Magical Girls Exposed!

After routinely clearing the dust from the tombstone and placing offerings and a wreath before it, the green-haired girl clasped her hands together and paid her respects.

Then she heard a familiar voice:

"Ah, you came too, Xiao Chun."

She closed her eyes for a few seconds. Only after finishing her prayer did Xiao Chun raise her head and look beside her. "How do you have time to come here? The police academy's classes should be really busy, shouldn't they?"

"I should be asking you that. They say medical school classes are busy as hell, but you've seemed pretty relaxed lately."

The blue-haired girl, who had grown up as well and was no longer as flat as she used to be, grinned as she teased her friend.

She placed the fruit she had bought before the tombstone and asked Xiao Chun, "Don't tell me you used magic to cheat?"

"Hmph, don't underestimate me. Even without magic, I'm an honor student."

"Yes, yes. After all, you've been a 'genius' ever since you were little."

Chen Xiaoxia said with a smile, then clasped her hands together like Xiao Chun and paid her respects.

The girls were very quiet as they prayed. After about a minute of silent mourning together, they rose again and looked beyond the cemetery.

The weather was still clear today, as clear as it had been on the day Xiao Qiu sacrificed herself.

There were no unusual phenomena in the sky, only a pure, cloudless blue.

"I never thought five years would pass so quickly. It feels like... the days when we fought Demons as Magical Girls were only yesterday."

Chen Xiaoxia murmured softly.

Xiao Chun stood beside her without saying a word.

After a while, Xiaoxia asked Xiao Chun:

"Do you think Xiao Qiu is watching us now?"