Chapter 297
The Mirage Dragon, being Serpent System, was powerless to resist.
Furthermore, she deliberately transformed into the Moon-Type Devil King, who had the strongest control over lower-class Monster, so she quickly defeated the four Black Death Cult, achieving a truly magnificent and spectacular entrance before the Magic girls.
Moreover, they also brought back Silver Feather.
Thinking of this, Haihara lowered her head and looked at Silver Feather was still fast asleep.
The child seems to still be having nightmares.
The long eyelashes on her closed eyes trembled incessantly, subconsciously evoking feelings of pity.
I don't know how long this went on.
In short, Haihara felt so sleepy she almost wanted to close her eyes.
Speaking of which, did she put out enough food for the puppy today?
I wonder if Luna misses her when she's not around.
Little White definitely wouldn't consider it.
Because snakes are too stupid.
As she drifted off to sleep, or even fell asleep, on the other side, in her warm bed, a girl covered by a blanket frowned for a moment in her sleep, then seemed to wake up from a nightmare.
She opened her eyes groggily and saw a woman sitting quietly by the bed in the dimly lit room, as if she were waiting for her.
When she saw the woman's face clearly, Silver Feather's eyes widened even more.
She muttered to herself in confusion---
"Haihara... teacher?"
Perhaps they weren't sleeping soundly yet.
The gentle call woke the woman.
The woman opened her sleepy eyes and glanced at Silver Feather, who had just woken up from his coma. His pale, indifferent profile looked the same as she remembered, only with a hint of languid sleepiness.
She heard the woman respond softly:
"Yes, you're awake."
Chapter 88 After-School Meeting
Inside the research institute, Haihara didn't turn on the room lights, but simply drew back the curtains to let the moonlight in.
She saw Silver Feather blink in confusion at first, calling her name.
The girl's gaze froze for a moment, and after she came to her senses, she took in the appearance of the woman in front of her.
The blood-stained nightmare flashed through my mind once again.
Subconsciously, Silver Feather clenched her fists, and her breathing became more rapid.
The fear and despair I felt then are still unforgettable.
Silver Feather still clearly remembers how she almost went crazy and lost control back then.
From that time on, she no longer controlled the power of the Monster within her, revealing her true nature from when she was born, and she continued to be consumed by the Monster's nature.
It wasn't until she saw Kirishima Ai again that she managed to maintain her composure and prevent herself from going berserk.
But the moment I opened my eyes and saw that woman again...
The light in Silver Feather's eyes dimmed slightly.
Seeing her like this, Haihara didn't notice anything unusual and whispered:
"Yes, you're awake."
The woman's cold and sullen voice reached Silver Feather's ears.
The girl appeared frozen in place.
It was already quite late, but Haihara hadn't stayed by Silver Feather's bedside for long. She was originally waiting for the little girl to wake up so she could properly explain what had happened.
However, Haihara felt that something didn't seem quite right.
Silver Feather stared at her with a slightly piercing, intimidating gaze, his breathing becoming more rapid, as if he were suppressing something.
She took a closer look at Silver Feather's current appearance; it seemed to be swaying incessantly, on the verge of losing its rationality, and in a sense, like a restless wild beast.
He was perfectly fine when he first woke up.
Why did I start acting a little strange after seeing myself?
Just as Haihara, she saw the girl reach out a hand and grab her shoulder with a somewhat rough motion. Before she could react, there was a slight "bang".
Haihara felt a sharp pain in her back.
The girl, who had lost her mind, grabbed her shoulders and pressed her against the wall.
"... What?"
Haihara had never been treated so roughly before.
So much so that, instinctively, her gaze turned as cold as a snake's for a moment.
But the girl completely ignored her gaze.
The girl's head suddenly leaned closer, panting heavily like a wild beast, her hot breath landing on Haihara's neck.
This made Haihara suspect that Silver Feather would bite at her any moment.
Silver Feather was breathing very rapidly, as if she were about to suffocate at any moment.
Haihara could also hear the girl's heart pounding.
"Teacher, I told you you wouldn't die, it must have been a lie, I was wrong... I was tricked..."
