How should one evaluate the story of negima! magister negi magi? It's a difficult thing to talk about. According to Shiina's understanding, it should be explained like this: Negi Springfield, the top graduate from a magic school in England, came to Mahora Academy in Japan to become a teacher for Middle School Class 2-A. Because all thirty-one students in the class were girls, Negi, determined to become an excellent Magician, decided to make all his classmates his Magician servants through contracts.
Hmm~ After all that, the summary for everyone is: Ten-year-old Magician Negi comes to Mahora Academy to live a harem life. How about that? Isn't it concise? Easy to understand? This is completely the life of a winner; I really don't understand how a ten-year-old child managed to conquer a group of fourteen- and fifteen-year-old middle schoolers. But even that's fine; the main problem is that this guy actually succeeded!
This red bird's nest-headed idiot in front of them was his father, Nagi Springfield, a Magic Swordsman so strong he defied understanding. At 10 years old, he had mastered advanced techniques like Void Flash and was known as the "Magician with a Thousand Spells," or the "King of Thousand Curses." However, he only knew five or six spells and dropped out of magic school before graduating. He was a true genius, but he couldn't remember spells and had to rely on notes (crib sheets). This was a guy with a protagonist template, a complete BUG. Science Guy would be driven to death by him.
During several hours of high-intensity combat, Nagi's final uppercut sent Zadkiel flying. At the same time, the hours of intense fighting drained Shiina's energy, and as she was sent flying into the air, her body transformed into a white light and disappeared. After thirty years, Shiina, who had maintained her Zadkiel state, finally returned to her former puppet state. Looking at her current form, Shiina couldn't help but sigh that she was indeed more accustomed to this appearance.
"Ouch! That hurts!" After Zadkiel's body disappeared, Yoshino, in her panic, forgot to use her spiritual power to float in the air. Due to inertia, Yoshino's cute little bottom made rather intimate contact with the ground. Because it was an icy surface, Yoshino felt like her little bottom was on fire. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"Ahahaha~ In the end, didn't I win! Let me get a good look at your true identity, you rascal! You called me a bird's nest head, for such a sin, you must… properly… uh~" Nagi couldn't help but let out a joyful laugh at his victory. After Zadkiel disappeared, he was eager to see who had transformed the rabbit, who was just an elementary school student, into a great deity. When he saw Yoshino crying, her face streaked with tears, he instantly froze, his expression still bearing the fierce look (which was actually due to his own blood making him a bit ferocious) from just moments ago. This made the crying Yoshino jump in surprise. Fearing he would harm her, she slowly retreated backward while still on the ground.
"No~ Don't bully Yoshino. Please don't~ Yoshino will be a good girl, please don't bully Yoshino." She said, retreating in fear, as if Nagi were some primordial beast, her face showing extreme terror. She was like a Little Loli shivering in fear, dragged into a dark alley by a strange Big Uncle, and Nagi was that Big Uncle with ill intentions towards the Little Loli.
The current scene could be imagined as Nagi dragging Yoshino into an alley, a sinister smile on his face as he looked at the trembling Yoshino. Then, in Yoshino's despairing eyes, Nagi's hand slowly moved towards Yoshino's panties. Therefore, the conclusion is that Nagi, that old pervert, wanted to bully Yoshino!
"Uh… Little Sister, please let me explain. Big Brother here didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't know it was you just now, that's why I looked like that. I'm not a bad person, trust me." Nagi raised both hands, trying to maintain a peaceful smile as he spoke to Yoshino. Seeing Yoshino crying, he wanted to approach to check her physical condition, but this only made the terror on Yoshino's face deepen. Large, glistening tears began to fall, and she didn't even care about the burning pain in her little bottom as she frantically tried to drag herself backward with her limbs.
