Cool Blue ch20: Blues Are Plentiful

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>Blue Magical Swordswoman, Pure Iolite!

>Blue Magical Spearwoman, Pure Celestine!

>Blue Magical Knight, Pure Linarite!
>...is running late!

>Another Blue Magical Knight, Pure Azurite!

>Team Blaue Reiter
>has arrived!

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>Ah... Can I ask something real quick?
>What is it, Pure Azurite?

>Why are we gathered her...?
>The stronger enemies that have been appearing lately are apparently specialised in close-quarters combat,
>so a special team of Pure Jewels was quickly assembled.

>And why is it all blue characters...?
>It seems it's just coincidence that the Jewels summoned to counter this situation just so happened to be blue.

>Incidentally, Pure Linarite, who is running late, is also a blue Jewel!
>Eh? Are we gonna be okay? Matching four of us together isn't gonna cause us to disappear, right...?

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>Celestine and I have teamed up before,
>but this is your first time, right, Azurite?

>Y-Yeah... I'll be in your care...

>This is just for the sake of our cause. I'm not here to make friends.
>C-Cool! Incredibly cool!

>Hmph... Just try not to hold me back...
>This one's the picture-perfect definition of cool!

>And I, Azurite...
>as you are well aware, am cool!!

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>This is bad... This is really bad! It's all cool characters...
>We're all putting on characters!

>Serious and cool characters make up a high percentage of blue characters...
>Not to mention that I'm the eldest here but also the one with the least experience...
>It's tough being number one...

>Or rather, this is awkward...
>It feels seriously tingly when there's nobody buy cool characters around~

>For now, I need to break the ice...
>So, uh...
>What kind of magical arts do you guys use?

>I use a sword.
>I'm a magical swordswoman, after all.

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>I use a spear.
>Since I'm a magical spearwoman.

>I can't hold a conversation with these people~~!!
>Help me, God of Communication~!!
>Too late for that.
>>God of Communication

>Incidentally, my sword's name is "Eternal Blue Demon's Killer Blade".
>Eh? A name...

>Mine is... "The One Who Swoops Down From the Blue Heavens To Deliver the End".
>???

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>Fu
>>smug smug
>They're acting really smug about those chuunibyo names~!!

>But well,
>those two seem to be realmids, so I guess that actually makes it normal...?
>I really don't get this...
>*Real middle schoolers

>What's your sword's name, Azurite?
>Eh? Mine!?

>They think I've given my weapon a chuunibyo name too...!?
>I am technically a high schooler, y'know...?

>That's just...
>That's just...!

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>Cruel
>Paradise Lost of Blue

>I've done it now... I got caught up in the chuuni otaku wave...
>and told them my weapon's pet name (with its own backstory) that I had kept locked away in my heart...

>A-Amazing! So cool...!!
>Really cool...
>Oh...? It got a good reception...?

>Muhoho~(note) Well, I guess I am their chuunibyo senpai?
>Looks like I've found my dignity as a senior~

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>But still, blues are not only cool, but they also wield edged weapons and have chuunibyo...
>This is bad. The characteristics just keep on increasing...
>"Cruel" can also be read as "go crazy" (kurueru)...
>I love how "paradise lost" sounds...

>Adding that trifecta to my already lacking strength as a protagonist puts me in a really precarious situation...
>Uuh... I wanna go home...
>I wanna go back to Ruby...

>Hm? Wait a second.

>If all of us are cool blues,
>then won't my cool character seem paler by comparison?

>If I'm with this team,
>wouldn't that effectively make me a pink character!?
>>Cool blue
>>Fluffily cute pink
>>The One Red Flower Theory!!

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>Hehe... I'm such a genius...
>If there's this many blues around, there can at least be one who's pink on the inside...

>Sorry I'm late, guys!
>Pure Linarite is here~<3

>Nice to meetcha~<3 People often say I don't act like a blue Jewel, but I'm gonna give it my all, so please get along with me~<3

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>Good grief... A noisy one has arrived...
>Be sure to show us what you've got.
>Fu...
>~~~
>Wow! Blue Jewels really are all cool beauties!

>How nice!! So wonderful~!!
>I wanna be like everyone else too~<3
>I really admire blue characters~<3

>What happened with the special team?
>I, uh... guess I'm not good without Ruby...
>Fweh!?
>Fweeeeeh~???