LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 203 – Change or Corruption (3)
No matter how messed up it is, no matter how many crimes and wars are happening.
The immense beauty cannot be hidden, so Michael, floating in the sky, gazed blankly down at the ground.
This place is, by her standards, an untainted world. With her beliefs and power, it was even possible to color it and ultimately create a perfect paradise that the Celestial Realm could not achieve.
It wasn’t difficult at all. There were certainly many who followed and supported her, so all she had to do was care for them and persecute the rest.
After all, there are humans overflowing in this land.
“That’s not a thought befitting a mere Magical Girl.”
[Sandalphon… Where have you been playing around this time?]
“Playing? I was just fulfilling my duty. It’s you who’s trying to neglect your responsibilities.”
At that moment, a boy with light green bobbed hair approached her. Sandalphon, with a bitter smile, pointed at her, who was sharply confronting him.
“Think carefully. Your duty is to become a Magical Girl and act, not to overstep and try to celestialize this world.”
[Shut up. Isn’t it weird for you to just let this vast world, this infinite potential, slip away? It’s a foolish thought to deliberately let yourself waste away.]
The two seraphs’ contrasting thoughts collided sharply.
However, Michael could not understand at all. Why should she become a Magical Girl? She was clearly a transcendent seraph.
“Your choice negates the choice of Asmael, no, the whole Celestial Realm.”
[Even that person, and those people! Once they face this situation, their thoughts would surely change. We were like frogs in a well. I want to show them this body, this world, and the future to come. Then this land will soon become the land of the Celestial Realm.]
Michael, with her eyes gleaming, sighed as if genuinely regretful.
Michael was convinced that other angels, once they attained bodies and freedom like hers, would naturally respond this way.
“You’re foolish. Look at yourself and see who was the first to betray the unwavering beliefs you swore to uphold.”
Sandalphon pointed at Michael’s wings as if genuinely lamenting. It was only then that the pink-haired girl turned her head to check her wings, staring blankly at the dimming white feathers that were slowly turning black from the roots.
“You can still turn back now. Admit that you were wrong and come back.”
[I have not fallen. Even if I did, I’d bear it. The fact remains that we need change.]
“Ha.”
Yet Michael did not give up upon seeing her wings. Instead, she tightened her beliefs even more firmly.
She thought that this so-called fall was merely growing pains for everyone.
“Then I have no choice but to stop you.”
[Willingly. You will also come to know what we truly need.]
Of course, Sandalphon seized the opportunity and stood in Michael’s way. Michael did not reject this, and soon the two seraphs began to clash in the air as they unleashed their powers.
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“What on earth is happening…?”
“This is just pathetic. A conflict of opinions leading to a fight.”
I had expected it, and it was just a matter of time. But I never thought things would escalate so quickly.
I, like everyone else, murmured as I watched the sky twist and the flow become tangled.
Giant clouds and winds gathered inside an incomprehensibly immense storm, leaving us with no way to know what was happening inside.
“Can we just leave this be?!”
“This is a problem they need to resolve among themselves. There’s no need to jump in right now.”
I shook my head at Ren’s urgent voice.
I didn’t care who won. If Michael won, I could step in and suppress her later, and if Sandalphon won, that would be the end.
Both I and many others had been struggling, moving back and forth, scheming and planning, only for it to result in a direct battle again, which left me feeling a bit deflated.
“Well, this is actually a good thing. It’s time to put an end to the chaos in this world.”
Though reluctant, I understood that it was an unavoidable moment, and at the same time, it was an opportunity.
It was a chance to correct the order of this world, which had gone so awry since my arrival.
While most people transformed into Magical Girls to coexist with this world, that arrogant seraph, who tried to live as a resident of another world, needed to be punished.
“Is it just here that needs sorting out? That can’t be all there is. Ren, you must be thinking that this is just the tip of the iceberg.”
“Uh, well…”
Ren flinched and avoided my gaze at my words. Regardless, it needed to be all cleaned up sooner or later. And that target wasn’t limited to just this place, Earth.
“The CEO, Rana, has made a decision. Our company’s performance surged due to your competition, and we’ve finally hit the top. Rana’s authority has strengthened accordingly.”
“Right, it’s time for you guys to overhaul. How long will those outdated antiques, oblivious to the state of the world, continue to rule?”
Ren said that Rana, armed with overwhelming results accrued during this time, sharpened her sword, intending to sweep away the nuisance of the fairy council and be reborn anew.
Everyone changes, and everyone finds stability.
“It seems the Magical Girls are fighting among themselves. One of them is Michael!”
At that moment, Kim Soo-jung rushed over, flustered. Given how the gigantic sky was twisting and changing, it was understandable that she would be alarmed.
“Calm down. It’s not like it’s the first time we’ve seen Magical Girls fight.”
“But…”
“Trust me. Nothing will happen.”
With a smirk, I grabbed her shoulders and sat her down. From her perspective, nothing significant was really happening.
Because, honestly, it was impossible for Michael to win.
“Are you really planning to go over there?!”
She gasped upon seeing me ready to step out. She already knew I was a Magical Girl.
“I’m just going to watch.”
I smiled to reassure her. The phrase “just watching” was a lie, though.
“Looks like you came in a hurry?”
But then, the two people who swooped in urgently in front of me after my transformation were unexpected ones. It seemed they had crossed the West Sea in the meantime.
“We’ve reached the situation we feared. Michael has… ultimately made the wrong choice. For what purpose, I wonder.”
“Greed has no meaning. So I actually don’t see it as a bad thing. It’s only natural.”
Saint and Magical Girl, Shia looked quite confused. She seemed surprised that a seraph-level being could fall from grace.
“Sandalphon will lose. The power of the fallen angels is that strong.”
“Is that so? Then there’s nothing that can be done.”
I shrugged. Putting aside the fact that Sandalphon was a negotiable opponent, I had no particular duty to save any angels.
“…Please, do not. You must intervene. If we aren’t careful, this world will be changed by the fallen angels.”
“Is that something you dislike? It seems Michael wants to transform this world into something like the Celestial Realm, but could you, a saint of the Church, refuse that?”
“Right now, I am a Magical Girl.”
With a pained expression, Shia frowned and spoke with a quivering voice. It was the very thing that we, or rather all Magical Girls, must weigh to the end.
Even the fairies and mascots had forgotten about the virtues and identity of Magical Girls. Now Saint Elysia has realized that and has become a complete Magical Girl.
“We must protect this world as it is. Good, evil. All of it is simply one of nature’s laws.”
“Knowing that, why does a transcendent seraph not understand?”
With a click of my tongue, I slowly looked at the splitting sky. I could see the falling light. It was a brilliant light but faint.
Upon closer inspection, it was the battered form of Sandalphon reflected within that light.
“You all need to prepare for war. This is no longer about the Celestial or Demon Realms, or victory. From now on, we hunt monsters. Monsters of SSS rank and above.”
I smiled at the sight of the fallen angel revealing nine black feathered wings from the rift in the sky.
From this moment, I too would fight as a Magical Girl in this world, battling the monsters from another world who refused to harmonize.
[Demon King, my enemy, a filthy impurity that should not exist in this world.]
“Sorry, but the pollutant that needs to be removed from this land is you.”
[You think so? Then I will make it so that you’re wrong. Many are already following me to create this new paradise.]
Michael, looking pleased after gaining the upper hand over Sandalphon, stretched her hand to the sky, sending her power upwards.
As expected of a high-ranking monster, she had no intention of dying easily on her own.