All of a sudden, a name surfaced in Kirishima Ai's mind.
"Lilith..."
The strongest Magical Girl from three hundred years ago—the witch who had started a rebellion in R'lyeh...
Could this person be the witch Teacher Roland had mentioned?
And she seemed to be a bird-type Magical Girl, just like herself...
Kirishima Ai lowered her head. At some point, the image before her had begun to fade like a dream, its colors swiftly draining away as its outlines gradually blurred.
The girl in the sea of flowers, dressed in dark crimson feathers, slowly drifted away along with the flowers.
When Kirishima Ai finally snapped out of it and raised her head again, she was back in the dim, quiet, cramped Materials Room.
"Patter..."
The sound of rain still pattered outside.
Kirishima Ai lowered her head and looked at the finger that had been bitten. The wound was still a little damp.
But Miss Lilith was already gone.
Just like in a dream, Miss Lilith had suddenly vanished again.
The only thing left behind was...
Kirishima Ai looked at the crystal in her hand.
The once-transparent Magic Crystal had somehow been stained dark crimson, like the feathers on that Magical Girl's body.
Soon afterward, Kirishima Ai heard the spirit's voice from within the Magic Crystal—
"—Phoenix Myth."
Chapter 70: Memories of a Rainy Day
When she was little, it had seemed to be a rainy day like this as well.
The adults around her had all been talking, with many people gathered around her and her younger sister to interview her.
"Did you know? That little girl protected her sister from a Monster..."
"Little Kirishima, you're a real hero."
"She protected her sister..."
At the time, because the Magical Girls had failed to arrive in time, the Monster had caused severe