I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 94 Farewell

The meteorite slowly opened its eyes.

The warm memories of the past have faded from my mind, replaced by the cold reality before my eyes.

The searing pain in her soul reminded her of the devastating defeat she had just experienced.

Noah stood in front of her, looking down at her.

Looking at the dying meteor clinging to the boulder, Noah felt neither the arrogance of a victor nor the hatred of a traitor, only overflowing sorrow.

Looking at Noah like this, Meteorite's heart calmed down.

"Captain... what's with that expression?"

She forced a smile.

"You clearly won... so why do you look even more upset than me, the loser?"

Noah didn't answer, she just kept looking at her.

"...Do you remember, Captain?" Meteorite looked up at the gray sky, "The first time our entire team was together, when we went for a barbecue."

"Senior Ji Xia... almost got drunk from drinking beer, haha."

"And then there's Senior Fennel... who clearly can't eat spicy food, yet insists on adding a ton of chili seasonings and choking on it."

"Lady Iroko... sitting next to you... not letting me get close. I'm just... a junior who admires you, is it really necessary to be so guarded?"

"Mizuki... has always been so calm... although there's always an awkward silence when she's around, she's surprisingly caring."

Noah's eyes welled up slightly. Of course she remembered; it was one of the few times they could truly relax in their daily lives.

After having a heart-to-heart talk with her during that incident with the monster, although she was still a little uncomfortable when facing a group, Meteorite's eyes shone with a light she had never seen before.

"And...that time we went to the beach together..."

"With monsters lurking on the outskirts of the city... it's a rare treat to go to the beach. Captain, you have such a great figure... I didn't expect... your swimsuit choice to be so conservative..."

"And we went to the arcade together... and played until dawn..."

"Until the shop owner finally couldn't take it anymore and tried to kick us out..."

Meteorites, one by one, tell the stories of those everyday moments.

The magical girl's mission, the battle to defeat the monstrous beasts... all became irrelevant at this moment. In Meteorite's heart, memories with her friends became the topic she most wanted to discuss.

"I really want to... go back to that carefree daily life..."

The more beautiful those warm and ordinary moments of the past were, the more they highlighted the utter cruelty of this ending.

"...Since that's the case," Noah finally spoke, "since we have so many wonderful memories together...why did you come to kill me? Why...did you obey Yi Luoxin's orders?"

She had asked similar questions to countless corrupted magical girls.

There's really no need to ask this question, since you already know the answer in your heart.

The magical girl who has been brainwashed retains her memories, but her way of thinking and personality will take a strange turn.

However, Noah still held onto a sliver of hope.

Meteor was, after all, Yi Luoxin's former teammate... and it seems that Meteor's original personality hasn't changed much.

Is it possible that... the meteorite's brainwashing wasn't very deep, and that it could be awakened?

What if the bond between them... can resist brainwashing?

Meteor looked at Noah and gave a wry smile.

"……I have no idea."

Her voice was filled with exhaustion and despair.

"I know very well... what those guys did to us. I was brainwashed and turned into a puppet who had to obey her."

"But... after I was brainwashed, I genuinely felt that I 'had to do it no matter what,' that I had to kill the captain to prove that I had surpassed you. Even without the captain, even if I was alone, I could do it all."

Her voice was trembling.

"It's ridiculous, isn't it, Captain? I'm fully aware that I've been brainwashed, yet I willingly indulge in it."

"So, to die at your hands... perhaps, is the best ending for me."

Noah's eyes could no longer hold back, and warm tears slid down her cheeks.

Her cherished companions, the younger generation she had tried her best to protect... ultimately met their end in this way before her eyes.

"Captain... don't cry."

As Meteorite looked at Noah's tears, a sharp pain shot through his already numb heart.

"The way you're acting makes it seem like I'm the one bullying you."

"Just do what you're supposed to do."

"You know very well... that I have to end this here. Otherwise... I'll still lose control of myself in the future."

"So... consider it helping me to be free."

Just then, Noah's phone vibrated at an inopportune moment.

She wiped away her tears, took out her phone, and pressed the answer button.

"Both Bi'an and Huixiang have arrived." Lingbo's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Noah took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound less trembling.

"...Five minutes from now, aim at me and unleash your strongest attacks. I'll dodge."

"...Understood."

The phone hangs up.

Noah took one last look at the meteor lying on the ground.

five minutes.

This was reserved for them, their final farewell.

"Captain," Meteorite's voice was unusually calm at this moment, "Thank you."

"...What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you... for letting me become your 'friend'."

"We...we've always been friends." Noah's voice choked with emotion, tears blurring her vision once more.

Neither of them spoke again.

They simply gazed at each other silently, intending to remember each other forever.

Soon, five minutes had passed.

Three magical beams of light lit up behind Noah.

The dark red magic cannon from the other side, the light sphere of fennel that gathered immense magical power, and Lingbo's pure white piercing cannon.

Meteor didn't look at the light emitted by the magic cannon.

Her gaze remained fixed solely on Noah from beginning to end.

Bathed in that dazzling light, Noah's figure appeared so clearly.

Ah... just as I expected...

—The captain...she is always so dazzling, no matter the time.

—Being able to become important friends with the captain...with such wonderful memories, what more could I ask for?

Noah wiped the tears from her cheeks.

Then, she turned around, took a step, and walked to the side.

There was no turning back.

Because she knew that once she turned back, she would never be able to move forward again.

The torrent of magic instantly engulfed the meteorite's figure, as well as their past, which could never be revisited.