The 30-Year-Old Magical Girl - Chapter 10
There wasn’t much pain.
Even though Greatarm’s punch had sent her body flying like a ball before slamming her hard against the wall, Raging Flame never screamed.
To protect the fragile hearts of young magical girls, the magical energy forming their transformed bodies greatly dulled the pain they felt in battle.
But that mercy came with a hidden cost.
As a complete novice, Raging Flame couldn’t accurately judge how badly she was injured.
She had no way of knowing whether she had suffered a fatal wound…
Nor could she make the right decision based on the condition of her own body.
Meanwhile…
Greatarm slowly approached.
Every precious second that should have been spent escaping or recovering was instead wasted as she struggled helplessly to stand.
“I…”
“I can’t get up?”
Like a drunk slipping across frozen ground, she tried again and again to push herself upright.
Every attempt ended the same way.
She collapsed back onto the floor.
Pathetic.
Almost laughable.
Only when Greatarm’s enormous shadow swallowed her completely did she finally notice the truth.
The arm she’d instinctively raised to block the attack…
Had already twisted into an unnatural angle.
“…No wonder.”
No wonder I couldn’t stand.
With a bitter smile, she leaned weakly against the cracked wall.
Beyond it…
Rain continued to fall.
Expressionless, Greatarm slowly lifted its remaining arm.
The final strike was coming.
At last…
Raging Flame cried.
Just like every young girl who had ever tasted despair.
She regretted dragging her senior into danger.
She hated her own weakness.
Every emotion became tears silently running down her face.
But…
…I still don’t want to die.
I don’t want this to be the end.
During the darkest years after losing her parents…
You Xi had cried countless times.
She had prayed countless times.
Yet reality had never changed.
Her mother and father never came back.
Eventually…
She learned one cruel truth.
Tears cannot bring back the dead.
And regret cannot save the living.
That was why…
When Old Lin appeared before her…
She chose to pick up a weapon.
“I’ll defeat the Sky Person…”
“No…”
“I’ll destroy every Aberration.”
“I’ll drive every last one of them from this world!”
If I fall here…
What happens to that promise?
No…
I can’t.
Forcing herself onward…
Raging Flame struggled to stand again.
Her body trembled violently.
Her shattered arm hung limply at her side.
Mom…
Dad…
Lady Sandalphon…
Senpai Violet Lightning…
Uncle…
One familiar face after another flashed through her mind.
“…Someone…”
“…Please save me.”
I can’t end here.
As the desperate prayer echoed silently inside her heart…
Greatarm’s massive arm came crashing down.
She instinctively shut her eyes.
One second…
Two…
Nothing happened.
Because at that very instant…
A blue figure descended like lightning.
Bang!
A powerful dropkick slammed into Greatarm’s side, launching the enormous Aberration more than ten meters away.
Still stunned, Raging Flame slowly opened her eyes.
Then…
She finally saw her savior.
A pearl-white Lolita-style dress spread outward like a blooming flower.
Layers of translucent blue fabric shimmered gently over the skirt.
Long cornflower-blue hair was elegantly gathered behind her head, tied together with a fluffy ribbon.
Her delicate porcelain face was calm…
Silent…
Like the surface of a lake after rain.
It was almost impossible to believe that this tiny girl…
Had just kicked Greatarm away with a move that looked straight out of professional wrestling.
The overwhelming contrast left Raging Flame speechless.
“…Are you alright?”
The blue-haired girl asked quietly.
In truth…
She already knew the answer.
The bruises.
The blood.
The grotesquely twisted arm.
Everything spoke for itself.
“…”
For just an instant…
Raging Flame saw something terrifying hidden beneath those calm eyes.
Pure…
Unrestrained…
Killing intent.
“I’ll be right back.”
At first…
She walked.
Then…
Unable to suppress the murderous rage burning inside her…
You Dong—
Now transformed into Magical Girl Tidal—
Broke into a sprint toward Greatarm.
“You Dong…”
Old Lin’s words echoed inside her mind.
“There’s been a problem.”
“Violet Lightning made a mistake.”
“I’m afraid Raging Flame truly needs your help this time.”
“There’s no time to teach you how magical girls fight.”
“Fortunately…”
“The moment a contract is formed…”
“Every magical girl instinctively understands how to manipulate magical particles.”
