That was why, the moment she noticed a battle had suddenly erupted elsewhere today, she rushed over immediately. Under the most optimistic assumption, could Mana and the others have come looking for her? Or was it someone else's... In any case, whether it was fighting monsters or Chouju in the name of justice, I, who bore the name "Ace," had to go lend a hand!
Yet when she hurried over, ready to provide support, the first thing she saw was two dazzling figures crossing paths, leaving behind two brilliant crimson trails.
Then she looked at the Jikochu corpses strewn across the ground, and truly found herself at a loss.
"This..."
"Yo~!"
Ash had spotted the red figure from afar, her lip gloss applied even more heavily than Megumi's, and greeted her in a rather nostalgic tone after undoing his transformation.
"Isn't this Little Madoka?"
"Who are you calling Little Madoka?!"
Madoka Aguri, now back in her true form, stomped her feet furiously upon hearing that nickname. There was no need to ask—only one person would call her that.
"Ash! It was you?!"
If she had not already known there was something suspicious going on, she would definitely have assumed this was another terrifying incident caused by Ash!
"That's right, it's me."
While she swept her gaze over Ash to examine how he looked now, Ash was also looking at Aguri, who had changed so much from the past. Naturally, she had grown taller and more mature with puberty. And that girl with the prominent forehead, which had not been very noticeable back then, was now growing ever closer to the stunning beauty she became after transforming.
That little girl who had wanted to become a true hero had grown into such a graceful young woman.
"Well, you don't look any