Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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The blade traced silver arcs on both sides, pale yellow magic clinging to it, easily slicing through the wildly thrashing tentacles.

【Air Blade Double Slash】

锔——!

A pale pink figure emerged from the swarm of flying tentacles and landed in front of several surrounded guards. Before her stood a gigantic anemone that blotted out the moonlight, its round mouth roaring at Aine who had suddenly appeared, spewing out a nauseating stench and liquid.

The stench entered Aine's nasal cavity and stimulated her brain.

Seriously, these things are so ugly and smelly.

But she had become numb; having smelled too many of the same scents in a short period, her brain had automatically blocked them out.

"Ouch!"

After landing, the pink magical girl regained her stance and unleashed two consecutive slashes, using [Spirit Blade Slash 3] to cut through the approaching tentacles.

Swish--

Followed by.

"Lie down!" Ai Yin shouted.

The guards she was protecting immediately obeyed and lay down on the ground.

锔——!

The greatsword drew a perfect circle with Aine's body as the center. The blade grazed the head of the guard, and the attached tentacles grew longer in the instant Aine swung the sword, severing the entire tentacles in half. The pale yellow magic attached to the blade transformed into an aggressive crimson.

After drawing a satisfactory circle, Aine twisted the hilt of the sword, and the scabbard on her back was grasped by her left hand and moved to her waist. The blade, following the inertia of sheathing the sword, successfully passed through the gap on the side of the scabbard and returned to the scabbard.

【Air Blade Great Spin】

【Iaijutsu】

Aine struck a pose (which she thought was very cool) as she faced the giant anemone whose tentacles had all been severed.

"That girl is amazing!"

The guards lying on the ground shouted.

"Hehe~"

I got praised!

Have I gotten a little stronger lately?

Ayane couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth into a smile.

But that momentary lapse in concentration caused her to miss the opportunity to observe the anemone's movements.

"Roar----!"

Having all its tentacles severed in an instant was like getting a buzz cut by the barber during a haircut. The sea anemone's anger level instantly soared to its maximum. The deafening sound pierced Ai-yin's eardrums, almost making her heart skip a beat.

If Aine could see the icon, the yellow eyes representing the sea anemone would probably have turned red after the roar.

broken!

If she had seen it earlier, she probably wouldn't have been frightened by that roar.

But it was too late to say anything now. She had no time to react and could only watch helplessly as the sea anemone grew larger and larger in her eyes until it swallowed her upper body completely and then closed its eyes tightly.

Boom!

Aine heard a muffled sound inside the anemone's mouth. The half-closed mouth lost its strength and failed to bite her in half.

Dark blue blood gushed into the sky like a fountain.

Aine crawled out of the severed limbs of the sea anemone in a disheveled state, only to see a large sword lying on the ground.

"Who saved me..." Ai Yin stared blankly at the greatsword.

If that was a sword, it was far too heavy—no, the weight certainly wasn't a problem for a magical girl; the problem was that she had been saved again.

This is the umpteenth time already.

You've made no progress, yet you're still complacent, and in the end, you end up having to be rescued by others.

Why do you always need someone to come and rescue you?

You can't do anything right.

A sudden sense of defeat overwhelmed Ai Yin, and her shoulders slumped down.

"Hey, newbie!"

boom!

A ball of flame landed on the severed lower half of the sea anemone, followed closely by Riki, who landed in front of Aine.

She looked disheveled, her body covered in charred black patches, her hands severely burned, the worst areas even revealing the bone. Without Su Shi, Li Xi's regenerative abilities couldn't keep up with the damage her magic was inflicting on her body—but Li Xi herself didn't seem to care at all, reaching out her hand to Ai Yin.

"What are you dawdling about? Have you hurt your head?"

That guy really doesn't care about people at all.

Ai Yin muttered a curse to herself, but couldn't bear to hold Li Xi's tattered hand, so she stood up on her own.

"Did you save me?" Ai Yin asked.

"I don't know." Li Xi glanced at the sea anemone, burned to a crisp and slowly retracting into its original sea slug form, and raised an eyebrow. "So you didn't do this?"

This question made Ai Yin feel even worse.

She followed Lixi's gaze and found that the greatsword stuck in the ground had disappeared without her noticing.

"no......"

"Whether it is or not, I don't have time to deal with you right now," Li Xi said indifferently. "Wildcat is on the aft deck, and we're short-handed. I have to go and help."

"Isn't the forward deck the place where the fighting is most intense?"

“Yes, but I’m not needed for now. There are more reliable people here to take care of things.” Li Xi glanced back at the figure moving freely among the familiars. “Everyone’s crowded in front. I need to go to the back to fill in.”

