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

Don't watch me go to the toilet!

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Meanwhile, at home, Homura Akemi, waiting for Mayumi Haga to send a message, stared at the "cannot be reached" message on her phone screen and fell into thought.

...Why hasn't Yuhe returned yet? Is he being kept as a pet over there?

Side Story: Mayumi Haga and Madoka Magica: Has this never happened before Madoka Magica 10?

Finally, in the dead of night, as Mami Tomoe fell asleep with worry, Mayumi Haga quietly slipped into the bathroom and used the cat litter.

It wasn't that she really needed to go to the toilet; in fact, her current physical condition didn't require her to.

However, if a pet doesn't go to the toilet for a long time, Mami Tomoe might think that her pet has a digestive problem.

So Mayumi Haga took out a medicinal herb from her backpack that looked and smelled very similar to cat feces, and buried it in the cat litter.

That round is over.

She should be thankful that Mami Tomoe isn't the type to enjoy watching pets use the toilet; otherwise, Mayumi Haga wouldn't have been able to overcome this psychological hurdle.

Mami Tomoe gave her the name "Feather".

Because when she turned into a cat, her fur was incredibly fluffy, and she was agile. When she jumped down from a height, she felt light as a feather.

Is this the intuition of a magical girl? It actually hit the mark with her nickname.

In conclusion, Mayumi Haga successfully moved into Mami Tomoe's apartment as a pet.

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The following day, Mayumi Haga was left alone at home by Mami Tomoe, who was going to school.

Mami Tomoe is a third-year student at Mitakihara Middle School, and is the senior of Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki. Despite being a magical girl, she still has to go to school every day.

Mayumi Haga felt that magical girl characters generally had attributes related to school.

Just like in the previous world she lived in, her friend Hitomi Tono was also a magical girl who went to school at the same time.

Is magic such an irresistible and cool thing for middle school students?

Mayumi Haga was unaware that she seemed to lack a certain longing for these wondrous things.

She watched as Mami Tomoe slung her backpack over her shoulder and left home, while she obediently lay in her bed.

Only when the door closed did she stand up from the cat bed and walk to the apartment door.

As mentioned before, Mayumi Haga's cat form is actually larger than that of a normal cat. She's almost like a sleek little leopard, and when she stands up, she's nearly as tall as Mami Tomoe's chest.

It easily reached the doorknob after standing up, pressed it down with its paw, and the door opened.

Mayumi Haga calmly walked out the door, closing it behind her.

She found a corner without surveillance cameras, transformed back into human form, put on her clothes, took out her phone, and contacted Homura Akemi.

Five minutes later, Homura Akemi, also carrying a schoolbag, appeared in front of Mayumi Haga.

Homura Akemi looked at Mayumi Haga, who had turned back into a cat, and frowned at her size: "...You mean, you want me to put you in my schoolbag?"

It simply won't fit.

Mayumi Haga didn't insist, letting Homura Akemi go to school on her own, while she followed her into the school.

Of course, she didn't just swagger in through the main gate; she climbed over the wall.

Mayumi Haga chose a tree that could support her weight and that offered a view of Homura Akemi's classroom, where she lay down.

Mami Tomoe is a third-year student. Her classroom is quite far from the three first-year students, but she is still able to communicate with them through the telepathic communication between magical girls established by Kyubey.

Generally speaking, people who are not magical girls cannot hear their communications.

However, neither Mayumi Haga nor Homura Akemi are ordinary people.

Homura Akemi goes without saying; she herself is a magical girl who made a contract with Kyubey.

Although Kyubey has no memory of this loop and doesn't know when he made a contract with Homura Akemi, the contract still exists.

As a fellow magical girl, Homura Akemi could naturally hear the telepathic communications between these individuals.

As for Mayumi Haga, she can also hear the telepathic communication between magical girls in her original world.

She can catch them in both private and public chat channels.

This means that these telepathic communications have virtually no privacy in front of her.

