NOVEL NEXT Chapter 96
March 17
We were watching the dance of a girl in Elysion.
A large dark blue scythe danced, drawing a huge arc.
Although she was certainly the smallest girl among the magical girls in Elysion.
Under a dark blue meteor shower, her dance while fluttering a black veil had a presence stronger than anyone else.
A dark sky.
A deep blue mist.
The once blue spring sky covered the awakening girls with a dark blue fog to shield them from the sunlight.
[Power of Death] Magical Girl Unique Skill
World of the Dead
The dark blue crow called the world of death Tartarus.
The world where Alisa first became aware.
Cold and still, a river breeze blew.
Dark waters flowed into the once green plains of Elysion.
The path of the dead.
At the request of the magical girl endowed with the power of death, the realms of the living and the dead were connected.
The skeletal ferryman turned his head away, pretending not to see the girl’s request.
The three-headed dog blocked its nose, closing its eyes as it chased the dead.
Souls rush beyond the river from which they can never return.
Cobalt blue
Fluorescent green
Dark gray
The souls slowly approached the three glass stars where the curse of struggle flowed like a vein.
Dark blue waters slowly rose beneath Alisa, dancing to welcome the dead, opening a path for them.
Souls wandering in the world of death.
Meeting with the starlight inside the glass stars.
A miracle occurs.
Thousands of magical girls watching the miracle could only cover their mouths with tears streaming down their faces.
“Ugh… my head hurts.”
“Huh? Where is this…?”
“I feel like I followed some scary light.”
“Lina?! What happened to China? [Sword] Magical Girl?!”
“Ah?! Boom? Where is this?!”
From a gently glowing shallow shore, hundreds of magical girls stood up.
After the shocking memories of death, the girls sealed in the world of darkness were revived with an azure light.
One of the resurrected magical girls from Europe, bewildered, noticed her friends sobbing in the distance and tried to walk over.
Splash
Splash
Though her shoes were soaked as she approached her friends, she ventured forth, enjoying the strangely cozy coolness of the river.
“Whoa?! Laura? Why are you guys crying? What on earth happened? What was that explosion?!”
“Come here.”
“Huh? Wh-who are you?”
“Alisa.”
“Oh… hello.”
“Hi.”
Alisa watched the bewildered girl while letting her dark blue scythe hang down.
“Hikari… it’s over.”
“Alisa, is there anyone who didn’t make it back?”
“Everyone’s here.”
She shook her head while wearing a black veil.
Another Alisa from the original work wore a white veil. However, the switched Alisa wore a black veil suitable for a funeral.
“They said not to call for those who aren’t here. They wanted to rest.”
“……”
“There aren’t many. I moved them quietly to sleep in Tartarus.”
“…Thank you.”
“It’s nothing. I also received a second chance from Asha and you.”
A few magical girls chose to refuse resurrection of their own will.
Among them were girls belonging to Scavengers.
Alex.
Doctor.
Lee.
They had no intention of reviving the Scavengers but said they chose to sleep in the world of death from the beginning.
For them, this world is filled with endless chaos and madness.
After a lifetime of self-destruction and destruction of others, they finally became true Scavengers after locking themselves in emptiness and cold darkness.
‘The last remaining [Revenge] is likely burning with that unstoppable madness as well.’
Even in this scene filled with tears of joy and laughter, I felt choked up.
‘…For now, let’s just congratulate them.’
The magical girl of [Pierce] who trained harder than anyone else.
Chloe splashed through the dark blue waters, not caring that her white skirt was getting wet as she dashed to greet her friends from afar.
“Come on!!”
“What?! What is it?! Tell me what’s happening!”
“I don’t know, you fool!! Why are you making people sad?!”
“…You’ve changed a bit scary, huh?”
“I don’t know!!”
Lee Meirin was crying hoarsely while holding two girls with long blue hair and red braided hair who had become alive again. The two people with contrasting hair colors held a spear and a dagger they had clutched to protect people until they died.
“…Oh my God.”
“Is, is this really happening?”
“Ugh… th-this is…”
Magical girls from all over the world gathered to welcome the girls reborn from death.
The ordinary people watching could only cover their mouths in admiration as they witnessed their reunion amid tears over the dark waters.
