@Cojemo@KoL@AtomicNutThought Shinobu had resigned herself to pick up her own clothing, it was a pleasant surprise when one of the magi within the room with her chose to approach the in-distress young magus. Under normal circumstances, perhaps Shinobu would have said something akin to “this is none of your business”, but she did recognize that it would not be bad to allow for the help of others.
That, and Shinobu appeared to have taken her side in this little spat rather than the side of the perverted neanderthal Shinobu knew as ‘
Fericks Whyd’. Perhaps at some point she would convince herself that this wasn’t his real name, but the other had not heard her state his name prior to their encounter nor did she really care to use such a dumb sounding name. Westerners need to have cool-sounding names like in those western dramas! Maybe it was the DNA that made him this way?
And she even complimented Shinobu’s cute undergarments. Of course, as a girl who wished to have a pleasing aesthetic, she did take a lot of time considering each and every part of her outfit to look cute, stylish, and to show off some of her stronger … “assets”. The girl herself was not “beautiful” as the Japanese image of western girls tended to be, with their large hips and busty appearance, on average, but it wasn’t as if the girl was “ugly”. In fact, her somewhat petite appearance seemed to be “cute” rather than a “beauty”. However, there was no one “cuter” or more “beautiful” in Shinobu’s mind than herself. All others were merely fakers. But even a plebeian could have some redeeming qualities.
Well, the clothing wasn't going to find itself into her bag without her involvement, no?
“I appreciate your help and compliments. You are cute yourself. Maybe we could exchange fashion tips? My name is Shinobu Shiratori. What is yours?“ That was about when a certain little girl made her comment.
"I think you and the panties guy make a good couple! You should have kids!" [Athena] blurted out, beaming.
“Eh!? K-K-Kids!?” Normally able to keep herself composed [poorly] during conversation, the comments from the little girl had caused Shinobu to trip over her words in a flustered fashion. An obvious streak of red came upon her face, and her eyes seemed to dart around the area for something to focus upon as to begin to take back control of herself. She was thrown aback. If she didn’t retake control of the situation, or at the very least attempt to calm herself, she would be seen as weak by those who had observed her. There was no way that someone as great as Shinobu could be seen for anything less than what she perceived herself to be.
The world is full of hardships, there are so many unpleasant things and so much that doesn’t go your way, troubles are only ever piling higher, things which you thought everyday break down all too soon, supposedly reliable rules turn out to be unreliable, and both your body and spirit soon tire and wear out, until eventually you just want to drop down right there. But if one could "fool" themselves into believing the world was more than a monotonous grind through their delusions of grandeur or accept this to be the natural pull of things, one could perhaps live a life they consider to be "satisfactory".
That was the "magic". Shinobu was chosen through her conditions of birth to be a magus. Someone that would have the ability to "change the world". To enact essentially 'miracles".
Perhaps attempting to compose herself once again and regain control over the situation which she had believed herself upon the reins of, she turned away from the girl and continued in a hardly convincing tone.
“A-Anyway, that isn’t something a girl should talk about. E-especially someone as young as you. Don’t be stupid.” 
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