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

Or perhaps, you never even hoped Emma would stand by your side?

Emma felt inexplicably anxious and uneasily curled her legs up together.

But she still sighed and suppressed her thirst for knowledge.

'If you refuse, Emma will have to give up…'

zizi——

At that moment, Emma heard a strange "electrical sound".

Do not……

It sounds like an electric current, but there seems to be a hint of flowing water mixed in.

Emma was also puzzled and glanced at the book casually.

"!"

Then, she noticed that the black on the book, like silent, writhing, screaming black worms, escaped from the paper and eventually evaporated into the air.

This bizarre scene sent a chill down Emma's spine.

No, no... Since the blackness has disappeared, it means that the gods are by my side.

Emma cheered herself up.

She blinked again, her face flushing red.

'No way! Did the gods hear all my prayers?!'

The girl blushed all the way to the roots of her ears after the person involved "heard" her previous series of shameful self-pity.

She patted her face.

'At least, the divine being has agreed to let me understand Him!'

The initial discouragement vanished. Emma strode confidently toward her book!

After opening it... sure enough, the black covering the important content had completely disappeared!

Yang Wen also returned to the game and checked it out with Emma.

After removing the [black] parts, the first sentence of this book is:

Hope and despair are always intertwined.

Emma remembered what the deity had said before, "Magical girls can also become witches," and silently agreed before turning the page.

The first quarter of the book describes a magical girl.

However, this is quite different from the completely positive terms used to describe magical girls in other books.

It seems that the girl received hope the moment she became a magical girl, but she will inevitably suffer equal or even greater despair in the future.

However, He did not want to see them endure any more despair.

Emma nodded.

"He" likely refers to the divine being.

Then comes a short story.

Emma believes it should be a story about how a deity "became a god".

It tells the story of "He" who witnessed the despair of magical girls and ultimately sacrificed himself for hope, becoming hope itself.

Like a fairy tale, it's innocent and carefree. Even at the very end, the protagonist clings tightly to hope, and shares that hope with magical girls all over the world.

As Yang Wen looked at the short story, it seemed increasingly familiar.

Emma had already turned to the last page.

On the last page, there was only one string of English:

Law of Cycles

If translated...

"The principle of circles?"

……

……

Top floor of a building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

Coco's feet dangled slowly in the air.

"Hey~ Don't you find it boring to be on the rooftop every time?"

Coco looked up, her gaze fixed on the girl on the other side of the rooftop.

The Japanese Shinto priest's robes seemed to glow in the midday sun.

The priestess remained silent, intently surveying the entire city of Tokyo.

"Moshi Moshi~ Saintess? Golden Fairy?"

Seeing that the priestess girl didn't reply, Coco didn't intend to make a fool of herself.

At that moment, her long, slender legs, suspended high in the air, paused.

Then, out of the blue, he spoke.

"I promise, after I say this, you'll definitely talk to me."

"..." The priestess remained silent as always.

Coco smiled and said lightly,

"What was that [Echo] called again... Oh right. The [Cognitive Impairment Black Pen] worldwide has stopped working."

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, the priestess, who had been completely calm, suddenly turned around.

Beneath the veil, those usually indifferent eyes were now filled with an indescribable fear.

"Hehe~ Now you're paying attention to me, right? Hey, hey!"

Coco was about to make a few teasing remarks when she saw the priestess girl leave quickly, not even having time to appreciate the city scenery.

Coco quickly asked, "What are you going to do? Clean up Coco!"

"……do what?"

She could no longer maintain her saintly demeanor, and her voice became shrill:

"Organize all [Fairies], perform the ritual! Even if it means they all bloom at full power, we will repaint this world with the [Black Pen] and continue to obstruct our understanding!"

She looked back at the sky,

"We must never let anyone know of [that person's] existence."

……

……

After school in the afternoon, Emma walked alone on the campus path. She planned to go to the music hall to discuss the concert with her senior, Hannah.

My thoughts were too focused, which made my steps somewhat unsteady.

In the library, the [blackness] that had been dispelled by the gods was soon covered up again.

It seemed that Emma had understood the message, so the deity did not erase the blackness again.

Walking silently down the street, the sheer volume of information nearly overwhelmed Emma's little head.

Emma thought of the actions of the deity, which were indeed very similar to the protagonist of that little story.

Yesterday, the gods helped many magical girls remove the wreckage... This is exactly like the story's protagonist's mission of "dispelling despair and spreading hope."

He even helped Noah avoid the danger of the wreckage, and reversed time to save Sherry...

despair!

Emma suddenly stopped.

Dispel despair, spread hope...

To save the dying magical girl, they went so far as to reverse time...

So... the true name of the deity who has been residing within me, silently protecting everyone, is—

The Law of Circular Circulation!

It must be the Law of Circles!!!

Emma was absolutely certain.

They were even deeply moved by the past deeds of the deity!

To become hope in order to hope...

And yet, this divine being cast a glance at her.

Then, anxiety arose in my heart:

Emma wanted to stand beside the god and be his partner.

But am I really qualified to be the partner of such a noble deity?

Yang Wen did not notice that Emma suddenly stopped.

He just felt that this game was incredibly audacious.

Not only did they sew up the [Divine Tree], they also sewed up the [Round God].

Have you ever been a god like Madoka? You're just paying homage to her indiscriminately.

But since he had at least learned some information about the "true ending," and Yang Wen was also a loyal fan of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," he didn't care.

Instead, I want to see how the [Divine Tree] and [Madoka] will become connected in the future storyline of this game.

And Emma began to move forward mechanically once again...

A question arose in my mind:

Now that the gods have completed the story's conclusion, then...

What about the wreckage and witches that the magical girls are facing now?

At that moment, Emma recalled the black smears on the books about the gods that she had seen that afternoon.

It's as if someone is deliberately trying to prevent her from knowing that the divine being is the principle of the circle.

Could it be that... the gods are manipulating me to deal with the mastermind behind the witches and corpses in the world today?

Under Yang Wen's watchful eye, Emma walked along the only route to the music hall.

However, they did not see the "Concert Hall Under Repair" sign on the road at all.

The soothing melody playing in his headphones suddenly stopped.

Even after arriving at the entrance of the music hall, Emma still couldn't figure it out.

"Never mind... I'll go find Senior Hannah first."

Emma suddenly looked around.

"Speaking of which...why are there so few people here? And..."

As she looked around, it was as if all her senses were stripped away:

There was no wind, no birdsong, and no noise from classmates during class.

"It's too quiet."

'Yes, why is that?'

Yang Wen asked the question knowing the answer already.

Just a second before Emma pushed open the doors of the music hall, the relaxing guitar background music playing in Yang Wen's headphones abruptly stopped.

Instead, there was an extremely ethereal sound of a water harp scraping against the surface, accompanied by an eerie echo.

It seems we've entered a dungeon.