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

If something really happens and our location is too remote, causing Baqi and the others to be unable to provide timely support, then it would be a huge loss.

"Don't hide too far away..." Yuuki Yuen muttered, a place like this is not easy to find in Yuehai City.

"About this," Hong Moli interjected, "I do have an idea."

……

Half an hour later, Yuuki Yuen had reached the top of the Moon Sea Tower.

The way to get up there, of course, is to transform and fly up. Yuuki Yuki doesn't plan to undo her transformation until she finishes reading this.

Moonsea Tower is considered the highest point in Moonsea City. If the slumbering influence is centered on Yuuki Eri, then the high ground is the most suitable location.

The last time I was here was a few months ago, and some events happened that left a deep impression on Yuuki Yuen. Although the traces of that time have been erased, the imprint left in Yuuki Yuen's heart is not so easily eroded by time.

But right now, Yuuki Yukino has something more important to do than reminisce about the past.

Setting up her phone a short distance away and adjusting the camera to face her, Yuuki waved at the camera.

"How's it going? Can you see clearly? Is the signal okay?"

"Thank goodness, I can see it now, Yuuki, let's begin!" Without transforming, Baqi squeezed into the screen and gave Yuuki a thumbs up.

Yuuki Yui sat down where she was, shifting her body to make sure she was fully within range.

Then, Yuuki Yukino picked up the book that Urobuchi Mashiro had given her and opened it to the first page.

There's still not much content on it; even the book's title isn't written there, and the section where the publication information should be printed is also blank.

It's fair to say that this book was never officially published.

Yuuki Yukino, with a hint of doubt in her eyes, continued flipping through the pages.

After flipping through just a few pages, Yuuki Yuki was certain that this rather strange book was precisely the last piece of the puzzle that filled the gap she had previously discovered.

When I went out in the cooler evening, all the clinics were closed, so I couldn't get an injection.

Hospitals are expensive, and you have to do all sorts of unnecessary tests, so I'm reluctant to go.

I apologize that I may only be able to maintain a minimal update schedule until I recover from my cold.

I'll go get my shot tomorrow during the day; I want to get better soon too!

Chapter 87 Is this some kind of myth?

The book that Genjiro Mashiro gave him was less a history book recording local history or a storybook recording legends, and more like a sacred text of the gods circulated within a religion.

Coincidentally, the predecessor of St. Eternal Academy was such a church, and St. Shion and the strange nuns she led proved that this church still exists somewhere to this day.

Yuuki Yukino didn't need to guess where this holy book came from.

This book also shows signs of use; the pages are slightly creased and have the fluffy texture that comes with being turned over, and they are evenly distributed.

Although this proves nothing, Yuuki Enishi believes that this book is not a recent imitation created to fool herself.

Urged on by the other end of the video call, Yuuki Yukino turned to the very first part.

"In the beginning, the earth was barren, the sky was chaotic, and there were frequent floods and earthquakes, as well as storms and thunderstorms. The scorching heat of sunrise would set people ablaze, and the bitter cold of sunset would freeze them into ice."

It turns out that it didn't start from Genesis, there was no story of pure air rising and falling, or of the giant's hands and feet being severed, or of God saying, "Let there be light," and there was light.

"When the people were in dire straits, they called upon the gods, but the gods refused to come. So the people continued to call, but the gods still did not come. When they called again, they offered mud and clay cakes..."

Yuuki Yuen continued reading. This part was quite long, and the group of people on the other end of the video call, including Hong Moli, listened very attentively, remaining silent so as not to interrupt Yuuki Yuen's recitation.

The content that Yuuki Enishi just read was roughly about how people begged for God's help in the face of disaster, but were unable to offer suitable offerings because their own lives were in jeopardy.

At this time, a kind-hearted deity listened to people's wishes and descended to their side.

As a church scripture, or rather a secret text, it should be given the utmost respect to the deity. However, it neither refers to the deity by their real name nor as "He," but instead uses the pronoun "young girl."

For example, the descriptions of quelling disasters that are common in Genesis are like this.

"The girl touched the earth with her fingers, and the earth healed; the girl waded through the rapids with her toes, and the rapids slowed; the girl embraced the storm, and the storm subsided; the girl called for cold and heat, and people were able to come out day and night."

