Magical Warfare (魔法戦争)

Do you actually think that'll be enough to rescue Kurumi-chan?

In order to rescue Isoshima, who'd been taken away by Gekkou,

there's only one thing I can do now.

Stand! Stand back up, Nanase!

I must become a powerful magician.

That's the only way.

The Battle of Pendragon

Why do I look like Takeshi?

So you're awake, Kurumi!

Can't you get rid of that look already?

I'm sorry to say that, as you are now, I couldn't bear to kiss you.

Kiss?

How did I gain this new ability?

Yes, yes!

This is the Kurumi I love!

You don't love me.

All you want is to take me from Takeshi.

You like taking things from him to make yourself feel superior.

That's not true!

You think I'd want anything that belonged to him?

Don't mock me!

I've always been superior to him!

Twilight belongs to him too, you know.

Shut up!

You want to play tag?

We did that a lot as kids, didn't we?

What is this place?

Ow!

Kurumi?

Why are you here?

Here.

Oigami-kun?

Where are we?

This is the Trailers' headquarters!

The Trailers?! This?

You're here and you didn't know?

Yeah...

Wait, did you use that button to...

Get me out of here! I'm being chased by Gekkou!

Huh? Why is Gekkou chasing you?

I'll explain it all later.

All right.

For now, come to my room.

Your memories as a Trailer have come back, haven't they?

Yes,

but my memories of my time in Wizard Brace are still there, too.

I see.

Oigami! Are you in?

Keep it down! Give me a sec!

Yah!

What are you doing?!

Huh? Isn't that...

Well, see, stuff happened...

Right?

Get off me!

What do you think you're touching?!

Sorry!

"Stuff" happened?

Leading you to bring a girl from Wizard Brace back

to headquarters and getting her alone in your room?

That's not how it is!

That's not how it is!

Please... I want to get back to Takeshi.

Help me...

Takeshi!

You're looking a lot more manly these days.

Ow!

But is it enough to take on the Trailers, I wonder?

I don't want to get stronger so I can fight the Trailers.

All I want is to rescue Isoshima from them.

I don't know yet if that will be enough

to go up against the Trailers.

Excuse me. I still have more training to do today.

So he wants to use his own power to protect those he cares about.

However, special powers give rise to conflicts.

They can become powers that not only protect, but also cause pain.

That's true.

What?

You turned yourself into Nanase Takeshi?

That's hilarious!

I kind of wish I could've seen it.

So? Are you gonna do it or not?

You want to help her, don't you?

Huh?!

And anyway, I'm annoyed with Gekkou right now, too.

If he hadn't shown up,

Oigami and I would be Washizu-san's right-hand men.

I hate cocky brats like him!

That decides it, then!

Okay...

This place, the Trailer headquarters, was originally Pendragon's headquarters.

It was constructed with magic, so the inside is like a maze.

The locations of the rooms change by the hour.

That's why we can't just sketch a map for you.

To keep us from getting lost,

we've had the areas we can actually enter imprinted in our heads.

Oigami-san? So this is where you've been?

Kippei-san has been looking for you.

Oh, Kippei-san has? What does he want?

Kurumi?

Transform.

Hurry!

So we've gone from playing tag to hide-and-seek?

I'm not into this kind of thing, but...

Ready or not...

That was kind of weird. It felt like kissing myself.

Huh? I look like you?

All right, the rest is up to you!

Found you!

Oh, is that you, Hotaru?

Was someone with you just now?

Is that you, Kurumi?

Let's go.

But Hotaru-san took my place to...

Don't worry about her.

She'll buy us some time.

Taka! I'm glad I ran into you!

There's something I want to talk to you about.

Sure.

See you later, Hotaru.

Now what do I do?

I'm all alone.

In any case, I've got to escape!

Wh-What do I do now?! I've turned back!

Who's there?!

I'm glad you're here.

Let's go.

Not bad,

but you take too long building up your magic to cast.

I'll teach you an incantation.

An incantation?

In short, a spell.

By using an incantation,

you can shorten the time it takes to cast and

make your magic much stronger.

Close your eyes and concentrate.

Do you see anything?

Clouds and... a bird?

I am the clouds...

I'm the wings of a tiny bird...

Mother?

We'll end our training here for today.

Mother, may I ask you something?

What?

Why didn't you ever tell us?

That you were a magician.

Because I wasn't a good one.

That's not true.

Takeshi...

Mother!

Are you all right?!

There's something I need to tell you.

Th-That accident...

We can talk later.

Just rest for now.

I'm sorry, Takeshi...

Why have you brought me here?

Kazuma-san?

I'll excuse myself here.