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

She dared not listen, much less look at what was happening in the audience.

A cacophony of sounds flashed past her ears, but none of them managed to enter Helica's mind.

I'm so worried.

I'm so scared.

Everything seems to be about to fall apart!

If it were me, if it were the me that everyone disliked, it would definitely end like this.

This isn't Nishio Reki's dream, and the audience below isn't something he imagined. If he really is disliked by everyone...

As Herika was lost in thought, she felt a solid punch to her back. She turned around abruptly and saw Inuyama Tomoe, who was showing off her white little tiger teeth.

"Greet everyone properly, Helica the Thunder God. Isn't this what you've been waiting for the most?"

Is that so...?

While Helica hesitated, a warm hand tightly grasped her cold, trembling palm, a strand of pink hair came into the girl's view, and a soft call transformed into the strength in her heart to face reality.

“That’s right, Helica, this is the stage you’re on right now, and this is what everyone really thinks of you.”

That's right, I should take a look and see what everyone really thinks of me.

Whether it's criticism or insults, contempt or indifference, you should face it bravely.

Helica slowly raised her head.

The scene she saw seemed different from what she had imagined.

Reflected in the girls' golden pupils were their smiling faces with their hands raised high, and the cheers and support from the entire audience.

"oh!!!"

Noticing that Helica slowly raised her head, the thunderous applause from the audience grew even louder, all of it dedicated to the panting yet timid Helica who was staring at the audience below.

"Senior! I really love your songs! Keep up the good work!"

"Everyone in Rainbow Team! Yay! Awesome! Oh!"

"Tianlei! Your performance just now was really cool! It was definitely the right decision to put you on stage! Keep up the good work and make the performance perfect!"

"Helika, you've done a great job! Show them the results of our practice! Make sure we sing our last song perfectly for them!"

Besides the cheers from classmates whom Helika knew or didn't know, Helika could also hear the whispers below.

"So that person was Senior Sister Tianlei. I've heard of her. She always had excellent grades, and she's also a great singer."

"Who just said that Yuuki was coerced? How could someone who was coerced say such a thing?"

"Tianlei has made so many trustworthy friends. I'm so happy for her."

“I said when I first enrolled that she wasn’t bad at all. Although Tianlei had a bad temper, she would scold me while tutoring me. If it weren’t for her, I would have failed.”

"Indeed... I was too prejudiced against Tianlei in the past... If she could change her personality, she would really be a very good person..."

Is the person who caused so much trouble for everyone also needed?

Can someone who isn't a companion, or a magical girl, but rather Helica Tenrai, who endured three incredibly unsuccessful years, still receive such applause and blessings?

Herlica turned around in astonishment. Not only the audience below the stage, but also her companions standing side by side were looking at her with hopeful eyes.

Without a doubt, Helica is now the center of this stage, the center of her own world, and the undisputed focus of everyone's attention.

Helica had been the center of attention countless times in the past—when arguing, when throwing a tantrum, when passing by… but never before had she felt so relaxed and satisfied.

That's right!

This is what I've been hoping for, what I've always dreamed of!

Herlica felt a slight soreness in her nose, and her vision became blurry.

The girl sniffed hard, but then another round of applause erupted, drawing Lin Qiyi's attention.

It is encouraging applause, carrying everyone's hopes for her, dedicated to this imperfect but hard-working girl named Helica Tenrai.

Right now, I am the happiest girl in the world!

"Everyone!"

Helica ripped the microphone off the shelf and held it high above her head.

"oh!!!"

Cheers erupted like a tidal wave.

"Next! Please listen to our last song!"

Helica gritted her teeth through her tears and smiled at the audience.

"This is our first and only original song, a song dedicated to ourselves, and first and foremost to all of you!"

Chapter 106 You've made Xiao Li sound like a real person!

"They have one last song? Didn't they play it during the rehearsal a few days ago?" Sakura Nana frowned, sensing that things weren't as simple as they seemed.

Tian Yinxiang seemed quite excited. How many songs the band planned to perform was not important to her; what mattered most was whether the performance resonated with the audience and whether she enjoyed watching it.

"Oh, isn't this great? It gave us a pleasant surprise, right?"

"Hmph, anyway, they're not bad, right?" Sakuragawa Nana pouted awkwardly.

"Hmm?" Tianyin gave a meaningful look: "Cai Cai didn't say that just now, did she? Didn't she look down on them before? I don't know what there is to look down on."

"I'm not looking down on them, I just think these lazy people... well, it's really beyond our expectations that their performance, which was a disaster at the beginning, could turn out like this." Sakuragawa Nana muttered.

"Isn't that because you enjoy listening to it?"

"No way! We're definitely going to be the winners in the end! Come on, watch the show! Watch the show!"

"Oh right! Wait a minute! You guys distracted me! I was about to forget!"

Helica, whose pick was already close to the strings, suddenly jumped up like a startled rabbit, and the girls around her who were preparing to perform stopped at the same time.

