Chapter 31 The Ghost Deeds

“I understand about the true ‘Wanderer’. Though it was with the help of the mysterious magical girl, Quartz really defeated it… I wonder if it’s for the best for that girl to overcome the malice.”

“I hope that’s the case. This all depends on the individual, so we can’t just judged it easily.”


The magical girls who have been tormented by the “Wanderer” Malice will still be mentally ill, albeit to a lesser degree than the general population. And for children with immature minds, it is the same as a serious illness, and for some it affects not only their lives as magical girls, but also as human beings.

Quartz, in addition to her natural lack of self-confidence, had become increasingly feeble under the influence of Malice, and it had seemed difficult for her to return as a magical girl.

However, she changed.

When Quartz suddenly requested if she can work as a magical girl again, she was really worried about whether Quartz would be okay. Even when she let her accompany her on ‘Wanderer’ subjugation, she was afraid that she would give up halfway through.

Nevertheless, she wished to be a magical girl, and Quartz grew and managed to subjugate a ‘Wanderer’. She still doesn’t know if Quartz been freed from the Malice, but she certainly moved forward.

According to her, she had someone push her back


“I wonder if that mean she’ve made a good friend?”

“Quartz’s friend-chan? Come to think of it, are you going to invite her here?”

“Yes, that’s what I intend to do. That’s why, please prepare the contract.”

“Yes, yes, leave it to me. Sapphire, it’s time to take a break. If you collapse, my work will increase.”

“No, there’s still work to be done. At the very least, we have to protect the information about Takanashi Momo. The committee can’t move freely, so we have to take the form of a request from the federation.”


The true identity of a magical girl is also a secret that should not be known the most. If it is a relationship as a friend, you can directly invite and limit it like this time. However, if an unspecified number of people find out about it, it becomes difficult to deal with it. There is no way to confirm who knows and who does not.

They don’t know where the information will be leaked from, but if they don’t act quickly in this case, it will be irreversible. Once information is spread, it is impossible to retrieve it all.

The Magical Girl Committee has deleted such secrets and slander of magical girls. However, because of the various rights and procedures involved, the handling of such matters is inevitably delayed.

Therefore, it is necessary to use the power of the Magical Girl Federation to ignore such things and act for information protection.

However, upon hearing Sapphire’s words, Empress frowns, smiles bitterly, and sighs while resting her chin on her hand.


“That’s probably no longer necessary. It happened again just before you came back.”

“Could it be, ‘Ghost’?”

“Yes. So, I guess all the information about Takanashi Momo is completely gone too.”


It was an accidental discovery. The actual information that had been leaked on the net, as it happened to be this time, was suddenly forgotten by the Magical Girl Committee staff.

The staff was in the middle of gathering information on the Internet, and in order to contact and consult about how much it should be deleted, they gathered the adults and her, who has the title of chairman, and to made a report.

There really was no context. They forgot what they were doing, and their face, which had been distorted by seeing all kinds of slander and abuse, suddenly became as if nothing had happened and even the documents they had brought with them was blank sheets of paper with no writing on them. This phenomenon occurred not only to the staff members who were gathering information, but also to the department heads who were directing them.

And, when was it, that she realized that even her own memories were missing?


“So what were the results?”

“There is no problem for those who directly exchanged information. However, for the information that cannot be confirmed, such as the Internet or rumor, I can no longer confirm any of it, and my memory seems to be completely wiped out. I don’t know how they are sorting through or how far the aftermath is, but we’re out of luck. Frankly, I don’t know how much of what I know now has been wiped from my memory.”


They have no idea of when, who, or how.

What they do understand is that it only erases the so-called malice towards magical girls. On the contrary when all they could only hear voices cheering for magical girls, it was rather creepy.

The fact that the things ended as if nothing had happened led people to call it “Ghost” with a sense of fear.


“If this doesn’t just end with malice towards magical girls, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Let’s hope for Mr. Ghost’s good intentions. If your memory is erased, you won’t even notice it in the first place. Mr. Ghost is an ally of magical girls, If you don’t think that way, you will be mentally exhausted.”


