Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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"What do you mean I'm awake? I still want to—hiss—!"

Halfway through her sentence, Su Shi suddenly clutched her head and squatted down, making a painful sound.

With a clatter, the glass containing hot water fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Su Shi, who was originally in a state of hypoglycemia, was suddenly overwhelmed by a flood of memories, and felt as if her skull had been hit by a hammer several times, causing her unbearable pain.

Hearing the sound of glass shattering, Xiangzi woke up immediately. Mu, who was in his arms, also slowly opened her eyes, raised her head, and looked in the direction of Su Shi.

"Sushi!"

Xiangzi rolled over, tumbled off the sofa with a thud, and landed hard on his bottom on the floor.

She didn't even care about her sore bottom after the fall, and hurriedly got up, scrambling over to Su Shi's side.

"It hurts so much..." Su Shi clutched her head. "I...what happened before...what happened before..."

The memories that surfaced in her mind were chaotic and disordered, and Su Shi could hardly tell when those things happened or in what way she participated.

Those things... happened when she was still the goddess of Fairy Tale Town.

Those things that happened in the world of Fairy Tale Town after she fell asleep.

Those things, after reconciliation, were about helping Xiangzi face the challenges of rebirth together.

And... many, many times, I found myself in this cycle of reincarnation without even realizing it.

Are they all true? Are these memories all memories that once belonged to me?

"Xiao Xiang..." Su Shi cried, clutching her head, "What happened...? I'm so scared..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm right here beside you." Xiangzi gently stroked Su Shi's back and touched her forehead with the back of his hand.

There are signs of a slight fever.

However, a magical girl's physical condition shouldn't be so good that she would get such a minor illness. Since they could feel the fever, it must be caused by something else.

It must have been the overwhelming flood of memories that overloaded her brain.

Xiangzi gave Mu a look, and Mu understood immediately and ran to the kitchen, poured out a cup of hot honey water, and handed it to Xiangzi.

Xiangzi gently comforted Su Shi while feeding her honey water.

Finally, after a while, Su Shi gradually quieted down.

She sipped her honey water slowly, sobbing softly.

Xiangzi helped her to the sofa, draped the blanket that He Mu had been covering Su Shi over her shoulders, and then sat down beside her.

"Is it any better?" Xiangzi asked softly.

"blanket......"

"The blanket, what's wrong with the blanket? Is it uncomfortable?" Xiangzi frowned, feeling somewhat guilty, and said, "I'll go get you a new one."

"The blanket... smells like Xiao Xiang and Xiao Mu." Su Shi held her water glass, her voice barely audible, "I feel... very at ease."

It still carried a trace of the residual body heat, and it felt very warm.

Su Shi's tense heart slowly relaxed. She gripped a corner of the blanket, pulling herself closer.

"call."

Xiangzi sat back down.

I thought something serious had happened, but thankfully it's nothing.

She stroked Su Shi's back for a while, like petting a cat, and after Su Shi finished drinking the honey water, she took the glass and handed it to Mu.

During this time, Mu had already cleaned up the broken glass and water stains on the ground.

"Xiao Xiang."

After a while, Su Shi raised her head, looked at the setting sun outside the window, and asked.

"How long have I slept?"

“Seven days have passed since you disappeared,” Xiangzi said. “But actually, it’s been four days since you disappeared.”

Midway through, Su Shi was moved to the other side by Mortis and then transported to the ruins of the divine kingdom in Fairy Tale Town, which caused Su Shi's actual disappearance to last longer than it appeared.

"Seven days... four days... what does that mean?" Su Shi felt her temples still throbbing.

"It was a bit complicated, but it's alright now," Xiangzi said softly. "I'll explain it to you when you're feeling better."

"Well......."

"Now, go back to sleep and get some rest, okay?"

".......good."

Su Shi was like a little girl who hadn't grown up. Whatever Xiangzi said, she would obediently nod in response, then rest her head on Xiangzi's shoulder and snuggle up to her.

She enjoyed this feeling.

From childhood to adulthood, such opportunities have been almost nonexistent. My mother is usually very busy, and when she comes back, I have to comfort her myself.

She herself, on the other hand, doesn't have the opportunity to act coquettishly like that.

Xiangzi's shoulders... feel so warm.

As Su Shi thought this, she slowly closed her eyes.

The Tale of Reincarnation: Bonds - Chapter 722 (Transition)

After soothing Su Shi to sleep, Xiangzi carried her back to bed, then went down to the living room, where He Mu stared at each other blankly.

After a while, Mu finally spoke and asked:

"Su Shi, are you alright?"

“You care about her so much, why don’t you show it more obviously?” Xiangzi patted Mu’s head. “She won’t realize it this way.”

Mu took the initiative to clean up the mess, help make honey water, and clean the house while Su Shi was asleep. Xiang Zi never mentioned it.

However, Su Shi did not see any of these things.

“I…” Mu shook his head, “No, this is enough.”

