Give the child a little shock to the world view

She squeezed past the little bear, who didn't try to stop her. He just stood there feeling a little guilty, and after a while he slowly walked over.

Little Bear heard Ms. Yoshida's incredulous voice as she approached Mayumi Haga: "Is this Himawari? You bought this child? ... Did you cure her?"

This adult, who should have appeared more stable than Mayumi Haga, was surrounded by the kitten in Mayumi Haga's arms in surprise and joy. He wanted to reach out and touch it, but he was restrained because he did not have the consent of the current owner.

Ms. Yoshida raised her head slightly and looked at the black-haired girl who was much taller than her with a pleading look: "Can I touch her?"

I was still a little nervous, thinking that Mayumi Haga looked a little cold and might not allow others to touch her pet.

It doesn’t matter, as long as the sunflower recovers.

Just as she was waiting for words of rejection, Mayumi Haga stuffed the kitten into her arms almost without hesitation.

Sunflower was peeking out from Mayumi Hanega's arms one second ago, and the next second she was put into the hands of a more familiar person.

Because she had a good personality and was not afraid of strangers, she looked up at Miss Yoshida curiously, and when she found that it was someone she knew, she just called out twice.

"This cat is yours." Mayumi Haga's tone was as cold as Miss Yoshida had imagined, forming a huge contrast with the content, "Take good care of it."

Miss Yoshida didn't understand what was going on. She uttered "eh" and was about to say something when she saw the strange girl looking behind her. She raised her voice slightly and called out to the person in the strange doll costume: "Let's go."

Xiao Xiong didn't expect Mayumi Hanega to call her. She raised her head and followed him happily, a little flattered.

Ms. Yoshida held the kitten in her arms and watched the two people walk away at a rapid speed. Their figures disappeared from her sight. She was wearing high heels and could not catch up with them for a while. After she realized what was happening, she hurriedly tried to call out to the two people: "Wait a minute! This child..."

The sound obviously did not reach the ears of the two people, and Miss Yoshida completely lost track of them.

……it's wired.

Miss Yoshida stood there in a daze.

As soon as she got off work, she was blocked by a strange guy in a doll costume. Then, the girl holding the sunflower happened to appear here and gave the sunflower to her?

These two people should have discussed this beforehand, right?

Miss Yoshida didn't know these two people. It was understandable that she didn't recognize the strange guy in the doll costume who didn't show his face or make any sound. But she had never seen the cold black-haired girl before.

Although she was completely confused, Ms. Yoshida still felt the kindness behind Mayumi Haga's cold appearance. The other party should be a kind person who simply cured Himawari and gave her the gift, although she didn't know where he got the news about Himawari from.

I think I have only talked about sunflowers with Maine, the cat that often comes to my house for meals.

Are you the owner of the Maine Coon? I always feel like he looks a lot like that big cat.

It can't be a cat monster that came from somewhere, hahahaha.

...Wait, it seems that it is not impossible.

Miss Yoshida brainstormed for a while, and all these things finally came together into gratitude to the unknown girl.

Regardless of whether the other party is a cat monster or just happened to know her situation and chose to help her...she should be grateful for the other party's help.

Next time you see him/her, be sure to express your gratitude to him/her.

Miss Yoshida was thinking so, and the kitten in her arms started crying because it was hungry. She quickly carried Sunflower and walked home quickly, fearing that the kitten would disappear if she walked too slowly.

"By the way, the big cat has to get to know you, too." Realizing that she would have to have a half-cat at home, Miss Yoshida showed the brightest smile of the past few days.

Why do we say one and a half? That’s because the big cat that is “half” is actually a non-staff member and will not live in the house all the time.

The big cat himself sneezed.

The little bear carefully pulled the corner of Mayumi Yuga's clothes again: "Mayumi, do you have a cold?"

"No." Mayumi Hanega had never caught a cold, so she gave her answer immediately.

Seeing that Mayumi Yuga's mood did not seem to get worse, Xiao Xiong quickly took the opportunity to explain: "I'm not going to attack that person, just believe me qaq..."

Mayumi Haga's answer was brief and quick: "I know."

The same tone as usual made Xiao Xiong feel at ease. Mayumi has always been straightforward. When she said she believed in herself, it meant that she had never doubted herself from the beginning.

"But that would cause trouble to Ms. Yoshida, so don't do it next time." Mayumi Yuga turned around, found the eyes on the bear's body, and asked curiously, "Isn't it a doll costume?"

This is not a doll costume, but a human-sized body, which looks similar to the one Mayumi Yuga has seen before. The difference from the doll costume is the exquisite workmanship and the eyes that can blink.

