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But when she thought that neither Little Bear nor Lania had been contacted by her, and that Mayumi hadn't contacted anyone at all—simply because she was too engrossed in the trip and had forgotten—Hitomi Tono felt a lot better.

In short—no matter what—even if—

...No matter how much Mayumi loves traveling, shouldn't she come back to spend the first New Year with everyone?

Hitomi Tono's joy lasted until New Year's Eve, when she and Kuma arrived in the Wizard's Village via the Spirit Vein Train and received devastating news from Rania.

"That guy promised in his letter last time that he would come back to celebrate the New Year together! And we still haven't seen him today!" The white-haired, red-eyed witch gritted her teeth in resentment. "I wonder which corner he's hidden away in and lost track of time again!"

After transforming from an ordinary human guardian into a dragon, Mayumi Haga's sense of time seems to have become even more exaggerated.

Before, when she was living in the children's world and among human society, it was one thing. But now that she has returned to this vast continent, where most areas are sparsely populated, Mayumi Haga is even less aware of the passage of time.

Hitomi Tono was somewhat disappointed: "Mayumi isn't here... Achoo!"

It was so cold that she tugged at her scarf to keep the wind out.

The wizard village was covered in snow, and the bonfire in the central square of the village was not lit because it was not yet dark. The few people who were talking in the wind and snow were somewhat cold.

Hitomi Tono secretly glanced at Rania, who was barefoot in this weather, and admired her dedication.

Wizards are a profession that communicates with the consciousness of the world. Wizards of the Lania school advocate contact with nature, especially closeness to the earth. Therefore, in most cases, wizards who have achieved something in witchcraft will try to minimize the amount of clothing covering their bodies.

In Rania's case, this is manifested in her bare feet and the red rope bells on her ankles.

Walking barefoot in the snow in this weather is just too awesome...

However, as the most powerful wizard at present, Lania herself is indeed not cold. When she steps on the ground, the earth energy continuously provides her with enough warmth, so she basically wears very light clothing all year round.

Hitomi Tohno, who is a magical girl but mostly just an ordinary person, is filled with envy.

Unless they become elves like Rika, the power of magic cannot fundamentally change the frail bodies of magical girls like Hitomi Tono as humans.

"On another note, where are the others?" Lania realized that only Hitomi Tono and Kuma had arrived first, while the other familiar faces from the children's world had not yet come.

Little Bear: "Big Brother and Sister An said they need to prepare New Year's gifts, so they'll be here a little later."

The bear that transformed into human form naturally appeared as a girl with brown hair and purple eyes. After her magic took shape, she became somewhat unfathomable.

—This refers to how, when she's competing with others for the real bow, her cunning suddenly evolves from childish to villainous, to the point where one could praise her as "a wolf in sheep's clothing."

Compared to Hitomi Tono, who is usually quite straightforward, Koguru's cunning and evasive nature certainly fits the standard of a villain.

However, this level of cunning is only used on Mayumi Haga.

That's what they say, but Mayumi Haga herself was completely unaware of the subtle atmosphere that was happening to her.

Mayumi Haga is a slow-witted blockhead with little romantic sense and fluctuating emotional intelligence. She's a master at pretending to be confused or genuinely confused, often disappearing right under people's noses.

When asked, the answer is always, "You went on another trip."

After the world was rebuilt, it became extremely difficult to catch such a person. People often couldn't even see him, let alone create a scene of chaos.

Who has time to create some kind of chaotic battleground to fight for ownership? If we're not careful, Makoto will have already slipped away to some mountain peak... Catching this guy is purely a matter of luck.

If the battleground was caused by uneven distribution, then when no one could catch Mayumi Haga, everyone lost their temper.

What's the point of arguing? Let's go and capture Mayumi first. We only see her a few times a year, and the chance of encountering her in the wild is lower than winning the lottery.

And so, they didn't even come back for the first New Year that was worth celebrating.

After a brief discussion, the three decided that they couldn't rely on Mayumi Haga to return on her own initiative, and that they should continue searching.

"Is it possible that she went to Miss Urzana's place?" Hitomi Tono suggested.

“A month ago, Lady Urzana said that Mayumi had already been there and left.” Lania knew that Mayumi Haga would never stay in the same place for too long.

She took a map and used a pen to draw the route that Mayumi Haga might take: "According to intelligence from various places, she should be heading towards..."

As the Eye of the Wizard, Lania cannot leave this village casually.

Long ago, she needed Mayumi Haga's assistance to study the witchcraft relics around the world. After the world was rebuilt, Mayumi Haga began to build her own communication network to collect the necessary materials and information.

