Clues

The wind was still blowing across the rooftop.

Snowglimpse stood at the stairwell entrance, unable to collect herself for a long time.

The instant Love's Magic Power spread out, Snowglimpse felt like a speck of dust before a towering wave. Magic Power on that scale exceeded everything she thought she knew about Magical Girls.

So this was... Dawn Rank.

Could a single rank really make such a difference?

Of course, if the other Dawn Rank Magical Girls had heard that, they would only have smiled helplessly.

The gap was not usually that large. Love was simply extraordinary...

Bubbles, sheltered by Knight, also stared at Love with shining eyes.

So this was the power of a Dawn Rank Magical Girl?

Bubbles had no idea what Love was doing, but as soon as that terrifying Magic Power erupted, even the snowstorm could no longer come anywhere near them...

She could not help imagining the day she became a Dawn Rank Magical Girl herself.

Before long, Love landed and marked every place she had sensed with Magic Power.

"There really isn't a trace of abnormal Magic Power. But I've marked all the sighting locations. Maybe we can use them to work out Scholar's movements... Sorry to trouble everyone, but could you take another look?"

Everyone nodded together.

At a tavern in South City.

Love pushed open the door and stepped inside.

She made little noise, but still drew the attention of quite a few people.

"Love..."

A customer recognized her and raised his glass in greeting. Love smiled and nodded back.

Her arrival barely changed the atmosphere. Everyone kept drinking and chatting. Love's name came up now and then, but no one went over to disturb her.

After all, Love had no reason to be here. If she had come, something must