Setting those thoughts aside, Shiro probed Kyuubey once more.
"Mind telling me who Akemi Homura is?"
Hearing this, it tilted its head and said, "...Wouldn't it be more interesting to find it out yourself?"
Unlike the times when it's together with the Magical Girls, Kyuubey revealed a bit of his true nature, one that's much similar to a cold-blooded scientist.
Wordlessly, Shiro used [Projection Magecraft] and called forth one of the great swords recorded in his [Library of the End], an Aegir mechanical blade called [Avenger's Wrath].
Its color in entirety is blood-red, with a red sheen that can be seen on its sharp edge. Having the similar design as his [Quasi-Mechanical Blade], it looked more like an advanced technology instead of a primitive cold weapon.
BAM-!
With it weighing 10 Ton, the great sword easily sunk deep into the ground, turning Kyuubey into a bloodied mush of flesh.
[+100,000 Soul Points]
"I can see why you sported the same look as her."
Suddenly, it reappeared on top of his head as Shiro recalled the projection of the Mechanical Blade from Terra. Then, he used [Earth Restoration (4th-circle)] to repair the more than 100m narrow and deep sword crater that he made.
In no time, everything's back to normal under the rain.
Unbothered by Kyuubey's current position, he asked, "Hm... Why create Magical Girls though? I imagine you wouldn't do so without a purpose."
"To maintain the natural order." It replied.
Surprised, he is about to ask Kyuubey about something when it left with: "It's nice meeting you."
'Natural order..?'
To be honest, he truly got caught off-guard when he received this response from Kyuubey. As for the "Natural Order" that it mentioned, it can pertain to many things; thus Shiro is left under the rain, thinking about the possible conclusions from this.
*****
Slurp~!
After slurping the buckwheat noodles, Roman commented, "It's not as good as yours, but it's still better than mine!"
"Becoming a picky eater, are we?"
Touka added as she finished another bowl of Soba.
"Why wouldn't we? It's Shiro's fault that we became like this."
Shiro, who got attacked from nothing, could only focus on the large bowl that he's eating in one sitting. Once he's done with it, he placed the bowl into the table before laying down the chopsticks on top of it.
"I only noticed this now... I think Roman infected me with his overthinking." He said.
"Why me?!"
"I can't stop thinking about the 'Natural Order' few hours ago."
It's been a few hours since Shiro and Kyuubey met, and the three decided to meet up again in a noodle restaurant due to the cold weather that suited it.
Finishing his bowl, Roman spoke out his thoughts.
"Natural order, huh... That's way too vague to draw answers from..."
"Life, death, destruction, creation... Even karma and destiny is included to it. There's no use overthinking for now, Shiro." Touka, who is silent besides Shiro, said.
Just as Touka had mentioned, they are bound to clash with Kyuubey and its affiliation, the Incubators. That time, they would naturally know more, which will answer their current questions.
"About our current mission..."
"Madoka-chan's wish?" Roman replied to Shiro.
"Right... Things are inevitable. Madoka-chan, she... her wish is to help others." He paused for a while before continuing, "To help others as a Magical Girl."
...
"I... I would like to be the same as Mami-san!"
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Shiro became dumbfounded.
"Even after all of these dangers... you'd still choose to become one?"
Madoka, who couldn't look at Shiro straight in the eyes before, now looked at him with resolve.
"If... If there's a way that I could help someone... I would like to do it!" She declared with a strong gaze, determination oozing out from her eyes.
Seeing this, Shiro couldn't help but recall the black-haired girl whom he considered as one of his first students. Her looks and tone when she declared that she'll become a strong magus overlapped with the current image of Madoka.
"You can't be persuaded now, right?" He asked.
"N-no... This can also help Shiro-san, Touka-san, and Roman-san, too..."
As a new member of the Chat Group, she saw the mission requirements, with one of the objectives all about fulfilling her wish. Since she couldn't think of any other wish than this, Madoka thought that this might help them complete one of the objectives.
"Don't make your choice first."
"Ah?"
This time, Madoka is the one who is surprised.
"Try becoming a magus first. If you can become one, you might not need to rely on this shady deal."
...
After explaining what they talked about, both Roman and Touka went silent. While the latter is shocked that a little girl almost the same age as her little sister can decide that firmly, the former is silent due to something else.
Shiro broke the silence as he said, "Did she remind you about yourself?"
"...Yes."
"Being selfless isn't something that I could understand. Though, she's your spitting image, I daresay."
