Chapter 105

Even though a long time has passed, she still can't forget that feeling.

The burned skin will also feel a dull ache.

When she woke up from the nightmare, she was covered in a cold sweat.

Do Magic girls have nightmares too?

"..."

She slowly opened her eyes and saw that it was probably early morning outside the window. The sun had just risen above the horizon, while the moon and stars were gradually disappearing into the dim twilight, presenting a hazy, cool hue.

Then she realized that she was holding a hand.

Naturally, those were the Witch's hands.

It looks beautiful and smells nice.

The woman in front of him was still fast asleep.

As for her sleeping appearance, Witch really is a Sleeping Beauty. Her sleeping face is never undignified, quiet and dignified. Perhaps only a kiss can wake such a person from her dreams.

Teacher...

Dark Feather didn't have a very good impression of her teacher.

Perhaps she made a bit too much noise, for the woman's eyelashes trembled, and then she slowly opened her beautiful eyes, like a lazy snake that went from drowsy to fully awake in just a moment.

The Witch has woken up.

Seemingly noticing the little girl shaking her hand, she looked at Dark Feather with a slightly indifferent expression:

"As far as sleeping postures go, you're much better than Silver Feather."

Although she is Black Magical Girl.

But this little girl is much better behaved than some children who hug and kiss others while sleeping.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Three Years Ago

While the two villainous Magic girls embarked on their journey to the Royal Capital, another group of Magic girls from Maple Plain City arrived in R'lyeh's Royal Capital this morning.

Compared to Haihara, who had never actually been to R'lyeh, her group was much better prepared.

The clothes worn by Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika have been changed to the styles popular in the capital Royal Capital R'lyeh.

Instead of her usual school uniform, Takanashi wore a magnificent and elegant silver-white robe adorned with numerous feathers and gold threads, topped with a large white scholar's hat, giving her the appearance of a scholar.

This is the uniform of a first-year student from the Bird Academy.

The reason she wore this outfit instead of her usual clothes was because she was researching in R'lyeh's library.

The information I looked up was related to the Overlord and the Black Magical Girl.

Lilith, known as the Overlord Witch, was born into the prestigious House Abailia of R'lyeh. She is an unparalleled genius Magic girl and the only Magic girl in history who can master four types of Magic simultaneously.

However, this all-around genius was originally Bird System Magic girl.

The first Magic Armament she used was the unique Magic Wand "Chaos Twin Wings," crafted for this genius by the House Abailia.

A wand formed by combining two Bird System Magic Armament of the highest rank below the Sacred Domain, possessing both black and white Magic Power Magic Wand.

Lilith, when transformed using this Magic Armament, possesses power that rivals any Sacred Domain Magic girl.

However, this Magic Armament later broke into two halves for some reason, which were originally two separate Magic Wand.

One of them was Broken Wing, and the Magic girl who emerged from it was Silver Feather.

The other one is... Fallen Heaven, which is the Magic Wand used by the Magical Girl Dark Feather.

Although she didn't know much about the Magic Wand, Takanashi felt that such a dangerous item wouldn't easily fall into the hands of Black Magical Girl.

So she wanted to check the information stored in the Bird Academy and then ask a few teachers she was familiar with.

Just as she was flipping through the thick stack of documents with a somewhat bitter expression, wondering whether she should use some Magic, she heard a gentle voice behind her.

"Takanashi, is there any information you'd like to look up?"

Upon hearing this, Takanashi turned around and saw a tall and refined young woman dressed in a blue and white scholar's robe, wearing a tall page's hat with a pure white feather pinned to it.

This is a smiling, bookish-looking older sister.

But upon seeing her, Takanashi still bowed his head respectfully.

"Miss Emma."

The girl in front of me is Miss Emma, the librarian of the Bird Academy. She is not a student of any Magic Academy, but a disciple of the Grand Scholar of Star Reading.

Although Miss Emma is gentle and approachable, she is a respected figure, just like the mentors in the academy.

She quickly turned to the page she had just marked and showed it to Miss Emma:

"Excuse me... do you know anything about the Fallen Heaven?"

Upon hearing the question, Miss Emma blinked, but quickly smiled.

Why did you even think of asking this question?

As a librarian, she already knew quite a bit about what Takanashi experience on Earth.

She didn't answer Takanashi Shiori's question immediately, but gently raised her hand, and from among the towering array of books, several books flew out from the bookshelves, slowly floated around Emma, and automatically opened.

The pages flipped rapidly, and the words inside caught Emma's eye.

At that moment, she reached out and grabbed a book, while the other books also stopped moving.

"Back on Earth, we encountered a Black Magical Girl who used the Fallen Heaven Transformation technique. For some reason, I felt... I'd seen that Magic Armament somewhere before."

Although the Fallen Heaven is almost identical to the Broken Wing in every other way except for its color.

