Transformation or Death

There’s No Quiet Day

The villain of Scorpius has entered Korea. How many people would truly understand the gravity of this news upon hearing it?

From the beginning, encountering a galactic-level villain is even rarer. There are plenty of people who haven’t been long since seeing an S-class constellation-level villain. A galactic villain? It’s hardly imaginable.

Incredible. Strong. Terrifying. I know various stories are circulating. But such words alone cannot truly touch one’s emotions.

But now, the top magical girl of Japan is standing right before my eyes.

Perhaps she might even be the strongest magical girl in the world, beyond just Japan.

Such a person has left her home country and crossed over to another.

With only one purpose: to capture the Scorpion.

There are magical girls who have awakened their divine powers in Korea as well. However, the Japanese side, having directly experienced the Scorpion’s tyranny, predicted that more power would be necessary.

At this point, one could not help but feel the reality. Even if one hasn’t seen the Scorpion’s power, they have seen Blue Sirius’s power. The ice tower gathering people right now is precisely that.

Baek Ah-hee looked at Silver Luna. Her eyes overflowing with bewilderment. Just by looking at her face, one could guess her emotions.

“Hello, senior!”

Haru stood up abruptly and bowed at a 90-degree angle. A polite greeting. Unlike the cold voice muttered just after seeing Silver Luna’s face, there was vitality.

“Yes, it’s been a while, White. But could you stop with such greetings? Everyone’s attention is focused on me. I already attract others’ gazes, and if you draw even more attention with such a greeting, it would be unfair to others.”

“Your self-consciousness remains unchanged! I’m relieved!”

“You’re the one who’s still rude, which I’m thankful for.”

Silver Luna covered her mouth and laughed “huhu”.

“If that spirit were to change after coming here, I would have been upset. As if we were easy targets.”

“Hehe, but I’m not as rude as a senior-level person.”

Haru scratched the back of her head and smiled awkwardly.

“Well, you seem to be doing fine. But…”

Silver Luna, seemingly accustomed to such interactions, passed over it without much concern. Instead, she turned her gaze to Yoon Seol-hwa.

“Are you the Korean magical girl who has awakened her divine powers?”

Yoon Seol-hwa also looked back at her. Her eyes, a striking blend of silvery-blue and blue, were impressive.

A magical girl embodying the classic archetype. In some ways, she seemed similar to Red Vega, yet also completely opposite. The pigtailed hair and uniform-like outfit were similar, but she exuded more mystique than friendliness.

Like an existence that would remain a girl forever, radiating light from the sky, bearing divine nature.

Though there were many captivating aspects, ultimately, only one thought emerged: ‘she is beautiful’.

Yes. She is beautiful. The impression upon seeing Silver Luna was just that.

And that was the entirety of the impression.

‘She’s a pretty person.’

And that was it. There was no sense of competition, no inferiority complex, not even an expectation of help in this operation.

She knew very well from personal experience that excessive expectations can ruin people. This applied not just to those being expected of, but also to those doing the expecting.

The shock of failure increases when hope is invested.

Therefore, Yoon Seol-hwa did not place expectations even on this girl said to be the strongest. Instead, she calculated possibilities.

Simply: could they defeat the Scorpion if the two of them joined forces? Just this basic probability.

“…Correct?”

When no response came from Yoon Seol-hwa for a long time, Silver Luna asked anxiously.

“Oh, yes. That’s right.”

Realizing she had been lost in thought for too long, Yoon Seol-hwa bowed her head apologetically and affirmed the question.

“Hmm~ Indeed… Indeed… I see….”

“Yes?”

“Bowing your head so easily shows a lack of pride!”

Silver Luna pointed at Yoon Seol-hwa sharply. Yoon Seol-hwa was bewildered by the sudden remark.

“Oh… Is that so. I’m sorry.”

“Apologizing again! Apologizing without having done anything wrong is a bad attitude! What can I do? It’s understandable to be intimidated before a princess like myself?”

“Yes….”

