(1P)
I returned to the Proxy's office from the Second Research Institute.
"Are you here to persuade me to close the wormhole inside the seal?"
The moment I stepped through the door, before I could speak, the Proxy lying on the sofa spoke first:
"Give up. Before I disappear, I have to secure a big enough advantage for Enheria. This is the one thing you can't talk me out of."
That didn't quite sound like her...
Her flight helmet hid her expression, but despair seeped into her voice. She truly believed she would die, so she was determined to drag Zodiacal's magical girls down with her...
"Idiot. If you're scared, stop bottling it up."
But according to A-Yao's analysis, she wouldn't necessarily die.
It wasn't that the universe's "rules" were unaware of her existence. They knew, but couldn't act against her. After all, she hadn't truly entered our world. As long as she stayed within the domain she had created, she could continue to exist indefinitely.
At least, that was the theory.
"Actually, you won't necessarily die."
Even after I said that, the Proxy shook her head.
"Even if I won't die, I still have to act in Enheria's interests. I don't represent just myself. To you, this battle might only be an experiment in converting darkness, but to me and my comrades in Enheria, it's a decisive battle we cannot afford to lose."
"Even if it costs magical girls their lives?"
"No. They'll become witches and live on."
"A magical girl and a witch can't be considered the same person."
"But they are the same life, and the witches will inherit everything from them. Those cocoons are undergoing a metamorphosis..."
She didn't think Witchification was a bad thing at all. After all, she was a witch herself. Before she