Rubbing Wherever I Dream

Bright light filled the Hero Association infirmary.

The golden-haired and crimson-dressed Magical Girls stood beside the hospital bed, maintaining the exact same posture and seating arrangements as at noon, gazing expressionlessly at the two petite figures sleeping soundly on the mattresses:

The dark-blue cat-girl was lying on her side in deep sleep, her cat tail twitching restlessly behind her head every now and then, making one wonder if the cat tail and the cat-girl herself were two entirely different organisms.

If I went over and tickled that tail right now, she'd probably reflexively lash out and smack the palm of my hand with a vengeance—Su Tianqing desperately wanted to say this to Scarlet Snow beside her.

However, shifting her gaze to the right and letting it fall upon the other hospital bed, the complicated emotions that Su Tianqing had just managed to suppress suddenly welled up inside her once more:

The pink-haired bunny-girl lay peacefully on the bed, her rabbit ears tilted to one side, likewise fast asleep.

Hellcat, Cheshire Rabbit.

"Is Garuda really after those two this time?" Scarlet Snow finally failed to hold back her twitching eyelid, speaking up toward Heartmoon Fox beside her.

"Mm, didn't you see it yourself?" Su Tianqing nodded gently.

"...Is it serious?"

"I can't even hold a conversation with it, how am I supposed to know why it's so picky?"

Scarlet Snow was instantly at a loss for words, staring fixedly at the two sleeping, petite demi-human Magical Girls on the hospital beds before her, suddenly feeling a deep sense of powerlessness wash over her and saturate her body as she leaned helplessly back into her chair.

Out of everyone it could have chosen, why did Garuda have to pick these two?

Even though Scarlet Snow felt her tactical skills had fallen somewhat