Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

Sirius then assumed an offensive stance.

But the wormhole in the sky began to flicker, as if it were about to disappear.

"Defeat me?"

The Sword Witch gritted her teeth and her body swelled up. She unleashed her second stage of power, transforming into a gigantic half-deer, half-human form. Then, with a swift back kick, her brutal hind hoof sent Sirius and Fuuka flying back into the elevator.

"You think you can suppress me just because you have a numerical advantage?!"

She turned around and carried her father onto her deer's back.

He glanced at me, then leaped off the roof of the treatment facility building...

Then it suddenly tilted its head back and pulled upwards, galloping through the air on all fours towards the disappearing wormhole.

She wanted to run away!

With her father still on her back, Yang Yan dared not detonate the Fire Phosphorus recklessly, but even if she entered the wormhole like this, her father would still be in danger!

I raised my wand and cast a protective layer over them before they rushed into the wormhole.

Perhaps this was her escape plan, but I really couldn't just stand by and watch my father die in the wormhole.

"Finally...it's over?"

The mutated sky has not yet recovered, but the wormhole has disappeared.

"call--"

Although the witch managed to escape with her father, Miluno breathed a sigh of relief.

then……

He fell backward.

"Miss Miluno!"

The sole of her right boot had come unglued.

The horseshoes were nowhere to be found, leaving only toes that were worn raw and bleeding.

end

(Albinocotyledon)

wake up.

It is the ceiling of the ward in the treatment facility.

Although I wasn't familiar with them, I could recognize them at a glance.

How embarrassing.

Really.

He fainted again during the battle.

However, this series of events has come to a temporary end.

When I woke up this time, there was no one beside me. I thought I would see Seruno's pink head lying on the side of the bed again.

Despite my muscle soreness, I struggled to sit up, my right foot bandaged, and pulled out the IV tube in my hand that I didn't know what it was.

Outside the window, it was already completely dark.

too late.

I have to go back, I have to go back before Seruno goes home...

But I'm wearing a hospital gown, and my battle armor isn't in the Star Crystal. Could it be that Metall took it and modified it again?

"Ugh."

As he limped out of the ward, the nurse at the nurses' station rushed over.

"Ah! Miss Miluno! You're not in the right condition to get out of bed!"

"I'm fine now, I was just too tired before..."

"That won't do! It's not up to you to decide whether or not there's any serious injury!"

The nurse frowned, put her hands on her hips, and blocked my way. Seeing that I couldn't persuade her otherwise, I had no choice but to return to the ward.

"Then, please help me contact Yin Wei and prepare another pair of crutches for me."

There's really no need to use a cane.

I didn't break any bones, just some minor cuts and bruises.

"Okay, I'll take care of it right away. Please lie down on the bed for a bit."

The nurse left.

About ten minutes later.

Holding a pair of crutches, Yin Wei walked into the ward with a calm expression.

“The branch is incredibly busy right now, why would they call me over at a time like this? The patient should just lie down and rest.”

"I can't stay in the hospital."

"Sigh, now that things have come to this, are you still going to keep it from that child?"

She shook her head as she spoke, then tossed over a soft-packaged tube.

"Barbara's new potion, quickly restores physical strength, enhances metabolism... it's apple flavored, your minor injuries will heal quickly."

Barbara?

Oh, the support-type magical girl that Yin Wei mentioned before, responsible for producing these potions.

The image in my mind is that of an evil witch from traditional movies and TV shows, stirring up a large vat and putting unidentified objects into it.

"That's very suspicious."

"Let me be frank, this is indeed an experimental product. It may have side effects, but it works very quickly. You don't want to explain your foot injury to Seruno after you turn back, do you?"

Why is it always Yin Wei who brings this potion?

Could she be Barbara?

Although I had my doubts, the potion worked quite well last time, so I decided to drink it this time anyway.

It's like jelly, and quite sweet.

I drank it all in one go and threw the packaging into the trash can.

"Before I'm discharged from the hospital, I still need to get my combat gear back."

"Metal is repairing it for you; she won't allow the equipment she makes to be damaged in battle."

"That's not her fault. It was because I exceeded my limits. If I hadn't done that, I wouldn't have been able to defeat the Gun Witch... which is Chairman Sun."

The pain of my leg bone and knee shattering is still fresh in my memory.

It's left a bad impression; I doubt I'll dare to do it again next time.

"By the way, about this incident..."

As soon as Yin Wei opened his mouth, I knew what he was going to say.

"Don't make a fuss, right?"

"Well, the existence of the witch needs to be kept secret. Sirius will temporarily take over as the association's chairman. The third-party organizations that cooperated with Sun Ji have been thoroughly investigated by the full-scale prosecutor's office. The technology they possess will be controlled... but negative public opinion will not be so easy to eliminate."

"As long as we do a good job in intelligence control, irrational voices will soon pass."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. This situation is much more serious than what happened with Sun Yao."

Leaning on her crutches, Yin Wei led me out of the ward, and this time no nurses stopped us.

I stepped into the elevator; there was no one else there.

I asked, "What does the association plan to do with Granny Serono and Secretary General Ange?"

"In fact, we don't have a way to extract the crystals from their bodies for the time being, so we can only restrict their movements."

Huh? Aunt Yuehan has been locked up too!

"Wasn't a box left behind?"

"Objects created by the 'Armory' disappear after a period of time. Although Spica sent a drone to take them back for research immediately, they disappeared on the way. Right now, we can only look for answers in the data from those institutions."

Betelgeuse's magic is really environmentally friendly.

"Serno's mother helped us a lot along the way."

"I know what you want to say, but we can't release her yet. Let's wait patiently for the interrogation results. If you don't trust the association, shouldn't you trust your parents?"

"……I see."

The elevator doors opened.

This area is near the top floor, so the condition of the research floor is rather appalling.

Yin Wei explained, "The high temperature emitted by the Gun Witch caused a fire. Although the automatic fire-fighting measures were very complete, a lot of research data was still destroyed."

"It's a good thing the elevator is still running normally."

"Oh, right, there's another troublesome thing: the Mermaid Witch has escaped."

…………

"what?!"

Even I found it difficult to remain calm.

Is this something to be taken lightly?

When Fuuka went downstairs to call the twins for help, the Samehada witch supposedly fainted from the heat in her cell. Was she just left downstairs unattended?

That's true, ordinary people can't control witches...

"It's not that no one was taking care of her. At the time, the magical girl Bai Ze was in charge of looking after the Mermaid Witch, but after the fire sprinkler was triggered, she came back to life as soon as she got wet."

"It's really not appropriate to have the wounded guard the witch... Is Miss Bai Ze alright?"