Pochi-chan, I used to be a princess.

The picture froze on the smiling faces of the five members of the light music club, and then the screen went dark.

"This is the real ending."

Hirasawa Yui picked up a small piece of cake and ate it quickly, taking small bites like a squirrel.

However, from her expression, it can be seen that the dessert did not bring her much good mood.

Yamanaka Sawako asked jokingly, "Are you jealous? Speaking of which, it seems that anyone whose Akashic Records are exposed will awaken powers and memories from their past lives. Could it be that you're feeling the difference?"

Hirasawa Yui shook her head: "No, not only do I have no memories, I also have no power."

Kotobuki Tsumugi pondered and said, "Perhaps our memories and powers were lost in the last round. Our powers were all brought by Kyubey. Now that we haven't signed a contract with Kyubey, of course we don't have magical powers."

Nakano Azusa's brows jumped, and he asked worriedly, "Tsumugi-senpai! Yui-senpai, will Kyubey appear again?"

When they heard Nakano Azusa's question, Hirasawa Yui and Kotobuki Tsumugi's expressions changed.

Cursed spirits appeared, sorcerers appeared, ninjas appeared, and there was no reason why Kyubey and the witch wouldn't appear.

Mio Akiyama came to the door of Class 2_2's classroom and peeked inside.

However, there was no sight of that familiar figure, but instead, he attracted a pair of extremely passionate gazes.

"That's so touching! Akiyama-san!"

"Please sign my autograph and write it to the Akiyama Mio fan club!"

"I like you, Akiyama-san!"

……

More than a dozen girls surrounded Akiyama Mio, and their enthusiastic attitude made Akiyama Mio at a loss.

She waved her hands, speechless, not knowing what to do.

"so cute!"

A burst of screams broke out from the crowd surrounding Mio Akiyama. Mio Akiyama trembled all over and tears were about to flow out of her eyes.

Mio Akiyama shrank her neck and stammered, "I, I, I'm looking for, Ritsu Tainaka..."

"Is that Tainanaka? She didn't come to school today. She seems to have a cold."

"Akiyama-san, do you like Hirasawa-san or Tainaka-san?"

"Who do you like best, Hirasawa-san, Manabe-san, or Tainaka-san?"

"Need I ask? It must be Hirasawa-san."

"Yes, Akiyama-san has given so much to Hirasawa-san."

"That's not necessarily love, right? Hirasawa-san asked Akiyama-san for help. Even if his obsession with saving Hirasawa-san was higher than friendship, it wasn't necessarily love."

"Then isn't love with Manabe-san even more so? Even though it makes Tainan-san jealous, it's just friendship."

……

The young girls gossiped about Mio Akiyama's love life.

Akiyama Mio's cheeks suddenly turned red, as if they were on fire.

She lowered her head and rushed forward, pushing away the people in front of her and ran out in one breath.

More than ten minutes later, Akiyama Mio stood in front of the door of the Tianaka family, holding her thighs with her hands, panting.

After resting for a while, Akiyama Mio pushed open the door and walked in.

Going up the stairs to the second floor, Akiyama Mio put her hand on the doorknob and was about to open the door when a sound came from inside the room.

"Mio?"

Akiyama Mio was stunned for a moment, then turned the doorknob, pushed the door open, and asked Tianzhong Ritsu who was lying on the bed, "Do you have superpowers?"

Tian Zhongli said, "I can recognize your footsteps."

Akiyama Mio walked over and sat down on the ground beside the bed. With her back to Tianzhong Ritsu, she asked, "How is your cold?"

Tian Zhongli said listlessly, "I still have a slight fever."

Akiyama Mio said, "No wonder I feel so tired when playing the drums."

Tianzhong Ritsu tucked his head into the bed and said, "The school festival is coming soon..."

Akiyama Mio leaned back, leaned on Tianzhong Ritsu's quilt and said, "Don't think too much, just focus on recovering. Everyone is waiting for you."

Tian Jingzhong's voice came from under the quilt: "Aren't they angry?"

Akiyama Mio said softly, "I'm not angry."

Tianzhong Ritsu asked again: "Where is Mio?"

Akiyama Mio tilted her head and said softly, "I'm not angry, of course, it's just..."

Ritsu asked, "What?"