"...Is that so?" Xiangzi sighed softly.

Mu has always been like this, and it seems she has no intention of changing it.

How did it end up like Mortis?

Mu took all of Mortis's dying words of pleading and pleas for mercy and applied them verbatim to himself. Thinking of Mortis, who was almost the complete opposite of Mu, Xiangzi felt a pang of emotion.

Well, Mortis is a thing of the past, and the Bremen Symphony Orchestra is now down to just Dolores.

"Yan told me all her thoughts before she left. What do you think?"

"Should we send all the seniors to support Mitakihara?"

"Ah."

"no problem."

“I think so too. I must have been out of my mind not to have thought about this before.” Xiangzi shook his head and sighed. “This way, we won’t have to worry so much about the stage setup for the other Witch’s Night.”

"In the end, only Nirvana remains," Mu said.

“Before that, there was Dolores.”

They had overcome almost all the obstacles in their path, leaving only Dolores and the final rebirth.

This cycle of reincarnation is very likely to be the last one.

Will the final cycle of reincarnation have a good outcome?

“It will end well, Xiang.” Mu’s hand covered Xiangzi’s slightly trembling hand. “This is what you deserve.”

“You deserve it,” Xiangzi said softly.

"I do not deny."

“Everyone has been trapped in this cycle of reincarnation for far too long,” Xiangzi said. “It’s time to end it all.”

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After that, Su Shi slept for another night before waking up.

The memories that triggered the super-causal forces within Su Shi's body were all forcibly inserted by Mortis, and it took Su Shi a long time to sort out the chaotic memories. After she woke up, Xiangzi explained the whole story to her one by one, from the first cycle to the present, until she was finally able to fully understand what the extra things in her mind were.

Xiangzi then told Su Shi about Yan's idea and suggested that Su Shi take Deng and the others away from the Reed Plain.

Xiangzi said she needed someone to protect the lamp.

Su Shi's first reaction was, of course, to refuse.

Since her current situation is advantageous to Xiangzi, why would Xiangzi voluntarily give up this "resource" that he can utilize?

They were comrades who fought together for a long time. Even though they're no longer in the same team, they're still magical girls, allies with a common enemy. Besides...

Even if Xiangzi hadn't brought it up, she was already planning to help.

In short, this absolutely cannot be the case.

The lamp certainly wouldn't agree either.

"I don't want the lamp involved, so I'm asking you, Su Shi."

These are Xiangzi's original words.

Rather than saying Xiangzi needed someone to protect the lamp, it would be more accurate to say that Xiangzi needed someone to hold the lamp back, preventing it from getting close to him or to this battlefield.

Su Shi thought about it for a long time.

Xiangzi came up with many other reasons, such as the Bremen Symphony Orchestra, which was almost finished, Dolores's ability to counter Nirvana, and Yan's capable helper...

She tried every possible way to persuade Su Shi.

Finally, Su Shi reluctantly nodded.

"But I will always keep an eye on things, and I will come back without hesitation whenever Xiao Xiang needs help."

"I won't end up like that."

Xiangzi stood at the entrance of the Su family's house, forcing a smile.

"This is my own business, and my only opponent is myself. I don't want too many people to get involved, so... help me protect the light."

“I promise you.” Su Shi nodded.

"The day after tomorrow... no, tomorrow, you need to think of a reason to take the lantern and the others out of the reed plains," Xiangzi said. "Go with the seniors to see Takihara, or go somewhere else, as long as you stay away from the reed plains."

"OK."

"besides......"

"What else?"

"Thank you." Xiangzi bent down and bowed deeply.

Then, she felt a warm sensation on her head; it was Su Shi's hand.

"Don't give up, Xiao Xiang."

"Mm." Xiangzi straightened up and nodded vigorously at Su Shi.

Since parting ways with Su Shi, time has passed, and the day of Nirvana is drawing ever closer.

Magical girls from Ashihara began to be gradually transferred to Mitakihara and Kamihama.

With Shoko's prepared explanation and various pieces of evidence, both Kasumi and Yukina accepted that Nirvana possessed the ability to restrain most magical girls, and were willing to go to Mitakihara to help Madoka and the others fight against another landing witch's night - the stage installation.

Actually, the stage setup was the real purpose of the planned Witch's Night. These magical girls, who had long been prepared, were well-prepared to deal with a powerful witch who had been under observation for a considerable period of time, and Xiangzi had complete confidence in them.

With this arrangement, at least there won't be any more problems with Mitakihara.

As for my own side...

Due to the significant decrease in magical girls in Reed Plains, and the greatly increased frequency of witch appearances during the same period, Mujica's five members had no choice but to eliminate the wild witches that were springing up like mushrooms after rain from morning till night in order to fill the gaps left by the magical girls.

Every day is fulfilling, yet every day leaves me utterly exhausted.

More importantly, before Nirvana, there was another very important enemy: Dolores.