Chapter 20: About Eres-chan
“Hah…hah……”
Akane Yuki was training at the park.
Originally, Akane was on the girls’ basketball team but had to quit due to a knee injury. Thanks to the fire fairy Faruha’s power to heal, her injury fully recovered and she can now exercise without issue. Although there was a gap since quitting, she didn’t re-join the team.
However, today she really wanted to move her body.
After stretching, she ran at full speed, did squats and pull-ups. The sweat-drenched Akane then flopped down at the corner of the park. Despite all that exercise, her mood hadn’t improved at all.
As the Purifying Flame Eres, Akane is battling the Evil organization Delnkeim’s monsters.
She had defeated many monsters up until now, so she thought she was fairly strong. But that self-confidence was easily shattered.
She was no match for the acting vice leader Halveid, nor those three enemies who looked like metal heroes. Therefore, to get stronger, she was repeating the basic training regimen from her basketball days.
“I want to learn boxing or karate though.”
Akane specializes in close-range combat using flame-imbued fists.
So if she learned a martial art, she might get a bit stronger, but it’s difficult.
The thing is, she got seriously injured from overtraining in basketball. Her parents absolutely won’t pay for dojo or gym membership fees.
“Ugh, I’m a transforming heroine of justice but can’t get special training due to money issues.”
As a middle-schooler, Akane can’t even get a part-time job.
She was so financially strained that she considered asking one of the flashy girls in her class about the “work where you can make a lot just by talking” they boasted about.
As she pondered this, something cold pressed against her cheek.
“There.”
“Wahh!? It’s cold!?”
Akane shrieked in surprise. It was Haruhiko Hakase who had pressed a sports drink bottle against Akane’s cheek.
“Hey, Akane-chan.”
“Ha, Haruhiko-san!? Wh, what are you…”
” I see My sister’s friend lying in the park, so I had to.”
Saying that, Haruhiko handed her the sports drink.
“You were exercising right? You should rehydrate properly.”
“Ah, thank you very much.”
She said some weird polite phrase. Seems she’s more flustered than expected.
Following his suggestion, she drank from the bottle. The coldness, sweetness, and refreshment made her feel relieved.
“Fah, it’s delicious……”
“That’s good. But what’s wrong? You seemed to be really pushing yourself.”
“You, you saw!?”
Uwah, how embarrassing. She’s really sweaty too, hope she doesn’t stink…
Not wanting to be seen as an unkempt girl, she unconsciously backed up a step.
“My apologies, I was just worried, you know. Including the fact that you were lying here so defenseless. Not good, you’re too vulnerable and a weird guy like me might take advantage.”
“But you’re not a weird guy, Haruhiko-san.”
“No no, I might have ulterior motives. Men are like wolves, you know.”
“Ahaha, no one would ever hit on me.”
“That’s exactly what worries me.”
Apparently Sayuki had also scolded her saying “Akane, you’re too defenseless.”
Does she really seem that vulnerable? Akane thought she was reasonably prudent.
“So, can’t you tell me what’s bothering you?”
“Uh, umm…”
Akane groaned, unable to respond. She couldn’t reveal her real identity if asked. However, Haruhiko looked directly into her eyes.
…Come to think of it, this was the first time she was this close to a male outside her family.
She felt extremely shy. But since he was just worried about her, she needed to convey the truth while hiding it.
(I can do this, I’ll disguise it. How to softly and indirectly say “I want to punch and defeat Halveid”…)
After racking her brain, Akane took a deep breath and opened her mouth with a serious expression.
“Umm, there’s a person I want to punch and beat up.”
Huh? Is she a baka?
Haruhiko recoiled considerably from her earnest declaration.
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480: Hakase
【Extremely Terrible News】It seems Eres-chan was secretly training to beat me up.
481: Anonymous Combatant
Whooaaa lolololol
482: Anonymous Combatant
The impact is too biggg lol
483: Anonymous Combatant
Well, when you think about it, it’s natural for a magical girl character lololol I’m dying laughing lololol
484: Hakase
As an evil scientist, I still want to keep tabs on the movements of my opposition, the heroines like Lost Fairies-chan and the others.
The last time we met at that cafe, she seemed a bit down.
