Chapter 339

But in the end, for the same reason, he stopped looking at her and left, gradually drifting further and further away from Takanashi.

"This... something doesn't seem right..."

She murmured something.

After leaving the woman, Takanashi felt his heart beating very fast.

The panic and anxiety she had been able to suppress suddenly intensified.

Instinctively, she clenched her hands and stopped walking.

Wrong...

It was as if an inner voice suddenly couldn't bear it anymore and shouted frantically in her ear. Takanashi's eyes froze, and her face was covered by shadows.

As the woman's footsteps faded into the distance behind her, and remembering that she didn't know the woman, Takanashi felt that something was wrong.

No, no, no... no, no...

She kept muttering to herself, then turned around and saw the woman's back gradually disappearing into the crowd. At that moment, she felt an inexplicable and extreme fear.

Without any hesitation, she started running in the direction the other person was, even though she was too weak to run.

A growing sense of panic gripped her, as if she feared this nightmare would become reality.

Although she still couldn't remember anything about the woman, she instinctively shouted.

"Teacher Haihara! Teacher Haihara!"

She shouted in her already hoarse voice.

Takanashi didn't want the woman to disappear from her sight, otherwise she was afraid that the woman would really just vanish.

The woman was also stopped by her and turned around with a confused look on her face. Then, Takanashi grabbed her arm very roughly, and the woman could feel Takanashi's anxiety and breakdown.

As she looked down, she saw the beautiful but pitifully haggard young girl gazing at her with an almost desperate look.

Do you know this child?

The woman didn't know.

Seeing the woman like this, Takanashi panicked even more. In this nightmare, she continued to call out to the woman, trying to make her remember:

"Mother!"

People around them stared at the tall woman and the pitiful, skinny, pretty girl who looked like a stray cat with strange expressions.

Takanashi wanted to see Haihara's reaction again.

It seems that the nightmare is finally nearing its end.

At this moment, Takanashi also realized what might be happening to him in his nightmare.

"..."

In this nightmare, since arriving on Earth, she has been wandering and starving. Without enough food, she has to use her Magic Power to survive.

This situation did not improve over time.

One possible solution is to hunt large numbers of Monster and extract Magic Power from them.

Just like when I first came to Earth.

However... she herself is too weak, and it is extremely difficult for her to deal with each Monster. She does not have enough Magic Power to heal herself in her Magic girl form, which may result in her real body also being covered in wounds.

That's why she's so thin and covered in sores.

She was trapped in a vicious cycle within this nightmare.

Continuing like this is a step-by-step approach to... death.

This development, while not entirely in line with the logic of reality, is indeed the nightmare that Takanashi truly fears.

It was the thing I feared most before I met that woman.

Just as she wanted to continue looking at the face of the woman she couldn't forget, hoping to calm her unsettled heart, the woman vanished before her eyes...

The surrounding gray-white city seemed to stand still.

The faces and voices of pedestrians, everything suddenly became blurred and indistinct.

An unusual object appeared where the woman had originally been.

It was a... huge Scythe.

The staff, as black as the night, is engraved with dark green patterns of the Serpent of Infinity.

It simply appeared right in front of Takanashi.

This Scythe possesses four Magic elements. The Takanashi on it, felt an indescribable power of "domination," yet it felt unsatisfied due to a fatal void within it.

It seems to be searching for something.

At the same time, it is the only color in this gray world.

It was also this that showed Takanashi... the future of his deepest, most terrifying nightmare.

On what appears to be a peaceful night, the same things are happening to other Magic girls.

Kirishima Ai, Sakaki Chika, Kuroki Yuka were all having similar nightmares at this moment.

However, the content of their dreams was different.

The only thing they had in common was that a certain person was missing from their dreams.

It was as if something wanted that person to disappear completely from their world.

One thing is beyond doubt.

Because of that person's disappearance, the women in their dreams, as well as their own lives, underwent a complete transformation.

It wasn't until midnight that Kuroki Yuka woke up in a fright.

By the time she realized what was happening, her sheer nightgown was already soaked with cold sweat.

I had a nightmare that reminded me of something from the past, and it wasn't a pleasant experience.

Especially in dreams...

She sat up from the covers and looked down at herself. Her thin body clung to her slightly damp gauze dress, and the lines of her youthful flesh were faintly visible.