She asked the messenger to inscribe communication runes at fixed locations, which would greatly shorten the time required for message delivery.

However, only those with a certain level of magical power can use such runes. Fortunately, the number of innate wizards in the world is gradually increasing.

As a result, Lania gained access to many informants and received information about the "Pure White Traveler" every week, thus outlining Mayumi Haga's movements.

The pen tip hovered over a spot on the map. Rania narrowed her eyes, her expression dangerous: "Go to the foot of the snow mountain, which is also the water demon's territory."

Main text: New Year's bonus chapter (2)

"...Although I'm very touched that you came to see me, Mayumi...but..."

Megrane cautiously poked his head out of the hot spring, observing Mayumi Haga, who was shielding the communication runes on this side. Alarm bells rang in his mind, and steam rose from his forehead.

The white-haired, white-clad guardian pulled out a dagger and scratched the runes, then turned around, his beautiful, bright golden pupils reflecting the water demon's miserable face.

　Compared to the gloomy and silent dark-type Mayumi Haga from before, Mayumi Haga, who has experienced everything, actually seems more well-rounded, and has more micro-expressions, but she still doesn't like to talk as much as ever.

For example, right now, she raised her eyebrows slightly, clearly enjoying herself.

Miss Megragne complained bitterly.

Yuga Mayumi barged into the aquatic territory an hour ago—actually, given her status, using the word "barged" is somewhat ambiguous, since strictly speaking, Yuga Mayumi should be a distinguished guest of all races.

But as soon as Mayumi Haga entered, she went straight to the aquatic storage warehouse where Night Core Fruits were kept, and swept all the Night Core Fruits she saw into her backpack...

Megrana complained, "Leave me a few real bows! What use are you to so many?"

There are already so many backpacks for Mayumi everywhere, why do we still want to steal a few of her fruits?

It wasn't that Megaran was stingy; it was just that the way Mayumi Haga barged in without a word and started auto-pickup was a bit too intimidating. It made her feel like she was about to become destitute on New Year's Eve.

Fortunately, Mayumi Haga was quite sensible and left Megaran a considerable amount of her own.

Just as the blue-haired water sprite breathed a sigh of relief, she saw Yuga Mayumi begin to tamper with the communication runes within her territory.

Megrana: "...You're trying to get me killed."

That little bird wizard will definitely realize very quickly that Mayumi Haga is here, and will rush over to kill it.

Despite her resentment, Miss Water Fairy wasn't actually that afraid of Lania. Her complaints were just her way of thinking about whether she could get some of the benefits she deserved from Mayumi Haga.

"I was just preparing New Year's gifts," the White Guardian said after a moment of silence, finally giving a slightly guilty answer. "I didn't expect that time would be running out so quickly."

Before I knew it, there was less than a day left.

The thought of how furious Rania would be gave Mayumi Haga a headache.

And there are other people there...

"What are you worried about?" Megaran noticed Mayumi Haga's hesitation.

Mayumi Haga sighed, "Ranya called everyone here. The last time she did that was in the other world..."

That time, Rania directly called on Hitomi Tono and Kuma, and even used witchcraft to assist, the three of them fiercely attacked her.

It wasn't that Mayumi Haga couldn't handle it, but it did leave her with some psychological trauma, and she didn't want to go through that again anytime soon.

Having been on the run for almost a year, it would be unreasonable not to go back this time.

But based on her understanding of Rania, if she went back without any preparation, she might be locked up... She had no doubt that the Shrike could develop a spell to lock her up as well.

In order to gain her freedom in the new year, Mayumi Haga chose to take the Night Core Fruit back with her.

As far as she knew, apart from senior Urzana and senior Fuyun, the others didn't have a very good alcohol tolerance.

“…Your Guardians’ drinking capacity isn’t what you call drinking capacity, is it?” Megaran couldn’t help but complain. “It’s practically cheating.”

Is Mayumi planning to secretly get everyone drunk during the New Year? This is truly a hellish scene of carnage.

How does this guy's brain work?

but……

Mayumi Haga slightly modified the communication runes, ensuring that Lania would not receive any messages from them for at least a day.

Just as she bent down to count the Night Core Fruits in her backpack to ensure that there was at least one for each person, the mournful sighs and complaints from Mograine behind her suddenly disappeared.

A sense of foreboding arose in Mayumi Haga.

Sure enough, damp moisture clung to the back of her neck, and her long, blue agate-like hair carried a strong, aggressive scent of a water nymph as it brushed against her face. Her sharp fingernails scratched her skin, sending a tingling sensation through her.

Not all water sprites possess such a unique fragrance, but Megaran has it.

