Chapter 188

But... why is this woman here?

Did we just happen to appear here?

But everything that just happened cannot be explained.

In Rainbow Feather's view, ever since Haihara appeared, her mentor Blue Iris in R'lyeh has been behaving very strangely.

After Haihara uttered those strange words, Blue Iris continued to tremble.

Is the mentor... afraid?

And now, just as Rainbow Feather had guessed, this Sacred Domain instructor from the R'lyeh Magic Academy is feeling fear.

"No... impossible, didn't you already...?"

Although my appearance is different from before.

But in Blue Iris's hundreds of years of life, she had never encountered another person with that kind of temperament and that tone of voice.

So now, all she could think about was who this woman was, why she was here, and how she could possibly be the person she knew.

"You're already dead, is that what you think?"

The woman's smile remained emotionless.

"Perhaps thinking that way isn't wrong."

"However, I don't intend to answer your questions."

Because, for women, the Blue Iris will never have the chance to feel any more confusion.

This answer made Blue Iris realize once again that, without a doubt, the woman in front of her was the one she knew.

Thinking back to what the woman had said, she subconsciously took a few steps back.

Now, she sensed no Magic Power aura emanating from the woman; she seemed like just an ordinary person. Yet, that terrifying presence still made her hesitant to act rashly.

"I don't understand... what did I do to offend you? Do you want your Fallen Heaven back? Or... that Serpent System Crystal...?"

Even though she sensed that Haihara seemed to be just a mortal without Magic Power, Blue Iris had no intention of fighting back; she only wanted to prevent Haibara from harming her.

Clearly, she couldn't understand why the person in front of her would stop her.

But she only received a cold and calm reply from the woman:

There's no reason.

"Now, you can disappear forever."

She still looked the same as Blue Iris remembered, always with a calm and emotionless expression.

She was aloof and arrogant, looking down on everyone else; to her, everyone else was just an accessory.

They didn't even bother to give a reason.

There is no particular reason for her current actions.

It's simply because she wanted to.

This undoubtedly humiliated Blue Iris.

Upon learning that there was no room for leniency, Blue Iris's anger and panic briefly overwhelmed her fear.

"Even if... no matter what, even you, teacher, have no Magic Power left. Just like when Her Majesty the Queen, you're just an ordinary person..."

"Do you still see me as that insignificant piece of trash you used to be?! Stop looking down on me!"

Sensing the threat of death, before the woman in front of her could even make a move, Blue Iris unleashed her Magic and attacked her.

Centuries later, she rose from a mere Magic girl apprentice to Sacred Domain.

In R'lyeh's Bird Academy, she is also a Magic girl known for her powerful offensive Magic.

The blue flames were hotter than any flames derived from lava or meteorites, and could turn everything around them to ashes in an instant.

Naturally, it can also destroy ordinary people who have no Magic Power.

However, something happened that plunged the Blue Iris into silence.

It was like someone pouring a bucket of water into a fire.

Those azure flames were extinguished in an instant, without even knowing how they were put out; they simply vanished without a trace the moment they were about to touch the woman.

And that ordinary woman stood there.

However, she also had something else in her hands.

"Speaking of which, I should thank you for delivering this to me."

The woman's voice remained unmoved by the Blue Iris's attack.

"Although it's just a toy that evokes nostalgia, now that I've got it, I might as well play with it for a while."

After the woman finished speaking, both Blue Iris and Rainbow Feather sensed that something was wrong.

Rainbow Feather was completely stunned.

The Magic Armament, Fallen Heaven, that she held had vanished without a trace, and she was powerless to resist.

And now, the Magic Armament that once belonged to the Overlord when she first became Magic girl, Fallen Heaven, is being held in the woman's hands and casually played with.

For Magic girls, the most forbidden and terrifying dark Magic Armament were as docile as real toys in that woman's hands.

However, it didn't feel out of place at all.

"You... you don't want it? But that's impossible... you can't use that Magic Wand anymore..."

Blue Iris immediately realized what Haihara might be about to do next.

However, logically speaking, even Fallen Heaven being could not withstand the transformation of the person in front of them.

A broken wing can never truly support the sky.

However, Haihara held the black Magic Wand with the angel's wing, but unlike Dark Feather and Color Feather, she didn't use it directly.

She simply extended her wrist.

There, she wore a bracelet with interwoven dark and green hues.

