Caused by Long-Term Vegetarianism

Police sirens and ambulance alarms intertwined, rushing into the campus from afar and then drawing near.

Fortunately, under Kirishima Shiro’s protection, there were not many injured students, and most were only minor scrapes caused by accidental bumps during the panicked escape.

After the eyeball monster’s rampage, the school was clearly unable to continue classes and could only announce a one-day suspension.

“I’m back.”

Pushing open the front door, Kirishima Shiro tossed aside her schoolbag and collapsed onto the sofa without caring about appearances.

She didn’t want to move at all anymore.

“My body is completely pineapple pineapple-da.”

Flona sat down beside Kirishima Shiro.

“Is it really that tiring?”

“Maybe take a look at who it was that made me this tired.”

Kirishima Shiro shot Flona a resentful glance.

Putting aside being late and made to stand as punishment, and the battle with the eyeball monster, Kirishima Shiro really wanted to ask Flona something.

Why did Teacher Suzuki talk to her!

When Suzuki Megumi seriously questioned her about the mother-daughter relationship between her and Flona, Kirishima Shiro felt a sorrow deeper than despair.

She couldn’t exactly say that when she lost control, she mistook Flona for her mother.

Only after a great deal of explanation did Kirishima Shiro manage to convince Suzuki Megumi that she had accidentally called out “Mom” while talking in her sleep.

In response, Suzuki Megumi patted her on the shoulder meaningfully and left behind a baffling remark.

Eat less junk food.

“Forget it. At least the misunderstanding is cleared up. What’s left is interrogation time!”

As she spoke, Kirishima Shiro suddenly pounced and pressed Flona down beneath her.

Flona made no attempt to struggle and simply lay there quietly, her gaze meeting Kirishima Shiro’s amber eyes head-on.

“Interrogate about what?”

“……”

Time passed little by little, yet Kirishima Shiro made no move.

If not for her eyes being open, Flona would have thought she had fallen asleep again like last time.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“Tch. Couldn’t trick anything out of you. I wanted to see if you’d get flustered.”

Muttering inexplicably, Kirishima Shiro pressed her ear against Flona’s softness all on her own.

“Your heartbeat sped up. There really is something suspicious… ugh!”

Flona reached out, pinched Kirishima Shiro’s cheek, and pushed her aside.

Then she covered her chest and said with a hint of embarrassment, “If there’s a problem, then ask properly. Doing this makes me suspect you’re trying to take advantage of me.”

If someone was taking liberties with you, wouldn’t your heart start racing too?

“But that’s how it’s shown on TV.”

Kirishima Shiro rubbed her reddened cheek and complained pitifully.

As long as you keep applying pressure with your gaze and scare the suspect into a racing heartbeat, they’ll soon give in and confess everything.

Kirishima Shiro demonstrated vividly for Flona.

“Since you already know it’s acting, how can you still take it seriously?”

Sometimes it was hard to tell whether Kirishima Shiro was truly foolish or just pretending.

She was so sharp in battle.

Yet in daily life, she was a complete little airhead.

“If you have questions, just ask directly. Do you think I’d lie to you?”

At most, I’d brush you off a little.

“Then why did you appear at my school, and how did you get to know Teacher Suzuki?”

“I’ll keep this short.”

Flona removed the part about her actively searching for monsters and told Kirishima Shiro about what happened in the morning.

“I didn’t expect you to be a special ability user too, Flona.”

Though her words sounded admiring, a trace of disappointment flashed in Kirishima Shiro’s eyes.

“No matter how special the ability is, it’s still not as strong as Magical Girl Silver Moon.”

Flona spoke with a pointed implication.

At the mention of Magical Girl Silver Moon, Kirishima Shiro happily sprang to her feet.

“Of course. Magical Girl Silver Moon is working hard to protect everyone.”

“Clang!”

“What was that sound?”

It felt like it came from Flona’s side.

Kirishima Shiro looked at Flona inquisitively.

“I’m hungry.”

“Being hungry doesn’t make that kind of sound…”

“My tummy thundered.”

Flona interrupted flatly.

“Now that you mention it, we didn’t eat breakfast. It’s already afternoon!”

After checking the time, Kirishima Shiro rubbed her completely empty stomach.

“Wait here, Flona. I’ll go cook something in the kitchen.”

“I’ll look forward to it.”

Magical girls could maintain their life state with magic, but that didn’t mean they didn’t need to eat.

They would still get hungry, and it could even affect their combat condition to some extent.

She had heard that in other cities, there was a magical girl who could temporarily boost her magic power by eating delicious food.

I really want to visit other cities.

But under the restrictions of the contract, magical girls were not allowed to leave the city they protected.

Taking out ingredients from the refrigerator, Kirishima Shiro suddenly thought of something.

Although there was plenty of information online about other magical girls, the only magical girl she had ever met in person besides her senior was none other.

The size of a city determined the number of magical girls it had.

In Aoteng City, besides Magical Girl Silver Moon, the only other one was her senior, Magical Girl Youbi.

She had grown used to fighting side by side with her senior.

After her senior disappeared, Kirishima Shiro secretly wished in every battle that she had a companion she could rely on.

This was also why she felt disappointed when she heard Flona was only a special ability user.

If only Uru were here, she could contract Flona into a magical girl as well.

Then she wouldn’t have to keep hiding things from Flona.

“Thud, thud…”

The sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen.

After confirming that Kirishima Shiro wouldn’t suddenly come over, Flona quietly pulled out the book hidden beneath the sofa cushion.

At this moment, the parasitized book’s cover was covered in fine blood vessels, and a single eyeball protruded from the center.

The earlier noise had been caused by the eyeball awakening.

A cluster of molten-gold flames suddenly rose in Flona’s palm, the core of the flame shimmering with sacred silver light.

“If you don’t want to be burned to death, then behave yourself.”

The eyeball felt a shudder surge from the depths of its soul.

Faced with that seemingly pure yet holy flame, its instincts screamed wildly.

It no longer dared to move even a little and could only blink frantically, desperately signaling that it understood.

Seeing how obedient it was, Flona lightly pinched her fingers, and the holy flame vanished as if it had never existed.

After a while, “Flona, dinner’s ready!”

“Coming.”

Living alone for a long time had actually given Kirishima Shiro fairly decent cooking skills.

However…

The sight on the dining table was rather unexpected.

Sugar-mixed cucumber, cold eggplant salad, white radish soup, and fried vegetable tempura.

Looking at Kirishima Shiro herself, she was holding a mostly eaten peeled carrot in her hand, with clear teeth marks left on the orange flesh.

A table full of plain vegetarian dishes, paired with a carrot used as a snack.

Not a hint of meat in sight.

Flona fell silent for a moment before asking, “Shiro, is your true form a rabbit?”

Kirishima Shiro froze, her cheeks heating slightly as she scratched her head awkwardly.

“No… it’s mainly because this is all that was in the fridge.”

She usually took care of her meals at the school cafeteria.

With school suspended today, the cafeteria was naturally closed as well.

The fridge being filled with vegetables and fruits was thanks to her habit of stocking up on fresh produce.

She would often take some out and gnaw on them.

“You’re even more like a rabbit!”

Come to think of it, Kirishima Shiro’s magical girl form even had a pair of rabbit ears.

So were the rabbit ears her true form?

Just after finishing the meal, the doorbell rang.

“Is Kirishima-san and Flona here?”

The voice from outside was clear and familiar, instantly reaching the ears of those inside.

Hoshino Sakio?

Why would she suddenly come over at this time?

Flona and Kirishima Shiro both paused, their gazes briefly meeting in midair.

There was a hint of surprise in their eyes.