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

I knew that, apart from Mizuno Yu, no one else would both be in contact with me and be able to talk to Rokuyama Touka about this kind of thing.

Lava Mountain Lantern put her hands in the pockets of her trench coat, stood still for half a second, and waited for Yuki Eri, who was a head shorter than her, to catch up before continuing to walk and talk.

"But she only mentioned that you have obtained the power of true divine liberation. As for what kind of abilities your divine liberation has, she didn't say. But it's definitely not as simple as you've shown."

Upon hearing what the magma lantern said, Yuuki Yuuki was immediately startled.

Every word that Rokuyama-den said was a firm conviction, without any intention of verifying it with Yuuki Eri. It was clear that Rokuyama-den firmly believed that her idea was correct.

Lava Mountain Lights learned so much just from a brief exchange with me, and that alone is terrifying enough.

Moreover, Lamp Lava Mountain is a battle maniac; Yuuki Yukari was secretly delighted when the two of them only briefly clashed.

Now that Lava Lantern knows he didn't go all out, will he start clamoring to have another match with him?

Yuuki Yukino isn't the type to be obsessed with fighting. Fighting is tiring and painful, and if her magic is depleted, she feels like something is missing from her body. If she could, she wouldn't want to fight a single match.

Even if Lava Lantern doesn't want to fight Yuuki Yuuki again, if she discovers that Yuuki Yuuki is just going through the motions in the battle, then Yuuki Yuuki's original purpose of finding Lava Lantern will probably be impossible to achieve.

Although Yuuki Eri was not actually being perfunctory—aside from not using Nyarlathotep to distort reality, she had done her best—what she did and what Kouyama Lantern thought did not constitute a complete causal relationship.

"What are you thinking about? You called me because you need something, right?" Yuuki Yui didn't answer for a while, so Kouyama Lantern naturally urged, "Is there something wrong with your previous job, and you want to change jobs?"

Not only did Laughing Mountain change the subject, she also immediately pointed out what Yuuki Eri should ask her for help with, which was like the sun rising in the west.

Since Lava Mountain Lantern was being so considerate, Yuuki Yukino couldn't possibly miss the opportunity and quickly went along with what Lava Mountain Lantern was saying.

"No, no, there's something else." Yuuki Yuen waved her hand. "I want to know first, do you know anything about the Three Pillar Gods or anything like that?"

"No, what is it? A comic? Or something else?" Lamp shook his head and asked Yuuki En in confusion.

"Nothing, but do you know anything about the Grand Cathedral of the Holy Ancient Academy?" Yuuki Yuen pondered for a moment before asking.

"I don't know. I do know about the Holy Ancient Academy, but what is the Great Cathedral? Is it the school's chapel?" Lava Mountain Lantern said matter-of-factly, as if not knowing these things was the right thing to do.

"Then..." Yuuki Yui was speechless for a moment. The strong aura of confidence emanating from Lava Mountain Lantern made Yuuki Yui wonder if it was right not to know.

Lantern of Lava Mountain is theoretically the strongest magical girl, so how come she knows nothing about these magical girls?!

This is what they call the great way is simple, the great skill is without artifice, the great... the flying brick!

As expected, this guy, Lava Mountain Lantern, who doesn't even have any erotic CGs, can't be understood using the common sense of magical girls.

Yuuki Yui hesitated for a while before finally asking a question that was quite different from her original intention to learn about the original magical girls and Urouge Mashiro from Lava Mountain Lantern.

"So...so...have you had any nightmares recently?"

That's right, Yuuki Yui came to see Lava Mountain Lantern hoping to try her luck and see if she could get some other useful information.

For example, when did Laughing Mountain fight against Mashiro Utsuro? Did Mashiro Utsuro use Yog-Sothoth's abilities at that time? Did Laughing Mountain know about the Sisters of the Sanctuary organization?

The last time I looked for Lamproyal, Yuuki Yuuki had just exposed her identity and was having conflicts with other members of Nijisanji, so all she could think about was finding a job to change her mood, and she didn't have time to ask these questions.

Now that everything is settled, Yuuki Yuuki has lost the fragment of her soul that suppressed her corruption in the Star Sea. These matters must be put on the agenda.

