“In short, that’s how things are.”
“The longer we wait, the more power is needed to separate the two worlds. Our strength isn’t growing fast enough to keep up with the increasing requirement. Now is our best opportunity.”
Luo Shuangyue explained everything she had learned from the two worlds to Xia Mo.
At this moment, she felt the weight of the massive problem before them.
The World Consciousness of both worlds had clearly told her that this would be extremely difficult.
Even if Luo Shuangyue could consolidate all the power from both worlds within herself, the probability of success was less than ten percent.
If she didn’t take this risk, the ultimate fate of both worlds would be total destruction, turning into drifting debris within the Star Sea.
With Luo Shuangyue’s strength, she might be able to protect the people she cherished just before the moment of destruction, leading them to wander into the depths of the Star Sea.
“But it feels wrong to do that.” Luo Shuangyue shook her head.
What was the difference between that and deserting on the eve of battle? She didn’t want to be a coward, nor did she want to be haunted by thoughts like ‘If I had tried back then, maybe there would be a different result’ for the rest of her life.
Her past life had shaped her. She couldn’t just stand by and ignore these things, just like her father and mother.
“Xia Mo, do you think I should take this risk?”
“You already made up your mind, haven’t you?” Xia Mo asked in return. She knew exactly what kind of person Luo Shuangyue was.
Death was not something they feared. This was true for Xia Mo, and it was true for Luo Shuangyue.
Becoming a Magical Girl inherently meant stepping onto a path fraught with danger.
If that was the case for Xia Mo, why would it be any different for Luo Shuangyue?
As Xia Mo’s lover, sharing a mutual understanding, how could Luo Shuangyue be someone who feared death or someone who would abandon everything just to survive?
Xia Mo was right; Luo Shuangyue had already made her decision.
And she believed that Xia Mo would support her.
Because she knew what kind of person Xia Mo was, just as Xia Mo understood her.
“Do your best. Just like Senior White Night said, we are Magical Girls, and there is nothing we can’t do,” Xia Mo said seriously, placing her hands on Luo Shuangyue’s shoulders and emphasizing every word.
“Ha, am I even still a Magical Girl at this point?”
“I think you are. You always have been. As long as you have the heart of a Magical Girl, you are one.”
Xia Mo pointed at Luo Shuangyue’s slightly rising chest, implying that being a Magical Girl wasn’t restricted by such trivialities.
Luo Shuangyue was no longer a Demon.
The magic energy composing her body was the fused Magic Power of the Magical Girls. She was more of a Magical Girl than any of them.
“So go and do what you feel you must. I will always be behind you, supporting you.”
“I thought you’d be reluctant to let me take such a risk.”
“Do you think I’m some kind of petty person with a heart the size of a needle?” Xia Mo asked irritably, reaching out to pinch Luo Shuangyue’s cheek hard.
She was indeed reluctant to let Luo Shuangyue go, but what choice did she have?
She knew Luo Shuangyue was doing the right thing.
The responsibility currently resting on Luo Shuangyue’s shoulders was too heavy.
If Xia Mo couldn’t help her carry it, she at least wouldn’t trip her up.
Sometimes, letting go was its own form of love.
“What should I do if I die?”
“I’ll remember you in my heart for the rest of my life.”
“Wow, I thought you’d say you’d die with me!”
“Do you want to see me die with you? If you ask, I wouldn’t mind.”
“…Never mind. Giving up your life for a dead person is a bit too foolish.” Luo Shuangyue looked up at the sky.
The sky within the Space Fragment was pitch black and deep, without a single speck of light.
It was just like their future.
She reached out her hand, reaching toward the sky as if trying to find a single ray of hopeful light within that dark future.
But she couldn’t find it.
Beneath this black canopy, light only existed within them.
Hope only existed within them.
“Two days from now, I hope we can succeed.” Luo Shuangyue clenched her fist, erasing the last lingering trace of hesitation in her heart.
She had to try!
For these two worlds, and for the people she loved!
Xia Mo reached out and pulled Luo Shuangyue into her arms, leaning her head gently against Luo Shuangyue’s.
She whispered in response, “We will definitely succeed.”
This might be their last embrace, so neither of them wanted to let go until another guest arrived in the space.
