Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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While the enemy's illusionary form is restricted by the summoner, Mayumi Haga, who carries the flame, is always at 100% health.

The energy I had overdrawn some time ago has been fully restored after being brought into this world.

In other words, she is currently at her peak, and even the witchcraft that she cannot use normally due to a lack of magic power can be used easily because of her abundant magic power.

No, it's not just about being full...

It will also respond quickly.

This is impossible for Mayumi Haga, since she does not have the aptitude to generate magic power. Once her magic power is used up, she can only replenish it through external means and cannot recover on her own.

However, it seems that due to the supply from the summoner Yukari Bee House, the cooldown of the blessing skill [Shrike] is now turning around very quickly.

While it still can't be used as casually as magical girls like Hitomi Tohno, it's still much better than before.

strangeness.

Given that the strength of the fantasy body is linked to the contestant's qualifications, could it be that the young man is actually quite bad, while Yukari Hachiya is a genius?

How is this qualification assessed?

Unlike other works, this world doesn't have a magic system, and apart from the Desire Fantasy Tournament, there are no supernatural forces, right?

The evaluation criteria for this qualification are completely unknown and ambiguous.

Mayumi Haga couldn't understand it at all, just as she couldn't understand how magical girls' idealistic power was exerted, and how they could break through their limits by shouting about love and friendship.

As things stand, all she can do is try her best to play the role of a magical girl in front of Yukari Hachiya.

After all, this is the best lie to make the child feel safe.

In the distant past that Mayumi Haga could not forget, she had not yet mastered the skill of [lying], and as a stern guardian, she rarely received such closeness from children.

Most of the gazes were filled with gratitude mixed with fear.

The difference between guardians and ordinary people is too great. It's not just their endless lifespan, but also their inhuman immortality and their ruthless methods against enemies, all of which easily create a sense of distance between them and others.

Magical girls are still human at heart, but in Mayumi Haga's original world, guardians are messengers of the world's consciousness, and in the eyes of ordinary people, they are probably similar to divine messengers.

After Mayumi Haga saves the child, the child's mother will hold the child tightly in her arms, uttering broken and tense words of gratitude, while refusing to allow Mayumi Haga's blood-stained hands to touch the child again.

She was used to this kind of distance, but this time the treatment felt a little unfamiliar.

The child's hand, gripping hers tightly, felt so soft and delicate; the treatment she received for "becoming a magical girl" was somewhat overwhelming.

She sat on the windowsill of Yukari's room, looking down at the sleeping child on the bed, and then silently closed her eyes to rest.

Text: 238. Abnormalities

While Mayumi Haga had settled down for the time being, the child turned to the world.

Sugiyama Rikka watched as Haga Mayumi disappeared before her eyes: "..."

Where is her real bow?

Where is such a large real bow?!

How did I suddenly get taken away by the summoning circle?

Based on Sugiyama Rika's magical knowledge, the magic circle that appeared at Haga Mayumi's feet and took her away did not belong to any type of magic circle she knew.

Sugiyama Rikō was able to sense a magic that did not belong to this world. The magic circle did not belong to any system and could only be explained as being from another world.

In other words, Mayumi was taken away by the collaboration right at the start of the holiday?

……All right.

For magic users in this world, Mayumi Haga's frequent disappearances every few days are hardly unusual; in fact, it's a common occurrence for most active magical girls.

After all, being a magical girl is a profession with a lot of unpredictability. Rather than interweaving events into daily life, it's more about weaving daily life into a variety of colorful events.

However, Mayumi Haga is not a magical girl, so it was somewhat unexpected for Rika Sugiyama to be taken away.

Sugiyama Rika had dinner with Haga Mayumi for two reasons: first, she wanted to explain the changes that had occurred in her body; second, Sugiyama Yoko wanted to meet with Haga Mayumi after she recovered.

Speaking of her younger sister, whom she had lost and then found again, Sugiyama Rika actually had quite a headache.

While affected by the dividing needle, Yoko Sugiyama and Mayumi Haga clashed, and it wasn't just an ordinary clash; Mayumi Haga was nearly cut in half.

Although Yoko Sugiyama knew from intelligence that Mayumi Haga wouldn't die so easily, this was still going too far and had crossed the moral line.

After regaining her senses, Yoko Sugiyama felt extremely guilty and wanted to see Mayumi Haga one more time to apologize to her.

However, she is still in a period of weakness.

