Sure! Here's the English translation with the requested consistency:
I felt a tug on my sleeve, pulling me out of my thoughts. When I turned, I saw it was Nina-chan.
"Itsuki..." she murmured.
"What is it? Do you want to see?"
She nodded slightly, hesitating. "Y-yeah... I want to see it..."
I was still debating with myself. Should I really show it to her?
I mean, I'm here because Nina-chan wants to see the monster, but now that we're in the moment, I can't help but wonder if this is the right call. Still, it would feel strange to refuse her now.
Reluctantly, I formed a circle of Thread Magic around Nina-chan's eyes, creating a lens to enhance her vision with Sight Enhancement. With this, she should be able to see the monster as clearly as I can.
"Haa... haa..." Nina-chan exhaled sharply.
Just seeing the monster from a distance was affecting her this much... Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to let her watch.
"Nina-chan, if you don't want to see it, you can tell me at any time," I offered, concerned for her.
"No... I'm fine. I can handle it," she replied, her voice shaky but determined.
Even though she said that, her hands were trembling. Was she really okay?
As I watched her carefully, Nina-chan suddenly grabbed onto my wrist. Her grip was tight, and her body was visibly tense.
"What's wrong?"
She stayed silent. I wasn't sure if she didn't hear me, was deliberately ignoring the question, or if her reaction was purely instinctive. Either way, I knew why she was holding onto me. I could tell what she was doing—she was trying to push through her fear, to overcome something that terrified her for the sake of her dream.
On the other hand, the monster was shouting nonsensical things in the distance.
"In the past, every park had spinning spherical toys! Parks were the greatest gift humanity ever created!" she screamed.
What is she even talking about? Spinning spherical toys?
While I was trying to make sense of the monster's ramblings, she turned her rage toward the two children she had captured.
"And back then, kids would play with balls in the park all the time! Balls are the greatest invention humanity has ever made! I hate humans, but balls? Balls are perfection! But you—YOU don't even play with balls in the park! What are you even thinking?!" Continue reading on m v l e mpyr
The monster kicked at the slide's railing repeatedly, her temper spiraling out of control. It was clear that her views were outdated and disconnected from the present.
Nina-chan's grip on my wrist tightened even further, if that were even possible.
I stepped slightly in front of her, ready. My mana was already primed and ready to use.
"Oh! There you are! You must be another one of the exorcists who killed my sister!" she screamed, leaping toward us.
But before she could reach us, the monster stumbled and fell. It looked like she had tripped, suddenly losing balance.
Wait... no. She didn't just trip.
I focused my gaze and immediately realized what had happened.
She didn't stumble—her right foot was gone, severed cleanly from her body.
And from behind me, a voice I recognized all too well spoke.
"Fairies often like to cause mischief. They enjoy confusing people, making them lose their way, or taking things that don't belong to them."
Nina-chan whipped around in surprise, her voice trembling as she murmured, "M-Mom..."
"Itsuki, this is a recreation of that, you see," Irena continued, not even glancing at her daughter. Instead, she kept her eyes fixed on me as she spoke.
"Fairies take pieces of monsters back to their homes. They like to collect things. Isn't it charming?"
The moment Irena finished speaking, the monster's hands were suddenly gone. Her body was being slowly eaten away—bit by bit, piece by piece—just like leaves devoured by insects.
"My body... my body's turning into a cube! I'm turning into my sister!" the monster screeched in panic, her form now resembling a half-chewed puzzle.
"English magic has the advantage of keeping fairies and magicians independent. Look, I'm simply asking the fairies to take care of this monster for me," Irena explained calmly, a soft smile on her face.
As the monster's head was finally removed in a clean, rectangular cut, she dissolved into black mist. That was the end of her.
Irena turned to me, still smiling. "How about it, Itsuki? Would you like to come to England and study magic?"
I shook my head firmly. "I'm not going."
"How unfortunate," Irena sighed, though her smile didn't waver.
She turned away, heading over to where my father was tending to the children.
"W-wait! Mom!" Nina-chan called out, her voice faint, almost drowned out by her hesitation.
But Irena didn't turn back. She hadn't even acknowledged her daughter's presence. And as Nina-chan clung tightly to my wrist, her grip was almost painfully tight, as if she never wanted to let go.