Helica cleared her throat somewhat awkwardly and readjusted the microphone stand a few times to distract herself from her embarrassment:

"Ahem, before the last song begins, we have one last member to introduce."

A murmur rippled through the audience, who whispered amongst themselves about what other surprises might be in store, their eyes turning towards the stage area.

"She may not be able to stand on this stage, but her support and companionship are also one of the necessary conditions for our success. It can be said that without her, we might not be able to stand here now. Our last song was also written by her."

After completely letting go, Helica became incredibly candid. Holding the microphone with one hand, her eyes glistening with tears, she slowly spoke to the audience.

"For this, I would also like to express my gratitude to the last member among us."

Her sincere remarks touched many people, who were moved by Helica's genuine emotions, and their expressions became more or less serious.

One of their former teammates, who was unable to perform due to some unforeseen circumstances, provided invaluable companionship to everyone... Many people have already automatically imagined a tragedy filled with regret but one that continues to move forward.

"I never imagined that they were carrying such a heavy burden."

"Maybe...they didn't go on stage just now because they wanted to see their companion one last time?"

"It's truly moving to see someone carry on their companion's last wishes to perform one last song on stage."

click-

The spotlight shone on the crowd, illuminating a blonde girl with a bewildered expression.

"Huh?" Under the spotlight, still wearing the suit she hadn't had time to change out of, Hong Moli looked around and pointed to her face: "Me?"

All eyes turned to him, with many whispering compliments like "So handsome!"

At the entrance to the stage, Riko Serizawa, who had been standing in front of the lighting control panel at some point, gave the girls a thumbs-up, her expression saying, "You're welcome."

This was definitely done without prior communication with Helica; you could tell just by looking at Helica's stunned expression on stage.

Yuuki Yui covered the microphone and whispered, "Wrong! The one next to her! It's not her!"

"Oh! Wrong! You took a picture of the wrong person! Take a picture of the one next to her!" Riko Serizawa poked the student in charge of the control panel with her finger.

"Oh well."

The lighting control staff nodded, and the spotlight that had been shining suddenly went out in the girls' bewildered gazes. Then, the light suddenly came on again and shone on the gray-haired girl who was wearing a sports jacket over her dance dress because she hadn't had time to change out of it.

Hyakki Chiyu also raised her face with a blank expression, her mouth still full of squid strips.

"Wrong again! It's not the one on the left! It's the one on the right!" Yuuki Yuen felt her head buzzing. The scene that was supposed to be very touching seemed to have lost its charm after Serizawa Riko's antics.

"Did you hear that! You're wrong again! It's the one on the right!" Riko Serizawa, the perpetrator, poked the staff member in the back again, urging him to readjust the lights as if nothing had happened.

The third light finally shone on Nishio Reki, whose lips were twitching uncontrollably.

"You got the picture. Now, say your lines, say your lines!" Baki whispered to Helika beside her.

"Uh..." After all this commotion, Helica's initial overwhelming emotion had been almost completely worn away. She quickly tried to regain her composure: "Even though you can't be on stage, you are still an indispensable part of us."

Staff members were already running up to deliver the microphone to Nishio Reki, who was under the spotlight.

It has to be said that if it weren't for the series of mistakes that came before, this scene would have been quite touching.

At least Xiao Li won't be standing there awkwardly like this now.

"Uh, I, I'm Nishio Reki, who's in charge of logistics and lyrics. I'm a third-year student in Class A." Nishio Reki stammered a couple of sentences and gave a simple self-introduction, just like the girls on stage before.

A simple self-introduction might not be enough, but in this atmosphere, all the feelings that Nishio Reki had in his heart before seemed to be extinguished by a bucket of cold water, and he could no longer say anything cheesy.

Nishio Reki hesitated for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a sentence.

"By the way, I should clarify that I simply don't know how to play any musical instruments, that's not it."

"Did you hear that? You've made such a bad impression on them!" Ba Qi muttered under her breath on stage, as if kicking someone when they were down, but many audience members in the front rows still heard her.

The entire audience immediately burst into laughter.

After the laughter subsided, Nishio Reki took a deep breath: "However, being able to spend this time with everyone, a time I never dared to hope for, is a kind of happiness for me."

"My feelings right now are no less than those of Xiaoyuan on that summer night when she found me in the vast sea of ​​people."

“Hey…” Yuuki Yui called out briefly on stage. Although she kept covering the microphone, some of her voice was still caught in the microphone.

The audience stirred up a new wave of excitement, with crowds shouting "Confess your love!", "True love!", and "Get together!"

"Xiao Yuan will not give it to you!" Ba Qi raised the violin bow, pointing it at the audience as if she had pointed a gun at an enemy countless times, declaring her sovereignty in an extremely high-profile manner.

The onlookers below the stage were even happier, cheering even louder, and the idea of ​​a fight breaking out gained the upper hand.