(Miluno)
Miss Remnant was a good cook, too.
Seeing how much Doggy had on her plate, she joined Jila in the kitchen to help. With her natural warmth, she fit into the group quite quickly.
The three of them bustled around the open kitchen.
After creating the ingredients, Mi Xue returned to the living room and sat down between Proxy and Black Rabbit.
"Now that Mom and Auntie are both back, I wanted to take this opportunity to share my thoughts."
Her tone was serious, and she had clearly grown more mature and dependable. Seeing her grow so much in just half a year was heartening, but it also hurt.
"You might not want to hear this, but I don't regret making that decision. If I had to do it again, I'd still choose to sacrifice myself to bring Dad and Mom back."
Still, the moment she opened her mouth, she was as stubborn as a mule.
"You won that gamble this time, but you might not win the next one, you know?"
I reminded her of that, but Mi Xue shook her head.
"I know there was a risk, but there won't be a next time."
She began describing her "management philosophy" to us.
"This New World won't collapse, and it won't undergo annihilation. I can adjust the ratio of radiance to darkness in real time and keep the New World stable at all times... The risks have already been eliminated. This world won't be easily destroyed, and the area of reality will gradually expand as its capacity increases. But I won't interfere with how magical girls develop."
Clearly, she had also incorporated the Earth Crystal's management strategy. She could maintain the light-dark balance herself, without needing individual magical girls to regulate it, and the world had become stable...