The Defeated Magical Girl

Countless flowing images began flashing rapidly across the screen.

Soon, the image froze on a crimson-colored girl.

A black, tight-fitting inner outfit wrapped her agile body, while the lower half was a hakama-style combat skirt designed for wide-ranging movement.

This battle outfit, blending shrine maiden and street fighter styles, perfectly outlined her distinctive presence.

Her red-orange wolf-tail short hair was streaked with a few strands of golden highlights, like flickering sparks.

She was the Magical Girl of Wednesday, Natsume Oto.

“Hey, all your subordinates have already been beaten by me.

How long are you planning to keep hiding?”

Natsume Oto’s voice was clear and full of momentum.

She cracked the knuckles of her fingerless fighting gloves, producing a sharp ka-da sound.

It was like an invitation to a challenge.

In response, a metallic, scraping roar echoed from deep within the passageway.

“Magical Girl of Wednesday, you’ve killed so many of my subordinates—don’t you think you’ve gone too far!”

A massive monster slowly emerged.

It had a gray shell as hard as rock, with limbs shaped like sharp sickles.

【That’s my leader!】

After receiving a glance from Florna, the eyeball hastily corrected itself.

【I mean, the former leader of my monster organization.】

Florna didn’t care about the eyeball’s choice of words, instead focusing on Wednesday’s condition.

Her battle outfit was riddled with tears, and several small wounds marked the exposed skin.

Clearly, she had endured a long and brutal fight.

“So you finally decided to come out.”

A smile curved Natsume Oto’s lips as her combat boots slammed hard against the ground.

Her whole body turned into a streak of crimson light, charging straight at the monster leader!

“When you destroyed orphanages and harmed innocent children, you didn’t think that was going too far.”

Flames burst forth from the magic circle formed by Natsume Oto, scorching the monster’s rocky shell.

Facing her assault, the monster leader roared and swung its scythe-like forelimbs in retaliation.

The speed was so fast that only afterimages remained.

Yet in Natsume Oto’s eyes, it was like slow-motion playback.

She lowered her body, almost sliding along the ground, deftly slipping beneath the blades.

At the instant she passed the monster, she twisted her waist and unleashed all her stored power, whipping her right leg like a flaming lash into the monster’s side.

“Take this!”

【Mana Enhancement · Efficiency 89%】

【Fighting Type, Leg Core, Activated】

【Fire Dance · Shattering Rock Kick】

“Boom!”

A dull thunderous sound echoed through the corridor.

The monster leader staggered and crashed into the wall, spiderweb cracks spreading across its rocky shell as the immense impact threw its huge body off balance.

Natsume Oto landed steadily, panting.

“Is that all you’ve got?”

“Your arrogance comes from ignorance…” a hoarse voice echoed from within the monster.

【Rock is just the boss’s disguise.

I heard that once the rock breaks, its true form is revealed.】

Just as the eyeball said, the shell began to shatter on its own, releasing thick, dark-green fluid that formed into a round, liquid creature.

Florna covered her mouth and laughed lightly.

“A slime?”

The monster hidden inside the stone was actually a slime?

That truly caught her by surprise.

【What’s wrong, my lady?】

“Nothing.

I just remembered a certain troublemaker who couldn’t even beat a slime right after leaving the beginner village.”

Florna waved her hand dismissively.

The eyeball remained confused, pondering who this “troublemaker” was.

Meanwhile, Seriana on the bed hadn’t actually exhausted herself.

Her ears were perked up as she quietly eavesdropped on Florna’s words.

So the rumors were true?

The hero once couldn’t beat a slime and cried while seeking comfort from the saintess?

She knew this—would the hero silence her?

At the thought, Seriana’s delicate body trembled.

The hero wasn’t as easygoing as Florna.

Seriana had seen with her own eyes a dragon that offended the hero and had most of its scales forcibly torn off.

Even with a dragon’s powerful regeneration, it was left half-dead.

If her scales were torn off, she would definitely die!

Noticing movement from Seriana’s side, Florna thought curiously, “A nightmare?

Why is she shaking so badly?”

Never mind—back to watching the computer.

The slime surged like a raging tide, rushing toward Natsume Oto from all directions!

It sealed off every escape route, trying to completely swallow the blazing flame.

To be fair, if beginner village slimes looked like this, it was understandable that heroes couldn’t beat them.

“Then I’ll decide this with one move!”

The previous battles had drained most of her mana.

Ending it in one strike was the best option.

Natsume Oto’s expression grew solemn as she clenched her fists at her waist and took a deep breath.

The surrounding air heated up, crimson mana bursting from her body like tangible flames.

It enveloped her entirely.

【Mana Enhancement · Efficiency 98%】

【Fighting Type, Hand Core, Activated】

【Fire Dance · Wednesday Fist】

“Let Wednesday purify your darkness!”

She stepped forward, her fist wrapped in visible red flames.

The flaming shockwave shot out like a blazing meteor, forcibly carving a vacuum through the tide.

There were no screams—only the sizzling sound of green slime instantly evaporating in the fire.

The eyeball watching was stunned.

【The leader got one-shot?】

“Highly unlikely.

Slime-type monsters can regenerate endlessly as long as their core isn’t destroyed.”

Florna commented accurately.

The only place the core could be hidden was—

That pile of shattered rocks!

Natsume Oto realized this danger as well.

“It’s not over yet?”

But that punch had nearly drained all her remaining mana.

She forced herself to walk toward the shattered rock disguise where the monster leader had been.

“Magical Girl of Wednesday, you lose!”

The monster leader had seen through her predicament, and several jets of slime shot out from the rock disguise.

Unable to dodge in time, Natsume Oto was struck and slammed heavily to the ground.

The viscous liquid instantly solidified into a gel, gluing her firmly to the floor.

The more she struggled, the tighter it stuck her, until she couldn’t even lift her head.

Natsume Oto’s face flushed red with frustration.

“Despicable!”

“Heh heh, this is called deception in warfare.”

The monster leader let out a strange laugh, then examined her.

“How should I punish you next?”

Slime flowed down along Natsume Oto’s hair, damp strands sticking to her sweaty temples and neck, making her clean-lined neck appear even fairer.

The black inner outfit already clung tightly to her toned body, and now soaked through, it hugged her even more closely.

It traced smooth shoulder lines and the firm curves of her waist and abdomen.

The torn edges of fabric curled upward, exposing faintly flushed skin beneath.

She bit her lower lip tightly, her red-orange hair tips trembling slightly with each breath.

Her eyes, misted from struggling, were lowered, adding a stubborn defiance to her bound appearance.

The monster leader had tried before to have human women bear its offspring, but all attempts failed.

Now that a magical girl had delivered herself, with their superior physical qualities, it should be effortless.

A perfect way to replenish the subordinates it had lost.

As several slime-formed tentacles reached toward her, Natsume Oto clenched her teeth.

She had been so close to wiping out this monster organization…

Sorry, Silver Moon—I couldn’t keep my promise after all.

I’m sorry, everyone at the orphanage.

I’m coming to see you.

Just as Natsume Oto prepared to detonate the last of her mana, a curly-haired sprite stepped in front of her.

“Annoying little thing!”

The tentacles instantly crushed Uru, scattering fragments everywhere.

“Uru!”

Uru’s blood splashed onto Natsume Oto’s face, and her pupils shrank.

“Don’t be nervous.

You’re next.”

You really are useless, unable even to take revenge.

A malicious whisper echoed in Natsume Oto’s heart.

Let me do it.

Let me burn everything that’s wronged you, hurt you—

Burn it all to ashes.