#085 Let’s infiltrate the Magic Association!
“I’m being captured as a witch and taken in… ?”
Emerald made an absurd suggestion to me that I should be captured by the Magic Association as a witch.
“There is a facility in the basement of the Magic Association where witches are confined and housed. Security is so tight that even I, a high-ranking executive, cannot enter, so there is no way to know what is happening inside. So, I want Amber to pretend to be a witch and go in there.”
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It was unfair to be falsely accused of being a witch, but entering an extremely suspicious facility was extremely scary.
“Amber. Just one day. “Just one day, and I’ll do whatever it takes to get you out again.”
“… “What if I don’t go?”
“Then we have no choice but to send Diamond there and find out information. “She doesn’t know whether he will cooperate or not.”
“… “Okay.”
“It’ll be okay. “I will use magic to change your appearance, and if you use an alias, you will never be caught again.”
“What exactly do you do in that facility?”
As I asked, Emerald sat down in her chair and calmly began to explain.
“According to officials, witches who have gone underground are sent back into society after going through a humane reformation process… “Why am I so undesirable?”
“They said they would let me out after going through a rehabilitation process. “Isn’t there someone who came out again?”
Emerald’s expression became grave at my words.
“… Not yet. “As far as I know.”
She said that although Emerald initially followed the Association’s instructions obediently, she gradually began to have doubts.
“No matter how much I think about it, something is strange. “The association is withholding information to the point of being suspicious.”
“What happens if the plan is discovered…” ?”
“It will never end well. In the worst case scenario, my right to the throne could be passed on to Amethyst. “Because the status of the Magic Association cannot be ignored.”
“Why are you trying so hard to uncover the truth? From Emerald’s perspective, there would be no reason for her to take risks.”
Then, the Emerald Princess lowered her head and spoke with a dark expression.
“Every night, I think of the faces of the children I sent to the facility. Am I doing the right thing? If not… “Because I want to make it right again.”
At least her expression looked sincere now.
Because there was no usual gentle smile or an air of incomprehensibility.
“… All right. “I will cooperate with Emerald.”
If her plan was successful and fewer people would be wrongfully detained in the future, it was well worth it.
Even if it’s to protect people around him, including Diamond.
“Oh, indeed. “Please keep everything about me and the association a secret from everyone else.”
“Yes? Why?”
“If the other children find out that I am sending you to do something dangerous, they probably won’t stay quiet. “Will you understand?”
“Umm… “
I haven’t been able to tell Diamond her truth yet.
“When the time comes, I will tell everyone. “Please keep it a secret until then.”
“… All right.”
***
Following her words that it must be kept a secret from everyone, she secretly left her dormitory as soon as dawn the next day and contacted Emerald.
She smiled brightly when she saw me and said hello.
“Hello, Ms. Assistant. Did you sleep well?”
You still think of me as your assistant. This person.
“I could barely sleep because I was so worried. Phew… “
“It looks like you have the right resolution. Do you like it.”
She somehow smiled and grabbed my hand.
“Where are we going now? “Magic Association?”
“No. “I need to clean your identity first.”
When it comes to identity laundering, I was nervous because it felt like I was about to commit a full-blown crime.
The place Emerald led me to was a magic supplies store located deep in an alley, a store that also appears in the game.
“Hello-!”
After greeting her owner brightly, she confidently headed to the display stand and picked up some suspicious-looking magic powder.
“Hmm, I like this color.”
“What is that?”
What Emerald was holding in her hand was a fine, light yellow magic powder in a transparent bottle.
“This is the material that will change your hair color. “Can I say it’s a convenient hair dye?”
She took it and walked to the counter without hesitation, then put her items down and said,
“Please give me this.” “On trauma.”
“Yes? Trauma?”
The owner of the store said with a slightly troubled expression.
“Guest. I’m sorry, but we don’t accept foreign exchange at all… “
“Please name it Emerald Lupine. Since it is a foreign loan, I will pay you double the price.”
When she said her name, her host repeated her words with a slightly puzzled look on his face.
“… Lupine? I feel like I’ve heard this before… “
Then, as if she had remembered something, she was startled, lowered her head and shouted.
“I’m sorry… ! How dare I not recognize the royal family and show such disrespect… !”
“No. I think you made an unreasonable request on my part first. “I can pay it on credit, right?”
“Of course I will…” ! “Anything is possible!”
While we were saying goodbye and leaving the store, the owner shouted loudly from behind.
“Thank you! Take a look… !”
I just took a quick look at the price list, and it was almost the price quoted for one semester of academy tuition.
As expected, the royal family’s spending is different.
As soon as she left the store, Emerald sighed and said.
“Phew, I heard it’s inconvenient to have so many people recognize you. “Everyone is more polite than necessary.”
“… ‘It seemed like you were enjoying it quite a bit.’
“Of course. “I am loved by the entire nation, so is there any reason to refuse?”
Regardless of her royal status, it was probably in her nature to like attention.
Emerald spoke to me as she held up the magic powder she had calculated a moment ago.
