Give the child a little shock to the world view

Having just finished a battle with the monster that represents fear, the Gentleman of the Abyss, the magical girl Crimson was only covered in a little dust. After the transformation, the battle dress was still intact and there were not even many wrinkles.

The Abyss Gentleman was indeed a strong enemy. Crimson spent a lot of magic power but still failed to completely defeat him. The opponent didn't seem to have any intention of fighting her for too long. He just laughed twice and then left.

Tune the tiger away from the mountain.

The magical girl Crimson was, after all, a high school student with normal intelligence. She reacted almost immediately, and immediately turned around and flew backwards, with no intention of chasing.

She was sweating all over her back.

When weirdos start playing tricks, it’s often the beginning of something big.

This was very different from everyday attacks.

And...Mayumi is still there!

Realizing this, the magical girl Crimson's magic output increased again, and her speed increased to a level that was difficult to see clearly.

Although this mall is very large and Gentleman Abyss had just moved her away, if she flew at full speed, she would be back in just a few seconds.

Within thirty seconds of the attack, the magical girl Crimson finally arrived at the scene.

There was a big hole in the ceiling of the first floor, and dust was still falling down. Dusty footprints were scattered at the door, and there were no other figures. Most people should have been evacuated.

There was only a sad teddy bear lying unconscious on the ground, its clothes torn and cotton seeping out of it.

And there was the stranger who slowly stood up.

The stranger's head and face were also covered with white dust falling from the ceiling.

The clothes she wore were not as gorgeous and complicated as the magical girl's combat clothes. They were very revealing and her whole body was covered with armor. Only her chin with pursed lips and her hands full of scars could be seen.

The dark hood embroidered with totemic patterns connected to a small cape, covering the entire head. The leather armor was light and strong, with a heavy shield and a black and gold scabbard fixed on the back, and the sword was held in the right hand.

The position of the left hand looked a bit strange, the color of the cuff was darker than the other side, and there was dark liquid dripping down, so it was a bit hard to tell what it was.

Compared to the magical girl Crimson who looked neat and tidy after the battle, the scarred warrior had only coldness in his eyes.

Noticing the arrival of the magical girl Crimson, she simply turned her head slightly and turned back, not taking her seriously.

Then, he raised the sword in his right hand.

As the magical girl Crimson watched in horror, the sword slashed down—

—Her own shattered left arm.

Blood splattered on the monster's body and wounds, soaking into the white cotton, dyeing a large area red.

The heavy arm clattered to the ground.

At the same time, the teddy bear's left arm was silently separated from the body, but there was no bleeding, and the cross-section was still white and soft.

The stranger paused, then sighed as if his throat was filled with blood, or chuckled:

"...I see, you won't bleed."

Chapter 3 The Taste of Sadness

When they were walking home together, Mayumi Haga found that Hitomi Tohno's face was pale.

Both of them switched back to their normal state, so now they were two high school girls in casual clothes walking side by side on the road, and the shorter one had a pale face.

Mayumi Haga cannot transform like a magical girl, but she can cover her body with the concept of the past guardian Mayumi Haga.

Not only does the guardian Mayumi Haga have white hair, but the life-and-death battles she has experienced have left her covered in scars, with a huge scar across her face, so her appearance is almost completely different from now, and no one can recognize her.

Realizing how much shock her actions had brought to Touno Hitomi, she felt a little guilty, but not much.

That arm...wasn't intentionally cut off in front of Xiaotong.

She used her left arm to block the debris from the building, but was accidentally pinched by the sad teddy bear, who lost his strength and crushed her to pieces.

To be honest, it's not a big deal and she can recover on her own.

Her body is not as strong as those of the magical girls and monsters covered with magic fields, so it is normal for her to get injured accidentally. She can't die anyway, so as long as she cuts off the necrotic part, she can replace it with a new one.

Mayumi Haga's self-repair is usually done by replacing new parts, which is faster. In her original world, although wounds can still heal naturally, most of the time the efficiency is far less than cutting them off and replacing them with new ones.

Furthermore, the "death" floating in the air would corrode the body through wounds. Sometimes, any injury would lead to infection, and limbs would have to be replaced.

So, she developed a bad habit of replacing the entire arm even if there were only two cuts where the flesh was visible.

But I didn’t expect that Sad Teddy Bear and Xiaotong would react so strongly.

The former was clearly an enemy, but he fainted on the spot because he was seriously injured.

I feel a little dizzy about blood.

This is also very good, saving myself a lot of effort.

The latter is...

Mayumi Haga was genuinely confused.

Would a broken arm scare people?

Anyway, under the laws of this world, that arm will melt into liquid after a while and eventually sublime without a trace. It's just a little shocking at first, but it won't pollute the environment, right?

Isn't this similar to the magical girl's self-cleansing magic?

I really don’t understand.

It is a little difficult for Mayumi Haga to understand this world, as she once blew out the core hidden in her brain and then used the explosive airflow to send her to another safe place for resurrection.

But to be honest, this world often seems cleaner than the place where she originally lived. There aren't countless rotting corpses, and the limbs she throws away will be cleaned up by the laws of the world, so she doesn't need to find a place to bury or burn them... It's really convenient.

Injuries, bleeding and broken limbs are common things.

I really don't understand why Xiaotong reacted so strongly to such an ordinary thing.

Compared to the indifferent Mayumi Haga, Tono Hitomi's psychological activities are very simple.

...The arm...is broken...so much blood...so scary...

The magical girl Crimson was in a trance, her face was pale and her steps were unsteady.

After dealing with the weirdo, the strange black-hooded, armless man turned and left without even looking at the magical girl Crimson.