Water spirits leave marks on those they love. These marks are specifically manifested as a scent that only certain people can smell. Of course, people with more acute senses can also detect the marks.

For example, Rania has always been blunt about the smell of Megarane, calling it watery and disgusting.

Yuga Mayumi would occasionally meet Lania again after passing through the water demon's territory, and each time the "water demon stench" lingering on her would cause Lania to act excessively.

She didn't really like recalling what it felt like to be hung up.

If he were to pick up this scent now, even if he managed to return to the Wizarding Village in time, he would definitely be resented by Lania.

That would be hard to appease... Mayumi Haga has never been good at the art of language, let alone dealing with someone like Rania who can always see right through her.

“You’re bringing them New Year’s gifts from my side… what about mine?” Megraine’s voice was still mournful, but as they drew closer, it quickly transformed into a sticky and alluring tone.

Sharp fingernails snagged on Mayumi Haga's clothing fabric, and could be torn with just a little force.

...I should have known better than to change into lighter, more waterproof clothing and just kept wearing the Guardian outfit.

If she were still wearing the Guardian Set, then Mayumi Haga wouldn't have any problem.

But now that she wasn't wearing a set of armor with defensive and buffing effects, she felt like she was completely naked under Megaran's sharp teeth and that she would be dragged into the water at any moment.

Ah, no, I should say it's almost a done deal.

That's just how water sprites are; they love being in the water.

Haga Mayumi hesitated to speak.

Although... this is already a fait accompli, she still can't quite understand why she has fallen to this state.

Mayumi Haga herself had no intention of being promiscuous and had no interest in romance or physical relationships, but inexplicably, she ended up having affairs with more than one person and even several people.

This isn't right. She clearly didn't approve of Senior Fuyun's lifestyle at the beginning, so how did she become like this now?

Until the sharp teeth pierced her tongue, blood bloomed in the water, and her voluptuous body clung tightly to him underwater, Mayumi Haga still couldn't understand how she had gotten to this point.

Text: 254. I also want to go to the beach with Mayumi, waa ...

The weather at the beach changes faster than I expected.

Three minutes ago, Yukari Hachiya felt the weather had suddenly turned gloomy, as if a heavy rain was about to fall. She was just about to pull Nozomi Shiratori back to the shore with a little disappointment when the warm sunshine shone on her again.

The storm on the sea came and went so quickly that Yukari Hachiya thought it was an illusion.

"Yay, we can play a little longer." Yukari Hachiya's previously sour face brightened up, and she grabbed Nozomi Shiratori's hand. "Let's go build a sandcastle."

Shiratori Nozomi didn't respond to her immediately. The girl turned her head and looked thoughtfully in the direction where the storm had receded.

After being tugged twice more by Yukari Hachiya, she suddenly realized what was happening, her eyes sparkling: "Was that magic just now? Yuga-neechan's magic?"

The two girls slept together last night. The two best friends, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, sat head to head and foot to foot in bed, chatting excitedly all night long.

Yukari Hachiya felt that Nozomi Shiratori was a trustworthy friend, and Mayumi Haga did not object. So she secretly told Nozomi Shiratori that Mayumi Haga was a "magical girl" that she had summoned.

She received admiring and amazed looks from Shiratori Nozomi.

However, the identity of a magical girl needs to be kept secret, so the two children unanimously agreed to help Mayumi Haga hide her identity and not leak the information.

Now, when discussing how Mayumi Haga drove away the storm that was affecting their play, they also lowered their voices.

Yukari Hachiya also realized, "That's right! This is very likely thanks to Mayumi-neechan!"

The reason I told them not to run around and to leave was definitely to prepare for the bad weather!

It must have flown up to the clouds and used some powerful and cool magic to dispel the dark clouds.

Just as the two children were excitedly discussing the magical girl Mayumi Haga, the person being talked about quietly appeared behind them with snacks.

Mayumi Haga, holding takoyaki in her left hand and yakisoba in her right, while also trying to hold a grilled sausage between her fingers, asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

She subconsciously pressed her tongue against her newly grown tooth as she spoke.

Her lost teeth have grown back, but the other, blind woman who attacked them wasn't so lucky.

Tooth extraction without anesthesia, especially of a wisdom tooth, is quite painful.

The reason I chose teeth was because there were just too many people on the beach.

There are people everywhere you go, which makes it difficult for Mayumi Haga to act openly. After all, if a murder or fight were to occur in such a crowded place, it would also affect the two children.

As a guardian, Mayumi Haga isn't kind enough to consider the feelings of children playing, but now that she's a magical girl, she feels she can be more considerate of the summoner's feelings.