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

Mayumi Haga didn't react in time.

Generally speaking, there should be two people in a relationship, right?

But why...?

“Of course, a normal relationship is a matter between two people, but Mayumi is completely different from everyone else!” Tono Hitomi said with deep resentment, “With your resistant attitude, there is no way to break through your defenses unless we change our approach.”

“...But I don’t need to have a romantic relationship with anyone. Not everyone has to be in a relationship.” Mayumi Haga was even more confused by Hitomi Tono’s statement.

Why must it be her?

The moment that question arose in her mind, Hitomi Tono seemed to hear her thoughts and naturally replied, "But I only like you."

Mayumi Haga was surprised by Hitomi Tono's fervent reply and remained silent, unsure how to respond.

“Anyway, Mayumi is a tight-lipped person. It’s impossible to establish normal communication with you in the usual way.” Tono Hitomi said this very seriously, more seriously than any of her previous words, so serious that it was almost unfamiliar. “So I will use unconventional methods.”

"Abnormal means?" What does that mean?

Mayumi Haga sensed that some of Hitomi Tono's traits were gradually becoming unfamiliar. In her view, this usually silly pink dumpling was suddenly becoming serious, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

“I will pass on my love to you, no matter how much you resist or how much you tell me to stop, I will pour all of it into you.”

Hitomi Tono uttered some incredibly serious words, emphasizing certain phrases so much that Mayumi Haga felt things were gradually veering in a bad direction, and this strange trend was something she herself had brought upon herself: "Until you understand my feelings, until you get used to it."

Haga Mayumi remained silent for a moment, which could be considered an admission.

But she didn't know what this indulgence meant.

Mayumi Haga and Hitomi Tono had already started talking things out, while the mage on the other side was in a bit of a mess.

She couldn't find her way.

They were supposed to follow the scent of the Despair Monster, but for some reason, the Despair Monster, now in a different form, wasn't releasing much of its aura, making tracking much more difficult. Furthermore, Tono Hitomi's magic was so domineering and flamboyant that when she flew away with Haga Mayumi, she almost completely concealed all magical fluctuations, making it even harder to find the two of them.

The magician sensed something was amiss.

The reason she immediately identified Mayumi Haga as the Despair Monster was because of the characteristics of the Despair Monster.

Unlike other monsters whose appearance is fixed or has a definite appearance anchor, the appearance of the Despair Monster changes.

It can possess anyone, transform into anyone's appearance, and even take over someone else's body.

Because of this strange trait, the magician mistook Mayumi Haga for a desperate monster who had changed her appearance.

After all, when Mayumi Haga met him, she acted like she was a "desperate monster" who would run away no matter what he did to her, and she had no intention of communicating with the magician, which was tantamount to admitting it.

However, even if Mayumi Haga is not the target that the magician is tracking and trying to seal, the magician can still see through the appearance and use his nail magic to directly pull out the Despair Monster.

Therefore, she doesn't really care who the real Despair Monster is; as long as she catches him, she can find a way to seal him away.

Uh oh.

But the most urgent task is to find the two guys who escaped.

It wasn't difficult to find her by following the direction Tono Hitomi left, but since the magician was a bit directionally challenged, he was quite disoriented for a while.

The reason she was able to find Mayumi Haga so quickly was actually quite by chance.

The tracking crystal can pinpoint the coordinates of the target's location, and she only needs to use teleportation magic according to those coordinates. However, teleportation is not a mage's forte; she borrowed a teleportation scroll from a senior member of the Star Tower, and the scroll is still on cooldown after being used once.

Even with a tracking crystal, you can't get there immediately if the teleportation scroll hasn't cooled down yet.

The spiritual veins of Miracle City weren't very welcoming to her, an outsider, and she couldn't use them to teleport within their range...

...In short, try asking a local for directions first.

The magician landed on the street in the middle of the night. She looked around and saw that there seemed to be people moving in the alley. She was overjoyed.

I didn't expect there would still be people out and about at this hour!

She pulled the tracking crystal out of her pocket and happily went over to ask passersby if they knew which location the crystal showed.

The closer she got, the more strange she felt.

