Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

I understand.

Miss Spica fell into her father's trap and was held hostage by a fake meeting.

Milno asked, "...Prosecutor, can you track down Sereno's father's whereabouts?"

"Of course, unless it's a sudden interruption of movement like teleportation, he will definitely leave behind traceable memories when he runs away."

Aunt Linxi touched her cheek and stared at the ground.

“Come with me. Your father can’t run fast carrying your mother. Let Xiao Yangyan stay here for now; it’s not safe to take her with him.”

After saying that, she chased after the lingering "longing" and left the operating room, but the hospital corridor was only dimly lit by floor lamps, not even as bright as Miss Falcon's braids, so we didn't run very fast.

After climbing two floors up the emergency staircase, Auntie looked up through the gap between the stairs.

"We'll probably have to leave from the top floor by helicopter."

"A few minutes ago?"

"Just five minutes."

It's very close.

That was around the time we first arrived at the hospital.

Miluno sighed, "They may have already left."

"Don't worry, even a helicopter can catch up. We're very close."

"What I'm worried about is how to deal with that witch's clone if I encounter it again... My magic power is exhausted, and I can no longer reverse time."

As she spoke, she touched the hourglass at her waist.

Milno encountered a new witch clone on the dam and evolved into "Morning Star - Second Stage" (tentative name) during the battle. Not only did her battle armor change, but she also awakened a new magic that could reverse time.

However, that magic could only rewind the target for a maximum of three minutes, which was significantly less powerful than the "rewind" that Xiaoyi had used before... This one could only be considered a basic version of "rewind".

"Is that a witch? She's too powerful; I can't help her at all."

Falcon's face was ashen.

Lacking practical experience, she suffered at the hands of the witch's clone.

"Even Milno now couldn't beat her... Judging from the situation at the time, she couldn't withstand her massive magical output and destroyed herself. In other words, her original strength was far superior... The former magical girl has become the most dangerous enemy. I really don't know how to fight her."

Auntie chimed in, "That's why we have to block information about the 'witch.' If the existence of the witch were known to the world, the position of the association and the magical girls would be overturned. Especially these past two days, the association has already been caught in a media storm because of Kagerou's kidnapping. If something like this happens again, then the association will really be in turmoil... Ah, the door is locked."

Auntie couldn't open the rooftop door.

"I come."

Milno raised her iron-trimmed military boots and kicked the locked door on the rooftop, sending the entire door and frame flying.

But next second.

The door was shattered into pieces right before our eyes.

Miluno frowned immediately and clicked her tongue, saying, "Tsk, an invisible blade... Is that guy Cao Cao?"

"That guy?"

I don't quite understand, did this suddenly turn into a boss battle?

Falcon explained, "This is the witch I was talking about earlier, the one who fought us... and Milno on the dam... She's very strong."

"The machine is different from before, this time it has wings—hmm!"

Miluno only peeked out once before something unseen shaved off a small tuft of her bangs.

She shouted, "Serno, put protective films on everyone, then you take Ange and leave here first, don't let the bandages on her body be removed."

Does this mean I should stay away from the battlefield? No way!

"I can help in the battle too. Auntie is a support-type magical girl, right? Let her take Miss Ange away!"

I activated a teleportation ring in the stairwell, which led to the street next to the private clinic.

"Please go first, I want to fight too!"

This concerns me, so I have to stay.

My aunt wasn't being pretentious at all.

"Well, if I stay, I'll only be a hindrance... You all need to be careful. I'll contact the local magical girls as soon as possible to come and provide support, and arrange for the surrounding residents to take refuge."

"Are there magical girls in Area A2?" I asked.

Because of the upstream reservoir, this area is a vast forest and uninhabited area. Only some fishing enthusiasts go there for fun, and wormholes rarely appear in uninhabited places.

With one hand lifting Ange, her aunt replied, "Little Seruno, we're already in the B2 area, otherwise there wouldn't be any private clinics here... This is the old northern district of Changkong City, which is managed by magical girls."