“This, this is a scoop.”
“Damn… I wonder if they’ll believe this when I write it.”
Reporters, witnessing a miracle that seemed to come out of a myth, tried to calm their trembling hands to capture the moment.
‘I hope there are no strange misunderstandings.’
I emphasized to the ordinary people who came to Elysion that this is a ceremony that cannot be performed by just anyone.
Worried that this event might lead to fanaticism or desire toward magical girls, I highlighted that this isn’t something that happens easily.
Originally, Alisa planned to execute this immediately after blooming, but…
– No way. Calm down, sister. If you just go through with it like this, it’ll be chaos.
– Please calm down. This is a miracle beyond human reason.
Only after Gang Dorim and Sumire strongly urged and explained multiple times to national agencies and people was it finally executed.
Even those who were typically rational were on the brink of fainting upon hearing that I intended to execute this alongside Alisa.
‘I hope there won’t be any strange winds from the religious sphere.’
After last year’s [Bombardment] and the fight, it was something I felt I had worked hard to witness, so I thought it would only be a feeling of achievement.
Nevertheless, the sight of the dead girls revived, laughing under the warm sun, sent chills down even my spine.
“Your Majesty.”
“Yes?”
I was startled and turned to one of the magical girls from Europe who approached me.
She had just risen from the river, walking out dripping, yet seemed unconcerned.
“Are you… are you a deity?”
“…No, I’m just a magical girl.”
“I distinctly remember being decapitated by a bloody dagger. I still remember clearly.”
“That must have been a painful memory.”
“The black girl who saved me said it was a request from Your Majesty.”
“If there is gratitude to be expressed, it should be directed at Alisa…”
Grip
She politely took my hand.
It was damp but warm.
Like a newborn baby.
“Thank you.”
“……”
“Thank you.”
Tears streamed down her face as she spoke.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
The girls who had arrived surrounded me in no time.
They looked at me with eyes full of reverence, expressing nothing but gratitude.
Then one by one, they began to kneel before me.
As countless people moved across the shallow waters, small waves formed and rippled.
Waves from afar approached, gently tapping on me.
Dozens
Hundreds
Thousands
Even those watching
Even those I knew
Lee Meirin
Lina
Laura
Chloe
Ella
Even those who had faced me multiple times all knelt before me, expressing their gratitude.
‘It’s Alisa who deserves the thanks.’
I looked at Alisa, surprised by this scene, but she was already far away chatting with Yeonseo.
Alisa seemed burdened by this and left it all to me.
“This grace… I will never forget.”
“We will follow you.”
“Th-thank you.”
“Thanks to you, I was able to meet my mom again.”
“We heard everything you did while we were dead.”
“Thank you for protecting my hometown.”
I stood there, dumbfounded, surrounded by thousands of girls kneeling and hundreds of spectators bowing their heads in reverence.
“…….”
This isn’t what I wanted.
The girls kneeling by the dark blue river.
I sat down beside them to meet their gaze.
The skirt I wore was completely soaked, fluttering with the movement of the water.
At their eye level.
I smiled at the magical girls who returned from the darkness.
“If you kneel, I will do it too.”
“But…!”
“If you suffer, I will feel it too.”
“……”
I took the hand of the girl closest to me.
The girl who greeted me first was staring at me with teary grateful eyes.
“I’m a person who does things together… not someone you have to obey.”
As I conveyed my thoughts, her eyes finally shed tears, so I wiped them with my sleeve. I playfully winked at Lee Meirin and Laura, who would probably often meet at the council.
‘Can you handle this?’
They understood the implication.
Lee Meirin and Laura, feeling overwhelmed by emotion, smiled through their tear-soaked faces in embarrassment.
“Let’s just be happy today.”
“Yes…!”
The girls who returned from the dark waters.
All the magical girls who came to Elysion for them held a celebration party.
The flying island.
In the magical girls’ town settled there, a festival unfolded for a while.
Delicious food.
Loud chatter.
Girls’ laughter.
Magical wonders.
Time flowed like a dream.
We shared the joy of reunion until we returned to our daily lives.
And that scene was captured by the cameras of the reporters who came and broadcast to the world.