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

The owner of that hand took the girl's arm, a row of sharp shark teeth were retracted into his lips, and the whirlpool in his eyes, which seemed to be always at the center of a storm, was mostly hidden by his arched eyebrows.

She then revealed an expression that no one could have imagined she would make.

Welcome back.

Chapter 128 New Semester

"How long do you two plan to stay here?"

While delivering food to Seishin, Yuuki Yui suddenly asked this question.

Although Yuuki Yui didn't say it explicitly, her question could be considered a subtle way of telling Seishin to leave.

When Seishin was rescued by Kuroba Reise, she had nothing with her. After being captured by Seishin, Kuroba Reise has been missing ever since. Neither of them had any money on them.

Even if Seishin had a bank card or something, Yuuki Yui wouldn't dare to openly use Seishin's bank card to withdraw money. Using a missing person's bank card so openly would easily attract the attention of Gorgen Mashiro.

Expenses were secondary; it was only because of Sumireko Yumehara's abilities that Yuuki Yukino dared to keep the two of them by her side. Otherwise, she might have already been suspected by Mashiro Gon.

Yuuki Yukino is now very likely being suspected, but Urobuchi Mashiro has neither found nor been able to find any evidence.

But this can't go on forever. Yuuki Yui can keep Seishin and Kuroba Reisei for a few days, but she can't keep these people for too long.

The two of them still need to figure out their own way forward.

The rice that Sheng Shiyin had brought to her mouth fell from her chopsticks back into the lunchbox. She then slowly brought the chopsticks together, placed them on top of the lunchbox, and shook her head.

"I do not know."

"Don't know?" Inuyama Tomoe, who came with Yuuki Yukino today, narrowed her eyes and her tone rose slightly.

"Mmm." Sheng Shiyin nodded weakly, looking particularly pitiful now that she only had one arm left.

Baqi has always been outspoken, and she understood the implication in Yuuki Yukino's words.

Although Baqi didn't say it explicitly, her statement was practically the same as being outspoken.

"Let me remind you, you've been here for almost half a month now, and you know that yourself, right? Although there's been no news from Genki Mashiro, she's probably searching for you all over the world."

“Hmm…I know.” Sheng Shiyin nodded. “But I really don’t know where I should go, or what the outside world has become.”

If Yuuki Yui didn't know how long Seishin had been here, she might have thought that Seishin had disappeared for months or even years.

“Nothing has changed. It’s the same as before. Changes are happening much slower than you think,” Yuuki Yui replied.

"Hmm..." Sheng Shiyin had lost count of how many times she had nodded tonight, as if she could do nothing but nod, and all she could do now was obey.

Baqi crossed her arms and added, "Reports related to Saint Youyou Academy have almost completely disappeared. I don't know if people are tired of seeing them or if some big hand is manipulating things behind the scenes, but there's no news at all."

"What did the others say?" Saint Shiyin asked.

"He didn't say much, but it's just what I told you before: Mashiro Utsuro shifted all the blame onto the magical girls. That day, it was quite a big deal, and it caused quite a stir. Since the others didn't know the truth, they had no choice but to believe it."

I won't go into the details of what happened during the day on Christmas Day, but the situation at night was extremely chaotic, which did indeed spark some discussion.

Yuuki Yuuki also watched the related reports. The cameras of the reporters who broke into St. Yuuki Academy because of Kuroba Rei's actions recorded Yuuki Yuuki's speech while rushing to the scene and dealing with the problem of Seishin.

Mashiro Gorky's later statement was not complicated; in essence, it was just a matter of a few sentences.

Saint Shion wasn't actually sick; she had been kidnapped by an evil magical girl. The evil magical girl had her eye on their organization, which provided funding to magical girls. Because Saint Shion's safety might be in danger at the time, she couldn't tell the whole story during the day.

However, now that the evil magical girls have coerced Seishine into saying these things—the accusations against her in the video—it means that the evil magical girls want to escalate the situation and completely destroy the credibility of herself and the organization that has always contributed to the magical girls of Moonsea City.

Okay, that's the main content.

