LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 153
[Restore, restore, restore…]
Outside the firmly shut window, a chilling voice accompanied the march of numerous beasts. The wall separating the black beasts from the humans hiding inside was incredibly thin, rendering the two siblings, who had always grumbled, powerless with fear against the death that loomed before them as they huddled together.
Bang!
Bang!
The vibrations were felt.
[Restore.]
[Restore.]
[Restore.]
The black beasts smashed through the house’s walls with their filthy paws, invading the human domain, while a golden will embedded in the murmurs drew people’s souls in. The brother and sister felt increasingly crushed by the weight of the predetermined fate and the lethargy invading their minds.
“Eek?!”
“W-What should we do, big brother?!”
With a voice that robbed them of reason and returned human souls to the flow of starlight, their minds began to blur.
[Restore.]
[Restore.]
[Restore.]
What could they do while alive?
After all, human life was impossibly light and empty.
“Restore…”
“Restore it.”
The siblings lethargically reached out toward the dozens of lions approaching from over the wall.
The distance between the lions and the siblings gradually narrowed.
Amid it all, the armored machine gun fired, driving the lions away.
Dududududududu—!!
A massive shadow loomed over the residential area.
The machine gun, fired together with ivory starlight, instantly sent the invading lions flying from the home where the siblings lived. As the lions disappeared under the onslaught of the machine gun, the siblings regained their senses and realized what they had just been about to do, turning pale.
They had almost let go of the life they had desperately clung to with a single whisper from the stars.
Caught in fear and the irrationality of fate, they had almost discarded the string of reality that seemed so natural.
“W-What were we just about to do?!”
“…I must be crazy.”
[Do not be deceived!!]
In the sky they looked back at, a magnificent figure shone in various colors. The massive armored machine could completely block out dozens of houses with its sheer size and was deployed with an uncountable array of weapons from the weapon container it carried.
Kohane, riding in the final-form armor, felt grateful for this second chance.
[I’m glad I could protect you this time…!!]
A sudden monster attack.
Time passed, and they fought back against a giant black lion, but they had snapped back to attention too late. Many people had already been sucked away by the lions, and finally, as heaven and earth turned upside down, Kohane’s vision was engulfed in darkness.
In that moment, a white miracle was felt.
Blinding starlight passed by, and they returned to the day before.
-They have returned…!
This time, they had saved the siblings without falling for the stars’ whispers. Along with friends, they were ensuring no one would die. Even now, the magical girls remained steadfast against the lions attacking shelters.
[Kohane!! According to the memories, a giant monster will appear near the riverside now!! Watch out!!]
“I know, Lena.”
They could maintain near-perfection in the face of the stars’ unjust tyranny.
Miracle
It could only be described as a miracle.
For all the unreasonable pressures put on humans by the stars, the miracle of the white goddess who loved them was protecting their world.
Just as suddenly as the onslaught of fate appeared, the sudden love of the goddess ensured they did not have to abandon a perfect tomorrow.
The light that hadn’t broken in despair shone even more brightly in hope.
Kohane sent the armor soaring into the sky, firing countless weapons. With thousands of joys, thousands of raptures, and thousands of encounters in mind, they unleashed an uncountable amount of starlight from the massive armor.
-Though many sacrifices were made, the magical girls overcame the monsters and won!
Don’t be ridiculous.
The hope we dream of isn’t any kind of compromise.
A magical girl protects everyone from everything.
“I will not let anyone die!!”
The hopes of humanity
The ace pilot respected by the Earth Union, standing against the nightmare of the Martian Empire.
The last armor created by Dr. Kohane would become the hope of all.
Craack!
Even within the unreasonable fate, Kohane ignited their unyielding will even brighter and pressed the glass-protected red button for the perfect beyond happiness.
-Executing final battle sequence.-
Endless weapons deployed from the armor fired automatically, wiping out the black monsters spreading throughout Tokyo.
“This time… I will protect everyone!!”
“The armor will be completed with a fervent heart!!”
“We will absolutely protect all those with a fervent heart!!”
Our story heads towards perfection.
The armor shines and flies like the sun over Tokyo.
“…So cool.”
“Yes! Go, magical girl!!”
“Thank you! Armor magical girl!!”
As numerous people looked at the gigantic armor perfectly shielding them from the black lions, they were no longer swayed by the monsters’ voices.
They turned away from the tales of gods and gazed at the twinkling of the human girl.
Rather than despairing under the stars’ tyranny,
They began to look again at the glimmering magical girl who sought to protect humanity.
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“Get a grip!”
“Ugh, the shelter door is about to give way. Is this going to be okay?”
“If they come in, run without looking back.”
Mrs. Kim spoke within the shelter, yet she felt anxious. She had seen the sea serpents corroding the shelter’s front door with poison since earlier, and it was nearly fully eroded and about to open.
‘Right in front is the market, so there are many places to escape…’
Even during the escape, quite a few people would likely get caught by the monsters. Escaping all the way to the market without anyone dying and barricading would be impossible.
Even so, she couldn’t give up.
