Chapter 112 : Magical Girl of Myriad Colors

In a space where starlight of all colors is entangled, I feel numerous dreams.

On the ground shining with primordial gold, filled only with happiness, the stars there despaired in endless boredom.

On the ground filled with navy blue death, the stars worship and sing of death.

On the ground filled with reddish-brown war, the stars advance revering heroes and glory.

On the ground filled with black plague, the stars that sent away all gods became infinitely weak.

The final era of humanity set by the three goddesses is an era of destruction.

An era where everything returns to nothingness.

The goddess of [Beginning] wanted a dust-like hope settled in nothingness.

A silver age living in the final paradise protected by the apostle of [Deception].

I deny that.

Starlight of all colors shines between my outstretched hands.

The dreams of all magical girls existing in this world flow in.

Under the red sky, the desperate cries of girls who rejected the age of nothingness are heard.

Under the mockery of gods, the wishes of ordinary people expecting tomorrow are heard.

-Hikari-chan!!

‘Friendship shining yellow.’

-Hikari!!

‘Love burning red.’

-Leader!!

‘Trust advancing green.’

-Leader!!!

‘Respect approaching orange.’

‘Responsibility spreading lavender.’

I saw the original fates those girls should have had.

I saw their lives ruined by the gods.

Countless starlights.

Countless people.

Countless dreams.

“The first deception.”

The gentle lie that there will be a better tomorrow than yesterday.

“The beginning of tomorrow.”

The beginning of today advancing forward believing in tomorrow.

“Hope.”

The light of the world grasped in my outstretched hands rises and begins to engulf me.

Flash―!!

Becoming one with the fragments of the true world, I shoot a huge pillar of light towards that red sky.

Animus caught by the unique skills pouring down in all colors.

The magical girl of [Conquest] who became a false goddess herself for a moment of realization.

I spoke the answer she desired.

“Right here, right now!!!”

“…”

A huge white pillar that engulfed me and Animus, wrapped around Shinjuku where the battle was taking place, and extended to that universe.

A huge tree that used the Earth as soil and extended its branches towards the stars.

Under the pillar that grew eating all dreams, I declare.

“I deny <Magical Girl HAZARD>!!”

Under the huge tree formed by all starlight gathering, I gradually change.

“I deny the fate of the three goddesses!!”

Due to the white light enveloping my body, my hair grows endlessly and shines white, not silver.

“I deny the destruction of this world!!”

The magician’s outfit disappearing due to the white light, what fills its place is a dazzling white dress.

“I am the magical girl of [Hope]!!”

Red eyes awakened not as the reincarnation of the goddess of [Beginning] who lost her two eyes, but as a magical girl who loves this world.

Behind me, starlight of all colors gathers to create a dazzlingly shining white veil.

Flash!!

The 4 starlights floating above my head connect into one, becoming a huge white halo.

Not colorless, but myriad colors encompassing all colors.

The white magical girl.

My new birth.

A true magical girl beyond [Beginning].

The final fate I determined myself.

Fully Bloomed 4-star Magical Girl of [Hope]

Our story is not a tragedy starting from war.

Our story will start with hope.

“I declare to you.”

I gathered white starlight in both hands to create a huge star.

A huge white star that completely covers the red sky.

The morning star of hope.

A star protecting people living for tomorrow.

[Hope] Magical Girl’s Unique Skill

Flow of All Things

Everything that humans experience, love, hate, grieve, and wish for.

Karma.

Cause and effect.

All things of humanity are dyed in my white light.

All lands where humans live begin to shine due to my white star.

I, the final magical girl, will affirm humanity’s tomorrow.

Because I saw your dreams shining more brilliantly than me who merely pioneered borrowing the power of gods.

I could dare to declare.

“Humans will live for tomorrow!”

“Haaaah!!!”

The magical girl of [Conquest] rushing as led by the two lions, shaking off all unique skills. Behind her, all memories of war gathered to create huge wings of glory.

She was approaching to deliver the strongest blow to me who had achieved realization.

She who was approaching giving her all had no doubt about her own defeat.