Although Yuuki Yuki wasn't particularly interested, she read it very carefully, afraid of missing any detail.

However, she did not discover any useful information hidden within it in a short period of time.

Yuki Yuki continued reading, and came to the part where the girl finished doing all that and prepared to return to heaven or the realm of gods.

It doesn't specify where she'll go back to, and Yuuki Yuki is just speculating; the original text only mentions that the girl wants to go back.

"When people heard that the girl was leaving, they were reluctant to let her go, so they all knelt down and begged her to stay. The girl said, 'The earth no longer wailes, the sky is no longer in chaos, you are no longer in danger, why won't you let me go?'"

"The people said, 'You gave us our homes. If you leave, we will have nowhere to live.' The girl thought it made sense, so she summoned trees and earth and stones and taught the people how to build a dwelling."

"When the people learned how to build, the girl wanted to leave again, so they said, 'You provide all our food; if you leave, we will starve.' The girl listened and thought it made sense, so she gave the people seeds and taught them how to cultivate them, and the world was full of crops."

"People learned to farm, but the girl still had to leave. People said, 'Grain can only grow once a year. If you leave, there will be no grain, and we will still go hungry.' The girl listened and then taught people how to fish and hunt, so that they could live without grain."

"When the girl left, people said, 'You taught us all our skills. If you leave, we will not be able to pass them on.' Hearing this, the girl taught people to read and wrote down what she had taught them in books, and then people learned to write."

After that, the girl taught the group many things, almost everything useful, and then the group established a preliminary tribe based on this technology.

When people in the surrounding area heard that a tribe had been born here, some came to seize it but were defeated, while others came to learn and were absorbed. In short, with the help of this girl, the tribe grew bigger and bigger.

Although the original text does not explicitly state that it is a tribe or what kind of civilization it is, it is as if a technological explosion has occurred, and in the blink of an eye, it has rapidly transitioned from the age of ignorance to the age of barbarism and into the age of civilization.

It's hard to say how much time passed during that period, as there's no clear record of it. In any case, in the latter half of this section, things developed into this situation.

The girl taught the people everything, and then said: "You have clothes to cover your bodies, shelter from the wind and rain, weapons to resist enemies, and a constant supply of food. I have nothing more to teach you. I am leaving now, and you must not stop me."

"The people knelt before the girl, offering her clear wine and golden roasted meat, along with cloth and fruit, pleading with her."

After a long and intense discussion about "Look at this fruit, look at this building, look at this child's face, are you willing to leave?", the girl was persuaded by the crowd and stayed.

The first part of the book ends here. The overall content is not very long and is different from Genesis, but it still took Yuuki Enoki quite a while.

"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Ba Qi tapped the screen when she saw that Yuuki Yuuki wasn't speaking and asked with concern.

"No, no." Yuuki Yuen held up the book in her hand, showing Baqi the part that was temporarily closed. "I just think... the things I'm reading are a bit cliché?"

"Is it cliché?" Baqi pondered for a moment: "Indeed, I heard many mythological elements in its story."

"However, it's clear that this is a description of the girl's extraordinary powers. And since Mashiro Urouge handed this book to me at this time, I'm almost certain that it's about the first magical girl."

Yuuki Yukino (Y⊙32 Zero Seven) flipped through the previous content again: "Never mind, let's continue."

A detailed analysis will have to wait until I finish reading the whole book; otherwise, at this pace, it's uncertain whether I'll even be able to finish half of it before I start working.

Yuki Eri read the following content much faster, almost all of it was read over in one go, because there was no analysis involved, so it only took a few hours.

In fact, this part of the book, which makes up the majority of the content, can be summarized in one sentence: A person goes to this girl to ask for something, and despite various twists and turns, the girl eventually grants their wish.

From small things like a child losing a toy or curing a child's illness; to big things like two enemies trying to poison each other, resulting in both families being poisoned, and finally making peace with the help of a young girl.

These wishes generate many small suggestions that can persuade people to do good, and also establish the image of a very kind and gentle goddess.

Yuuki En is no stranger to plots like this; for example, most of the Chinese language textbooks or religious texts she knows are similar.