But what felt familiar to Takanashi were other aspects.

Whether it was the aura of Magic Power or the various abilities after transformation, everything felt very familiar to her. Even the personality of that Black Magical Girl seemed somewhat familiar.

I didn't feel this way at first.

She only thought of this when it was time to come to R'lyeh.

"It's understandable that you feel it's familiar, since you actually saw that Magic Armament before you went to Earth."

"Have you seen it before?"

If she had seen him before, how could she not recognize him?

After all, that Magic Armament is almost identical to the Broken Wing; once you've seen it, you'll likely remember it vividly.

Then, Miss Emma turned the book over, revealing a picture enclosed in the cover.

The painting depicts a Magic Wand with silver-white Feather Wing, adorned with numerous feathers, as vibrant as a rainbow.

When the Takanashi saw the picture, it paused for a moment.

"I do... I feel like I've seen this Magic Armament somewhere before."

She had a deep impression of having seen such a gorgeous, almost gaudy, Magic Armament before.

It seems this was not an illusion.

Emma turned another page and said slowly:

Have you ever heard of the name Color Feather?

"... No."

I do have some recollection of it.

She seemed to have heard it occasionally when she was in Maple Plain City, but she hadn't paid any attention to it.

"That was about three years ago, the name of a Magic girl who went to Earth as your senior. She was an honor student at the Bird Academy, and was said to be a dazzlingly beautiful girl."

"I think she went to Maple Plain City back then too."

Emma had a nostalgic smile on her face.

It's not really about nostalgia, since it was less than three years ago, which is a very short time for a Magic girl.

The Takanashi lowered its head and pondered for a moment:

"Back then, I hadn't yet entered the advanced section of the Magic Academy..."

Although Magic girls have long lifespans, the time from childhood to adulthood is the same as that of ordinary people. She was just a child at that time, still in a preschool class where children were forced to grow too quickly.

She naturally wouldn't pay any attention to things on Earth, or to Magic girls going to Earth.

However, three years ago, it was still in Maple Plain City.

That means she was in the same era as that Magic girl Phantom Wind.

But Takanashi wasn't particularly interested in these things and had never heard of them from her other Magic girl companions.

"The Magic Armament she used was the Fallen Heaven, but because Magic Armament existence was extremely sensitive, it took on this form at that time."

Both being Overlord Magic Armament, the existence of Fallen Heaven is far more sensitive than that of Broken Wing.

Because it possesses the power of Black Magical Girl.

Once it loses the companionship and restraint of the Broken Wing, it will reveal its true nature as Magic Armament, tempting the user to fall into darkness and become Black Magical Girl.

However, Color Feather is a special Magic girl.

She was not affected by the power of darkness, perhaps because she had a pure and strong heart, and in the end she successfully controlled this evil Magic Armament and became an outstanding student of the Bird Academy.

"Then why did this Magic Armament end up in Dark Feather's hands? And where is Color Feather now?"

Although she didn't really want to doubt it, under these circumstances, she couldn't help but think that Color Feather had fallen into Dark Feather.

Furthermore, neither on Earth nor in R'lyeh, Takanashi had ever heard of what happened to this Magic girl afterward.

Has R'lyeh made a successful return?

Did she stay there like Chika's grandmother?

Emma shook her head.

"That wasn't Color Feather, we're absolutely certain of that, but as for Color Feather herself..."

At this point, her expression was no longer as calm as before, but rather revealed a hint of emotion.

She turned a few pages and then handed the book to Takanashi.

Takanashi took the book, held it close to his chest, and carefully looked through the information inside. He then saw the information about the Magic girl Color Feather, including her alias in the human world.

"Kurosaki Asuka..."

I've never heard of that name before.

But it seems he was also a student at Kaedehara High School.

Then, Miss Emma explained:

She's missing.

"Missing?"

That doesn't sound like a nice word.

Just like the mysterious Magic girl Phantom Wind, has this Magic girl from R'lyeh also disappeared?

Did they suffer some kind of defeat...? But if that were the case, Maple Plain City should already be overrun by Monster.

"During her time on Earth, Color Feather and several other Magic girls fought against the Black Death Cult."

"Later in the battle, both she and Phantom Wind gained the power to fight against Perfect Form Monster. Phantom Wind was even able to take on two Black Death Cult executives on her own."

Even to this librarian, the Magic girl Phantom Wind was incredibly powerful.

Despite being a Magic girl native to Earth, she possesses such talent.

Among all the Magic girls who have fought on Earth throughout history, Phantom Wind is probably one of the most outstanding.

However, these powerful Magic girls all ended up disappearing.

"But then, a Monster appeared that far surpassed both the Perfect Form Monster and the Apostle."

"... Do such Monster really exist?"

The Takanashi froze in place.