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In the end, Ranger laughed off their conversation that day.

Faced with Celestial Star's solemn expression, Ranger had chosen to run from it. She drained her milk in one gulp, turned, and fled.

When Ranger wanted to run, nobody there could catch her.

Watching Ranger disappear, Celestial Star could only sigh helplessly.

"I let her cheerful front fool me... Damn it. She's a perfectly good Magical Girl. Why does she have to hide all her bad feelings? It's nothing to be ashamed of."

"You're one to talk."

Celestial Star glanced at Masked Heroine.

If Masked Heroine hadn't been attacked at the cemetery and broken through in a burst of power, none of them would have known what she had been keeping inside, either.

Masked Heroine stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed.

"Because mine really was embarrassing... Admitting out loud that I'm terrified every time I fight? If I'd said that, wouldn't my mighty image have fallen apart?"

Celestial Star gave her a strange look.

"Your mighty image?"

"When did you get that idea about yourself? We should weld your thick skin onto Knight's shield."

Masked Heroine looked as though an arrow had pierced her heart. All the color drained from her at once.

"What makes you say that?"

"All right, enough joking around... When the Branch put the two of us under your supervision for training, they must have given you our files, right? Don't you know what's going on with Ranger? At least we could find out whether she was like this before she came to Our City or only changed afterward."

Masked Heroine abruptly fell silent. She stopped joking, too.

"Masked Heroine?"

Celestial Star suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Heh... Hahaha..."

Masked Heroine scratched her head, her gaze drifting away.

It was embarrassing to admit.

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