Clara knew the method.
It wasn’t just effective against Blue Cavalier, but against every member of the Sigma Series. The rabbit ears on her head weren’t just for fitting in.
They were antennas.
Clara, wearing a grass skirt, walked up to Blue Cavalier and put her hands on her hips. “Okay!”
She pointed upward and commanded:
“Now, put this grass skirt on and dance a little for me.”
Blue Cavalier’s body immediately froze as if someone had pressed pause, then she uncontrollably took the grass skirt Dharma Okata handed over and lifted her leg to slip it around her waist.
Then, she slowly walked over beside Sista and began swaying her hips fluidly, letting the skirt’s fringe brush against her slender thighs. Her dance was graceful and skilled, as if she were an excellent dancer.
However, upon closer inspection, one could see that Blue Cavalier’s eyes were unnervingly vacant. Her body danced involuntarily, yet there wasn’t a trace of a smile on her face.
Dharma Okata was quite surprised. “Wow! How did you do that?”
Clara then pointed to the rabbit ears on her head and explained, “I got the permissions from Labi. Originally meant for Jeanne, but that girl insisted on giving them to me, so I took them without hesitation.”
Everyone watched Blue Cavalier’s dance. Sista, with her clumsy steps, retreated to the side, leaving this “beach stage” to “Second Sister” alone.
The photographer naturally didn’t miss such a spectacular scene, and cheers and whoops erupted for a while. But Blue Cavalier herself felt immense humiliation.
She wanted to resist the command’s power, but her body wouldn’t obey… because the command was issued through the control tower and wouldn’t stop until completed.
Clara understood Blue Cavalier’s feelings all too well.
Whether it was the Moon Rabbit Combat Unit or the rabbit soldiers transformed from their original bodies, Clara had been manipulated by this woman before. Right now, she felt absolutely no psychological burden—yes, this was revenge.
Clara’s pettiness was as small as her chest.
“Okay, stop~”
Only when Clara called for a stop did Blue Cavalier, panting heavily, cease her dance moves. The girl squatted on the ground, burying her face between her knees, unwilling to look up.
“H-how could you do this…”
Her voice carried a hint of barely concealed grievance, which clearly didn’t fit her character setting.
“You probably don’t remember, but you used your permissions to command me before, and twice at that!”
Clara’s revenge was utterly righteous. She even wiggled her loli waist, which had almost no discernible curve, as she circled Blue Cavalier twice.
“Let’s take a group photo~ Besides, it’s just a hula dance! Everyone’s going to dance.”
Clara pulled Blue Cavalier up from the ground. The latter’s cheeks were still flushed, but she tried hard to maintain a calm demeanor.
Then, she was sneak-attacked from behind by Verdant Echo, who grabbed her chest, causing her to panic all over again.
This green-haired girl was definitely the type who, after turning into a girl, would sneak into the women’s bathhouse.
Fran, Lucia, and Anya also came from the hangar to join the photo. Dharma Okata gathered everyone for a commemorative photo, followed by a collective hula dance.
The solar storm might weaken tomorrow, hence the need for a photo to remember this by.
On the other hand, it would also provide some seemingly wholesome material for the later editing of the program.
As the heroes who resolved the crisis, Clara and Sista stood in the very center of the group photo. Sista’s attire looked no different from when she was “male,” except she still wore a gas mask, which was part of “Magical Girl Clara’s” distinctive style.
She was, after all, the one among all those transformed into Moon Rabbits who had changed the least.
Apart from gaining rabbit ears and slightly longer hair, there was hardly any noticeable change. After all… she was already a beautiful girl to begin with.
“Now, please look towards the camera over here.”
The photographer lady fixed the camera angle, then ran back to join the group.
Because they chose a close-up shot, to fit everyone into the frame, they were all squeezed very close together. Even the three sisters of the Sigma Series were pressed against each other.
Also, because the reddish hue of the sea wasn’t very photogenic, the background for the group photo was chosen to be the resort’s wooden villas and the rainforest mountain scenery, which offered a rather unique view.
Fran even joked, “A few days ago while sleeping, we were talking about how the show’s crew was overwhelmingly female. And now, there really are no men left?”
Hey, men who turned into women don’t count as men anymore?
Although Clara really wanted to retort, considering the occasion, she didn’t say anything.
Fran and Sista sandwiched Clara as they looked at the camera, capturing a summer group photo.
However, in the corner of the group photo, Mossima, who had specifically transformed completely into a female form, stood lonely in the background because no one had called her to join the photo…
And wasn’t recognized by anyone.
***
The next afternoon.
The solar storm that had ravaged the lunar surface for days finally weakened to a harmless level.
Everyone gathered their luggage, preparing to leave the “Yuehai Resort” site, which had been plagued with disasters even before opening.
“Ahem, just in case you’ve forgotten, let me remind you! Once we return to Central City, it will be winter. Remember to put your clothes on before getting off the bus!”
Dharma Okata, having regained her energy, took her position as leader and counted the number of people returning to Central City at the site exit.
Moon Rabbits assisted everyone in loading their luggage into the moon bus’s cargo hold.
Meanwhile, Jeanne hugged Clara, sobbing and shedding tears. Although the inarticulate rabbit couldn’t find the words for a proper farewell, Clara understood the feelings this rabbit had for her.
Unfortunately, it was a sentiment she ultimately couldn’t reciprocate.
As the driver, the BB-0027 core, which had been lying in Fran’s suitcase for several days, was reinstalled into the quantum computer in the driver’s cabin.
“Beep beep, welcome aboard this flight… What happened to my vehicle?”
BB-0027 was shocked by the moon bus, which was patched up everywhere. A high-EQ way to describe it would be ‘post-apocalyptic style’; a low-EQ way would be ‘looks like it’s about to fall apart.’
“Don’t worry, as long as it can drive us back, it’s fine!”
Even though Lucia said that, BB-0027 still suggested, “Beep beep, I recommend a full vehicle inspection.”
“No need, we’ve already checked everything! We’re about to depart!”
“Beep beep, self-diagnostic program error, self-diagnostic program error.”
“Alright, alright! Everyone, hurry up and get on the bus!!”
Clara got on the bus and still took the window seat, sitting right next to Sista, but this time with her own Moon Rabbit Combat Unit sitting on her lap…
Since she claimed it was a familiar, she never found a chance to dismiss it.
Amid BB-0027’s flustered warnings, the moon bus finally drove away from the site. Before leaving the gaseous dome, they could still see Jeanne leading the Moon Rabbit Rebels waving them off.
Who knows if it’ll crash…
“Phew, we’re finally going back. President Qiexiya seems to think she can make a huge profit off those Moon Rabbits. What will this resort become in the future?”
“Miss Clara.”
“Hmm?”
“Please, let me lean on you.”
The moon bus was very stable during its cruising phase. Sista hooked her arm through Clara’s, tilted her head, and prepared to sleep…
Her rabbit ear smacked Clara in the face.
Might as well use it as an eye mask…
Clara also leaned her head against Sista’s and relaxed, closing her eyes.
This volume has one more epilogue chapter.
Poor Mossima