‘Animus…!’

I delivered the final blow with respect to the apostle who alone tried to care for humanity in an era without me.

The white morning star.

A white giant star affirming everything humans create for tomorrow fell from my hands.

Light. Only light filled everything.

Bwooooo―

When the morning star fell, all the world surrounding us was dyed white in an instant.

Even the red sky, even the black demons.

Under the white flash, they were slowly crumbling and disappearing.

Everything destroyed by demons fallen from the gods’ curses and the stars’ wounds was being restored.

The end of the era where gods and stars frolicked.

A change to help humans prepare for tomorrow.

All worlds change.

“…”

“…”

After the huge morning star passed.

The Scramble Crossing appeared with all traces of battle completely gone.

Though it should have been completely shattered after the fierce battle, it had returned to its usual appearance.

The red sky had completely disappeared and returned to blue.

A quiet daily life.

Everything had returned to normal.

“You… won.”

“Yes. I won.”

“That’s good.”

“…”

Animus in Emily’s form was slowly being swallowed by white energy and disappearing.

Though she was in a state where she couldn’t stay in any place because she had shattered even the Glass Star constituting herself.

Animus was looking at the blue sky with a peaceful expression.

“Animus.”

“…Hm?”

“Why did you try to give me realization while sacrificing yourself to the will of the stars?”

“Because hostile relationships were also a way of human interaction. And…”

The first trial.

The first apostle.

Because she was the strongest, she was more faithful to her duty as an apostle than anyone else.

Animus, who was born from human tragedy and thus more interested in humans than anyone else.

“Hehehe.”

The girl who had devised her own method to save humanity paused her words and laughed.

That laugh somehow looked really like Emily.

Like a girl who couldn’t understand humans including herself as humans, but still loved humans.

The smile of the apostle who alone tried to love humans in her own way was awkward but modest.

“…And magical girls are.”

Because they exist to protect everyone.

For you who can protect everyone.

“For a better tomorrow than me.”

“…”

“Ah. There is one thing I regret though.”

“What is it?”

“A cheese sandwich. I wanted to… try it at least once.”

“…”

With those words, Animus completely disappeared, leaving reddish-brown fragments. The fragments created from her body spread across the blue sky while emitting a soft light.

The girl who had the fate of [War] and [Conquest] disappeared in the blue sky.

“…”

Silence

On the Scramble Crossing where I stood alone, the warm early summer sunlight and white clouds were rising.

It was raining on the day I first came here, and it was chaotic on the day I came to see the red broadcast.

Peace felt for the first time at the Scramble Crossing.

I had overcome <Magical Girl HAZARD> for the first time.

Warmth

Early summer sunlight full of hope.

That sunlight caressing my cheeks was so dazzling that I stared blankly.

In my ears like that, some voices are heard.

“Hikari!!”

“Hikari-chan!!”

“Leader!!”

“We won!”

Girls running over.

[Announcement from Elysion Observatory!! The red atmosphere has completely disappeared!! We won!!]

-Waaaaaaaa!!!

Cheers bursting out of joy for overcoming the trial were heard from the radio and all over the city.

Hug

Yuki rushing into my arms.

Yuki trembled at the complete victory she experienced for the first time and hid her face in my arms.

“Hikari, we won.”

“We did win.”

“Hikari, you’ve changed.”

“I have changed.”

The world has now changed.

Not an era of destruction.

Because it has become an era of hope we create.

“Hikari-chan!!”

Hana squeezed in between us.

“Oh, Leader changed clothes? You look like a goddess.”

Ichika laughed heartily while brushing back her long green hair.

“Hah… that was tough.”

Kyoko looked over her tattered cheerleader outfit and dusted it off.

“We won.”

“We did it!”

“Waaaaa!!”

Cheers of magical girls heard from afar.

“Thank you magical girls!!”

“We survived thanks to you!!”

“Thank youuu!!”

People walking out of shelters and expressing gratitude to us.

When I saw the red broadcast here a year ago.

Could I have imagined this sight?

“We won.”

I said with a somehow refreshed feeling.

We now had [Hope].