Chapter 99 : Unspoken Words

March 28

“So I’ve become an older sister, Hikari-chan!”

“Congratulations, Hana-chan.”

Because Sato Hana had made many friends including me, she had been going on adventures between her shabby apartment, Kyoko’s house, and Elysion since last December. During that time, the Sato couple, who were able to spend intense time together, finally conceived their second child.

Upon hearing this news, Hana came all the way to Elysion, crossing the warp gate in one step, to tell me.

‘We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.’

For some reason, Hana seemed certain that the baby in her mother’s womb was a little sister.

Even if a little brother is born, I don’t think Hana would be disappointed, but listening to Hana speak with such strong conviction made me think that perhaps a little sister might really be born as if by fate.

Hana, who had awakened to 2-star after receiving numerous dreams, was rejoicing with her eyes wide open, sparkling with yellow stars, even though she wasn’t transformed.

Around her, the trio of golden girls who had somehow come to follow Hana like a leader were congratulating her.

“Congratulations, Hana!”

“Congratulations!”

“You’re becoming an older sister now!”

“Heheh! Thank you!”

“But how are babies made?”

“The goddess of [Beginning] carves starlight to make them! Silly Sylph!”

“Ah, I see.”

Magical girls gathered around Hana, who was shrugging her shoulders, sprinkling golden energy and blessing her.

Echo, Daphne, Sylph.

The magical girl of [Resonance] who controls sound.

The magical girl of [Vitality] who infuses vigor.

The magical girl of [Wind] who controls air currents.

They were all bloomed born 2-star magical girls from the island who used powerful abilities.

“…”

Although most of the dozens of golden magical girls who had been sealed on the island were gentle and fond of others, they were especially friendly to Hana, the magical girl of [Swiftness], and Himari, the magical girl of [Nursing], as if they were from the same hometown.

What could be the reason why the last survivors of the first humans were so friendly to them?

I was curious about this and asked Iris, the magical girl of [Wing] who was the representative of the island girls, but she said she didn’t know either.

-I can only say that… familiar starlight flows through them.

In the end, I could only hear the full story from the Divine Maiden, who was regaining her strength by drinking grape juice through a hose in her mouth.

-It’s because they received a fragment closer to the goddess’s essence than the heart of the goddess’s remains… weaker than the heart and smaller than the apostles.

Loving others

Being admired by others

Changing others

In fact, in the case of Himari, the magical girl of [Nursing], such an explanation made sense.

After all, she was leading a massive magical girl volunteer organization called the Relief Corps, which had grown to nearly a thousand members by absorbing even magical girls from other countries, and she herself showed tremendous abilities.

Except for Dorim and Ichika who bloomed in extreme situations, she was one of the two girls closest to full blooming.

Himari was now exerting an enormous presence, receiving treatment above ministerial level wherever she visited any country.

‘But Hana…’

A yellow Glass Star, dimmer than golden.

What kind of fate did she have, who had spent her entire childhood bedridden at home because she couldn’t use her lower body after injuring her nerves falling down stairs while chasing a butterfly when she was young?

“…”

A thought suddenly crossed my mind.

Among the three goddesses’ curses, there was one that ‘twists the fate of girls with dreams.’

In reality, there were girls like the salon members following Sumire, whose original dreams and situations had become impossibly distant.

If

Just if

In the past years when the goddess of [Beginning] threw herself. In that past when the three goddesses’ curses flowed in together.

If Sato Hana, who should have shone as brightly as Himari now, originally had some great fate, but completely lost her dream due to that curse.

If the remnants that were completely crushed and shattered by the three goddesses were so distantly brilliant that Hana, who started from a single starlight, shines so brilliantly now.

“…”

“So you see! Hikari-chan!”

“Uh, yes?”

Grasp

Two warm hands pulled me out of my chilling imagination.

“This time I’m going to have a celebration party at home with Echo, Daphne, and Sylph!”

“…I see.”

“Can I take them?”

“Sure. Have a good time.”

I smiled and nodded to the three girls looking at me with expectant eyes.

Having received my permission, the golden girls cheered with joy, holding each other’s hands and jumping up and down.

‘They can freely come and go using the warp gate anyway, but they ask for my permission every time.’

As Elysion was currently flying across the Pacific towards Asia for the ‘Moirai Plan’, magical girls and ordinary people planning to disembark in Asia were busily packing their bags.

