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

"I'm sorry, Xiao Li, it must be lonely being all alone, right?"

Yeah! I'm so lonely!

"Xiaoyuan, I...I've always...always wanted to..."

Nishio Reki raised his wounded and muddy arm from the muddy ground, but stopped a moment before reaching Yuuki Enishi's shoulder.

She saw it; behind Yuuki Yuuki lay vast ruins.

To fill the void in his heart, he actually smashed the things he cherished to pieces with his own hands.

What have I actually been doing all this time?

While chasing the stars, he stepped into the abyss, bringing indelible disaster to the girl and city he loved.

From that moment on, I had already stepped into the opposite side of Yuuki Yuuki.

From that moment on, she was no longer an ordinary girl who accompanied the magical girls, but had fallen into sin and brought disaster to the city.

Nishio Reki felt that Yuuki Yuuki's embrace seemed to have become tighter.

So gentle.

Even so, would you still be willing to embrace me, who is burdened with guilt?

Feeling guilty, do I really have the right to embrace this girl who is holding me so tightly?

Those hands fell silently onto the ground again, getting even more muddy.

"Xiao Yuan".

Nishio Reki called out softly, as if it were every day they had experienced long ago, a day they could never return to.

"Ah."

Yuuki Yukino slowly released Nishio Reki's back, knelt down in front of Nishio Reki, and looked at Nishio Reki with her clear eyes.

Nishio Reki understood it; it was that feeling of reluctance.

I can't bear to part with it either.

However, this is a necessary thing.

"Xiao Yuan, don't you still have things you need to do?"

As Nishio Reki spoke softly, he took Yuuki Yuki's hand in his muddy hands and gently placed it against his chest.

Yuuki Yukino's eyes flickered a few times, as if there were tears welling up inside.

She seemed to be secretly biting her lip. Nishio Reki knew that Yuuki Yuuki would do this whenever she hesitated.

It really is exactly the same as before.

Nishio Reki clenched the cold hand and pushed it closer to himself. The mud on his fingers left a dark mark on his soaked uniform, like a silent lament.

"Xiao Yuan".

When Nishio Reki spoke, there was a hint of pleading in his voice.

Yuuki Yukina lowered her head forcefully, then slowly raised it, and lowered it again, repeating this several times, faster and faster.

The answer seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.

"Ah."

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Chapter 198 The Girl Once Crossed the Stream of Despair

Saint Eternal Academy.

Pink light pierced the earth, sweeping away everything in sight.

Amidst the shattered earth, a scythe slices through the falling soil and rocks, colliding with a pink meteor.

The sudden impact and the resulting wind pressure widened the already shattered cavity, revealing a massive sanctuary built of solid stone beneath it.

The magic of white and pink clashed with each other, illuminating the darkest night as bright as day.

The separation of the two forces was much dimmer than when they collided, but it did not prevent the spreading airflow from rustling the surrounding pebbles and leaves.

Taking a few steps back, Saintess carried the enormous scythe, which matched her size, on her back. The pale white flames burning on it and its dangerous shape made it even more breathtaking than the crescent moon in the sky.

Saint Shion slightly raised her pale yellow eyes beneath her nun's headscarf, her chin pointing to Yuki Eri, who was standing to her side, raising the wide sleeves of her shrine maiden's robes, with red threads coiled into a giant shimenawa behind her.

Did she tell you about this place?

Saint Shion asked, but she didn't get a reply from Yuuki Yui for a long time. Only the howling night wind swept past her, making the flames on the giant scythe flicker.

"I regret what happened to Nishio Reki. I couldn't have predicted it would come to that."

Saint Shion flipped her wrist, put down the huge scythe that was on her back, and returned to a normal standing posture from a half-step back in battle preparation, as if she was trying to show goodwill to Yuuki Yui in this way.

"Actually, I have no idea what went wrong. All I can say is that I am really sorry."

But Yuuki Eri remained unmoved, as if she hadn't heard what Seishin said, standing there like a statue.

Yuuki Yui neither uttered a rebuttal nor directly waved her sleeves and pounced on Seishin. Only her flowing gaze let Seishin know that she was still listening to her.

"Did you come to me to help her get revenge? Or do you want an explanation? Or... do you just want to know what happened?"

As Sheng Shiyin spoke, she took half a step forward, but under Yuki Eri's sharp, needle-like gaze, she withdrew her foot and gripped the scythe in her hand even more firmly.

Yuuki Yukino must have noticed her grip on the scythe as well, thought Seishion, and silently took another half step back.

"Actually, we are not necessarily enemies, and we can become friends... even closer."

