Magical Girl with Demonic Time Magic-Chapter 56: Snack Bar

I create a barrier, it’s huge while Setsuna shoots at the barrier that withstands without any problem.

"Congratulations, Ayane, this barrier doesn’t even seem to have been made in 3 seconds," Setsuna praises me as she approaches with her arm bandaged.

It’s been 5 days since she saved me and we started training instead of going on missions, she also started helping me with school tasks in my free time, which is really helping me a lot.

"Thank you!" I say with a smile, Setsuna is helping me practice magic and thanks to her I can make very strong barriers.

She was right, after starting to train, I was able to quickly improve my magic, in the first two days she just watched since she still had problems with her arm.

However, later she started participating in the training with me, and now I can quickly make strong barriers in various shapes.

Setsuna always notices my progress and praises me, and now my barriers can even stop her gun shots, something the initial barriers couldn’t do.

Before I had to have time to make a strong enough barrier, but now thanks to her I can quickly make barriers with this incredible resistance.

Setsuna herself also seems to have improved, her shots have become more focused and powerful, now a single shot of hers can pierce multiple walls and still hit my barrier with force. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

And we’ve done a lot of tests, seeing the rapid progress has excited me, which seems to have further accelerated the learning progress.

"This afternoon then I think I’ll go home and you, Ayane?" Setsuna asks, it’s already very late at night, and lately we’ve barely slept since we’ve been training almost all night.

"Setsuna before you go..." I call her attention nervously.

"Do you want to go eat something at the diner? We can talk a little as friends" I’ve always wanted to have a friend to go out with and have conversations.

"...Sure, I don’t see a problem with that," Setsuna says as a smile appears on my face.

"Great, come with me," I grab her hand and pull her with me, I know a great 24-hour diner right next door, I want to have conversations with her about a lot of things.

We walk for a few minutes and arrive at the diner, we sit down at a table while we wait.

"Setsuna, what do you like to eat?" I ask, picking up the menu.

"I’m not sure, but I like simple and quick things like a burger, which will probably be my order," she says as she picks up the menu, I like burgers too, but I think I usually prefer sweets.

We both choose our orders and hand them to a waiter who comes, I ordered a burger with a milkshake and some small sweets, while Setsuna just ordered a burger without any accompaniment besides an orange juice.

"This is one of the advantages, right Setsuna?" I say, which she quickly understands and agrees, the bodies of magical girls practically don’t change, that is, we can eat as much as we want and not gain weight.

Although we get full much faster too and practically don’t feel like eating anymore, but it’s still a great advantage to be able to eat all these delicious things without worry.

"Setsuna, what’s your type of guy?" I ask, starting a conversation on this topic.

"..." Setsuna freezes momentarily.

"...I...don’t have any type..." She says only that in a strange way, I think I’ve never seen her so stuck before, she usually responds quickly.

"Really? No type at all? And what do you think of that waiter? He’s cute, isn’t he?"

"..." Setsuna seems strangely uncomfortable with the topic, I wonder why.

"Is there a problem, Setsuna?"

"It’s not that...I just can’t feel that, it’s just that everyone is pretty much the same to me, I don’t think it matters, you know?" She says, and I remember the problem she has with feelings.

Setsuna has always shown herself to be quite expressive when talking to me, so I completely forget this fact.

"But you can tell me your type, Ayane, I may not understand it well, but I’d like to know what your type is."

"W-Well..." I get a little embarrassed, but I think about my type of guy, I have a relatively specific type, almost like a bubble that limits my choices.

"You know, I think I prefer simpler guys, nothing too extravagant like a muscular guy, I think I prefer someone cute, but who is kind and takes good care of himself."

"Like those heroes that match the heroines, someone who would save me from danger with a smile..."

"..." I stop momentarily before continuing.

"Someone who would strive to protect me...and...someone who tries to protect others like me...." I get more and more embarrassed.

"S-Someone who takes care of himself physically and intellectually and is responsible...basically someone hardworking in what they want to do..."

’This description...’

"S-Setsuna, it looks like our orders have arrived," I say nervously as the waiter arrives with our orders, I want to change the subject.

