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

But in order to protect his relationship with Xiaoyuan, he couldn't reveal any of his emotions, no matter what.

That feeling of wanting to confess is absolutely out of the question!

The humble Nishio Reki became even more humble at this moment.

……

At the time, the problem was passed on to Inuyama Tomoe, which allowed Nishio Reki to continue living the life he had before with Yuuki Yuki.

Nishio Reki felt that his behavior was quite excessive and embarrassing.

Yuki Yuki believed that Inuyama Tomoe was not lying and was convinced that the enemy was Kuroba Reisei. Nishio Reki couldn't find any evidence to refute it, so he took what Yuki Yuki said as reality.

However, she was still a little worried about Inuyama Tomoe.

It wasn't that they were worried that Inuyama Hatsuki had deceived them, but that they were worried that Inuyama Hatsuki would be in danger if she stayed at St. Yuu Academy and near Kuroba Laisei.

But Inuyama Tomoe of St. Yuu Academy had never thought of such a thing.

At this moment, Inuyama Tomoe is sitting in the auditorium where Yuuki Yuki and her group fought against Koumori and caused considerable damage, waiting for the start of the opening ceremony.

The auditorium has now been completely renovated and is even more magnificent than before. I heard that in order to prevent the previous incident from happening again, it has been reinforced and additional escape routes have been added.

Although Baqi felt it was meaningless, she could easily blow the entire auditorium to smithereens with her gunblade if she wanted to.

Forget about such violent thoughts. Let's focus on listening to the opening ceremony speeches for a while, and then go back to the classroom and think about how to find that underground cathedral to investigate.

In any case, what's in the underground cathedral is what Baqi needs to care about most right now, and it could very well be the key to solving Nishio Reki's nightmare.

Baqi rubbed her eyes and looked at the school leaders who were giving a speech on the podium.

Normally, the speech should be given by the school's board president, who is Sheng Shiyin.

However, after Yuuki Yukino defeated Seishin and rescued Nishio Reki, the defeated Seishin disappeared without a trace.

Furthermore, according to Tenrai Herika's account, Yuuki Yuuki did not put Seishin under trial, making Seishin's disappearance even more mysterious.

In reality, Saint Shiyin has also disappeared without a trace. Perhaps she is hiding in the Grand Cathedral. These secrets will be completely revealed once I go and see for myself.

It doesn't matter anymore. Not only did the chairman not come, but the student council president was also ambushed and killed by me and the short, blond guy.

Previously, it could be said that Kuroba Rei escaped during the chaos, but this time, it was I who personally sent Kuroba Rei to his release. Ling!@Dream#$First%^Release&* and Helica the Heavenly Thunder witnessed it all; there's no way to fake it.

Just then, the speech on stage was nearing its end, and the girls sitting below began to applaud.

Inuyama Tomoe also raised her hand and patted it politely, maintaining an elegant demeanor.

The applause gradually subsided, and the voice of the opening ceremony host rang out through the microphone and the speakers above the girls' heads.

"Thank you, Teacher Xiaowan, for your speech. Next, please welcome the student council president to give a speech at the opening ceremony of our St. Youjiu Academy."

Student council president?

Inuyama Tomoe keenly grasped this word that she couldn't possibly miss under any circumstances.

Is today the first day of school?

In other words, there simply wasn't time for a new election.

The vice president of the student council was replaced by Sheng Shiyin. If Sheng Shiyin were to appear, she would have appeared long ago.

As for the student council president, Inuyama Tomoe, there was only one person she could think of.

Thinking of a terrible possibility, Inuyama Tomoe suddenly sat up straight, stretching her neck as much as possible to avoid making her movements too obvious, and looked in the direction where people were walking up to the podium.

The girl, dressed in the winter uniform of St. Yuu Academy, walked onto the podium under the gaze of Inuyama Tomoe. She smoothed her black hair in front of the microphone and then began to speak.

Happy New Year, everyone.

Inuyama Tomoe's gaze sharpened even more.

There was no way that Inuyama Hatsuki could mistake the girl's face; that face and that voice had left an extremely deep impression on her.

But that's simply impossible!

I didn't see her with my own eyes...

The girl on the podium seemed completely unaware of what Baqi was thinking. She slightly lifted her skirt and performed a common skirt-lifting gesture at St. Yuu Academy.

"I am the student council president, Kuroba Reisei."

Chapter 168 Magic

If it were only Inuyama Tomoe who witnessed Kuroba Reisei's demise alone, although the probability is very small, she could still suspect that her failure to carefully confirm twice in a row led to Kuroba Reisei's successful escape.

However, when she personally punished Kuroba Reincarnation, Tenrai Herika witnessed the entire process.

This kind of thing can't be faked. Even if Kuroba could deceive himself in his next life, he might not be able to deceive Helica the Thunder God.

But for Kuroba to appear here unharmed is simply impossible.

Moreover, Kuroba Laisei had been injured so badly by the two people just before the end of the winter break. Even if he had escaped by chance, he shouldn't have recovered so quickly, and it was impossible for him to appear at the opening ceremony of St. Yuu Academy as if nothing had happened.

Kuroba Reisei is now giving serious speeches that are so normal that Inuyama Hideki can't see anything wrong with them at all.

Then, the day passed uneventfully. Inuyama Tomoe even deliberately staged a chance encounter with Kuroba Kisei, but Kuroba Kisei showed no wariness or hostility towards her.

Something's wrong, something's very wrong.

Kuroba Reise is a stingy and vengeful person. It's impossible for him to be generous enough to completely ignore someone who once attacked him twice.

In fact, according to Helica, when Kuroba Laisei, who appeared during the New Year's shrine visit, did not mention the conversation and battle between Inuyama Tomoe and her near the shrine, Tomoe already sensed something was amiss.