This person seems... strange.

The other person's head was glowing; more precisely, their hair was actually ablaze with flames. As the other person drew closer, the mage could feel the heat wave gradually approaching.

This is a strange person, and judging from the attributes, he should be [Angry].

Anger is preparing to go home.

She had planned to leave the maid café early today, but her older brother, Abyss Gentleman, said that the walls in the house needed renovation and that she would be in the way if she left on time, so he told her to go home later.

So, after getting off work in a fit of anger, I wandered around the alleys in the neighborhood where thugs always hang out, collected some money from them as a bribe, and only after I'd done my business did I decide to go home.

She had no idea what had happened at home. She had even gone to the shop where Abyss Gentleman worked to see if her older brother had finished get off work yet, so she could pick him up from his job and take him home, since he was afraid of the dark.

On her way home, she encountered a magician who came to ask for directions.

Main text: Chapter 138 Angry, Angry

"Miss Weird, Miss Weird!" Anger saw a stranger waving at him.

……who?

Angered and in a hurry to get home, I didn't really want to deal with this strange guy I met on the road, but unfortunately, he had already barged in and was blocking my way with no intention of moving.

Tsk.

Don't get angry easily... Calm down, calm down.

Anger halted her steps, the flames leaping above her head calming down after two crackling sounds. She lowered her head slightly to look at the mage blocking her path: "What?"

Unlike her petite sister, Little Sadness, Angry was much taller, and the magician girl was so close that she had to lower her head.

An angry face doesn't look friendly, and even if he tries his best to force a gentle expression, he doesn't seem like a kind weirdo to the magician.

However, it doesn't matter.

The strange man in front of him posed no threat to him.

The magician could tell at a glance that the level of anger was still a notch below that of the monster representing fear he had seen before. Although it was considered one of the best among the current monsters, that was about it.

The magician first assessed the threatening nature of the anger, then realized she was overthinking things. Most of the eccentrics of this era had reformed and didn't harbor genuine hostility towards humanity like in her time, so there was no need to be so wary.

Just treat it like a local passing by asking for directions.

"Did you see anyone pass by here just now?" The magician, his neck aching from looking up, noticed the confusion creeping onto the angry face. As the other person pondered his answer, he added, "It was a crimson-clad magical girl who flew away from here with someone..."

Anger and alert rose within him: Crimson? This strange guy is looking for the magical girl Crimson?

She didn't have a good feeling about the magician. Unlike the local, innocent and kind magical girls, this outsider seemed to be in a hurry to chase someone, which made her angry and feel that there must be something wrong with him.

Wearing a long robe and acting all mysterious, he came up here looking for trouble with that guy Crimson; he's probably not a good person.

Before her anger, she had already encountered Magical Girl Crimson and Iris.

Although she often caused trouble for others because she couldn't control her temper, which limited the frequency of her outings, she still had the experience of fighting with magical girls as an oddball.

It was precisely because that incident caused trouble for everyone that she was finally restrained by Crimson and Iris during her rampage, thus preventing even greater losses.

Although damage caused by magic can be repaired automatically, it is not so simple if it hurts people; at the very least, the anger would be hard to accept.

...Let's just cover for Crimson.

Just moments ago, she was furious as she watched Tono Hitomi, who hadn't fully transformed, fly over her head and crash into the clock tower. Now, she tried to remain as expressionless as possible as she could when she replied, "She went that way."

She pointed in the opposite direction.

"But I just came from that side!" the magician asked, still doubtful.

She was angry and impatient; her face always looked furious, so her impatience wasn't surprising. She glared at him and said, "I told you it was that way! I saw it with my own eyes, it turns this way."

The magician, having not dealt with such a hot-tempered person in a long time, was a little intimidated and subconsciously apologized: "Thank you, thank you... Don't be angry, I'm sorry, I really troubled you."

Why did you get angry after just a few words? It's kind of scary.

"Who's loitering around here in the middle of the night? If you have nothing to do, go home quickly." Angrily changing the subject, he urged the magician to go back quickly if he had nothing to do, and it would be best if he changed his mind now and stopped chasing Crimson. "There have been a lot of unruly guys from out of town lately, don't run into them."