“So that’s how it is… So you’ve already decided, Little Yue?” White Night’s voice wasn’t as bouncy as usual after hearing Luo Shuangyue’s explanation.
When her voice became steady, it meant matters had reached a truly dire state.
“A ten percent chance… that’s a bit too low.” White Night scratched her hair forcefully, her voice filled with annoyance.
If she were the one facing this choice, she would make the same decision as Luo Shuangyue, but she didn’t want Luo Shuangyue to have to make it.
This sort of thing should have been handled by her, the mother and Mentor, yet it was being left to a child like Luo Shuangyue.
It made her feel terrible.
Especially since the success rate was so low.
Failure meant her body would be destroyed and her Soul scattered.
“It’s normal for the success rate to be low for something like this. If we let it drag on, I’m afraid there wouldn’t even be a ten percent chance,” Luo Shuangyue said, smiling at her mother.
Although White Night had never really acted like a mother, Luo Shuangyue could truly feel her mother’s genuine love right now.
“If only I were stronger…”
“Even if you were stronger, Mom, you wouldn’t be able to do this. You can only obtain the power of one world, and that power isn’t enough,” Luo Shuangyue interrupted.
This didn’t have much to do with raw strength anymore. No matter how strong White Night was, she couldn’t absorb and convert the power of the other world. It was simply impossible.
Luo Shuangyue was different.
Her purpose for being created was to one day go to the Otherworld to save her dad.
Therefore, from the moment she was born, she possessed the talent to use the Magic Power of both worlds.
This was the joint masterpiece of the Holy Sovereign and White Night.
It was this unintentional act that gave Luo Shuangyue the chance to change the current situation.
This was the result of countless coincidences—a miracle that could never be replicated.
“I am a miracle right now, and I believe I can definitely create another one!”
Luo Shuangyue’s gaze met White Night’s. The mother and daughter stared at each other for a long time until White Night finally let out a long sigh.
Her daughter had truly grown up.
“Remember, there are many, many people here waiting for you to come back. Don’t make them sad.”
“Yes, I know. I won’t make them sad!”
“Remember to tell Xiao Xing.”
“I will.”
She had told Xia Mo and her mother; she naturally couldn’t leave out her sister.
After White Night’s official return, Luo Shuangxing’s strength had returned to its original level.
Having lost her Full Bloom Class power, she was actually living a much more relaxed life now.
“It seems you’ve been doing alright these past few days?”
Having returned to the Mother Star through a Starlight Portal, Luo Shuangyue found her sister.
Luo Shuangxing set down several large boxes she was carrying and gave Luo Shuangyue a grumpy look. “I’m busy. If you have something to say, just say it.”
“Let’s go over there.”
Luo Shuangyue pointed to the side.
Walking over, Luo Shuangxing looked at her sister’s face and realized the atmosphere was a bit off.
It was too heavy, as if her sister were about to break some terrible news to her.
Even when Luo Shuangyue had told her recently that a crisis was imminent, her tone had been quite light.
This time, however, she felt her sister was being extremely serious.
So serious that it felt like she was ready to face death at any moment.
“I have a lead on a way to keep both worlds existing,” Luo Shuangyue cleared her throat and began.
“It’s dangerous, isn’t it?” Hearing that first sentence, Luo Shuangxing knew what was coming next.
She interrupted Luo Shuangyue and asked bluntly, “What is the probability of success?”
“Less than ten percent.”
“What happens if you fail?”
“I’ll be reduced to ashes.”
“You’ve already decided?”
“Yes. It starts in two days. This is our only chance.” The brief exchange ended.
The atmosphere between the sisters nearly froze.
Luo Shuangxing stared at Luo Shuangyue, her chest heaving violently. Her fists clenched and relaxed several times in a cycle.
She wanted to say something, but what could she say?
“Do Mom and Elder Sister Xia Mo already know?”
“Yes.”
“They agreed?”
“Yes.”
“Then if I say I don’t agree, will you not go?”
Luo Shuangyue remained silent for a long time before slowly but firmly shaking her head.
She wouldn’t stop.
The answer was clear.
“I’m not like Mom or Elder Sister Xia Mo. I only want you to live, Sister. I want our family to live happily together.” Luo Shuangxing leaned against the wall weakly at Luo Shuangyue’s response.
