In the Light Screen footage, Murata Himeko did not know whether she should feel relieved or pained. She understood that her student, Raiden Mei, had undergone tremendous growth.
But the price of that growth was psychological trauma that might never heal for the rest of her life.
"Do you want to come back, Mei?"
Murata Himeko asked that question.
Raiden Mei fell silent for a long while before finally giving her answer. "After this war is over, if we can still go back, I'll return with everyone."
"After all, since I survived that explosion at Chaldea, Kiana and Bronya, who were transferred along with me, must still be alive too. I want to see them again."
"But that can only happen after this war concerning humanity's future is over!"
Firm and iron-willed, her violet eyes seemed to burn with a flame—a flame that would blast every enemy beyond the Absolute Demonic Front into scraps.
Lightning flickered within that flame, brimming with a powerful will of destruction.
If this were the setting of some Magnetic Field Maniac story, Raiden Mei would at least have to roar, "Fucking Magnetic Field Rotation—Nine Hundred Ninety Thousand Horsepower Thunderbolt Explosive Fist!" and let the Three Goddess Alliance experience the sheer force and dominance of Magnetic Field Mad Himeko.
Unfortunately, Raiden Mei was not some Magnetic Field Mad Himeko. More likely, whenever she lost someone important, all she could do was cry out, "I can't do anything," then gather up her anguished heart, grit her teeth, and step back onto the battlefield.
Still, everyone felt her resolve. There was nothing more they could say, and they naturally accepted Raiden Mei's determination.
In fact, after the conversation ended, Raiden Mei prepared to lead her soldiers back to the front lines. She had no intention of accompanying Fujimaru