Mio Akiyama said: "Without Ritsu's drums, it would be a bit lonely. Although it is a bit snatched away, I still like Ritsu's powerful and energetic drum beats."

Tian Zhongli's head popped out from under the quilt: "Really? You like her more than Xiao Wei?"

Akiyama Mio laughed dumbly: "What are you talking about?"

Tian Jingzhong Ritsu said aggrievedly: "It's obvious that he left me alone and only cared about Xiao Wei."

Akiyama Mio coaxed Tian Zhongli and said, "Because that is a promise. Xiao Wei is a responsibility. Of course, my favorite is Xiao Li."

Hearing Akiyama Mio say this, an intense joy filled her heart. Tianzhong Ritsu straightened up, raised her arms and shouted, "I'm all right~~!"

"Ah!"

As soon as he finished shouting, Tianzhong Ritsu couldn't help but sneeze.

Akiyama Mio hurriedly asked Tianzhong Ritsu to lie down: "What's wrong? Lie down quickly, the fever hasn't subsided yet."

"If I make a wish to Kyubey, will my cold heal immediately?"

A voice suddenly sounded, and it sounded like an exclamation from the perspective of Tianzhong Ritsu. Akiyama Mio glared at Tianzhong Ritsu angrily, but found that Tianzhong Ritsu didn't even open his mouth.

Moreover, this voice did not seem to belong to Ritsu Tainanaka.

Akiyama Mio's heart skipped a beat and she looked back, only to see a small white animal squatting on the low table in the middle of the bedroom, shaking its big fluffy tail.

"Chubby!"

Akiyama Mio stood up and glared at the white silver beast angrily.

Kyubey had a fixed smile on his face and said to Akiyama Mio: "Long time no see, Mio. Sign a contract with me and become a magical girl."

Tian Zhongli climbed up from the bed, put his hands on his hips, and said angrily: "No way! Get out of here! You are not welcome in my house!"

Kyubey shook his head and said in an incomprehensible tone, "Really? Why are you so hostile to me? My contract is clearly a very fair deal. A wish and great power, the price is only future death. Don't all humans die?"

Akiyama Mio said coldly: "The universe will eventually perish, why do we have to continue it?"

Chapter 132 Rose Witch

Kyubey's tail paused and he tilted his head, as if he was distressed about being caught with a speech error.

After a pause, Kyubey continued, "The survival of the entire universe is more important than saving the short-lived human race."

Akiyama Mio said coldly: "Even if you say so, we humans with short lifespans cannot see the end of the universe and have no intention of sacrificing ourselves to save the universe. Leave, Kyubey, no one will agree to your contract to become a magical girl."

Kyubey's tail stopped wagging. He said bluntly, "How selfish! You don't care about the safety of the universe. So how are you going to deal with it when you encounter a disaster?"

Tian Zhongli asked, "What are you talking about?"

Akiyama Mio was shocked. She heard a threat in Kyubey's words.

What will happen next? Akiyama Mio had a vague premonition.

Mio Akiyama put her hands into her pockets, quietly opened the dial of her mobile phone and entered a number.

Kyubey's tail wagged again. "The Seed of Sorrow is about to hatch. If you don't become a magical girl, how will you protect yourselves if you're caught in the witch's barrier?"

Tian Zhongli's eyes widened and he shouted in shock: "Witch barrier?!"

Kyubey said, "In this timeline, there's no such thing as a circle that can save all magical girls. After all, magical girls don't even exist now. As for witches, if you look at the existence of cursed spirits, you can figure out the mechanism that breeds witches. Actually, cursed spirits and witches are so similar. Perhaps in a certain timeline, the laws of the world were changed, and witches first became monsters, and then evolved into cursed spirits. It's entirely possible that such a thing could happen."

Akiyama Mio quickly took out her cell phone, the number on it had already been dialed, and she shouted loudly: "Tainaka family..."

Before he finished speaking, a strong wave surged over, and the black mist emanating from the Seed of Sorrow that appeared in the window at some point in time engulfed Akiyama Mio, Tianzhong Ritsu, Kyubey, and Tianzhong Ritsu who was still on the first floor into the barrier.

The style of the witch's barrier was similar to what they had seen in the video, weird and mysterious.