Why does my description strangely match Setsuna exactly? She is literally the definition of my ideal guy, the only thing that changes is that she’s a girl instead of a guy.

From our conversations, I know she’s responsible, takes care of her own home, she’s beautiful, she’s smart, she’s someone who saved me with a smile on her face and promised to protect me.

She literally fits the definition I gave, and the most ironic thing is that she seems to have no idea about this as she just grabs her burger.

"Y-You know, Setsuna, if you were a guy, you’d practically be identical to my ideal type," I say to her, trying to break the strange atmosphere I’m creating.

"Really? Well, it would be funny if that were the case, but I believe I’m not, I mean, I think I’m more boring than someone you’d like, after all, why would you like someone with few emotions, right?" She speaks down on herself.

"..." I’ve noticed that Setsuna seems not to value herself, we may not have spent that much time together, but she is undoubtedly an incredible person, but she always diminishes herself as if she’s nothing special.

I sip my milkshake while watching Setsuna bite the burger, getting a little messy with the sauce because her mouth is much smaller than the burger area.

"Pfff" I almost end up laughing at the scene as she looks at me confused, her confused expression only makes it even funnier.

"If you were a guy, you’d really be my type, Setsuna," I say more as a joke as I take a bite of my burger.

"Well, if I were a guy, I’d love to try to win you over, it’s a shame, I guess," she speaks in a way that is obviously not serious, but it still leaves me embarrassed.

"Yes...if you were a guy..." I just murmur, if she were a guy, she would literally be my ideal type in several ways.

In fact, she is literally my ideal type in many ways, if she really were a guy, I think I would have fallen in love with her when she saved me from being raped by a monster.

’Well, it’s no use thinking about that’ I guess it doesn’t matter, we’re friends and that’s all I need, anyway, thinking about romance is difficult for me.

"Setsuna, you have a bit of sauce on your face," I say to her with a smile, she grabs a napkin and just wipes it as if it’s no big deal, I have to say it’s fun to hang out with Setsuna.

She’s feminine in a strange way, many of the girls I talk to are very attentive to how they look at the moment, and that makes me feel pressured, trying not to fail.

But with Setsuna it’s not like that, she seems not to care if I’m not perfectly presentable, proof of this is this part of the sauce, any girl I’ve met would be embarrassed to get sauce on their face and would be extremely careful.

And that would also make me extremely careful about it, which would reduce the pleasure of eating, but Setsuna is not like that, she just eats normally, enjoying the moment without caring much about minor issues.

That’s why it’s nice to go out with her, because I start to demand less of myself, feeling more at ease.

I bite the delicious burger, obviously getting sauce on my face, but as expected, Setsuna doesn’t think it’s a big deal, just putting the napkin closer to me as a reflex, but without saying anything or looking judgmental.

It’s not like she’s clumsy or messy with this kind of thing, in fact, it’s the opposite, she obviously takes very good care of herself and nothing falls on her clothes or the table, but she doesn’t waste time on minor details that aren’t a problem.

A little sauce on the face or crumbs are nothing, after all, a napkin already solves it, she seems to enjoy the moment without worrying about being 100% perfect.

The bite and flavor of my burger seem better than when I’m alone or with other girls, we both eat our food in comfortable silence.

After some time, we both finish the burgers while I see Setsuna cleaning her face and it doesn’t even look like she had a little mess on her face, her beauty remains angelic.

"Hahaha" I just laugh at this, leaving her confused, I think this is something cute, it’s like a little animal that doesn’t realize its own cuteness at the moment.

"Want some of my milkshake?" I ask as I extend the cup to her, which she ends up accepting, while also offering me her orange juice that she barely touched.

"It’s on me then, let’s eat a little more," I say to her, not wanting to finish yet, I’m having a lot of fun.

"Sure, I appreciate the offer, so I’ll order a pizza for the two of us," she accepts while I smile at her, taking my phone and taking a selfie to keep the memory of the moment.

She just makes a small V with her fingers while giving a gentle smile for the photo, which turns out very good.