Is it only magical girls?

For this reason, Hongshi believes that out of responsibility to humanity, the world, and the Earth, it is better not to resort to any extreme methods.

Ye Liu asked, "What if we use a spirit to cancel out a wish? Can't a wish cancel out another wish?"

“Then Yuanxing’s wish will be completely ineffective,” Hongshi shook his head. “Once the wish is invalidated, Yuanxing’s memory will return, and she will know it was her. Then, because of her, she used a precious spirit, and then…”

"Seppuku." Qianchan gestured fiercely at her abdomen.

"Self-destruct." Ling Ling took out an explosive magic circle and waved it in her hand.

Mi You gripped her neck with both hands and stuck out her tongue: "Hang me."

Qingyin suddenly understood. These people actually knew that there was a way to make Yuanxing give up her wish without feeling embarrassed, because her excitement and joy would be enough to make her forget everything.

But these people don't say anything; they just keep making threats.

"Poison."

So Qingyin also made a fist with her right hand, pretending to drink water and commit suicide.

Hong Shi pursed her lips, a deep-seated fear taking root in her heart. She had initially only felt a little worried, but after experiencing these successive attacks and threats, she felt her fear amplify infinitely. This ever-growing fear made Hong Shi uneasy. She tried to recall how she had dealt with fear in the past, but found her mind blank, unable to think of anything.

Ye Liu retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if it were a distant star, it wouldn't be so desperate as to die just because its goal wasn't achieved, okay?"

As soon as she said that, Qingyin knew that the child was completely clueless and was still the most useless of the useless. It was really worrying, and she couldn't help but want to have a good talk with her to tell her not to be so stupid.

Just as Qingyin was about to say something, Yeliu continued, "Of course, Yuanxing will keep working hard until she achieves her goal. She will never give up halfway and will definitely achieve her goal. It's impossible for her to make a scene or anything like that before she achieves her goal."

Nami also nodded in agreement with her wife, Basaki Ooko: "Based on my understanding of her, that is indeed the case. That child is a good child who will never be abandoned."

Qingyin originally wanted to say that Ye Liu was really ignorant, but she found that although Ye Liu was ignorant, he unexpectedly hit the bullseye. His words just now hit the bullseye in Hong Shijie's heart, turning her original struggle into relief.

Hong Shi sighed deeply and made a decision: "This matter arose because of me, so I will handle it myself."

Chapter 153 For Our Future

Miss Hongshi had actually anticipated this; she had already thought of the best solution a day before. However, Miss Hongshi strongly resisted, absolutely resisted, and completely resisted it. There was no particular reason; she was the invincible type, she should be the invincible type, she was 100% invincible. How could she use that method to solve the crisis?

So Hongshi found an excuse to send Yuanxing out early in the morning to help wholesale milk Yinglingqi to kill (seven) Wuliu, and then made an appointment with others to discuss a solution.

However, there were no solutions, and they even received four personal threats, all from the perspective of Farstar, which were personal threats against them.

This made Crimson World even more hesitant. If she were too forceful, it could cause Haruka to have a sudden change of heart, which would be very troublesome. However, Crimson World was extremely unwilling to use her final, most perfect, and ultimate move to end Haruka's wish, because Haruka was the type that was difficult to defeat!

"call···"

Hongshi felt that putting everything else aside for now, they should first talk to Yuanxing and then communicate step by step.

There are annoying little girls everywhere in the Demon Demon Demon, and it's impossible to chase them away. Waiting for Yuanxing to return in the Demon Demon Demon might lead to being spied on, so it's better to just let Yuanxing come to her and talk to him directly then.

Hongshi chose a park by the river, where one could gaze at the vast river and the countless maple leaves planted along its banks. Here, lovers would collect beautiful maple leaves together and place them in the river, letting the flowing water carry their longing to the distance, as if entrusting their love to the future.

While waiting for the distant star, Hong Shi figured she had nothing better to do, so she wandered around and picked up a few pretty maple leaves that caught her eye.

Hong Shi had very high standards. After picking through the maple leaves for about ten minutes, he had only selected three that he was reasonably satisfied with. Just then, Yuan Xing arrived and called out loudly from a distance, "Master!"

