episode 38 Riding on Ara’s Armchair!

“Talking in places where other people are not present… Is it possible?”

Those words went round and round in Umi’s head.

Something dark and sinister would happen in the future – the bell for the beginning of a terrifying delusion rang. At that threatening-like word, Umi’s mental world reached a peak of anxiety.

You bring up a topic that is disadvantageous to you and talk about it in a place where no one else is present. Umi, who was already feeling unstable, could only think of images of bad trends.

“Ugh… !”

So Umi ran away from the spot.

I flailed around like a child escaping from inherent fear. When he almost fell, he hurriedly got up and walked on all fours. I didn’t care what people thought, I just thought about getting out of this situation somehow.

Joo-hyuk was surprised by Woo-mi’s sudden sprint and was unable to follow. He could only watch Umi running awkwardly. Umi ran out of the classroom and quickly hid across the hallway.

Leaving behind an uncertain future, you somehow end up running away from the worst moment of the present. Although Umi’s actions were extremely impulsive, it was an unavoidable choice at this point.

Because no words would have made sense to her in that situation.

“Ara, what should I do?” If I got caught, I would… Ugh.”

“Hmm~. Why don’t you just calm down and tell me? No matter how well you tell a story, it’s hard to understand if it’s mixed with crying…”

Umi, who stopped by Ara’s villa, was sobbing, and he told her about the situation he had experienced. As the story came to a rough conclusion, Ara served a bowl of cod soup for dinner to Umi, who was crying.

Umi sighed and drank the spicy soup to calm his mind.

“So, a guy who apparently didn’t work on the memory erasing spell showed up and tried to threaten me under the pretext of knowing his identity, right?”

“Yes… What should I do now… I met him not as another person, but as a team member… You can’t avoid seeing her face at all…”

“If she doesn’t want to be remembered for her appearance as a magical girl. “Isn’t this a problem that can be solved by somehow erasing her memory again?”

“That’s right…”

Umi sniffled and removed thorns from her mouth. Maybe it’s because she’s in a depressed mood, but she’s having a lot of trouble with her mouth.

In order for Umi to erase her others’ memories, she must somehow create a Magical Dogeza moment. Creating such a moment is… Umi’s bad delusions are blooming.

“But I don’t think the guy who approached you, even knowing that her memories might be erased, will take it easy. The question we need to think about here is [Why] He approached you, Umi.”

“… Yes?”

“[Instant Fire] Is a magic that restores objects to the contents of the dimension at the time when the monster did not appear. Thanks to this, the content saved in the video media through filming is not left behind.  Even if you take a picture locally and try to transmit the data through the cloud or messenger, if the monster appears, communication around it will be cut off… [Super fast] It is impossible to transfer data before.

In other words, because of this, after a battle in an area where [Super Hot Fire] Is spread, no photos or video data related to magical girls and monsters are left on CCTV.”

“That means…”

“Lets think. Umi, if you want to threaten others by letting them know that you are a magical girl, you need the corresponding data. Umi, a photo or a video of you. If you threaten to show it to someone, your absurd words will have credibility. But there is no way those photos or videos will remain because of [Super stickiness].”

“…”

“In other words, even if he shouts that he knows that you are a magical girl, if there is no data to prove it, it means nothing as a threat. “

The monster that crushed the convenience store has disappeared.

Convenience stores that were in disrepair due to the [Super stickiness] Were also restored.

Due to Magical Dogeza, other people lost their related memories.

Without video evidence, this is just a momentary dream or delusion.

“… Then, I was scared because I was scared by a threat that wasn’t even a threat… ? Still, I’m glad I didn’t think there would be any photos or videos of me…”

In that case, running away out of fear may have been the optimal action as it was not a threat but rather a refusal to respond to the threat. Umi thought so after hearing Ara’s story up to this point.

But Ara’s story does not end.

“No, Umi. You have to listen to the story until the end. Nevertheless, why did the part-timer approach you?”

“… “I don’t know?”

“I approached you because I had material that could be used for blackmail.”

Ara herself contradicts what she has said so far.

“No, what you were saying just now didn’t mean there was no way such data existed… ?”

“Here is [A challenge to the reader]. How was the convenience store part-timer able to preserve data that could threaten you from [Cho Kkeun Hwa]? This is a fact that even you, Umi, can know just from the information given so far.”

After eating her rice, Ara licked her mole under her lips with her tongue and asked Umi.

“… “I don’t know.”

“What here… Since this is not a mystery novel world, I will tell you the correct answer right away. It’s a simple answer. To prevent data initialization due to [Super Burn], You must exit the area before the objects are replaced with those from another dimension.”

“… Yes? But he passed out before we came out… I wouldn’t have been able to leave the convenience store. The recovery from [Super Stick] Happened after we left the convenience store…”

“What if the part-time worker in question wasn’t actually unconscious at that point? If you follow right away after leaving the convenience store, you can take the data that was not affected by [Super Stick]. “It’s one of the common secret room tricks.”

“Ah…”

Umi’s face becomes contemplative.

