World End Match: Medical☆Medea

Aaaaah!

Whew, I guess healing alone wasn't enough, but I already knew that! Hahahaha!

By the way, you hot magical girls over there! You feel like going for a ride on my Argo?

Look out, Lord Jason!

Oof!

Heh-heh... Even as words of concern spilled from your mouth, you specifically went for a head shot...

Is that you telling me you haven't given in yet, my Medea? Maybe you still have another card up your sleeve?

Of course! It's natural for magical girls to have two stages of transformation!

I don't want to, but I have no choice but to unleash my forbidden power! To be specific, I will no longer be Lily!

Hey, whoa, wait. Let's slow down. If you're not going to be Lily, you're going to be THAT?

It's that form that burned down the castle in Corinth. That's bad. That's really bad! It's too monstrous!

We're having a magical girl party, so if a magical old hag appears, I'll be sued for false advertising!

And believe me, you would be the one who gets hurt if that happened!

I'm telling you this for your own good. I'd much rather become an indescribable pillar-like thing than have that happen! Oof!

Quiet, Lord Jason! Medea is serious, Master!

I wouldn't get hurt at all! And I won't be an "old hag" 10 years from now!

I'm sure I will be a lovely, elegant adult woman!

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No, let's stop her, Senpai! If she becomes any sadder, the situation will get out of control!

That's enough!

The battle ends here!

I just came here to save Miyu, not destroy the entire kingdom!

B-But a magical girl is supposed to fight! And besides, my modeler soul has been ignited...

I'll defeat you, make a mold of you, and mass-produce it for our country's new fall lineup...

Please don't come up with a convoluted plan within minutes of our first encounter! Are you psycho!?

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I don't understand this world, these jewels, or any of you!

I hate this kind of stuff! And I don't need any jewels! I'll find another way!

That's why, Medea... I don't want to fight you! I don't want to fight anymore!

After all, we're both magical girls! Medea, I don't know why you created this land...

But I at least understand that you have something you hold dear! Something you've been fighting for!

Illya... Um, that...is very moving, but...

Medea fights for no special reason. It's not for the sake of something she "holds dear."

Lord Jason!?

She created this land because she felt indebted to me. And she's been protecting the jewel out of fear of other magical girls.

She made an excuse to live a quiet life because she believed that would keep her from becoming a menacing witch.

I tell you, she's frivolous about everything. The only time she gets serious is when she's building models.

I...admit that. But it was you, Lord Jason, who commanded me to confine myself here.

Well, of course. If you leave your own land, you'll become a witch. That's your fate.

And if you become a witch, you turn into just another Echo. That's why I advised against going to other lands.

(Echo?)

But you don't need to worry anymore. Here, young lady. You want this, don't you? Take it.

A-Are you sure!? After all, without this, um, lots of things...

Spare me the details.

If we beat you, then I win. But if we lose, then Medea loses... Get it?

I'm twisted that way. I wouldn't give that stone away to anyone who wants it.

I will, however, push it into the hands of a noble fool who says they don't. Whether they like it or not.

That's okay with you, isn't it, Medea? Either way, we'd lose if we went to war against Medb.

Before that happens, it feels better to pass it all on to a fool who is a lot like you in the past.

I... don't mind. But are you sure about this, Lord Jason?

I'm not happy, but I'm used to it. Fading away while indulging in past glories...

But not becoming a witch is more important than that. Even if your dreams are dashed, it's better to pass on as a girl.

Isn't that right, my Medea?

And I think of this as my life coming to a close at one final stop in an unknown land before returning to my home.

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I understand. As it is Lord Jason's wish, I will give her the jewel.

However, I won't tell you anything. If I talk, it will only bring back sad memories.

Like all of the girls I have slain, my fate will end here.

Medea. Um, you're going to disappear here, too?

Yes. But even without "hope," I still have "lingering attachments," so it will take a while.

After all, I still have 287,000 plastic models to finish.

At three models a day, it'll take me 250 years! Go, go, Medea!

I see. So Princess Medea's magecraft was what interfered with the transmissions.

So what happened? Were you able to get any new information?

Yes. That Medea and the Heroic Spirit Medea have separate existences, but plenty of things in common.

I think what we got a glimpse of in battle this time applies roughly to both Medeas.

Illya obtained the second jewel. But that's all.

Medea said we'd better investigate the basics of this world on our own.

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Hmmm... From what I'm hearing, it sounds like Princess Medea knows everything, but kept her silence.

Was that a dig against Illya, or was it out of thoughtfulness?

Either way, I'm glad no one was hurt. Huh? Where is Illya? I don't see her.

Illya said it was too windy here, so she went to the stern. Ruby is with her.

Um, Ruby...

Yo ho! You called?

What's this? You seem down in the dumps. Even after a major victory of a sort.

That was no major victory. Medea wasn't going all-out to begin with.

She fought because she had to, because we muscled our way into her land.

...And in the end, I took that jewel away from her...

I think you're looking at it the wrong way.

Sometimes people have no use for something, but can't throw it away because that would be a waste.

I think that's what this jewel was to Medea.

She's a very powerful magical girl, you know.

Even without the jewel, she would've been able to create her own land.

...Yeah. But despite her power, Medea was glum and haunted by dark memories.

She said I wouldn't be able to escape from this world... so long as I'm a magical girl.

I wonder if that's true...

Well, I can't say for sure either. But what will you do if it is?

When you get Miyu back, want to create the Land of Squee-Squee-Hee-Hee Love or something for the two of you?

I'll be willing to cooperate, heeheehee!

Hey! What are you talking about, Ruby!? Sheesh...

Ahhh, I wish Chloe were here at a time like this!

...This is a weird world. It's cute on the surface, but I think there's more to it.

We have to hurry up and find the owner of the Reality Marble. If we can do that, we should be able to find a clue as to Miyu's whereabouts.