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"W-What sort of idea is this?! Are you a lunatic? Uwaaahaaaaah! S-Sol! Don't get closer! Y-You're…! Why are you so erotic?!" Elfina cried, covering her eyes with her hands, but still looking at the visage in front of her in between her fingers.
"E-Erotic?!" Sol felt slightly flustered, looking at himself. "W-What do you even mean with that…?"
As Sol and Elfina were confused, Hinata nodded, smiling.
"Yes, keep looking at his luscious, young body! Isn't a young man like him the best?! Look at those lean, beautiful muscles, his handsome face!" Hinata laughed, teasing Elfina and enjoying every minute of that.
Her masterful plan was born after she saw Elfina's Magic Power emerge very strongly after the emotional stimulus she had from seeing Sol's sweaty upper torso.
"Yeah, keep going, continue making that magic circle! You're doing great, Elfina!"
"B-But why is this necessary?!"
"Can't you see it yourself?! The sight of this young and erotic man has driven your emotional spectrum crazy! Your developing body is reacting to him! And this reaction generates a large quantity of Magic to come out of your body! Whenever you want to channel Magic, imagine young Sol's sweaty biceps!"
Hinata began speaking while being very inspired, the people watching her were all weirded out.
"S-SHUT UP!!!"
Elfina cried while she was freaking out, her magic circle, the Mana Bullet Spell, manifested, suddenly growing five times as big as before with several circles.
"Huh?!"
And Hinata was greeted by a giant gray and white colored Mana bullet, as big as a damn car!
"This level of magic power is…!"
BOOOMMM!!!
Hinata ended on the floor, which was cracked into a small crater. When Frank watched the scene, as he ran to see if she was fine, he was reminded of Yamcha for some reason.
"H-Hinata, are you ok?"
"I'm fine, young'un, this is just a clone either way."
The clone slowly dissipated into particles of light.
"I'm here."
And a new one took her place, appearing behind him.
"O-Oh…"
"Heheheh, that damn brat really got me though! To think she had all that juicy, hidden potential within her! Just why did this method work and nothing else did?" Sighed Hinata. "I guess every magician has their own quirks at the end. There's no definitive method to use magic and release mana at the end."
"Everyone is unique I suppose…" Frank nodded, as he saw Fiere protecting Elfina from Sol's sight while Matsuo gave Sol a shirt to wear over his body. "Thank you for helping her out, Auntie Hinata."
"D-Don't call me Auntie!" Hinata cried angrily. "I am a young woman!"
"Uh, but they always say that you're…" Frank muttered but was interrumpted by Hinata's hand.
"Shhhh! D-Don't believe them!" She was desperate. "I'm a cute young woman, alright? I look like one… no?"
"Uh… yes," Frank muttered, as he walked away after that. "Ah! Wait…"
However, he returned to her again.
"What will we do about Fiere?" Frank asked.
"Hmm, she's still lagging behind, we'll have to see what we can do tomorrow anyway," Hinata said. "Let's end magic classes for today, you two."
Hinat walked towards the two girls as she continued chatting with them for a bit longer.
Frank smiled lightly as he saw them walking away.
"Raaarr?"
Ruby appeared by his side again, sitting over his left shoulder.
She rubbed her face on his own.
"What's wrong, girl? Are you bored?"
"Raarr?"
"Hm? Are you worried about me? I'm fine, don't worry."
"Rarr rarr?"
"Yes, I swear."
Frank giggled a bit, patting her head.
"Are you hungry? Let's go eat something."
"Raarr!"
Ruby flew by his side, as Frank joined his friends again.
While looking at everyone and the life he had together with them, he couldn't help but feel very happy.
The darkness that might have been within his heart had already faded away, and the insecurity he felt was no more.
"Hey, what's gotten into you, smiling like a dummy?" Erika giggled as she saw him.
"A-Ah? I'm…" Frank felt a bit embarrassed.
"Erika! Don't be mean with Frank…" Harumi sighed, looking at her slightly angry.
"Hey, I was just messing a bit, calm down fangirl," Erika shrugged.
"Fangirl?! W-What does that even mean?!" Harumi grew redder in embarrassment.
"Come on you two! Weren't you acting all friendly before? Now you're fighting? Ah, give me a break…!" Matsuo sighed, tired of those two.
"Hah… Hahaha…"
And then, they heard Frank's laughing behind them.
"W-What's so funny?" Erika muttered, blushing a little.
"I-It's nothing…" Frank muttered. "I'm… I'm just happy that you're all my friends."
"…"
"…"
"…"
The three looked at Frank with slight surprise, his honest heart was at times too much for them.
"He's so direct with these things… I guess this is how Americans are, huh?" Erika sighed, feeling embarrassed.
"I'm glad you're my friend too, Frank…!" Harumi said with a smile, a smile that was very rare.
"Haha, don't even mind it, we're pals," Matsuo winked at him with a smile from ear to ear.
"C-Come on now, don't just stand there, let's go," Erika called him. "And… Well, I'm glad… you consider me a friend."
"Sorry! Was that too embarrassing?!" Frank wondered, realizing that his friends acted a bit too embarrassed after he said that.
"You think so?!" Erika groaned angrily, almost barking at him.
"It's alright, Frank," Harumi said. "Your honesty is a breath of fresh air sometimes, honestly."
"Yeah…" Matsuo nodded. "Well, I'm not good with these types of talks, but it's nice that someone is so open about it."
"Hahah… Have you guys not stopped to think you're the weird ones?" Frank laughed with a carefree smile.
"HAH?!" And the trio completely lost their minds.
Frank joined his friends, as they walked inside the house and enjoyed a delicious meal with Matsuo's family and his new friends.
And as this happened, a small little purple and red colored butterfly watched things play out, resting over a small Sakura flower in a nearby tree.
Through her wings, there was a pair of eyes watching him silently.
"Frank… Is this what you always wanted? I see…"
"Hm? Looks like someone already noticed me here… Oh well."
The butterfly quickly flew away.
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