Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

"Even if it doesn't rise to the level of protecting world peace, we can't let those evil magical girls disrupt normal life, so fighting them is our mission."

Helica ate and talked, and by the time the conversation was over, her plate was empty. She scraped the fried rice off the plate and put down her spoon.

Do you have any other questions?

Yuuki already knew all this information; she was only listening to Helica's long explanation because, in Helica's eyes, Yuuki was unaware of it.

No, there's another piece of information that's never been shown in the game; it's something she's not familiar with.

Baqi was directly corrupted by receiving "help" from a mysterious person, and the claim that Baqi did something to corrupt him is inconsistent with the idea that he suddenly awakened spontaneously one day.

"I have one more question."

Helica gestured with her hand, indicating that they should.

"I wonder, is it possible to turn other people into magical girls?"

Chapter 42 Teasing People is a Magical Girl's Nature

"I wonder, is it possible to turn other people into magical girls?"

Helica hesitated for a moment before replying, "As far as I know, that's impossible. You, the one with the blue hair, what about you?"

Startled by Helica's sudden mention, Mizuno Yu, lost in self-doubt, shuddered, but the interruption quickly brought her back to normal: "Huh? What?"

"She's asking if there's a way to turn someone into a magical girl," Helica said irritably.

Mizuno Yu recalled, "I haven't heard of this either, Yuuki, what's wrong?"

"I'd like to know too, why are you asking this?"

Herlica's fiddling with the spoon suddenly stopped, and she gently placed the spoon back in its place. Two sharp gazes fell simultaneously on Yuuki Yukino's face, making her feel somewhat awkward.

Yuuki Yukina couldn't help but reflect on whether there was a flaw in the question she had asked.

"Does Yuuki want to become a magical girl?"

Given those experiences, and considering that she suddenly asked this question, it's not surprising that Mizuno Yu came to this conclusion.

"I do have some ideas," Yuuki Yukina said, twirling a strand of pink hair that had fallen from her temple with her fingers. She then looked out the window and gave an ambiguous answer.

"This is no joke."

Herlica's tone became unusually serious. This was the first time Yuuki Yuuki had ever seen her neither fierce nor acting like that half-baked brat, which showed that Herlica still took matters of the magic girl very seriously.

"If you're worried about your own safety, I advise you to abandon that idea. Staying away from us is the safest thing to do. Once we find that woman who exposed herself with the whip, you won't have to worry about anything."

"What do we do after we find them?" Yuuki asked.

"Is that even a question? Of course, we executed her, and used [beep] to render her incapable of ever rising again," Helica said matter-of-factly.

This is strange, because Helica is not the type to provoke people, yet she said so naturally that she would execute a magical girl in that way.

Yuuki Yui pondered for a moment, then asked another question: "Why? I don't mean the execution itself, but why it was carried out in that way."

“If you don’t want to use [beep], then [du] is just as good,” Mizuno Yu chimed in.

"Can't we just defeat them?"

"You're soft-hearted towards them? Ha, why don't you wait until they've pinned you to the ground and bullied you until you're convulsing, sticking out your tongue and rolling your eyes, and then ask them if they'll still feel soft-hearted, if you can still find the answer."

It's really strange. It's somewhat understandable for a fallen magical girl to do such a thing, but none of the magical girls considered options like defeating or even killing. Instead, they all regarded beating people up as a matter of course. Is this considered part of the "setting"?

This isn't the game world for Yuuki Yuuki right now, so you can't simply explain it using the term "game world setting."

Previously, Yuuki Yui still held onto a sliver of hope that if the Black Demon Mark were discovered, she could escape unscathed thanks to their close relationship. But judging from the current situation, that was just wishful thinking. Once their identities are exposed, they will definitely turn on each other without hesitation.

