Magical Girls Exposed!

It was not only Ayaka's inexplicable outburst, which had brought back memories she did not want to revisit. More importantly, Ayaka had just called herself Xiao Bai's "sister."

This silver-haired girl named Xiao Bai was one of the few girls in the past thousand years who resembled Lily.

Their hair was both silver, they could both activate Shining Form, and they had both suffered erosion from Demon magic power.

Although Lily's Erosion Form had been created by the Fear Demon, such minor details no longer mattered.

Perhaps the Fear Demon could make up for her past regrets through Xiao Bai. That was what mattered most.

Therefore, Ayaka had to die!

Ripples of fear spread from the Fear Demon. Countless invisible rays, like the ones that had pierced Ayaka's heart earlier, shot densely toward her.

They all shared the same target: Tsukinomiya Ayaka, who had now nearly lost her ability to resist.

A single fear ray had shattered Ayaka's heart earlier. If the countless fear rays filling the sky truly all struck Ayaka, then this pitiful girl would likely have only one fate left: to be reduced to ashes.

"Ugh!!!!"

Xiao Bai, bound in place, watched helplessly.

She tugged at the chains, wanting to protect Ayaka, but she simply could not break free from the Fear Demon's restraints.

As a Magical Girl, her power... was too weak.

Just as the rays were about to strike Ayaka, Xiao Bai vaguely heard a voice.

"...What have you protected?"

Time seemed to stop.

Another version of herself appeared in the silver-haired girl's eyes.

The silver-haired girl whose skin was covered in demonic markings, looking wild and unrestrained, stared at her with anger and disappointment.

It was Demon Xiao Bai.

Her consciousness had appeared before Xiao Bai once more.

At certain times, the space within