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

“Yes.” Yuuki Yui agreed. “Isn’t this all caused by Kuroba Kiyose? Because of the empire of corrupted magical girls that you and Kuroba Kiyose ruled?”

"The things Kuroba Rei did... the things I acquiesced to, the mistakes I made in the past, were indeed largely due to her, but the root cause is not her. Kuroba Rei alone could never have created such a situation."

Seishion answered Yuuki Yuuki's question.

"Dealing with corrupted magical girls that ordinary magical girls cannot handle is what our church has been doing all along, and it is also our most important operation. When magical girls are truly powerless to deal with a problem, and a corrupted magical girl poses a threat, the church will step in on their behalf."

“We once had a unit composed entirely of nuns and magical girls, established to eliminate some huge problems that ordinary magical girls could not handle.”

Once, Yuuki Yui noticed this word.

But now, Saint Shiyin is still followed by many nuns, and those nuns who appear and disappear out of thin air should perfectly match Saint Shiyin's statement.

Now was not a good time to ask questions, so Yuuki Yuki continued listening.

"These nuns are made up of children who have lost their families because of the magical girls' fighting and who harbor hatred towards the magical girls."

"Of course, it's definitely not mandatory. Only girls who truly hate magical girls and are willing to dedicate themselves to them will be selected. Most others will simply enter society and live out their lives as ordinary people."

"And these children, these nuns, will reintegrate into society after fulfilling their duties as magical girls."

This is sophistry. Those children haven't even developed their basic self-judgment abilities yet, and they're being asked to choose between revenge and a life of mediocrity. Yuuki Yuki firmly believes that many more girls who have been incited will choose the path of revenge.

Saint Shion must know this too, otherwise she wouldn't have shown that expression.

Therefore, Yuuki Yui did not intend to expose her self-deceiving lies.

"and then?"

"We underestimated the power of hatred."

Saint Shiyin swallowed hard, and unintentionally straightened her back even more.

"There was a girl who, because of her hatred for magical girls, completely broke away from the control of the church."

"She doesn't hate those corrupted magical girls, but the entire magical girl system. What she wants to do is not to obey the church's orders to deal with the unnecessary problems, but to wipe out every single magical girl."

"Therefore, she wiped out most of the magical girls at the time, and wiped out the nun order that could deal with the corrupted magical girls, causing the magical girl structure of the entire Moonsea City to collapse completely overnight."

"That girl's name is Mashiro."

Chapter 82 The Avenger Who Attempted to Seize the Gods

A young girl lost her family in childhood due to the conflict among magical girls. She was chosen to enter the church, but later lost herself due to her growing desire for revenge.

This story makes perfect sense; humans are emotional beings, and magical girls controlled by dark magic patterns are even more so.

Yuki Yuki didn't know why the other party would reveal such important information to her.

These matters directly concern the foundation of St. Eternal Academy and even the entire Church. It is only worthwhile for St. Eternal to say such things if the situation is truly so dire that St. Eternal must resort to any means to deal with it. Otherwise, St. Eternal is just talking nonsense.

Regarding the authenticity of the story itself, Yuuki Yuki felt she could believe it, or at least believe most of the content.

In other words, Yuuki Yui couldn't find a single point to refute the story told by Seishin.

"But you just said her name is Seimashiro?"

However, Yuuki noticed a subtle yet undeniable incongruity in Seishin's narration.

The surname Sheng has a special meaning in Yuehai City.

But the fact that an orphan is given the surname Saint suggests a great deal more.

Alternatively, the surname Saint might be a symbol, used by the entire nunnery or the entire church.

Either that person is special enough to qualify her for this treatment.

"Yes, I still prefer to call her Sei Mashiro, but her name should be Uroken Mashiro, Uroken is her original surname."

Saint Shion seemed to have anticipated that Yuuki Yuuki would pay attention to this issue, and then told Yuuki Yuuki about her understanding of Mashiro.

“I have an older sister who was the original headmistress of St. Yuu Academy. Before my sister became the headmistress, my mother was the headmistress. Mashiro was already there when my mother was the headmistress.”

"I can't clearly recall exactly when Mashiro came to the school, but she's been there since I was very young—probably when I was in elementary school or kindergarten."

“Mashiro always stayed with her sister. The two of them were so close that they were like one person. Most of my childhood memories are of spending time with my sister and Mashiro. There were also some other nuns, though they are no longer here.”

From learning about the structure of the Holy Eternal Academy through Saint Hymn, becoming a member of the church, and then being groomed as one of the future successors—Saint Hymn explained these processes in great detail.

As Seishin grew up, she also learned that Mashiro had become a member of the nunnery responsible for dealing with the troubles caused by magical girls, and Mashiro quickly became the second-in-command of the nunnery with her outstanding performance in combat.

The church believed that Mashiro would not be able to command respect as the leader of the nuns—even though she had already amassed enough popularity.

At that time, everyone firmly believed that Seijin Shiro was someone who had the ability to overturn the future.

Unfortunately, they were right, but the future did not lean towards the church—but that's another story.

Performing tasks, routine prayers, and spending time with her sister—that's all that Seishion remembers about Mashiro.

Harboring hatred for magical girls, Mashiro diligently and perfectly completes the task assigned to her.

That's right, her reason for fighting wasn't for any church, but because she viewed all magical girls with equal hostility.

But Shiro has no desires.

The hardest person to control is someone who doesn't know what they want.

