Chapter 172

She only felt angry after seeing her senior's nonchalant attitude.

Why is this person able to put on such a matter-of-fact expression?

"... Do you know what what you just did meant to her?"

Takanashi lowered his head and spoke in a gloomy and suppressed voice.

"She's just an ordinary person, an ordinary teacher... but something like what just happened could cost her her job."

"And why don't you care at all how much that would hurt her?"

Takanashi's eyes were veiled in shadow.

This fact angered Takanashi.

The thought of suppressing her feelings and pretending to be indifferent at school made her feel both bitter and conflicted.

After arriving in this world, she faced everything unfamiliar with the new world with trepidation, hearing unfamiliar languages, seeing unfamiliar pedestrians and cities, and encountering completely different living habits and common sense.

All of this made her uneasy.

She was always afraid of doing something wrong, making a mistake, or misunderstanding something.

Until he met that woman.

Treating herself like a stray cat that doesn't need to be tamed, teasing her, making fun of her, yet feeding her while maturely teaching her the common sense of this world, bringing her a strange tenderness she had never experienced before.

But all of this she cared about was completely ignored by the Magic girl senior in front of her, and was even trampled on.

Seeing her reaction, Kurosaki Asuka paused briefly, then chuckled and said, unable to suppress her laughter:

"Junior, you're so strange."

She seemed unable to resist saying it, and found it amusing.

"We're Magic girls, for crying out loud! Do the rules for these ordinary people really matter that much?"

"Don't we get to do whatever we want?"

Kurosaki Asuka spoke, one sentence at a time.

"Even if what I just did is wrong in this world's society, everything can be resolved with the power of Magic girl."

Kurosaki Asuka gently patted Takanashi Shiori's shoulder, trying to comfort Takanashi Shiori and calm her down.

Even as she said this, she still wore that flawless smile, like a kind and understanding angel.

Another Magic girl from R'lyeh.

The two girls are now looking at each other, one smiling, the other with a gloomy and cold expression.

A powerful and dazzling Magic girl from the Sacred Domain who once saved this city.

A weak and insignificant nobody, a laughable loser who doesn't know why he came into this world.

"If being Magic girl could solve all problems, then there are many things I'd like to do."

"But if you're a Magic girl, what does she mean to you?"

"She will grow old someday, and her lifespan is so short..."

"There's no way they could be together, right?"

Tears welled up in Takanashi Shiori's eyes as she loosened her grip on Kurosaki Asuka's collar, as if the emotions she had been holding back were finally about to burst forth.

What exactly did she mean by what she just said?

If you don't understand her thoughts, it's hard to understand what she means.

At least Kurosaki Asuka couldn't understand it, and perhaps she wouldn't bother to try.

She saw Takanashi Shiori turn her back and then, just like Sakaki Chika before her, leave.

It seems that Takanashi Shiori is also unable to face the past and cannot get along with Kurosaki Asuka.

Kirishima Ai watched Takanashi Shiori depart. At first, she wanted to stop her, but then, as if remembering something, she quickly lowered her hand, remaining silent and not intending to stop Takanashi from leaving.

Soon after, only Kirishima Ai and Kurosaki Asuka remained.

Kurosaki Asuka sighed:

"Little Phantom Wind once had the same misunderstanding with me."

"That junior child, perhaps like I was before, was deceived by Teacher Haihara's... no, Chameleon -like trickery."

She showed a look of pity.

This was the first time Kirishima Ai had learned about Takanashi's feelings.

Before this, she didn't know that Takanashi had such deep feelings for Teacher Haihara, nor did she know what had made Takanashi care so much about Teacher Haihara.

It's probably not just because Teacher Haihara is their homeroom teacher, right?

Although she was very concerned about what had happened between Takanashi and Teacher Haihara, Kirishima Ai didn't think about it for the time being. She raised her head and looked at Kurosaki Asuka, who was smiling forlornly.

"Little Silver Feather, let's hurry up and find that Chameleon Monster hiding in this world to save everything."

Now, only Kurosaki Asuka remains by Kirishima Ai's side.

At that moment, Kirishima Ai noticed something.

Kurosaki Asuka seems to only know how to call them by their Magic names.

As for Takanashi, she doesn't even know his name, only calling Takanashi "junior".

They had already told Kurosaki Asuka their names.

As she watched Kurosaki Asuka walk ahead, Kirishima Ai's gaze turned cold for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. She followed Kurosaki Asuka, saying:

"Yes, we must take down that disgusting, elusive mastermind as soon as possible."

Chapter 102 The Approaching Truth

Takanashi, like Sakaki Chika, left Kurosaki Asuka and the others.

However, after that, she didn't end up alone, but instead met an unexpected duo.