The unruly out-of-town magician felt like she'd been scolded, yet it also seemed like the other person was just outwardly cold but inwardly concerned for her safety: "...? Okay, thank you."

Having said that, the magician hurriedly left in the direction the anger had pointed.

Anger watched the magician's departing figure, and the brightness above his head quickly decreased, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

When did this suspicious stranger arrive in this city?

But why didn't my older brother tell me anything?

As the local tyrant of Miracle City, the Abyss Gentleman possesses stronger sensory abilities than other monsters. Generally speaking, strangers who pose a threat to the city will be detected by him when they enter Miracle City territory.

Although that nice guy said he wouldn't meddle in other people's business, after living here for so many years, the Gentleman of the Abyss has long regarded maintaining this city as part of his responsibility.

If it were an enemy that posed a threat to the city, he would definitely be the first to react.

But why...?

……and many more.

Anger then realized something was amiss.

Did your brother deliberately delay her getting off work and going home today?

That means...

Anger startled her. She had originally planned to walk to conserve her magic, but now she couldn't care less. A surge of flames erupted beneath her feet, enveloping her entire body.

The next second, she disappeared from the spot.

With a crackling sound, a huge flame burst open on the kitchen stove, then coalesced into a human shape, floating angrily in mid-air before slowly landing.

However, the scene before her left her completely bewildered.

Even though his family members are all masters of demolition, the Abyss Gentleman wouldn't let the house lose its roof, wouldn't let the walls remain charred, could repair a coffee table with missing legs, and could even sew back a cushion that was almost completely devoid of cotton...

...But it definitely won't be like this now, like a gas explosion caused by a typhoon after it passed through, and then the ruins were flooded beyond recognition.

Anger slowly lowered his head and saw that the once intact refrigerator was now reduced to a small door.

After the initial confusion, an uncontrollable anger welled up.

"?"

As the explosion cloud burst above the house of the eccentrics, the magician was stumbling along the path pointed out by anger, completely disoriented.

She sensed a massive burst of intense magical energy erupting in the distance. Fortunately, the current magical rules controlled the power of this unrestrained output, preventing half the city from turning into a sea of ​​fire in its furious outburst.

At times like this, she would always marvel at the practicality of the current magical rules.

Although magic has changed beyond recognition compared to its former self, it is generally safer, which is a good thing.

I really don't want to experience the world's destruction crisis all the time.

While deep in thought about these questions, the magician suddenly felt something stepping on his feet.

Sticky and wet...

By the dim light of the streetlamp, the magician saw that he had stepped into a strange, transparent orange jelly.

……This is?

Main text: Chapter 139 It's really hard to get a meal off you

I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die...

The Orange Juice Monster huddled behind a trash can in the shadows, watching the magician step into his own orange-flavored jelly trap, and felt a chill run down his spine.

Although the Abyss Gentleman hadn't quite found the mysterious raw material yet, the other party's attitude was very sincere, so the Orange Juice Monster readily agreed to the request for help.

But when he agreed, he really didn't know he was about to face the magicians of the Star Tower!

If it were just an ordinary magician, that would be fine, but the magicians of the Star Tower are not from this century in terms of either strength or style of doing things... Will I really not be sealed away so easily?

The Orange Juice Monster lacks the ability to fight head-on, but fortunately, the Abyss Gentleman doesn't expect him to hold off the magician for long, telling the Orange Juice Monster to stall for as long as he can and not to be reckless.

So he only planned to stall here for a little while before running away.

The Orange Juice Monster's strongest immobilization skill is the [Orange Jelly Trap]. The moment the orange jelly is touched, it will suck the enemy into its body and immobilize them... but that's all.

If the magician weren't a germaphobe, she might even eat the orange-flavored jelly directly when it was on her face.

Jelly, that's about the strength it has.

Sure enough, after the magician realized that he could not easily pull his foot out, he realized that this was probably a trap set by the strange man.

She frowned slightly, moved her fingers, and the orange-flavored jelly wrapped around her foot burst open, releasing a spray of orange liquid.