Although almost all the nuns were adopted, only Mashiro was qualified to inherit the Saint's surname.

At the time, Shengshiyin did not understand why she had to do this.

She didn't understand her mother's reasons until the very end, but unfortunately, she understood too late.

Mashiro is not without desires; there is only one thing she wants—family.

It's precisely because Mashiro is so outstanding and so useful that if we didn't use the surname "Saint" to make her part of our family, no one would have the confidence to control her.

There is another thing, or rather, a person, that can control Mashiro, and that is Seishion's older sister. As long as it is her older sister, Mashiro will obey without hesitation.

It was her older sister's words, not an order. Her older sister had never ordered Mashiro to do anything, but Mashiro was always so obedient and followed her sister's orders without complaint.

"But what about it?" Yuuki asked.

Yuuki Yukino was waiting for a "but," because without that "but," things would never have turned out this way.

Despite not knowing what happened, Mashiro has fallen into darkness, Shion's older sister has disappeared—there is absolutely no information about this character in the game, the magical girl system of Tsukimi City has collapsed, and why Koumori became a magical girl—all these established facts need a reason.

"I don't know." Sheng Shiyin's answer was as unexpected as ever.

"Don't know?" Yuuki Yuen frowned.

“Although I am a magical girl, I was neither the headmistress nor the bishop at the time—the headmistress and the bishop are two different positions, but they were always held by the same person,” Seishin explained.

"However, what I do know is that my sister and Mashiro both fell into darkness. Mashiro single-handedly wiped out all the nuns who tried to stop them, who were her former companions."

"Furthermore, Mashiro also carried out a large-scale cleanup of Tsukimi City at that time, completely destroying the magical girl order in Tsukimi City that had been maintained for who knows how long. To be precise, it was not a cleanup, but an experiment. She was conducting experiments on various magical girls, but the result was still the same."

“I was a first-year student when the incident happened, and I was focused on my studies. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Inuyama. We were classmates at the time, so I knew nothing about what was happening in the church until Mashiro completely broke free of control.”

"Mashiro wants to investigate the truth about magical girls, wants to understand the beginning and end of the corruption, wants to pursue the secret behind the stigmata, and she also said that she wants to kill the first magical girl."

"Kill?" Yuuki Yuuki was puzzled by this statement.

Putting aside the fact that the word "kill" is too heavy in the magical girl genre, the original magical girl should already be dead, so what is Mashiro trying to kill?

Could it be like some stories, where the original magical girl was a monster who had lived for countless years and had been secretly hiding in Moonsea City through some means?

“She said kill, and because that word was so unusual, I remember it very clearly,” Saint Shion insisted.

Yuuki Yui didn't mince words: "But how could Mashiro kill someone who is no longer alive? Is the one you believe in still alive?"

"Alive."

Saint Shion's words were like a bolt from the blue, leaving Yuuki Yukino stunned for a long time before she could close her jaw.

"He has become part of the rules, living around us at all times. Every magical girl must live under His laws."

Yuuki Yukino was speechless for a moment.

Are all believers so mystical and eccentric?

Just now, when Shion said "still alive", Yuuki Yui had already started to imagine a little loli suddenly popping out and saying some chuunibyou lines, transforming into an invincible primordial magical girl.

Indeed, since they have a faith, they would never admit that the one they believe in is dead.

Yuuki En can understand things like finding the truth about the corruption and understanding the composition of the black magic runes, and that is also her goal.

Yuuki Yui asked, "Okay, so how do we kill Him?"

“Yuki Yuki? Don’t you know?” Seishin’s expression was somewhat gloomy, but she still maintained a polite demeanor. “You are clearly capable of doing that.”

I am capable of doing this?

Yuuki Yukino seems to know what Seishion is referring to.

Yukichi Eri knew all along that the Black Magic Mark could be removed by replenishing magic; this was the reason Miya Miya had used when she tried to kidnap her.

Furthermore, she could easily destroy the rules that restrained Inuyama Tomoe.

Yuuki Yui only knew that she was capable of these things, but she didn't know the extent to which she was capable.

If it were truly possible to break all the rules that bind magical girls, it would be no different from killing the original magical girl.

If, just if, to put it dramatically, my ability could truly negate the existence of magical girls from the very beginning...

Yuuki Yui, standing on Mashiro's side, accidentally discovers an existence capable of breaking the rules and helping her realize her plan to eradicate all magical girls from the root, and she herself will also risk her life.

Now let's put ourselves in Sheng Shiyin's shoes.

The existence that Saint Shion believes in, and the laws that Saint Shion follows, could all be destroyed by an ordinary magical girl, which would be tantamount to announcing the collapse of faith.

Therefore, from Sheng Shiyin's perspective, this kind of thing must never happen!

Even if it's just a tiny, unrealistic possibility, Sheng Shiyin will try her best to avoid it.

Yuuki Yukino understood, Seishion noticed her reason, and Mashiro noticed her reason.

No one disturbed Yuuki Yukino's contemplation. Things had already come to this point, and all Seishine could do was quietly wait and see how Yuuki Yukino fared.

Finally, Seishion began to ask questions, bringing up the conditions she had initially set for Yuuki Eri.

"Yuki Yuuki, can you leave Nijiba City now?"

Chapter 83: Scheming, but not much.

"Yuki Yuuki, can you leave Nijiba City now?"

Saint Shion's words sounded extremely serious, serving as both an urging and a final ultimatum to Yuuki Enishi.