I’ll Live as a Villain Obsessed Over by a Magical Girl

With people’s cheers as a backdrop, the two girls prepared their magic. The blue-haired magical girl Stella was quite confused by the current situation.

The pink-haired magical girl spoke first.

“I’m Iris. And you?”
“I’m Stella. Thank you for saving me earlier.”
“It’s nothing. Just natural.”

Stella, admiring Iris’s skills, acknowledged her own deficiencies. To win, no. To survive, they needed to fight with her taking the lead.

What she needed to do was.

“I’ll support you. Please fight freely.”
“Yes. I’ll leave the small fry and the protection of people to you.”
“Yes. Leave it to me.”
“Good! Then let’s get started!”

To provide support so that girl could fight without worry. Stella, understanding her role, flew up and shot star arrows, and Iris’s eyes became serious.

The orcs don’t even dare to approach under the shower of arrows.

“Ugh… this wench…”

Except for one monster, Bagg.

Iris’s pink diamond-like eyes gazed at Bagg. Her gaze thoroughly scanned his body.

It was a strong body. Legs like tree trunks and arms reminiscent of hammers. If hit directly, something would definitely break.

Whoosh, Iris had to take a deep breath.

There’s nothing good about getting excited or scared. This was the lesson she had learned over the past year.

As her breathing settled and her heartbeat calmed, she took a stance.
Ready to spring into action at any moment.

But it was Bagg who sprang forward instead. Highly excited, he closed the distance with quick footwork.

“Hmph!”

Unbelievably fast for such a massive body. Before the huge axe could behead Iris, the girl ducked to avoid it.

“Opening.”

Using the momentum from ducking, the girl threw a punch.

Boom! With a loud noise, Bagg staggered.

“This bitch…”
“Ow… my hand hurts.”

It felt like hitting iron. Strong, solid, and fast too.
In terms of physical abilities, he might be the best opponent she’s ever faced.

Roar! Bagg charged forward with a battle cry, even more enraged. A simple attack with zero technique.

However, since even a grazing hit would be critical, Iris had no choice but to focus on avoiding.

Then, counter when an opening appeared after dodging. This was a very familiar method for Noah.

‘It’s similar to fighting Kraken!’

Dodge the storm of attacks and aim for momentary openings. Thinking that way, dealing with Bagg was rather simple.

Bagg at most had an axe and kicks. But Kraken attacked with dozens of tentacles.

“You little rat!”
“With such slow attacks, you’ll never hit me!”

But there was one thing Iris overlooked. It happened around the fifth counter she threw.

This time too, Iris dodged the attack and attacked Bagg. Her target was his chest.

A strike with legs enhanced by magical power. It seemed to have caused some damage as Bagg groaned, but.

“Caught you.”
“…!”

Whoosh!!

“Guh, hack…!!”

Noah’s thrown body was embedded in the floor, creating a small crater.

“Danger!”

She was able to avoid the follow-up attack thanks to Stella’s help, but a fairly large impact shook her body.

“Huff… damn, he’s rock solid… damn him.”

Iris spat out the blood in her mouth and cursed.

Sacrifice flesh to cut bone.
Bagg was planning to use that tactic now.

“…Unnecessarily clever. Damn orc.”

The orc’s intentions were clear. Anyway, he had the upper hand in terms of physical strength. So even if he takes some damage, he can just attack immediately.

In other words, a counter to the counter.

She thought that if they dragged out the time, other heroes would come, making it disadvantageous for them, but Iris soon realized the reason.

“…Haah… haah…”
“Are you okay?”
“I’m… fine… what about you, Iris?”
“I’m doing okay. No, a bit tired maybe…”

Stella showed a clear lack of stamina. It wasn’t unreasonable. Flying around and shooting star arrows.

Attacking the small fry, keeping them from approaching Iris, and also protecting the students who hadn’t escaped yet.

Doing all three tasks would naturally be tiring. If this continues, Stella’s stamina will drop, and Iris will face the combined attack of the orcs.

“Don’t think about resting!”
“Won’t you die too if we drag this out!?”
“Doesn’t matter! I’ll prioritize eliminating a dangerous element like you first. That’s my top priority!”
“This crazy bastard…!”
“I’ll cut you down before you grow into a big tree!”

Bagg didn’t give Iris much time to think. Once again, a brute force charge.

Noah, who rolled to the side to avoid it, had to go for a counter again, but.

“…Tch!”
“What’s wrong? Not attacking?”
“Shut up!”

In the end, going in would result in severe losses for her.

This was the difference between Bagg and Kraken.

Kraken had low durability for the main body, so he focused on defensive techniques and skills.
Not the type to push with brute stamina like that.

“Then I’ll come to you!”

Again, she dodges the barrage of attacks. Knowing she can’t counter, the attacks become more fierce.

While avoiding the storm-like slashes, Noah pondered.

‘…Should I use it?’

She had one technique left that she had developed for her battles with Kraken.
However.

‘…I’m not confident it will work well.’

If she used this technique on Kraken, he would surely die instantly. That’s how powerful the technique is.

But where there’s light, there’s naturally shadow.

‘If he doesn’t go down in one hit, I’m finished.’

It was a self-destructive technique.
After several experiments, Iris found that this technique had a very simple mechanism.

Simply gathering all her magical power in one hand and unleashing a strike. The recoil leaves just enough mana to maintain the transformation, but the arm used for the attack breaks.

In other words, win or lose.

‘Do I really have to do it?’

Iris hesitated.
Of course she would. A technique that’s the end if it misses? What kind of dangerous technique is that?

