Chapter 82:
My Telekinetic Office Lady Girlfriend Is Way Too Powerful!
“—Ah, here! This part’s supposed to be really good!”
After work, Shota and Ryoko were lounging on the sofa, watching a retro magical girl anime movie. Shota had rented it, saying, “I’ve been kinda curious about this one.”
On screen, a young flying witch and the boy who helps her are speeding down a hill on a bicycle at sunset. The witch is riding behind him, using her magic to give the bike a boost. She’s shy and can only fly with her broomstick—but through her friendship with the boy, she begins to believe in herself.
“It’s great, right? So youthfully nostalgic. And the magical girl’s really cute too… right, Ryoko-senpai?”
Shota said this with a dreamy look in his eyes.
Beside him, arms crossed, Ryoko’s eyebrow twitched.
“Oh~? So Shota-kun’s a little lolicon, huh? Into these tiny magical girls?”
“No, no, that’s not what I meant! I just think it’s emotionally powerful, you know? Like, she thought all she could do was fly, but she realizes even that can be useful to help others—and that’s how she starts opening up. It’s really meaningful—”
“Shota-kun, you’re way too straightforward. I mean, she’s a witch. There’s no way flying’s the only thing she can do. I bet she’s lying and secretly manipulating that boy with magic. This whole ‘shy’ thing is just part of her act. There’s probably some hidden motive behind her ‘helping people’ too. The boy’s gonna find out at the end that he’s been under her spell the whole time, and blush in embarrassment. That’s how I’d do it, obviously.♡ If you were that boy, wouldn’t it be way more fun to have some mysterious magical girl domination going on? Then at the end, you’d be like, ‘Whaaat!? I’ve been tricked! Dang it!’ while blushing. Way better story, don’t you think? ♡”
(Shota: …Yeah, if Ryoko-senpai were a magical girl, this would just be a documentary about my daily life.)
“But hey, Shota-kun♡ I’ve been wondering… would you really be satisfied with just that level of magical ability?”
“…Ryoko-senpai? Are you… hinting at something?”
“Not at all~ But I was just thinking… if it’s only flying—even I can do that♡”
With a smug smile, Ryoko raised one finger—and in the same moment, her body floated gently above the sofa using telekinesis.
“H-hold on, this is fiction! Magical girl romance, okay? Why are you getting competitive!?”
Still hovering, Ryoko slowly spun midair and gently stroked Shota’s cheek.
“So you’ve grown old enough to chase dreams, huh, Shota-kun… Fufu♡
In that case… should I give you a peek? At the power of a real, grown-up magical woman♡”
“U-uh, Senpai? W-wait, what are you planning…?”
That night, Shota had no idea—
That this movie would eventually lead to him getting hauled all the way to Kofu—a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo—by bicycle.
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【The shopping street lottery—What Are the Odds?】“Okay! Go ahead and spin it now!”
It was a sunny afternoon at the local shopping street lottery event. Bells rang cheerfully as the staff hyped up the crowd. A white-suited elderly man, families stuffing bags with vegetables, middle schoolers fresh from club activities…
Among them stood Ryoko, quietly watching.
In a long cardigan and a wide-brimmed hat, she looked like she was simply shielding herself from the sun—but her eyes were locked only on Shota.
Shota stared at the golden lottery ticket in his hand. The top prize on the prize list glittered:
“1st Prize: Brand-New Electric-Assist Bicycle”
“Hey, Shota-kun, didn’t you say you wanted to ride bikes with a magical girl?… Do your best♡”
“I mean, I never win this kinda stuff…”
With a little smile, Ryoko subtly moved her finger. Just as Shota reached for the crank handle of the prize wheel—
—Ryoko activated her telekinesis.
She had memorized the inner workings of the lottery machine, used x-ray vision and physics-based calculations to perfectly analyze it—and then slid the red ball (1st prize) right into position, just like a UFO catcher.
“Go get it, Shota-kun♡”
In Ryoko’s mind, an excited commentator voice cheered her on.
Clack clack clack… thunk!
“Red ball!”
“We have a winner—1st Prize! An electric-assist bicycle!!”
“Wait. Wait, what!? I won!? Me!?”