……

Inuyama Tomoe stroked her chin unhappily, her face full of suspicion as she thought about Kuroba's reappearance in the afterlife today.

The other customers around were completely unaware of Baqi's distress and continued to enjoy their coffee while chatting and laughing.

After thinking for a moment, Baki finally asked Helica, who was sitting opposite her, a question.

"Kuroba Reincarnation can't really be some kind of invincible monster, can it? It's happened once or twice."

"Is that possible? Is that possible? If she can't be defeated, how did she fall in real life?" Helica glanced at Baki with annoyance.

"So tell me, what's going on? I personally blew her up like fireworks, but she came back unharmed. So we assumed she escaped. But this time, the two of us took her down together, and she came back again. What kind of legendary roly-poly toy is this?"

"The Legendary Tumbler sounds weird. How about we call her the Legendary Indestructible King? Whatever, call her whatever you want. Anyway, that's the truth. She's the reincarnation of Kuroba."

"Come on, you short, blond guy, I'm talking to you seriously! Don't interrupt!"

"Okay, no more interruptions, no more interruptions, but even if I wanted to talk to you seriously, I need to know why she comes back every time she gets knocked down? Is she some kind of sprite that refreshes on a schedule?"

"Maybe it really is? One will appear every now and then?" Ba Qi buried her back completely in the back of the sofa in the store, looked up at the somewhat dazzling light shining down from above, and muttered to herself.

"You just said not to interrupt and to get serious! How did you go off-topic again?" Helica picked up the coffee stirring spoon on the table and casually threw it at Baki's head.

Baqi caught the spoon that Tianlei Helica threw at her with perfect accuracy, and snorted heavily: "Who's going off-topic with you? I'm telling the truth. Although we've never encountered something like this before, it's not impossible."

"What are you talking about? Black Feather Reincarnation really can refresh like a little elf? Are you serious?" Helica was getting more and more confused.

"I say, have you been here too long? Have you forgotten that we're in someone else's dream?" Baqi said with a look of disdain.

"Who forgot? Get to the point!"

Helica threw the sugar she hadn't added into Baki's face, which Baki caught.

Taking the sugar strip that Helica tossed to her, Baki casually tore a small hole in the sugar packaging and poured the sugar into the coffee cup in front of her.

Under Helica's murderous gaze, Baki stirred the coffee with the stirring spoon Helica threw at her, then brought it to her lips and blew on the steam.

"Dreams are inherently chaotic and disordered, and this has been demonstrated before. In the dream of the Hundred Demons, we all mistakenly believed that we were students of the Plum Garden and even participated in the graduation ceremony. Moreover, the festival began on the very night of the graduation ceremony."

"This is just a small example. Some of the dreams I've had are even more illogical. Scenes can switch randomly, different elements can merge, fish can run around, and birds can catch seals in the soil to eat. All of these things can happen."

"For example, this cup of coffee in my hand can bloom into flowers if I want to."

The stirring spoon tapped lightly on the rim of the coffee cup that Baki had put down again. As Helica stared intently at the coffee cup, the stirring spoon in Baki's hand suddenly transformed into a bright flower.

"Just kidding, it's that the stirring spoon can turn into flowers."

As she spoke, Baqi placed the flower into the empty vase on the table.

"Huh? Ah?" Herika's eyes widened as she looked at the flower in the vase and then at Bachi's empty hands.

A few seconds later, Helica gradually understood everything.

"You didn't conjure it up at all! You took advantage of my distraction and secretly hid the flower in your hand! Liar!"

"Ah, yes, that's right. It's a simple little magic trick. Practicing magic helps improve hand speed, and improving hand speed helps improve Xiaoyuan's experience." Baqi nodded seriously and pulled the coffee spoon out of her sleeve.

"What nonsense is this?" Helica snapped, snatching the coffee spoon back in annoyance.

"Although Xiaoyuan sometimes thinks I'm silly, I'm actually quite smart sometimes. See, you didn't understand, right? Let me show you again."

Bachi picked up the coffee spoon in front of her again and gestured it in front of Helica.

"Tch, fine, I'll see how you're going to conjure it up right in front of me."

“Simple,” Bachi said, moving the coffee spoon slowly in front of Helica’s eyes, firmly drawing her gaze.

Snap! A crisp snap of fingers rang out.

"Look, I've finished this little magic trick," Baqi said, raising her other hand, which held a fresh flower she had just taken from the vase.

"What kind of magic trick is that! You just took the flowers out when I wasn't looking!" Helica was so angry she almost flipped the table.

“I already said it’s done.” Baqi tilted her head and waved the hand that had been holding the coffee spoon in front of Helica’s eyes.

Now, what she holds in her hand is no longer a spoon, but another flower.

“You…” Helica was speechless for a moment.

It's obvious that Baqi quickly replaced the spoon while her attention was being diverted.

As for how the flowers came about, they were taken from the vase earlier when my attention was completely drawn to the spoon. Two of them were taken out – one was hidden away, and the other was used to distract myself.

"Still don't understand?" Ba Qi raised an eyebrow.

"Understand what? Understand that you tampered with things when I wasn't looking?" Helica slammed her fist on the table in annoyance.

This kind of demonstration, where the other person tries to guess what they want to express, is Yuuki Enishi's specialty.

Even though Helica would rack her brains to figure out why she was so angry when Inuyama Tomoe did this when she was with Yuuki Yuuki, she was still thinking hard.

"You're such a blockhead, no wonder you can't win Xiaoyuan's heart!" Ba Qi said, exasperated.

"You think you can win her over? Yuuki Yuuki clearly stated that she doesn't intend to date anyone."