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

Perhaps it's more terrifying that the ability to instantly recognize one's own wand through one's own skills is even more terrifying.

The fragments of his various skills hanging on that chariot were also terrifying.

And what about the blind witch who eats fish?

They don't know anything about Yuki En.

But since the other party has let me go and has no intention of taking action against me so far, and is just watching me quietly, I have a chance to negotiate with them.

"I said... um?!"

As soon as Yuuki Yuen opened her mouth, a pearl the size of a baby's fist was stuffed into her mouth.

The hard object pressed against her tongue, choking back all the words Yuuki wanted to say, leaving her only able to make muffled sounds.

Around that enormous pearl, individual pearls were strung together and converged behind Yuuki Eri's head, forming a natural pearl necklace.

what?

While Yuuki Yukino was stunned by Yumehara Sumireko's sudden attack, Yumehara Sumireko pinched Yuuki Yukino's cheek first, forcing the fallen Yuuki Yukino to look up into the other's eyes.

It remained cold and profound, making it impossible to discern what he was thinking.

"Keep your mouth shut."

Yuuki Yukino sobbed a few more times, expressing her dissatisfaction, while at the same time trying her best to think of a next course of action.

Did the other person not intend to talk to me, so they used a pearl as a mouth gag to block my mouth?

Why does it feel so ambiguous?

Ambiguity is definitely not a good sign for a defeated magical girl.

Such a trend usually leads to an inevitable outcome that no magical girl wants to face.

Execution, trial, whatever you call it, to put it simply, it's being raped.

This was the main reason why Yuuki En initially wanted to clear her name!

Despite all the planning and calculations, and despite having such strong combat power, how could I still not escape it?

Forget it, I'll just close my eyes and bear it; it'll pass.

Yes, I've moved on by myself.

Yuuki Yukino could only think optimistically, while racking her brains to see if there was any possibility of turning the tide.

If you panic and give up completely, then it's all over.

However, Sumireko Yumehara doesn't seem to be giving Enishi Yuuki a chance to think.

Something tightly bound Yuuki Yuuki's wrist, and its hard texture allowed Yuuki Yuuki to immediately identify what it was.

It was also a rope made of pearls. Sumireko Yumehara probably used something like this to restrict the actions of others after the gods were released.

Having lost a great deal of strength to the water prison, Yuuki Eri was not allowed any extra strength to struggle when faced with this situation again, and could only reluctantly have her freedom of movement taken away.

To prevent the fish from struggling on its own, I understand, it serves a similar purpose to a restraint trap.

But not wanting to struggle doesn't mean you won't struggle! If something really goes wrong, it's all over! Completely over!

Yuuki Yui tried to mobilize the last bit of magic power within her to fight against the string of pearls.

However, the magic power he produced vanished as if it had sunk into the sea, disappearing instantly upon contact with the pearl rope.

This is not right. Restraint traps used by corrupted magical girls do not consume magic power.

Yuuki Yukino's struggles did not yield the desired results; instead, fine beads of sweat began to appear on the girl's forehead.

Yuuki Yukino opened her sweaty eyes again and looked at Yumehara Sumireko, who was staring at her with great interest.

"What are you expecting?" Sumireko Yumehara asked softly, noticing that Yuki Yuki was looking at her.

Yuuki Yukino's face instantly turned bright red.

How could I possibly expect something like that? Am I a pervert?

"You want me to put you through the magical girl trial? I won't do that."

Yuuki Yukino's face turned even redder.

"Want your power to return to Him? Absolutely not."

Upon hearing this, Yuuki Yukina suddenly calmed down considerably, realizing that what she was thinking and what Yumehara Sumireko was saying were completely different things.

"Just banishing you from the dream world? What a naive idea."

"Dangerous forces must always be kept in our own hands."

"For the sake of the magical girls' future, you will become my spoils and sleep forever in the Dreamland."

Eh?

what?

So what exactly happened?

What exactly did Sumireko Yumehara mean by that long string of nonsensical remarks?

In other words, he escaped from the crisis of being judged by Sumireko Yumehara?

But then, someone hung him up in this dark, empty little room and swayed him around like a sandbag?

You can't shake it too much, otherwise it'll be too exciting?

This is some kind of idle play that only that blue-haired pervert would like!!!

Chapter 190 The Prisoner

It has been an unknown amount of time since Sumireko Yumehara hung Yuuki, who was bound tightly, in the room.

Calculating time in the dark is incredibly difficult, and Yuuki Yuki doesn't know whether time flows the same in the dream world as in reality. Based on her senses, half a day should have passed.

The most direct feeling that Yuuki Eri experienced during this half-day was discomfort.

Of course it would be uncomfortable to be suspended in mid-air!

Whether it was Sumireko Yumehara's doing or not, the restraints that looked like pearl necklaces were tightly fitted to Yuuki Eri's body, and some of them had even cut into Yuuki Eri's skin, leaving dark red marks on it.

