People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

——“I don’t know.”

This is how she replied to Illya when she found Lijelite lying on the sofa.

"Hey... I haven't paid attention to what you said, Illya, so I don't know."

Lijielite lay on the sofa, eating snacks, and then she turned over and changed her posture, her towering breasts swaying, making Illya dizzy. This is a realm that Sera can never reach.

"Ah, okay..." Illya walked away dejectedly. Yes, Lijielit was a typical parasite who only cared about eating rice. It was probably a dream to expect her to do something or use her brain.

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That night, Illya lay in bed unable to sleep.

Emmmm...what to do, she had a hunch that maybe the "other self" was real, but she couldn't find any clues at all.

"Snapped."

Illya reached out from under the quilt, turned on the desk lamp, stood up, walked to the table and chair filled with girlish colors, and sat down.

Under the dim light, there were exercise books, textbooks, the "extracurricular magic tutorial books" she had bought on a whim, as well as stationery, a small and exquisite makeup mirror, and so on.

Illya picked up the makeup mirror. In the dim light, her reflection in the mirror was a little darker, and her cheeks looked a little gray because of the backlight.

"How can I see the difference between 'another self'?"

She stared at the mirror, which reflected the sorrowful expression of an elementary school girl. She tried to think of a way to find clues.

Suddenly, 'Illya' in the mirror smiled.

"scare--!?"

Illya almost thought she was seeing things, but what was reflected in the mirror was not her panicked self, but a smiling 'Illya'!

"Bang--crash!"

Illya staggered and fell off the chair. The mirror flew out, and the books and daily necessities on the desk all fell to the ground as the table shook, making a clearly audible sound in the night.

"…Illya?"

After a while, a voice called out from the corridor.

I knew it was Sera right away. Lijelite, who was so lazy, would never get up.

"Illya, there seemed to be a big noise just now, what happened——"

Sera opened Illya's door, only to see a messy scene.

5 minute later.

Sera used her superb housekeeping skills to quickly organize the things, and then said to Illya, "Really, Illya actually fell asleep on the desk? This sleeping position is not good! Remember to sleep on the bed next time, okay?"

Illya's excuse of falling asleep on the table was lame, but Sera didn't say anything more. It was too late and the child needed more rest. "Look, the table was almost turned upside down by you."

"I didn't want to do that, but I just...saw something 'dirty'," Illya was still scared at this time, and she pointed at a mirror.

"...Not clean? No?" Sera picked up the mirror and saw her face reflected normally.

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"—"

Qin Xuan looked at Chloe's actions in silence, "Is this your way of saying hello?"

"Hehehe, big brother, how's it going? My magic talent is much better than hers, right?"

"Well done, don't do it next time."

Chapter 207 The girl's inner transformation...

After a brief panic, Illya was still a child after all, and she soon fell asleep under Sera's comfort.

However, this did not seem to be a peaceful, baby-like sleep.

Illya felt the familiar sensation of falling.

The last time I felt this way was the last time.

"Ah, I remember now! It was when I met my big brother! I remember it was in the deep sea—"

woohoo-

Hua Hua Hua————

The strong winds formed in the atmosphere roared in the sky. Cyclones and jet streams produced sharp sounds in the ears.

“Eh? Isn’t it in the sea? Why is it in the sky? Ahhhh, I’m falling down ahhhh————”

The girl's scream was drowned out by the howling wind.

The earth was approaching her at a rapid speed. The wide river sparkling in the sunlight, the gravel beach on the shore, and the vast red desert scenery in the distance were all rapidly magnified in Illya's eyes.

"Paji."

Illya fell directly from the sky, stirring up a wave of flying sand in the vast red desert. Then it quickly returned to calm.

“…Wow, I fell badly. It hurts, it hurts. Eh? It doesn’t hurt?”

Illya brushed the sand off her face and realized that she was still unharmed after the fall. This was too unusual. But she was sometimes quite careless and didn't even notice the abnormality of being able to breathe in the water last time. Maybe she just relied on her feelings. So she stopped worrying about this problem and prepared to get up and look around...