Suddenly, Kuroki Yuka felt a slight stinging sensation in her eyes.

She rubbed her eyes and felt them welling up with tears; the sadness was unbearable.

She quickly realized what was going on with her.

Damn, Yu Yu syndrome is acting up again.

Kuroki Yuka wronged, I didn't know what to do.

In the past, she would have taken medication in this situation.

The girl rubbed her eyes, and suddenly she was wide awake.

Having just had such a nightmare, Kuroki Yuka somewhat at a loss.

How many times does she have to listen to the "Fallen Heaven transformation" sound effect before she can fall asleep again?

Just as Kuroki Yuka was feeling lost without taking her medication, the girl suddenly noticed something: for some reason, at this late hour, the living room lights in Haihara's house next door had also been turned on.

Through the sunlight, she could see the bright lights in the living room next door.

Why did Haihara- san wake up too?

Could it be that she was having nightmares too?

Kuroki Yuka started thinking about all sorts of random things again, trying to ease her inner unease and tension.

At that moment, for some reason, an idea popped into her mind.

She didn't make a decision until she sat on the bed agonizing over it for nearly twenty minutes.

Shortly after, Kuroki Yuka quietly put on a coat, covering up her pajamas.

Then, bare-legged, she went to the door and put on her sneakers.

She carefully opened her front door, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, blowing through her oversized coat and onto her skin, making her pale thighs shiver.

After a while, she walked to Haihara's house without socks and in sneakers.

After a moment of hesitation and inner conflict, she knocked on the door.

When the door opened, Haihara, dressed in pajamas, looked at Kuroki Yuka, who was dressed like a sleepy child, with a puzzled expression.

There she was, a beautiful young woman wearing a large coat over a thin, sheer nightgown, looking at her with a pitiful expression.

"Miss Haihara..."

Then, after a series of rambling explanations typical of a troubled teenage girl, and some emotional build-up, the girl who had knocked on the door of an older woman living alone in her pajamas that night said the following:

"I had a nightmare, and I'm a bit... unable to sleep."

Chapter 116 Miss Dark Feather, Who Sleeps Well

Not long ago, probably after the final battle with Belial, before Kuroki Yuka started school.

As her neighbor, elder, close friend of Ms. Suzuki, and a teacher with exemplary professional ethics, Ms. Haihara provided her with guidance.

On one hand, Haihara- san said that Kuroki Yuka could attend her class.

On the other hand, when Kuroki Yuka feels uncomfortable or sad, she can confide in Haihara- san.

This undoubtedly fueled Kuroki Yuka's desire to visit Haihara every night.

However, she was still a shy high school girl.

Without a reason, she didn't have the courage to bother Haihara- san, fearing that she would be disliked by the other party.

Only tonight.

She really wanted to see Haihara- san.

Moreover, the lights in Haihara's living room happened to be on, which gave her a reason and courage to go find Haihara.

So in the middle of the night, wearing her pajamas and a coat, she arrived at Haihara's door and knocked.

Naturally, Kuroki Yuka harbored some not-so-pure and whimsical thoughts.

But this is unavoidable for teenage girls.

She just happened to be at that age where she was very curious about that aspect.

However, she never expected things to turn out this way...

"Okay, now go to sleep, so you won't have to worry about having nightmares."

Kuroki Yuka, there was the familiar, cold voice of a woman.

Kuroki Yuka stood still, motionless for a moment.

At this very moment, in Haihara's bedroom, Kuroki Yuka stands in front of the bed that is just big enough for two people, and leaning against the headboard is Haihara, who is only wearing pajamas.

Kuroki Yuka is still somewhat confused.

That's right, now that she's saying she's having nightmares and can't sleep, Haihara- san has asked her to sleep with her.

Although she went to knock on Haihara's door, she did indeed want to act cute like that with Haihara.

But this time it was so smooth it felt like a dream.

Kuroki Yuka, clutching the pillow she'd moved from the sofa, blinked in bewilderment.

After putting the pillow down, she said somewhat nervously:

"Um, I need to use the restroom again."

Haihara glanced at her indifferently and nodded.

"Remember to turn off the light by the door while you're at it."

After that, Kuroki Yuka slunk out of the bedroom and began to do some psychological work.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.