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The power of anger, swirling in her blonde hair.

In her majestic ruby eyes, the crimson bloodstains of that moment are engraved,

The calm magic circulating, gathering at her fingertips.

Only she and her sister can use it.

The giant golden axe, aimed at her enemy.

“B-Bine. What are you doing here? Why are you here? Yoonseul? Yoori unnie? Why are you all so calm? You shouldn’t be here. I-I, I should be the one to take down Marina with my own hands…”

Her anger, forgotten, stirs in her chest. The memories she thought she had buried.

The cause of it all, a little girl in front of her.

Wearing shabby, ill-fitting black clothes.

It must have come from this little vine.

“Hyewon, calm down. Put down the weapon. Okay?”

“If you were like me, would you be calm?! I thought I had finally avenged unnie. Why is the girl who should be forever trapped in Marina here?”

The anger in her ruby eyes vibrates.

Followed by a storm.

Turning the whole house upside down.

Aiming the magic-enhanced axe blade at Bine’s neck,

If the desired answer doesn’t come immediately,

She would chop it off without hesitation. In that tone.

“Why are you here? Tell me straight.”

“I don’t want to be here either. I’m just here because I was hired.”

The anger-filled blade, the cold axe, getting closer to strike her neck.

The sharpened blade, already piercing her neck, drawing blood.

“Tell me! I didn’t ask for that. You should be in Marina. I’m sure I saw you. How.”

As the blood drips from the blade, she calmly replies with a consistent expression, as if the pain is nothing.

“How should I know? I don’t even understand what’s going on. I’m just here without knowing what’s happening.”

Blanc steps in to calm her anger.

“Hyewon. Put down the weapon now. I’ll explain everything.”

“Yoonseul. She’s a villain. She needs to be dealt with. Why are you stopping me? She’s a magical girl.”

“Hyewon. Calm down. We can resolve this through conversation. Let me explain first. Okay?”

“She’s supposed to rot in Marina for the rest of her life. She was sentenced to death. Why is she here, standing so boldly.”

“Hyewon. Bine received a death sentence, but the verdict was 3 years. She has already served her sentence for 3 years. Plus, her abilities are sealed. She’s harmless now.”

“Well, she is harmless. She’s just a maid in the magical girl hideout, doing household chores.”

“Bine! Stop it!”

“Sigh, fine. Miss Geumyang? Could you please put away the axe? It hurts when it cuts me.”

“You, you know Yoonseul saved you. Sigh.”

The giant axe, aimed at her delicate neck, soon returned to its owner’s embrace, concealing its form. The owner, unable to quell her anger, sat obediently in the chair as instructed by the mediator, glaring at the source of her anger.

“Bine, are you okay? Here, tissue. Do you need medicine?”

“No, thank you. Oh, tissue please. Yes, thank you.”

“Yoonseul, why are you defending Bine? We’re magical girls. Why are you helping the villain? Are you brainwashed?”

“No, Hyewon. If I were brainwashed, you would have noticed. I’ll explain everything.”

Blanc, sitting across from Hyewon, explained everything that had happened so far, placing Bine beside her and revealing every detail, every truth, even the ones she hadn’t told the other girls.

How did you find Vina? How did you bring her here, what kind of bet did you make?

“Hyewon, did it help you understand a little?”

“Yeah, but… I still see what she did to our sister, the good things that are visible in her eyes. So, she managed to bring down the headquarters with a paralyzed arm. For our sister, but why.”

“If she’s your sister, isn’t she the blonde magical girl? The one who rushed in to block the laser shot at Blanc.”

“Shut up. Because of you, our sister can’t use her legs, gave up her dreams, and is living like this. I know that I want to strangle you and tell my sister right now, but Yoonseul is holding back because of you.”

“Hmm, that magical girl was probably in the track and field department. She was annoyingly fast.”

“Hey! You crazy b****! You…”

“Hyewon! Hold on. Vina, don’t just say such things lightly. Why are you provoking a true child like this!”

“I only spoke the truth.”

“Ugh, so. Is she a housemaid? How does she know if there’s poison in the food, traps in the house? What to believe in. In the end, that bet comes from trust. I can’t believe it. Escaping with innocent acting a few times?”

“Hmm, if you can’t trust me, there’s no need to believe me. As you said, I was a villain, someone who made evil deeds.”

“You. And you have no remorse for our sister? How much she suffered because of you.”