"Ah, it seems, I can't get up...?"

Illya tried to prop herself up, but instead her body sank deeper into the sand. The more she moved, the faster she sank.

"Wow, that's not good!"

But it was no use. Even if Illya stopped struggling, the sand still carried her down, eventually forming a concave vortex. Illya was forced to sink into the deep vortex in the center, "————"

"Snapped."

After experiencing the thrilling sand flow level, Illya felt like she had entered a deep realm, surrounded by the rustling sound of flowing sand. But there seemed to be something different. After falling continuously, she was not submerged by the imagined sea of ​​sand, but stood on an automatically descending platform.

"Huh?" She looked up and saw bright sunlight shining in through a huge circular hole, illuminating a corner of the platform and a large area of ​​crimson rock at an angle.

There was clearly no drainage device, but there was absolutely no sand to be found.

The rock wall was quite deep and wide. The platform continued to descend at a constant speed, but there was no sign of stopping.

After an unknown amount of time, the huge hole above her head that connected to the outside world completely turned into a small point of light. Illya finally saw something different in the repetitive rock wall scenery:

"-1 floor?" Illya saw that from here on, the rock wall disappeared, replaced by a metallic silver-colored artificial wall. At this time, the platform happened to stop, and a silver-white translucent light path extended from one end of the platform. Where it intersected with the silver wall was a door marked "-1", and the open space and guardrail in front of the door.

"Does this mean... to let me pass?"

Illya tried to step on the translucent void road and felt a solid, cold touch. Then she slowly walked along the passage towards the gate opposite.

Halfway through, Illya couldn't help but glance down, and found that there was still a long distance below, as well as something like a silver-white wall and a gate structure, with "-2", "-3", "-4" and so on marked in sequence, and further down... Illya couldn't see anything at all. That was a place where the silver-white light could not spread, and it was pitch black, like the giant jaws of the abyss.

"Hiss..." Illya shivered at the scene. She didn't dare to stop any longer and quickened her pace towards the door. Then, without waiting for her to knock, the door opened automatically.

Illya walked in and found a clean corridor with rooms with different names on both sides. One of the rooms was half open, and bright and gentle light like sunlight slipped out from the open gap.

After quietly approaching, Illya first took a look at the general view of the room through the crack in the door, and then pushed the door open.

"Hey, Illya." Qin Xuan sat at the desk.

"Wow, it's my big brother!"

Illya quickened her pace and ran over.

"sit."

Illya followed instructions and sat down on a small armchair next to her that was suitable for her height.

"Um, big brother... um, long time no see?"

When they met again, Illya was not as outgoing as she had been when they first met. She smoothed her white hair on one side, stared at Qin Xuan with her red eyes, and then quickly turned her head to look elsewhere. In fact, her recent life and experiences were too many and too complicated, and she felt like she didn't know where to start.

"It seems like you have a lot to say, but you don't know where to start?"

"Uh-huh."

"... Let's start from the most crucial place. Do you know where this place is?"

Qin Xuan pointed around.

Illya followed his gaze and said, "Office... No, Big Brother, you mean... Dreams?"

"It's somewhat related to the dream, but not entirely correct. To be exact, this place is the same place where we first met," Qin Xuan pointed at her heart, "It's all in your heart."

"In my heart..." Illya thought about it with her shallow brain circuits, and found that she had no idea of ​​the principle at all. But when she realized a certain point, her face suddenly turned red with shame -

“So, big brother has always lived in my heart——!?” Illya almost jumped up.

"Uh, it's psychology (physics)."

After a brief moment of chaos, she calmed down and sat back in her chair. However, when Illya was talking to Qin Xuan, she would touch her chest from time to time, and she had a strange... incredible feeling.

As the conversation continued, Illya's behavior gradually relaxed.

"Ah, so she's not a shadow, she's my sister, Chloe? And big brother is from another world? Do you all know magic? Can you teach me how to become a magical girl? Are there magical girls in big brother's world?"