"You bird's nest-headed Red idiot, get away from Yoshino! Don't you know that molesting a Little Loli leads to jail time? Don't think I can't see your perverted thoughts just because you're smiling. I can smell the Big Uncle vibe hidden deep within you clearly! You're just a perverted lolicon!" Shiina, on the left hand, began to slander Nagi. That guy had just given her such a beating, so she had to socially destroy him.
"Nagi, step back. Don't go near this child. You've scared her." Magic Swordsman Eishun appeared in front of Yoshino, preventing Nagi from approaching her. Although he knew Nagi had no ill intentions towards Yoshino, seeing Yoshino's terrified face made him feel a pang of pity. He used the Instant Movement Technique to quickly stand in front of Yoshino, blocking Nagi.
"Wait, Eishun. You wouldn't actually believe this ridiculous rabbit, would you? Don't you, as my comrade, know what kind of person I am? I wouldn't have any strange thoughts about a Little Loli with no figure. I like Big Sisters with big breasts and perky butts!" Nagi yelled, sounding somewhat distraught. He saw that the other members of the team were all standing beside Magic Swordsman Eishun. Why had he become the bad guy? And weren't they comrades? Why were they betraying him?
"There's nothing we can do, Nagi. Spirits are pure beings, so they can distinguish between good and bad. As comrades, we naturally know you're a good person, but we can't handle this matter right now. Haven't you seen the situation around us?" Al said to Nagi, pointing to their surroundings. Along with Yoshino's crying, all the Ice Spirits in the area gathered around Yoshino. The number of spirits around them had reached a terrifying level, and they were full of hostility towards Nagi, who had made Yoshino cry.
"Apologize properly, Nagi. Only your apology can make this child believe you now. To show your sincerity, just do a dogeza, like the apology method from Eishun's hometown, Neon." Al said to Nagi with a smile, but Nagi keenly caught the mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Isn't that just making me kneel! No way! I am Nagi Springfield, and I will never do something like kneeling! Even if I die!" Nagi's temper flared! How could he be asked to kneel and apologize to a Little Girl? He, who had never knelt even before nobles, was now supposed to kneel before a girl?
At this moment, the poker-faced young man glanced at Al. Then Al instantly moved behind Nagi and kicked him behind the knee, causing him to involuntarily drop to one knee.
"Al! You—!?"
"Kneeling on one knee doesn't seem enough; you need to kneel on both legs." Seeing Nagi's other leg still bent, Al kicked again. Nagi then ended up kneeling on both legs, but his body wasn't bowed. He was still struggling! Even if a man's knees are worth gold, even if he was kneeling, he would never give in!
"Stop struggling, Nagi. Don't forget what my best magic is." Al patted Nagi's shoulders twice. The next moment, it was as if something weighing a thousand jin was pressing down on his back, making his body gradually bend, slowly forcing his head to firmly hit the ground. Although his hands weren't placed correctly, it was still a very standard way of apologizing.
"Alright, Little Spirit. Now that Nagi, that idiot, has apologized to you, can you forgive him now?" Seeing Nagi kneel in 'apology', Eishun turned to Yoshino and said gently.
'Are these people really comrades?' Yoshino stared dumbfounded at the wet mark on the ground where Nagi had knelt. Was he crying? Crying out of humiliation?
"Who, who exactly are you? Why did you come here?" Yoshino stood up, trembling. She gently stroked her still slightly numb bottom as she asked. Although Yoshino knew their names, she asked them to avoid revealing any flaws.
"Oh, look at us. We were so busy messing around here that we forgot to introduce ourselves." Eishun scratched his head awkwardly. His behavior did seem a bit impolite.
"Hello, lovely Spirit Miss. My name is Konoe Eishun, a Kamina Style Magic Swordsman." Konoe Eishun said with a smile.
"I am Albireo Imma, a comrade of that idiot kneeling on the ground over there. My hobby is collecting other people's lives." At this point, he looked at Yoshino with a strange gaze. "Spirit Miss, I am very interested in your life. Would you allow me to properly collect your life?"
