Chapter 526
"However, your... Magic Power seems to have increased considerably since last time?"
"Very good."
Miss Overlord discovered that, without the other Magic girls noticing, Thousand Sins's strength had quietly grown considerably, likely due to her gains in the battle against Ailulu.
It's even equivalent to...
"Begin the performance---"
"Locking---"
The menacing light of flowers and moonlight flashed rapidly in Lilith's peripheral vision, all aimed at the now Overlord Lilith, and in an instant, they completed their gathering of power.
There was still time to glance over there, and I saw Star Flower raise her Rose Magic Wand, while Shadow Moon her Moon Bowstring to its fullest extent.
The next moment—two dazzling explosions simultaneously blasted towards Lilith.
"---- Rose Decet!"
"---- Moonlight Waltz!"
Lilith had no choice but to abandon the struggle and instead flap her Feather Wing to dodge. The next moment, the place where she had been standing was swallowed up and annihilated by the two men's attacks.
Thousand Sins and the others were also given a brief respite.
Lilith seemed slightly surprised.
Surprisingly, these girls not only helped each other, but also cooperated quite well.
No, Magic Girl Shadow Moon's offensive did not stop.
Once again, she used her Magic Power to condense Moonlight Arrow, but this time, countless arrows materialized behind the bowstring. The light of Magic Power formed a locking illusory crosshair on the arrows, while the elongated Silver Moon, like a brilliant galaxy, floated and shone behind the arrows.
As she released the arrow's fletching, the Moonlight Arrow shot out, then in the next instant Phantom Shift into hundreds and thousands of arrows. At the same time, Shadow Moon's arm continued to rapidly pull back and fire these arrows, like a machine gun firing in rapid succession.
In the blink of an eye, luminous arrows rained down on Lilith like a shower of stars.
Lilith moved with effortless grace, but the arrows kept increasing until there was nowhere left to hide in the entire arena.
At that moment, Lilith also raised her hand, gathering Magic Power.
"Locking---"
In the next instant, the scattered silvery moonlight condensed in her hand into an illusory and extremely gorgeous Moon Longbow, thus creating a weapon that was incomparably similar to Shadow Moon with effortless ease.
As the String of Light was fully drawn, Shadow Moon witnessed this scene.
----On either side of Lilith, countless blossoms formed beautiful hands, drawing their longbows and unleashing Lilith arrows in unison.
"----- Moonlight Waltz!"
The two arrows clashed, but Lilith's arrows were more numerous and swift than Shadow Moon's, and were quickly devoured by the counter-attacking arrows. Shadow Moon even found herself in dire straits.
Of course, the other Magic girls weren't just watching.
Thousand Sins, Dark Kite, and Star Flower quickly used their respective attacks to relieve the pressure on Shadow Moon.
In addition, another Magic girl rapidly approached Lilith from behind.
Lilith then stopped shooting and casually tossed the Moonbow forward, transforming it into a Moonlight Wall of arrows from Shadow Moon.
He himself turned around and brandished the Twilight Scythe.
"---- Teacher Haihara, all along, Ms. Lily has always been you?"
As dusk mingled with the flames, Fate Kite could no longer suppress her inner doubts and questioned Lilith.
She couldn't possibly mistake that elegant, aloof face before her...
That Drunken Angel who would listen to her gently and stay by her side.
And her teacher, with whom she initially had many conflicts.
The Witch who appeared when they defeated the Bird-Type Devil King and briefly took away Silver Feather...
"Hmm, obviously."
Lilith responded casually, then flung the Fate Kite away with another scythe, before slowly walking towards Fate Kite.
Fate Kite then recalled more details and subconsciously said:
"Wait a minute... The Crystal I'm using now only became usable after I met Miss Lily."
As Teacher Roland once said, it was the Crystal of the former Overlord...
Shortly after they defeated the Bird-Type Devil King, Teacher Haihara retrieved the Crystal.
"So, the help you gave me before was to retrieve the Devil King Crystal... to help you revive?"
Fate Kite looked somewhat dazed and confused.
She looked at Lilith with a strange, childlike nervousness and unease, unsure whether she wanted an answer or was afraid of the truth.
Lilith stroked her chin, smiled, and answered without hesitation---
"That's right, it's all to take advantage of you."
She answered quite easily and cheerfully.