“You’re not suited to be a magical girl, Yuuki Yuuki.” Helica raised her spoon again, pointing at Yuuki Yuuki with a serious tone: “Go back to your real life. I’ll protect you if anything happens. Don’t misunderstand, it’s not because you helped me back then, nor because you often went to the storeroom to eat bread with me. Protecting ordinary people like you is the duty of a magical girl, understand?”

The sun has risen in the west! This girl has been unusually coquettish in front of me for once. I thought she was just arrogant and haughty.

But now, Helica's long-lost coquettishness doesn't bring Yuuki Yuuki any joy; the conversation is starting to veer in a direction she doesn't want to take.

“You’re right, Yuuki, you’re too gentle. And you also have some unresolved confusion in your heart. Speaking of confusion, have you heard the story of General Yumimoto?”

Why are we starting to talk about this? It sounds like the conversation is about to end. If this continues, won't everything we've gone through be for nothing?

This scene really reminded me of that day in the coffee shop when I wanted to get rid of Bachi. If I didn't do something, I might miss out on the world of magical girls, and if that happened, there would be no way to make up for it.

What should I do? Should I force a kiss like Baqi did? But there are two people in front of me now, which one should I kiss first?

No, that's not the right approach.

All the information that Yuuki Yuen currently has is basically from the player's perspective, but the player's perspective does not mean omniscience, and there will definitely be some blind spots.

She seems to have just discovered a blind spot, but it still needs to be verified.

"Tianlei, isn't it a bit too early to say all this? I haven't finished answering my questions yet."

"What problem? What problem warrants execution?"

"No, that's an earlier question: Is it possible to turn other people into magical girls?"

"Didn't I already say? This is impossible."

"You said, 'As far as I know, this is impossible,' but then you made an assumption that I could become a magical girl and rejected me. Isn't that strange?"

After Yuuki finished speaking, Mizuno Yu also turned her gaze over. She didn't speak, but her helpless eyes silently revealed her agreement with Yuuki.

As expected, Mizuno Yuu did notice, but simply chose not to expose it.

"Ha, okay, no problem. As far as I know, there is no such method, but I know someone who might know it." Helica completely conceded defeat.

"I don't understand why you insist on knowing the answer to this question. If you insist, I can take you to see her."

The next day, at noon.

"This is it. This classroom is currently unused by the club." Helica led Yuuki Yuuki to an empty classroom. "The person I'm taking you to see is a third-year student. She's also a magical girl, but her magic power is weakening day by day. She's probably semi-retired, right? I've already mentioned your situation to her. She wants to meet you alone. Just wait inside."

"Okay." Yuuki Yui nodded and pushed open the classroom door.

"I need to remind you that I can't say whether you'll get an answer or not, but this is the first and last time, understand?"

"Understood." Although Yuuki Yui didn't fully understand what Helica meant, she wasn't in the mood to ponder it any further.

Herlica closed the door, and the footsteps outside faded into the distance. Less than five minutes later, another set of footsteps approached, and the classroom door was pushed open again.

“Hello, I am…” Yuuki Yuen, who was looking out the window, turned around and was about to greet the newcomer.

Her words caught in her throat like a fishbone; she was quite familiar with the person standing at the door.

Less than a day earlier, this man had dragged himself into the bushes.

Even if she were wearing the same school uniform as Yuuki Yuuki instead of that revealing demon outfit, Yuuki Yuuki wouldn't mistake her for someone with that exaggeratedly large figure that almost burst out of the uniform and that perpetually lecherous expression.

The person who came to meet Yuuki Yuuki was the magical girl who attacked him yesterday, before she had transformed.

Chapter Forty-Three: The Snake in the Box

Originally, Yuuki Yuuki was supposed to meet with the senior Helica mentioned in this classroom, but what's going on here?

The person Helika was talking about, the person she was waiting for, how could it be her? The corrupted attacker?

In an instant, a million possibilities flashed through Yuuki Yukino's mind, but she couldn't tell which one was correct.

