Magical Girl Hero

“Hmm? What’s this sound? It’s not the appearance of ‘Wanderer’, is it?


An alarm from I’ve never heard before coming from the cell phone. I thought it might be the emergence of “Wanderer”, but if it is, the span of time is too short. Until now, there was an interval of about a week at the shortest, but I just saw “Wanderer” at the department store today. It doesn’t appear at equal intervals, so it’s possible that it’s a “rare occurrence,”, but it’s still less than half a day, too short.


“Ah, this is a magical girl’s SOSsound. When a magical girl is in trouble, you can make it ring by wishing it from the bottom of your heart kyu.”

“Help? It has never sounded before, has it?”


The fact that they never rang means that they haven’t needed help until now, but does that mean that the magical girls are excellent? Or maybe it was because I wasn’t within reach of the help notification. If you can connect anywhere, it will keep ringing every day.


“Naturally kyu. SOS will only ring within the range of those who have exchanged contact information with each other kyu. Roze, who is a loner, has nothing to do with this function kyu.”

“I’m not a loner! I don’t have anyone’s contact information though. Hmm? I don’t have anyone’s contact information. Why is it ringing then? Is it SOS from a ghost or something?”

“At your age, you still believe in ghosts kyu? The reason why it’s ringing is because Mokyu’ve unlocked the app so it can catch SOS kyu. After what happened with Quartz, Mokyu thought it would be nice to be able to catch the SOS of various magical girls kyu.”


No, it would not be strange if there were ghosts. Isn’t it strange that there is magic but no ghosts? Or is there some evidence? It’s not possible that Mokyu, who is a researcher by nature, would say say such a thing without any evidence.


“How can you prove that there are no ghosts?”

“Give kyu. It’s Mokyu fault kyu. So, please don’t stare Mokyu at point blank range kyu. To get back to the topic at hand, normally SOS is only available to friends, but Roze’s app has been modified to remove that limitation. Roze can choose to help or not, but what are you going to do?

“No, it’s hard to make the choice to abandon her here, isn’t it? Of course, if it’s dangerous for me too, I won’t be able to help her, but I’ll check it out first for now.”


What a thing to say, this steamed bun. How can you ask me if I want to go help while making the phone catch the SOS? I’m sure Mokyu is doing that because Mokyu knows I’ll take the option of going to help.

I’m pissed off, so let’s not give Mokyu the ice cream for the next snack time.


“The place to request help is from N prefecture kyu. It’s about 200km away kyu.”

“That’s impossible!!!!”


I unintentionally slam the book in my hand against the desk. A loud shocking sound resounds in the library, but that’s not all.

Until now, the distance to be traveled was about 50 km, no matter how far away it was. The notification range of “Wanderer” is about the same, and if I move in a straight line using Accel, I can usually arrive in about 10 minutes, so there was no need to worry. However, 200 km is four times the distance. Naturally, it would take four times as long.

The fact that SOS is ringing means that it is an emergency, and yet it takes 40 minutes to get there.


“If it takes 40 minutes for an ambulance to get there, the patient will never make it in time! I mean, there were no reports of ‘Wanderer’ at such a distance until now!”

“The ‘Wanderer’ notifications are coming from farther away now that Mokyu’ve extended the detection range kyu. Roze should also start working outside of the development zone kyu. If you continue to exterminate Wanderers only in the same place, they might find out where you are, you know kyu?”

“No, I understand what you mean, and I have thought that it might be better to spread out our activities a little more, but isn’t it too far?”


I try to spread my activities not only in the A Ward where I live, but also in the whole development area, but sometimes I think that it might not be enough. However, “Wanderers” tend to appear in areas where there are many people. In other words, if I was to go outside of the development zone, I would normally be aiming for the city center, which is a little further away. But, the destination this time is 200 km away, which may be too extreme. Why not take it a step back and make it 100 km or so?


“Don’t worry, Mokyu’ve thought about that, so it’s okay kyu. Roze used to rely only on Accel for movement, but it would be nice to learn new magic for long distances kyu.”

“New magic? I don’t think there was a more convenient magic than Accel though.”


If anything, other movement magic is used in limited places such as intricate places or underwater, and in the “How to Use Fun Magic: Beginner’s Edition” that I received at the beginning, it said Accel is the fastest if it is a straight line distance. Since it was written in the beginner’s edition, there might actually be a different magic, but I wonder if it’s possible to get it in the intermediate and advanced editions as well.


“Let’s try Warp kyu.”

“Warp!?”


A magic that already seemed dangerous just from the name popped out.


“Mokyu’ll give Roze this book for the time being kyu.”


Mokyu summons a magic book from somewhere in the library and hands it to me. The title of the book is “Warp” as it is, and although it is not thick, it is well bound as a book. I wondered if it was possible for a book about jus one spell to be like this.


“It would take too much time to read through this you know.”

“For the time being, just holding it is fine kyu. Originally, it can only be called magic once you understand until the content you want to modify, but with Roze, it’s easy to modify, so there’s no problem kyu. Besides, Mokyu is going to make a simplified version, so it’ll be modified it a little kyu.”

“Can you use magic just by holding it?”

“Think of the book itself as a magic weapon kyu. There are many magic books in the store that allow you to use magic just by holding it kyu.”


Up until now, we would have had to define and register magic in the magic weapon. If that is not necessary, just what is the purpose of magic weapons?


“If that’s the case, wouldn’t everyone be able to use magic if the magics were all like this?”

