Chapter 387

So...

Is it the future?

Fang Ming quickly deduced a slightly more plausible answer.

This Sky Screen is a projection of something from the 'past' by someone from the future, someone who possesses immense power.

But who exactly is it?

Why did He do that?

Fang Ming is currently unaware of this.

"I said..." As Fang Ming pondered, Lesos pointed slightly with displeasure at the black tea in front of Fang Ming, "This is a treasure I've kept for many years, are you sure you don't want to try it?"

"..."

Fang Ming looked down at the teacup.

The pale red liquid in the teacup reflected Fang Ming's own image.

Looking at the few tea froths floating in the air, Fang Ming glanced up at Lesos again.

Lesos met his gaze, a disdainful smile on her face, "You're worried I'll poison you? Hmph, what a pointless worry."

"That's true."

Fang Ming glanced at Lesos, calmly picked up his teacup, and drank the black tea in one gulp.

After finishing his black tea and putting the cup back in its place, Fang Ming finally spoke:

"You have no reason to poison me now; I was just being too cautious... Hmm, the black tea is good; it truly lives up to its reputation as a treasure from Witch."

Fang Ming and Lesos were negotiating.

This is also an important step in demonstrating friendship between the two sides.

The outcome of this meeting will determine the relationship between Magical Girls and Witch. As long as Lesos doesn't want to completely break with the Magical Girls, she has no reason to Fang Ming.

Even if the teacup was indeed poisoned, since Lesos wanted Fang Ming to drink it, he wouldn't refuse.

After all, Fang Ming still needs Lesos's help to seal the Demon Lord and the Four Commanders.

If you don't offer the other person any kindness whatsoever, why should you expect them to help you?

Fang Ming finished his black tea, Lesos nodded in satisfaction.

She picked up the teapot again and poured herself and Fang Ming another cup of tea.

"Let's put the matter of the Sky Screen aside for now. You came here because you want me to seal the Demon King and the Four Commanders, right?"

"You watched the third season too, so you should know that Xiao Qiu and the others are the last hope. This is something you in the Sky Screen with, otherwise you wouldn't have gone to such lengths."

"No." The Witch extended a finger, the finger encased in a purple lace glove, and gently waved it in front of Fang Ming, pointing to the Sky Screen beside her:

"It is her."

After saying that, the Witch pointed to herself. "I am me."

The Witch opened her palm and smiled at Fang Ming, saying, "We can't be confused. If you want my help, you have to prove your potential. I've heard that Miss Hope in the real world can't even get into her advanced form."

"That's right, because she didn't experience everything that the person inside the Sky Screen went through, so..."

"Then why should I help you?"

The Witch picked up her teacup again, tilted her Fang Ming, "The real you are no match for the you in the Sky Screen. This proves that your potential may not be as great as I imagined. So why should I risk my life against the Demon King for someone like you?"

Fang Ming had expected the Witch's words, so he remained calm and spoke to Witch naturally:

"Because you have no other choice."

"Interesting. I am Witch." Lesos's lips curled up. "As long as I don't provoke Demons, they won't bother me. What makes you say 'no choice'?"

Are you sure the Demon Society ignore you?

Fang Ming countered with a question.

Lesos's smile remained unchanged, "Why not? They've been doing it this way for so long."

Fang Ming then asked, "After the Magical Girls are completely wiped out, will they continue to ignore you?"

Lesos's smile faded slightly. She put down her teacup, met Fang Ming's gaze, and said softly:

"It seems you did indeed figure something out."

Upon hearing Lesos's words, Fang Ming smiled.

He knew he was right.

Volume 4 <Magic Autumn> Theatrical Edition and Season 3: Chapter 419 The Witch's Escape Route and the World

Lesos's actions within the Sky Screen appeared to be a decision made after she became aware of the potential of Yu Muqiu and the others.

But in reality, even if Yu Muqiu didn't have the corresponding potential, Lesos and the Demons wouldn't be able to coexist harmoniously.

They will likely have a major battle eventually.

Fang Ming's speculation stemmed from the conversation between Lesos and the Demon King.

It's not hard to see from their conversation that the Demon King knows about Lesos, and he even knows that Lesos has a trump card that she has been accumulating for thousands of years.

Lesos and the Demon King must have met, and more than once.

If the Demon King could truly win over Lesos, Lesos wouldn't be wandering aimlessly in the World Sea, without a fixed abode, as she is now.

If there really is some tacit understanding between the Demon King and Lesos, then Lesos wouldn't need to hide or prepare any contingency plans against the Demons King.

For example, the trump card that has been accumulated over thousands of years.

Without a doubt, Lesos's trump card was prepared for the Demon King, which shows that the relationship between Lesos and the Demon King is not good.

Even if the Magical Girls are truly destroyed, the next one to be destroyed will be her Lesos.

Based on this, Lesos should have been on the side of the Magical Girls.

However, despite this, there was one Fang Ming still didn't quite understand.