The other person was slightly surprised to see that the person in the room was Yuuki Yui, but quickly raised her eyebrows and greeted her: "Hello, I am Miyashita Mia, a third-year student. What can I do for you, classmate?"

Even though her opponent hadn't transformed, the danger Yuuki Yukino could sense was no less than when she had. She seemed to see Miyashita Mia transformed into a snake, flicking her tongue and crouching in the shadows, waiting for her to reveal a weakness so she could deliver a fatal blow.

There was no time to think it through. If this stalemate continued, it would definitely arouse the other party's suspicion. Yuuki Yu quickly composed herself and greeted them politely as if nothing had happened: "Hello, senpai. I am Yuuki Yu, a second-year student."

"Yuki-kun, nice to meet you." A subtle hint of wariness flashed in Mia's curved eyes as her gaze swept over the bandage that had been reapplied to Yuki's neck. "Yuki-kun, are you injured?"

"Yes, it's just a minor injury, nothing serious." Yuuki leaned back against the windowsill, pretending to be relaxed, and touched the bandage used to cover the mark, turning it unnaturally in a direction the other person couldn't see, while giving a gentle smile.

"Is that so? Yuuki-kun was a bit too careless. Girls her age need to take better care of their health." Mia walked into the classroom, closed the door, locked it, pulled a chair out from under the desk, and sat down in Yuuki-chan's direction.

"I have a magical ability that not only tells me what kind of injury Yuuki-kun has, but also helps him. Would you like to give it a try?"

"Magic? Could it be a kind of magic that makes pain fly away? That sounds interesting."

"How could that be? Of course, it's magic that's even more amazing and powerful."

"Does Miyashita-senpai believe in magic?"

"Of course, magic exists. Don't you believe in magic, Yuuki-kun?"

"Me? Before I see magic with my own eyes, I can neither believe in its existence nor completely deny it."

"Haha, Yuuki-kun is a philosopher, but would you believe it if you saw it with your own eyes?"

"Since you've said that, does that mean you intend for me to see it for myself?"

The two were having a perfectly normal conversation with smiles on their faces, but the air grew increasingly heavy.

"Shh—before this, Yuuki-kun, who still doesn't believe in magic, hasn't told me why she specifically asked me to meet here?"

Miyashita Miya stood up from the chair and slowly walked towards the window, one step at a time.

Yuuki En seemed to see the venomous snake, poised to strike, coiled up in front of her, its gaping maw emitting a chilling aura, its sharp teeth dripping with emerald green venom, poised right before her eyes.

Yuuki Enishi didn't hide, or rather, she couldn't hide. In the confined space of the room, the snake would discover and devour its prey at the slightest disturbance.

Fortunately, snakes don't have very good eyesight, so as long as you haven't become their prey, you still have a chance to escape unscathed.

"Could it be that Yuuki-kun specifically called me here just to discuss—magic?"

"Miyashita-senpai is quite strange."

"Is there?"

“Miyashita-senpai himself said that I don’t believe in magic, so why would I specifically come to discuss something that doesn’t exist with you? Isn’t that strange?”

Yuuki Yui smiled warmly, bringing her body even closer, almost touching the other person, and making no attempt to hide her tough attitude behind that smile.

With her eyes curved into a smile, Mia pressed her full breasts against Yuuki Yuen's chest without saying a word, meeting Yuuki Yuen's force without showing any weakness.

The snake's fangs were already pressed against the skin, and no one knew whether it would back away or chew its own bones in the next second.

That depends on your own answer.

"Senior has made two mistakes. First, I don't care whether Senior can use magic or not."

"Oh?"

The snake was stirring, but Yuuki Yukino remained calm.

“If you don’t believe me, why don’t you ask about your amazing magic, if it really works?” Yuuki Yu didn’t respond directly, but instead put her hand on her neck and lifted the bandage that covered her little secret: “You said you could see through my wounds, but this doesn’t really count as a wound, right? So your words only make me less skeptical of magic.”