Silver Feather's voice carried a hint of relief and excitement, but judging from the way she kept clutching her heart, Haihara felt that Silver Feather's mental state was a little worrying.
After that, she looked at Silver Feather.
There, the Crystal embedded in the Magic Gear was emitting a faint, ominous glow.
"So that's how it is. The Monster's power went out of control, and he lost his senses."
Haihara immediately understood.
The Silver Feather in front of me now seemed unable to listen to anything I was saying.
That's really scary.
In that case, she wouldn't hold back and would try to bring the girl to her senses.
On the other side, just as she was breathing so heavily she could hardly catch her breath, she suddenly heard a woman's voice---
"Five..."
Having lost her mind Silver Feather naturally couldn't understand what this meant. She continued to grin with her sharp teeth, her eyes vacant, as if she wanted to bite down but couldn't bring herself to do it.
This didn't affect Haihara's timing, she continued indifferently.
"Four... Three..."
Finally, Silver Feather felt a sense of confusion.
Oh, it was a countdown.
As a high school student, Silver Feather felt a bit nervous and scared when she heard Teacher Haihara count down like that, and her hands unconsciously loosened their grip.
But she still didn't understand what the countdown meant.
At that very moment, Haihara grabbed her arm.
Silver Feather blinked, puzzled.
"... Um?"
Immediately afterwards, she felt herself being pushed backward without any chance to resist, and was forced back onto the bed. Her head even hit the wall, making a silly "crack" sound.
With a loud bang.
In that instant, Silver Feather regained her senses, and her eyes became clear.
Then she realized that she thought she had bitten her tongue.
Even a Magic girl would feel some pain from such a sudden bump. For a moment, she didn't know whether to cover her head or her mouth, and let out a groan.
Then, she was stunned... How could the teacher be so strong?
Even though she's still in her Silver Feather form, she's at least a Magic girl, right?
Before she could even react in her daze, she felt herself being pressed down on the bed by that incredibly tall woman.
It's impossible for it to sink.
But when Teacher Haihara sat entirely on his waist, Silver Feather felt that something was... a little off.
Haihara, without any hesitation, used Silver Feather's body as a cushion, pressing her down and refusing to let her get up, looking exactly like a scumbag bullying a child.
After sitting down, she nodded in satisfaction.
"Looks like you've come to your senses. Well then, let's have a proper chat."
As a teacher, Haihara didn't feel there was anything wrong with the high school girl sitting there, and sat there quite comfortably.
She looked down at the Silver Feather on the bed for a while, the one whose gaze never left her.
Now that there are no Monster or other Magic girls to bother her, and it's just her and this... mysterious "Magical Girl Silver Feather" in front of her, it's time for the two of them to have a proper chat.
After that, Silver Feather cried her heart out.
Haihara had never seen a little girl cry so sadly.
Strictly speaking, it's not that it never happened.
The last time, it seems, was two years ago, when she was caught in a fire. Kazama Kiriori thought she had died in that fire and cried very pitifully.
To be honest, she was inexplicably a little happy at the time.
She even wanted to take a picture of her beloved daughter's crying face.
In short, she finally had the chance to take the picture.
After Silver Feather finished crying, Haihara watched the video she had recorded for a while with satisfaction, and then saved it to her photo album's favorites.
After the photo was taken, she looked at Silver Feather now.
Silver Feather was drinking the coffee she had made.
And while he was drinking, he was secretly glancing at her.
How does the coffee taste?
Haihara flipped through the photo album, looking at the most recent pictures.
Actually, she doesn't really like taking pictures.
She almost never takes photos of herself; most of the photos are taken by others because she doesn't think there's anything worth recording about her appearance.
After crying her heart out, Silver Feather roused herself and said, somewhat reservedly but politely:
"It's very warm and tastes great."
She gave a sweet smile.
In response, Haihara looked at her for a moment, then said calmly---
"But actually, you don't know what it tastes like, do you?"
The woman spoke in a very natural tone.
Silver Feather's eyes widened slightly, and her hand holding the coffee cup froze in place.
Silver Feather was speechless for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Haihara with a complicated and somewhat dim gaze.
"..."
This is tantamount to confirmation.
Haihara had felt something was strange from the beginning.