No one present failed to recognize the Contaminated Crystal.
Especially Dantai Xue and Duan Yin, the Fake Magical Girls whose power came from it...
Anyone could use it to become a "knockoff magical girl," but they were weaker than genuine magical girls and unable to undo their transformations...
Like pirated games that couldn't go online or receive updates?
"Where... did you get this?"
Dantai Xue's voice was urgent.
Because she had accidentally used the Contaminated Crystal meant for her father, she needed this Crystal to make up for that regret and turn her father into a Fake Magical Girl as well.
"Don't worry about where I got it. Anyway, I didn't steal it from the Association."
As she reached out, I pulled my hand back and toyed with the Crystal in my palm like a coin.
"So, do you want it or not? Name your price~ But let me make this clear first: I've lost my power as a magical girl too. If I put this Crystal inside myself, it might reactivate the miracle known as magic, so this is extremely valuable to me as well."
That was half true, half false.
In principle, the Star Crystal was magic's output device. Without a Crystal, there was no way to perform "miracles." The more condensed and larger the Crystal, the stronger the magic it could wield.
That was why I had been so powerful as a magical girl.
The Morning Star Crystal was not only large, but had also been tempered countless times, even fusing tightly with my body...
I was like a legitimate player whose account had been banned. Using a pirated version for a while was understandable... but I had no intention of using one.
After all, reclaiming my Crystal was one of my reasons for going to the