Shota stood frozen, face bright red.
“…Senpai, did you do something?”
Ryoko simply smiled and shrugged.
“Ufufu♡ Pure coincidence. Guess good things happen to good boys♡”
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“Alright, Shota-kun, I’m hopping on~!”
As Shota held the handlebars, Ryoko wrapped her arms around him from behind, hugging close.
(Note: Double riding on bicycles is prohibited in Japan; this is fiction!)
The bike began to accelerate—thanks to Ryoko’s telekinetic assist. Even without pedaling, they were moving forward smoothly.
“Ryoko-senpai, this is amazing! It totally looks like I’m just riding a regular electric-assist bike!”
“Shota-kun, don’t be so easily impressed♪ This is nothing. Let me show you the true power of a grown-up magical woman♡”
As they approached a gentle slope—
“W-wait, are we… floating!? We’re floating, right!? The wheels aren’t even touching the ground!!”
“Fufu♡ I’m not just assisting anymore—I’m lifting the whole thing. I can’t let some magical girl show me up, after all♡”
“We’re going way too fast!! The wind noise is intense! We’re flying, but this feels nothing like a dreamy anime!!”
“Chin up, Shota-kun! Youth is all about speed! Vroooom♡ Alright, let’s take this bike to visit Yumi-chan in Kofu this weekend!”
With Ryoko’s sound effects, the bike flew low through the residential neighborhood at super speed.
—And Shota quietly made up his mind.
“…If this keeps up, I’m gonna die… At the very least, I have to handle the brakes myself…”
Within him, a long-forgotten spirit stirred.
The sealed power of Shota’s Modding-DIY Soul… awakened.
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【Shota’s Secret Skill: Mad-Science DIY】Shota immediately rushed to a hardware store and gathered all necessary parts. His mission: upgrade the bike to withstand Ryoko’s telekinetic driving.
(Note: Shota has been obsessed with weird electronic builds since his college days.)
—Soon, his apartment balcony had become a war zone.
Toolboxes flung open. YouTube disassembly tutorials frozen mid-play. The floor littered with scattered screws, scrap paper, and sticky notes labeled “Where does this bolt even go?”
Dripping sweat, Shota gripped an angle grinder.
“…With Ryoko-senpai’s telekinetic drive, we’ll be cycling 80 miles to Kofu. I need to make this bike survive a 4-hour ride at 20 miles per hour…”
“Okay… double-disc brakes, front and rear. Ventilated rotors for better cooling…”
He muttered while inspecting the wheels.
“ABS… maybe I can repurpose the ESC from an RC car… I’ll just have to become the Ayrton Senna of the bicycle world…”
He installed:
・An auto-leveling gyro sensor in the handlebars
・A tandem seat so Ryoko wouldn’t get tired
・An emergency parachute cartridge in the seat post
・And a Shota Panic Button on the down tube, which plays his pre-recorded voice yelling,
》》》“Ryoko-senpai! Seriously, I can’t take this anymore!!”
He added a smoke bomb launcher instead of a horn—“for blocking police line of sight if needed.”
He was entirely sane.
No, he was focused with the kind of intensity only seen in people desperately trying not to die.
“Whew… finally done!”
Shota looked proudly at his fully customized bike.
At that moment—
“Shooota-kun♡ Done with the upgrades yet?”
A cheerful voice called from behind.
Ryoko was floating casually above the balcony railing, legs swinging, dressed in a pink sundress.
“Wow, you’re really good at this, Shota-kun~♡ I should have you install some shelves in my room next time♪”
“Senpai… we already talked about this morning. I begged you to live life on the ground…”
“I brought a little something to help with the modding too♡”
Ryoko waved her finger and activated her telekinesis. From inside the room, a massive stuffed jack-o’-lantern—about three feet wide—floated out and attached itself to the handlebars.
“Let’s name this cutie ‘Pumpkin-chan🎃 No.1’♡”
(Shota: …It’s early summer. And I know Ryoko-senpai has no concept of embarrassment…)
And thus, their vehicle for the Kofu journey—
And thus, the heavily modified bicycle—Pumpkin-chan🎃 No.1—was complete.
➡️ To be continued in Part 2
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