Yoshino, whose scalp tingled from his gaze, felt a chill shoot straight to her brain, making her show a frightened expression again. She thought that this guy seemed to have collected quite a few people's lives already; she wouldn't be his next target, would she?
"Al, don't scare her!" Konoe Eishun called out, a little displeased. This child was so timid, how could he scare her like that?
"Heh heh, it's nothing, Eishun. I was just joking with this child; I don't have such intentions." Al waved his hand, indicating he had no such intention.
'No! He definitely means to do it!' Yoshino (Shiina) thought. With his cunning personality, he would never let go of such an interesting opportunity.
"Our original purpose for coming here was to investigate the cause of this place suddenly turning into a glacier thirty years ago, and to see what the legendary sleeping Ice Spirit was like. However, it seems we disturbed your slumber, and for that, we apologize." Konoe Eishun looked at Yoshino with an apologetic expression. He believed that their destructive actions had disturbed the Spirit's slumber.
"No… it's fine. Yoshino fell into slumber because of a very serious injury; it's not your fault. If it weren't for your appearance, Yoshino would probably have slept for a while longer." Yoshino waved her hand, indicating that they shouldn't worry about it. And the fact that she had slept for thirty years truly startled her. She hadn't expected the forbidden book to have such severe after-effects. She wondered how people in other worlds were doing? Were Sister Nozomi and the others worried about her? "Also, my name is… is Yoshino. You don't need to call me Spirit Miss; just call me Yoshino." When mentioning her name, Yoshino, who hadn't faced a boy alone in a long time, looked somewhat embarrassed. Her voice was a little vague, her cheeks slightly flushed, and she shifted her gaze before parting her small lips to speak.
"Hehehe~ Is that so? What a lovely name. Then I'll call you Yoshino. Please take care of me." Konoe Eishun chuckled, looking at Yoshino's cute reaction. This shy and pure appearance truly matched his definition of a Spirit.
"Now that you've awakened, do you have any plans for what happens next, Yoshino?" Konoe Eishun asked, puzzled. Having awakened after thirty years of slumber, would she fall back into sleep after they left?
"Hmm~ I want to go explore other parts of this world with Shiina. We want to properly understand this world and discover its wonderful places." Yoshino said with an angelic smile. Although she knew this was the negima! magister negi magi world, it was also a strange world. This Magical World was like another dimension, waiting for her and Shiina to explore it thoroughly.
"Shiina? Are there others here?" Konoe Eishun asked, somewhat confused. He hadn't sensed anyone else's presence here besides them. Had he miscalculated?
"It's this one! It's Yoshino's best friend. It has been protecting Yoshino for these past thirty years!" She showed the Shiina on her left hand to Konoe Eishun. Instantly, the comical rabbit and Konoe Eishun's gazes met.
"Are you the giant rabbit puppet from just now? Is this your Main Body now?" Konoe Eishun asked with a frown, looking at the incredibly comical Shiina. He couldn't sense any aura from Shiina. Was it really the puppet that fought Nagi for several hours just now?
"Are you looking down on me, old man? I'm telling you, if Yoshino is here, I'm invincible! You wouldn't think that just because that bird's nest-headed idiot defeated me, we're not your opponents, would you? It's only because Yoshino just woke up; otherwise, do you really think that idiot could have beaten us?" Shiina said mockingly. It could tell at a glance that Konoe Eishun was doubting its identity. However, it still didn't know the extent of Yoshino's full power in this world, so it would have to test it properly later.
"Wait! You guys, don't ignore me!" Nagi, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up. It seemed he had broken free from the gravity magic Al had cast on him.
"Ice Spirit! No, you're called Yoshino, right! If you want to travel this world, then join our Red Wings!" Nagi shouted loudly, looking at her energetic smile.
"Eh? Join Red Wings?" What kind of development was this? It wasn't what she imagined.
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