When moving the people in the warehouse, Umi thought that they had fainted due to the influence of Magical Dogeza. However, convenience store part-timers who did not faint from Magical Dogeza in the first place cannot be viewed from the same perspective as these people. Even Umi doesn’t know when and at what point she woke up from fainting.

“Then again…”

If Ara’s reasoning is correct, Joo-hyuk may have woken up from his faint early. If so, there is a high possibility that we have a video of Umi’s public exposure of a post-uterine magic girl masturbation show at a convenience store that has not been erased due to the influence of [Super Sticky]. The possibility of intimidation is also valid.

“Okay. He talked to you in the first place because he had the data to make a deal. Umi, because there is a video or photo of you. If you don’t want this to be discovered… If Magical Dogeza had worked properly, this wouldn’t have happened. In the end, Umi herself is the culprit of this incident~.”

Woomi becomes frustrated with Ara’s pointless criticism. In the end, the momentary blow that knocked the part-time worker unconscious turned out to be a huge butterfly effect.

“… Ugh…”

Now that things were like this, Umi could no longer remain still. According to her story, Umi had to settle the matter with the part-timer somehow.

There’s no way she could go about her daily life with shameful images of herself left behind. Joo Hyuk may approach her at any time like he did this time.

But… If it were directly shown that you have such a photo or video, how coldly would you accept it?

Seeing Umi’s dark face, Ara, who was cleaning her table, approached her.

“Then, shall I try my best for the sake of the sad junior magical girl?”

“Yes… ?”

“Do you want to brush your teeth first? “I’ll be ready.”

“Brush your teeth… ?”

Ara adds that it is a calming time to calm her mind.

Umi quietly brushes her teeth and comes back. After eating codfish soup, whatever gets stuck in your teeth gets cleaned out. After brushing her teeth with a moment of concentration, her excitement subsides.

‘…’

Is this the lithe Araman’s way of managing his mood?

‘Even though she’s a person with her own pace, this side of me is a bit surprising…’

Wondering what Ara was preparing, Umi spat out some of the water that rinsed her mouth.

When Umi finished brushing her teeth, Ara was standing there wearing a magic girl costume.

A uniform rolled up as if topless and an opaque skirt that barely covers the lower body. For a magical girl, this is a very revealing outfit. But the lithe mystery novelist didn’t seem to be particularly concerned about such things.

She was floating a huge magnifying glass as a magic weapon and had a handcuff attached to her left arm as a focal point. Her designs are so unique that you can’t really pinpoint what type of clothes she is.

“Once you’ve filled your stomach and brushed your teeth, it’s time to solve the problem.”

“Ara unnie… My heart is grateful. But this is my problem. I want to somehow resolve the issue with that part-time worker myself.”

“Hehe~ Really?”

Ara looked at her with her bold expression. In fact, she just wants to prevent anyone from seeing her photos or videos in her Umi situation.

“Then, since you have already transformed, I will only do this much. Umi, what do you plan to do next?”

“I somehow met her part-timer… If they threaten me with the excuse that they found out I’m a magical girl, I’ll coax them until they show me the video… After erasing it, use Magical Dogeza…”

I mumble, but honestly, I’m not confident. Umi herself also feels something vague.

“Even if a video is used as a threat, there is a possibility that he has a backup copy hidden, right? If you’re going to delete data, you need to be able to process all of it, including backups. In other words, if you want to get rid of it, you need to go to its original location.”

“That’s right… Then…”

“Well, if you’re at the level of a college student, the only place you can hide data is like your own room. I’ll take you there. “It’s a senior magical girl’s portal magic chance~.”

Suddenly, an incredible magic appeared. Ara said that and stretched out her hands and waved them in the air. A comfortable-looking chair appeared in front of Umi. It has armrests and even supports her neck, so it looks good for sleeping while lying down.

“This… ?”

“[Magical Armchair Detective]… The reason I have recited a series of reasoning processes so far is to use this magic. Inferring [The cause and effect of an event in which one was not involved] Is the process of activating this high-level magic.

You can warp to a location to conclude the case. With this, I will conclude your case, Umi.”

Ara said that and smiled.

If you use this magic, you can go to the residence of Joo-hyuk, a convenience store part-timer, and find the data yourself… !

Ox horns are also pulled out at a young age. Umi expresses deep gratitude for Ara’s help.

“… Thank you so much…”

“Then Umi. Sit comfortably. “The space will change in an instant, so take a deep breath.”

Umi sits comfortably on the chair after receiving Ara’s coaching.

Still, I feel nervous for no reason, perhaps because I’m intruding into a man’s room.

If you go, the first thing to do is to find data… The second step is to erase his memories with Magical Dogeza…

Okay, first, I decided on a goal.

“If warp happens, I hope you find the data safely. Then. Fighting!”

“Thank you so much!”

Before Umi could finish speaking, she, who was sitting in her soft chair, was struck by the hallucination of falling behind her. Shoo, the scenery changes as if a chair is rolling.

It feels like the scene changes smoothly in a movie. Objects around you, except yourself, roll like circles.

“… !!!”

I close my eyes from the strange sensation. In an instant, the surrounding air changed.

“Ah…”

Umi cautiously opened her eyes.

The armchair brought Woomi to the center of the studio where she was seeing her for the first time.