I will strive beyond this cursed bloodline!

The government building! You can’t find a place more full of scum and villainy in any other place, no matter the regiment, the location, nation, religion…All those who willingly walk every morning to work here know it. It is a wonder, how can a building hide such huge amounts of [Evil], how they are able to sap the lifeforce of those nearby. How…

“Eli-Eli? Stop brooding and come, it’s our turn.” Rossie said bringing Elizabeth away from his brooding.

Really? To be honest. Rude, but also…Rossie was cute, so Elizabeth was willing to let it go. It was probably the influence this evil building had on her pure and cute heart…Elizabeth would need to purge this [Evil] with advanced smooching techniques, perhaps an extra dose of Snuggles would do the trick?

“Come Eli, we will miss our turn if we take longer.” And then there was that too, Rena. Such a pure and kindhearted soul, Elizabeth had grown to appreciate the red-haired girl more with each passing day.

It was a soothing presence amidst the lust and fervor that Rossie brought, while one burned with the intensity of a thousand lewd suns. Rena was more sedated, more like an unending black hole that took in all her pent-up frustration and wanted more.

If Elizabeth wasn’t nearby and these two got together they would probably never leave the room, really. It was good that she was in the middle to control them, one unending bright sun of lewdness and a black hole ready to take it all.

Elizabeth shuddered at the mere thought of what would happen if she wasn’t in the middle. For real for real…

She was also not imagining what would happen to her if she was in the middle of the two forces, no sir. She was also not being pulled forward to the desk where they would solve their questions about [Shifts] while fantasizing about such an event should it happen. No sir.

“What can we do for you girls?” Asked the evil servant of this institute.

“Hello, we are students of the MPI and wanted to know what would be the advantages of signing a temporary contract with the nation to allow us to use our [Shift] in a public setting,” Rossie said first while Elizabeth warily eyed everything around.

Was she overreacting? Probably, but to be honest, so far everything had been too…calm, last time she had been at one of these she had been mistreated and Rossie almost had a panic attack…That looked oddly similar to how the pink-haired girl looked every morning when she went to the bathroom to do her…[Things] after sleeping with her.

Of course, Elizabeth knew what the pink-haired girl did, Rossie did it with the door open, and if possible pointing in her direction…The [Temptress].

No wait, focus!

Had…had Rossie gotten off that time in the bathroom? While she was worried sick about her mental health?

Rossie…such a dangerous creature…

“Oh, will it be as [Magical Girl] or [Heroines]?” The reception girl asked them.

“One [Heroine] and two [Magical Girls],” Rena answered while Elizabeth continued making memory.

So many events turned so much differently when she started thinking about them, and it made her blush more and more, she had known that Rossie had a thing for her almost from the first day, even if her former self hadn’t noticed, when she reviewed the memories after the [Advent] it made sense.

It was that dedication the reason that Elizabeth had chosen to embrace such pure and unadulterated [Love] and [Dedication], but this? This put in perspective so many things… It meant that the [Silence] and [Isolation] wards that Rossie used to put over her room weren’t there because she had problems sleeping, but because she was…

Doing…things…And didn’t want to wake her up, such….Usually, she would say [Consideration], but what kind of activities would Rossie even do that required two layers of [Silence] and one of [Isolation]?

Elizabeth wanted to know.

Hadn’t Rossie tied [Memory] and [Recording] spells into most of her [Wards]? She should have the records then….

“I see, so you would be a front liner and two backups, not a bad formation.” The receptionist said as she started registering the information.

“What would be the terms and limitations?” Rossie asked focused on the task at hand.

Elizabeth was focused on something else, of course, the recordings…how to get them? And…did she want to get them? The idea of almost a year of records of Rossie’s night activities…could she contain herself? Would she be able to remain…well she wasn’t [Pure], not anymore, not to any degree of the word, she was a virgin of course.

She was making sure to remain at least that much, but [Pure]? Hah!

She had killed and tortured, she had [Devoured] and had a [Legion] composed of an almost unending number of [Damned] at her call, her [Pet] was the closest thing that existed to a [Last Boss], and she had actively acted against the interest of [The World].

But if she got those recordings…could she remember having this last smidgen of [Pureness] she wanted to keep? Her Papa always spoke about how one of his greatest regrets was not being able to see Mother in a white wedding dress. But that her Mother had refused to use one, because she…well, at the time Elizabeth hadn’t understood what her Mother referred to when she said that she [Wasn’t Pure].

Even to her child-mind-addled self she always thought that while her Mother was a bit weird and funny, she was one of the purest people in the world. She had such a glee in her eyes when she gushed over a new Magical Girl doing their debut. And she had stacks upon stacks of videos of every new Magic Girl that came into the scene.