Unfortunately, Yuuki Eri struggled a bit too much. If she struggled too much, she would clearly feel those round things rubbing against her body, causing some unnecessary and embarrassing trouble.

She had already experienced firsthand what kind of trouble it was. Fortunately, there was no one else in this enclosed room, otherwise Yuuki Yui would have wanted to smash her head against the ground and die.

Oh right, I almost forgot, trying to bang your head against the ground is also a form of struggle, so Yuuki Enishi is better off relaxing her body and staying completely still.

In just this short period of time, Yuuki Yui already felt backache, numbness in her hands and feet, as if she had dreamt back to the day when she first met Mizuno Yui and was hung up by her as a swing.

It might be a little better than before, at least this time Mizuno Yuu wasn't swinging around on his back, but it wasn't much better.

So, only Mizuno Yui would like this kind of weird idle play, right?

When Yuuki Yuki was struggling, she tried to mobilize her magic power, but the magic power she released was like water poured on a red-hot iron plate, instantly evaporating without a trace.

This feeling is very similar to the sense of powerlessness that Yumehara Sumireko felt when she ambushed and fought against him. Yuuki Yuki guessed that this was Yumehara Sumireko's ability.

However, only the magic released outside the body is affected in this way. Yuuki Yui herself slowly recovers her magic without any problems, and may even recover faster than when she was in Tsukimi City.

This is intriguing.

Restoring magic power can only be done within a certain range of the original magical girl's location. When she and Koumori and her group went to Nijiba City before, it was difficult for her to restore her magic power through the accumulation of time.

So, does the influence of the original magical girls still exist here? Or are there some other reasons?

Yuuki Yukino thought intermittently, trying her best to keep her mind busy.

Even though Sumireko Yumehara let her off the hook, the crisis she faces is far from over.

It's not necessarily a good thing if one isn't put on trial.

The current situation gives Yuuki Eri a sense of hope, but it could also turn into deep despair.

Time seemed to lose its meaning here. In this dreamlike realm, Yuuki Yuki felt an unprecedented loneliness and helplessness for the first time, and even began to doubt whether she really had the ability to escape her predicament.

Yuuki Yukino began to wonder if she would remain in her current state until the end of time.

Living out your life in this state is far more painful than being pierced to death by Sumireko Yumehara.

So if she didn't think about anything else, she couldn't move around in this pitch-black environment, and Yuuki knew that her will would be completely devoured by the darkness and loneliness.

Yuuki closed her eyes and continued to search her mind for a way to break the deadlock, as well as information she had not noticed before.

Yes, and there's also this matter. What Sumireko Yumehara said before, that she would return to heaven if she were defeated, is also worth pondering.

The magical girls' power is granted by the rules that maintain the existence of the magical girl system in Tsukimi City. Now Yuuki Yukari also knows that magical girls will eventually return to "heaven".

Well... Yuuki Yui has seen similar things before.

Mashiro Urouge had already done this. Her fabricated magical girl system was more complete and more realistic than Yuuki Yukino had envisioned.

Plant the seeds, wait for them to sprout, and then harvest them. That's how the rules of magical girls are supposed to be.

If what Sumireko Yumehara said is true, what if it's not just their memories that are returning, but also their abilities?

Perhaps some things don't require blindly investigating on your own or seeking help from someone like Mashiro Urokin, who's probably thinking something else entirely. You might be able to get some different information from Sumireko Yumehara's words.

The prerequisite is that you also have to get out yourself.

I still have a lot to think about.

After who knows how much time, probably several hours later.

Yuuki Yukino couldn't be sure whether she fell asleep on the ceiling due to exhaustion or from dehydration. In any case, she remembered that her consciousness gradually became blurred and then suddenly became incredibly clear.

What brought her to her senses was a beam of light. Accustomed to darkness, Yuuki Yuuki was suddenly stimulated by the bright light and couldn't help but squint her eyes. She curled up and struggled a few times, and the rope dangling her made a creaking sound.

Of course, curling up also brought Yuuki En a lot of other troubles. This was the first time Yuuki En was glad that she couldn't make a sound properly, otherwise the strange moaning would have made her even more ashamed.

The rope suspending Yuuki Yukina creaked and groaned for a long time before finally stopping. Yuuki Yukina slowly opened her squinted eyes and looked at the girl who appeared in the light, arms crossed, looking at her.

The rescue she had been dreaming of never came; the person standing there was undoubtedly still Sumireko Yumehara.

Moreover, Sumireko Yumehara still maintains the practice of divine liberation to this day.

Once Yuuki Yukino had calmed down, Yumehara Sumireko took a few steps closer and reached out to remove the pearl from Yuuki Yukino's mouth.

Yuuki Yukina moved her stiff jaw a few times. The hard object had been pressing against her mouth for so long that she still had the illusion that she couldn't move freely. It took her half a day to get used to how to open and close her mouth, which she usually didn't need to do deliberately.

After that, Yuuki swallowed hard, made a few hoarse, short syllables, and then cleared her throat.