Unlike the texts in Chinese class, no specific person here has a clear name. There won't be situations where one person is called Zigong or another person is called Judas.

It also has another advantage: the content is very close to plain language and is very easy to understand, which greatly speeds up the progress of Yuuki Eri while lowering the threshold for understanding.

At the same time, unlike typical records, all of her content revolves around this goddess girl, giving almost no mention to anyone else.

In short, the girl gives people whatever they ask for; this is a large part of the content.

Then, at the very end of the short passage, Yuuki Eri read it aloud as well.

"One day, the girl said, 'I must go now,' and left. People were reluctant to let her go, so they chased after her. The girl was also reluctant to leave, so she walked very slowly, and was caught up with in no time."

"The people caught up with the girl and asked her, 'Where are you going, you all-powerful one?' The girl replied, 'I am going home.'"

"People were familiar with this routine, so they knelt down one by one and offered them delicacies and fine wine. Unexpectedly, the girl refused, and when they begged again, she still refused."

"When the people had no other choice, they clung to her legs to prevent her from leaving, and wept and cried out, 'Oh, all-powerful you, please hear our prayers once more and grant our wishes.'"

“The girl said, ‘This is your time. You should learn to walk on your own.’ Then she shook off the people’s hands and continued walking forward.”

"Knowing they couldn't keep her, the people begged her to allow them to see her off, and the girl, seeing their sincerity, agreed."

"The people then set up stoves, built bonfires, roasted fresh fish and meat, and sent off the maiden with fine wine and songs and dances, holding a grand festival to thank the maiden for her blessings."

“At the festival, the drunken people asked the girl to leave a proverb, and the girl said: ‘After I leave, you must not linger.’ The people agreed.”

"Then people asked, 'How shall we remember you?' The girl replied, 'I do not ask for your remembrance, nor do I need your offerings; if you wish, I will leave my name.'"

"The girl said her name, and when people heard it, they spread the word and praised her name together. Later, this place was called Moon Sea."

Chapter 88 Where Did It Come From?

This is all the information in the book that Mashiro Gorgen gave to Yuuki Yukino.

If you were to call it a religious scripture, Yuuki Enishi thinks that would be perfectly acceptable.

She herself didn't know much about religious books, but that's probably about it.

Setting aside the religious interpretation of the girl's romanticization, if we simply listen to it as a story, it's a series of fairly interesting tales.

If we remove those fantastical details about girls teaching people to hunt, fish, build, and farm, it would conveniently fill in the gaps in the history of Tsukimi City that Yuuki Yuki couldn't find before.

"In other words, from the perspective of a magical girl, there was a magical girl before the establishment of Moonsea City, and the entire Moonsea City was even named after her."

Yuuki Yukino flipped through the book in her hand again and began to make her summary.

"Let's assume that this magical girl is the original magical girl. She has amazing powers and helped people get through that incredibly difficult era before she left."

Just when everyone thought Yuuki Yuki wanted to say something more, she shut her mouth.

"Is it...it's over?" Ba Qi's lips twitched.

Even if it were just reading comprehension and summarizing, it would probably be more than just a few sentences. Moreover, the content of this book is something that Yuuki En is extremely curious about and has long dreamed of obtaining.

Hong Moli remained calm: "Yuki Yuuki's summary is absolutely correct, but she must have noticed something wrong, right?"

On the other end of the video, Yuuki Yukino nodded, still holding the black-covered book and flipping through it with her head down. After a while, she finally looked up.

"Yes, and I've discovered a lot of problems. In my opinion, this story... well, it's not exactly a story, but if it's not a story, then it's even more serious. This holy book is riddled with flaws."

Ba Qi blinked and asked, "Why did Xiao Yuan say that?"

Because they couldn't see the contents of the book with their own eyes and could only hear Yuuki Enishi reading it, the information that Tomoe received was naturally less than that of Yuuki Enishi, who was able to see the text, and they couldn't intuitively discover the problem like Yuuki Enishi.

Hong Moli and Bai Gui Qianyou nodded in agreement, casting curious glances at the camera.

"I've discovered so many problems, I'll just talk about whatever comes to mind." Yuuki Yuen rubbed her temples, her mind filled with one question after another, and without any tools at hand, she couldn't organize them.