Black and red butterflies danced, marvelous flowers and plants competed for beauty, and faceless men stood all around. Withered trees lay in the city of the dead, their heads raised in forlorn desolation.

There was a sound of metallic collision from somewhere, but the laughter continued.

The sound of metal continued, the sound of chains being violently cut somewhere - and the noise of children could be heard again.

Joyful, sad, devastating—listening to these sounds, Akiyama Mio and Tainaka Ritsu's minds were in a tizzy. A sound like counting enveloped them, a creepy one. It passed through their armpits and swished around their feet.

"no, do not want!"

Akiyama Mio's legs went limp and she sat down on the ground, holding her head in her hands and trembling.

"That's so embarrassing, Mio."

Tainanaka Ritsu's knees were shaking so badly, but she walked in front of Akiyama Mio and made moves to protect her and Tainanaka Satoshi.

Akiyama Mio's face turned pale. She was most afraid of these horrible things: "No, no, I can't stand it, it's so scary..."

Something terrible seems to be crawling towards this side.

The metallic sound was the sound of huge chains shaking.

The next moment, it was cut off.

At that moment, the three of them found themselves surrounded by countless unknown things. It seemed as if they were singing and dancing, but it was filled with lingering endless malice and ridicule towards the world.

Kyubey said calmly, "You should remember this place, right? This is the first witch Kotobuki Tsumugi killed, the Witch of the Rose Garden, as recorded in that record."

Tian Zhongli looked at Kyubey fiercely: "...Rose Garden?"

Kyubey said casually, "It has a familiar that creates gardens and a familiar that guards. It prefers uninhabited ruins, and its nature is to control things that are unbelief. Kotobuki Tsumugi can easily defeat it, but for humans, even the Self-Defense Forces cannot deal with it."

Tian Zhongcong pulled Tian Zhongru and shouted, "Run, sister, if you can get in, you can get out, right? At least hold on until the end."

Kyubey said, "If you don't become a magical girl, you will just die slowly. Weakness is the original sin. Only by gaining power can you change your destiny."

Akiyama Mio grabbed Tianzhong Ritsu's arm, climbed up from the ground, and looked at Kyubey with hostility: "Don't try to force us, I have called the police, and someone will come to rescue us soon."

After that, Akiyama Mio said to Tianzhong Ritsu: "It's okay, it will be fine. Let's hide first. No matter what, don't even think about becoming a magical girl."

As Akiyama Mio spoke, a large number of black blocks emerged from the darkness.

These strange creatures did not target Akiyama Mio and others. They just moved naturally inside the barrier. Tianzhong Ritsu grabbed the quilt and beat the witch's familiars, trying to drive away the familiars that were approaching.

However, this approach has little effect.

Tianzhong Ritsu threw away the quilt, held Tianzhong Satoshi with his right hand and Akiyama Mio with his left hand, and hurried away from the center of the witch's barrier.

Kyubey followed slowly, stirring up trouble: "It's useless. You called the police just before entering the witch's barrier. It will take time for the police to arrive. Can you hold on until then?"

Tianzhong Ritsu stopped and kicked Kyubey, sending him flying.

Akiyama Mio and Tainanaka Satoshi looked at Tainanaka Ritsu in dumbfoundedness.

Tian Zhongli said happily: "Wow! Now I feel comfortable."

However, another Kyubey appeared in front of them. Crouching by the roadside, Kyubey said slowly, "You understand, right? You won't be able to escape for long. I believe you are all good children. You are probably thinking about signing a contract with me when the time comes, becoming a magical girl protecting your companions."

As soon as these words were spoken, Akiyama Mio and Tiananaka Ritsu's expressions changed immediately.

Because just as Kyubey said, they couldn't completely rely on rescue that might come at an unknown time. When they had no other choice, they could only accept Kyubey's contract before their companions and become magical girls.

Kyubey continued, "Don't bother with that. You're going to be a magical girl sooner or later anyway. How about signing a contract with me now?"

When Kyubey tempted Akiyama Mio and Tiananaka Ritsu to become magical girls, the Akasha Countermeasures Room.

"Hello? Hello! Hello!"

The operator shouted into the phone several times, but there was no response. The disconnected signal let the operator know that an accident had occurred.

Thinking of the magical girl with the same last name as in the Akashic Records, the operator immediately reported the incident.