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

Yuuki Yui remained silent, waiting for Helica to speak, because she had nothing to say to Helica.

Herica remained silent because she had no idea what to say to win back Yuuki Eri.

Boring, uninteresting, tasteless, useless... Helica felt that every word she wanted to say was meaningless.

But she still had to say it, she absolutely had to say it, even if it meant repeating all the things she had said in the past. Helica had to say it.

“Yuki Yukino, come back with me, back to Moonsea City. We can discuss and solve any problems together,” Helica said, extending her hand to Yuki Yukino.

Yuuki Yui neither dodged nor flinched, letting Tenrai Herika grab her wrist, feeling Herika's cold, damp hand taking away the warmth from her body.

Helica tugged slightly, but couldn't move Yuuki Enishi.

"Are you coming back with me or not? Just say something!"

Helica tugged hard again, but Yuuki Yuki remained unmoved.

In fact, Yuuki Yukino has already answered with her actions. Some things don't necessarily need to be said so clearly. Leaving each other an out is the best choice.

If others were here, they might already know about Yuuki Yukino's determination, and they might try to persuade her in other ways, but they might not be so direct.

But Helica is Helica; she's the type who won't give up until she hits a brick wall.

"If you don't explain yourself clearly, I absolutely will not let you leave like this!"

Helica looked at Yuuki Yuuki with a helpless sigh, then opened her mouth and let out a long sigh: "What will happen after we go back together? Will anything change?"

"How will you know if anything changes if you don't try! It's better for everyone to work together to find a solution than for you to drag along two fallen magical girls who have been separated from Moonsea City for who knows how long, right?" Herica said, looking at Yuuki Yui who had spoken, as if she didn't want to give up any opportunity.

“What you said does make some sense. If there were more people involved, they would always come up with a usable solution,” Yuuki Yui replied.

Yuuki Yukina agreed with her own statement, and Tenrai Helika grabbed Yuuki Yukina's arm and shook it even more excitedly: "Right, right? Let's all think of a solution together!"

"But, let's not talk about things that far back, Helica. Let me ask you a few questions." Yuuki Yui still didn't break free from Helica's hand, her tone calm, even somewhat indifferent.

Herlica's heart skipped a beat. She wasn't good at debating and knew she was easily persuaded by Yuuki Yuki.

If possible, the best option would be to prevent Yuuki Yuki from saying a single word, to avoid letting her ramblings disturb your peace of mind, and to simply take her back.

“Herika…” Yuuki Yuuki called softly.

"Don't say it!" Helica loudly stopped Yuuki Yukino from saying anything more.

For a moment, the world fell silent, with only the sound of rain echoing around us.

"If these issues are inherently unsolvable, can you choose between letting me disappear silently alone, or letting me perish along with the entire city of Tsukimi, a city filled with magical girls?"

Yuuki Yukari's voice, as cool as the drizzle before summer had fully arrived, slowly reached Tenrai Herika's ears.

"If I were to be controlled by that power again, would you be able to protect yourselves?"

"Stop talking."

"If I were to harm Lin Jiezi, or any of you, could you be so resolute in dealing with me?"

"Stop talking."

"If I..."

"Please... don't say another word..."

Instead of grabbing Yuuki Yuuki's arm, Helica opened her arms and pounced on him.

Yuuki Yuuki staggered a few steps and fell into the puddle on the ground along with Tenrai Herika.

The umbrella in Yuuki Yukino's hand slipped from her grasp and rolled a few times on the ground before finally coming to rest at their feet. However, Yuuki Yukino remained in the position of holding the umbrella, her empty hand frozen in mid-air.

The torrential rain that fell from the sky instantly submerged Yuki Yuki, her neatly combed pink hair was soaked through and clung to her face wetly.

Herlica hugged Yuuki, who was pinned beneath her, tightly, burying her face in Yuuki's chest. The rainwater on her face immediately spread in circles on Yuuki's clothes.