Looking only at the results, there is no doubt that he is an ally of magical girls. No information about who the magical girl is or where she lives can be found. Even if it had been erased from memory, the absence of any such information would be unthinkable under normal circumstances. l. And if they think about what has happened so far, we probably don’t need to worry about Quartz being Takanashi Momo either.


“But just to be sure, I’ll just make up the paperwork. We can’t be sure that they are on our side, and we can’t be sure that there won’t be any omissions. I don’t want to regret not doing what needs to be done.”

“You’re so serious… Well, you should rest as soon as you’re done with that, okay? I’m sure Abelia will be furious if she hears you telling Quartz to take a break but you didn’t take it.”

“I understand. I’ll finish it soon. Excuse me first.”


A girl with a temperament who has to finish what she can do, push her chair when she finishes her talk and leaves the classroom.

After seeing off the tense girl, Empress is left alone in the classroom, tapping her cheek with her finger and thinking about the “Ghost”.


“If we can get the ‘Ghosts’ to our side, the magical girl’s safety will be much higher. But I don’t even know where they are or if they’re a magical girl in the first place. I don’t want to think the ‘Ghosts’ as an enemy, but since they’re only erasing malice, you could also say that the ‘Ghosts’ is collecting them. No, if that’s the case, there shouldn’t be any need to limit it to just the malice of magical girls. Hmmm… Uh…”


She lets out an trouble voice and rest her body on the desk.

The Empress is the brain of the Magical Girl Federation. In order to protect the magical girls, she has to think about various things, such as putting pressure on each country so that they can’t do whatever they want, and preparing a system to accept protection. As long as she can get Ghost on her side, she will be able to hide or delete any  information, and she will be able to reduce her worries in the future.

However,


“There’s no way we can do a ghost search”


After all, it’s just like looking for a jewel in the desert, and they don’t have the time or energy to devote to it.






“Director Iida, it seems that the ‘Ghost’ has appeared again.”

“Looks like it”

“This, what’s the point of us doing this?”

“We can’t help it. We don’t know when that ghost will stop erasing, and we can’t help but check what hasn’t been erased.”

“However, it seems that all of our achievements have disappeared, right? I can’t argue against it because I don’t have any actual memories of it, but since we don’t have any history of it, it seems like we haven’t done any work.”

“It seems that the chairman will create a temporary history of activities. It will be in the form of a request from the Magical Girl Federation. Well, this job will end up being scaled back.”

“I understand the reduction because it’s only confirmation work, but the chairman’s work has increased.”

“It can’t be helped. Compared to underlings like us, the chairman is overwhelmingly in a higher position. We have no choice but to have the chairman bear the burden of such arrangements. No matter how much we do alone, there is a limit. There is. Therefore, we have no choice but to do our best as adults. Sawada, you won’t have to do this work from now on, so prioritize teaching instead. We have secured some stray magical girls, but it seems we are short of teachers.”

“I understand. But still, can’t you find anyone else to be a teacher? Even if it’s not someone to teach basic subjects, I don’t think we have enough people to counsel the magical girls.”

“They need tell children of the same age as their own children to ‘Fight and die’, you know.”

“We’re not doing this job to kill magical girls!”

“I know, I know. But it’s also true that sometimes magical girls go off to fight, and sometimes those children come back hurt. They don’t know what to say to these children who are tormented and terrified by malice, even as counselors. The people who watch us work say that our work here is insane.”

“That’s just irresponsible. Even though the magical girls are fighting, the adults who should protect them run away. Even if the magical girls cursed or get yelled at then, if they are aware that they are making them go to the battlefield, they should devote themselves to supporting the magical girls. After the fairies are gone, there are only so many people they can talk to. There are even children who have been abandoned by their parents.”

“Right. That’s why we’re not trusted, and the Magical Girl Federation is in control. Magical girls can’t be entrusted to adults. What we can do is work to restore that trust, and work hard to keep the connection with the magical girl alive.”

“If the magical girls give up on the adults, I won’t hesitate to side with them!”

“Don’t leave me in the lurch when that happens. And we’re doing this to make sure that doesn’t happen. If you understand, please contact Quartz later. Even if she defeats a ‘Wanderer’, she may still be mentally unstable.”

“Even if you didn’t tell me, I’m going to do that.”