After absorbing enough darkness, I had also obtained the coordinates of Lunar City.
Going back to the moon would be as easy as blinking now. There was no need to act rashly at a time like this. I couldn't possibly sneak in under the noses of the other Magical Girls.
Besides.
Aldebaran had only told me to find the entrance to the Dark Seal. She hadn't said it had to be tonight, right?
"Let's go back."
After retreating to a more distant spot, I opened a teleportation passage and left Lunar City, returning to my bedroom through it.
Hmm, I hadn't gone back to Sky Branch. Agatha was missing, and having Azura return now would only look suspicious...
It was still early, only 3:40 in the morning.
The Magical Girls guarding the Breeding Facility were troublesome. It looked like I needed to request outside help.
I quietly left my bedroom and returned to the entryway to change into my house slippers.
I had left behind a whole pile of suspicious clues tonight.
For example, the missing Agatha and Azura, the locked bathroom stall in the women's restroom, and...
Azura had turned back into a child.
Of course, there was a way to deal with that.
"Azura, I'm going to turn you back into an adult."
"Hehe? Big Sister, HSO~"
The white-haired, dark-skinned girl shyly covered her face. What exactly was going through this little brat's head?
Great Hand was an exception even among the offspring of the Great Will. She was Aldebaran's experimental creation and possessed no intelligence whatsoever. Her immense power, capable of splitting the earth with one punch and opening the heavens with one palm, required Aldebaran's Black Light device to control her remotely.
She was a true "marionette," so I felt no burden in absorbing her darkness.