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Chapter 3 : Starting Like This, Huh
Pink ears twitching.
Red, rabbit-like eyes.
Soft, plush fur.
The final boss of this world was annoyingly cute. Anyone else would probably coo over it—anyone but me.
I knew what it really was, and the sight made my skin crawl.
W̄ ѐḃǹо̆ v е l Еn̄ ü m а̊
Not a cute animal. Something inhuman wearing a skin every little girl would love.
—Mind telling me how you got in here? Normal people with zero mana can’t even perceive this kind of barrier, let alone enter it.
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“I guess I’m not a normal person.”
I shrugged at Moongmoong’s blunt question.
—You really won’t answer?
“Hard to answer what I don’t know.”
Ѐn u ṁа̄.ї d̊
—Then more questions are pointless.
Clouds slid over the bright full moon. The flickering lamps around the lot went out all at once, like they’d rehearsed it.
All I could see was Moongmoong’s eyes, glowing a deeper blood-red than before.
—When I tore the world’s border, another world came into view.
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A spell for the Otherworld Barrier spilled out of its mouth. But the sky didn’t turn red like when it was with Unibel.
What changed were the things around us.
Enûm а . і̃d
The trees and benches faded out of sight. Every light vanished. A heavy darkness soaked in like fog, wrapping around me and digging under my skin.
Another way to use the barrier: copy a space, then erase everything in it. Anyone trapped inside can’t leave without the caster’s permission—unless they have enough power to rip the whole space apart.
Okay, this is actually bad.
Cold sweat traced my spine. I’d expected something like this, but living it was way worse.
A flash.
Light skittered across the walls and ceiling. Eyes appeared—too many to count. The same red as Moongmoong’s. Worse, each one moved on its own, gazing in a different direction like it had a will.
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—I’ll erase you as if you never existed.
In this sealed world, something crawled up from the dark. I couldn’t see my own hands, but I knew the description from the story: more than just shadows.
Even Heaven-Star–class girls got torn apart alive if that thing caught them. When it manifested, it butchered dozens of magical girls. Not even the elite could stop it.
If that got its hands on a weak, ordinary guy like me? I didn’t want to picture it.
“You can’t kill me.”
The shadows froze.
Wéb̂nо v̌ е̃ l̂ Eň u.m̌ а
—Why not?
“Because you signed a contract that involves me.”
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—Wrong. I only contract with those who have talent for mana. You have none.
“Who said I contracted with you directly?”
…So this body really has zero talent for mana. Useless, I thought, keeping my face flat.
“There’s an idiot out there who wished to make me a teacher.”
Еn̆ um а
—Verifying. Matches the terms of Contract No. 10,288.
My first clue had been the job of the guy I’d possessed. A teacher—right next to the protagonist.
I remembered the rooftop conversation.
She’d asked me to make a wish, and I said:
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‘I want to be a teacher.’
‘A teacher?’
Е̌ n̆ ů mа̃ .і̆ ď
‘Someone who can actually do something for a student who’s hurting. That’s my wish.’
‘A student who’s hurting.’
Normally you’d think of school or family problems. That’s what I meant.
But the one who granted the wish… interpreted it differently.
As long as the subject had the “student” label, any misfortune counted. For example, a girl destined to become a magical girl and, later, to end the world.
No way that girl on the roof wanted me to be a teacher in this nightmare. She pictured a normal school, a normal class. Her wish got twisted.
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A wish granted into a shape the wisher never wanted.
That was Moongmoong’s sin.
In exchange for turning you into a magical girl, it “granted” your wish—deliberately warped. Ask for your sick body to heal? Your mind is transplanted into a healthy body. It doesn’t have to be human.
Say you want to turn back time because of a mistake? It dumps you into a fetus that hasn’t even left the womb.
Wish for more time with your parents? They lose their jobs so they’ll never leave your side again.
Worst part? It could grant wishes normally. It just chooses to twist them. No one pays the full cost of a contract up front—no one smart, anyway. If you want a wish granted “right,” collect all the Starlight. That’s the fine print.
