Demi-human Girls Completion Manual-Chapter 1184 - 119: Tangze Asuka (2)
"Gurgle~"
In the dimly lit room, the faint glow of the television covered the expression of the little girl immersed in it, the sound of the animation drowning out her shivers from the cold and the growls of hunger from her stomach.
"I’m going to use magic to turn your rags into a princess’s gown for the prince’s ball, Cinderella... You will have splendid clothes, exquisite hair, an expensive carriage, and loyal servants..."
"Oh my, magic is truly amazing."
"But there’s a condition, the magic will expire by midnight, you must return before then."
"I promise to do as told."
The skinny little girl in front of the TV stared blankly at the screen where Cinderella had become so beautiful, her eyes involuntarily brightened.
Magic...
So amazing...
How wonderful it would be if I could use magic too?
I wouldn’t need such splendid clothes and servants, nor a prince, I just wish my stomach wouldn’t be hungry, in pain, or making noise.
But it mustn’t expire at midnight, otherwise, if Mother forgets to give me money after coming back drunk, the magic will wear off and I’ll wake up hungry in the middle of the night...
The little girl immediately tied this to her own life, thinking so.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea surged into her mind.
Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother used a Magic Wand for casting, that magic was invisible, likely blown away if the wind picked up at night. If I write the magic down with a pen, as long as I don’t take a bath, wouldn’t that magic never expire?
The little girl happily stood up, searching for a pen that could be used to write down "Magic".
The pencils in my bag won’t do, the pencil marks wear off quickly; Mother didn’t give me money for colored pens, so I didn’t buy any, usually borrowing others’, but because I borrowed too often, they got unhappy and told me to buy my own, I felt a bit embarrassed so I stopped borrowing...
The little girl searched the whole room, but apart from various bills for wine and cosmetics, she found nothing.
Having no choice, she went to her Mother’s dressing table and took an eyeliner pen.
It felt like committing a crime, her heart pounded fast, because if Mother discovered she touched her expensive cosmetics, she’d definitely...
But fortunately, today she wasn’t caught.
So, she finally got what she wanted.
She tremblingly returned to sit in front of the TV, smiling as she sat there, and under the faint glow of the TV, she lifted her uniform and scribbled the word "Magic" crookedly on her arm in Japanese.
She wrote,
"Tangze Asuka will never be hungry."
As she solemnly finished writing this line of "Magic," she immediately bit her lip, as if to confirm, looking down at her stomach.
And miraculously, after the "Magic" was completed, her stomach no longer felt hungry, nor did it make noise.
Magic, it’s real!
Her eyes brightened slightly, as if discovering a new world, looking at the animation on the TV.
Though she had never seen a Fairy Godmother like Cinderella’s, perhaps she had taught her magic?
"Dong... dong... dong..."
But even for this little girl, one "Magic" was clearly not enough.
With the ever-quieter sound of the wooden fish as an accompaniment, the "Magic" on her hands and body increased in number. For this, she even secretly took one hundred yen from her mother to buy a pen specifically for writing Magic.
"The places Tangze Asuka was hit by Mother will never hurt."
Because the places where she was hit would hurt a lot, but if she had this magic, she wouldn’t fear Mother’s hits anymore.
"Tangze Asuka will never be sad or cry when scolded by Mother."
Because being scolded makes her want to cry, her heart would ache, but Mother dislikes her crying, as it leads to being hit. Though she has Magic that makes hits painless, she really doesn’t like crying either.
"Tangze Asuka won’t feel ashamed at school."
Because she had nothing, friends didn’t play with her, if her clothes were tattered, they mocked her, but with this magic, she wouldn’t feel ashamed.
"Tangze Asuka won’t ask Mother questions."
Though the teacher often praises her as clever, encourages her to ask questions, saying she’ll surely be great in the future, Mother dislikes her asking questions, especially about her, about why there’s no food to eat.
Mother feels her questions hurt her, so even if she really wants to ask, she can’t.
Though not asking questions left the teacher disappointed, so let’s add another magic,
"Tangze Asuka can ask questions at school, but not at home." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Those lines of skewed Magic seemed to truly bloom with miraculous power.
The little girl’s figure remained increasingly thin, bruises on her body increased, her expression grew more numb.
But perhaps, the Magic was effective.
"Boom!"
Until one night, when there was a very loud thunder, the sky thick with dark clouds, even the little girl who no longer cared about the outside world, expressionless, felt that the atmosphere in Tokyo seemed to change overnight.
People shouted, cursed, and wept as they rushed about, saying they couldn’t repay their debts, that they’d lost everything, wishing for immediate death.
