MASTER SIDE #5
“Fal?”
No voice responded to the girl’s call.
“Faaal?”
The room was dead silent. The magical phone was still off and didn’t activate. The corners of the girl’s mouth quirked into a little smile, one that might warrant the label “twisted.” She reached out to the magical phone, stopped right before touching it, then picked up the glasses beside it and hooked them over her ears. “I’m always so busy taking them off and putting them on again! By the way, you’re not gonna reply, Fal?”
In contrast with the shining monitors dotting the room, the magical phone remained silent.
“Sulking because you feel like you’ve betrayed your master? If that’s what’s bothering you, don’t worry about it.” The girl rolled up the sleeves of her white coat. The lab coat was two sizes too big for her, and the sleeves were rolled up three times and held with clips. “That’s part of why you caught my eye. Did you know? Of all the digital fairy-type familiars, the FA series is the one with security defects. Now that they’ve sent out that update patch, ostensibly, there’s no more defective units going around, but you haven’t installed the patch yet, have you, Fal? That’s why I figured you’d betray your master, at least. Besides, you had this one predecessor—really out of this world—who wanted to see a magical-girl battle royal, no matter what it took, and tempted a master into it. Compared with that, you’re a little cupcake, Fal. I took it for granted that you’d go against the will of your master and tattle on me to the Magical Kingdom. And if they were going to come try to persuade me, I figured that the one they’d send in would be you…”
The door was violently slammed open, and there stood a magical girl in white. The other girl smiled at her and, with her sleeves rolled up, beckoned her into the room. “Welcome to my world. It’s good to meet you, Snow White.”
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