“No, I don’t. It’s obvious that she rushed in like a fly to block the laser fired at Blanc.”

“Hey! You, you keep…!”

“Hyewon! Vina! Stop it! If you want to know, just ask the person involved. If it’s Hyerin sister, she should be at your family home. Let’s go ask her, it’s that simple. Right?”

“Bring this b**** in front of my sister? How do you think she’ll react? What if she has PTSD from that incident.”

“But still, there’s nothing more accurate than going directly to the person involved, right? Hyewon, okay?”

“Ugh, fine. I’ll do it because you asked. Really… Yoonseul, you…”

At that moment, Vina, sitting next to Yoonseul, pointed to the seal ring around Blanc’s neck and asked, “Blanc? I can’t fly, but…?”

“Oh, I can carry you. Hyewon, are you ready?”

“Yeah, just a moment.”

In an instant, the room filled with light, enveloping the two girls.

The prayer-like aura of the two girls began to fill the room,

Soon, the white magical particles solidified, swirling around them, turning into their clothes and weapons.

The two magical girls, their transformation complete.

Vina, seeing the attire of the magical girls after a long time, showed a slight interest in their consistent expression.

“Let’s go. Vina, come here and hold on.”

“Hmm, how am I supposed to hold on?”

As Vina asked that question, Blanc, holding Vina in a princess carry, opened the door and leaped into the sky.

“Blanc, this position is embarrassing…!”

“This is the most comfortable to carry.”

“Blanc, come this way. That’s our house over there.”

“Oh, that way? Wait, Citrus!”

So they flew for about 10 minutes.

Across the river, in an apartment located north of the capital. In front of the entrance door.

“Hmm, we should probably change back before going in, right?”

“Yeah, that would be better.”

Magical particles emanated from the two girls again, dispersing into the air and returning them to their original forms.

“Ugh, please hold me in a different way next time. It’s embarrassing. That kind of thing.”

“That’s the safest way.”

“You said it was comfortable earlier.”

“Hmm, both of you.”

As the two bickered, Hyewon opened the entrance door and let them in.

* * *

“What? Our sister, what is she…! Our sister’s wish is to run. How…!”

The blonde girl pleaded with the doctor once again, begging him not to make her see it again, but the magical girl Citrus, lying on the bed, could not get up again.

She had blocked the laser beam fired by Vina, the rising star of Eden who was targeting her beloved junior magical girl Blanc, causing the girl flying in the air to lose her strength and fall. Blanc tried to catch her falling, but was unable to help against Vina’s fierce attack. Another magical girl barely managed to retrieve the falling Citrus, and it was recorded as Vina’s victory in that battle.

The doctor from the association said that Citrus had injured her spine, which could potentially prevent her from walking, let alone continuing her magical girl activities.

However, Citrus, the blonde girl, said, “Hehe, at least it’s not the worst. I didn’t die. I prevented Vina from collecting evil energy. Besides, I can still… walk… somehow… ugh.”

In the end, the young girl Hyewon ran to the fallen Citrus, who had lost her balance. “Unnie! Are you okay? Please, don’t overdo it. Okay?”

“I’m fine, don’t worry about me. As long as you’re safe, I’m happy. Understand? Don’t cry, okay?”

“Unnie… sniff…”

After crying and falling asleep from exhaustion, Hyewon was laid on the guardian’s bed, looking up at the white ceiling of the hospital room, lost in deep thoughts.

“Ah, really. I can’t even walk properly now… With this body, running is definitely out of the question. Sigh…”

“I had talked to the coach about winning the boys’ relay race.”

“Yeah, nothing we can do about it.”

Resigned, she spent the night in tears and informed the association president of her retirement the next day.

And a few months later…

Hyewon, who had taken on the role of the only source of vitality in her sister’s hospital life, secretly made a contract with the magical girl’s mascot and started working as the new magical girl Citrus, without her sister’s knowledge.

Of course, when she was caught, Hyewon, who Hyerin cherished more than anything, was furious with her for the first time in her life.

And the biggest goal of the new magical girl Citrus was to seek revenge for her sister.

She was determined to bring down the villain Vina, who had made her sister like this.

In the dark night sky.

As time passed working as a magical girl, Eden crumbled little by little, with each enemy defeated.

And the beginning of Eden’s collapse. Operation Ragnarok.

There was a magical girl who stepped forward for the final revenge.