During the time that Yuuki Eri and the others were fighting, Genki Mashiro was constantly exposed to the cameras. This was originally a trick that Seishine planned to use to accuse Genki Mashiro of being surrounded by reporters, so that she would be too busy to pay attention to her little tricks.

But this only made Mashiro's words seem more credible, since while the fighting was raging outside, Mashiro had never left.

Later, Mashiro Gorogen, enraged, criticized the other reporters for joking about their own and other students' lives and insisting on "entertainment to the death," which resonated with many and garnered a lot of support.

Given that Seishin is still missing, Mashiro's words become all the more credible.

It could be said that all of Saint Shion's plans became weapons for Gen Ken Mashiro, who used just a few words to distort the truth and make her daytime statements more credible.

As for whether there are any loopholes in Mashiro's words, of course there are. If you look carefully, you can find quite a few. But the reporters didn't think of them, and even if they did think of them later, they wouldn't be able to verify them with Mashiro. So for now, Mashiro is correct.

Moreover, the fact that he could come up with a logically consistent explanation under those circumstances shows that Masashiro Kōken is indeed not to be underestimated.

The only thing that puzzled Yuuki Yuuki was that Gen Urobuchi Mashiro was fighting alongside her during the time she was being interviewed. How did she manage that?

As for the origin of the Great Cathedral, Genki Mashiro never offered an explanation until the very end, so the Great Cathedral became the focus of discussion for several days.

Some say it was a temple for some kind of ceremony, others say it was just a ruin, and still others say it was created by some magical girl—the theories are varied.

In any case, the Great Cathedral was eventually reduced to ruins, and no matter what people speculated, it no longer existed. Moreover, the New Year was less than a week after Christmas, so the topic cooled down after a couple of days.

Yuuki Yui asked Seishin the same question repeatedly, and this was Seishin's answer at the time.

"That large cathedral is a symbol of our church. I can't trace exactly when it appeared, but it's where the coffin of our God is kept and the chapel is located. There's nothing special about it."

Ultimately, the right people, the right place, and the right timing all sided with Genki Mashiro, not Seishion.

Genken Mashiro remains at Seiyuu Academy, while Sei Shion is now homeless and can only hide in the Dreamland to escape Genken Mashiro's pursuit.

It's actually quite pitiful that Saint Hymn has fallen from being the de facto ruler of Saint Eternal Academy to her current state.

But there's a saying that goes, "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them."

Yuuki Yui didn't think about the possibility that she hadn't been to Nijiba City. Since the incident had already happened, she had to start solving the problems that were now in front of her.

And it was clear that he had gone much further than Nishio Reki had ever gone before.

……

Winter break begins at Christmas and ends quickly within a week of the New Year.

Moonsea City, or rather, the worldview of this world, is somewhat different from the other world that Yuuki Eri knows.

In the country of Yuuki Eri's past life, the new school year begins after summer vacation, but there are only two semesters a year.

The neighboring country, which is also the model for this world, has three semesters, but the new school year does indeed begin in the spring when cherry blossoms are falling.

The situation is different in Moonsea City and even in this world. Although there are three school years, the new school year still starts after the summer vacation, which is quite puzzling.

Well, there is such a thing as an autumn semester.

But that's not bad either. There are still two semesters before I have to take the exam for the new school, so Yuuki Eri doesn't need to work that hard... After all, there are still two whole semesters left, right?

But we still have to work hard, both for university and to clear our names.

The new semester certainly brought a fresh start, but Yuuki Yuuki didn't feel that anything had changed.

After all, during these few days of the New Year, Yuuki Yuuki was either out with other members of Nijisanji, with the Dark Magical Girls, or enjoying some alone time with Koyomi.

But let's face the new semester with a fresh start!

"Good morning, Yuki-kun!"

Good morning! You're here so early today.

As soon as he entered the classroom, the girls greeted him.

Yuuki Yukino returned the greetings with a sweet smile, then went straight to her seat and hung her schoolbag on the hook on the side of her desk.

The classroom was filled with all sorts of discussions: New Year's greetings, reminiscing about past winter vacations, and gossip that was absolutely essential to Yuehai Middle School.