Ẁё b̌ ň о v̄é l̆ .Е̂ n uḿ а̀
This thing doesn’t care about human hearts. The cute act exists to lower your guard. After the contract, it doesn’t blink when you scream or weep.
That’s the core of Magical Girl Happy Life.
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“Taking back the deposit without the payer’s consent is a contract breach.”
Even barehanded in front of a monster, I could stand my ground because I knew it was more chained to “contract law” than anyone. It could play word games, but it never violated a rule outright.
That’s how Moongmoong was depicted.
—…Very well.
Ӗnu m ǎ
Light returned.
The darkness peeled away and the world reset to normal.
“Phew.”
I let out a long breath. I’d been pretty sure. If I could see and enter a barrier civilians couldn’t even recognize, I had to be tied to a magical girl somehow.
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“Pretty sure” still wasn’t one hundred percent. And something that found me annoying might decide to be fickle.
—You make a fair point. It’s hard for me to act directly in your case.
Ẅ е b.ǹ о́v ёl Е̌n̊ ǔ m а
Now it looked like a cute critter again, floating down in front of me.
—But I do have a question. If you know this world so well, you know barriers are dangerous. Yet you walked in without hesitation. Why?
“Because it had to be done.”
—Humans usually value their own safety first. Even when someone was about to be eaten, they ran, they didn’t help. Not one.
“That’s because you don’t understand humans.”
—Maybe. Like Unibel—she dives into danger without any benefit to herself.
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Red eyes glowed within the fluff. Curious. Hungry.
“As I said, I don’t owe you honest answers.”
—Then trade questions. You must want something too. Say, the identity of Contract No. 10,288?
Bull’s-eye.
This was a gamble with death for stakes because I needed confirmation—just like it guessed.
—That’s enough for me.
W е bn о̃ v̄ е́ l̂ Е̃ n̆umǎ
“For what?”
—To risk my life.
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The last conversation on the rooftop flashed through my head. Add it to what I knew now, and it was obvious: the 10,288th magical girl was that girl.
—My question first. You knew it was dangerous and still wanted me to find you. Why? And don’t say ‘information.’ That alone isn’t worth dying for. You weren’t even that close before the contract.
“Simple.”
?
W̄е̇ b̄n̄ ô_v̄ el̂ Е ň u m а
“A teacher’s job is to pull a kid back when they’re going off the rails.”
—Surprisingly, that reads as true. You really would step into this world for that one reason?
“Is that your second question?”
—No. That was pure curiosity. No answer required.
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Finally. My turn.
No need to overthink the ask.
Ӗǹ ūmа . í d
“Tell me how to cancel a magical girl contract. And don’t feed me that ‘collect all the Starlight’ nonsense.”
Moongmoong’s white fur puffed out.
—Wow. Didn’t expect you to ask that. You really intend to join this world, human body and all.
“So? The answer.”
—Sure. There’s a way. And no, you don’t need all the Starlight—though honestly, that’s the easier, simpler route. Still want the other one?
“I do. That was the goal from the start.”
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In the original, it was mentioned once, almost in passing—the single route to a happy ending in a world of despair.
By the time anyone understood it, it was too late. The hint stayed a loose thread.
—Kill a Heaven-Slayer–class monster. Do that, and I’ll cancel every contract and pay a success bonus.
Heaven-Slayer…? I’d never heard that in the original. Strongest I remembered was Earth-Heaven–class —Pandora Requiem.
Moongmoong drifted up and perched on the tree behind me.
—Nothing else you’re curious about? I thought you’d at least ask about her.
Е̃ ǹ úm a ._i d̄_
“No.”
If I wanted to reach my goal, I’d have to meet every magical girl anyway. I’d get that info when it mattered.
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And I was done talking to this grotesque little alien.
—Then a gift, for the poor reckless human about to do something foolish. The 10,288th magical girl’s name.
“Her name?”
—Lumia. That’s the girl who contracted with me. Oh—and one more thing.
E_n ùmа .і̂d
“What.”
—Mm. Let’s save that for later. For fun.
It finished on its own terms and vanished into the sky.
Lumia, though.
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Damn it. That name wasn’t in the original.
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