Hongshi looked up and saw that Yuanxing had bought ice cream in the late autumn. Upon closer inspection, she found that her ice cream was sprinkled with red beans.

Red beans are a symbol of longing and love.

Maple leaves are also a symbol of longing and love.

Unfortunately, they were only lovers for a day. Red beans and maple leaves were too much of a luxury for her and Yuanxing.

wrong! ! !

What a pity!

Hong Shi was so excited at the thought that she almost wanted to smash all the maple leaves on the ground, but she held back because she had gone to great lengths to find them.

"Master, I bought you red bean ice cream! The shopkeeper said it's very delicious and can bring a touch of warmth to people in late autumn."

Isn't the best way to stay warm in late autumn to avoid eating ice cream?

But Yuanxing had already brought the ice cream over, so Hongshi had no choice but to accept it. She found a spot, placed the maple leaf on a chair, and weighed it down with her phone before sitting down to enjoy her ice cream. Yuanxing quickly sat down on the other side as well, separated from Hongshi by the maple leaf, because Yuanxing was extremely interested in the maple leaf and stared intently at it on the chair.

"You can pick them up and take a look, but don't lose them. It took me more than ten minutes to find these."

Yuanxing asked, "What are these maple leaves?"

"Didn't you know? Maple leaves are a symbol of longing. Legend has it that if you imprint your wishes on a maple leaf and let it float down the river, your wishes will come true. Of course, such wishes are impossible to fulfill; it's just a way to entrust your feelings and longing to the future."

Yuanxing became excited as soon as she saw the maple leaves. She picked one up and examined it from all angles, admiring it with obvious delight: "Does finding these maple leaves mean that Sister Hongshi wants to have a future with me?"

"Yes, I have received your heartfelt and overly intense confession. Although I can't give you an answer right away, I will consider it carefully. There is a future between us."

To be honest, Miss Hongshi doesn't dislike Yuanxing at all; in fact, she likes him quite a bit. But it's impossible for her to immediately accept Yuanxing's confession. There's no particular reason for it; it's mainly because she's the type that's hard to beat. To have the demeanor of someone who's hard to beat, you need to confess at least five times, no, three times.

Yuanxing didn't quite understand: "My confession was too intense and overly passionate? I shouldn't have confessed at all, right?"

"You do have it, you just forgot. Think about it carefully, otherwise there will be no future."

Hongshi reached out to snatch the maple leaf from Yuanxing's hand, but Yuanxing was quick enough to dodge Hongshi's hand and ran away with the maple leaf, saying, "I don't want to have no future."

"Those three maple leaves were specially found for you. Find me three more maple leaves too, I want to write my wishes on them as well."

"Uh-huh!"

Yuanxing nodded vigorously, placed the three maple leaves on the chair, weighed them down with his phone, and then quickly finished the ice cream in a few bites before running off to find more maple leaves.

Unlike Hongshi, who carefully selected the maple leaves, Yuanxing focused on quantity, bringing back a huge pile of them in one go.

Hongshi felt extremely embarrassed and didn't want to look at her at all, so he turned his head to look at the river.

Yuanxing immediately realized her mistake and could only place the maple leaf on the chair, carefully selecting one herself compared to the maple leaves Hongshi had chosen. She managed to pick out three reasonably good red leaves. She immediately presented the three maple leaves to Hongshi like treasures. Hongshi looked at them and felt that the three maple leaves were barely acceptable. She could accept them this time, but hoped that Yuanxing would find better ones next time.

What kind of maple leaf is the best maple leaf? This is a topic that Hong Shi needs to explain a little about. Yuan Xing listened very happily because Hong Shi's words revealed another meaning: there will be opportunities to come here to pick maple leaves again after today. Maple leaves represent love, longing, and even more so, the future.

"Let's go write down our wishes."

To write your wishes on a maple leaf, you'll need a pen, and there are plenty of stalls that provide them.

Yuanxing and Hongshi sat down facing each other, bowing their heads to write down their wishes.

Yuanxing had so many wishes in her heart that she didn't know what to write.

But Hongshi didn't have so many thoughts. She quickly wrote the first maple leaf: Love is the only star that guides us.

The second maple leaf reads: I am your North Star, I will protect you, I will guide you.

