Chapter 64: It's Not Suspicious at All

"Well... It's not as if Alice is the only candidate. Among the A-rank magical girls, there's Whitefield, Skylin, and Twinkle Iris... Among the S-ranks, Snow is about the only one who could use an attack like that. They're all people who don't particularly want to step into the spotlight."

"...I think I've heard of Snow, but I don't know the others."

"I told you. They all hate stepping into the spotlight. Unless someone's interested enough in magical girls to look them up, it's only natural not to know them. Especially Ms. Twinkle Iris... Ha-ha... She happened to make her magical-girl contract at the height of puberty... She calls herself only Iris, but her registered magical-girl name is already Twinkle Iris, so it's too late..."

...Good grief. What a shame.

I was lucky Alice was at least a simple name. If it had been something like SuperCutieTwinkleAlice, I would have hung myself long ago, contract or no contract.

"Magical-girl names seem to cause fewer problems later if you keep them simple."

"That's the tip retired magical girls mention most often. A lot of people make their contracts full of youthful bravado, given the nature of magical girls... They tell you to choose your magical-girl name carefully. It's advice that will serve you for life. If I'd chosen a weird name too... Ugh. Just thinking about it makes my face burn."

"...Come to think of it, what does Mia mean?"

"The name of a cartoon character I used to watch back then."

You chose it pretty simply, huh...