"Star Flower, so you weren't alone after all; you ran into the Student Council."

In a certain spot inside the school building, in front of Takanashi were Sakaki Chika and Student Council Kazama Kiriori, who had been working together for some time.

Just like the others, the Student Council is now also in this gray and white world.

After leaving them, Sakaki Chika met Kazama Kiriori, and the two exchanged information about their experiences in this world.

Therefore, Kazama Kiriori also learned what Kurosaki Asuka had said to Sakaki Chika.

Next, naturally, Takanashi also told Sakaki Chika Kazama Kiriori what she had seen and heard not long ago, which was the scene she saw at the entrance of the infirmary.

However, judging from Kazama Kiriori's expression, it seems that she already knew about this.

"... I see, you already knew?"

Soon after arriving in this world woven from past nightmares, Kazama Kiriori probably anticipated that Kirishima Ai and the others would inevitably witness some of the things that had happened a few years ago.

Even if she had wanted to resolve everything about the Chameleon before these things that should have been buried in the past were dug up, it was too late now.

Then, Kazama Kiriori looked at Takanashi and Sakaki Chika.

Both of them left after a disagreement caused by Kurosaki Asuka's words upon appearing in this world.

Although she remembered Kurosaki Asuka as someone she disliked.

Sakaki Chika was unaware of this until Takanashi finished recounting what Kurosaki Asuka did to Teacher Haihara in the infirmary. Sakaki Chika froze, emanating a terrifying aura in every sense of the word.

The Takanashi lowered its head.

"So, because of that Monster's tricks and all sorts of other things, Teacher Haihara was caught in a terrible public opinion storm, and even faced the risk of being fired?"

Combining what Kurosaki Asuka and the Student Council said, as well as what she had seen along the way, she figured out this fact without much effort.

What she said to Kurosaki Asuka may indeed have come true.

On her way here, she overheard some gossip, including rumors about Teacher Haihara's terrible reputation and that Haihara had an affair with a student.

"Um."

Kazama Kiriori nodded.

After she confirmed it, Takanashi remained silent for a moment, then slightly raised her eyes to look at the black-haired girl in front of her:

"And what about the president?"

"What is the relationship between the student council president and Teacher Haihara?"

She had seen the Student Council Teacher Haihara -Teacher Haihara and kiss her at a previous festival.

At that time, she had the same doubts, even more so.

Until she heard the Student Council's reply.

"Teacher Haihara... is my mother."

A clear and unwavering voice.

It's as if this isn't a big deal, just stating a fact.

Takanashi froze for a moment.

After calming down and thinking for a while, she continued to ask.

"Is she an adopted daughter?"

"Um."

If that's the case, it seems to explain what the Takanashi.

Takanashi saw Sakaki Chika expression had hardly changed.

This means that Sakaki Chika already knew before this that President Kazama was Teacher Haihara's adopted daughter.

But she had never heard of this before.

After learning the truth, she opened her mouth slightly, but then closed it again as if in a daze, and her gaze gradually calmed down from its wavering.

Although she was a complete failure, she could occasionally be quite clever.

Even with such complex and unbelievable facts, she only understood and accepted them after a brief moment.

The huge emotional ups and downs during this period were suppressed by bitter feelings.

"Oh, I see..."

Even though she was in a nightmare created by a dangerous Monster, she found it difficult to detach herself from it.

Teacher Haihara has always had her own real daughter.

And she was merely that woman's slightly special "daughter" on weekends.

No matter how hard you try, it can never become real.

"Takanashi- san?"

Seeing the Takanashi, Kazama Kiriori was puzzled for a moment, then seemed to understand something.

Takanashi's current appearance is somewhat unexpected for them.

Because in their minds, Takanashi had never had any contact with Teacher Haihara, and usually seemed indifferent and lazy.

Only now, when Takanashi looked dejected, as if drenched in water, did this girl from R'lyeh seem to reveal some of her own emotions.

"... I'm sorry, President, it's strange to think about these things now. There are some things I want to figure out. I'll handle things on my own for now and come back to you after things return to normal."

Takanashi patted his face, then turned his back, preparing to act alone.

Just like she just left Kurosaki Asuka and Kirishima Ai, Takanashi has now left them as well.

Watching Takanashi's lonely figure disappear into the distance, Sakaki Chika wanted to say something, but she didn't.

So now only Kazama Kiriori and Sakaki Chika remain.

Recalling everything that had just happened, and what she had learned from Sakaki Chika and Takanashi, Kazama Kiriori then looked away, touched her neck, and said decisively:

"Let's not think about that now, let's find the Chameleon and Dark Feather's shapeshifters as quickly as possible."