(Miluno)
Professor Stratos was using the Black Crystal she had on hand to perform a "thought expansion" upgrade on Azura.
Meanwhile, Sirius and I had been asked to leave the laboratory.
"Miluno, has retirement been treating you well?"
With nothing else to do, the two of us stood outside the laboratory and chatted.
"Honestly, it's pretty inconvenient... For someone like me, who was already used to Time Control and teleportation magic, losing magic feels like losing my limbs. I feel disabled."
Even the days seemed shorter.
Just as modern people accustomed to the convenience of the internet would struggle to adjust to an age without phones or internet access, right?
I was more or less stuck in that kind of regression.
"Hehehe, I'm doing pretty well, then~ I don't remember being a magical girl. Maybe that's actually a blessing?"
Sirius was no longer a magical girl either.
But she was still the world's biggest superstar... as well as the Association's president and chairwoman. There was no way she could be called an ordinary person.
Her self-sacrifice in the final battle had also been captured by drones and etched into the memories of people around the world. Even though she was no longer a magical girl, she was still called a hero.
"What brings you to the laboratory?"
I rarely saw Sirius here. Usually, it was SpiCa, Metal, and Flow who showed up. The world's number-one idol seldom concerned herself with research.
"A routine checkup. You created my current body with dark energy, so regular medical facilities can't examine it. We all come to Stratos for our checkups."
Just like me. I had my checkups with Stratos too.
"Our bodies now depend on darkness. If the Earth Crystal really expelled all darkness from this world, we'd struggle to survive too... We're