"Was it when you first met me and started talking to me?"
"Right."
"The one who took me home and cared for me when I was sick?"
"Yes."
"So... you promised to go on a date with me, go to a hot spring with me, we took a lot of photos together, and stayed for a few days, all to lower my guard?"
"That's right."
"Could it be that, even in the office, I secretly..."
In the end, Fate Kite scratched her face in disbelief, looking as dumbfounded as an owl.
"... No, you little brat, that's enough, I'm getting a little shy."
Faced with the gazes of the crowd, Ms. Lilith finally remembered that she was still an adult who needed social connections.
Fortunately, just now, she felt that the scene of disciplining the Little Princess was too bloody, so she sent the students watching away.
The Magic girls also inexplicably stopped what they were doing and looked at each other.
I have this feeling that... they're all hiding something incredible.
Besides Fate Kite, another person who felt uneasy about her relationship with Lilith was naturally Miss Thousand Sins.
To prevent Lilith from attacking Fate Kite again, Thousand Sins once again stood in front of all his companions, facing the Overlord Lilith alone.
Originally, when she transformed, she was supposed to have an arrogant and self-centered personality.
But now, it looks just like usual.
Since the atmosphere wasn't as bad as before, I even had a chance to chat for a bit.
She concealed her unease and asked casually, as if joking:
"Hey, Teacher Haihara, could it be that our relationship is something you already knew I was Magic girl, and you wanted to use me, which is why you helped someone as useless as me like that?"
Thousand Sins maintained his usual indifferent and nonchalant expression, then immediately muttered to himself—
"That's true... After all, we're not actually mother and daughter. It was really stupid of me to misunderstand..."
By the end, she had lowered her head, hiding her deeply hurt and gloomy face.
Driven so desperate for answers, Thousand Sins no longer cared about risking self-destruction in front of her companions.
Just as the others were about to hear something incomprehensible...
To everyone's surprise, Lilith simply shook her head.
Then he casually replied---
"No, that's true."
"Real?"
At first, Thousand Sins looked overjoyed.
However, she soon became slightly confused:
"Uh, wait a minute, which one of you said is true?"
At first, she thought it was about their relationship.
But for some reason, her intuition told her that something seemed off.
"The part about the mother and daughter."
Lilith answered casually and matter-of-factly.
"Oh, so that's what it was? You startled me, I thought it was...?"
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Volume Four Does This Count as a Magical Girl??: Chapter Forty-Five The Curtain Falls
Tonight, they had many moments of confusion, moments that should have left them numb with astonishment.
But at this moment, they still felt confused and bewildered.
It far surpasses the level of shock when it was discovered that the Magic girl Color Feather was actually Chameleon.
It was so unbelievable that they even thought Teacher Haihara was joking.
However, when they came to their senses and carefully observed the faces of Overlord Lilith and Thousand Sins, everyone was stunned again.
If you recall the aloof temperament of Takanashi Shiori herself, then it's even more similar.
No... to be honest, upon closer reflection, even Teacher Haihara -sensei herself sometimes gives off a similar vibe to Takanashi.
So, could it be...?
As for Thousand Sins himself, he stood there dumbfounded, his mouth agape, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
It seems that Lilith, the Overlord, already knew about this.
"Takanashi Shiori".
She gazed at Thousand Sins's face, so strikingly similar to her own, a mysterious smile playing on her lips, and said, word by word:
Why have you never been affected by the Lost Paradise Twilight?
In the air that had fallen silent once more, only Lilith's clear and melodious voice echoed.
Everyone could hear it clearly.
Every word Lilith uttered seemed to toll a bell in Thousand Sins's heart, causing immense turmoil.
"Why are you able to withstand the power of Serpent System and become a pure Serpent System Magic girl?"
All the clues, all the seemingly unbelievable details, now point to the only truth.
"Why again?"
"You were sent to Earth by R'lyeh to find the Lost Paradise Twilight?"
In the end, Lilith's gaze remained fixed on Thousand Sins's face, as if admiring and anticipating the Magic girl's expression.
Thousand Sins, who had always been indifferent and uninterested in most people, showed an unprecedented wavering expression at this moment.
He was clearly much more confused than Kirishima Ai had been.
"Because—you are my child, my daughter, probably my and Al White's daughter?"
So, just considering our relationship, it's real.
Lilith smiled.