“Miss Assistant, would you like to close your eyes?”
“Yes?”
She opened her bottle and sprinkled her powder on my head.
The sudden tragedy made me sneeze.
“Hitch… !’
When she snapped her fingers, the powder fluttering around her suddenly glowed and seeped into her hair.
“Just stay still. If you do it like this… “
As she said that, she untied the string from my hair and styled it into a natural style.
Eventually, when she opened her eyes, the hand mirror Emerald was holding was reflecting back at me.
“What do you think? Seems like a good idea, right?”
‘Wow, this is me?’
In front of her, instead of the pink haired girl she usually saw, she saw a girl with bright yellow blonde hair.
“If you look closely, my face is strangely different. Am I mistaken… ?”
“It’s the hidden effect of magic powder. “It confuses people’s vision when they look at you, preventing them from remembering the correct impression.”
As expected, as expensive as it is, one effect is certain.
“The dyeing caused by magic lasts at most two days, so it will come back soon.”
“I guess it’s not something you’ve done once or twice?”
“Then, of course. “Since you were born a princess, dressing up is like your destiny.”
As she admired being reborn as a girl with blonde hair, a question occurred to her.
“That’s right. What if she gets caught using magic? “The opponent is the Magic Association.”
“Don’t worry. No matter how much the magic association is, it can’t even inspect things disguised as magic items. But I don’t have enough budget to spend it.”
Emerald circled around me and observed me, then rested her chin and began to think.
“So, what would be a good new name for you…” “
After thinking about her name quite seriously, she smiled brightly and asked.
“How about Luna? “She’s common, and it suits her current appearance quite well.”
“Luna… ? “It’s not bad.”
It was an ordinary name that you might have heard around you at least once.
She also matched her yellow hair color more than anything else.
“I need to change into my school uniform.”
“Huh? “Why the school uniform?”
“You will now have to look like a nobleman. “At our academy, the uniforms for commoners and nobles are different colors, right?”
‘You have to look like a nobleman…’ ?’
Although she was a little doubtful, she did as she was told and changed into a nobleman’s black sailor uniform.
Although her limbs are quite loose due to her height difference, she somehow manages to fit.
“Now that we’re ready, shall we go? “Miss Assistant?”
“Yes… !”
***
I followed her behind her like a prisoner, both my hands bound by her emeralds.
Anyone who saw me now would look like a captured witch.
“Everyone is here. “This is where the Magic Association is located.”
“… “This is an empty plain?”
Emerald grinned at my words, then took a small crystal out of her hand and crushed it with her hand.
Then, in an instant, the huge building of the Magic Association was revealed in what was an empty plain.
‘What…? !?’
It was a structure so large that it was hard to believe it was built in this era.
Numerous women who appeared to be wizards were walking around inside and outside.
Of course, since the worldview is that only women can use magic, all of them were women.
“It is usually hidden from the general public. “I guess what I just used was a kind of pass to enter and exit.”
“Security is thorough. “You even did something like this.”
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As I followed her closer to her entrance, I felt people passing by glance at me.
Feeling burdened by that gaze, I made eye contact with her once in a while, and Emerald whispered softly.
“… Don’t make eye contact. “It will raise unnecessary suspicion.”
“… Yes.”
Emerald walked in front of me and she gave her explanation about the Magical Society.
“The Magic Association classifies and names all types of magic used in the world. “All the magic books we learn at the academy now are books that have been inspected by the association.”
“The influence is greater than I thought.”
“You can think of most famous wizards and people who were active on the battlefield as having passed through here.”
Finally, we arrived near her entrance, and Emerald turned around, grabbed my shoulder, and said with a serious expression.
“Okay, Amber. From now on, you are a noble girl named Luna. “The story is that she was born into a wealthy family, lost her parents, was left alone, and entered the academy.”
“I’ve been a commoner my whole life? But playing a nobleman… “
“It is convenient in many ways to join the nobility. “It’s like getting caught and not being able to get out anyway, but the treatment is different depending on your status.”
“… All right.”
I kept repeating it in my head so as not to forget.
‘I am a noble girl named Luna… ‘
In the words of emerald
“That’s right. What should I say to Miss Ruby and the club members? “Everyone will think it’s strange that I’m gone during the festival.”
“I will try to do something about that. Don’t think about being Amber right now. “For now, all you have to do is immerse yourself in the role given to you.”
Emerald warned me firmly.
“Amber. If possible, do not touch anything provided by the facility, including food and water. If you try to put something into your body, it will desperately reject it. Got it?”
“… Yes. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
When I was about to enter the association building, I was filled with fear.
What if the body is dissected… ? Aren’t they going to be tied up and interrogated?
“How do you contact us? “I heard that even Emerald can never enter the basement.”
“… Don’t worry, it’s not like there’s no way. “I will send a signal when the time is right, so Amber will probably be able to notice.”
“… “
“Amber, it may be scary, but you have to trust me.”
“… All right. “I will believe it.”
Steeling her heart, I entered her building with her.
—–(Digression)
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