“Come to think of it, I’m your senior, right? Is it okay if I call you a junior?”

“Do as you please.”

She truly didn’t care. As long as it wasn’t a personal insult, she didn’t mind what she was called.

“Hmph! With higher career, higher power, and pride to boot! With this, it’s only right that I, perfectly complete in body and mind, am called the strongest magical girl!”

“Oh, yes….”

Until the sudden declaration of supremacy. What’s causing this? Did something difficult happen on the way here? Or is it a joke to lighten the mood? While awkwardly smiling and nodding, Yoon Seol-hwa continuously pondered the intention behind those words.

‘Ah, could she be trying to stimulate competitive spirit to promote growth…!’

How clever. Yoon Seol-hwa was impressed.

Of course, Silver Luna’s thoughts were quite different.

‘She didn’t say a word even after hearing such humiliating remarks… She’s clearly overwhelmed by my presence!’

Filled with self-love, she genuinely believed herself to be the strongest. Her previous remarks were merely an excuse to push that belief.

She sincerely believed that bowing to someone you just met was an inappropriate attitude for a superior.

‘I’ll have to explain the true magical girl’s posture later! As a senior! Because I’m stronger!’

I’ll treat her well. Silver Luna smiled, imagining a scene of camaraderie after the operation.

“As expected of our Luna! I believed you would immediately subdue any magical girl from another country!”

Yoon Seol-hwa turned at the unfamiliar voice.

Come to think of it, there were other people besides her.

A total of three people from Japan.

One of them was someone Yoon Seol-hwa knew

“Yellow Castor….”

Baek Ah-hee muttered in admiration.

Yellow Castor. A veteran magical girl who had maintained top-tier performance for several years in Japan, known for her early retirement.

“Our Luna is the best!”

“Hmph, praise me more!”

“A face genius! A once-in-a-thousand-years beauty!”

“Oh, a thousand years! It’s far beyond ten thousand years!”

“Ah! I misjudged! That’s right! Our Luna is a once-in-ten-thousand-years supreme beauty!”

Silver Luna stood confidently, hands on her hips, chest puffed out.

[They’re lighter than I expected.]

Yoon Seol-hwa’s mascot, a cute creature resembling a husky, muttered while looking at them. Yoon Seol-hwa nodded in agreement.

According to rumors, they had slaughtered villains in an instant and then smiled at the camera without even wiping the blood from their faces, so she had expected them to be more intimidating. Whew, Yoon Seol-hwa let out a sigh of relief.

“But… Who is that girl?”

Baek Ah-hee tilted her head, looking at the magical girl in a pink dress standing to Silver Luna’s right.

“Are there magical girls you don’t know?”

Ara tapped Baek Ah-hee’s shoulder and laughed.

“Of course! Shamefully….”

Although it was a playful question, Baek Ah-hee seriously showed her frustration, biting her lip. She seemed more upset about the fact that there was a magical girl she didn’t know, rather than being treated as a magical girl otaku.

While biting her lip, she made eye contact with the pink-dressed girl. About ten years younger, perhaps middle school age. Because of this, Baek Ah-hee smiled and waved like she would to a young child.

“He, hehe… Hello….”

“….”

The child stared at Baek Ah-hee with cold, expressionless eyes, not blinking.

“If you don’t know my magical girl name… Can you tell me…?”

“Ha.”

A sneer. The child clearly showed mockery. There was a sense of despair in her derision.

“I’m, I’m sorry! Of course, you’d feel bad not knowing your name… Oh! Let me try to guess! Pink….”

“Not pink.”

The moment the color pink was mentioned, the child visibly frowned. The expressionless face she had maintained broke momentarily.

“Magenta.”

“Huh?”

“It’s Magenta, not pink.”

The child corrected her and then returned to her expressionless state.

Baek Ah-hee felt a sense of challenge. It wasn’t displeasure or anger. She had seen many such children at rescue sites. Children worn down by life’s challenges, with rebellion emerging early and strongly. This child was surely of that type.

