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

Miya Miyashita, holding the hand of Rie Tsukimi, who was a little shorter than her, walked into the activity room together and closed the door behind her.

Rie Tsukimi's eyes were no different from when they first met, gazing into the room, yet it felt as if there was nothing in her pupils.

The expressions on their faces became somewhat subtle. They hadn't been talking loudly, but anyone standing at the door could definitely hear them.

"Miyashita-senpai."

The only person who has had a direct conversation with Miyashita Mia is Yuuki Yukino, and she is the only one who can break this silence now.

"Shh—" Miya Miyashita put her index finger to her lips: "Let's save the formalities with Yuuki for next time. Today, I have something to tell everyone."

"First of all, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you before."

As she spoke, she placed her hands on her abdomen and bowed deeply to the group.

Then, amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Mia slowly rose to her feet, placed her hand on the bow tie in front of her chest, and slowly tore open the bow's wings from the neckline. Holding the ends of the ribbon with both hands, she wrapped it around Tsukimi Rie's neck.

The ribbon slowly tightened and dug into her skin, then wrapped into a new bow and kissed Tsukimi Rie's throat.

Meiya's lips curled into a subtle smile, as if she were laughing, yet also as if she were struggling.

Then Miyashita Mia straightened her chest and tore open the collar of her uniform with one hand, revealing her rounded body to everyone's eyes without warning.

What also came into view was the pink pattern, the same pattern as the black magic pattern they had seen several times on the magical girl they had fought.

"Having her by my side is enough."

As Miyashita Mia spoke, she wrapped one arm around Tsukimi Rie from behind, pinched Rie's chin, and casually stirred her index finger in her mouth a few times, as if to declare her ownership.

Rie Tsukimi did not resist, nor did she move at all. She just stood there, maintaining a deathly gaze, obediently sticking out her tongue and letting Miya Miya tease it at will with her fingers.

"So, could you please leave me alone?"

Chapter Eighty Provocation

"As long as you don't get in my way, nothing will ever happen."

Miyashita Mia spoke as if announcing a decision that had already been made, leaving no room for discussion.

"Otherwise, all the students in the school will be my hostages."

Mia's gaze swept over Yuuki Yuki, then Helica, skipping over the stunned Helica standing to the side, and finally Mizuno Yu, before she spoke again.

"Will you be able to protect everyone at that time?"

Meiya's words hit the nail on the head, plunging everyone into silence.

Today, Miya Miyashita had a different face. She wasn't as at ease as usual, nor was she as uneasy as she was on the day of their chance encounter. If I had to describe her, she was more like an emotionless machine, completing tasks simply for the sake of completing tasks.

Seeing that no one spoke, Meiya continued, "This farce will only end at the graduation ceremony a month from now. After that, it will be as if nothing happened, and the school will return to peace."

"And what about her?" Yuuki asked, the question being self-evident.

“She has her own life, and it’s none of your business,” Meiya said so naturally.

"Was that rumor about the student being attacked also fabricated by you?"

Mizuno Yu raised her head and met Mia's gaze. In the exchange of glances, it was Mia who lowered her eyelids and looked away first.

"I'm sorry about that. But it will never happen again."

What makes you guarantee that?

"I can't guarantee anything, and it's your freedom to believe me or not."

Meiya tugged at her clothes to show off the black magic patterns on them, then slowly and deliberately fastened the buttons on her chest one by one, allowing the black magic patterns, which symbolized impurity, to be hidden under her uniform once again.

This action was an open and blatant provocation.

“You already know my identity, and I know the identities of all of you. If you want to resort to more violent methods to resolve this issue, I am willing to oblige.” Meiya said, stroking Hui’s cheek. “However, I would like to remind you all that I hold thousands of hostages in my hands.”

The provocative tone has intensified.

"Are you finished speaking?"

Herlica picked up the bread that had fallen to the ground, turned her back to the window, and threw the bread, which was now covered in dirt, into the trash can in the corner of the room near the window.

All she left for others was her back; her expression was obscured by her body as she spoke, and her tone was so flat that it was unlike Herika's usual demeanor.

But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

Meia gave Helica a clear answer through her actions.

She silently stroked Tsukimi Rie's cheek, her hand slowly moving down to lift her chin, continuing to move down, using her little finger to pick up the ribbon tied around Tsukimi Rie's neck, slowly pulling it out, the red ribbon passing through her fingers through the collar of her uniform and being retied into a bow tie.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, Helica suddenly reached out and grabbed Mia's arm. Mia turned her head in confusion, only to see Helica suddenly raise her hand and slap her hard across the cheek.

The crisp sound of a slap froze time, and the various expressions on everyone's faces were solidified.

The slap wasn't very hard, but it was enough to make Meiya feel a stinging pain. Her cheek was slightly red from the slap, and a tiny cut was made on the corner of her lips by the teeth, with blood seeping out along the wound.

But Meiya's eyes remained calm; Lin Ba could not see the slightest anger in them, let alone any sign of retaliation.

Meiya remained silent, only gently stroking the spot where she had been hit with her palm, lowering her eyelids to conceal the indescribable complexity hidden beneath her calm gaze.

"I will rescue my senior."

"Helika said, withdrawing her hand as if nothing had happened."

“You can’t do it.” Mia pulled her hand away from Helica’s grasp, turned around, and bowed even more solemnly to Helica once more.

"Good luck."

Leaving behind her last words, Meiya led Hui away from the activity room quickly, and this time, no one stopped them.

Their hurried steps slowed down only when they reached the crowded central courtyard.

“You did a good job, little Meiya. A villain should act like a villain.”

"Thanks……"

"But you seem to have said something unnecessary, haven't you?"

