Ever-Glorious Magical Girl

Before the hour of the deal, the merchant was especially cautious, and his wary bodyguards were searching the crowd for anything out of place.
To go undercover and enforce the law in the luxury district, every magical girl has to keep the highest level of alertness.

"This is nothing our Magical Girl Assault Troupe cannot handle."
Stripping off their idol costumes, their styled hair now a mess, the magical girls disguised themselves as ordinary people in the blink of an eye and quietly carried out the plan inside the city.
Under the dim lights, the candy-colored hairpin on their heads was the sign by which they recognized one another.
"Cafe in position." "Intersection in position." "Target has appeared."
...
"We are... the envoys who protect all that is good!"

"It is them! It is those beautiful girls with the terrifying power!" Among the panicked suspects fleeing in all directions, one criminal with a battered face wept: "...Now even Boss has been caught and turned into their first-class merit!"

As time went on, the hairpin gradually took on the meaning of a real "medal".
Some magical girls attach a new bead to it after completing a mission, and this fashionable sort of glory is all the more beloved by them.

The magical girls carry the good wishes of Planarcadia within them, and yet they are the ones who stand closest to what is evil.
Bizarre and dangerous Fantasticreations, revolting murder scenes, dangerous and violent criminals: these are the trials they must face every day.

After a hard day's work, their spotless white gloves are stained too, with dust and with blood, but they still have to keep smiling.
"Come on, you are a magical girl, so why are you talking to me with such a sour face?"
"It is the magical girl from the comic! Are you working? Hurry up and show me a little magic!"
"What good is any of it? You are nothing but walking flower vases."
...

Sorrow and despair will devour the magical girls' original ideals, and according to a widely circulated urban legend, they will suddenly leave the ranks, vanish without a trace, and become demons who hunt down their own comrades.
But apart from those strange, unverified stories, there are still countless sad stories about the magical girls.

"A magical girl who had to leave the team because of an injury sobbed her heart out, drinking one specially mixed drink after another because of her glove!" the Fool said drunkenly, telling it as a joke, "Because her digital pet had died again!"
That digital pet was named "Dodo", a keepsake left behind by a captain who died.
On her wrist it left a small gravestone for that magical girl.

The magical girls' magic comes from the Wish Power of the people, and to keep the people's support, magical girls often serve as idols on stage as well.
But Planarcadia is never short of new forms of entertainment, and although they are a classic image that has been all the rage for years, to hold attention the magical girls must keep reinventing themselves too.

Joining livestream teams, collaborating with popular works, releasing songs that are more "instant" and more mass-market... But the audience below still expects more than that. More sorrow, more joy, more love... In short, they absolutely must not be allowed to feel bored.

In an unexpected accident, the magical girls who were performing protected the audience in the theater from an attack by wicked Fantasticreations, creating an effect beyond all expectation.
Gradually, similar surprise performances began to become common: a group of magical girls playing an evil force would suddenly interrupt the show, and then be defeated by another group of magical girls.
"They will protect us, with magical rocket cannons, magical heart lasers..." The eyes of the audience below the stage sparkled with excitement and anticipation.

The laughter cannot stop, the happiness cannot pause, the girls' dancing skirts spin fervently, until the last bit of their strength is spent as well.
When the performance ends, everyone leaves in high spirits, eagerly awaiting the next round of "Elation".

The Magical Girl Assault Troupe has promised the people of Planarcadia that any case at all will be solved within 15 minutes.
For the magical girls this is not difficult, but sometimes such a promise becomes an opening for people to tease them for their own amusement.

"I cannot believe you actually came! How about a photo? O beautiful envoys!"

Running without a clear purpose wastes strength, and protection that is not respected wears a promise down.
The boots, originally designed to be light so as to make chasing criminals and hunting down enemies easier, have now become heavier with their disappointment.

"So as not to miss the real cries for help, so as to save the people who are truly in danger, we will keep choosing to run," the leader of the Assault Troupe declared, "However, I do not intend to let off those who have made a joke of our promise either."

Those who break a covenant are as guilty as traitors, and the girls cast a spell upon their boots.
Early the next morning, a group of people appeared running through the streets of Planarcadia. They wore frightened expressions, but still ran on tirelessly, stopping only when they met someone who needed help...

That is the magic named "Covenant", and it is also the original oath of every magical girl.