"Yes, I already know."
A-Yao replied:
"I learned who she was through the actions of SpiCa's secretary."
A-Liu had collected the Proxy's genes and thus uncovered her identity.
Mono was as incorrigible as ever, holding A-Yao on the sofa, nuzzling her, sniffing her, and breathing in her scent.
She even complained, "Stop talking in riddles, you two! So who is the Proxy?"
Before I could figure out how to answer, A-Yao said:
"I can't say. That might cause the Proxy's existence to vanish."
That left me thoroughly confused.
"Wait, wasn't that 'vanishing' the Earth Crystal's doing?"
"Of course not. It's a fundamental rule that sustains the existence of all worlds."
A-Yao shook her head again, still struggling to escape Mono's arms.
"Two versions of the same existence cannot coexist. If they meet, one will vanish. That applies not just to people-even Star Crystals cannot defy this rule."
"Is there an even higher will above the Earth Crystal and the Great Will?"
"It isn't a will. If it were, there might be a one-in-ten-million chance of leniency. But it's only a rule, an absolute law that must be obeyed. Countless worlds operate under these same rules, which is how they produce similar civilizations."
Those bald Blue Elf Natives really did have a lot in common with humans. Was that also a result of these rules?
So were all the civilized beings throughout the multiverse life-forms similar to humans?
I thought for a moment, then asked:
"Do a magical girl and a witch still count as the same existence?"
I wanted to know whether there were any loopholes in these rigid rules.
"I don't know. But you as a magical girl and you as a human are still the same existence, so witches and magical girls are probably much the same."
Once,