Mayumi Haga's face was reflected in the obsidian-like round eyes. When the little bear realized that he was actually looking at Mayumi Haga, he suddenly blinked twice quickly and looked away awkwardly.

"Hmm, hmm... It's a shell," she whispered, as the little bear's mouth was able to open.

In order to avoid being recognized as a weirdo, the little bear pretended to be an ordinary person wearing doll clothes and kept his face motionless.

"So you didn't blink or speak the whole time." Mayumi Hanega was confused. "Wouldn't it be better to wear a doll costume?"

Chapter 117: A New "Desperate Monster" is Born

It’s not that Little Bear doesn’t want to wear the doll costume directly, but the problem is that the weather now is no longer suitable for her to hang out in a heavy doll costume. If she really does that, she will definitely get heatstroke like last time.

Even though Little Bear was transformed from a monster into a human, she still got sick and injured as a human.

This seems to be the rule of this world.

No matter how powerful one's abilities are, one will never be completely separated from the normal order of life and will have common weaknesses.

Strictly speaking, the theme of this world is not powerful forces, but rather something that should be categorized as “daily” or “life.”

Apart from their positions as good or bad guys, magical girls have to go to school and monsters have their own lives.

For example, Xiao Xiong, before absorbing Mayumi Haga's sadness, was a follower of her eldest brother and a young sister with a not very good brain. But now, after her brain has recovered, she has become the only high school student in the family who can finally create income for the family.

Although the results are not very good.

After knowing that the little bear would get heatstroke if wearing a doll costume, Mayumi Hanega was silent for a moment, but still accepted the setting of this world.

As for her, she has never been sick since becoming a guardian, and it is hard to say whether she can return to the normal life order. Although she can't quite understand such an inconvenient rule, Mayumi Yuga has become accustomed to the unnecessary human touch in this world.

"So, are you feeling better now?" Mayumi Hanega remembered that she hadn't seen Xiao Xiong at school for a long time, and asked as if she had a guilty conscience.

Such a greeting was a bit awkward and stiff. After all, she seldom cared about such a minor illness with a very low mortality rate.

The little bear was flattered. She widened her eyes and hurriedly replied, "It has recovered...!"

Mayumi Hanega said "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

Even though Mayumi Haga's chatting skills were not very good, Little Bear still had a lot of questions he wanted to ask.

Her legs were shorter than Mayumi Yuga's, so she lagged behind by half a step. She followed Mayumi's footsteps quickly and closely, and couldn't help but speak faster: "Mayumi, Mayumi, did you deliberately help me out just now? Wow, you are so nice... Why are you here? Do you know Miss Yoshida? What's the matter with that cat?"

Even though the little bear looks a little slow, in a sense, she is the most sensitive type of weirdo who can sense negative emotions in humans.

She could sense that Miss Yoshida was a little unhappy that she had been blocking her all the time, and that emotion was gradually heating up, getting closer to her own sister's "anger".

But after Mayumi Haga appeared to rescue the situation, the unpleasant atmosphere was dispelled.

Mayumi Haga didn't know that the little bear would appear there before, but she still managed to improvise and make Miss Yoshida think that the little bear was in cahoots with her and had come specially to deliver a cat to her.

As for why Mayumi Haga appeared here, it is difficult to explain.

She did not answer Little Bear's questions one by one, but suddenly stopped and turned her head: "My purpose is the same as yours."

"Ah." The little bear almost bumped into Mayumi Haga. She was stunned for a moment before she realized what Mayumi Haga meant.

"Are you also investigating that strange [Desperate Freak]? Strange... don't you know magic?" Little Bear was at a loss.

Mayumi Yuga frowned after noticing the key words in Xiaoxiong's words: "Desperate freak?"

This was not within her intelligence.

In fact, whether it is the magical girl or a temporary worker like her, their perception of the attributes of monsters is far inferior to that of the Little Bear and the Abyss Gentleman, who are also monsters. What's more, for these two, the Despair Monster is closely related to their existence.

The mutual attraction between monsters is like the mutual attraction between Stand users, and the unknown Desperate Monster can be compared to the awakening of a Stand affecting blood relatives for Abyss Gentleman and Little Bear, who are also negative emotion series monsters.

Even the desperate monster who came back to life for unknown reasons corresponds to the evil savior.

Fortunately, among the current negative emotion monsters, there are no monsters that are really weak enough to be affected by the despair monster. The influence of the despair monster on them, for now, is limited to a vague sense of existence.

But the little bear's existence was special after all, so he couldn't help but start looking for that desperate weirdo.

"A desperate monster who appeared out of nowhere? Even you don't recognize him?" As soon as Mayumi Yuga heard the name, she felt that he might be a family member with Xiao Xiong, but the word "despair" was incompatible with this world, and combined with the existence of disasters...

