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

She shook herself a little less, as if someone else had pulled her, but that was all Yuuki Yukino knew with her eyes closed.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan, are you alright?"

The voice calling her grew closer, and Yuuki Yukino felt her sleepiness and sweet dreams being driven away by the force coming from her shoulder, a feeling that made her very uncomfortable.

"Stop fooling around." Yuuki waved her arm, as if she had bumped into something, and then simply pushed the thing away with her soft hand.

As if afraid of being disturbed, she hugged herself into a big pink ball, not letting anyone touch her body.

After pushing away that hard, unyielding thing—which looked like someone's body—no one touched Yuuki Yuuki for a moment. Yuuki Yuuki rolled twice on the cold, hard ground, comfortably stretching out her body.

But the sounds around me did not disappear.

"Get out of the way, let me handle this."

The sound grew closer and closer, finally stopping in Yuuki Yuki's ears.

Yuuki suddenly felt a weight on her stomach, as if something soft and not very heavy was pressing down on her.

Yuuki Yukino's brows furrowed instantly, but she only shook her head while frowning.

"Watch closely, this is how you do it."

She heard the voice say that.

then……

"Yuki Yuen!"

clap clap.

"Get up!"

clap clap.

"You're not allowed to sleep here!"

Papapa

"You'll catch a cold!"

clap clap.

"Get up quickly!"

clap clap.

This time, Yuuki felt it exceptionally clearly. A hand was slapping her face repeatedly. Although it didn't hurt at all and wasn't meant to be insulting, it was enough to make it impossible for her to continue sleeping peacefully.

"What! What! What are you doing?!"

Yuuki Yukino suddenly opened her eyes, sat up abruptly, and complained unhappily.

Perhaps Yuuki's movements were too sudden, leaving the girl sitting on her without any time to react. She lost her balance, swung her arms a few times, and quickly grabbed the nearest thing to her—Yuuki's shoulder, who had just sat up.

Suddenly sitting up, Yuuki was unexpectedly hugged tightly by the girl. The girl's slightly blushing cheeks were so close to Yuuki's face that Yuuki's cheeks instantly turned red as well.

"Uh……"

"Well……"

After such a scare, Yuuki Yukino couldn't fall asleep anymore.

It's more accurate to say that the current nose-to-nose distance has caused Yuuki Yuki's brain to malfunction.

I just woke up, what's going on here?

"Woo! Woo! Woo-wah!"

The girl who was hugging Yuuki suddenly pushed her away shyly, knocking Yuuki to the ground.

Yes, it's a push-down, but it's completely different from that ambiguous, intimate push-down that makes people blush and their hearts race.

Yuuki Yui clearly heard the thud when the back of her head hit the ground, and her vision went completely black. Just as she regained consciousness, she felt her awareness blur again for a moment.

"Hey! You idiot, blond shorty! What did you do to Xiaoyuan?!"

"Xiao Yuan, are you alright?"

Both Baqi and Nishio Reki's anxious voices rang out at the same time.

It's obvious who was the person who just did those outrageous things to me.

A moment later, the four people sitting together, just like before Yuuki Yuki was dragged into the dream world, finally finished listening to Yuuki Yuki's story.

“So such a thing happened…” Nishio Reki nodded repeatedly, looking thoughtfully at Yuuki Yuki, while also vigilantly watching his surroundings for any unusual phenomena.

The events Yuuki Yukino recounted were far different from what they had imagined—a battle with Yumehara Sumireko in a dream world, only to discover that the mastermind was someone else entirely. They all needed time to process these events.

Moreover, what Yuuki Yukino said involved information about the original magical girls, and no one could guarantee that it wouldn't provoke an attack from Hayashi Keiko, so everyone thought Nishio Reki's tension was necessary.

Not only Nishio Reki, but the others also appeared very nervous, and this tension has continued until now.

It was Yuuki Yukino who broke the awkward silence between them first.

"So what about you guys? What happened to you? I only saw you being thrown into another dimension by Yumehara Sumireko, how did you get out?"

“Ah, us!” Baqi answered immediately, but she hesitated, her straightforwardness and quick thinking causing her to falter.

Then, Baqi looked at Nishio Reki again, then shut her mouth and gestured with her eyes that it would be better for Nishio Reki to say so.

"Sumireko Yumehara created a space that exists between dreams and memories, temporarily locking us inside. Although we don't know why she did this, she has certainly kept us in check."

Nishio has never felt any pressure answering questions, and he acted very naturally in front of Yuuki Yuki. He had already honed this ability to hide his true feelings well when he was telling riddles to Yuuki Yuki as that mysterious person.

