Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

My stomach felt like it was being churned up, my brain was buzzing for a moment, and it felt like my soul was about to be punched out of my body.

When I came to my senses, I was already lying on the ground, with a strange, rainbow-colored slime in front of me.

Ugh...

The half-human girl, who had been mercilessly beaten to the point of vomiting by Mayumi Haga, tried to get up by supporting herself with her hands on the ground, but felt intense pain as if her palms had been pierced and pinned to the ground.

"Wa ...

Ignoring the intruder's cries, Mayumi Haga pulled out a one-handed sword from her backpack and pressed it against the intruder's other intact hand. With just a little force, she could cripple that claw once more.

"Hand over the core," she said coldly. "Or I wouldn't mind dissecting it for you."

The half-human girl made whimpering sounds, and her tail began to wag. Compared to the initial growling of the wolf, the half-human realized that the situation was not right and began to beg for mercy, making sounds like a dog begging for mercy and acting cute.

Mayumi Haga: "...Can you understand me?"

Oh no, I didn't realize that.

There are language differences between this world and the other world. The language of Mayumi Haga's original world is very different from that of this world, so this visitor from another world should also have a language barrier.

But it doesn't matter.

Mayumi Haga attempted to communicate with the intruders, hoping to glean some useful information. However, given the language barrier and the continuous draining of magical energy from the monsters' cores, she decided against it.

Just kill him, cut open his stomach and take him out.

As soon as Mayumi Haga took out the dagger she usually used to process monster materials, she saw that the half-human girl in front of her seemed to smell the strong blood on it. Looking at its sharpness, she knew what kind of cruel treatment she was about to face, so she struggled even more fiercely.

Then, in the struggle, it finally spat out the monster core that it had been hiding in its mouth.

The gem-like core clattered to the ground, and the few remaining cores, still imbued with magic, quickly scattered and fled to reshape their bodies.

One of them rolled to Mayumi Haga's feet, and its telepathic communication emitted a "Wa ...

Mayumi Haga didn't immediately pay attention to the bear, keeping her wary gaze fixed on the half-human.

The half-human girl realized she had met her match and was being treated so roughly that she trembled like a leaf, and her ears collapsed into airplane ears.

After realizing that Mayumi Haga's wound healed in just a few seconds, she finally understood that she couldn't defeat the white-haired guardian in front of her, and her eyes cleared up.

She smiled ingratiatingly at Mayumi Haga, her expression somewhat naive: "...You...hello..."

Although she still speaks haltingly, this is something she learned in a short time after coming into this world, which shows that her intelligence is actually quite high.

Its habits are a bit too canine.

Despite her attempts to please him, Mayumi Haga's eyes remained icy.

It looks like you're looking at a dead person.

Main Text: Chapter 173 The Stubborn Guardian in a Certain Sense

There is no need to keep this half-human.

No one knows this better than Mayumi Haga.

Although the half-human in front of her obediently tucked its tail between its legs after being humiliated, trying its best to appear harmless, Mayumi Haga was still deeply wary of the half-human's danger and dared not relax for a moment.

Because apart from her, there is no one else in this world who can nip danger in the bud.

The magician I met once before might be one, but she was incredibly inefficient and elusive, making her even harder to contact than Sugiyama Rika.

If I leave him here unattended, what if he attacks someone else... not just weirdos, but also magical girls with equally abundant magic power, or ordinary people who, while not having as much magic power, are easier to hunt down?

If I let this guy go now, who will bear the consequences? The innocent magical girl who has never seen blood, or Sugiyama Rika and the others?

It wasn't that Mayumi Haga was arrogant and thought that this matter couldn't be done without her.

What she was thinking was that rather than having people with blood on their hands do this kind of thing, it would be better for her to solve it from the beginning.

Anyway, she won't miss this one time.

Although she has never truly killed anyone since coming into this world, there is no doubt that Mayumi Haga has countless lives on her hands.

Normally, things were running smoothly in her original world, but during her solo travels, she also personally killed people.

She had lost count of how many bandits and outlaws had died at her hands. When she passed through towns, she would also take the lives of wicked people who bullied men and women. If she witnessed an unforgivable person attacking innocent civilians, she would never pretend not to see it.