...Could it be that this is a monster created by the disaster that exploited a loophole in the rules?

Her expression suddenly became solemn.

If Calamity's analysis of this world has progressed to this point, then the current investigation method is a bit too tepid.

Dr. Terasaki might know something.

...

On the other side, the magic clinic.

When Ms. Kirino opened the door, Terasaki Ayaza was just finishing her break. She sleepily took off the white coat she was using as a blanket. She looked up at the person who came in and was a beat slow to react: "...Mr. Kirino?"

As Terasaki Ayaza's high school homeroom teacher, Ms. Kirino has actually maintained contact with Terasaki Ayaza over the years, but has never visited her at home.

Terasaki Ayaza suddenly woke up: "Wait? Teacher, how did you find this place?"

This is a magical space that she created after she started working. Generally speaking, first-time visitors must have a guide, otherwise they will get lost in the infinitely looping corridors.

However, considering Ms. Kirino's unfathomable knowledge of magic, Terasaki Ayaza, who was often caught by her at school, was very familiar with this scene. She asked this question simply because she was curious about how Ms. Kirino broke her magic.

"Long time no see, Terasaki." Ms. Kirino just smiled gently and casually said, "You didn't clean up the cat's paw prints at the entrance."

Terasaki Ayaza understood: "...Ah."

Unlike magical girls, the scent of cats is more obvious. And strictly speaking, the Maine cat she chose to be the surrogate cat does not know magic and cannot eliminate its own scent, so she was discovered by Ms. Kirino, who has amazing observation skills.

Recently, Gray came to her seeking help with a dying kitten in his mouth.

Although cat ascites is a serious disease for ordinary cats, Terasaki Ayasa's magic can easily cure it. Even if it wasn't for Gray's sake, she would help.

Because the kitten was in a weak condition, she switched to a milder treatment plan, and the kitten was completely cured this afternoon.

After finishing her work, Ayaka Terasaki took a nap on the recliner and now has not had time to completely remove all traces of the cat.

Although cats are small, they shed a lot of hair. She decided to use cleaning magic to deal with the cat hair in the office...

As she was thinking this, Terasaki Ayasa picked up the cat hair that was stuck on her clothes.

The next second, her expression changed suddenly.

The light golden cat hair suddenly began to curl, accompanied by the smell of burnt protein, and in almost an instant it curled up into a tiny black dot at her fingertips.

Before she could take any countermeasures, Ms. Kirino tapped her cane, gathering the cat hair that was everywhere. A transparent barrier covered the hair in a strange state, and the cube made of light covered the black mist scattered among the cat hair.

Terasaki Ayaza's last trace of confusion was also driven away. She stood up suddenly and looked at Ms. Kirino, who also had a solemn expression: "...This is..."

"Delayed trigger." Ms. Kirino looked closer, her eyes sharper than ever before, "and it fooled your eyes."

Even though Ayaka Terasaki was caught using magic to skip classes every time, Ms. Kirino still highly recognized her student's magical abilities.

Time has given Ms. Kirino extraordinary observation skills, but this does not mean that Terasaki Ayasa was dull as a young person.

The latter's abilities are not inferior to Ms. Kirino's, but she can be careless sometimes due to her conceit. This may be a common problem for people with outstanding talents. Another retired magical girl, Rika Sugiyama, is even more carefree.

But at least, among the monsters nowadays, there are few who can deceive Terasaki Ayaka.

Being able to use the delayed trigger technique accurately and perfectly cover up the ominous aura during this period of time... The only weirdo that Terasaki Ayaka could think of who could do this was the Gentleman of the Abyss.

wrong.

This attribute is similar to the registered [Fear], but it is also completely different.

What is this...

"It's [Despair]." Compared to the young man Terasaki Ayaza, Ms. Kirino, who had seen the Despair Monster with her own eyes, was more familiar with this magical attribute.

The era of the Despair Monster happened to coincide with the time period when Terasaki Ayaka became a magical girl, and the attribute of [Despair] was not recorded because it was created by extraordinary means.

"【Despair】?" Terasaki Ayaza was very unfamiliar with this attribute, and she hoped to get an explanation from the older Ms. Kirino.

"That was before you became a magical girl, Terasaki," Ms. Kirino said.

The monster named [Despair] died with hope, abandoned the attributes that should not have been born in this world, and returned the core to the spiritual vein.

And now, something seemed to have taken the place of Despair, taking away the filth that the child had discarded.

A new "Desperate Monster" has appeared.

Ms. Kirino lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Chapter 118: Divine Soldiers Descending from the Sky

"......!" The little bear suddenly raised her head, and the street lights not far away were reflected in her round black grape-like eyes, with a look of surprise that she herself did not notice.