Putting aside the unspeakable Nishio Reki, the unapproachable Urobuchi Mashiro, and the completely unpredictable Hayashi Mustardo, the safest and most reliable candidate that Yuuki En could think of was Rokuzan Tou.

However, the prerequisite for communicating with Lava Lantern is to fight Lava Lantern in a real battle. This cost only needs to be borne by Yuuki Eri alone, and it is much safer than the other options.

"Hmm, a nightmare?" Lava Mountain Lantern looked up thoughtfully, seemingly looking at something, and after a moment of contemplation, answered decisively, "No."

So it seems that Sumireko Yumehara really hit the jackpot. Apart from herself, she didn't choose the two most dangerous options—Mashiro Urokin and Touka Lavayama—otherwise, there might not have been so much trouble.

"However, I did have a rather strange dream a while ago, but I don't remember the details very well." As if suddenly remembering something, Lava Mountain Lantern quickly turned her head back.

"In that dream, I encountered a lot of things that I found annoying, and quite a few people started picking on me, so I beat them all up. Does that count?"

"Uh..." Yuuki Yuen seemed a little confused.

Is this considered an attack by Sumireko Yumehara?

Yuuki Yukino hadn't experienced it herself, so she couldn't say for sure.

Lava Mountain Lantern suddenly slammed his fist in his hand: "Oh right, there seems to be a child I don't recognize who ran away crying and saying something like I'm scary, which is why I find it so strange."

Okay, so this is definitely Sumireko Yumehara's attack.

To be able to scare Sumireko Yumehara to tears, she truly lives up to her reputation as the "Lava Mountain Lantern."

However, the mature version of Sumireko Yumehara mentioned something like this: she can pull people out of dreams into a deeper space she has constructed, in a way that is somewhat similar to the execution of defeated magical girls.

Both aim to break a person's will, so that the soul can be captured by Sumireko Yumehara or that huge system when it is weak enough.

In other words, this guy, Lava Mountain Lantern, is excessively strong-willed.

That makes sense. This invincible corporate slave magical girl lives a very carefree life, changing jobs every few days and doing whatever she likes. It seems really difficult to break her defenses.

After thinking for a while, Rongshan Deng added some harmless details, then asked, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Yuuki Yui forced a smile. "It's just that we encountered a magical girl who could enter other people's dreams, and then..."

Since Sumireko Yumehara's matter had been resolved, Yuuki Yukina simply summarized Sumireko Yumehara's abilities and everyone's experiences over the past few days in a few words.

Of course, this only applies to the fact that Sumireko Yumehara attacked them, Yuuki Yukina entered the Dream Realm, defeated Sumireko Yumehara, and then brought everyone out. Yuuki Yukina's original words were not much more detailed than this.

“Oh, I remember her,” said Rongshan Deng after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, she's the little girl you... scared to tears, the one who appeared in your dream."

Yuki Yui had only answered casually, but Rokuyama Lantern gave her an answer that she hadn't expected.

"It wasn't in a dream, it was a long time ago, maybe a year or two ago? Because she was so weak, she completely failed to ignite my desire to fight, but her abilities were quite interesting, which is why I remember her."

As Laughing Mountain Lantern walked and talked, he was unaware that he had left Yuuki Eri behind.

If it weren't for the reminder from the magma lamp, Yuuki Yuki would have forgotten this incredibly important thing—Yumehara Sumireko only became a brat because she sealed away her growth and the corruption that had corrupted her.

But in reality, Sumireko Yumehara is older than herself.

In other words, Lampa and Sumireko Yumehara were magical girls from the same era.

The same period means that they all experienced the relatively recent history of the Gyoken Mashiro annihilating the entire Sisters of the Sanctuary and even launching a manhunt for all magical girls, which took place in Tsukimi City.

It's almost a certainty that Mashiro's transformation is related to the original magical girl. Once we know what happened in Mashiro's past, the clues will become much clearer.

At first, Yuuki Yui only came to find Lava Mountain Lantern with the idea that "maybe Lava Mountain Lantern might have learned some information about Urouge Mashiro when she fought with him."

But it's very likely that Lava Lamp knows far more than he realizes.