"no……"

"Also, no owner would apologize like that, would they?"

Snap, snap, snap, snap.

The girl leaned against the flower bed, clapping her hands to interrupt their conversation in the most direct way. Once she was sure that both of their eyes were on her at the same time, she slowly jumped down from the flower bed.

The girl was wearing the same uniform as Meiya and the other girl, but she wore a black short-sleeved jacket with a hood over it. The buttoned hood and her constantly lowered head almost completely covered her face.

"You can save your master-servant game for when you get back. Doing this in public is rather indecent."

As the girl spoke, she bent down and bounced in front of the two of them, revealing a pair of dark eyes above a white mask beneath the hood.

"What are you doing here?" Meiya's eyebrows furrowed, her tone unfriendly.

The girl straightened up, pulling her hood down even lower, and said in a calm tone, "I'm here to confirm your results."

“It’s over,” Meiya said.

"I know, I've already confirmed it with my own eyes." The girl's eyes crinkled slightly, but there was no real smile to be seen; it seemed the smile was merely a formality. "Then you haven't given anything away, have you?"

“No,” Mia replied immediately.

“You’re not a liar, I trust your judgment.” The girl clapped her hands together lightly, making almost no sound.

"You talk as if you know me very well."

“That’s right, I know you very well, which is why I’m more willing to lend you a helping hand.”

“I have a question for you, not about your identity, I know you wouldn’t tell me even if I asked. I want to know, why did you choose to help us?” Mia’s eyes flashed with wariness as she took a few steps forward, standing in front of the girl and separating her from Hui behind her.

“Because you are necessary,” the girl replied calmly, taking a few steps back as Mia took a step back, creating distance between them.

"Since you chose to help us, and said we were necessary, then why did you stop me from chasing after them, and even almost attacked me..."

“Because they are just as necessary,” the girl said. “You’ll understand that someday.”

"What good will it do you to do these things?"

"Being able to help you is the greatest benefit for me." The girl's eyes were full of sincerity.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I want to emphasize." The girl turned to Hui, who hadn't spoken yet: "Remember our promise. This is a promise to you. From today onwards, I don't want you to make any contact with any of them, especially the girl who hasn't spoken yet."

"This is the only condition for me to help you."

Chapter 81 Let's all get into special training!

"Phew, that felt great, that felt great."

Herlica rubbed her slightly reddened hand from slapping Mia, then sat back down at the table, crossed her legs, and rocked the chair.

"Are you... alright?" Just a few days ago, they barely managed to resolve Helica's unusual behavior. If she continues to act strangely, Yuuki Yuuki doesn't know if the same method will still work.

“Of course I’m not good! I want to smash that cowgirl into a washboard every single moment! I want to break off every single one of her hands that were touching my senior! She even scared my bread so much that I dropped it on the floor! But what’s the use? Thinking about anything is not as satisfying as slapping her across the face.” Helica’s emotions surged up instantly, like a powder keg that had been lit. She slammed her fist on the table and cursed a couple of times in her usual irritable tone, then hugged her head and continued to sway back and forth. “So, nothing is better than calming down and thinking things through.”

There's a saying in Yuuki Yuuki's hometown: "A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit." It seems this profound wisdom is universal.

Herlica's reaction prompted Mizuno Yu to nod in approval. Mizuno Yu didn't offer any further comment on the matter, but instead cut to the chase and shifted the topic to the most pressing issue: "Miya Miya said that as long as we don't get in the way, she won't do anything more. What do you think of the credibility of this statement?"

Yuuki Enishi felt that the question was asking for everyone's opinion, but in reality, the only person being asked was Helica, so she kept quiet and did not express her opinion.

Another reason for not expressing an opinion is that the current plot has completely escaped Yuuki Eri's control. With this development so different from the game, the information she obtained through cheating with a god's-eye view is no longer of any use.

At the same time, she was certain that someone was secretly changing the plot. The entire storyline involving Miyashita Mia was more like a tutorial level for beginners, and now it had become so unpredictable. She didn't even dare to think about what would happen next or how the plot would change.

The enemies in the game only have a general story in the main storyline, and their character development is definitely not as good as the main characters. Many of their backstories are hidden in the details and are not expressed very clearly. Players who play the game to see special content are unlikely to pay much attention to them.

“I think, she knows who we are, and we have two teammates, the musketeer girl and the book girl. If I were her, I would have wiped us all out in one go. Why go through all this trouble? We just met them, and then this Miyashita Mia comes to school? What a coincidence.” Helica didn’t say it explicitly, but her distrust was very clear.

As Helica spoke, Mizuno Yu nodded in agreement: "What Tenrai said makes a lot of sense. She is a corrupted magical girl, so we can't use common sense to think about her. It's unlikely that she would have the upper hand and then take the initiative to be friendly to us. If we exclude the possibility that she is deliberately provoking us, then doing so is to her advantage. The most direct reason why we can't stop her is that we are not strong enough."

"After saying all that, what do you think we should do?" Helica crossed her arms, and the creaking of the swaying chair stopped abruptly as all four legs landed steadily on the ground.

“Training,” Mizuno Yu said earnestly.

"So later she (the three of them) really went to cultivate?"

When it was time to leave school, Tomoe asked softly as she walked out of the classroom hand in hand with Yuuki Yuki.

"I don't know either, but I always feel sorry for Herika."

Yuuki Yui recalled the water house in the game (what exactly did the training that Ba Lingyino You mentioned mean), and a complicated expression appeared on her face.

These plot points, which aren't in the game, are something Yuuki Yui doesn't know what will happen. If things really turn out as she imagines, and Mizuno Yui embarks on her training based on her personal interests, it will certainly be a lot of trouble for Herika.