Compared to Mayumi Haga, whose body quickly recovered to the point of being able to jump around, Yoko Sugiyama's memories were extremely confused due to the long separation, and her body was in a terrible state.

After visiting her parents at home, Yoko Sugiyama was confined to her hospital bed by Ayasa Terasaki and not allowed to leave the room. Her condition is not optimistic; she is conscious for less than thirty minutes a day.

I had planned to apologize to Mayumi Haga in person and tell her the "important matter" when I felt a little better, but now Mayumi Haga has been sent out for a collaboration, and Yoko Sugiyama has not yet recovered.

Sugiyama Rika had no choice but to give up.

I just don't know when Mayumi will be back...

At that moment, a faint voice sounded in her ear. It was Yoko Sugiyama, who had woken up and contacted her via telepathy: "Sister, Haga's presence has vanished... What happened?"

She's probably away on a business trip. Yoko, I'm sorry, I haven't been able to talk to her about you yet.

"...Yes, it's okay."

Although it was said to be nothing, Sugiyama Rika could still sense a hint of anxiety in her younger sister Sugiyama Yoko's tone.

It's as if my younger sister, who I haven't had much contact with, has something important to tell Mayumi in private.

Even her own older sister didn't know about it.

[Yoko, what urgent matter brings you to Mayumi?]

Sugiyama Rika felt that Sugiyama Yoko wanted to say more than just "I'm sorry".

There was a moment of silence on the other end, as if they were hesitating whether to tell Sugiyama Rika about these things.

"...Sister, you should know the true nature of the underworld."

The Otherworld, as the part that receives the filth of the world, is not so simple. Yoko Sugiyama, who has lived there for a long time, unearthed something from the depths of her memories while merging them.

Those were not her memories; they must have been the memories of some "dirty things" inherited by the underworld.

It's quite strange that Yoko Sugiyama, a native of the world who is a child, would harbor murderous intent towards someone she has never met.

She knew that revealing her influence now felt like making amends, but the more she integrated those memories that weren't her own, the stranger the subtle emotions she felt inside became.

Why did you want to kill Mayumi Haga back then?

She never intended to kill the bear cub, and she used magic to restrain the Abyss Gentleman, but when facing Mayumi Haga, it was as if she lost a part of her rationality.

Perhaps influenced by the surrounding "atmosphere," he made this decision on a whim.

"I know," Sugiyama Rika replied, "It's a buffer zone between worlds."

From Sugiyama Rika's perspective, the Otherworld, as the first area to be impacted by the other world, is also a place where filth settles, making it naturally dangerous and mysterious.

So that labyrinth, and [more than expected], fell over there... In the memories of my shattered soul, I saw Yuga's figure.

Sugiyama Rika was surprised: Another old acquaintance of Mayumi?

In fact, given Mayumi's age, the number of acquaintances she has made throughout her long life is far greater than one might imagine.

But if someone harbors murderous intent towards Mayumi... is this truly Mayumi's friend?

[I don't know. But there is definitely something 'wanting to eliminate Yuga' still lingering in the Otherworld, perhaps a soul, or perhaps it is still alive.]

Yoko Sugiyama couldn't give a definite answer because her memory was still in a state of confusion.

—Haga Mayumi being urgently launched might be a better choice than staying in this world.

After hearing what Yoko Sugiyama said, Rika Sugiyama suddenly had such a premonition.

This is not something like intuition or premonition.

This is the lifeblood of the city beneath her feet, a message shared with her, a part-time administrator.

He affirmed Sugiyama Rika's conjecture and conveyed the words of the gods to her ears.

She had initially thought that her inability to leave freely was due to her becoming a semi-administrator, requiring her to remain in this world. But now, she realized it might be because Mayumi Haga needed this opportunity to temporarily leave more than she did.

After assimilating with the spiritual vein, Sugiyama Rika's inspiration value was higher than Sugiyama Yoko's.

After the latter fell into a deep sleep again due to physical weakness and severed the mental communication, Sugiyama Rika stared at the slowly disappearing burn marks on the restaurant carpet and fell into thought.

A moment later, Sugiyama Rika, who had heard a voice calling her, suddenly looked up at the setting sun that was sinking below the horizon.

In the midst of an otherwise ordinary day, Rika Sugiyama noticed an unusual sound.

"...Those things in the spiritual veins...are showing signs of awakening?"

Sugiyama Rikka could not hide his surprise.