Children who grew up too quickly. Young children who reject others as a psychological defense mechanism to build walls. Normally, she would feel sympathy for such children, but not this time.

“You’re a magical girl from that young age? Impressive~”

What Baek Ah-hee felt was respect. Being a magical girl always meant experiencing difficult things. But she was still a magical girl. It meant that despite those hardships, she was still trying to save people.

That was truly respectable. Not from the perspective of an adult looking at a child, but with genuine respect from person to person.

“Ah, sorry about the color mistake earlier. Because I’m kind of weak about such things~ I can’t remember color names, but I remember color codes well…”

While persistently speaking to the child, a shadow slipped in with a swoosh-.

“What business do you have with my child?”

“I told you, I’m not a child….”

It was Silver Luna. Her eyes were subtly wary. Suddenly, the air in the conference room turned cold. As if not tolerating any further rudeness on their home ground, the other magical girls simultaneously focused their attention there.

Amid the falling silence, Haru abruptly raised her hand and spoke.

“Is Japan sending only three people! There are so many people! And who is this child! Considering they weren’t here when I was around, they seem like a newcomer, isn’t this child abuse!”

She spat out her words as quickly as bullets. It wasn’t a provocation, but a genuine curiosity.

“The Scorpion will be dealt with by a small elite force.”

Yellow Castor answered. Her voice was low and calm, but lacking the overwhelming pressure from earlier when she had no regrets about Silver Luna’s praise.

“Why? If it’s such a formidable enemy, wouldn’t it be better to prepare a large formation and push with firepower and coordination?”

Golden Aldebaran. The magical girl from Korea, who had been practically nonexistent until now, spoke up. Everyone seemed to nod in agreement.

No matter how Silver Luna had arrived, it was uncertain whether they could handle the Scorpion. In such a situation, only three personnel were dispatched.

Originally, since the Scorpion’s location had moved from Japan, their responsibility would be substantial. Golden Aldebaran argued strongly, unlike her usual self.

“Well, this fight is a battle where divinity exists.”

Yellow Castros answered coolly, as if it were nothing.

“Oh, I see. You’ve only recently acquired divinity. My apologies.”

“Ohoho, you haven’t seen my fight yet. How pitiful.”

“No! I’ve seen everything released in the media and taken by fans! That’s right! I bought the Blu-ray!”

Baek Ah-hee immediately countered. Although through a camera, she knew what kind of battle she was fighting. The other magical girls were the same. Silver Luna was such a famous magical girl that they couldn’t not know.

“To think I have fans in this country…! This won’t do! Bring out all the items you have! I’ll sign everything!”

“Wow, really?”

“Direct! You’ve hit the jackpot! A signature premium has been added! Later when selling… It’ll be super profitable….”

“Of course~ But if you try to sell on second-hand sites… You’ll meet my iron fist. Especially you, Haru! I’ll never sign for you again. I was just starting to feel respect, and you’re trying to sell! The price will actually come out well, which is seriously…”

Cutting off Silver Luna’s frustrated mumbling, Golden Aldebaran spoke again.

“Wait a moment. I’ve seen Luna…’s battle, even if only in video. But how does that become a basis for a small elite fight…”

“If you’ve seen the video, you’d know. Think about the traces left after Luna fights once.”

“…Oh.”

It was such an impressive scene that she could immediately recall it. As if a massive meteorite had fallen in the city, there were several deep craters, and in the center, a villain completely smashed, ultimately exploding…

Only now did she understand. Why it needed to be a small elite fight.

“The movement of divinity shakes heaven and earth with its aftermath. Blue Sirius, your divinity wouldn’t be much different, would it?”

During the November rampage. Blue Sirius had frozen everything around her just by awakening her divinity. Red Vega, who was trying to help her, had nearly had her arm frozen.

Her magic is powerful. And because it’s powerful, those nearby are affected just by being close.

“Even magical girls aren’t free from that aftermath. Staying nearby would just make you cargo. If you’re lucky, you’d just be cargo. There’s even a significant possibility that they can’t fully deploy their power for fear of others getting hurt. Because our Luna is kind!”