So I went to check on Eres-chan’s situation.
The location was a park, and she was doing some intense training.
485: Anonymous Combatant
You could just say you were worried about her.
486: Anonymous Combatant
Hakase’s tsundere act is creepy.
487: Hakase
Call it whatever you want. Ah, I should probably go a little easy on her though.
Well, Eres-chan is cute after all.
A beautiful girl like her working out at the park, some guys were checking her out here and there.
But she just flopped down in a corner of the park without a care. Seriously, she was being way too defenseless.
I glared at some guys whispering “Wanna try talking to her?” and scared them off, then approached Eres-chan holding a sports drink.
488: Anonymous Combatant
Nice work Hakase, smartly warding off those nasty bugs trying to get near Eres-chan.
Good, good, you get points from me.
489: Anonymous Combatant
A juicy situation for us Eres-chan fans lol
490: Anonymous Combatant
Eres-chan’s training…….
491: Anonymous Combatant
She’s petite but stacked, so they were definitely bouncing.
492: Anonymous Combatant
No doubt.
493: Hakase
Yet she doesn’t seem to care about all the lecherous stares……
Lecturing her myself would be awkward though.
I tried subtly warning her but she was like “There’s no way I’d get hit on!”
So there really are obliviously beautiful girls huh.
494: Anonymous Combatant
Maybe she thinks “Only girly girls get popular” type mindset?
Since she’s a tomboy, she probably sees guy classmates as just extended platonic friends.
495: Anonymous Combatant
I know it,
there’s definitely multiple guys thinking “I’m the only one who truly appreciates her charm.”
496: Hakase
I’ll have to get her to change that lacking self-awareness somehow.
I’ll have Cat Eared-chan subtly warn her, it’d be creepy coming from me directly.
Anyway, back to the training – I handed Eres-chan the sports drink.
Maybe she’s on guard against me, as she took a step back which kinda bummed me out.
Weird, I thought I was playing the caring handsome onii-san.
I casually asked while making conversation, “So what’s with all this hard training?”
Eres: “Umm, there’s a person I want to punch and beat up.”
She’s definitely talking about me, right?
497: Anonymous Combatant
What a diligent girl lol
498: Anonymous Combatant
Scary not knowing that though lol
499: Anonymous Combatant
Eres-chan hasn’t been doing too hot in battles lately.
She was getting beaten up by Hakase in straight fights, so this special training makes sense.
500: Hakase
Though shaking inside, I keep a calm face and probe further.
Me: “Ah yes, that does sound dangerous.”
Eres: “No no, not like that! I mean, like a match!? Yeah, a match against a really strong fighter? Wondering how to knock them out and stuff, that’s what I mean!?”
Me: “……Oh, so you’re training martial arts Eres-chan. Doing some self-training?”
Eres: “Yes! That’s it, ahaha……”
She’s such a bad liar, that flusteredness is just too cute though.
501: Anonymous Combatant
The worst part about wanting to beat him up is still there lolol
502: Anonymous Combatant
A grade 2 psychic like Hakase can’t really talk though?
503: Anonymous Combatant
Without Lurun-chan he’s just a shady characterafterall.
504: Hakase
Lurun-chan is more like a fairy spirit princess, practically an angel……
Me: “Erm, so you dislike this person Eres-chan?”
Eres: “Dislike never really crossed my mind. But I’m weaker than that person…….so I have to get stronger.”
Me: “I see.”
Eres-chan has a determined look on her face.
She totally has that “For everyone’s sake, I’ll taint these hands if I must……” resigned mindset.
Eres: “I want power. Enough overwhelming power to punch through any obstacle before me.”
Dangerous, I’m going to get punched through. My body is going to get smashed right through by Eres-chan’s fists.
505: Anonymous Combatant
You make it sound like Eres-chan is starting to sound like a psychopath lol
506: Anonymous Combatant
Watch out Hakase lol
507: Anonymous Combatant
Admirable for a magical girl heroine of justice.
508: Anonymous Combatant
Well, what she’s saying and doing isn’t really wrong.
509: Anonymous Combatant
Keep at it Eres-chan. The fists you’ve trained will surely reach your wish lol
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