Chapter 446

Therefore, she could only say sincerely:

"Everyone and I think Shiori is reliable now, even though she used to be a bit annoying."

"...?"

Takanashi Shiori blinked in confusion.

"Uh... no, I mean, if we're talking about holding things back, look, I was even more useless before, wasn't I?"

Sakaki Chika blinked in response.

The two of them could even have formed a "bottom-up alliance" before.

Although Takanashi betrayed them first.

"Everyone still has hope and confidence. I will work hard, and Shiori should also work hard. Although the president was in a low mood just now, I believe she can regain her confidence."

As a former idol, Sakaki Chika said such inspiring words without batting an eye.

But more importantly, that's what she genuinely thought.

Miracles can happen.

Even without a miracle, they will strive to achieve what others perceive as a miracle.

Otherwise, how could one be considered an excellent Magic?

"Cheer up! We haven't made all the mistakes yet; there's still a lot we can salvage."

"We will take all the important people back from Tachibana."

Chapter 199 The Final Battle Begins

After that, it's time to meet up with Sakaki Chika and the others.

On her way back to the research institute, Kazama Kiriori could see the city below covered in silver frost and frozen in a state of stillness. It was the first time she had ever seen the city so desolate.

At that moment, Kazama Kiriori suddenly wanted to check if her face looked really bad.

However, there's no need for that.

It's bound to be a complete mess.

She raised her finger to touch her dry eye sockets, and glanced ahead. Although she hadn't arrived at the research institute yet, she suddenly found a tall building, hundreds of meters high, as her landing point and gently landed there.

She turned around:

"Kirishima, haven't you been following me for long enough?"

Compared to usual, Kazama Kiriori's tone was indifferent.

After she punctured it, a dark red Magic girl peeked out from between the seemingly empty high-rise buildings.

"..."

Fate Kite emerged from her hiding place, hovering in the air before bowing swiftly and decisively in apology.

"Sorry."

However, Kazama Kiriori knew from the beginning that this little girl was following her.

"You probably didn't overhear anything you shouldn't have." Phantom Wind's crimson pupils stared directly at Fate Kite, not piercing, but exuding an indescribable pressure.

At this moment, Fate Kite obediently shook her head:

"I waited outside the whole time when I saw you talking to someone, but I didn't eavesdrop on anything."

"Yeah?"

Kazama Kiriori didn't intend to waste time on this matter. Since the other party hadn't overheard anything about her private life, she decided to hurry back.

She continued flying towards the research institute on her own, without asking Kirishima Ai why she was following her. She was simply thinking that without the Gale Crystal, her speed was much slower than she was used to.

Fate Kite wanted to say something more, but then she saw the president fly away, and she had to struggle to keep up.

Even so, the president was still very fast, Fate Kite panting heavily as she tried to keep up.

After catching up with Phantom Wind, Fate Kite suddenly thought of something, so she flew a little harder, trying to get as close as possible to the president.

"Um, President."

So she cautiously struck up a conversation.

"How?"

Phantom Wind didn't act like a senior today.

The Fate Kite who asked the question hesitated for a moment, seemingly wondering whether or not to ask.

"You seem to be having some reservations, which is... a little worrying."

After saying all this, Fate Kite herself felt quite embarrassed.

She wasn't particularly good at caring about others.

But Fate Kite remembered at that moment was how the president seemed unsure of herself when she asked her to go with them to rescue Teacher Haihara.

That doesn't seem to be a gap caused simply by the difference in strength between the two sides.

Coincidentally, Fate Kite was very familiar with this feeling, because every time such a crisis came, her companions would be hiding some important little secret.

She herself had done it before.

The president didn't even think about it:

"Does Kirishima have time to care about my inner world right now?"

She seemed completely uninterested.

"You yourself said that we need to communicate more, doesn't that include you?" Fate Kite shamelessly continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Phantom Wind displayed an unusual expression of rejection.

Fortunately, Kirishima Ai wasn't used to being treated gently anyway.

The two of them didn't say anything, and just flew in the air for a while, the whooshing wind deafening.

Kazama Kiriori had absolutely no interest in confiding her innermost feelings to Kirishima Ai.

They weren't acting in an animation.

Animated films often focus too much on people's inner world and make it the main focus, determining the direction of events.