“It’s as natural as eating or breathing.”
“I’ve told you before.”
“Your aptitude is something even I can’t explain.”
“Once you transform…”
“You may become unimaginably powerful.”
“So don’t hesitate.”
“Don’t be afraid.”
“Use that power…”
“To protect the person who matters most to you.”
…
I understand now…
This feeling…
At some point…
The blood flowing through Tidal’s body had become pure magical energy.
The rage inside her heart…
Had ignited into something entirely different.
It was a flame colder than ice.
Silent.
Yet endlessly burning.
After transforming…
Her senses expanded to an entirely new dimension.
The night was no longer dark.
Nor was it quiet.
Instead…
The world appeared astonishingly vivid.
She could hear the shape of the wind.
Feel the texture of moonlight.
Everything that had once escaped human perception now unfolded before her with impossible clarity.
The world itself seemed to whisper—
Welcome…
To a new dimension.
Amazing…
So this…
…is the world magical girls see.
With power like this…
Greatarm no longer resembled an enemy.
It was merely prey.
The desire to kill…
To destroy…
To crush…
Slowly rose within her.
Step by step…
Tidal approached.
“ROOOOOAAARRR!!”
Leaning against the ruined wall, Greatarm roared desperately.
It stretched out its remaining arm in one final attempt to stop the terrifying little girl approaching it.
Tidal calmly raised one hand.
After transforming…
Her height had shrunk to barely over one hundred forty centimeters.
Standing before Greatarm…
The difference between them resembled that of a kitten facing a tiger.
By all logic…
She should have been the weaker one.
Yet…
The moment their hands collided…
Greatarm felt something it had never experienced before.
Despair.
Who…
Was truly the insurmountable monster here?
Bang!
The answer came immediately.
With one hand…
Tidal slammed Greatarm’s gigantic arm against the wall.
Concrete exploded.
Chunks of stone scattered everywhere.
Cracks spread across the wall like ripples on water.
“Bastard…”
Madness flickered inside her icy blue eyes.
Yet the only thing filling her thoughts…
Was the image of her battered niece.
Once Greatarm’s arm was completely pinned down…
She slowly lifted the weapon in her right hand.
It was…
A magic wand.
Pure white.
Only the handle gleamed gold.
A colorless crystal rested at its tip.
Small angel wings decorated either side.
It looked exactly like the stereotypical magical wand from children’s stories.
Cute.
Elegant.
Filled with hope.
So…
How was such an adorable weapon actually used?
The answer…
Was brutally simple.
Thud!
Like a temple monk driving a massive log into a bronze bell…
Tidal rammed the magic wand straight into Greatarm’s open mouth with overwhelming force.
Every tooth shattered instantly.
The sensation of crushing the monster’s jaw traveled clearly back through the wand into her palm.
Crack…
Crack…
Crunch…
She continued forcing the wand deeper.
Broken teeth were shoved down its throat.
Its vocal cords ruptured.
Its windpipe collapsed.
Flesh and bone ground together with horrifying sounds.
“…!!”
Greatarm wanted to scream.
Wanted to howl.
Wanted to beg.
Instead…
Only clouds of blood sprayed from its ruined throat.
Its pitiful appearance…
Actually made Tidal smile.
“…Next.”
Old Lin had been right.
Once transformed…
Using magical power felt almost instinctive.
She still didn’t fully understand every ability she possessed.
But operating this wand…
Required no explanation.
It felt…
Like holding a toy gun for the first time as a child.
You didn’t need to understand how it worked.
You simply knew.
Where to point.
When to fire.
“…Die.”
“You monster.”
Her finger gently squeezed the invisible trigger.
A flash of white light.
Boom.
Everything above Greatarm’s neck…
Vanished.
Its enormous body twitched twice.
Then slowly dissolved into countless particles of magical light…
Before disappearing forever.
Just as silence settled over the battlefield…
An SUV burst through the factory entrance.
Its high beams flooded the darkness.
The sudden brightness forced Tidal to shield her eyes.
“…Are you two alright?!”
The driver’s door flew open.
Old Lin—
Still wearing the form of an oversized lucky cat—
Jumped down from the driver’s seat and rushed toward them.
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