The escape went more smoothly than expected. The Fourth Calamity’s warship didn’t chase after them.
After a while, it simply ascended into the sky and disappeared.
Seeing this, Clara landed on the rooftop of a building to take shelter behind an advertising screen and let Chesya rest on her broom.
Chesya was actually a little afraid of heights.
Clara looked up at the dome and sighed:
“That huge warship can even turn invisible? That’s so advanced.”
After all, winter was approaching, and the night air was chilly. Chesya rubbed her arms and replied:
“That’s just optical camouflage, pretty crappy actually! Other radars and sensors can still detect the warship’s position. But if it didn’t turn it on, the residents of Central City would have to look up every day and see that broken ship drifting outside the gaseous dome. That’d be terrifying, right?”
“Sigh, the Fourth Calamity really does have money to burn,” Clara muttered.
The underground base in Nightmael wasn’t cheap either. Even if you didn’t count the skyscrapers above ground, the underground space was larger than that warship…
But the cost of the warship definitely couldn’t be compared to that of buildings.
Chesya couldn’t stand hearing this and immediately snorted, “Hmph, they’re just riding on their early entry and a few lucrative projects! In terms of strength, they still can’t beat Nightmael’s… achoo!”
Her tone sounded like sour grapes. After sneezing, she ran over to Clara and burrowed into her arms like a chick that couldn’t leave its mother’s wings.
“Livestock, how about doing something to warm us up~”
Clara simply replied to the suggestive proposal:
“Nyx, can you give me a coat?”
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Suddenly, a dark-colored coat with a fur collar appeared out of thin air. Although it was plain in style, it felt very warm to the touch.
Clara draped it over Chesya’s shoulders.
“… Uncle, you’re actually pretty romantic, huh?”
Chesya teased Clara, growing even more clingy as she climbed back onto the floating squid broom, sitting behind Clara and pawing at her back.
“Hey, are you planning to seduce me?”
“I’m just afraid you’ll catch a cold, right?”
Chesya then leaned close to Clara’s ear…
“My cute livestock, since you went out of your way to save me today, I’ll share a little secret with you~”
“Hm?”
Clara perked up her ears, and Chesya rubbed her belly from behind as she said:
“Actually~ I’m old enough to be your grandmother.”
Fran had mentioned that Chesya was no spring chicken—after all, she was capable of being Fran’s guardian—but never gave a specific age.
According to Chesya, she was older than Clara had imagined…
Yet her appearance was still just that of a little brat.
The Dream Witch has two lolis: one is a loli old lady, and the other is a loli uncle.
“We’re back!”
Clara directly carried Chesya back to the dormitory. They entered through the balcony on the 14th floor. The lights in the living room were still on, and Fran and Lucía were waiting there.
“You two really know how to make a big fuss—even getting kidnapped boosted Clara’s popularity. Now her fame won’t drop anytime soon.”
Fran said this while pulling Clara’s hand, urging her to sit between herself and Lucía.
“But being targeted by the Fourth Calamity is a huge problem. For small businesses like ours, they can crush us with ease. They’ll definitely send people to set things right…”
Hearing this, Clara asked:
“Oh? Has the media identified the culprits?”
“Not yet. No concrete evidence has been gathered since the whole building was destroyed by Odobimos, but the Fourth Calamity’s shelling of the building basically confirms their role as the mastermind. It’s just that the compensation and liability issues will be harder to settle…”
“But that doesn’t matter much. As a criminal organization doing bad things, it’s basically a badge of honor. If the Fourth Calamity denies it, that’d be laughable.”
Lucía also warned, “From what I know, the people of the Fourth Calamity are crazy. They won’t let this go easily and will definitely look for revenge. Be very careful when going out these days.”
“…”
Clara nodded.
So far, none of the online content about Magical Girl Clara had revealed her true identity behind the mask, let alone her form before transformation.
If anyone tried to dig into it, even the media reporters would end up in jail…
So as long as she didn’t transform, Clara was temporarily safe.
But the current situation was very different from the original plan by the undercover department.
They initially wanted Nightmael’s weirdos to throw matches for Clara to build up her credentials for the Association’s rank evaluation. But just as she debuted… or rather, before she even debuted, she came up against a witch from the Dark Domain and ended up tangling with the Fourth Calamity, the second-ranked, notoriously insane evil organization.
Clara’s path as a hero could only be described as disaster after disaster.
And this fake act was impossible not to become real.
Clara glanced at the time. It was already ten at night.
“Hmm, it’s late.”
With work tomorrow, better to take a shower, sketch a bit, and then sleep.
Clara thought this, but Lucía asked:
“Hmm, why don’t you all just stay here tonight?”
Clara hadn’t thought about this, but Fran and Chesya nodded, obviously agreeing.
“Yeah, so much has happened. Let’s just spend the night here.”
“Huh? Stay here?”
“Hey, why so surprised?”
Fran put her hand on Clara’s head and ran it through her hair, pulling out a pinkish tentacle and playing with it.
“This is the Dream Witch’s official dorm. We’re members of the company, so of course we can stay here.”
But Chesya always had a different idea.
“Alright, then let’s all sleep together tonight!”
“Huh? Wait, by ‘sleep together’ you mean…?”
“Of course, everyone on one bed! The master bedroom’s bed is huge. Didn’t you find it strange? This apartment was originally designed for many girls… to sleep with the original owner. I’m just taking advantage of it.”
Eh? This place was prepared as a golden cage for concubines?
Clara was shocked by this fact and objected.
“No, that’s not good, right?”
No matter how you looked at it, it was a bad idea!
Maybe she’d really be ‘eaten’ by Chesya… by this loli old lady!
Chesya deliberately feigned innocence and asked in a high-pitched voice:
“Huh? Does Clara dislike us? This is just a normal girls’ dormitory, no problem, right?”
Tch, suddenly playing innocent.
Seeing Chesya was determined to have the four of them sleep together, Clara looked to Fran for help with a pleading glance…
Fran wasn’t surprised.
After her father died, when Chesya took care of her, Fran often slept with her. She knew this company president’s sexual orientation quite well…
She simply said, “Don’t worry, I’ll watch over her.”
But was that really what Clara was worried about?
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