Raise Magical Girls and Leave Them With Eternal Regret

31. Baiyu’s Complicated Past

“Ha… I really can’t accept it.”

After returning to her home.

Looking at the empty living room, Baiyu fell silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and walked toward her room.

Entering the room, she closed the door and took out her phone, staring at the group chat she had just created with Yuyou and Wuyue, lost in thought.

“Be careful on your way home… Let’s talk about the combat training tomorrow.” — Yuyou.

“If we’re at school tomorrow, I’ll come find you, okay? After all, this is also an opportunity to enhance our communication…” — Wuyue.

Looking at the messages from Yuyou and Wuyue on her phone, Baiyu didn’t know how to respond. After sending a simple “Mm,” she fell silent again.

“…”

When she finally snapped back to reality, she realized she had been staring at the chat screen for quite a while. The time displayed showed that over five minutes had passed.

“What am I doing…”

Shaking her head helplessly, she turned off her phone screen, lay down on her bed, closed her eyes, and began to think.

“…”

Now, she truly still couldn’t accept what Yuyou had done.

Whether it was for the plans they had made, or saying, “Leave everything except combat to me,” it all reminded her too much of her deceased loved ones.

No power, yet still making such light promises.

No power, yet still self-righteously trying to help them.

Even when wanting to separate, they stubbornly held on, unwilling to let go.

It was simply…

—

“It’s so annoying…”

Looking at the charred photo on the bedside table—unrecognizable, a family portrait, Bai Yu thought.

If this continues, anyone could end up getting hurt, right?

But… if she’s going to collaborate with Wu Yue, then she will inevitably have to interact with You Yu.

So, let’s just keep silent.

After all, what she needs to do is merely train for battle with Wu Yue.

As for other issues… she won’t concern herself with them anymore.

Because this is a necessary step to fulfill the “wish” in her heart.

Therefore, before this “wish” fades away with the exhaustion of her spirit, she can’t afford to do too many irrelevant things.

At most, she can only…

Try to help Wu Yue protect the people around her, after all, once they get caught up in this brutal fight, there will be no way to escape.

If Wu Yue loses her mental support, then the magical girl who was so hard to bring into existence might just disappear.

“…”

“Maybe I should just sleep for a bit.”

After finishing her thoughts, Bai Yu closed her eyes and drifted into slumber.

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“‘What exactly are the black flames that suddenly appeared in Rainbow City a year ago?! Experts will provide you with answers!’”

“…”

“I didn’t expect to actually find something.”

Looking at the information on his phone, You Yu thought.

Yesterday, after finishing his conversation with Bai Yu and Wu Yue, he specifically woke Mamba up that evening and inquired about information regarding the “Night Demon.”

Because this time, he had seen the Night Demon with his own eyes and had fought against it, Mamba within him also shared this intelligence.

Thus, based on his recollection of the Night Demon’s appearance, Mamba found a series of streamlined information and relayed it to You Yu.

One point mentioned one of the Night Demon’s abilities—black flames that burn with negative emotions as their source.

After receiving this information, You Yu decided to use it as a lead to investigate past events.

After all, Bai Yu had mentioned that she had encountered evil officials a few times in the past, and one of those she fought against was the Night Demon.

So, using this as a breakthrough, You Yu began searching online for key information based on the “black flames,” trying to uncover crucial details and see if he could deduce what had happened to Bai Yu in the past.

After all, as long as she had fought, someone must have seen it, even if… the probability was quite low.

After all, special existences like magical girls or evil officials seem to be interfered with by some force, making it difficult for them to leave any effective information online; most of what exists is mere hearsay.

So, once You Yu realized this, he didn’t hold out much hope, but for that slim chance, he still proceeded with his search.

Then… he came across this report.

“Although the authenticity of this report is still unclear, that black flame does resemble what I saw.”

“There should still be a chance…”

With that thought, Youyu clicked on the report.

As he entered, the black flame on the cover filled his phone screen, almost consuming it entirely.

Scrolling down, Youyu finally saw the full picture.

The image displayed an ordinary office building, and at the top floor, black flames were burning, with thick black smoke gradually rising.

“So it was a black sky…”

It’s worth mentioning that the photo was taken at night, so the lack of light resulted in a blurry image, providing little information.

However, after a careful observation, Youyu still noticed some peculiar details.

“…Who are these two?”

He saw two figures in the image, standing on the rooftop of the office building, spaced apart, seemingly engaged in some sort of standoff.

“…”

As he continued to scroll, the image miraculously became clearer than before. With the outlines of the two figures sharpening, Youyu could make out a few details.

“I can barely see one in blue… and another in black.”

He had a hypothesis in mind, but it needed verification.

With that thought, he exited the image preview mode and began to read the article.

“…”

After reading through the article, there was no explanation regarding the two figures; only the author’s speculations and interpretations about the black flame.

It seemed his guess was indeed correct.

Something was obstructing people’s understanding of magical girls and negative beasts.

But for now, that wasn’t his main concern.

Because…

He saw another image.

It was a picture of a man standing next to his daughter, his face filled with pain and despair.

His daughter looked the same, and one could sense a feeling of hatred towards something from her expression.

“…A father and daughter who survived a catastrophe, they moved away from this place…”

Muttering that line from the report, Youyu fell into deep thought.

It seemed that Baiyu’s past was somewhat complicated.