Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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Can the connection between eccentric individuals... or rather, the connection between eccentric individuals with negative emotions, be categorized as "blood ties"?

I wonder if Little Sadness and the others can sense my presence.

Maybe I should go home and check on things later.

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The little bear sensed a gaze from the window, as if someone was spying on it, but when it suddenly turned its head, there was nothing there.

That might be an illusion.

The eldest brother, who had been missing for several days, suddenly stood on the street corner like a ghost, watching over the house, without leaving any magical fluctuations. No matter how you look at it, this must be an illusion.

The little bear began to feel down. She sighed slightly, put the cleaned dishes into the sink, and then began to try to wash the dishes using water magic.

Although Little Bear doesn't have much experience with housework, and would definitely break 3-5 bowls if she were to wash them by hand, her magical talent is outstanding enough that simply manipulating seven or eight streams of water to gently rinse them is as easy for her as eating and drinking.

Little Bear felt she should change her strategy and at least start researching magic that could help with housework, which would be much more convenient than doing it herself.

As soon as she had an idea, Little Bear found all the recipes in the house and turned on her phone as well. Using the magic she had drawn from Mayumi Haga, she sculpted several life-sized teddy bear bodies and stuffed all the learning materials into the teddy bears' hands, letting them learn on their own.

Due to the inherent strong infectiousness of the bear's nature, coupled with the bear's exceptionally strong control ability, it is relatively easy to make a few teddy bears that can help with errands or household chores. The only problem is that it takes time to gradually accumulate experience.

After all, the bear itself hadn't learned any related knowledge, so these toy bear puppets couldn't possibly learn skills that the original bear didn't know out of thin air.

Having absorbed enough sorrow from Mayumi Haga to extract magic power, the little bear felt its core become much more solid. Although it had lost some magic power due to the attack by 3904, it seemed to have turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the quality of its magic power had been further improved.

However, on the other hand, the sadness emanating from Mayumi seems a little different from what it was at the beginning.

Little Bear couldn't really figure out Mayumi Haga's emotions, since they were too complicated. Even after seeing into her mental world, he sometimes still couldn't understand what Mayumi Haga was thinking.

Mayumi Haga was truly one of the most complex and attractive people in the world to her; her mystery made her want to keep exploring and getting closer.

However, although Mayumi was willing to help at Kuma's house and even cooked a table full of delicious dishes, her cooking skills were comparable to her older brother's, which made Kuma very happy, he still felt that it would be better not to let Mayumi run around so much in the future.

Trying it once is enough.

Thinking this, Little Bear felt that he needed to grow up quickly and shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the family like his older brother.

By this time, the dishes were washed. She used a dry cloth to wipe the dishes and chopsticks dry and put them in the cupboard, then turned to eat the fried shrimp she had specially saved.

……what?

"Sister An, do you see the fried shrimp on the table?" Little Bear turned her head, but the fried shrimp that should have been placed properly was nowhere to be seen. She thought that the angry monster had put the fried shrimp in the refrigerator, but after checking several times, she only saw a small piece of shrimp tail in the trash can.

Did Sister An eat it?

The angry monster was also confused. Her voice came from the living room: "No, I've been watching TV here the whole time."

Eh?

So who ate it?!

While Little Bear was still searching for the lost fried shrimp, Abyss Gentleman, who had just left his home, chewed on the fried shrimp in his mouth with a gloomy face and his mouth closed.

Even when it's cold, it doesn't have a fishy smell, the meat is tender and bouncy, and the seasoning is just right...

...Damn it, how could that guy who took advantage of my absence cook such a good meal!

Seeing the complex expression on the face of the Gentleman of the Abyss, the Phantom Thief teased, "Didn't you entrust your sister to that child? Why are you only starting to regret it now?"

“Who said I entrusted her! That was just a test for her!” The Abyss Gentleman reacted immediately, raising his voice. Then, remembering that he couldn’t take care of his family in his current state, he immediately became depressed and sighed. “However, you are quite right.”

Now that Xiaoshao has found someone new to rely on, it's really good.

Although he knew this was a great thing for his little sadness, and that Mayumi Haga was not only strong enough and determined to protect his little sadness, but also had excellent housekeeping skills... he could be considered a near-perfect brother-in-law.

But the Gentleman of the Abyss just couldn't be happy.

I always feel that little sadness is about to leave me.

...This guy is practically a combination of an overprotective father, a doting mother, and an excessively spoiled younger sister.

Even the phantom thief standing nearby couldn't help but shake her head.

Fortunately, my sister isn't that kind of person. If she were, I would never have been able to get along with her.

Speaking of my older sister...

"Sugiyama Rika? Huh? Why are you asking me about her?" The Abyss Gentleman looked at the Phantom Thief Girl blankly. The Phantom Thief Girl didn't answer, but just looked at him with a bit of helplessness.

