“You aren’t my brother at all, but a monster that devoured my brother’s personality and disguised itself as him!”
Xiaoye’s words hit like a bolt from the blue, causing Mahiru to display a look of shock she had never seen before.
“What? I’m a monster? No, impossible, absolutely impossible! I still clearly remember everything about you and myself, Xiaoye. You’re 16 years old, height 162, weight 39, and your measurements are 87, 62, and 88…”
As if he were doxing her, Mahiru unhesitatingly blurted out all of Xiaoye’s data.
Hearing this string of mysterious numbers, Xiaoye’s face flushed with a mix of shock and embarrassment.
She hurriedly covered her body, fearing that all her physical information had been thoroughly investigated by Mahiru.
“Y-y-you, how do you know my body so well?”
“Oh, I accidentally caught a glimpse of your physical exam report 1 month ago.”
“It’s been 1 month already and you haven’t forgotten?”
“It’s your data, Xiaoye. As your brother, of course I’d pay attention to it all the time!”
“I never thought Brother would be that kind of person!”
Xiaoye couldn’t help but complain about her brother in her head.
But then, as if she had suddenly reached a state of resolution, she pulled back her shocked expression and stared at Mahiru with a cold, calm gaze.
“Well, it doesn’t matter if you know these things now, because you’re about to be executed by me!”
Saying this, Xiaoye pressed the **Magical Girl Transformation App** icon on her phone screen right in front of Mahiru.
In an instant, countless rays of dazzling holy light swept in, covering everything.
Bathed in this light, the clothes on Xiaoye’s body were quickly replaced by a brilliant, colorful Magical Girl combat uniform.
Her phone transformed into a pink magic wand with a crescent moon at the tip, and her hair was dyed pink.
An incredibly cute Magical Girl appeared before Mahiru’s eyes.
Scarlet Moon swung her magic wand and pointed it directly at Mahiru’s forehead, asking coldly, “Do you have anything else to say?”
Seeing this, Mahiru was so stunned that he stood with his eyes wide and mouth agape, unable to speak for a long time.
For some reason, this scene felt full of déjà vu, as if he had seen this kind of tragic lovers’ plot somewhere before.
‘Will I have to say “I have nothing left to say, do it quickly,” and then be executed by my own sister?’
‘That’s too cruel! Is this really a plot a human could come up with?’
‘Is death the only way out after accidentally becoming a Witch? If I think about it carefully, there should still be a turning point.’
While Mahiru racked his brain for a way to escape the clutches of the Magical Girl before him, he suddenly realized one thing he had been overlooking.
“Eh? Xiaoye, you actually became a Magical Girl? When did you register?”
Hearing this question, the hand Scarlet Moon used to hold the magic wand trembled slightly.
“Ah… that… about 1 month ago!”
Scarlet Moon awkwardly shifted her gaze elsewhere, seemingly afraid of being scolded by her brother.
Even though the brother in front of her was likely no longer the one she knew, she still instinctively wanted to hide it.
“1 month ago? Was your physical exam last month for this? Didn’t I tell you many times? You absolutely cannot become a Magical Girl. No matter how powerful or flashy they seem, you must never become one. You promised me so many times!”
Mahiru seemed to forget that he was the one on trial, as he incessantly scolded the Magical Girl before him from the bottom of his heart.
Under Mahiru’s scolding, the magic wand in Scarlet Moon’s hand also went limp, as if it had entered sage mode.
“Uh… that… sorry. Originally, I wanted to find a chance to tell you about this…”
Ignoring Scarlet Moon’s explanation, Mahiru continued his verbal barrage at full power.
“No matter how willful you are, you can’t joke with your life! Did you forget what happened to Mom and Dad?”
“Sorry, sorry, it won’t happen again… Eh? Mom and Dad are gone? Brother, didn’t you say they were working overseas and were too busy to come back?”
“Eek!” Realizing he had accidentally let the secret slip, Mahiru gasped.
3 years ago, Silver City was attacked by the Fallen Heaven Witch.
The entire city suffered severe damage, and the transportation system was completely paralyzed.
The plane their parents were on unfortunately crashed during the chaos, and their parents were listed as missing — which essentially meant they were dead.
After receiving this devastating news, although Mahiru was heartbroken, he hid the truth to avoid affecting Xiaoye’s well-being.
He told her that their parents were working hard overseas and simply didn’t have time to return.
Even though their parents had passed away, with the help of relatives, Mahiru and Xiaoye were able to live smoothly.
Since then, although the Magical Girl Association grew larger and larger in Silver City, Mahiru never allowed Xiaoye to participate in any Magical Girl selections.
After all, Xiaoye was his only remaining family.
He didn’t want her to lose her life just to become some Magical Girl.
“Ah, I might have remembered wrong. Our parents are still living happily overseas. How could they have passed away? Ahaha…”
To cover up his slip-of-the-tongue, Mahiru explained with a forced, awkward smile.
“Oh, so you remembered wrong? That means you haven’t completely absorbed my brother’s memories!”
Scarlet Moon seized this flaw, her gaze turning cold as she stared directly at Mahiru.
The magic wand in her hand immediately stood upright, as sharp as a sword.
“Eh? No, no, no, that’s not it… Oh, wait, yes, that’s right… oh, no, no…”
Faced with Scarlet Moon’s interrogation, Mahiru was in a bind.
On one hand, he didn’t want his sister to know the truth about their parents’ death.
On the other hand, he didn’t want to be executed so decisively by her.
“Cursed Witch! Not only did you devour my brother, but you’re also using his memories to cause more trouble. I will never forgive you. Now, I’ll use your head as a sacrifice for my brother’s soul! **Limited Expansion: Axe!**”
After a short chant, the magic wand in Scarlet Moon’s hand transformed into the heavy weapon, Nine Lives.
However, because the thing was so massive, it nearly poked a hole in the living room wall.
“Hey, Xiaoye, calm down! I really am Hiiragi Mahiru, your biological brother! Don’t use that thing to hit me! It’s so big it’ll actually kill me!”
Swinging something that heavy wasn’t just about beheading anymore; his head would surely be smashed into pieces.
“Don’t worry, my strike is very fast. You won’t feel any pain soon!”
Scarlet Moon wore a bloodthirsty, excited expression as she raised the heavy Nine Lives, preparing to smash it down onto Mahiru’s head.
Just then, in a moment of desperation, Mahiru shouted at Scarlet Moon.
“Wait! Although my blood type has indeed changed, that doesn’t prove 100% that I’m a monster born from a Witch devouring a personality! Couldn’t it be that my soul is controlling this Witch’s body? If I can do what your brother used to do, Xiaoye, will you believe that I’m really your brother?”