Due to hesitation, she hadn’t even used it on Kraken yet. It would be unreasonable to use it directly in a real battle.

But there wasn’t any other viable solution either. If time continued to drag on like this, ultimately, it would be dangerous for her side.

As Iris hesitated, unable to come to a decision, a voice reached her ears.

“Iris! Don’t lose!! If you win, I’ll give you lots of pat pats!!”

Pat… pat pats? A man who would speak such an embarrassing expression out loud, as far as she knew, there was only one.

Is this an auditory hallucination? Is it because she’s close to death that she’s hearing that person’s voice?
Perhaps, could that person be here?

“…Haha, how silly. That’s not possible.”

Why would the mister be here?
No matter how hard it is, I must keep my sanity.

“…Anyway, thanks to that, I’m wide awake. Thank you, mister.”

Iris clenched her fist.

“I have to live.”

She still hadn’t completed her bucket list.

There were still many things she wanted to do, many things she wanted to do with the mister.
And.

“If I return safely, the mister will pat me a lot again.”

For the sake of the pat pats she loves so much.

“…Haaaah…”

Iris exhaled a long breath. The magical power that was flowing throughout her body began to reverse flow. It slowly concentrates on Iris’s right arm.

A right arm that shines more brightly than ever before.

“Again with the strange acts!”
“…Hey, pig.”
“…!?”
“Come at me. I’ll turn you into minced meat.”

Iris wiggled her finger. It was a provocation that understood Bagg’s simple and brutal nature.
A brute with only strength and no brains. That’s how Iris perceived Bagg.

Her perception was exactly right, and. Bagg charged once more with his massive body. Raising his large axe.

Iris instinctively felt it. That she didn’t even have enough magical power left to dodge that.

Therefore, rather than moving, she glared at Bagg from her position. Until Bagg came closer to her.

She was afraid. Of a stupidly large body charging at her. But Iris endured. Because if this strike missed, it would mean the death of herself and everyone here.

Because it would mean never seeing that person again.

Five steps.

The orc’s face was visible.

Four steps.

The orc’s expression was visible.

Three steps.

The orc’s axe was visible.

Two steps.

The orc’s axe was swung.

One step.

The orc’s axe is just about to cut the girl.

“…Hup!”

The girl blocked the axe swung with a boom with her right arm. Thanks to the concentrated magical power, it didn’t get cut off, but…

Drip, drip, blood burst out and flowed onto the floor. The axe had cut through the skin and embedded in the bone.
Terrible pain was felt. Gritting her teeth, a pain hard to bear even if her lips burst.

But it was a success.

“Uh… huh?”

In that state, as she swung her arm sharply, Bagg’s axe was pushed away. The greater the force of the push, the larger the movement. His posture was greatly distorted.

It was a chance. Among all the chances she had seen so far, the most perfect chance.
Bagg’s upper body was completely exposed to Iris’s trajectory.

“…This might sound a bit strange.”
“W-wait!”
“I’m going to go receive pat pats. We promised to have dinner later. Eating at a restaurant with the mister was on my bucket list.”

BOOM-!!!

The sound of flesh tearing was heard.
The sound of bones crumbling was heard.
As flesh fragments scattered and the stench of blood began to reverberate everywhere,

“AAAAARGHH!?”

Someone’s scream was heard.

The girl’s gaze faced forward. There, an orc with half of his upper body blown away.

“Kugh… ugh…!”

She saw the scene of him staggering and fleeing.

Iris’s gaze burned. He withstood that hit? What kind of body does he have?
Really like a cockroach.

“…I can’t… chase him.”
Her legs trembled as she moved. Even going a few meters would take minutes.
It can’t be helped.
The battle ends here.

Turning her head due to the unpleasant feeling of not completely finishing, she saw Stella sitting there, exhausted.

She had completely defeated the small fry and was breathing heavily.

“…Did you eliminate him?”
“Sorry, he escaped.”
“That’s… haah… too bad.”
“But we achieved our goal.”
“…That’s right. The purpose was to protect everyone in the first place.”

Stella slowly stood up. She was in tatters. Probably her own appearance wasn’t much different.

“…Then I’ll go first.”
“Yes, I should also before my transformation wears off…”

Watching Stella leave through the back door, Iris hurriedly headed to a deserted place.

As the transformation was undone, Kyukyu flew in from somewhere.

“You’re terribly injured!!”
“Sorry…”
“Kyuuu… complete healing will take time. Until then, monster hunting is forbidden.”
“That’s harsh.”
“Harsh? Why on earth are you doing this much!”

Kyukyu continued to treat her while scolding. Only after she was in a state where she could move a little did Noah answer Kyukyu’s question.

“Pat pats.”
“What?”
“The mister said he would give me pat pats.”
“…That damn pat pat! Pat pat… ha… why do you like it so much?”
“Hmm… it’s warm. His hands are warm, his gaze is warm… just…”

Seeing Kyukyu getting heated up, Noah just gave a weak smile.

“I just like everything about it, what can I do…”
“…”
“I don’t know… just… um… I feel good just imagining the mister touching my head.”
“Sigh… this lady is hopeless… we need to do something quickly…”
“Hehehe… I wish evening would come soon. So I can see the mister.”
Kyukyu sighed and looked at Noah.
It was a warm gaze.
“Well… I mean… first love at that age isn’t strange.”
“It’s not love though?”
“…Then what is it?”
“Just… um… light skinship from someone like an uncle?”
“It doesn’t seem light to me… no… that… ah, forget it. Do as you please.”
“Alright! I’ll get lots of pat pats as I please!”

Noah smiled brightly.
Without knowing what the man who promised those pat pats was up to right now.