"...Chloe, from your understanding, yes," Qin Xuan said simply, but she kept talking about magical girls every other sentence, which was a bit difficult for him to handle.

"What exactly do you mean by magical girl?"

The one with the Soul Stone?

Chapter 208 Is this also a magical girl?

Subtitle: Heart of the Rising Sun, start!

"Magical girl? A magical girl is a magical girl." Illya looked as if she was wondering why her older brother would ask such a question.

The magical girl in her mind probably follows a routine like transforming into gorgeous magical clothes - gaining the friendship of companions - defeating evil enemies - and having a happy reunion ending.

"Oh, I'm not talking about the plot of a magical girl anime. Let's start from the beginning, such as the setting. Illya, do you know what the essential elements of a magical girl are?"

"Um, love and justice?"

"You're wrong. It's magic. Whether you become a magical girl with a fairy wand, or a magical girl with a cannon, a bow and arrow, or a battle axe, something that can transform you into a magical girl is necessary, right?"

"Yeah, that's right." Illya nodded, but she noticed the examples of magical girls that Qin Xuan had just given as examples. Are they also considered magical girls if they use...that kind of weapon?

"Well, the transformation tool used by magical girls, let's call it a magic device, is ultimately a tool of abuse of violence," Qin Xuan felt that there were some things that Illya might not understand, but whether she could understand or not was another matter. He needed to explain it in advance, otherwise it would be too late for her to understand it on her own.

"Why do I say that? Because the things in the animation are too simple and one-sided." Noticing the change in Illya's expression, as if something he liked was denied, Qin Xuan added, "Ah, I'm not saying that those things are fake, but the reality (magic world) is not as you think. Those bad people with ambitions and evil intentions who want to destroy the world can be said to be very few. On the contrary, those who cause world crises are mostly good people who want to save the world. Do you understand?"

"Ah...? Why?" Illya couldn't figure it out. "If everyone wants to do good things——"

"——We both want to do good things, but we are not in the same direction, and we are not working in the same direction. Do you think we can get along? The only way is to defeat the other party? This is one of the reasons.

There is another question: Does the world really need to be saved? Or, is your "saving" actually a kind of destruction for the world? For example, you want a world where everyone is no longer evil, but you find that the people in this world are a mixture of good and evil, and you happen to have a device that can make the world start over. What will you choose?"

"Oh? Starting over? Maybe it means to make more good people?"

"Yes, but its method is to destroy the world first and then create a new one. You see, this has become the style of a villain again. But you can't help but say that you are doing this out of kindness. After all, if you stop this behavior, isn't it equivalent to hindering others from saving the world!"

"No no no."

Illya was stunned for a moment, and then she replied softly, "Why can't we choose the best of both worlds?"

"Oh? You mean, we need to save both sides?"

"Hmm...hmm!" Illya answered easily, probably because she didn't realize that the example Qin Xuan just gave was a real thing. It was like the Holy Grail quiz. As long as it was not her turn at the scene, she could always say something remarkable.

"Okay then, remember your 'choice'." Qin Xuan emphasized the word "choice".

"As a gift of your choice, this is for you."

He threw out a crimson bead that was strung with a thin thread, making it look like an ordinary pendant.

"Thank you, big brother! What is this...?"

"The magic device. The magical girl transformation device you wanted."

“Wow, that’s great!” Illya was so happy that she couldn’t wait to see how to transform, so she came over and said, “Big brother, use it however you want!”

"Don't worry, let me take a look at the manual." Qin Xuan picked up a small book that looked like it had just been edited under Illya's puzzled gaze. "Well... the magic device is modified from the Second Law · Parallel World Magic Resource Extraction Device · Gem Sword. It has a built-in multi-dimensional link system, which is divided into magic weapon mode, shooting mode, and sealing mode. The first two modes are further divided into acceleration mode, bombardment mode, dome mode, and star mode... The release spell is..."