This had become part of Yuki's school life at Tsukimi Middle School, and Yuki was already used to it.

But there was one topic, or rather, the place they were discussing, that Yuuki Yuki could not ignore no matter what.

"Have you heard? The Holy Age Academy next door has a new headmaster again."

Let's just consider this a break for ourselves!

Chapter 129 An Ominous Premonition

On the first morning of the new semester, the discussions in the classrooms of Tsukishima Middle School were impossible for Yuuki Yuen to ignore.

"Have you heard? It seems that Saint Yuyou Academy has a new headmaster again?"

"Huh? They've changed it again? How many principals have they changed in just six months? Our school hasn't changed principals in years."

"Did the former headmaster resign to take responsibility? I seem to remember that the incident at St. Yonyou Academy was quite a big deal at the beginning of winter break."

"I don't know. I've heard about this from others, but the details seem a little different."

The words "Saint Yuu Academy" and "Headmaster" alone, which were not unfamiliar to Yuuki Yuuki, gave her a strong sense of crisis.

Whether there's a real problem or they're just making things up, it's not a wrong choice for Yuuki Yui to go and find out the truth.

Yuuki Enishi got up and walked over to the group of girls who were discussing the recent situation at Seiyuu Academy, sticking her head out to them.

"Saeki-kun, you just said that St. Yuu Academy has changed its headmaster again? What's going on? I've never heard of that before."

The girl, whom Yuuki called Saeki-san, raised her hand to greet Yuuki and moved aside to make room for her.

Once Yuuki Yuki got a little closer and squeezed into the crowd of people discussing the matter, she immediately began to share her findings with the other onlookers and Yuuki Yuki.

"Of course, that's what I heard. On the night of our Christmas party, St. Yuu Academy also had a lot of trouble, right? There was a magical girl attack, the former headmistress was kidnapped, and there was some kind of foundation involved, so she couldn't continue as headmistress."

Another girl immediately shook her head and retorted, "No, no, this is completely different from what I heard. Some people said that the current headmaster has excellent crisis management skills and will continue to be promoted, so they replaced him with a new one."

“She’s already the headmistress, how much higher can she go?” Saeki seemed adamant about her opinion: “Some people say she changed jobs because she was worried about retaliation, otherwise she would have been killed by the evil magical girl.”

"That can't be right, can it? I also heard that she might be colluding with those evil magical girls to swindle money from the shareholders. And since the shareholders can't beat the evil magical girls, they can only put pressure on her. Isn't that the real reason?"

"So you mean the Pink Demon is colluding with this headmaster? That makes sense, since the Pink Demon was among the magical girls who attacked St. Yūkyū Academy both times."

"Yeah, I heard the Pink Devil is making a fortune. Otherwise, why would she be so quiet for so long? She hasn't been showing up as often lately, has she?"

Yuuki Yui rubbed her temples silently. She had come to hear news about the new headmaster, not to listen to others spreading rumors about her and then take the blame for it.

It's somewhat understandable that Mashiro Urokino blames the magical girls for Yuuki Yuuki's actions. They're all magical girls, and they don't need to protect their reputation in the ordinary world. To maintain the reputation of St. Yuuki Academy and her own position, Mashiro Urokino's actions are not wrong.

"It seems like the truth can't be like that, right? I don't think that pink demon would do such a thing. Magical girls usually don't interact with ordinary people." Yuuki Yui interjected weakly, trying to clear her other identity of some injustice.

Although this statement won't salvage her image, girls are allowed to speak freely during their gossip time, and her remarks won't arouse any suspicion.

Sure enough, someone immediately refuted Yuuki Enishi's claim.

"Oh dear, Yuuki-kun is too kind. You're not the Pink Demon, how could you possibly imagine how many dark thoughts those evil magical girls have in their minds? Heaven knows how much she's already made through this method?"

Don't take this assumption as fact and then discuss it further!

If I could really make money this way, I wouldn't need to work at the coffee shop tonight!

In the time before the morning classes began, Yuuki Yuuki stayed in the girls' discussion, trying to find out what the new headmaster of Seiyuu Academy was all about.