She could clearly sense that Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki were not opposed to things like magical girl contracts.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, after witnessing the battle against the witch with Mami Tomoe, these two will make a contract, thus becoming magical girls and stepping into the abyss.

After all, Mami Tomoe is too deceptive: powerful, elegant, and approachable.

You can't see the hardships and dangers of a magical girl in her. Even if she talks about danger, she still presents the most glamorous and attractive side.

Mami Tomoe herself probably didn't realize this.

Even if they realize it, they would probably feel that they can protect the younger generation, so they won't offer much explanation.

After all, Mami Tomoe still wanted to have companions, and this thought made her less objective.

After school that day, Mami Tomoe took Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki to observe her magical girl work and successfully defeated a witch.

Everything went incredibly smoothly, and Mayumi Haga and Homura Akemi, who were following behind them out of concern, simply watched from afar.

That's how Mayumi Haga did it. During the day, she would accompany Mami to school, and after school, she would follow Mami Tomoe to do chores. Then, she would run home before Mami did, pretending that she had never left home.

It's only because Mami Tomoe's house didn't have security cameras that she could do this; otherwise, her sneaking out of the house would have been discovered long ago.

However, the witch didn't appear that frequently. After discovering that Mami Tomoe could easily complete all the work, Mayumi Haga stopped following the group around.

She entrusted this matter to Homura Akemi, while she found other things to deal with.

"A crack?" Homura Akemi was suddenly startled.

Haga Mayumi nodded.

She reverted to her human form, took out her phone from her pocket, and showed the photos she had taken to Homura Akemi.

Mayumi Haga noticed strange phenomena in a corner of the city at night. She saw cracks that resembled the breaking of the world wall and also caught a somewhat familiar sound.

For her, this kind of thing was pretty much a daily occurrence. After all, in her previous world, such rifts would appear once or twice a year, and each time a magical girl would be responsible for resolving them. So, it was only natural for her to ask Homura Akemi how to handle it this time.

Each time such a world rift appears, it signifies a crisis from another world or the arrival of visitors.

If we were to draw an analogy with animation, that would be a crossover theatrical release.

But it's strange, it's not summer or winter vacation yet, why did it appear early?

Then Mayumi Haga saw the shock on Homura Akemi's face, and she realized that something seemed to have gone beyond her expectations.

"...Wait, didn't this happen in previous cycles?" Mayumi Haga realized belatedly.

Side Story: Mayumi Haga and Madoka Magica: Madoka Magica Episode 11 - Neko and the Witch Barrier

This situation has never occurred in previous cycles.

Mayumi Haga is someone who rarely talks about her past experiences. Even Homura Akemi only gradually pieced together the complete outline of Mayumi Haga through many cycles of reincarnation.

After all, the Guardian's experiences are much richer and more varied than those of ordinary people, making it quite difficult to piece together a complete character.

Homura Akemi knows that Mayumi Haga came from a destroyed world and then arrived in another relatively peaceful world with magical girls—unlike the magical girl system represented by Kyubey, the magical girls there seem to be true symbols of love and hope.

But Homura Akemi was unaware that such a magical phenomenon as "interdimensional collaboration" existed in that other world.

So when Mayumi Haga explained it to her, Homura Akemi only felt a deep unease in her heart.

The mission to save Madoka Kaname was carried out in a series of trial and error cycles. Each time, she would make up for the mistakes of the previous one and avoid repeating them. She thought that in this way, she could find the correct way to pass the game through continuous trial and error.

But the variables are constantly increasing.

...It doesn't matter.

Even if she fails thousands of times, even if she has to start over thousands of times, Homura Akemi will not give up.

She must save Madoka Kaname and, in this labyrinth of time, firmly grasp the hand that reaches out to her.

It absolutely must be done.

After calming down, Homura Akemi suddenly felt that the crack might be a breakthrough.

She was originally reincarnating alone, without any companions to rely on, but during her seventh reincarnation, she accidentally encountered Mayumi Haga, who was wandering in this world.

