A leisurely holiday

How many kinds of monsters were there in the world?

Even the Codex, which Su Tianqing thought had information on everything, offered no answer to that question. Instead, it listed all the monsters she could currently summon with the Heartmoon Wand.

After carefully reading through the list, Su Tianqing found herself interested in something else—

"Cat-Cat, why do you think monsters can exist in the Mortal World at all?" Golden-Haired Fox Fox asked, almost to herself.

The catgirl, who was rearranging the new room in the Villain Rooftop's reception area, glanced back at her. Her gaze drifted upward as she thought for a moment, then she shook her head.

"No idea. I've never really thought about it," Hellcat answered honestly.

Her thinking was actually quite limited... To Nan Jiayu, grand ambitions and lofty goals seemed a little too far-fetched. Thinking about what was right in front of her was much more practical.

Things like what to eat for lunch today, what to eat tonight, and what to eat tomorrow morning... Anything further afield would be how far the junior Magical Girls had progressed in their special training, or how to keep up with schoolwork while still handling her Magical Girl duties once school started again in a few days...

Those things alone were already more than enough for the catgirl's little head. Only during her free time after meals over the holidays could she spare a thought for the foxgirl's wild questions.

"But I've always been a little curious. Fox Fox, how do you use magic to summon monsters? Why can't even Inari reproduce your summoning spell?" Hellcat asked next.

"Oh, that. I talked to Miss Inari about it. She said my summoning spell belongs to a different system from ordinary magic. It needs the knowledge Senior Mercury brought back