"Have you ever seen a Demon?"
Xu Chen interrupted He Xuan's question and asked her.
He Xuan froze for a moment and instinctively turned to look at the Sky Screen. Xu Chen continued, "Not the ones in the Sky Screen. In reality, have you ever seen a Demon?"
"...Toy Bear..."
"Toy Bear is a product of magic. Miss Nino personally confirmed that. It doesn't count as a Demon, so... have we actually seen a Demon?"
"..."
"No, right? Demons, Nino's hometown, the powerful Demons that would destroy the world... all of that has only existed on the Sky Screen. You and me, including everyone in this world aside from the Magical Girls, have never seen a Demon.
"Since we haven't seen them, who can guarantee that this isn't all something the Magical Girls made up? Who can guarantee that everything within the Sky Screen isn't the Magical Girls' 'magic'?"
Xu Chen spoke with a weary expression.
"Some people won't believe something unless they see it with their own eyes. Do you know that some people are even saying the Magical Girls are the root of all this chaos?"
Xu Chen couldn't help laughing at that point. "They think the Sky Screen and the Demons are both things the Magical Girls created to increase their influence. So, to nip the chaos in the bud, we need to keep these Magical Girls under control."
"...Do you believe them?"
"If I believed them, I wouldn't be sitting here."
Xu Chen looked at He Xuan speechlessly before finally saying,
"So, until disaster truly... comes knocking, some people won't be willing to believe it. They would rather believe what they want to believe."
He Xuan could understand what Xu Chen was saying.
But she found it hard to accept.
The Sky Screen had already placed