Yuanxing felt that both lines of text were a bit strange, because it felt like she was saying them, not her master. These two sentences gave Yuanxing an ominous premonition.

The third maple leaf was quickly completed: Distant Star, withdraw your wish, break the time loop, for our future.

Eh? !

Yuanxing felt her mind was in complete chaos, but soon a bright light shone forth, as if the memories shrouded in smoke had completely vanished under the light, and she remembered everything.

No wonder no one in the city suspected anything, because the one who trapped this world and forced it into an endless loop within a day was herself.

Chapter 154 It's better to just make a wish to me than to make a hundred and fifty-four.

"The one who plunged the world into this cycle... is me..."

Yuanxing hung her head, feeling extremely down. Magical girls should be protecting the world, but instead of doing so, she had harmed it. She was no longer qualified to be a magical girl.

"Ah."

Hongshi took Yuanxing's hand and led her to a nearby bench. Letting Yuanxing lean against her, Hongshi patted her head, trying to soothe her: "It's not a wish that's so terrible, it just means time stopped for a few days. But I have to say it's a bit silly a wish; you made a wish that you should have made to me instead of to the spirits."

"I was tempted by desire and betrayed the world I was supposed to protect. I am no longer worthy to be a magical girl..."

There was that trick too?! I never expected that!

Kurogane calmed his agitated emotions: "No matter what kind of magical girl she is, she has been tempted to some extent. You see, even the first magical girl was tempted by her own desires and couldn't extricate herself. But I don't think making such a wish is a big deal."

Has the Red World Sister ever done that?

The form of address has changed.

It was an ordinary form of address, but Hong Shi frowned at this slightly distant form of address compared to "master." She understood Yuan Xing's reason for addressing her that way almost instantly. The reason hidden behind the address was not distance, but rather a sense of inadequacy and fear.

Knowing the reason is enough.

Hong Shi chuckled lightly, trying to soothe the fear: "You think too highly of me. Of course, I also have times when I'm controlled by my own desires and can't extricate myself, but I'm different from you. I don't think it's a big deal. I've saved the world many times. Shouldn't the world allow me a little bit of willfulness? If even this kind of willfulness isn't allowed, then I might as well just destroy the earth and go down in flames."

"Although Farstar has never saved the world, he has saved humanity several times, right? The first witch was a being capable of destroying humanity. If the God of Darkness were to descend, it would return humanity to the apocalypse. The Golden Kingdom is also a great threat. I have a soft spot for you, so I'll count you as having saved humanity three times. I should forgive you for being a little bit willful."

Yuanxing tilted his head: "For example?"

"what?"

"For example, did you do something you couldn't help yourself to?"

“Let me tell you about the most recent one,” Hong Shi paused, “When Ling Ling lost her memory, the alchemical doll that attacked you was sent by me.”

Farstar's mood immediately plummeted: "Back then, you told such lies to protect the alchemists, and now you're telling such lies to comfort me."

Is it really necessary to make someone else take the blame?

Hong Shi repeatedly tried to take responsibility for himself, but no one seemed to understand. He couldn't help but sigh that sometimes having a good image can be a burden.

Then we can only keep looking forward.

Hongshi quickly replied, "As you know, I used to be the executive officer of Paradise. Back then, I used rather forceful methods on the spirits. Every wish had to be approved by me to ensure it wouldn't have a negative impact on the world. I was quite arrogant back then, thinking I was the center of the world and the master of the universe—"

Please don't belittle yourself to comfort me, because that will only make me feel more guilty.

"Ok."

Hongshi paused for a moment: "According to my original plan, after defeating the monsters, magical girls could leave humanity and build a city consisting only of magical girls."

"A realm of sublime beauty? I feel that's probably true."

“Yes, the ideal world I envision for magical girls is a very, very large world, big enough to accommodate many, many cities. If the Old Council fears magical girls, then magical girls don't need to be entangled with humans; they can simply build their own cities. But the Order disagrees. The Order believes… um… uh…”

Farstar thoughtfully helped Crimson World resolve her most shameful part: "The cult believes that Crimson World is the incarnation of God, and that the world should be managed, led, and ruled by God. Therefore, they launched an attack on the old council and have been feared ever since as a terrorist threatening the city."