As a person who acted due to his interests, Shiro couldn't understand Roman at first. Only when he received his partial memories did he understand him, albeit a little.
That's why he decided not to forcefully prevent Roman from using [First Noble Phantasm - Ars Nova].
Ring~!
The bell attached on top of the door rang, indicating that someone entered to the restaurant. However, what made them pay attention to the new arrival is her identity.
"Magical Girl..." Shiro murmured.
Due to their nature, it's fairly easy to discern the Magical Girls from the common populace. The three of them discovered that these Magical Girls doesn't have their soul housed in their body; rather, it is stored inside their Soul Gems.
Thus, they concluded that Magical Girls wouldn't be able to feel pain, which is similar to Zouken's zombie-like state. After all, it is necessary for the soul to live inside the body for them to feel like normal humans.
This young girl has her long red hair tied in a ponytail. She wears a plain blue-green jacket, something that's similar to what Shiro has. Though, his jacket has more details in it.
Sensing the gaze of them, her golden pupils looked back at them—to be more specific, at Shiro.
Thanks to this sacrifice of his, only he is left looking at her, with Roman and Touka shifting their sights quickly.
Left with no choice, Shiro looked away with her, aware that he formed a strange impression with her.
"You two left me behind... What a nice bunch." He deadpanned.
"Sacrifices are necessary, Shiro. It wouldn't matter with your charm, anyways."
"Right, right. You far surpass me during my time as a King, so it's no big deal."
As expected, they did hear the young girl's comments directed at him.
"Tsk. What does he want from me? I've heard that there are quite a few handsome but suspicious individuals nowadays..."
Hearing this, Shiro declared:
"Y'all owe me on this one."
Since they did feel bad, they agreed. Once they finished eating, they soon headed to their lodgings.
With this, a few days had passed. Unbeknownst to them, it's the start of the storm that is about to come...
*****
Fact #76: A Magical Girl has her own special ability. This is related to their wish, thus if they wish for someone to heal someone, they would receive a regenerative/healing ability. Though, it's proven in Kyoko's case that if there comes a time when they regret their own wish, their special ability would be lost. Mami's specialty are her ribbons (to live), Sayaka's specialty is her super regenerative ability (to heal that bastard), and Kyoko has her own charm-illusion ability (for people to believe her father whom is a preacher) before she lost it.
Setting those thoughts aside, Shiro probed Kyuubey once more.
"Mind telling me who Akemi Homura is?"
Hearing this, it tilted its head and said, "...Wouldn't it be more interesting to find it out yourself?"
Unlike the times when it's together with the Magical Girls, Kyuubey revealed a bit of his true nature, one that's much similar to a cold-blooded scientist.
Wordlessly, Shiro used [Projection Magecraft] and called forth one of the great swords recorded in his [Library of the End], an Aegir mechanical blade called [Avenger's Wrath].
Its color in entirety is blood-red, with a red sheen that can be seen on its sharp edge. Having the similar design as his [Quasi-Mechanical Blade], it looked more like an advanced technology instead of a primitive cold weapon.
BAM-!
With it weighing 10 Ton, the great sword easily sunk deep into the ground, turning Kyuubey into a bloodied mush of flesh.
[+100,000 Soul Points]
"I can see why you sported the same look as her."
Suddenly, it reappeared on top of his head as Shiro recalled the projection of the Mechanical Blade from Terra. Then, he used [Earth Restoration (4th-circle)] to repair the more than 100m narrow and deep sword crater that he made.
In no time, everything's back to normal under the rain.
Unbothered by Kyuubey's current position, he asked, "Hm... Why create Magical Girls though? I imagine you wouldn't do so without a purpose."
"To maintain the natural order." It replied.
Surprised, he is about to ask Kyuubey about something when it left with: "It's nice meeting you."
'Natural order..?'
To be honest, he truly got caught off-guard when he received this response from Kyuubey. As for the "Natural Order" that it mentioned, it can pertain to many things; thus Shiro is left under the rain, thinking about the possible conclusions from this.
*****
Slurp~!
After slurping the buckwheat noodles, Roman commented, "It's not as good as yours, but it's still better than mine!"
"Becoming a picky eater, are we?"
Touka added as she finished another bowl of Soba.
"Why wouldn't we? It's Shiro's fault that we became like this."
Shiro, who got attacked from nothing, could only focus on the large bowl that he's eating in one sitting. Once he's done with it, he placed the bowl into the table before laying down the chopsticks on top of it.
"I only noticed this now... I think Roman infected me with his overthinking." He said.
"Why me?!"