That color gave Blue Iris a familiar feeling.

The strongest Magic girl of the past, her Magic Gear was composed of dark and green colors.

Then, the woman took the bracelet off her slender, pale wrist and... placed it on the Magic Wand.

The ring landed on the tip of the Magic Wand.

"--- Ring of Bliss."

That bracelet, together with the Fallen Heaven, seemed to have combined to form a completely new Magic Armament.

The woman said slowly and deliberately:

Don't worry about me.

"As for the transformation Magic Crystal, it is the most suitable one for the Overlord, although it is only one of them."

She slowly took out a Crystal that was jet black with a hint of blood.

That Crystal far surpassed any Crystal Blue Iris had ever seen, even the two Sacred Domain Serpent System Crystal Rainbow Snake and Nightmare Dragon, could not compare.

Because that is the source of all Crystal.

--- Devil King Crystal.

Upon seeing the Magic Crystal, Blue Iris completely lost control of her emotions; her mind was instantly filled with fear.

And memories of that strongest Witch from the past flooded back like a tide.

Why is that Bird System Devil King Crystal from Earth in the hands of this being...?

Are you kidding me?

Doesn't that mean the strongest Demon King of the past is now closer than ever to complete resurrection...?

"--The Wicked Requiem."

The crowning words belonging exclusively to that Bird-Type Devil King emerged from the Ring of Bliss, and the black mist then enveloped Haihara.

When the eerie and desperate laughter, along with the pitch-black mist, enveloped everything, everything around Blue Iris, and even her own vision, was swallowed by darkness.

"No... don't---"

Before she could react or scream, Blue Iris's presence was silently swallowed by the darkness. She had no power to resist what followed, and the world of this mentor from R'lyeh fell into eternal silence.

When the black mist dissipated, the only remaining figure standing on this dark wasteland was the Witch dressed in Magic Gear attire.

That terrifying Magic Power, which almost overwhelmed everything, could not be sensed by anyone except for Kurosaki Asuka, who was still alive.

The battle was predictable and proceeded without any significant disturbance.

Some die silently, like birds sinking into the deep sea, unable to even struggle.

Kurosaki Asuka saw her mentor lying in a pool of blood; the former Sacred Domain Magic Girl was now lifeless.

Am I dreaming?

If she's still trapped in that nightmare, she must not have woken up yet.

Everything started to go wrong after she saw Takanashi transform into the Magic girl Thousand Sins.

After Blue Iris appeared, she thought she had finally been saved from that madman.

But... why did it turn out like this?

After the battle, or rather, the one-sided toying, ended, the Demon King's figure in the black mist dispelled his transformation.

The black fog gradually dissipated.

Then, the Japanese language teacher from the high school that Kurosaki Asuka knew emerged from the black mist.

She put the bracelet back on and swung the Fallen Heaven Wand around like a toy.

There was no stain on her body, and it was as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with her.

The woman walked towards her step by step.

After the woman took the Fallen Heaven, she naturally deactivated her transformation and returned to Kurosaki Asuka, the high school student who knew Teacher Haihara.

But... is this woman in front of me really Teacher Haihara?

Then, the woman spoke:

"Kurosaki -kun."

Everything about the woman was the same as in Kurosaki Asuka's memory, except that her short hair had grown long. Her cold demeanor and emotionless tone remained unchanged over the years.

This made Kurosaki Asuka realize that the woman in front of her was indeed her former Japanese language teacher.

But wasn't Haihara the Japanese language teacher who was kept in the dark, nearly lost her job because of the scandal Haibara spread, and was scorned by all her students?

"Teacher Haihara, you... you really fooled me. So you're the most terrifying Magic girl all along..."

In Kurosaki Asuka's tone, it was hard to tell whether it was fear or anger at being deceived.

During the battle just now, Kurosaki Asuka confirmed one thing: the woman in front of her was also Magic girl.

Moreover... she is a Magic girl who transcends the realm of Sacred Domain.

"Lie to you? Me?"

Haihara repeated it expressionlessly.

However, for some reason, she smiled with interest.

"No, when we first met, I was just a fragile and powerless ordinary person."

Kurosaki Asuka was stunned.

"... Ordinary people?"

Is this some kind of joke that's not funny at all?

This woman has always been someone she can't understand or see through.

Haihara, however, found her flustered expression quite intriguing.