She also cried at every graduation, when they moved from their public activities to other types of work, be it investigation or because they married.

But now? After all, she learned while dealing with Akira, how he dealt with other women? She understood why her Mother didn’t feel [Worthy] of wearing a white dress, it was stupid. It was ridiculous, her Mother was innocent, but…she understood it.

Rossie….would probably don’t mind wearing a white dress, even if she wasn’t a virgin. The girl wouldn’t mind doing it for Elizabeth, Rena on the other hand? Yeah, that would be a hard sell, the girl had little if any self-respect.

“There aren’t any hard limitations,” The receptionist continued the conversation while Elizabeth brooded, “You will need to use a bracelet that denotes your status and sends your location 24/7 while also monitoring your mana use. You will need to follow our rules and will be assigned an operator, if they ask you to do something you are expected to comply without any doubt…”

Better to not focus on that too much, Elizabeth would use white. Rossie….it would probably be best if she went with either a pastel pink or yellow…Rena was the problem. She would look so cute in a dress, but the girl didn’t want to use girly clothing. Even now while Elizabeth was wearing a mini skirt and Rossie a sundress, Rena was wearing jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. It was also loose so most of her figure was hidden.

The very few girly things on her were her ponytail and some jewelry that Elizabeth had gifted her, also a pendant that Rossie gave her with a [Heart] as a decoration, inside there was a picture of both Rossie and Elizabeth.

“What do you think Eli-Eli?” Rossie suddenly asked her.

“It will not work, we may need to work on it to even make it somewhat feasible,” Elizabeth answered without a doubt, maybe they could make her use a suit? It wouldn’t be as cute, but it could work. Rena was somewhat tomboyish after all.

“These are non-negotiable.” The receptionist worker said in a frosty tone.

What?

What was the problem with a girl planning her wedding in advance? Rude!

“And if we used our [Shifts]?” Rena asked back with a glare of her own. Cute!

“If we find [Stardust Weaver], [Sylphie Starheart], or [Demon Slaying Sword] are active on Germania soil we will threaten you as [Vigilantes]. And while the [Nine Stars] laws prevent us from going after your public personas. We can set our own [State Approved Heroes] at patrols around the area you are currently living.” The woman answered without worry, she was even smirking at them.

No wait a second? What?

Weren’t they planning the Wedding?

“I see, so as long as we don’t move using our [Registered Shifts]...?” Rossie chimed in.

“If you use [Magic] or [Skills] without a [Shift] that will be tied to your civilian identity and will be deemed a [Vigilante], as such the same rules apply.” The woman answered back, “So? What will it be girls?”

What? No wait? What about the wedding?

“Eli-Eli?” Rossie asked turning to her.

“Eli?” Rena also turned to look at her.

“...We will travel as tourists and don’t use skills or magic on our civilian lives here…Nor we will use the shifts [Stardust Weaver], [Sylphie Starheart], or [Demon Slaying Sword].” Elizabeth answered, and both Rossie and Rena let a breath go. While the woman just arched her eyebrow at her.

“We will register you three as tourists and those [Shifts] as not state-approved. Do notice that if you hadn’t come here they would have been marked as such, so don’t think of leaving and returning. You will always be marked as such unless you [Bend the knee] to our [Rulers].” The woman said as she continued logging things on her station, after some keystrokes she printed three different IDs. Giving one to each girl, “These are your new IDs while in Germania, don’t lose them.”

“What about our students ones? Shouldn’t they suffice?” Rena asked bringing hers from within the [Garage], of course, the girl pretended to pull it from one of her pockets.

“Those are only valid under the [Nine Stars] approval, they don’t hold weight under Germanian law, unless it’s a crisis they are useless.” The woman snickered at them, “The times when we were under the rule of [Heroes] is gone, we will have back our freedom from those that only have a big hammer.”

“A crisis like the [Shadow Tide]?” Rossie smiled sweetly at the woman while asking as such.

Rossie? Peace please? This woman already wanted to ruin our wedding!

“...That is only valid if one of the ones at working to solve the crisis asks for your help, such as that viral video of those girls helping them fighting the [Shadow Tide]. Both girls aren’t registered, but if they continue using their powers after this is done, we will mark them as [Vigilantes]. “ The woman said as she gave them the IDs, “Now leave, we have more loyal people willing to fight for Germania, we don’t have time for you [Tourists].”

And on that note, they got kicked out of the evil place that had refused her idea of getting cute dresses and perhaps a tomboyish suit. Really, that place was as evil as she expected.

“She was rude,” Elizabeth said with finality, mostly because that woman didn’t seem to think that her plan of getting Rena on a suit was doable. Perhaps she could bribe the girl into a dress?