"I can't stop thinking about the 'Natural Order' few hours ago."
It's been a few hours since Shiro and Kyuubey met, and the three decided to meet up again in a noodle restaurant due to the cold weather that suited it.
Finishing his bowl, Roman spoke out his thoughts.
"Natural order, huh... That's way too vague to draw answers from..."
"Life, death, destruction, creation... Even karma and destiny is included to it. There's no use overthinking for now, Shiro." Touka, who is silent besides Shiro, said.
Just as Touka had mentioned, they are bound to clash with Kyuubey and its affiliation, the Incubators. That time, they would naturally know more, which will answer their current questions.
"About our current mission..."
"Madoka-chan's wish?" Roman replied to Shiro.
"Right... Things are inevitable. Madoka-chan, she... her wish is to help others." He paused for a while before continuing, "To help others as a Magical Girl."
...
"I... I would like to be the same as Mami-san!"
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Shiro became dumbfounded.
"Even after all of these dangers... you'd still choose to become one?"
Madoka, who couldn't look at Shiro straight in the eyes before, now looked at him with resolve.
"If... If there's a way that I could help someone... I would like to do it!" She declared with a strong gaze, determination oozing out from her eyes.
Seeing this, Shiro couldn't help but recall the black-haired girl whom he considered as one of his first students. Her looks and tone when she declared that she'll become a strong magus overlapped with the current image of Madoka.
"You can't be persuaded now, right?" He asked.
"N-no... This can also help Shiro-san, Touka-san, and Roman-san, too..."
As a new member of the Chat Group, she saw the mission requirements, with one of the objectives all about fulfilling her wish. Since she couldn't think of any other wish than this, Madoka thought that this might help them complete one of the objectives.
"Don't make your choice first."
"Ah?"
This time, Madoka is the one who is surprised.
"Try becoming a magus first. If you can become one, you might not need to rely on this shady deal."
...
After explaining what they talked about, both Roman and Touka went silent. While the latter is shocked that a little girl almost the same age as her little sister can decide that firmly, the former is silent due to something else.
Shiro broke the silence as he said, "Did she remind you about yourself?"
"...Yes."
"Being selfless isn't something that I could understand. Though, she's your spitting image, I daresay."
As a person who acted due to his interests, Shiro couldn't understand Roman at first. Only when he received his partial memories did he understand him, albeit a little.
That's why he decided not to forcefully prevent Roman from using [First Noble Phantasm - Ars Nova].
Ring~!
The bell attached on top of the door rang, indicating that someone entered to the restaurant. However, what made them pay attention to the new arrival is her identity.
"Magical Girl..." Shiro murmured.
Due to their nature, it's fairly easy to discern the Magical Girls from the common populace. The three of them discovered that these Magical Girls doesn't have their soul housed in their body; rather, it is stored inside their Soul Gems.
Thus, they concluded that Magical Girls wouldn't be able to feel pain, which is similar to Zouken's zombie-like state. After all, it is necessary for the soul to live inside the body for them to feel like normal humans.
This young girl has her long red hair tied in a ponytail. She wears a plain blue-green jacket, something that's similar to what Shiro has. Though, his jacket has more details in it.
Sensing the gaze of them, her golden pupils looked back at them—to be more specific, at Shiro.
Thanks to this sacrifice of his, only he is left looking at her, with Roman and Touka shifting their sights quickly.
Left with no choice, Shiro looked away with her, aware that he formed a strange impression with her.
"You two left me behind... What a nice bunch." He deadpanned.
"Sacrifices are necessary, Shiro. It wouldn't matter with your charm, anyways."
"Right, right. You far surpass me during my time as a King, so it's no big deal."
As expected, they did hear the young girl's comments directed at him.
"Tsk. What does he want from me? I've heard that there are quite a few handsome but suspicious individuals nowadays..."
Hearing this, Shiro declared:
"Y'all owe me on this one."
Since they did feel bad, they agreed. Once they finished eating, they soon headed to their lodgings.
With this, a few days had passed. Unbeknownst to them, it's the start of the storm that is about to come...
*****
Fact #76: A Magical Girl has her own special ability. This is related to their wish, thus if they wish for someone to heal someone, they would receive a regenerative/healing ability. Though, it's proven in Kyoko's case that if there comes a time when they regret their own wish, their special ability would be lost. Mami's specialty are her ribbons (to live), Sayaka's specialty is her super regenerative ability (to heal that bastard), and Kyoko has her own charm-illusion ability (for people to believe her father whom is a preacher) before she lost it.
