Raise Magical Girls and Leave Them With Eternal Regret

37. Darkness Before the Eyes

Thus, Night Demon focused on an opportunity, ready to strike at any moment.

It was simple to restore Bai Yu to her former strength; all that was needed was to stage a similar event before her eyes once more, and it should work.

In truth, He had not wanted to do this… after all, the risks were quite high. However, since she had already come into contact with another magical girl, His desires and wishes were gradually weakening, which was not what He wanted to see.

For this reason, He had no choice but to take the risk and do it once more.

Thinking this way, Night Demon quietly observed, and then—seizing a moment, at the instant Bai Yu let her guard down, He threw the black fireball He had been holding for a long time towards her without hesitation.

“Ugh!”

“?! Bai Yu!”

Although the fireball seemed to be weakened by something during its flight towards Bai Yu, it still could not be stopped, crashing into her and sending her flying.

Hit by the fireball, Bai Yu felt a bit unlucky; after all, this surprise attack was not just a simple matter of being caught off guard.

Because… this attack struck the wound on her abdomen from before.

Though it appeared healed on the outside, there were still hidden ailments within. Even though she quickly used her magic to recover from the injury after being hit, it would take a long time to fully heal.

Seeing Bai Yu half-kneeling on the ground, Wu Yue felt anxious and wanted to rush to her side. However, the four giant lizards suddenly turned their attention towards her for some unknown reason, ignoring Bai Yu and attacking Wu Yue instead.

Faced with the assault of these four giant lizards, Wu Yue had no choice but to stop and fight them. Since they currently had no intention of attacking Bai Yu, she decided to take them down first before going to Bai Yu.

Thus, she engaged in a struggle with the four giant lizards. Although it was somewhat difficult, she managed to cope.

Seeing that Wu Yue was not in too much trouble despite leaving the battlefield, Bai Yu sighed in relief and prepared to support herself, attempting to stand up again.

“Ugh!”

But the pain from this attack was truly unbearable, so before Bai Yu could fully rise, the sharp pain in her abdomen forced her to kneel once more.

“Ha…”

Just as she took a deep breath, preparing to stand up again, a hand landed on her.

“Yuu?!”

The newcomer was none other than Yuu.

Looking at Yuu, who had appeared before her and helped her up, Bai Yu furrowed her brows and asked:

“Why… why are you still here? It’s dangerous here; you shouldn’t be here!”

“…I just finished saving someone. I was worried about you all, so I came back to take a look, but I didn’t expect something would actually happen.”

After a sigh, Yuu glanced in Wu Yue’s direction, watching her fight with all her might, seemingly reluctant. He then sighed again, shook his head, and said:

“I’ll take you away from them for now. Wu Yue can still handle them for the time being, but if one of them has its sights set on you… that would be bad.”

“…Once you’ve recovered a bit, it won’t be too late to help her.”

Even so, Yuu still planned to take Bai Yu away and then have her stay put, while he transformed into a snake knight to assist Wu Yue.

After all, sending someone who had just been injured, someone whose wounds hadn’t even healed, back into battle… that was just too reckless.

Thinking this, Yuu, just like last time when Wu Yue had carried him, hoisted Bai Yu onto his back and ran in the direction away from the battlefield.

“…Phew, as long as they’re safe.”

Meanwhile, in the distance, Wu Yue, who was battling the negative beasts, felt a sense of relief upon seeing Yuu escape with Bai Yu.

However… her mood didn’t improve much; in fact, it seemed to worsen?

“It’s just like when he carried me before… Yuu.”

“…”

“Anyway… it’s just a special circumstance.”

Recalling the sight of Yuu carrying Bai Yu away, Wu Yue silently told herself:

“That position still belongs to me.”

This was an undeniable fact.

Yuu carrying Bai Yu away was also something he had no choice in.

So, she didn’t feel anger; or rather, the object of her anger should be the monsters in front of her.

With this thought, Wu Yue’s strikes became even more forceful.

“Boom!”

A giant lizard was sent flying into the sky.

“…”

In other words, she needed to quickly eliminate these negative beasts and return to Yuu’s side to quell her own anger.

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At this moment, on the other side.

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Yuyou had successfully led Baiyu a distance away, without encountering any obstacles. This meant that after accomplishing all of this, he should have immediately transformed into the Snake Knight and gone to help Wuyue.

But… that was in the most ideal scenario.

Because reality often does not unfold as one wishes.

“…Tsk! Yuyou, run!”

“That guy… is coming again!”

Looking at Baiyu blocking his path, and the Night Demon standing in front of them in the distance, Yuyou couldn’t help but feel a twinge of helplessness.

“The Night Demon has appeared again…”

And this time, it was heading straight for Baiyu.

After all, when the Night Demon first appeared before them, Yuyou had sensed it in advance, confirming that its attention was focused on Baiyu, not on himself.

Thus, he could temporarily rule out the possibility of his identity being exposed.

So… was its appearance this time meant to completely kill Baiyu, to eradicate her once and for all?

If that were the case… then he might be in some trouble, because it would mean he had to reveal his “Snake Knight” identity early to fight it.

“…”

But for now… this Night Demon seemed to have something to say.

Then let him see what this guy intends to do.

“Run! Yuyou!”

As he pondered, seeing Yuyou still standing in place, Baiyu couldn’t help but shout at him in anger.

“I can still hold it off! You have to run, run quickly! If you die, then she will…”

Then Wuyue would lose “hope”!

This Night Demon was definitely here to cause her trouble; regardless of the outcome, it would surely not be good!

But… if she were the only one to get hurt, that would be one thing.

But if others got involved, then the situation would be completely different!

She didn’t want her problems…

To cause Yuyou’s death.

“…! Get out of the way!”

However, before she could wait for Yuyou’s response, a massive explosion suddenly roared down from the direction of the sky.

It was fast; she sensed nothing!

All she knew was that afterward, she was “crashed” to the ground, accompanied by intense pain.

And then… all that remained before her was darkness.

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