“Yes, yes. That’s right.”

Silver Luna continuously nodded her head.

“That’s right! In this divine battle, it’s most appropriate to form a team with only a few who can be safe and helpful!”

There was reason to it. Trying to suppress divinity while creating a stage for other magical girls would be contradictory. Moreover, this opponent was not an ordinary enemy, but one of the three beasts. The Galaxy beasts.

Unnecessarily increasing combat participants would only increase the number of victims.

“Is that child okay?”

Haru pointed to the child who introduced herself as Magenta, looking uncertain.

“Of course!”

Silver Luna confidently affirmed and placed her hand behind the child’s back.

“No matter what, this child is the strongest! Oh, no… I’m the strongest! Because I’m the legitimate successor of Red Helios!”

Red Helios. The magical girl who boldly took the top position after the first-generation magical girls including Sky Polaris had all died, gone missing, or retired.

However, she had disappeared a few years ago after losing most of her starlight to the Scorpion’s poison.

Haru and all the Korean magical girls were surprised. What surprised them wasn’t Red Helios’s name.

It was the words that followed.

“…Successor?”

Is such a thing possible among magical girls? Stars and colors are random. Magic’s secrets differ for each person. Could a ‘legitimate’ successor even exist? Usually, it’s just a nickname people give.

“Now, quickly introduce her! Aren’t you afraid of this princess’s words? If you don’t listen, I’ll take away your snacks later!”

This doubt was immediately erased by the words that burst from the child’s mouth.

“…Magenta Helios.”

When a magical girl retires, the star and color fixed to a specific person are released.

For example, if Red Vega retires and loses her magical girl power, someone might later receive the Vega name.

And now, that had happened.

Magenta Helios. If this name wasn’t wrong, she was undoubtedly the successor of Red Helios. Her star had returned here.

The strongest star harboring the sun’s brilliance.

Everyone couldn’t hide their shock at the emergence of an unimaginably significant figure.

But Baek Ah-hee and Haru showed quite different reactions.

“Ah… She’s retired….”

“That trash has disappeared, seemingly breaking the contract without anyone knowing.”

Baek Ah-hee mumbled as if disappointed, Haru as if delightedly. The child strongly glared at the word trash, but Haru, not knowing if it was directed at her, didn’t care.

“Now that we’ve gotten to know each other, won’t you quickly choose a few?”

“…Yes?”

“Quickly. Choose the personnel who can match Blue Sirius.”

Silver Luna turned her eyes to Yellow Castor and moved her lips.

“We’ve already found the Scorpion’s location. We need to handle it before increasing damage.”

The reason she entered the conference room without even releasing her transformation was simple.

To immediately strike the Scorpion.

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Ippotranslation 

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Watcher watched the arrow rising high into the sky and its explosion with admiration.

“Wow….”

A rusty rose flower bloomed in the heavens. Its red color scattered across the sky, wetting the clouds. Light particles rained down like rain.

Soon after, the rose flower was torn to shreds. Emerging through the flower petals was a silver comet. It approached here, flaunting its long tail.

It was too late to prepare.

“Looks like I won’t be going quietly today.”

Kwang-!

The comet touched the ground, and the surface roughly shook. Like crushing hard cookies, it split in places, throwing out miserable fragments.

The pungent soil dust disappeared with the wind, and in that smoke, the comet’s true form was revealed.

“The most noble star has fallen here.”

A typical superhero landing – kneeling on one knee, driving her fist into the ground.

“Burning my own body for love and justice, I have appeared!”

She rose and struck a pose.

“Light Princess Silver Luna has arrived! In the name of the moon, I will not forgive you!”

Puh-pung-! An explosion occurred behind her like a firecracker. Explosions of red, blue, pink, orange, and yellow.

“Just do one thing….”

Colorful starlight colored her silver twin tails even more brilliantly. The rushing starlight vibrated heaven and earth.

The magical girls had appeared.

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