Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

It was so fast that my eyes couldn't keep up, yet Beiluo Shimen was still able to block it.

But then again, Miluno's cleverness had just left her with several holes in her body. Although they looked like they had healed, bullets were still lodged inside.

You must be in pain with every move you make, right?

"Perhaps my kindness has made you misunderstand the difference between us. Now that my friend is not here, I have no need to worry about anything."

She exhaled a breath of frost, and the entire rooftop began to freeze, the penetrating cold spreading down to the ground.

Her father and the others were no longer here, giving her a reason to give her all in actual combat.

I hurriedly said, "Miss Falcon, the building is about to be frozen! You should take Miss Yangyan away first!"

Falcon nodded, then climbed over the rooftop railing and jumped.

She had to take Yang Yan away from the operating room on the second floor to prevent her from being attacked in the subsequent battle while she was unconscious.

The spreading ice was approaching, so I wrapped myself in bubbles and flew into the air, watching as my original foothold was completely covered by the deep frost.

We've narrowly escaped disaster.

However, Milno, whose feet were still on horseshoes, could not stand on the ice, and her feet might even freeze. Her proud speed was also sealed away.

Beiluoshimen, who had transformed back into his antler form amidst the white mist, drew his sword and unleashed a swift, sweeping strike that stretched for tens of meters.

In an instant, frost filled the entire top floor and even the air.

From my vantage point above, Miluno's figure was instantly obscured by the frosty, cold light, and she vanished without a trace.

"..."

Before I could even comprehend what was happening, Fomalhaut unleashed a chilling, damp current toward the section of floorboards that had been cut open earlier.

Miluno jumped in to avoid the sweeping attack, while Beiluoshimen planned to freeze her to death in the stairwell with a fierce cold wave.

Reverse time!

Miluno's voice came from below.

Beiluo Shimen suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face contorted as he knelt on the ground.

The wound, which had already healed, began to bleed again, and several bullets flew out of her body... Miluno reversed the time of the bullets, thereby causing secondary damage to Beiluoshimen.

"I told you not to underestimate me, didn't I?"

Miluno jumped out from below.

Although there was some frost on her body, she looked pretty good.

"...Hmph, ha, you think you can't deal with me with just the power of this magical girl?"

The cold air emanating from the wound not only stopped the bleeding but also spread further, forming a protective film that covered the entire roof.

Milno used her sword to hold herself in place.

The blizzard was so strong that I put a heat-insulating protective film over her.

"Just relying on? Do you have any other power besides that?"

"Of course!"

The Sword Witch forced herself to stand up and replied, "I am your enemy... a warrior created from the material of 'magical girls'... I am not a traitor. From the very beginning, I have been a warrior fighting for 'the other side'... just like the other warriors sent here, and I am proud of it."

To her, being called a traitor by us is an insult.

She, and the other witches imprisoned by the association, were all pure invaders, having little to do with the former "magical girls," at most inheriting only "memories," "magic," and "personality"...

"wrong!"

I couldn't help but argue back.

"You clearly remember things from when you were still human. Miluno and I also dealt with human monsters who had failed to be brainwashed, and most importantly... you even considered Dad a friend and helped him save my mother!"

"Foolish! Look at my current posture, don't you understand?"

A huge shadow loomed over the blizzard.

It looked like the outline of a centaur... no... a deer... a tree spirit.

"I am not a creation of a 'magical girl,' but a new life created using 'magical girl' materials! My will and thoughts have nothing to do with the human you speak of! She is dead, and her memories are nothing more than a book I can consult at any time! I am who I am, and I stand here with my free will to assert that there is no such thing as brainwashing as you claim! Continue to slander my character, and I will not forgive you even for the sake of my friend!"

The enraged sword witch rattled off a long string of words.

No, should we call her the Deer Witch now?

The enormous white tree spirit, facing her was like facing a frigid iceberg in the Arctic Ocean, a feeling that even breathing would be frozen...

"Look! Look at me! This is my true form! Humans, I have never been one of you. I am the ghoul who devoured you, the enemy with whom I must fight to the death!"

"Then why do you appear in human form?"

She didn't answer, but the sky above her "cracked" open.

"That's the reason."

Chapter Forty: The King of Late Arrivals

(Sun Yao)

"My friend's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled."

The cracked sky is sweeping away Fomalhaut's existence.

It wasn't simply being dragged away.

Like the unnatural twisting within a wormhole, she was completely disintegrated and sucked into the crack.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy.

It's like milk poured into the toilet and flushed away; it disappears in an instant.

She might come back.

But they probably won't be able to come back anytime soon.

"……it's over."

The ice on the ground was half-melted and wet, but Miluno plopped down on it.

She wasn't as composed as she seemed during the confrontation with the Sword Witch. The protective shield I created for her had long been torn apart, and although her battle armor appeared intact at first glance, it was actually covered in tiny cuts and lacerations.

"Miluno, are you alright?"

With her back to me, she said, "Never mind me, go see your parents."

"……Um."

Open a new teleportation aura by following the remnants of the previous magic.

"I'll leave the door open for you... until your magic runs out..."

"Go."

I passed through the teleportation portal and arrived at another block not far away.

Aunt Rinki and Miss Falcon are both here, as is Kagerou... Perhaps due to the side effects of forcibly removing the Star Crystal, she still hasn't woken up.

"Auntie, where are my parents?"

She looked at the night sky and replied, "They escaped."

I don't know why...

I actually felt a sense of relief, and I was glad that my parents had successfully escaped.

This feeling makes me ashamed, but I also have to think about it.

Do I really have a way to get my mother to hand over the Star Crystal?

What exactly is wrong with me?

Auntie replied, "Someone teleported them away, and Ange too... I'm sorry, I couldn't stop them."

The person capable of teleportation must be a magical girl, and Auntie's magic is completely useless in terms of combat power, so she really can't stop her...

"Besides Ange and the witch, does he have other helpers?"

“Your father is a well-known prudence, the kind of person who always plans for the worst, so he also prepares many trump cards.”

No wonder Beiluo Shimen left so decisively. She knew her father had successfully escaped, and having achieved his goal, there was no reason for him to stay any longer... Not to mention that she had already been defeated by Miluno twice, and if she didn't leave now, she might be completely doomed here.

Milno has defeated the witch several times, almost always alone... She is really strong.

Auntie glanced at Falcon, who was holding Yang Yan.

"Let's find a place to settle Yang Yan first. Her condition isn't good, and the alarm has already been raised..."

Halfway through our conversation, a deafening roar of an engine came from the east, and a flashy motorcycle darted past us...

...then it spun around and turned back.

Wearing a blue dress, with a megaphone at her waist, she rode a stylish heavy motorcycle.

This biker gang magical girl is [Gekijin Goun].

"Oh! Isn't this Seruno? I heard there's a powerful enemy here, have you seen him?"

She was late again.

"You're too late."

"Huh? I came over as soon as I got the liaison officer's call!"

"But we're still too late... And which area are you in charge of?"

“The population in the northern suburbs is relatively sparse, and there are very few strange people, so I am responsible for the entire area that the northern highway passes through… Oh, what’s wrong with this person? Let me take a look.”

She walked up to Falcon and examined the Yangyan that he was holding.

Falcon explained, "Her Star Crystal was taken away."

"Oh, is she Kagerou?"

I was a little surprised and asked, "You could tell?"

"I may be a rough guy with blue hair, but that doesn't mean I'm brainless! In the past two weeks, the only magical girl to have suffered such serious injuries is Kagerou, and she was even kidnapped yesterday at noon... Seriously! You guys always ask me to help with rescues! I'm so angry at those third-party agencies that cause trouble!"