“That she was, just like someone daydreaming and glaring at walls all the time while we waited,” Rossie said with a smile on her face as she looked at her.

“Not that we expected a different outcome, but what was the plan that you thought Eli?” Rena at least was sweet enough to not outright call her out.

“Working on it, for now…let’s move inward,” Elizabeth said as she wrote her machinations for the wedding and sent it towards her [Spire] she was using that thing too often nowadays, mostly to hide or hide things she wanted to keep as a surprise to Rossie and Rena.

“Sure, do we call another cab?” Rossie asked while fishing her phone from her purse.

“No, let’s walk. I want to get a feel from the mana around.” Elizabeth said, the implicit thing was that she didn’t want the feel of the mana, but the [Shadows].

If [Alice] had been around then she would probably tamper with the shadows to some degree, she was part of the reason why former Elizabeth, and in turn, her. Used so much [Shadows] while doing everything.

The girl was a natural, or more like, Alice was a natural, probably thanks to whatever spartan education Echidna gave her in that alternate life she came from. Chloe didn’t seem to benefit much from it, so why was Alice different?

“Sure thing Eli-Eli.” Rossie quickly accepted and while pocketing her phone she quickly took hold of her right arm. “if you don’t want the other arm I will take it too Rena.”

Rena of course, didn’t need more prodding as the girl moved as fast as she was able to get hold of her other arm, really. She didn’t need to do that, Elizabeth would go and get her if she hadn’t come.

“Good, you need to be more assertive, Eli-Eli loves you too, you don’t need to worry so much.” Rossie? The Eli-Eli in question is here, listening.

“I know, but…doesn’t she like me more submissive? It seemed as if she was enjoying that too….” Rena? Darling? The girl you are speaking to is being sandwiched between you two? Hello?

“I mean yeah, I saw that too, but think of it like this. Wouldn’t you enjoy having some degree of control too? I like being at the top, so I always move to the top. I know that if Eli-Eli wanted to be at the top she would say it. But she likes me being aggressive, so I am aggressive. Eli-Eli likes being dominated after all.” Rossie smirked as one of her hands darted under her blouse and caressed her back.

Rossie?!? We are in public!

“...I see…” Rena?!?!? “But I think for now I’m happy like this, if I ever want to be more proactive it won’t be too late later.”

Hello?

“Right Eli? you will let me have control too right?” Rena said turning the puppy eyes her way.

“Of course!” So Elizabeth answered as such, they had walked already a couple of blocks while speaking and messing around. But she hadn’t gotten much. “Say the words and I will tie myself to a bed!”

Was it because Rossie’s hand darted everywhere and teased with unbuttoning and pulling at her underwear? Was she this easy to control?

Yes, yes she was!

But she would still hold the line!

For…*Quick date-check* For at least 10 months and twelve days more!

“...You never promise to tie yourself to a bed for me Eli-Eli…is Rena the favorite?” Rossie asked with upturned eyes…It didn’t mesh quite well with Rossie’s face, mostly because she could see the hidden lust behind her eyes…

*Turns on the heart motif on the eyes, it is super effective*

“ugghh…, next year okay? Next year I will tie myself to a bed okay?” Elizabeth ended up caving in.

“Next year will be quite entertaining won’t it?” Rena said with a small laugh, adorable.

“That it will be, I will get to [Eat] Eli-Eli…we will graduate, you will…I don’t know, ask Eli-Eli something.” Rossie said with a smile on her face.

“...Can….Can I kiss you next year too?” Rena ended asking.

What?

“Haven’t we kissed already?” Elizabeth asked confused about it. She had kissed this girl all right, granted not as much as she wanted, but she had kissed it her all right.

“...That one doesn’t count.” Rena grumbled, “I want a true kiss, one that I wasn’t forced neither by someone else or by the situation.”

…That was…harder.

“So If I kiss you now it won’t count?” Elizabeth asked as she moved near a wall and stopped there under the shade. “Because you asking for a kiss made me want to kiss you. So this one may be harder to fulfill.”

“....I want…I want to kiss you myself, not because I know that I blackmailed you into it, not because you pity me, but because I want to kiss you.” Rena said seriously, really. This girl was becoming a favorite into the whole cute thing, who was teaching her these? Was it Rossie?

Looking at the pink-haired girl, she found her licking her lips…So that’s a no…Rossie, please leave the innocent Rena alone….

“...Well, I want to kiss you, not because of pity, but because you are cute. Granted, if you had asked me one or two years ago I…would not want to kiss you. You were a B#tch, but now? I won’t mind any kiss coming from you Rena, you are cute. You are a different type of hot from Rossie, but your figure is nice.” Elizabeth said turning to the red-haired girl. “So you can always kiss me, no matter the time or day, hell. You asking me that makes me want to kiss yo-”

And there, while Elizabeth was explaining she felt a pulse of mana traverse the ground. It…wasn’t [Shadow], but it wasn’t normal.