Miss Phantom Thief took off her goggles, revealing a face that looked at least seven or eight parts similar to Sugiyama Rika, and her expression was speechless.

Then, the Gentleman of the Abyss belatedly realized, amidst the silence, that the Phantom Thief Lady and Sugiyama Rika's faces bore a striking resemblance. After his brain went blank, disbelief gradually welled up within him: "...You?"

This isn't right.

The Abyss Gentleman's hands and feet began to grow cold; he realized something.

Actually, at first he couldn't remember who the girl in front of him was.

Although the other party claimed to be someone who was affected by his act of blowing up the spiritual veins back then, and was forced to fall into the underworld and disappear, the Abyss Gentleman really couldn't remember her. He simply assumed that the other party was not a magical girl from Miracle City, so he didn't know her from the beginning.

However, he now realized that if the phantom thief and Sugiyama Rika looked so alike, or rather, that they looked like sisters at first glance, then it was impossible for him not to have any impression of her.

Moreover, over the years, neither Sugiyama Rika nor the Sugiyama family has taken any action to search for their missing youngest daughter.

It's as if this person doesn't exist.

But Miss Phantom Thief can indeed recount what happened back then, and she is very familiar with herself, Miracle City, and Sugiyama Rika.

why?

The Phantom Thief, who should be considered a key figure, why hasn't she left a lasting impression on anyone?

"Judging from your expression, you've already guessed, haven't you?" The Phantom Thief Miss found it amusing to watch the emoticons change on the Abyss Gentleman's oily face, but beneath her relaxed tone lay a cruel truth.

Those who enter the inner world will be gradually forgotten.

Miss Phantom Thief has been in that world for ten years, and her existence in the real world has almost completely disappeared. Even her sister and parents, who should be her closest relatives, have forgotten her.

The Otherworld is quite different from the Real World. Buildings destroyed in the Real World can be restored, but in the Otherworld, they simply become ruins and won't heal on their own. Therefore, ruins are everywhere there, and the Phantom Thief will use magic to repair them when she feels like it.

She doesn't care about these things, but the Abyss Gentleman, who cares deeply about his family, probably can't accept such an ending.

Therefore, she has to find a way to send the Abyss Gentlemen, who have not yet been completely forgotten, back to the present world.

"Let's go. If you don't want to be forgotten, you'd better keep up with me." The phantom thief didn't considerately give the Abyss Gentleman time to digest this information; rather, she assumed he would be able to accept it quickly.

That's exactly what happened.

After regaining his composure, the Gentleman of the Abyss did not lose his composure again, but immediately followed the Phantom Thief.

"As far as I know, Ms. Sugiyama Rika is currently dating Dr. Terasaki Ayasa."

"Huh? Really? I thought someone as thick-skinned and clueless as you would never fall in love... This is terrible, I have to go check it out sometime, don't come with me."

"Hmm... alright. I won't go with you; that would be too impolite. But please try to be a little more mindful..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I just wanted to take a look from afar..."

The two figures disappeared into the street again, and no one could hear their words.

Main text: Chapter 177 Discovery

“…” 3904 licked the corner of his mouth; it tasted a little sweet.

She liked the taste; it was blood that had flowed from that fierce person before, but for some reason, it didn't smell bloody at all, instead carrying a refreshing fruity flavor.

What kind of fruit is this? I haven't eaten it in a long time.

While waiting for Terasaki Ayasa to treat her, 3904 couldn't help but lick her lips again. Only a trace of taste remained, but it still made her tail wag happily.

Meanwhile, Terasaki Ayasa was cautiously observing her from outside the magic circle's range.

The injuries inflicted on the visitor from another world by the guardian lady have mostly healed because his magical energy is still sufficient. However, after examining him, Terasaki Ayasa discovers that 3904 has countless old wounds, and for her own purposes, she decides to treat them.

Compared to magical girls, she was more wary of this wild and untamed visitor from another world, but far less extreme than Mayumi Haga. At most, she planned to control him, imprison this dangerous person in a magic hospital, and send him back once she found a way to do so.

As for killing the other party... that's too extreme, let's forget about it.

If it weren't for the Guardian, Terasaki Ayasa would never have imagined such a thing could be done.

3904 was unaware of Terasaki Ayasa's thoughts. After being taught a lesson by Haga Mayumi, she temporarily lost the will to fight. Moreover, there were no monsters like Kaba here, only humans. In her mind, humans were within her protection.

She has always obeyed human commands and protected precious purebred humans, even after coming to this world. Therefore, after arriving in Terasaki Ayasa's territory, she has been behaving very well.

Following Terasaki Ayasa's instructions, she lay on the bed, quietly waiting for the other party to use healing magic to treat her.