He said to Lesos:

"I did guess some of the details, but... there's one crucial question I haven't figured out yet."

"What?"

"Why do you plan to turn Magical Girls into Witch? Don't tell me you actually want a companion."

This is something Fang Ming can't understand.

If Witch and Magical Girls are naturally meant to be together, and the Witch is destined to eventually fight the Demon King, then she doesn't really need to turn the Magical Girls into Witch.

It would be more beneficial for Witch to allow Magical Girls to continue existing.

With Magical Girls distracting the Demon King, the Witch will find it much easier to do whatever she wants in the future.

If all Magical Girls were turned into Witch, the Demons would lose their target and would instead hunt down the Witch.

From this perspective, Lesos's attempt to turn all Magical Girls into Witch was unwise.

Fang Ming didn't think Lesos would do something so unwise.

Unless... Lesos wants to increase the number of Witch, or there's another reason.

"Yes, after all, you can't tell just by looking at the Sky Screen."

Lesos wasn't surprised by Fang Ming's question, but she didn't answer it.

The Witch chuckled and asked Fang Ming:

"Guess what my magic is that can seal the Demon King?"

"A... special kind of Magic Barrier?"

Fang Ming made his guesses based on Lesos's performance of magic in the Sky Screen.

Lesos nodded, then shook his head:

Yes, but no.

"How so?"

"Even after becoming Witch, I still retain the ability to create Magic Barrier, but... unlike normal Magical Girls barriers, my barriers have begun to transform into those of Demons."

Lesos raised her hand, and the tea beside her floated out of the cup, forming a sphere.

The spherical tea floated in the air, like a bubble of the world. Lesos lightly tapped the bubble with her fingertip, and it began to rotate, projecting the surrounding environment inside. And this projection began to change.

Fang Ming understood what Lesos meant.

The bubbles in the tea are like Lesos's Magic Barrier.

The changes taking place inside represent a transformation of the Lesos Magic Barrier.

Lesos continued:

"From the senior who transformed me into Witch, I learned that this is the inevitable process for Magical Girls to become Witch. Once my barrier has completely become a projection of my own mind, I will become a formal Witch."

"But... I was too young and too sentimental back then, always wanting to leave something behind, so I separated the unchanging barrier..."

Lesos slid her fingertip across the screen as she spoke.

A small portion of the foam in the tea, with its untransformed projection, appeared next to the tea ball, forming a small water sphere.

Lesos pointed to the small ball and said, "And this is the prototype of my trump card."

As the Witch spoke, she focused her gaze on the small water sphere, placing the large tea sphere beside it Witch.

"At first, this barrier was quite fragile, so fragile that any newly born Magical Girls could easily destroy it."

"But I am constantly injecting magic into it, injecting real matter into it. I am searching for worlds destroyed by Demons, absorbing the remnants of those worlds, and transforming them into projections within the barrier."

"The barrier began to grow, taking on the rudiments of New World. It even developed new rules within itself—rules from those shattered worlds sprouting within this New World."

The small water ball gradually grew larger, eventually becoming even larger than the large tea ball next to it.

The Witch Lesos dragged a giant water sphere with one hand, a look of nostalgia flashing in her eyes:

"Every minute, every second, I'm infusing it with magic. I'm projecting all the time I know into this world, making it function like the real world..."

"This is your trump card..."

"Yes, this is actually my last resort." Lesos waved her hand to disperse the giant water sphere in front of her and said softly to Fang Ming:

"After a thousand years of nurturing, this world has become a small world. Once I truly hide within it, even the Demon King will be unable to find me. But... I am ultimately alone."

Lesos stared at Fang Ming with a slightly fervent gaze and said, "I've been lonely for too long, Xiao Bai. Ever since the senior who transformed me into Witch perished, I've been all alone."

"Magical Girls are not my kind. They harbor deep hostility towards me. The only ones I can truly trust and call my kind are Witch like myself."

"Stella is like that, and so is Xiao Bai, who could potentially become Witch in the Sky Screen, but that's far from enough."

"So, that's why you plan to turn Xiao Qiu and the others into Witch too."

Fang Ming sighed, understanding Lesos's plan.

He understands.

It's true that Lesos and the Demons don't get along.

It's no surprise that the Witch and the Demon King will inevitably clash.

But Fang Ming didn't guess that Lesos actually had a way out, which was the fake world she created.

So Lesos's initial idea was actually quite simple.

The goal is to convert as many companions as possible, and then, before the Demon King comes to settle scores with her, hide in her little world with them and live together forever.

What happens outside is none of their business; as long as they're alive, that's enough for Lesos.

Lesos held this view until the very end of the theatrical version.

Until she truly witnessed Yu Muqiu's potential.

Do you still hold such thoughts now?

Fang Ming asked again.

He was referring to Lesos's idea of turning Xiao Qiu and the others into Witch.

Lesos's lips curled into a wide smile as she examined Fang Ming as if he were a precious jewel, and said: