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Mikage and the others arrived at the hotel, which was as good as abandoned, made their way up the stairs via the employee passageway.
Although there were elevators installed, if Rakkasai were to attack at that moment there’s nothing they could do. Besides, they couldn’t trust machines that hadn’t undergone regular maintenance, so they climbed the stairs step by step with their feet.
Satsuki’s 『Strength』was many times higher than Mikage’s, but he didn’t feel right in terms of the composition of the man being empty-handed with the woman doing the work. So right now Mikage was carrying Asako on her back.
“I…don’t…borrowing…Mask’s assistance.”
“I’m not helping Ajisai either, so don’t worry.”
Asako, whose magical paralysis had begun to wear off with time, was starting to regain control of her vocal cords, but now she was silent on Mikage’s back.
“As Ajisai said, I didn’t lay my hands on Ajisai’s sister, right?”
“…sophism”
“Even I didn’t want to intervene without understanding the situation. Besides, judging from her appearance, that yellow one is probably a sorcerer, right? Why did she become an enemy?”
“It’s not yellow, it’s Rakkasai. She switched sides to the enemy. Well, I guess she had no choice given the situation.”
It was Satsuki who answered the question instead of Asako. Given Rakkasai’s reaction, which used jealousy as fuel, it wasn’t difficult to imagine why she was attacking them.
If they were talk about the current situation of the sorcerer named Rakkasai, she would probably be Satsuki who was not saved by Mikage.
Rakkasai was just unlucky that she wasn’t saved.
Even if it was just misfortune, it might be inevitable to be driven by a twisted impulse to drag everyone else onto the side where they weren’t saved, if one was a vengeful spirit or evil spirit, they would definitely do that.
“It’s not your fault Mikage. I’m grateful that you saved me.”
“I think so too. …I don’t know what the real one would think though.”
Since his mouth wasn’t hidden behind the mask, he muttered the latter part quietly so the girls wouldn’t hear it.
After arriving at the top floor ―― the equivalent of a castle tower in this hotel that has the appearance of a castle――Mikage lowered Asako, who he was carrying on his back.
They paused their escape for the moment, waiting for Satsuki to finish chanting the magic that would conceal their 『Magic』 presence.
“Ahh, umm, Isolate, Lost Child…not it? That would just make you lose your sense of direction.”
“…No…that’s not it.”
Mikage would have been able to hide if it was just him, but there were two high-level sorcerers in this place. The huge amount of 『Magic』 that was unique to high-level people could be detected, and Rakkasai would probably caught up to them soon.
Merely entering indoors wouldn’t be enough to conceal their triple-digit 『Magic』 presence. The only way to counter magic was with magic itself.
“Eh, hmm? Isolate, Waterproof…guess not? It only makes things waterproof.”
“Sense, zero.”
“Ajisai. Why do you keep interrupting?”
“I…recover from…status abnormality…would be faster.”
“Ajisai could probably use some auxiliary magic, but how long until you recover?”
“……one hour?”
“I’ll definitely finish it within 30 minutes, so just shut up.”
Satsuki’s magic chanting wasn’t going well, and she struggled, her eyebrows furrowed into place on her forehead.
For Satsuki, who only liked flashy attack magic, chanting auxiliary magic, which she had never used was a heavy burden.
“In the first place, Ajisai is the weird one, remembering a spell that you won’t know if it has any use for!”
“Satsuki…just…clumsy.”
“――All I can say is please do your best. I’ll do my own work, so I leave here to you.”
The two girls leaned against the wall, and Mikage couldn’t judge whether they were getting along well or not. Behind the mask, Mikage can’t help but wonder what it would have been like if the real one could.
Despite the poor conditions of being in the darkness and behind masks, Mikage could see Asako’s face.
Mikage’s mission as an impostor was solely to confirm the face of the magical girl rumored to be cute. Helping them was merely a side effect of confirming their faces.
Thinking it was about time to retire, he turned his back on the two and took out a flip phone.
『Subject: Enemy is Magic Girl Yellow
Body: Can you fight? 』
『Subject: RE: So the Enemy is the Yellow one huh
Body: I anticipated that. I heard from Hydrangea’s sister that she snacked on someone. 』
『Subject: RE2: Yes, Yellow
Body: I see. I’ll move as soon as we hide with magic. I’ll leave dealing with the enemy to you. 』
『Subject: RE3: What’s Yellow’s name?
Body: Once you guide them to the safe house, you can go home today. 』
『Subject: RE4: Rakkasai
Body: That’s my cherished wish, but telling me to bring in two girls and then just go home, you’re cruel. 』
『Subject: R5: Rakkasai』
The replies to the emails didn’t come through, and Mikage frowned.
However, there was no need to be particularly concerned, so he put away his phone.
He then headed towards the stairs that they had just climbed up.
“There’s a lot of clutter, and it’s dangerous so don’t come down okay. Even if you hear a loud noise, it’s probably just a trap being activated, so don’t worry.”
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