Yuuki Yuki remained silent, leaving Seishine feeling utterly helpless, like talking to a brick wall.

She appeared out of nowhere in the dead of night, neither calling nor talking to anyone. What exactly does she want?

Saint Shiyin patiently restrained herself and spoke again: "Everything I've done has a reason, and I never intended to hurt you. If we sit down and have a proper talk, you'll understand my predicament."

The wind rustled, the leaves whispered, and a few early insects chirped, but there was no answer.

Saint Shiyin swallowed hard; her patience was about to be completely exhausted.

After a period of standoff, Sheng Shiyin's breathing became somewhat rapid, and her eyes began to grow increasingly hostile.

Just then, Yuuki Yukino finally uttered her first words since arriving here today.

"Are you done talking?"

"What do you want to do?" Sheng Shiyin's expression was uncertain. She raised the scythe she was using to mop the floor once again and held it in her hands.

She could already feel the pressure around Yuuki Yuuki's body, as if it were about to solidify into a physical form.

The newcomer seemed hostile, leaving her with no choice but to fight back.

Just as she had predicted, Yuuki Eri's body, which had been standing still a second ago, suddenly disappeared.

A very thin red line stretched out in front of him and was constantly getting closer.

Yuki Yuki's figure had already appeared to her side and behind.

So fast!

But now is not the time to be amazed. If we don't take action, we will inevitably be cut in two by that red line.

Saint Shiyin raised the burning scythe and swung the blade down.

In her mind, even if her scythe didn't cut the red thread in two, it would probably burn it through.

But she was wrong.

The silk thread resting on the blade was like a steel bar, forcing Sheng Shiyin back several steps. Her shoes were still scraping against the ground as she was pulled back several meters without stopping.

Yuki Eri, who was holding the red thread in her palm, moved faster and faster, forcing Seishin to crash solidly into the fence that formed the garden maze.

The seemingly solid wall was smashed to pieces by Saint Shiyin's petite body, and the flowers, plants and damp soil on it fell down, leaving scattered marks on the white nun's clothes.

"Gu..."

Having withstood the impact, Saint Shion frowned, and the pale flames burning on the scythe intensified, spreading along the red line towards Yuuki Enishi's hand that held the red line.

The flames engulfed the entire red rope in an instant, but Yuuki Yui released her grip even faster, and in the end, only the thin thread that had caused Seishin trouble turned to ashes.

boom.

Yuuki Yukino's wooden clogs struck Seishin's shoulder, sending her flying like a soccer ball, and a series of fences collapsed in the process.

Saint Shion rolled over, using her scythe as a crutch to scramble to her feet, only to be met with a downward kick from Yuuki En.

Sheng Shiyin quickly tried to brace herself with her arm, but the sharp pain in her forearm made her suspect that the kick had left several cracks in her arm bone.

If we only defend and don't attack, we'll eventually run out of magic power like Yuuki Yuki.

With a determined look, Saint Shion swung the giant scythe, seemingly connected to her arm, toward Yuuki Eri's waist.

Yuuki Yukino made an incredibly simple gesture, letting her hand fall as if dropping a pebble.

Immediately afterwards, a cluster of red threads emerged from the cracks in the rubble, like a magician's cane flicking out during a stage performance, and landed steadily in Yuuki Yuki's palm.

The scythe landed on the red line, rapidly approaching Yuuki Eri's side waist along with the red line.

Just a few centimeters closer and the giant weapon would leave a deep wound on Yuuki Yukino's body, but those last few centimeters seemed like an insurmountable chasm, making it difficult for Seishin to advance even a fraction further.

Not only that, it was as if Sheng Shiyin had cut a rubber band. The suddenly taut red line returned all the force she had applied to the scythe, making Sheng Shiyin's arm go numb and almost causing her to drop the scythe.

Was it anticipated?

Saint Shion's pupils narrowed. Just as she was about to repeat the same method and use the white flames of Death's Cry to burn away Yuki Eri's defenses, she was a step too late.

She watched as Yuuki Gen gently hooked her toes on the two-pronged wooden clogs.

Was that a provocation? A challenge?

No, how could that be? That was the movement of her unique red magic wand.

Saint Hymn could already hear the crashing sound of rubble approaching, and it was about to reach her.

At the critical moment, Sheng Shiyin quickly rolled to the side, avoiding the red line that seemed to be tripped up from the soil and rocks.

With lingering fear, Seishin watched as the red line that had almost left a shocking wound on her body turned into specks of light and disappeared. She took several steps back, keeping a safe distance from Yuuki Yuki.

Yuuki Yui slowly lowered the leg that had just attacked Seishin, snapped her fingers, and the red line between her fingers disappeared.