The original plan was for each magical girl to protect her own area, but after the battle started, the fighting was mostly concentrated on the fore and aft decks. The magical girls hurriedly came down from the second and third floors where they were originally waiting and gathered in these two areas.

However, there was a slight mishap when they were gathering, as several people ran to the front, leaving only Renai and Mana on the rear deck. Of course, this doesn't mean there were no enemies on the sides, but there were relatively many. The original magical girl Shizuka on the ship was able to handle them with her sniper rifle and the anti-materiel heavy firepower given to her by Xiangzi.

"Where should I go now?" Ai Yin was suddenly confused.

"Uh...you can fill in for me if the situation allows."

What does "filling in" mean?

"Just see what you can do. That's all, I'm leaving now." After saying that, Li Xi grabbed the Feng Yan Sword and ran towards the deck at the back, leaving Ai Yin standing there dumbfounded.

Why does it sound like we don't need her?

Isn't everyone's fighting ability supposed to be valuable? How come it seems like it's dispensable for me?

Aine sighed and picked up the greatsword that had fallen to the ground.

She suddenly remembered why she wanted to become a magical girl in the first place, and then thought about her current situation.

At that time, she was still immersed in the shadow of her failed study abroad experience. She was on a plane trying to escape back to China when, by sheer coincidence, the plane was hijacked.

It wasn't some fully armed terrorist hijacking; it was just a fugitive who had brought a knife onto the plane and wanted it to fly to wherever he wanted.

If it's just a knife, he'll be subdued sooner or later.

Aine knew that all she had to do was pretend to be invisible.

But then, Cupid appeared beside her and asked her.

"Do you want to change the status quo and become a hero?"

"Change the status quo?" Ai Yin's eyes narrowed slightly.

For some reason, the moment she saw Kyubey, she completely believed in this magical creature.

"As long as you make a wish, you can become a magical girl and have the power to change the status quo," Kyubey said. "Of course, you can also make a wish directly, whatever you wish for."

"Can I learn the purest London accent, too?"

“Of course,” Cupid nodded confidently.

"Then I'll make a wish!" Aine said without hesitation. "I want to..."

She paused.

She's already on her way back to China, so what's the point of learning a London accent?

and......

Aine looked up at the terrified hijacker.

Does she really need to do it herself? Even if she does nothing, this guy can't affect the cockpit, and the plane is unlikely to crash.

Do I really need to make a wish?

"Forget it, I don't have any grand ambitions..."

“There have been instances before where someone hijacked a plane with a knife and ended up killing everyone on board,” Kyubey said, looking into Aine’s eyes. “Are you sure you don’t want to make a wish?”

Just as Kyubey was speaking, Aine saw colorful spots of light emanating from the terrified hijacker.

what is that?

“That’s a familiar, an enemy of magical girls,” Kyubey said. “If left unchecked, it might embolden the hijacker to do something even more extreme.”

"Only you can stop it and save everyone on this plane."

Only you can—

These words were like an arrow piercing Ai Yin's heart.

Does this mean that I am important?

"I want to become a magical girl," Aine said.

If what Kyubey said is true, then make a wish. If only you can save everyone, then make a wish.

If I am really as important as Cupid said.

I am indispensable...

What is your wish?

"To become a magical girl, that's all," Aine said earnestly.

"Are you sure? You can make any wish, any wish will do, it won't affect your becoming a magical girl."

“It’s okay,” Aine said.

A wish fulfilled through making a wish... that's not truly yours.

If she is truly the indispensable person, then the wish itself is unimportant. If it only comes true by making a wish, then it means she is not "that person".

“Is that so…” Kyubey said softly, “Your aptitude isn’t that great, but if you have this desire, perhaps you’ll develop some potential.”

So Chihaya Aine became a magical girl and saved everyone on the plane.

Because of an initial intention that could not be overstated as a joke.

The results of it?

She seems to have overestimated herself.

Is there any difference between now and when I was in the UK?

She's still the same person who can't do anything right, yet is always smug about even the smallest improvements.

"Don't be discouraged, miss. If you hadn't suddenly appeared, we'd probably be inside that monster's belly by now!"

"Eh?"

Ai-yin turned around.

The speaker was a security guard who had just been rescued by Aine.

“It’s difficult for one of us to deal with even one tentacle, but you sliced ​​off all of that guy’s tentacles in one swift motion. If it hadn’t suddenly roared, you definitely could have finished it off.”

"You've already done a great job, don't blame yourself."

"Yeah, I don't want to be eaten by them and turn into tentacles."

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