If she wasn't mistaken, and the message from the spiritual veins wasn't wrong either... then those beings sleeping deep within the spiritual veins were actually going to awaken one day?

You should know that in this world, even in the face of a major crisis that threatens to destroy the world, the predecessors may not necessarily awaken.

Text: 239. Mayumi Haga's Magical Girl Theory is Established!

Mayumi Haga, who is in another world, has no idea what happened to Rika Sugiyama.

While Yukari was asleep, she did a quick check of the house, partly to familiarize herself with the layout and partly to eliminate any potential safety hazards.

Given the Guardian's cautious nature, she would never casually bring the Summoner back without dealing with any potential pursuers.

However, since the power systems of the various fantasy entities are not all the same, even with Mayumi Haga's experience, she often cannot rule out all the suspicious aspects, so she must be more vigilant.

Mayumi Haga had been sensing the gaze coming from afar, but it didn't contain the intense malice of the young man. Instead, it was a pure curiosity that was a little unsettling. So she simply used witchcraft to temporarily banish the other party's spying.

As a fantasy entity summoned by Yukari Hachiya, Mayumi Haga does not have as many permissions as the summoner, and does not know how many of her enemies there are, or how many are left after dealing with one.

If only everything were as easy to solve as that young man's problem.

Considering that the young man had attacked his summoner, and that his ruthlessness in attacking even a child made Mayumi Haga realize that he was not a purely benevolent citizen.

Letting him off so easily would be too lenient on him.

Mayumi Haga was unfamiliar with the laws of this world, but in her original world, she wouldn't show much mercy even to thieves robbing people on the street, let alone a young man who genuinely wanted to kill her summoner.

However, her experience with the children softened her heart a bit, and she only punished the other party slightly, making sure that the other party would be in a wheelchair for at least three years.

That fantastical entity should have already vanished into thin air.

While waiting for Yukari Hachiya to wake up, Mayumi Haga was also busy. She checked the house and found a note that Yukari Hachiya's parents had gone on a trip three days earlier.

It seems that Yukari's parents won't be back anytime soon.

This greatly facilitated her movements, since she could no longer conceal herself like other illusionary entities.

This also made it easier for her to set up small traps at home that wouldn't be triggered by children, in order to guard against enemy attacks.

She also found Yukari Hachiya's "Magical Girl Red" anime DVD. During Yukari Hachiya's break, she planned to watch Sugiyama Rika's story quickly on silent and at three times speed.

The guardian's daughter was pretty much the same as she is now during her teenage years; her personality hasn't changed much, and her appearance is the same.

It's a very strange feeling.

Mayumi Haga watched as people she knew appeared on the screen in a familiar yet unfamiliar art style, and watched Rika Sugiyama go from being naive and reckless at the beginning, to being helpless in the middle, and finally having a burst of idealism... defeating powerful enemies time and time again, which was indeed very interesting.

Although magical girl anime is not strictly speaking on Mayumi Haga's preferred list, if it weren't for Rika Sugiyama as the protagonist, her exposure to this genre would probably have ended at the cover.

However, it must be said that this is a very suitable animation for children to watch. For her, it was a little childish but also quite infectious.

To the people of this world, this may just be an animation, but to Mayumi Haga, it is a glimpse into the past of the world she actually lives in.

From this anime, Mayumi Haga learned more about magical girls.

Mayumi Haga, who originally only had a vague understanding of magical girls, learned what polarization was and that magical girls could further enhance their power and fight alongside their gem beasts in a second stage.

Furthermore, each magical girl's second stage is different, and they will undergo polarized transformations based on their own personality traits.

Rika Sugiyama's Jewel Beast is named "Ryan," a bright red flame lion. If things go as expected, this Jewel Beast should now resemble the cherry blossom hair clip in Hitomi Tono's hair, with a slight change in color.

The attributes of a Jewel Beast change depending on the magical girl.

In other words, Hitomi Tono's polarization should be quite different from Rika Sugiyama's.

...Although Mayumi Haga has never seen the magical girls of this generation use polarization techniques so far, in fact, she hasn't even seen the face of a gem beast much.

This also shows that the magical girls of Hitomi Tono's generation are still at a very shallow stage in their use of magic, and the Jewel Beasts are still dormant, far from reaching the level of their predecessors like Rika Sugiyama.

With the aim of understanding magical girls, Mayumi Haga watched the entire "Magical Girl Red" series with the seriousness of a research project.