She tried to communicate with this variable, and gradually developed a cooperative relationship with it, and indeed received incredibly helpful assistance.

Perhaps this crack is also an opportunity.

Homura Akemi comforted herself in this way, and her mood gradually calmed down.

Then, she decided to investigate the crack over there herself.

“I’ll take care of Mami Naba,” Mayumi Haga said.

Since Homura Akemi is going to investigate the rift, Mayumi Haga plans to take over her work.

Although the situation is relatively stable now, and Mami Tomoe is able to handle everything smoothly, Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki still need to be kept in mind so that they don't make wishes and become magical girls at will.

Mayumi Haga never forgot. Her mission was to stop Madoka Kaname from signing a contract with Kyubey... and incidentally, to stop Sayaka Miki as well.

Being a magical girl in this world isn't a good job.

After a moment's thought, Homura Akemi agreed.

It's almost that time... If I insist on following them, Mami Tomoe might become suspicious.

But Mayumi Haga is different; with her cat-like nature that makes her immune to hostility, she should be able to resolve this matter smoothly.

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The day that Homura Akemi had specifically noted would soon arrive.

After school, Mami Tomoe was preparing to take Mayumi Haga to get her cat vaccinated. She was carrying the carrier back from the vet clinic when she received a message from Madoka Kaname.

It is said that traces of the witch were found in a corner of the hospital, and in order to prevent the witch from escaping, Sayaka Miki took Kyubey and entered the barrier alone.

Mami Tomoe rushed over immediately, but it was quite a distance from her home and she was in a great hurry, so she couldn't leave the cat behind halfway. Therefore, she decided to take the cat with her and have Feather wait outside the witch's barrier.

It must be said that magical girls possess astonishing arm strength. Even when transformed into a cat, Mayumi Haga weighs nearly 25 kilograms, she can carry it with one hand and move swiftly.

Mayumi Haga lay inside the large flight case, quietly watching Mami Tomoe and Madoka Kaname stand in front of the witch's mark, communicating telepathically with Kyubey.

"Kyubi, how is it?" Mami Tomoe asked.

“It’s alright yet, there’s no sign of them hatching anytime soon,” Kyubey said. “In fact, it would be bad to rashly use a lot of magic to stimulate the witch’s egg. There’s no need to rush, can you come over as quietly as possible?”

"Understood." Mami Tomoe led Madoka Kaname inside.

What she didn't notice was that the carrier containing the cat behind her had been quietly opened a crack at some point.

With a slight hook of its paw, the cat precisely presses the latch, and with a click, the flight case opens.

The large gray cat emerged and, taking advantage of the last remaining gap at the entrance to the witch's barrier, leaped inside.

Inside the barrier.

"It's so good that we made it..." Kaname Madoka was worried for her friend.

Entering the witch's barrier before forming a contract is extremely dangerous. Fortunately, I managed to contact Mami Tomoe in time, and Mami Tomoe happened to be nearby.

"Although I want to scold you for being too reckless, you did the right thing this time." Mami Tomoe took her hand and led her forward within the witch's barrier.

Once Sayaka Miki enters, the unhatched witch won't easily escape. And the unhatched witch won't attack Sayaka Miki... As long as Mami Tomoe arrives in time, she can deal with this witch.

Even if Mami Tomoe isn't there, if Kyubey is, Sayaka Miki can form a contract on the spot.

After becoming a magical girl, you will have the ability to protect yourself.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Mami Tomoe turned around.

Her eyes widened slightly: "Feather? What are you doing here?"

She sensed something following her and Madoka Kaname, but she never expected it to be her own pet cat.

She thought it would be Homura Akemi, who had been following her recently and had just been given an ultimatum.

Did that guy really listen to me and stop showing up in front of me?

No, now is not the time to think about these things.

Mami Tomoe was somewhat surprised to see the cat, who was supposed to stay obediently outside, come in. Since she was going to fight, she would need Madoka Kaname to help carry the cat.