Hongshi rolled her eyes: "Even if I heard those lines from someone else, I would still feel like dying. In the old council, there were both opponents and supporters of magical girls. The cult launched an attack on the opponents, which scared the supporters so much that they refused to let Paradise leave no matter what. As a result, the expansion plan for Paradise was called off, since the expansion plan was originally intended to find a settlement."

Farstar probably knows what happens next: the savior chooses to become the leader, but the savior deeply loathes this and only wants to find a corner to live a leisurely life.

"Then I took charge of the entire city as the person in charge of the park, but I am not the type to do things seriously. Every day was more painful than before. Looking to the future, I could only see my pain growing infinitely. Then I gave in. I made a wish to the elves, closed my heart, and gave the city a perfect leader who was completely based on rational thinking."

Upon hearing this, Yuanxing not only showed no sympathy for Hongshi, but instead burst into laughter: "Master, why don't you wish for a supercomputer to serve as the city's leader?"

Calling someone a master means that the feeling of being overshadowed by a distant star has disappeared.

But Hongshi was a little unhappy: "Why are you laughing so loudly? I thought I was very important back then, arrogantly believing that I was the center of the world and that humanity couldn't do without me, so that's why I made that wish, okay?"

Yuanxing's laughter had subsided somewhat, but this time she laughed even louder.

"Do not laugh!"

Hong Shi was furious: "If you laugh again, we're breaking up!"

Upon hearing this, Yuanxing immediately suppressed her laughter, forcing it all back down. To reduce the urge to burst into laughter, Yuanxing began to manipulate another emotion, turning her laughter into sympathy. She sat up straight and hugged Hongshi: "Master, you've really worked hard, but all of that is in the past."

"After I closed myself off, I adopted a rather high-pressure strategy towards magical girls. You know, the most important thing about magical girls is their emotions. They embrace emotions, crave freedom, pursue justice, and never back down in the face of pressure, so conflicts are inevitable from time to time."

Yuanxing roughly understood: "But because Master was in a state of absolute rationality at that time, he would choose to back down in order to prevent the conflict from escalating, right? Otherwise, it would have nothing to do with absolute rationality."

"That was true at first, but after experiencing the same thing several times in a state of absolute rationality, I realized that the conflict arose from the inherent flaws of humanity. The best way to completely eliminate conflict is to isolate humanity entirely in a single nutrient tank and then create alchemical dolls to serve humanity, thereby completely eliminating the possibility of conflict between humans."

Even the distant stars never imagined things would unfold like this.

"What I'm trying to say is that I may have made similar silly wishes, so you don't need to take it to heart. Just be more careful and think things through before making a wish in the future."

Chapter 155 It's a pity I'm the kind of person with weak abilities.

Yuanxing stared in disbelief, finding it utterly absurd. Could wishes really be transformed like this? When she first heard the wish, she'd only thought it was a bit silly, never imagining it would become a crisis for humanity's survival. If humans were reduced to animals and controlled by alchemical dolls, could they still be called human? And if all humans were independently monitored, wouldn't magical girls also become extinct?

"And then? How did Master recover?"

"Completely changing the way humans live would likely provoke a lot of resistance, and would undoubtedly make us enemies of everyone in the world. Therefore, we must be very careful. We also need to determine whether there is really only one solution for humanity. So I went to visit a school. While I was visiting the school, a large monster suddenly appeared in front of me, and there was a silly kid standing in front of the large monster, not knowing to run away."

Eh? !

it's me!

Yuanxing was completely absorbed in loving you, afraid of missing even a single syllable. She never imagined she would find out what had happened under these circumstances. Wasn't this like a reward? She had clearly done something wrong, yet she received a reward. This made her feel deeply guilty. The blame she should have received didn't come; instead, she was treated gently, and even the secret that she was supposed to discover on her own was told directly to ease her anxiety.

Yuanxing felt an urge to cry. No matter what, her master would stand by her side. Even if she did something wrong, he would not blame her, but would only gently comfort her.

Hong Shi suddenly paused: "Wouldn't it be faster to show it to you directly?"

Then she touched her forehead with her finger, and the surrounding scenery instantly changed, transforming into a school corridor.