Deep down, she was somewhat uneasy. In her subconscious, the image of lying on a cold hospital bed with a glaring incandescent light overhead usually brought her endless pain.

Although she had hardly any memories left, as she lay here, she seemed to be able to recall the pain of her head being torn apart when she first opened her eyes.

The pain surrounded the back of her head and spine, as if trying to remind her of something, but her body, which had received the Kaba organ transplant, seemed to resist it all, thus blocking the pain and allowing the wound to heal quickly.

After that, 3904 hadn't thought about the excruciating pain from that time for a long time.

But now, as the magic that should have been gentle flowed into her body, she began to feel uneasy. Her biological instincts made her restless, and she let out fearful whimpers. The binding rings that Terasaki Ayasa placed on her limbs to keep her quiet during the treatment only added to her horror.

Despite being treated, the frightened little wolf showed signs of pain. She howled and tried to cover her head, but her hands and feet were bound and she could not move, so she could only struggle desperately.

Terasaki Ayasa realized something was wrong and wanted to stop the treatment, but the abnormality in 3904 stopped first.

The change happened in an instant; the little wolf's struggle and the sudden silence were only a few seconds apart. Terasaki Ayasa paused the treatment and wanted to go forward to check on it, but then noticed that the now quiet 3904 seemed to be trembling.

"..." Faced with the unusual presence of the visitor from another world, Terasaki Ayasa chose to first use magic to assess the situation rather than going up to check it out directly.

After all, 3904 is dangerous even to magic users, and the opponent's magic-breaking and physical abilities are enough to kill her.

This identification made Ayasa Terasaki realize that something was wrong.

If the previous examination results showed that 3904 was still half-human and not a pure human, then now 3904 is becoming more human-like through treatment.

Before she could even process what the result meant, the data of 3904 fluctuated once again. The girl, strapped to the hospital bed, began to struggle in pain again, and finally vomited while trembling all over.

What 3904 vomited was not undigested food, but a rainbow-colored viscous liquid, and there were even things with a texture similar to meat clumps wriggling inside.

After vomiting up all the filth inside his body, 3904 had somehow been freed from his restraints by Terasaki Ayasa, so he wouldn't drown in his own vomit.

She sat up, and her originally vertical pupils seemed to return to round for a moment, but the next second, remembering what she had been eating to survive, 3904 began to vomit again.

But this time there was nothing left to vomit, and she dry-heaved several times while holding the trash can.

Terasaki Ayasa vaguely guessed what was going on, and her expression gradually became serious.

"you……"

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Hitomi Tono woke up from her nightmare again.

She sat up abruptly, covered in a cold sweat, and found herself sitting on her bed in her room, still wearing the same pajamas she had on when she left the house that day.

She dreamed of Makoto again.

These days, she dreams of Mayumi Haga.

Originally, Hitomi Tono would occasionally dream of going on dates with Mayumi Haga, or of kissing or even engaging in sexual activity, and often dream of countless desserts and not having to go to school... But since entering Mayumi Haga's mental space, her dreams have undergone a slight change.

She began to dream of more real bows.

Broken bows, scattered bows, charred bows, melted bows, swollen bows... On the endless wilderness, the graveyard that belonged to Mayumi Haga seemed to have buried her spirit there as well.

Although Tono Hitomi had experienced some shock from Mayumi Haga and had some basic understanding of it, that scene was still too horrifying, and Tono Hitomi inevitably suffered some psychological trauma.

Aside from the somewhat unusual bear and Rania, Hitomi Tono, a true human, and Rika Sugiyama, another human who is not quite orthodox but is still human, have been having nightmares these past few days.

However, while the latter's nightmare could dissipate in the doctor's arms, Tono Hitomi had to bear it all alone because of Haga Mayumi's avoidance these days.

Today, in the space of the prankster, it was the best sleep Hitomi Tono had had in days.

After being awakened by another nightmare, Hitomi Tono receives a telepathic message from Ayasa Terasaki, instructing her to take the Guardian to the hospital the next day to discuss important matters.

Since Mayumi Haga is not keen on revealing her identity, Terasaki Ayasa has to rely on Hitomi Tono to contact her.

This gave Hitomi Tono an excuse.

She hugged her pillow and thought: It feels like something very important... Maybe I should go and discuss it with Mayumi tonight?

Then I slept at Mayumi's house.

Main Text: Chapter 178 True Bow, You and I Sleep

"Mayumi, I want to sleep with you!" When the short, pink-haired high school student, clutching a pillow, climbed out the window and was caught by Mayumi Haga, who had just woken up, a bright smile bloomed on her innocent face that was almost too dazzling to look at.

It's said to be unbearable to look at, but it's really just plain stupid.

Mayumi Haga: "...What did you say?"