She ended the lives of many villains in this way, and she had no regrets.

Overly gentle methods cannot truly protect what should be protected. If a part of the fruit she is guarding begins to rot, then she must ruthlessly cut away the rotten flesh.

The Guardian is never a harmless position.

Compared to the more appealing titles of savior or hero, which require leading others in front of the public, guardians follow the will of the world and their own hearts, and will do any work, whether in the open or in the shadows.

After confirming that the half-human girl did not have any more monster cores, Mayumi Haga decided to kill her immediately.

To avoid any unforeseen complications.

She didn't even intend to take the half-human girl to a deserted place before executing her; instead, she planned to kill her directly in front of the core monsters who had escaped.

Admittedly, this will affect her image in the eyes of the strange people in this world, and she might even be transformed into a murderous villain from this day forward—after all, no matter how intense the conflicts in this world become, they will never escalate to the point where killing the other party is absolutely necessary. Her thoughts and actions are too cruel here and will not be understood.

But she didn't care.

Even if this makes her the most terrifying villain in the eyes of kind-hearted eccentrics, even if her hard-won relationships with the people she knows in this world will crumble after they find out about this, and she may even be more lonely than when she first arrived, it doesn't matter.

Aren't these kinds of things all too common?

She wasn't always this withdrawn; she did make many friends during her travels.

Because of her differences from her friends, her unsociable nature, and her uniqueness, they often end up going their separate ways.

But the opinions of others are not a reason for Mayumi Haga to change herself.

She remains that cruel guardian, even in this world.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mayumi Haga tightened her grip on the half-human girl's neck. Amidst the sound of bones breaking under the pressure, she watched coldly as the half-human girl's face turned from purple to black.

Mayumi Haga paid no attention to the panicked noises of the strange people around her. She only felt the little bear clinging to her leg tugging at her trouser leg in a disapproving manner, but in reality, it was probably much more panicked and meant to stop her.

She didn't pay any attention to it.

All she could see was the half-human girl struggling to survive, leaving deep, bone-revealing wounds on her arm with her claws. The wounds meant nothing to her; the blood turned into orange juice, dripped onto the ground, and quickly disappeared, making her look no different from someone who hadn't been injured at all.

She observed the other person's death with such focus, watching their pupils roll upwards, their limbs gradually lose strength, and their struggles weaken.

and then?

She thought about it briefly.

The other party's death should be confirmed.

A person from another world—or perhaps the other person isn't even human.

In case the other party has a similar regenerative ability to herself, or the other party's true form is not actually this body, but is hidden somewhere inside the body, or the virus hidden in the flesh and blood is infectious... In any case, Mayumi Haga intends to find an incinerator to finally confirm the other party's death.

It was at this moment that she suddenly sensed danger from above.

The oncoming magical cannon immediately separated her from the half-human girl. Yuga Mayumi instinctively took out her shield to deflect the attack, then took two steps back and turned her head to look upwards.

All she could see was the sky-blue magical girl looking at her with a face full of anger, yet also with a hint of fear and apprehension.

"...What are you doing?" The magical girl, Sky Blue, asked, her voice trembling slightly. "Are you killing someone?"

Mayumi Haga felt that the timing of the other party's arrival was rather inopportune, and frowned, but did not say anything.

On the contrary, Little Bear breathed a sigh of relief: Magical Girl Sky Blue arrived just in time.

In that case, Mayumi won't kill anyone.

Koko knew a little about Mayumi Haga's past, but personally, she didn't want Mayumi Haga to kill anyone anymore.

Now that we're in this world, shouldn't Mayumi relax a bit more?

Moreover, this half-human did nothing other than tear apart the monsters' bodies and absorb some of their magic, leaving them weak and powerless.

Humans, who had no easier target for attack, simply watched the magical girl fly through the sky without making any move.

They attacked because they could smell that the strange creature was not human.

Is it a global difference? Or is it...?

The little bear remembered that when he first met Mayumi, who had become a guardian, she was also a bit startled.

Mayumi, who had just tried to strangle the visitor from another world, was now radiating the same aura as before.