"If she was weak, were there any very strong magical girls around at the time?" Yuuki Yui suppressed the urge to bombard Lava Mountain Lantern with a jumble of questions and patiently asked.

"If you ask that, there are indeed a few."

After thinking for a while, Lancelot answered Yuuki Yukino's question, but also posed an even newer question to her.

"If you want to know these things, you must first answer one of my questions."

I ate hot pot yesterday, and my stomach problems flared up. I couldn't sleep for half the night.

I was busy all day today, and I felt it wouldn't be right not to eat the leftover hot pot ingredients, so I bought some more meat to eat tonight.

Then, my stomach problems flared up again.

Haha... the bowl is stupid.

The bowl is extremely weak right now and needs to rest as soon as possible.

Goodnight everyone, I'll catch up on the missing chapters this weekend.

Chapter Four: An Ordinary Night and an Ordinary Conversation

"If you want to know these things, you must first answer one of my questions."

As she spoke, Yuuki Yuuki's tone suddenly became much more serious as she walked alongside her. This was a tone that Yuuki Yuuki had almost never heard from Yuuki Yuuki before.

Yuuki Yuuki has gained a general understanding of what kind of person Lamp is, based on her interactions with Lamp over this period and her past memories of her in the game.

There aren't many things that would make Lamproyal take things seriously. Aside from her overwhelmingly strong classmate aura, which tells you that she takes every job seriously despite frequently changing jobs, it's magical girl battles.

Now, being asked such a serious question by Laughing Mountain, Yuuki Yuuki's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately felt that something terrible might be about to happen.

Was what happened in Yuehai City really that serious?

Yuuki En mustered her courage and mentally prepared herself before giving Lava Mountain Lantern an answer.

"go ahead."

Lava Mountain Lantern, who had been waiting for Yuuki Yuki to answer her question, couldn't help but ask another question after Yuuki Yuki took so long to reply.

"I haven't even asked you yet, there's no need to think about it for so long."

"Just ask me whatever you want to ask." Yuuki Yui didn't take the bait from Lava Mountain Lantern. Lava Mountain Lantern was the type to keep things simple, and Yuuki Yui and Lava Mountain Lantern didn't have much to talk about. Getting straight to the point was better for both of them.

Loomaki Lantern raised the corners of his mouth approvingly, seemingly quite satisfied with Yuuki Enishi's direct and to-the-point way of speaking.

"Alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. You're asking me what powerful magical girls there are, right?"

"Mmm." Yuuki Yui nodded slowly a few times, trying to make her somewhat dry voice sound less harsh.

"Is this something you're curious about, or something that's important to you?" Laughter Mountain turned her head to look at Yuuki Yukina's unpleasant expression as she walked beside her, then turned back to look at the path the two were walking on.

“This is more important to me,” Yuuki Yuuki replied.

"Oh, I see." Lancelot nodded slightly without making a sound, pursed his lips, and steadied his wandering gaze as he walked.

The two of them walked for half a minute, and then remained silent for another half minute.

Although that half minute was short, it was an extremely agonizing time for Yuuki Yuuki.

The silence of the lava lamp intensified her ominous premonition.

If even the Lava Mountain Lantern has to be vague about it, then what terrible thing happened back then?

Yi 62 Liu (Er Linqi Si Ba Bu Ding Rong Shan Deng) has actually met the original magical girl? And even suffered a defeat at the hands of that original magical girl? She has always wanted to become stronger in order to avenge her defeat?

Once her mind was opened, all sorts of strange ideas flooded in, making it hard for Yuuki Yuki to feel at ease.

It felt as if the path beneath my feet had turned into a thorny trail, and that walking on it would cause me to continuously lose health points, and that I would die on the spot after taking two more steps.

Uh, I've gotten a bit off-topic. Anyway, Yuuki Yuki felt like her brain was already buzzing just from walking around.

"Well, so..."

Half a day later, Yuuki Yukino finally couldn't help but speak up.

She didn't explicitly state her purpose to Rongshan Deng, one important reason being that she had too many questions to ask, and it was too complicated to start from the beginning. It wasn't easy to extract a specific purpose either.

If, while walking along, Laughing Mountain suddenly says, "Okay, I'm home," then Yuuki Eri will have worked for nothing.