"I don't want to hear your questions, I don't want to answer them. Just come back with me, okay? Let's go back to Yuehai City together."

Helica clearly sensed a helpless sigh coming from Yuuki Yuki, who was lying on the ground.

"Moonsea City..."

Yuuki Yukino's sigh actually represents a lot.

If Yuuki Yukino continued speaking, Helica knew what kind of answer she would hear.

No, this can't be done! Absolutely not!

"You can do it! You definitely can! You have a way, and I have a way too!"

Herlica used her hands to push herself up from Yuuki Yuuki's body on the uneven ground, but her lower body remained on top of Yuuki Yuuki, as if afraid that Yuuki Yuuki would run away.

"There must be a way, there must be a way!" Helica muttered to herself, frantically groping her body with her hands, not knowing what to do with them.

"That's right! This one!"

Herlica reached into her backpack, unzipped it, and frantically rummaged through it.

Helica took a red wallet out of her backpack, then opened the wallet and rummaged through its inner compartments.

Herlica's movements were so rough that her wallet nearly fell to the ground several times, but she managed to catch it with her trembling fingers.

Herlica's hands trembled even more violently as she shakily pulled a neatly folded piece of paper from a hidden compartment in her wallet.

Upon seeing that thing, Yuuki Yukino's eyes flickered, and she silently bit her lower lip.

Herika unfolded the folded piece of paper, and the rain that fell from the sky instantly soaked it. The dried writing on the paper smudged into a circle of black ink on the white paper.

The paper was flipped halfway through Helica's hand, and Helica unfolded it completely with both hands, holding the side with the writing in front of Yuuki Yuki.

Yuuki Yukino recognized it; it was her own handwriting.

“This is… a wish ticket!” Herica sniffed hard and read aloud the contents of the ticket: “With this ticket, you can make a wish to Yuuki Yuuki at any time.”

In fact, Helica couldn't see the contents of the document, but she remembered exactly what Yuuki Yuki had written on it, even without looking at it.

"This is... during the school trip, I was in a bad mood so I ran away by myself. You caught up with me and sat with me for a very long time. This wish ticket is... something you were going to give me back then..."

Yuuki Yuen also remembered that in that unfamiliar city, under the starry sky, the blonde girl sitting on the stone steps had her eyes shining as she poured out her heart to him without reservation.

The excitement, the joy, the hesitation—all the emotions of that time—are undeniably cherished memories in Yuuki Yukino's heart.

The regret he felt back then, the little note he had kept in his bosom, intending to give it to Helica to cheer her up, which had been lost somewhere, has now reappeared before him at this inopportune moment.

Upon seeing it, Yuuki Yuki had only one thought—ah, so she received it.

Herlica sniffled more forcefully. She couldn't hear her own tone or voice, but she knew without a doubt that she must be in a terrible state.

"Although, although this is something I found! But...but it's useful! Right! You wrote on it: 'If there's anything I can grant you, please don't hesitate to give it to me.' That's what you wrote!"

Herika clenched her teeth, large drops of cold rain streaming down her cheeks. She held up a small, handwritten piece of paper, soaked with rain and utterly meaningless, while pointing the other finger at Yuuki Yuki's nose.

"Now! I'm going to make a wish! Yuuki Yuuki! I want you to come back with me! I only have this one wish! Come back with me! Come back to Yuehai City with me! We'll figure out the rest together!"

The light in Yuuki Yukino's wide pupils trembled, her slightly parted lips were suddenly clenched and gradually lost their color, her eyelashes fluttered a few times, and the muscles on her entire face trembled violently along with her pupils, as if they were all twisting together.

"I'm sorry." Yuuki Yui closed her eyes, letting darkness fill her entire vision: "This wish really can't be made."

However, I'm not satisfied, very dissatisfied. Even after repeatedly refining it, it still doesn't quite have the right feel.

Anyway, it's almost over, and I think I should slow down and polish it properly.

Okay! Thank you for watching! This is a single update for today!