She covered her face and spoke softly.
“Maybe I was never suited to be a Magical Girl. I’m a very selfish, petty person.”
“But you, Sister, are a hopeless do-gooder! Even when you were pretending to be a villain, you were such a do-gooder!”
“That’s because of Mom and Dad’s influence, isn’t it?” Luo Shuangyue didn’t deny it.
In the past, she had joined Eternal Night to become a villain because she wanted to shoulder all the danger herself, keeping her family away from such things.
In the end, she hadn’t expected the people around her to become Magical Girls one after another.
All her defensive efforts had been for nothing.
And now, the current situation was indeed something only she could handle. She was already carrying too much on her back; there was no turning back.
Perhaps others wouldn’t blame her, but her own heart would constantly question her in the years to come.
So she had to do this, even if the result might not be perfect.
“Alright, don’t look so miserable. I might not die,” Luo Shuangyue said with a smile, reaching out to ruffle her sister’s hair.
“You said it yourself, the success rate is only ten percent.”
“But we are Magical Girls. We’re best at turning the impossible into the possible. Besides, the success rate isn’t zero.”
“That’s just sophistry…” Luo Shuangxing sniffed loudly and extended her pinky toward Luo Shuangyue. “Pinky swear. You aren’t allowed to lie to me.”
Luo Shuangyue looked at the pinky extended before her.
After a moment of hesitation, she reached out and hooked her finger with her sister’s.
She would definitely come back alive.
“If I make it back, Shuangxing, you have to confess to Yi!”
“…Get lost!”
“What are you doing?”
“You probably know the situation by now. This child won’t be of much use for what comes next, so it’s better if she stays here.” Luo Shuangyue smiled as she placed the palm-sized doll that had been sitting on her shoulder onto Monice’s temporary desk.
Phantom Scythe clung to Luo Shuangyue’s arm, tears welling in her eyes as she refused to let go, but Luo Shuangyue remained unusually firm this time.
Monice looked at Phantom Scythe silently.
She noticed that this version of Phantom Scythe was very different from the Spirit Weapon she had seen before.
Phantom Scythe seemed to have become an independent individual, separated from Luo Shuangyue.
Only Luo Shuangyue could have done this.
“You’re that lacking in confidence?”
“You’re a rational person, Boss. Do you think I should be mindlessly confident right now?”
Luo Shuangyue’s question made Monice chuckle. True enough.
She had nothing to say regarding Luo Shuangyue’s decision.
If even White Night had agreed, what could someone like her—who wasn’t that close to Luo Shuangyue—possibly say?
Reaching out to take the reluctant Phantom Scythe from Luo Shuangyue, Monice spoke with a grave expression.
“Even though it might not be my place to say this… you must come back.”
“We still need you in Eternal Night.”
Luo Shuangyue laughed as well. “I thought Eternal Night had already been absorbed by the Guangfa Department.”
“It’s just a temporary cooperation. If Jiu Ye heard you say that, she’d probably cry from anger.”
Speaking of that cute little catgirl, Luo Shuangyue curiously asked about Jiu Ye’s current situation. Things in Xinghai City should be fairly peaceful lately, right?
Monice was cooperating with the Guangfa Department, and Jiu Ye was guarding the home front, so there shouldn’t be major problems—especially since Jiu Ye was now a Transhuman who had undergone a massive upgrade.
“Aside from being unable to keep up with daily chores, everything is fine. Oh, she mentioned she recently made a Magical Girl friend and wants to show off to us when we get back.” Monice rested her chin on her hand, projecting the messages Jiu Ye had recently sent into the air.
“You won’t let her down, will you?”
Luo Shuangyue blinked, seemingly surprised to hear such words from Monice.
‘She says she doesn’t want me to let Jiu Ye down, but what she really means is she doesn’t want me to let her down,’ Luo Shuangyue thought.
She hadn’t expected someone like Monice to have such a side to her.
“I won’t. I won’t let her down, and I won’t let you down either, Boss.” Luo Shuangyue nodded firmly.
“It has nothing to do with me. Do whatever you want. If you die, I won’t have to pay your salary…”
“Haha, then I definitely can’t die yet. After all, you still owe me several months of back pay.”
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