"I was really too careless. It seems I've become a bit overconfident. I knew that a Magical Girl could lose her life at any moment, but I was too confident in my abilities. This failure can be considered a lesson." Lying on the bed, Mami Tomoe still felt a bit emotional about what happened today.
Just then, the door to the room opened. Just as Mami Tomoe thought it was Yoshino entering, Homura Akemi's figure appeared before her.
"Akemi… why are you here?" Mami Tomoe asked, somewhat puzzled.
"What? Are you planning to use ribbons to tie me up again, like today, and ask me what bad intentions I have for being here?" Homura Akemi asked with a faint smile, looking at Mami Tomoe's surprised expression. "If you treat guests with such impolite hospitality, then you're not the Mami Tomoe I know."
"No! No! I wasn't thinking of anything so rude. I was just a little surprised by your arrival. I'm really sorry for tying you up today, Akemi. My emotions were a bit high at the time, and I accidentally did something so impolite." Mami Tomoe said somewhat flustered, her chest jiggling with her movements, making Homura Akemi's eyebrows twitch. She looked down at her own small hills, a faint sense of loss appearing in her heart.
"It's alright, I don't mind it." Dispelling the strange emotions in her heart, Homura Akemi observed Mami Tomoe's room. It was exactly the same as what she had seen in other timelines, the only difference being that Kyubey was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Kyubey? Its clone should be with you."
Just after defeating the Witch, Homura Akemi had tried to find Kyubey, but it had slipped away after the Witch was defeated. This plan had failed, and it had run off before Mami Tomoe and Yoshino could settle scores with it. Coming to Mami Tomoe's place this time, besides discussing things with her, another purpose was to find Kyubey.
But Mami Tomoe shook her head and explained, "Ever since Yoshino revealed Kyubey's identity yesterday, Kyubey hasn't appeared at my house. I don't know where it is now. When Kyubey telepathically spoke to me today, I wanted to ask it some things, but it had already disappeared after the battle ended."
'It probably realized there was no point in staying here now, so it ran off somewhere else. The most likely place should be with Oriko Mikami, and it was probably Kyubey who helped Kikura recover from her injuries faster. I just don't know what method it used.'
Reluctantly giving up on the idea of bothering Kyubey, Homura Akemi's expression softened. She said to Mami Tomoe with a faint smile, "It's good that you're alright today. Many people don't want anything to happen to you. Including me, I also don't want you to die."
"But, why do you know?" Mami Tomoe asked Homura Akemi in confusion.
"Huh?"
"I could have been killed by that Witch. How did you know?" Remembering Homura Akemi's actions to stop her before the battle, Mami Tomoe realized that Homura Akemi seemed to know everything in advance. Although it sounded absurd, what happened afterwards confirmed that her guess was correct.
"That is…" Homura Akemi lowered her head, not knowing how to answer her. Should she tell her that she had seen Mami Tomoe die at the hands of this Witch in other timelines? Would Mami Tomoe really believe this explanation? Would no one believe her, just like when she first explained Kyubey's purpose, except for Yoshino?
"It's like, you knew I would lose from the start…" Seeing Homura Akemi's troubled expression, Mami Tomoe realized this might be the other person's secret, and her expression relaxed. "Never mind, if you don't want to say it, you don't have to."
"…"
"I misunderstood you, thinking you were just a Magical Girl acting for the sake of grief seeds. If that were the case, wouldn't it be simpler and easier to just monitor me in that world? Instead of bringing Yoshino to save my life." At this point, Mami Tomoe came before Homura Akemi and bowed her head in apology: "I'm sorry, I doubted you before…"
Seeing Mami Tomoe's sincere apology, Homura Akemi felt that the success rate of this timeline was very high. At least with Mami Tomoe's powerful firepower support, Walpurgisnacht would be much easier. "It's alright, I'm used to this kind of situation."
"I came to see you this time, besides asking about Kyubey, there's also something else I need your help with."
"Huh?"
"Soon, this city will welcome Walpurgisnacht."
"Walpurgisnacht… I've only heard rumors, but is that a truly existing Witch?" The strongest Witch in legends, she had only considered it a legendary Witch before. Could such a Witch truly exist?
"Yes, the biggest Witch that truly exists, there's no mistake. If left unchecked, then Mitakihara will suffer a large number of casualties." In many timelines, Homura Akemi had personally experienced the power of Walpurgisnacht. That thing was definitely not a monster one person could face alone.
While the two were discussing Walpurgisnacht in the room, Yoshino was outside the door, leaning against it and listening to their conversation.
After taking a bath, she had opened the door for Homura Akemi, who had come to visit, and then went to do other housework, but she was actually eavesdropping on their conversation. Although she could also hide in their shadows, she was more used to doing it this way.
Listening to their conversation, Yoshino made a decision in her heart.
"I must make this timeline a HAPPY END!"
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