Chapter 96 : Unspoken Words

March 17

We were watching a girl’s dance in Elysion.

A dark blue scythe larger than a person danced, drawing a large trajectory.

Although she was clearly the smallest girl among the magical girls in Elysion.

Her presence, dancing with a black veil fluttering under a dark blue meteor shower, was stronger than anyone else’s.

Dark sky.

Dark blue mist.

The blue spring sky covered itself with dark blue mist to shield the sunlight so that the girls awakening from darkness wouldn’t be dazzled.

[Death] Magical Girl’s Unique Skill

World of the Dead

The dark blue crow’s world of death called Tartarus.

The world Alisa first became aware of.

From there, a cold and quiet river wind blew.

Dark river water flowed into Elysion, which had been a green meadow.

The path of the dead.

The afterlife and this world were connected at the request of the magical girl granted the authority of death.

The skeleton ferryman turned his head away, pretending not to see the order at the girl’s request.

The three-headed dog closed its eyes, blocking its nose that chases the dead.

Souls rushing towards the river that they can never return from.

Cobalt blue

Fluorescent green

Deep gray

Those souls slowly approached the three Glass Stars with the curse of struggle flowing like blood vessels.

At Alisa’s feet, who was dancing to welcome the dead, dark blue river water rose shallowly, making a path for them to pass.

Souls wandering in the world of death.

Meeting with the starlight in the Glass Stars.

A miracle occurs.

Thousands of magical girls watching this miracle were covering their mouths and just shedding tears.

“Ugh… my, my head hurts.”

“Huh? Where… is this?”

“I feel like I followed a scary light.”

“Li Na?! What happened to China? The magical girl of [Sword]?!”

“Kyaaa?! Ex-explosion? Where is this?”

Hundreds of magical girls rose from the shallow water that was faintly glowing.

After the memory of shocking death, the girls who had been sealed in the world of darkness came back to life with dark blue light.

One of the revived European magical girls, bewildered, discovered her friends crying far away and tried to walk towards them.

Splash

Splash

As she walked towards her friends, her shoes got completely wet, but she enjoyed the cool freshness of the strangely comfortable river water as she moved forward.

“Huh?! Laura? Why are you all crying? What on earth happened? What was that explosion?”

“Welcome.”

“Hm? Wh-who are you?”

“Alisa.”

“Oh… hello.”

“Hello.”

Alisa sent off the bewildered girl and looked at me with her dark blue scythe hanging down.

“Hikari… it’s over.”

“Alisa, is there anyone who couldn’t return?”

“No one who couldn’t come.”

She shook her head, wearing a black veil.

The other Alisa who appeared in the original work wore a white veil. But the switched Alisa was wearing a black veil suitable for a funeral.

“Those who didn’t come said not to call them. They said they wanted to rest.”

“…”

“There aren’t many, but I moved them so they could sleep quietly in Tartarus.”

“…Thank you.”

“No. I also received a second chance from Asya and you.”

A few magical girls who refused resurrection by their own will.

Among them were girls belonging to the Scavengers.

Alex.

Doctor.

Lee.

I had no intention of reviving the Scavengers, but they chose to sleep in the world of death from the beginning, she said.

For them, this world was full of endless chaos and madness.

After destroying themselves and others throughout their lives, they finally became true Scavengers by imprisoning themselves in emptiness and cold darkness.

‘The last remaining [Revenge] must also be burning with such unstoppable madness.’

I felt stifled even at the scene full of tears of joy and laughter.

‘…For now, let’s just congratulate them.’

The magical girl of [Penetration] who had frequented the training ground more than anyone else.

Chloe ran from far away, splashing through the dark blue river water, not minding her white skirt getting wet, to welcome her friends.

“Welcome!!”

“Whoa?! What’s this? What on earth happened! Tell me!”

“I don’t know, you idiot!! Why are you making people sad!!”

“…You’ve become a bit scary?”

“I don’t know!!”

Li Meilin was crying her throat hoarse while hugging two revived girls with long blue hair and red braided hair. The two with strikingly contrasting hair were holding the spear and sword they had been gripping until just before death to protect people.

“…Good gracious.”

“Is, is this really happening?”

“Oh… th-this is.”

Magical girls from all over the world who came to welcome the girls reborn from death.

The ordinary people who watched them reunite with tears on the dark river could only cover their mouths and keep uttering exclamations.

