——"Indeed."
In the silent and uninhabited forest, Mimosa set down the hand bell she'd been holding, opened her eyes from a closed state, and looked around, a thoughtful expression on her face: "With my eyes closed, I could hear the sounds of battle, but when I open them, the sounds disappear."
She had discovered this pattern unintentionally just monts before.
Because when using the sensing capabilities of her Magic Armor, she would habitually close her eyes, focusing her attention on her hearing, which is how she made this discovery.
Although she wasn't clear about the principles behind it, repeated attempts had now confird the veracity of the pattern: with her eyes closed, she could sense the movents of her comrades, but not with them open.
So, what was the reason for this phenonon?
After briefly pondering, she couldn't help but raise her head to look at the Blue Moon in the sky.
This moon, which originally did not exist in tonight's sky, was now seamlessly embedded in the pitch-black night, as if it had always belonged there.
But Mimosa knew it wasn't the real moon, and their current predicant had also begun with the appearance of this Blue Moon.
Therefore, the most suspicious factor naturally was it.
Was there sothing strange about the moonlight? Or does looking directly at the moon cause so kind of cognitive interference? Or is it sothing else entirely?
Thinking this way, Mimosa chose to close her eyes once more.
This was the thod most likely to help her find the truth, and she had no other choice.
This ti, when she closed her eyes, what she heard was the breath of soone right in front of her, perhaps only inches away.
Then ca a sowhat puzzled voice from the owner of the breath:
"Who's there! No, wait, are you… Mimosa?"
While not exceedingly familiar, this voice allowed Mimosa to tentatively recognize the identity. If her mory served her correctly, it belonged to "Bai i," a Magical Girl from Fangting City.
In other words, as soon as she had closed her eyes this ti, she had heard the other person speak.
But the crucial point wasn't the voice itself; it hid a more important piece of information:
——"Can you see ?"
She did not hasten to open her eyes to confirm the other's identity but chose to maintain the status quo, because all known signs suggested: if she opened her eyes now, she might still see nothing.
"I can indeed see you..."
From "Bai i," the voice carried a hint of uncertainty: "So what exactly is happening now? What did that Remnant Beast do, and where had you all gone before?"
"There's no 'you all'."
Mimosa took a deep breath to keep herself composed: "I am alone; I don't know where the others are."
"…I see."
Bai i's voice paused for a mont, then replied with so realization: "I thought during my battle with that Remnant Beast that it wasn't just who had been separated."
"Battle?" Mimosa was sowhat astonished.
She distinctly rembered that this junior Magical Girl in front of her was only a junior caster level, whereas the enemy called Semi was clearly beyond the Half-Molt level. There was no logical reason why this junior, Bai i, would survive a battle with such a disparity in power.
But if the other party had already died, then who was standing in front of her, a human or a ghost?
"Please don't look so horrified. I'm not a ghost, I'm not dead."
Apparently, her expressions were so apparent that Bai i could tell at a glance what Mimosa was thinking, leading to a sowhat helpless explanation: "Well... it might sound odd, but I awakened my Magic Armor during the fight and drove it away."
Mimosa had to summon all her willpower to prevent herself from opening her eyes after hearing this.
"Awakened Magic Armor?" She couldn't help but ask.
"Yes." Bai i confird confidently.
"You drove it away?"
"Yes."
After receiving these two affirmative responses, Mimosa turned and ran without another word.
As a Magical Girl with over a year of combat experience, Mimosa had seen many Remnant Beasts with strange abilities in her past battles.
Whenever they set up a lair, the Remnant Beasts could use those bizarre abilities, among which so were capable of creating illusions or disguises.
After encountering such Remnant Beasts, every ti Mimosa entered a Remnant Beast's lair, she would always be cautious. She observantly scrutinized her surroundings, verified her comrades' words and actions to avoid being deceived, and thus prevented herself from falling into danger.
At present, the voice seed to be "Bai i's" person, but the words lacked any logic, riddled with flaws, such a crude lie could certainly not be from the person herself, likely it was an illusion or disguise created by the Remnant Beast within the lair.
In other words, she had walked into a trap.
Mimosa was quite certain of her judgnt.
Thus, she did not hesitate to turn around and run, trying to get as far away as possible before the other party could react.
However, before she could run a few steps, she felt as if sothing was pulling on her body, and then, her collar was tugged by sothing.
——"Wait a minute, what are you running for?"
What followed was Bai i's slightly confused inquiry.
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