--[Stop arguing!]
[It's New Year's, a time when everyone should be happy and lively, yet you're bickering over a few red envelopes. What kind of behavior is that!]
[Our family gathered here to celebrate in harmony, but we've ended up fighting over such petty gains. Don't you think that's disgraceful?]
At the magical girls' base in Fangting City, the television in the living room played the melodious New Year Overture. Along with the music came the energetic recitations of the sketch performers.
Across from the television, Larkspur sat upright on the center sofa, expressionless, the light of the screen reflected in her azure eyes.
This was the annual New Year Gala organized by Heavenly City in the Eastern Hua Prefecture. Famous performers from Donghua Prefecture and even other prefectures were invited to celebrate together. The programs were usually recorded in advance during December of the previous year, then distributed to cities large and small for a unified broadcast on New Year's Eve.
This celebration had continued ever since televisions became widespread in Donghua Prefecture. Held once a year for nearly a century now, the New Year Gala had long become an inseparable part of the holiday for a considerable number of Eastern Hua Prefecture families.
The magical girls born in Eastern Hua Prefecture would not deny this, and Asō Madoka, who came from the Eastern Isles, had long since grown accustomed to it as well. The magical girls' original plan for New Year's Eve had been to eat hotpot together, then watch the New Year Gala, but Claw Mark's sudden attack had disrupted every arrangement, and in the end they had accomplished neither.
As for Larkspur, she had never expected to catch the first broadcast on New Year's Eve. She had not been able to fully relax during the first