“Th-this is a scoop.”

“Damn… I don’t know if anyone will believe this even if I write it.”

The reporters tried to calm their trembling hands as they recorded the scene, witnessing a miracle that could only be found in myths.

‘I hope they don’t make any strange misunderstandings.’

I emphasized several times to the ordinary people who came to Elysion that this was a ritual that couldn’t be used on just anyone.

Worried that this might spread and cause fanaticism or desires towards magical girls, I also emphasized that it’s absolutely not something that can be easily accomplished.

Originally, I had planned to carry this out right on the day Alisa bloomed, but…

-No. Calm down, unnie. If we just do this like this, it’ll be chaos.

-Please calm down. This is a miracle that human reason can’t handle.

Due to Kang Dorim and Sumire’s strong dissuasion, we were only able to carry it out after properly explaining the situation to government agencies and people several times.

Even they, who are more rational than anyone, were shocked almost to the point of fainting when they heard what I was trying to do with Alisa.

‘I hope the religious community doesn’t start any strange trends.’

After the fight with [Bombing] last year, I thought I would only feel a sense of achievement at this sight, as it was something I had strived to see.

Nevertheless, even I, who had worked to see this, got goosebumps at the sight of dead girls coming back to life and smiling under the warm sun.

“Your Majesty.”

“Yes?”

I was startled and looked at one of the European magical girls who approached me.

She had just been revived and walked out of the river water, still wet, but she didn’t seem to mind.

“Are you… are you a god?”

“…No. I’m just a magical girl too.”

“I clearly remember my throat being cut by a blood-red dagger and dying. I still remember it vividly.”

“It must have been a painful memory.”

“That black-clad girl who saved me said it was at Your Majesty’s request.”

“If you want to thank someone, it should be Alisa…”

Pat

She gently took my hand.

Though wet.

That hand was warm.

Like a newborn baby.

“Thank you.”

“…”

“Thank you.”

She kept saying while shedding tears.

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.”

Girls who had approached without me noticing.

They just expressed their gratitude while looking at me with reverent eyes.

And they started kneeling before me one by one.

Small waves rippled over the shallow river water due to the movements of many people.

Numerous waves approached from afar and gently tapped me.

Dozens

Hundreds

Thousands

Even those watching

Even those I know

Li Meilin

Li Na

Laura

Chloe

Ella

Even those who had encountered me several times all knelt before me and just expressed their gratitude.

‘The one who should receive thanks is Alisa.’

I was flustered by this sight and looked at Alisa, but she was already far away, chattering next to Yeonseo.

It seemed Alisa found this burdensome and left it all to me.

“This grace… I will never forget it.”

“We will follow you.”

“Th-thank you.”

“Thanks to you, I could meet my mom again.”

“We heard everything you did while we were dead.”

“Thank you for protecting my hometown.”

I was dumbfounded as I looked at the thousands of girls kneeling around me and hundreds of onlookers bowing their heads in reverence.

“…”

This is not what I want.

The dark blue riverbank where they were kneeling.

I sat down next to them and met their gaze.

My skirt was completely wet and fluttered with the ripples of the water.

At the same eye level as them.

I smiled at the magical girls who had returned from darkness.

“If you kneel, I’ll do the same.”

“But…!”

“If you suffer, I’ll feel it with you.”

“…”

I took the hand of the girl in the very front.

The girl who had greeted me first was looking at me with eyes moist with tears of gratitude.

“I’m someone who stands with you… not someone you need to submit to.”

When I conveyed my thoughts, tears finally fell from her eyes, so I wiped them with my sleeve. Then I playfully winked at Li Meilin and Laura, who I would obviously encounter often in the Grand Council.

‘Can you handle this?’

I conveyed this meaning, and they understood.

Li Meilin and Laura smiled on their tear-stained faces, seeming embarrassed that they had overreacted due to being swept up in emotions.

“Let’s just be happy today.”

“Yes…!”

Girls who came back to life, returning from the dark river.

All the magical girls who came to Elysion for them held a celebration party.

A flying island.

A festival was held for a while in the mysterious city of magical girls settled there.

Delicious food.

Noisy chatter.

Girls’ laughter.

Mysterious magic.

Time passed like a dream.

We shared the joy of reunion for a while before returning to our daily lives.

And that scene was captured by the cameras of the reporters who had come and broadcast to the whole world.