Maggie Coliseum — Part 3

 is the seventeenth chapter of Natsumi Mukai's +Anima manga.

Synopsis
Husky faces off against Dick in the coliseum. Dame Maggie realizes that Husky must be one of Magdala's entrants and is disappointed with her daughter. Dick decides to go easy on Husky, not wanting to lose the crowd's favor, however Husky thinks back to his training and when the fight starts he easily pins Dick to the ground and wins. The victory surprises the crowd, and Magdala plots to make Husky one of her friends.

The researchers are wandering the coliseum with Pinion when a guard, suspicious of them, starts asking questions. While they try to appease him, Pinion wanders off. Senri is with the men who found him outside of Magdala's room; having realized he is younger than they thought, they took pity on him for getting lost in the coliseum and fed him some lunch. Senri tells them he wants to compete in the games, so one of them guides him to sign up. On the way, Senri sees Pinion and notices his similarities to Rose. When the researchers show up, Pinion clings to Senri, so Senri chooses to defend him.

Mr. Baam hands Husky his prize of 1000 Gillah. Cooro compliments Husky, but Husky tells him to focus on his own match. Soon after, Cooro is in the arena facing off against Danny. After Husky's surprise victory, the crowd are excited to see how Cooro will fight. Danny is a little disheartened by the crowd's support of Cooro, but he is still determined to win. As soon as the fight starts, Cooro grows his wings and flies up; this gets him disqualified. Husky punishes him later.

Magdala goes to see Cooro and Husky while leaving Nana Alba in her room with the other girls. Nana is annoyed at having been left so decides to go after her, but the other girls warn her not to leave or else Magdala will do something terrible to her. The girls stay with Magdala because they have nowhere else to go; there they have food and shelter. They tell Nana that Magdala is likely offering the same deal to Cooro and Husky. Magdala asks Cooro and Husky to become her bodyguards but they refuse, they are only interested in finding Nana and Senri, and then leaving. A trapdoor opens up beneath the boys and they fall down into a jail cell where Sinon lies injured. Magdala soon comes down via the stairs and informs them that one day she will become ruler of Maggie Vil, and they have no choice but to obey her.