"Then I'll trouble you to contact her."

"If we make too much noise, she'll definitely come... but none of you can get hurt, understand?"

"Isn't that asking too much of someone?"

Unlike Betelgeuse, this witch prefers direct combat. Even if we combined the magic of myself, Milno, and Miss Falcon, it would still be far less than hers. She could overwhelm us with her sheer aura.

Auntie passed through the teleportation halo and left.

The continuous teleportation has also depleted my magic power quite a bit, and Falcon and Milno are both in poor condition. To engage such a powerful witch in this state...

call out--

The wind howled overhead, a corner of the stairwell collapsed, and the witch with steel wings hovered in the air, seemingly waiting for our retaliation.

"Wait, Milno... she's not a machine clone!"

A white-haired Caucasian woman dressed in ice-blue armor, a chilling aura emanating from her, even her wings on her back were made of ice—I knew who she was.

"The Sword Heart of the Vast Ocean" - Fomalhaut.

It's legendary.

"It's the real her! How did she get here? There haven't been any wormhole alerts during this time, have there?"

"We can't even handle the clones—"

The witch threw down a sword and planted it in front of Miluno.

It is longer than Milno's combination sword, and has a guard at the top of the hilt, so it should be superior in performance.

Like the sword in her own hand, it appeared to be a sharp blade forged from ice.

“Pick it up and continue the duel.”

Fomalhaut regarded Miss Miluno as his rival.

Behind her, in a corner of the rooftop, was her mother absorbing the Star Crystal.

And, of course, the father who coldly watched everything.

It seems that some means were used to allow the true form of the "witch" Beiluoshimen to arrive on this side without triggering a wormhole alarm.

For example, they could use the guise of this experiment to deliberately open a wormhole here.

That would undoubtedly be a betrayal of humanity, an unforgivable and heinous crime.

But Dad went to such lengths for Mom.

As a child myself... should I really stop him?

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ashina Swordsmanship

(Sun Yao)

"...It has recovered."

As Milno drew her ice sword, her magical power visibly increased, even surpassing her full strength.

Is this the enemy's mercy?

"What do you want to do?"

Milno also questioned the witch in front of her.

"Is this charity? But I'm not as easy to deal with as you think."

"Very well, this is your reward for letting me draw my sword. Now I will accept your challenge as a swordsman... Come on! Magical girl who controls time, attack head-on."

Beiluo Shimen, clad in ice-blue armor, landed, gripping her sword with both hands and assuming a fighting stance, voluntarily relinquishing the right to attack. Miluno's face remained expressionless; she casually tossed aside her composite longsword and swung her ice-white longsword in a circle.

"It really works well in my hand, maybe even better than my own sword... I hope you won't regret it."

The Sword Witch simply nodded.

Milno gripped the sword with one hand and brushed the tip of the sword with her other hand, then vanished in an instant. Countless exaggerated afterimages appeared around the witch, and I could only vaguely see Milno's figure at the moment the blades clashed.

Before the Sword Witch could even draw her sword, countless high-frequency sword lights, like dimensional slashes, flashed around her, clashing head-on with Milno's attacks.

"Miss Falcon, now's the time!"

I called out to Miss Falcon, who was also stunned, and she snapped out of her daze. The beam of light behind her suddenly brightened, and she flew into the sky before swooping down towards her father and mother...

boom--

Falcon was sent flying by an invisible hammer blow, and it looked like it was about to fall off the building.

"Don't be a spoilsport. If you want to mess with my friend, first figure out a way to... defeat me."

My friend?

Is this what "the other side" calls human traitors?

Or did she know her father in the past?

Beiluoshimen did not answer; she drew her sword.

The flawless blade was almost identical to the sword in Milno's hand.

She was seeking fairness in her duel with Milno, and didn't even use her immense magic power, simply enjoying the clanging of their swords clashing.