But reality won't change just because she suddenly understands something.

"I'm just wondering what I did wrong."

"Did something wrong?" Fate Kite blinked.

This is something I'm ashamed to talk about with younger generations.

Kazama Kiriori's head isn't sharp enough to explain what happened recently.

"Just think of it as... before today's events happened... I had a fight with my mom."

"Why?"

"I don't know, it seems hard to explain." Kazama Kiriori didn't even know what she was saying, which only seemed to leave people confused.

However, Kirishima Ai frowned, then relaxed:

"That's just family members arguing, right?"

"Are your family members arguing?"

Kazama Kiriori looked confused.

To be honest, she was somewhat unfamiliar with the word.

This kind of thing, although it sounds unbelievable... has almost never happened to her, but the few times it has happened, it seems that it cannot be so easily summarized with this word.

"Sometimes people can't distinguish right from wrong when they argue, especially those close to them. In the end, they may not be able to tell right from wrong, at least that's how it was when I was a child."

Kirishima Ai wasn't so familiar with the term anymore, but relatively speaking, she had quite a few family conflicts. She was also a child with a very strange temper when she was young, and similar arguments happened quite often.

Kazama Kiriori was about to deny it, but then it seemed she remembered something.

"Ah..."

She paused for a moment, stunned.

This has happened before.

Suddenly, Kazama Kiriori realized something, and her gaze darkened abruptly, like a room with the lights turned off.

Kirishima Ai had no idea what the student council president was thinking.

"Before?"

So she asked curiously.

Kazama Kiriori's face showed confusion and dejection. Her previously cold and hard demeanor softened as if soaked by rain, turning into a gloomy gray.

She said softly:

"Before my parents had their car accident, I also argued with my mother."

Kazama Kiriori recalled that she herself wasn't someone who never argued with her family when she was a child.

She also makes her mother angry.

But ever since then, and since being with Haihara, she has been trying her best not to make that mistake again.

Beside her, Fate Kite froze, blinking dryly, her mouth open but unable to utter a word.

It seems I've asked a question I shouldn't have...

But Kazama Kiriori didn't seem particularly saddened by this, or perhaps that sadness had become a fundamental part of her being.

"I've always regretted it; I made my mother angry back then, and I never had a chance to apologize."

Kazama Kiriori said listlessly, "What seemed like a calm emotion has gradually become more sentimental."

"But this time, the same mistake was made again."

"I'm terrified, just like this time. I haven't even had a chance to apologize to my mom yet, and then..."

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the research institute. Kazama Kiriori stopped talking and composed herself, remaining suspended in the air.

Fate Kite- i also stopped and followed behind Kazama Kiriori.

It's time to get ready to go to the meeting point.

But what should one say at a time like this?

Remembering Kazama Kiriori's initial question, Fate Kite scratched her cheek:

"I think, although I'm not sure whether you or Teacher Haihara did something wrong, there will be plenty of time for the family to figure it out and apologize later."

"The fact that the teacher was taken away is not because you or Teacher Haihara did anything wrong."

"It's the Flower Demon King's fault."

"So let's go and take her down together, then bring everyone over, and you can solve this problem properly then."

Fate Kite spoke, she swung her fist at the air. Although it was just a light sway, her tiny pink fist, weighing tens of tons, still made the air crackle and rumble.

Although she didn't know if she had taken it all in, Kazama Kiriori nodded nonetheless.

Now that they had completed most of the necessary preparations, it was time to officially address everything.

The enemy is the Flower Demon King and her Black Death Cult.

The Magic girls' goal is to annihilate the Flower Demon King and rescue those who were taken away in this incident.

At this moment, all the citizens were taken to World Apart, where the enemy's headquarters were also located.

While Takanashi and the others were Magic Spell on the Crystal, Cangyue Yuri went to explore the World Apart alone. As a scout, she investigated the general situation there and encountered several enemies she had never seen before.

Cangyue Yuri observed that at this moment, the Flower Demon King, as the leader, was not elsewhere in the World Apart, but should be inside that enormous demon tree. Based on what Takanashi had learned from R'lyeh's history book, the Flower Demon King was probably brewing some grand conspiracy inside the demon tree.

Therefore, they must strike at the heart of the matter, storming into the Demon Tree in one fell swoop and eliminating its leader.

But...