“Impossible kyu. To be precise, the only thing you can do is use the magic, and the degree of freedom is low kyu. For example, if you use Accel, you can’t accelerate or decelerate just by holding the book kyu. Of course, you can use it as it is, but you need to prepare other means such as brakes kyu. Furthermore, using it without understanding the magic is the same as giving up control, so in the worst case, it will explode kyu. In order to operate and control it by yourself, a magic weapon is essential kyu.”

“Scary. I feel like I’m carrying a bomb.”


It’s terrifying to think that the warp book I’m holding might explode.

In short, if it’s a game, the magical girl is the hardware, the magic book is the software, and the magic weapon is the controller. The game can be played with just the warp book, but it cannot be operated without the controller, the magical weapon, and if the player’s understanding of the game is poor, the game will be over. It is possible to put the software directly into the controller, but you have to understand the game.


“Then, even if I have this, I won’t be able to use it after all. You can’t understand it unless you read the book, right?”

“Even if Roze read it, Roze can’t understand it anyway kyu. Warp is a fairly advanced magic, so it’s not easy to understand and it’s dangerous kyu.”

“No no no, then why did you give me this?”


I’ve been told it’s dangerous, so I don’t feel like using it.


“The first reason why Warp magic is so dangerous is because if you don’t have an understanding of the coordinates of the destination, an understanding of space, and the ability to maintain yourself, you could end up buried in the ground, your body could disintegrate while moving, or your body could be replaced by something else kyu.”

“Mokyu, do you think I will use it after listening to this?”


When I poked Mokyu’s cheek with mt index finger, Mokyu tapped my finger and told calm me down.


 

“First of all, the coordinates are important, but this is not a problem if you use the app kyu. The app will show you the coordinates of the location where the SOS was sent from, it’s a rough estimate, but if you just want to move there, it’s fine kyu. Next, the understanding of space changes depending on the environment of the destination kyu. It is easy to focus only on physical obstacles, but air is also an obstacle kyu. If you don’t understand it well, a part of your body may be replaced by air kyu. Finally, maintaining yourself kyu. This is easy, when you use Warp, you consume a lot of magic power, which causes a disturbance in your magic power, but if you can’t imagine yourself safe at all times, it will go out of control kyu. Of course, if you don’t have enough magic power, it will either fail or explode kyu.”

“How strange… I heard the explanation, but I can’t find anything to calm me down.”


Of the three elements, I think only one problem has been solved. No, that one is not a reassuring factor either, when you say approximate coordinates. In conclusion, I don’t think it’s useful at all.


“Mokyu’ve explained this at length, but frankly, this is only if it’s your general magical girls. In Roze’s case, as long as Roze has the coordinates, you can handle anything.

“Ehh… I don’t think so, after listening to the explanation so far though.”

“First of all, we don’t need precise coordinates kyu. After picking up the general coordinates, all we have to do is warp to the sky kyu. Normally, you would have to land on the ground, since the magical power might be disturbed by fear, but with Roze playing around so well with Accel, there’s no problem kyu. Next, the understanding of space is not a problem because the destination space is more will be the one that won’t be able to stand it rather than Roze’s body kyu. If you are worried about it, you can just wipe out the space you are moving to kyu. You will have to say goodbye to all the obstacles in the destination space that’s moved to another dimension, but there is no problem if you are in the sky kyu. Ah, Mokyu will modify so it will repair it kyu. Lastly, as for maintaining oneself, Roze’s magic power will not be disturbed by that level of power kyu. In other words, Roze can forcefully use her magic power to activate it kyu.”

“In the end, it’s about brute forcing it.”


I want you to think back to what you said to my Invisible and apologize. I feel like the magic that I made with full confidence got a pretty bad evaluation, but honestly, this magic will just be the same.


 

“Didn’t you say that if it can’t be used by anyone other than me, it’s not yet ready to be called magic technology?”

“Unlike the absurd magic Invisibles, Mokyu’s magic is based on a theory, and if it can be invoked by an individual, it will become a great feat kyu. Wrap is a magic that is a superior version of the gate, even fairies can’t use it easily kyu. Roze will use it and show them how it’s done kyu!”

“Don’t take advantage of me, you’ve got too much of a personal grudge.”


No, well, it would be convenient if I can use it. However, I still feel uneasy. Magic that disintegrates the body if it fails is not something I like to use. Though I don’t know if this mad scientist would understand that.

I transformed myself without much feeling, defined the magic as Mokyu urged me to do, and put the magic into the golden bullet. I leave the activation of the magic to the book and use the weapon to direct the operation. The bullet is loaded into the magazine and then integrated into the barrel.

After pulling the trigger, the magic will activates and warps to the imaged coordinates.


“Hey, are you sure you want to use this? I don’t want to die.”

“Believe in Mokyu kyu. Even without it, as long as Roze can imagine yourself safe, Roze’s body will be safe no matter how dangerous it is kyu. To be honest, Mokyu is more worried if Mokyu’s body can endure it kyu.”

“If you’re worried, why don’t we just stop…”

“Experiments are always accompanied with danger kyu. When Mokyu die, Mokyu wants Roze to at least give Mokyu flowers kyu.”

“Please stop with the flags.”


Since I am the driver, please something more uplifting.

With determination, I hold the warp book and Mokyu in my left hand and hold the gun in front of me with my right hand. I have never felt the weight of this gun, which is not much thicker than an ordinary gun, but now I feel as if tons of load is being placed on my right hand.

I checked the coordinates on phone Mokyu is holding and imagined myself and Mokyu safe and sound floating in the sky above the coordinates.

I have never failed at magic before. And, of course, there is no way that I will fail in the future.

With a strong image and confidence, I pulls the trigger.

When a bell-like tone rang out from the muzzle, the library was empty.