But both Baqi and Herika knew that Nishio Reki was hiding something; she remained silent about the memories they had personally experienced.

It wasn't just that she didn't want to talk about it; one reason was that she didn't want to tell Yuuki En those things. Another reason was that it would be fine if she could just look at those things through her memories, but if she said them out loud, it might provoke an attack from Hayashi Keiko.

Of course, these are not the most important things. Even Nishio Reki herself doesn't know where those scenes that are different from her memories are, so naturally she can't explain these things to Yuuki Yukino.

Fortunately, Yuuki Yuuki didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she quietly stroked her chin, as if she was thinking about something.

"So, well, so, in a sense, this matter is perfectly resolved, right?"

After a long wait, everyone finally got to hear Yuuki Enishi's concluding remarks.

But in every sense, it is indeed a perfect ending.

Aside from the one thing Yuuki Yukino did at the last moment—listening to Hanzawa Kuriko's whims—[the rest of the sentence is missing].

“You could say that, it’s practically perfect, right?” Baqi was the first to agree.

“We didn’t suffer any injustice in the end, but Xiaoyuan still had to bear everything alone… It’s really…” Nishio Reki swallowed hard, somewhat unwillingly, and forced a smile: “But it’s pretty perfect, isn’t it?”

"That's true..."

Helica, however, sang a dissenting tune at a time when celebrations should have been in order.

But Helica didn't just say that to shut Yuuki up; her gaze remained fixed on Yuuki's pocket.

"That thing in your pocket, the one that exudes an ominous magic, the one that makes me feel uncomfortable even when I'm not transforming, what is it?"

"Oh, this?" Yuuki Yui said, casually reaching into her pocket and pulling out a small, cloudy bubble, which she then displayed to the other girls.

"I haven't had a chance to tell you about this yet."

……

"So... you're still alive, that's really something?"

In the dreamlike realm, Yuuki Yukina, who was about to take a step, picked up the soul bubble that she could not ignore, which exuded a unique magical power.

"You...you want me to die? You bad guy! You bad guy! You big bad guy!"

A voice, both angry and fiercely cute, came from the bubble. The bubble slowly floated up and bumped hard on Yuuki Yuuki's head, making her head tilt to the side, but she didn't feel much pain.

"Well... of course I didn't want you to die. Seeing you alive, how should I put it... um... I'm actually quite happy?" Yuuki Yukina flicked her nose and turned her face to the other side: "So..."

"That bad guy didn't completely devour me, he just merged with me, but... well, anyway, she can use my abilities, but for some reason, she threw me out again in the end!"

Sumireko Yumehara's soul bubble circled twice in the sky before stopping in front of Yuuki Yukino, its trailing flame swaying like a tiny tadpole.

Is it Hanzawa Chestnut?

For a moment, Yuuki Yuki didn't know what to say.

In this strange place, should I still help myself?

Hanzawa Kuriko's question is indeed something Yuuki Yukino should ponder.

Strictly speaking, Hanzawa Kuriko isn't a good person, at least not to most people.

But bad people are not immune to having a conscience, nor are they forbidden from doing good deeds.

But doing this at this time...

Yuuki Yukino felt even more cheated.

"Honestly! You two are terrible people! You let all my friends go! And you even destroyed my Dreamland! How awful! So awful! I'm so angry! I will never forgive you!"

Sumireko Yumehara's soul bubble was still chattering away, occasionally bumping into Yuuki Yukino's head twice.

"Hey! Hey! Why aren't you saying anything! Have you thought about how to make it up to me? Have you thought about it?"

Seriously! That brat!

Since Yumehara Sumireko was released from her divine liberation, she has remained in this bratty state, which is giving Yuuki En quite a headache. The scene of charging forward that should have moved Yuuki En completely changed its flavor because of Yumehara Sumireko's constant interruptions.

However, Yuuki Yukino was still very happy to see that Yumehara Sumireko was safe and sound.

"Alright, alright, alright." Yuuki Yukino grabbed Yumehara Sumireko's soul bubble in her hand and flicked it several times with her bent fingers.

"Ouch! Ouch! Don't bully me! I'll tell you you're a really bad person!" Yumehara Sumireko's soul bubble struggled a few times, then obediently stopped moving.

"Hey, does what I said before about us being friends still count?" Yuuki Yukina stretched out her finger again and gently stroked Yumehara Sumireko's soul bubble twice.

"No! You're a bad person!"

"Really don't want it?"

"real."

"Really, really don't want it?"

"I...I...I'm bullying you! If you play with me, I'll be your friend! Otherwise, I'll be here alone...I'll..."

"Would you like to come back to reality with me? We can be friends in the real world from now on, how about that?"