“People are trying to get off.”

“Hana! Let’s quickly get gifts before it gets crowded!”

“Can’t we just go leisurely if we ask Iris?”

“Stupid Sylph! Don’t bother Iris.”

“Then I’ll be going, Hikari-chan!”

I waved to Hana as she said this.

The four girls, including Sato Hana, ran energetically towards the center of Elysion, saying they would choose gifts to bring to the celebration party.

“…”

Awakened 2-star magical girl of [Swiftness].

A girl who pioneered her own starlight.

A girl blessed while helping numerous people.

The current Hana was by no means insignificant.

I was proud of the paths Hana had pioneered now, perhaps more than the great fate that might have been given to her.

“Unnie.”

“Dorim.”

Turning around at the sound of Dorim’s voice from behind, I saw her approaching with other magical girls who had conceived the Moirai Plan together.

“Unnie, the preparations are done now.”

“…I see.”

“You’re going to meet that person soon, right?”

“Yes.”

“You need to be careful.”

“Of course.”

The Moirai Plan.

Like the names of the three goddesses who spin the threads of fate, spread the domains created by the three apostles like thin bands around the world.

The silver structures that Elysion and the Pollux had been launching around the world over the past few months became a huge band connecting around the Earth like a fence.

Rose garden

Gray glass castle

Bamboo forest

Wheat field

My domain reflecting the mental images of the Grand Council magical girls.

The Divine Maiden’s domain spread across major cities in the United States.

Alisa’s domain spread across major cities in Russia.

Only after gathering the domains expanded by the two fully bloomed girls did it reach the minimum scale to complete the huge band by surrounding the silver structures with a thin domain.

All domains were dismantled and spread as a huge thread covering the entire human world.

Like a retaining wall encircling a globe, it can protect magical girls by breaking free from the constraints of place, connected to a huge ring linking the sky, not the land.

This was the first rebellion interpreting the rules of <Magical Girl HAZARD> defined by the goddess in a human way, and it was a method recognized worldwide because the magical girls had established authority through numerous miracles.

Now, no matter what [War] does, no matter how many demons swarm the world.

The apostles will protect the magical girls as a band in the sky, not on land.

“Is it properly connected to Elysion’s kaleidoscope?”

“Yes. Now we can deploy immediately while viewing scenes from around the world anytime.”

“That’s a relief.”

The goddess’s eye created by the three successors left by the goddess of [Beginning].

A fence created by connecting the three apostles who originally couldn’t come together.

Now spatial constraints are meaningless for magical girls.

“Reviving from death consumes a lot of mental energy… but isn’t this almost an immortal army? A superhuman army backed by infinitely emerging resources from a moving fortress.”

“Dorim, don’t say things like that. I have no intention of conquering others.”

“Well, I thought you’d say that, unnie.”

It’s not perfect preparation, but at least we won’t be helplessly overwhelmed by [War].

Infinite army.

Endless summoning of heroes.

Her power is mighty.

We could finish all preparations perfectly while waiting for her to come with the first trial, but.

-It would be good to have a conversation with the brown cat.

The final advice left by the dark blue crow.

I prepared for all threats to carry this out.

“Team Leader Oh isn’t coming to Elysion?”

“Yeah, it seems the uncle just wants to stay in Korea.”

“I see. Please take good care of Korea.”

Dorim let out a snicker at those words, as if finding them absurd, and raised her slender arm to her waist.

“It was my homeland to begin with, you know? I turned it into an invincible fortress even while carrying out the Moirai Plan.”

“Right. Thank you.”

“Oh, by the way. The magical girl of [Sea] sent you a letter from the training center.”

“Huh? Nayeon? Why? Wasn’t she in training?”

Rustle

In one corner of the paper Dorim handed over, there was a drawing of a short-haired demon giving a disgusting thumbs up.

Unfolding that paper, only two words remained among traces of something written all over and roughly erased with a ballpoint pen.

-Save me.

Hong Nayeon, who is undergoing rigorous training with Yi Minseul, the leader of the 1st Platoon in charge of combat, as a trainee until she is commissioned as a second lieutenant. I heard she enlisted in the White Wing Company because of the business card I gave her.

“What does it say?”

“She says she’s doing well.”

“I see.”

I put that letter away and went around checking everything in Elysion until our final conversation.