The latter did not chase after it in a trance, but just stood there and watched the arm turn into a pool of orange-red liquid, and then gradually disappear in front of him, and he was shocked even more.

When she came to her senses, she had already undone her transformation and stood there in a daze, her mind full of disbelief.

I even felt like vomiting when I thought of the broken arm with white bone fragments.

So scary... How could it be...

What’s rare is that this time it wasn’t the magical girl Crimson who found Mayumi Haga after she finished her transformation, but Mayumi Haga who found her in the ruins first.

It’s getting late, it’s time to go home.

The two walked side by side, only a shoulder's distance apart, but the things in their heads were completely different.

Tono Hitomi, who was always chattering, was quiet for a rare time.

At the same time, inside the ruins of the shopping mall.

The sad teddy bear still lay there quietly, with its fallen left arm lying in a pool of blood. Until the logistics team to deal with it arrived, people would not approach here for the time being.

Even when the Magical Girl Crimson was in a state of mental shock, she carefully checked the core of the bear and confirmed that its monster core had escaped, and the giant stuffed bear here was just an empty shell.

It was still a badly damaged shell, its left hand had been removed, and its fur was tattered and covered in dust.

To be honest, I have almost never seen such a tragic situation in battles with monsters.

Even though he expected that Sad Bear would be defeated, Gentleman of the Abyss was still surprised when he came to retrieve Little Sad's body.

How could it be damaged like this...?

The man in a suit and top hat, all in black, was startled.

On his dark and empty face, two white beads bulged, and his white mouth, which was originally curved upward like a crescent moon, drooped down, showing a sad expression:(.

Quickly approaching Xiao Bei's body, the Gentleman of the Abyss did not hear the other's cry.

How strange, I could clearly sense that Xiao Bei was nearby...?

The Abyss Gentleman pursed his lips and put on a surprised expression. Then, he carefully avoided the rubble under his feet and called out to his sister in a louder voice: "Xiao Bei? Hello? Where are you?"

It was not like before when he would burst into loud and aggrieved cries upon hearing his eldest brother's voice.

There was only the sound of very light sobbing.

"...Hey? Xiao Bei?" Gentleman Abyss felt something was not right. He softened his voice and walked towards the direction where the crying sound came from. "Hey, listen to me, big brother didn't mean to leave you alone. Aren't we talking about... Xiao Bei?!"

He was so frightened that he almost broke his voice, and the top hat on his head flew up and was caught tightly in his arms.

Although he is a weirdo who represents fear, he seems to be a bit jumpy and less timid than expected.

I think he was just putting on a show in front of the magical girl. After all, he was the eldest brother of the negative emotions family and he had to stand in front of his brothers and sisters.

In a corner of the ruins of a shopping mall with a big hole in it, a slender figure was curled up in a ball, hugging his knees.

She was a young girl, wearing a shirt that didn't fit her well in the mall, but she still had a slim figure. Her brown curly hair was ankle-length, and she was curled up in a corner in a very insecure posture.

Her pupils are a slightly eerie violet color, and her face is delicate and beautiful.

At first glance, they look no different from humans.

But at this moment, she was shedding tears silently.

It was completely different from the crying and making a fuss like a child in the past.

"Xiao Bei...?" The Abyss Gentleman's eyes widened from 00 to . He was shocked. "When did you..."

The reason why weirdos like them attack humans is to get the negative emotions from them.

Fear, sadness, anger, etc... can all become their strength.

The more powerful the monster, the more its body resembles that of a human.

Compared to his other brothers and sisters, Gentleman of the Abyss is the one who has evolved closest to humans. He has the body of a human youth, but he has no face.

Sadness has always been the one that progresses the slowest. It doesn't even have the strength to create a body. It just huddles up and possesses an abandoned doll picked up from the trash can.

But now, sadness has become a person.

What is this...

"...Brother." Sadness spoke with a slightly nasal tone, "I tasted a sorrow I have never tasted before..."

How bitter that is.

It’s like being alone, watching over a dead world.

The night is long and there will be no dawn.

Sadness had never tasted such complex emotions. She lost consciousness at that moment. When she came to her senses, she was sitting here, shedding tears for someone she had just met once.

Her vision blurred, and she kept wiping her eyes with her hands, sobbing: "So, so sad... Why am I so sad..."

She had always disliked human sadness; it was too bitter and unpalatable.

Why is there such a person who is so numb that he cannot taste bitterness or sourness?

Why is there a certain sweetness in the words “It turns out you can’t bleed” when you say to yourself?

Chapter 4 Takajo Yuri

Even if you are a magical girl, you still have to go to school on weekdays.

Even though Tono Hitomi had nightmares all night because of the broken arm and did not participate in the strange incident last night, which surprised her other friends... she still had to force herself to get up and go to school the next day.

Therefore, the person waiting at the intersection today became Mayumi Hanega. Tono Hitomi, who arrived late, was no longer as energetic as usual and looked particularly listless, even staggering as she walked.

This listless look caused classmates in the class to be particularly worried.

Hitomi Tono has a lively and cheerful personality and gets along well with everyone.

But if we were to choose the two closest people among people of the same age, they would be Mayumi Haga, who grew up with me, and Takajo Yuri, who is also a magical girl.

Hitomi Tono moved to this city six years ago and met Mayumi Haga, and their friendship continues to this day.

They met Takajo Yuri three years ago. At that time, the eldest daughter of the Takajo family became classmates with the two of them. After entering high school, they were also in the same class. The three of them had a very good relationship.

Two of the three were chosen to become magical girls, which made the only normal person, Mayumi Haga, seem a bit out of place.