‘Even if sacrifices must happen…’
Mrs. Kim steeled her heart.
If need be, she would slap people into moving with her palm like a cauldron lid, trying to save as many lives as possible.
Then it happened.
Baaam—!!
With a deafening roar, the door burst open.
“Eek?!”
“What, what is that?!”
“…Na-yeon?”
Blue starlight
Sea magical girl
What broke through the door was not the chilling black serpents, but a magical girl swirling in a blue dress while summoning waves. The sea serpents that were about to corrode the shelter’s door were swept away in an instant by the water she summoned.
[Restore…]
The distance from the monsters shrank so quickly that the thousands of people inside the shelter could not even hear what the monsters were mumbling.
People who hurried to prepare to flee within the shelter heard a lone girl’s cry.
“Not a single one will die this time!!”
Shining with blue starlight all over, the girl boldly declared.
That she’d perfectly overcome fate, perfectly overcome the irrational curse.
“Everyone!! You mustn’t listen to what they say!! A magical girl absolutely!! absolutely won’t let anyone die!!!”
A furious voice
A distorted face with tears
Her declaration that she would overcome even irrational fate perfectly.
Mrs. Kim felt her heart swell as she watched her daughter.
‘She’s all grown up now.’
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Masquerade Misaki could not take her eyes off the scene before her. The monsters that had just smashed through the shelter’s door, trying to lure hundreds of people, lay defeated. The surgical tools that rushed in like autumn leaves had sliced and ground the monsters to bits.
Vrrrr—
Himari, still emitting residual heat, shoved the still-spinning chainsaw aside and addressed the people.
“…Excuse me. There was a sudden attack from the monsters… please follow the security team’s guidance to the next shelter.”
Elegant gold
Pure white nurse
The bloodstained apron from the monsters
Thump thump thump
Misaki felt a fire ignite within her as she saw the magical girl of [Nursing] completely protect ‘everyone.’ The voices of the monsters mumbling under golden starlight faded entirely under the brilliance of the magical girl.
‘Would it be rude to ask if I could use her as a model…?’
Thanks to the swiftly organized situation inside the shelter, Misaki’s reason held back her instincts just enough. As she quietly bowed to Himari in gratitude, she was about to step toward the place where the security team was supposed to be bringing the evacuation bus.
An elegant yet calm voice called out to Misaki.
“Oh, you there, ma’am.”
“Yes?”
“Are you the one that makes the dolls?”
“Ah, yes.”
Misaki’s mind went blank.
What should I do?
Did she see ‘that’?
No, I wore a mask during the activities.
And ‘that’ can only be purchased with adult verification…
Do I need to say I’m now making wholesome dolls instead?
Amidst the whirlwind of thoughts, Himari smiled gently and responded.
In that moment when all the people in the shelter were to perish but Misaki would escape, the thoughts she hadn’t been able to express rushed forth.
“Ha ha, I loved playing with dolls since I was little. Please take care of me.”
“Ah, ah… Yes. I will do my best.”
“Well then, please evacuate quickly.”
“…Y-Yes.”
Himari recalled the one woman who had shivered by the road while successfully being the only one to escape from the shelter.
This time, they had saved everyone.
Against the stars’ tyranny, with the goddess’s miracle.
For a tomorrow that would never compromise.
‘There’s no time to dawdle.’
Himari was about to head to the next shelter to save those they had failed to protect in the lost time. White snowflakes were falling under the red sky.
“…Snow?”
Upon closer inspection, it was gathering white starlight falling like a blizzard.
Tiny white starlights danced down from the red sky, blanketing the land of humanity.
[Hope]’s Magical Girl Unique Skill
万物流转 (Eternal Flow)
Change.
The world changes following the Glass Star that has broken free from the star’s fate.
Resist.
Resist against the irrational tyranny of the false gods.
The last miracle of the goddess of [Hope].
These steadily penetrated the chaos that was gathering, resisting the destruction of humanity’s land.
Over the heads of all living beings on the land of humanity, white starlight fell like snow.
Not upon the collapsing earth and vanishing skies.
But all people gazed at the moon.
Even now, the fierce battle between the two goddesses seeking to change fate continues.
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As time infinitely rewound, memories of the magical girls influenced by me accumulated until they envisioned a future where not a single one would die. They began to make increasingly better choices.
At last, even the whispers of the massive trial monsters could absorb not a pinch of humanity.
Before the [Star]’s magical girl tried anything, they found a way to reach the moon.
Using the powers that endlessly blocked each other, they finally met again at the center of time.
[How does it feel to fight against irrational miracles? We’ve fought in this twisted world against the people of this world with such powers.]
[If this continues, the flow of the stars will become completely twisted.]
[No, to be exact, what you desire cannot be a complete chaos.]
[…….]
The time that the [Star]’s magical girl and I rewound had become so unstable that it couldn’t even turn back 1 minute anymore. The flow of the stars shook as it poured endless hatred for humanity from its wounds.
The largest fragment of the star that wanted to return to complete chaos.
What is referred to as the will of the stars despaired under the Throne of Nihility.