Chapter 263 What I Desired Was Not Enough, What I Missed Was Just Too Late

Seeing the small, handwritten note, wet with rain, appear before her eyes at this moment, Yuuki Yukino's heart had never been so shaken.

Over the past month, Yuuki Yuuki has made many decisions: she decided to leave Tsukimi City alone, she decided to stay with the magical girls who were once her enemies, and she decided to find a way to solve the final problem.

These actions are all reasonable, and Yuuki Yui can confidently say that all of her decisions are the best methods chosen after careful consideration. Even if others have different opinions, Yuuki Yui can argue her point.

But there is only one thing that is not like this, and this is the only thing that was deliberately done in the situation that Yuuki Eri accidentally created, and even if she had the chance to choose again, Yuuki Eri would definitely have chosen the same thing.

That is to remove your SIM card, close all your social media apps, and force yourself not to contact anyone in Yuehai City.

When Inuyama Tomoe met Urobuchi Mashiro, she had a guess: Yuuki Yuuki's reason for not contacting others was that she still had lingering feelings for them.

This idea is correct; that's how Baqi came to know Yuuki Yukino.

Yuuki Yui worried that if she knew how the others were doing, how hard they had tried to find her, and how sad they were when they couldn't find her, her mood would definitely be affected.

Yuuki Yukino is doing something very important; she is working hard for everyone's future. That's why she is even more worried that if she is affected, she will not be able to make up her mind to stay in this unfamiliar city.

Yuuki Yui was indeed afraid. She was afraid of being soft-hearted, afraid that her persistence would be in vain, afraid that she would secretly return to Yuehai City, and afraid that her retreat would make things a mess again.

The more Yuuki Yukino fears, the more likely the situation she fears will occur.

Helica arrived with no clues, no goal, only her burning passion driving her into the city. She blindly stumbled through the city, hoping to find even the slightest trace of herself.

Someone had reminded her earlier.

……

A little earlier.

“A magical girl has entered this city.” Miya Miyashita stood in front of Yuuki Yuuki’s desk and said to Yuuki Yuuki, “The one who came is Tenrai Helica.”

"Hmm." Yuuki Yui nodded slightly, neither confirming nor denying. "Neither you nor Tsukimi-senpai revealed my presence in this city, right?"

“I don’t have any of their contact information. I do have Megumi’s, but she would never do that. Otherwise, if she wanted to contact them, we would have done so long ago. There’s no need to wait until now.” Miyashita Miya said confidently, then softened her tone and asked Yuuki Yuuki, “What do you plan to do? In such a big city, if you just hide here, she definitely won’t be able to find you.”

"Never mind." Yuuki sighed, shook her head from side to side, placed her hands on the table, her fingers restlessly trying to touch the books on the table, but she couldn't reach them.

"Aren't you going?" Miyashita Miya didn't quite understand Yuuki Yuuki's "never mind."

"I'm going to see her." Yuuki Yui stood up from her chair, supporting herself on the table.

"If you do this, your previous efforts to hide your whereabouts will be exposed. All those efforts to avoid contacting your friends for so long will be in vain," Miyashita Miya reminded her.

“I know.” Yuuki Yui grabbed her coat from the back of her chair. “But she’s already tracked me all the way here. I can’t keep running away from some things. I need to settle things properly, don’t I?”

As Yuuki Yukino said this, she draped her coat over her shoulders and casually grabbed the umbrella that was placed by the door.

At the time, she had her back to Miyashita Mia, so she couldn't see the look in Miyashita Mia's eyes when she looked at her, as if she saw through Yuuki Yukina's lies.

……

Yuuki Yukino regretted it; she truly regretted meeting Tenrai Herika.

She thought she had to respond to Tenrai Herika, that she could personally end her own path to survival, but that was just Yuuki Yuuki's wishful thinking.

She simply couldn't do it; the so-called reason for having to go was just a lie that even Yuuki En herself had to believe.