“...Eli-Eli?” Rossie asked worried.

“Eli?” Rena likewise mimicked Rossie.

“Report, what the hell was that?” Elizabeth said aloud asking to the shadow they were projecting into the wall.

“[We aren’t sure, the mana detector arrays didn’t pick it up. If that mana pulse hadn’t tried to worm itself into the Shadow Haven we wouldn’t have detected it, Mistress.]” The shadow spoke back to her, it was the voice of one of her Royal Mages.

“Okay, I hate to say this, but we need to speak about kisses and security later,” Elizabeth said as she sent a mana pulse herself trying to imitate the same phenomena that she felt a few moments ago.

To no avail, this was probably the first time Elizabeth hadn’t been able to imitate phenomena caused by [Mana], and it annoyed her.

“What is happening?” Rossie asked as she put a little more strength into her hand.

“Eli? Are you okay?” Rena also seemed to be worried, was something going on besides what Elizabeth felt?

Why couldn’t she reproduce the effect? It was just Mana! She was good at [Mana Manipulation]!

She was getting [Annoyed] who [DARED] to come and show up on her?!? Who did they think they were?!?!?

“[Obey my commands Mana!]” Elizabeth roared and felt her [Heart] want to start beating…and yet it seemed to fall short.

WHY?!?!

The stupid thing didn’t want to beat as fast as she needed it, she needed more mana…MORE MANA!

So Elizabeth did what she had done before while dealing with the bug, she balled her fist and punched at her [Heart], she felt as if she had heard someone scream at the side but ignored it.

What she found more infuriating was that something was STUCK in her hand, so she viciously threw it against the nearest wall, she could hear the splat in the distance, but paid no attention to it, nor the sound the thing she threw made. All that mattered was that something was on the way of her hand, so she threw it away.

“BEAT!” Elizabeth roared and felt the mana move, but it was slow, TOO SLOW!

What could she do? The stupid thing was TAUNTING AT HER! AT HER!!!

Right, she had two hands…If one wasn’t enough then surely two? Yes, she would ball both her fists and hit her chest with all she had, she had plenty of chest, so perhaps one wasn’t enough?

But what was on her hand? There was something else in her other hand, and yet…Before she could discard it, the thing left her hand. Good. The ambient mana was increasing, but the stupid thing didn’t want to go under the ground like the pulse. So Elizabeth balled both her fists and focused as much mana as she could into her hands.

“...za….th!” Something spoke near her? COULDN’T THEY SEE SHE WAS BUSY?!? WHO DARED TO-

“STOP!” And then the world turned upside down as she felt the sweet taste of blood on her lips, someone was kissing her while bleeding.

What?

Rena?

In front of her was the image of the red-haired girl barely standing, she was bleeding… From her eyes, her ears, her nose…her mouth…what?

Why?

This…wasn’t this like how the mages had reacted to Nyx in the arena?

“...you….are….okay?” Rena said between words, she was barely standing.

“RENA?!? WE NEED TO HEAL YOU! WHAT? LET’S GET ROSSIE!” Elizabeth said quickly as she hugged the red-haired girl.

Around her she could see plenty of people collapsed on the ground, most had similar symptoms to some degree, and the closer they stood near them the worse.

“...Am…fine…Rossie…needs….help….too.” Rena said and then she collapsed in her arms.

What? Rossie was hurt too?!?!?

WHO DARED TO HURT WHAT WAS HERS!?!?!?

But before that fully turned into a coherent thought she noticed that under her feet was blood, a pool of blood, and at her feet the hands of Rossie clung to her, she was unconscious under a pool of her own blood.

The blood continued moving as it traversed across cracks on the floor…all originating from…the most probable cause of all of this. At the middle of it?

There stood Elizabeth Starbright in the middle…

“Oh…No…nononononono…please….” A lone girl surrounded by destruction with two girls bathing in their own blood as they refused to leave her side. She could see a mark on the wall as if someone had thrown someone towards it. Had it been someone else Elizabeth may have laughed at how the wall now had the mark of a body.

But she couldn’t, not when said mark was bloody and on the floor she could see how the person in question had dragged herself towards her…

The only reason why Rena hadn’t been thrown away was because the girl let her go quickly enough, and then…she bravely stood near her to wake her up.

“Shadow Step.” Was the only thing Elizabeth could think to do, enveloping the two unconscious girls and herself in shadows as she teleported away.

She….she had made a mistake.