That won't do; it would just bring us back to square one.

The little bear thought.

If her magic weren't temporarily unable to function smoothly, she would have done everything in her power to stop Mayumi from taking action in this world.

If Mayumi Haga really kills someone in front of all these people, breaking the vow she made after coming to this world, then things will get really bad.

Fortunately, the magical girl Sky Blue arrived just in time.

This may also be an arrangement of the world's consciousness.

Now that we've arrived in this world, let's not allow this person to smear their hands with blood and become out of place in this world.

At that moment, the little bear felt the genuine sadness surrounding Mayumi Haga.

It wasn't from Mayumi Haga herself, but rather an indistinct phantom attached to her.

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Faced with the cruelty revealed by the guardians, the magical girl Sky Blue was actually a little scared.

After saying goodbye to Iris, the magical girl who escorted Hitomi Tono home, she went on patrol alone again. However, there were almost no strange attacks today, and sensing something was wrong, she didn't know where to start investigating, so she just wandered around the area.

Because the strange people and the half-human girl had fought each other, she sensed the fluctuations in magical energy and followed them here.

She happened to witness the guardian's attempt to kill someone, and instinctively shouted "Stop!" She then threw a magic bullet to separate the two, saving the half-human girl who was almost killed, and then used magic to pull the half-human girl over.

The white-haired guardian appeared lifeless, merely glancing over indifferently.

But it was enough to make the magical girl Sky Blue freeze.

In the magical girl Sky Blue's upbringing, she had never seen anyone so cruel, killing someone after already defeating them... Rather, facing such a calm "murderer" as the Guardian, she was terrified by his brutality, even though he might not have intended to harm her or harbor any ill will.

Knowing the differences in their thinking, Mayumi Haga didn't blame the magical girl Ayame for interrupting her; she just had a vague sense of "I knew it."

But for safety reasons, she still pointed out seriously: "That guy is very dangerous."

"I...I know! But that's no reason for you to kill her..." For some reason, the magical girl Sky Blue's aura weakened when facing Mayumi Haga.

“She also kills,” Mayumi Haga said. “She has hunted down the cores of many monsters.”

Despite having patiently explained to the magical girl Tenran, who was at odds with her beliefs, Mayumi Haga, still exuding murderous intent, was emanating a chilling aura.

She stared into the magical girl's azure eyes: "If you don't kill her, she'll go and kill and eat monsters. Is that what you want to see?"

Magical Girl Sky Blue: "...But, but wouldn't it be enough to just control her? Lock her up, then send her back. It doesn't have to come to the point of murder, does it?"

"Can you take such a risk?" The guardian asked the innocent magical girl with sharp eyes. "Besides death, there is no way to completely control the harm caused by such a creature."

Magical Girl Sky Blue had a gut feeling that the other person seemed to be right, but also that something didn't seem quite right.

She glanced at the dying half-human girl, then at the guardian whose attitude was sharper than usual, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer.

This was beyond the scope of the magical girl's consideration. In her simple and kind little mind, she didn't think there was any risk involved. After all, aside from the evil side, there was also the possibility of good. She felt that she should give a guest who had been stranded in this world a little time to observe and get to know him better before making a decision.

Actually, neither of them is wrong; both are judgments based on their own experience.

The Guardian's judgment is even more ruthless; those equally cruel experiences come from a world that can hardly be called "friendly," giving her a deeper wisdom for survival.

Magical Girl Sky Blue's judgment stems from her trust in this world.

Life is precious and should not be taken away at will.

So she instinctively saved the half-human girl.

All of this has led to their current standoff, with one standing on the ground and the other floating in the air, locked in a stalemate.

Finally, it was the more composed Guardian who broke the silence.

She reluctantly conceded, "Let's go see the doctor."

Terasaki Ayasa is much more reliable than the naive magical girl; if something really goes wrong, Terasaki Ayasa can handle it.

Let's allow this half-human to live a little longer for now.

If they could find evidence that the half-human girl was harmless before Mayumi Haga's patience ran out, or rather, find a way to send her back to her original world, then Mayumi Haga would not interfere in this matter—this was what she told the magical girl, Azure.

Her true thoughts were: