Sakura Emma, I'm going to control you fiercely!

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【The Power of Hope】provides a short-term upgrade effect, which naturally includes an additional magic power boost. It can also be understood as a temporary increase in mana.

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……

To be honest, Hannah was completely dazed after the entire battle.

Witch's Barrier? Barrier Deconstruction? Blue/White Rank? Fully Activated?

To Hannah, who had just become a magical girl, these terms were as obscure and difficult to understand as a child learning a foreign language.

In particular, she also had to simultaneously deconstruct the barrier, a task comparable to advanced mathematics.

But Hannah managed to sit down, albeit reluctantly.

Because she wanted to go back with "Emma" and get "Emma's" approval for her concert in person.

This is the promise between Hannah Tono and "Emma".

Moreover, this was the first time Hannah had a friend like Emma Sakuraba with whom she could confide her deepest feelings.

Perhaps this is what Emma kept talking about as a "best friend" or "good sister"?

So Hannah disregarded the complicated and confusing information about "the witch not dying" and "self-destruction," and took a step closer to "Emma" in the pink light.

"Emma, we—"

Shall we go back?

Before he could finish speaking, Emma's crisp voice interrupted him:

"Everyone, get out of here."

Under Hannah's gaze, Emma looked at the bewildered Marg and said in a deep voice,

"Marg has self-destructed."

"..."

The atmosphere in the entire room froze instantly.

Hannah noticed that all the magical girl seniors who had been smiling earlier had widened their eyes and were looking at Emma Sakuraba's figure.

--"ah!"

And the witch Margot spoke up as if confirming Emma's statement.

"No, no!!!"

She looked up at the sky, and violet petals, imbued with a strong witch's essence, seemed to boil over, uncontrollably overflowing from her mouth, nose, and seven orifices!

Then, wave after wave of petals came flying at us, and the riotous witch factor swept everything away!

The ground is drying up, the mansion is getting old, the air is becoming stagnant, and everything is decaying!

The magical girls quickly used their magic to protect themselves, and Hannah followed suit.

Just then, Hannah heard a senior colleague shout:

"Damn it... Mag's magic is building up! It'll probably take less than three minutes for the blast radius to expand to this entire city!"

[Self-destruction] [Explosion] [The entire city]...

These words are not technical terms; even the new magical girl Hannah can understand them.

So Hannah called out urgently to Emma.

"Emma, let's go!"

Hannah looked at Emma, who remained motionless, and had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

--"No……"

Just as Hannah had predicted.

Emma remained unmoved even amidst this wave of witch-like influence.

The pinkish-white magic enveloped her intimately, neutralizing the incoming witch factor.

Then, Emma turned around and, with a calm expression, said those words to Hannah and all the magical girls and ordinary people behind her:

"You go."

After Emma finished speaking, Hannah heard countless rebuttals from the magical girl seniors around her.

Hannah had forgotten exactly how she refuted the claim.

Her mind was buzzing, completely blank.

All that is known is that Emma silenced the magical girls' attempts to dissuade her with just a few words.

"You bastard... stop joking!!!"

Hannah didn't even realize that she had uttered a swear word.

She felt her legs move quickly to Emma's side, grab her wrist, and pull her forcefully.

"Come with me! What use are you if you stay here alone? Can't we just let that witch fend for herself?!"

--"No……"

Just then, a remarkably calm voice drifted over.

Hannah looked back.

A magical girl named "Noah" emerged.

Noah, fighting back tears, explained Emma's intentions to everyone with a choked voice.

"Emma wanted to stay and forcefully detonate the witch before her self-destruction reached its maximum power!"

"In this way... the power of the explosion will be confined within this witch's barrier, and the city and ordinary people outside will be safe..."

"But Emma herself... she herself..."

Noah could no longer speak and covered his face, sobbing uncontrollably.

The magical girls fell silent.

Indeed, this way it won't affect other cities.

But Emma, who launched the attack,...

The girls' gazes toward Emma were also clouded with tears.

Even ordinary people began to sob slightly.

Hannah looked at Emma questioningly.

Emma looked at everyone, remained silent for a moment, and then nodded.

"Yes, that's exactly what I want to do."

Hannah felt that her legs were rather weak.

She opened her mouth, but said nothing.

why?

For the first time, she has a friend with whom she can confide her deepest feelings, and she has also become a magical girl just like this friend, with the hope of gaining the most important recognition...

These three happy events overlapped, and they should have enjoyed a blissful, dreamlike time.

But... but why...?

Why did things turn out this way?

With her mind completely blank, Hannah finally spoke, uttering a silly question that even she couldn't understand:

Why did you go to such lengths?

Emma isn't the kind of person whose behavior and logic are so strange that they're astonishing, and who's also a little bit perverted in daily life, right?

"You're clearly not the kind of person who would sacrifice yourself! Why are you doing something so contrary to your public image?!"

Amid Hannah's sharp cry, the violet petals continued to flutter, and all life was fading away.

As the petals fluttered in the air, everyone noticed that under the pink glow emanating from Emma, the witch's influence had no effect on anyone being illuminated.

In the shimmering pink light, Hannah saw Emma's smile.

Whether it was Hannah's imagination or not, Emma's eyes seemed to say:

I've been waiting for you to say that.

Volume 1: Chapter 76 Let's talk about my invincible frame!

Inside the witch's barrier.

Before Hannah could ponder the meaning behind Emma's look, Emma spoke:

"Because I don't want anyone to get hurt, and I don't want you to despair."

Her voice echoed throughout the surroundings, reaching the ears of every magical girl and ordinary person.

"It's better to let this happen to everyone..."

Emma tossed a strand of hair aside, tilted her head slightly, smiled gently, and said casually:

"I'd rather take on all the responsibility."

The instant she finished speaking, an unprecedented surge of magical power erupted from her body!

More intense than ever, more dazzling than ever!

The pink, interwoven magic, which even the witch's final blow could not match, condensed into a blood-red rapier.

Emma, carrying the rapier, rested it on her rose bow and walked step by step toward the witch's figure—

This image was etched deeply into Hannah's eyes, bringing her tears to a halt.

"Tono, we're leaving."

Several magical girls, suppressing their grief, supported Hannah's shoulders as they prepared to fly into the sky.

"No... let me go! Emma!"

Hannah's eyes widened as she was forcibly lifted up by several magical girls and flown to a safe area outside the barrier.

Her gaze pierced through the collapsing ruins, through the withering purple-black witch factors... and finally settled on that slender figure walking alone toward the source of destruction.

"No...I don't want to lose any more..."

……

[Blessed by the power of hope: Your level will increase from Lv30 to Lv35 within the next 3 minutes.]

'Waaah... My Lord God!'

Emma was moved to tears by what He said!

Rather than have this happen to anyone else, I'd rather take the blame myself.

Isn't this sentence referring to that little story?

'As expected of the Law of Cycles... Waaah...'

Moreover, the thought of dying together with the witch made Emma cry even harder.

God, Dad, Mom, Hiro-chan, Hannah-chan, Sherry-chan...

Even after Emma crosses the Bridge of Helplessness, she will never forget you all...

"Anyway, that's about it."