Magical Girls Exposed!

"You are absolutely never allowed to use that move again! Do you hear me?!"

After everything was over, Xiao Bai sternly reprimanded the orange-haired girl, who was kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath with her clothes soaked through with sweat.

In Reiko's memory, that was the first time Xiao Bai had truly gotten angry.

But Reiko knew Xiao Bai was not angry because Reiko had disobeyed her. She could hear the self-blame and frustration in Xiao Bai's voice. She knew Xiao Bai was angry at herself.

So Reiko barely gave it any thought before immediately agreeing.

"D-Don't worry... That move just now... hurt way too much. I'm scared of pain, so I definitely won't use it!"

"You'd better not!" Xiao Bai lightly bit her lip, her eyes filled with self-reproach. She said softly, "Although that move really can bring your magic close to the 'Magic Source,' giving you power comparable to that of a 'god,' to a certain extent.

"After using it, though, your Emotion Seed will shatter too. You should have felt it, right? In that brief instant just now, cracks appeared in your Emotion Seed..."

Reiko did not understand anything about the "Magic Source" or "gods."

But she could sense the cracks in her Emotion Seed that Xiao Bai had mentioned.

There really were mottled cracks on her Emotion Seed. Fortunately, they were not very noticeable. As long as she rested properly for a while and did not overuse her magic, the Emotion Seed could recover completely.

And that alone made the danger of this move obvious.

Reiko had only used that power for a brief instant, yet cracks had already appeared in her Emotion Seed. That was even with Xiao Bai helping her control the magic inside her body.

That was enough to prove just how