(Thank you very much to 'I Will Freeze the World' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Xian Yue An Xing,' 'Xing Ming Qing Kong,' 'Yunqi Qinggu,' 'Lei Xiang,' and 'fzh90cctv' for their rewards!)
In the dim, lightless night sky, Jessica and the DEM mages hovered in midair using the thrust from their CR-Unit jets. They stared blankly ahead, their eyes filled with both dazed disbelief and utter incredulity.
Miku, who had closed her eyes and was waiting for Ellen's killing blow, clenched her teeth and braced herself for the coming agony. Yet more than a full minute had passed since she shut her eyes, and the pain she imagined never came. Instead, she heard a startled cry of shock.
She reflexively opened her eyes, raised her bright silver gaze, and looked above herself. The moment she did, Miku froze.
Because she saw a back...
A back so small that even calling it petite felt inappropriate...
Against the dark night sky, that figure was clad in an entirely black Gothic dress. Its skirt, which fell past the knees, swayed in the breeze, rippling in beautiful circles. Flowing with it was a head of long black hair that reached past the waist, its ends curling like multiple tornadoes.
Even from behind, Miku could guess that the other girl's face had to be no less beautiful than her own!
Of course, that was not the main reason Miku stood there in a daze.
The real reason Miku froze, her mind almost going blank, was that this figure was barely one and a half meters tall, with the tiny build of a young child. One hand held a black parasol that stood out sharply in the night, while the other was slightly raised before her.
Raised toward the Laser Saber that Ellen had swung