Haneoka Girls’ Academy
“Stop!
You haven’t answered me yet!
What do you mean I don’t need to worry?” Kyubey barely caught up with Venalita, because the latter had stopped beside a girl.
That girl was none other than Hiiragi Utena.
“Venalita-san, is this your companion?” The girl named Hiiragi Utena could clearly see Kyubey too, and subconsciously assumed it was a companion.
“Not a companion at all!
Explain to me what you mean by saying you know Kyubey?
What do you mean I don’t need to worry?
Do you know the price of me creating a Magical Girl?”
Kyubey’s angry rebuke made Hiiragi Utena shrink back in fear, and she looked at Venalita to ask, “Venalita-san, did you two have an argument?”
“Utena-chan, this Kyubey is my peer, but he actually thinks the Magical Girls he creates have a price.” Venalita briefly explained Kyubey’s intentions.
“Huh?
Do you have to pay a price to be a Magical Girl?” Hiiragi Utena had never thought about this.
“Of course not, it’s just that little Kyubey thinks so.” Seeing Kyubey was so persistent, Venalita sighed as if helpless: “I accidentally let it slip just now, so I’ll be direct: I do know of Kyubey’s existence, and I also know what it’s like when Kyubey there makes contracts with Magical Girls.”
“You actually know?”
Could this Venalita be like him, someone who doesn’t belong to this world?
“You are completely different from them.
The human soul within you makes you an existence independent of other Kyubeys.
Even if your soul gem becomes murky, you won’t turn into a Witch and die, but rather have a different effect.”
Venalita’s words stunned Kyubey.
So not only did he really know about Kyubey’s existence, but he also knew there was a human soul inside him?
Could there really be a true form like Hyper Zetton?
“U-um…” Hiiragi Utena raised her hand weakly to ask: “What do you mean by ‘other Kyubeys’?
Was Kyubey originally human?
What is a soul gem?
Why do you have to die if you turn into a Witch?”
She could understand every sentence, but when put together, she couldn’t make sense of it at all.
“Utena-san, you have too many questions.
Why don’t I let little Kyubey explain it to you?” Venalita seemed too lazy to talk, and actually burrowed into Hiiragi Utena’s skirt right in front of everyone.
“Venalita-san, don’t just crawl into my skirt!” Hiiragi Utena was overcome with shame and anger, wanting to die at the thought that Kyubey had witnessed this.
“U-um, could you explain it to me?
Kyubey-san?” Hiiragi Utena asked cautiously.
After hearing the information he wanted from Venalita, Kyubey felt a bit better and patiently explained the questions to Hiiragi Utena.
“H-how could it be like this?”
“Magical Girls eventually turn into Witches, then are hunted down, and it repeats in a cycle…”
After learning that the Magical Girls Kyubey created faced such a tragic end, Hiiragi Utena’s face turned pale.
“Kyubey is really, really kind, isn’t it?” Upon learning that Kyubey was actually a human, Hiiragi Utena asked curiously: “Was Kyubey originally male or female?”
“Just a male office worker.”
“Then I’ll call you Kyubey-kun from now on.
Kyubey-kun, have you created any Magical Girls since you came to the world I live in?” Speaking of Magical Girls, Hiiragi Utena brightened up, even appearing excited.
“Yes, I’ve signed three, all of whom signed voluntarily after I told them everything.” Kyubey answered truthfully.
“Th-then, can I go find them to play later?”
If he didn’t know what this girl was like in the anime, he would have truly been deceived by this appearance.
“Just don’t transform when you go find them, and don’t think about doing anything weird to them.” Kyubey deliberately emphasized his tone.
“How could I possibly do anything weird to them?
I, I won’t transform.”
Hiiragi Utena didn’t know why Kyubey was wary of her.
For a gloomy, crawling shut-in like herself, just having a group of Magical Girls as friends was already a very happy thing.
How could she do weird things to them?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
“That’s all for today, Utena-san.
Goodbye.” After saying that, Kyubey left the academy.
…
Kyubey arrived by the river under the bridge to digest today’s information.
“Can Venalita’s words be fully trusted?”
In the anime, it looked like just a mascot, but judging by its behavior, it was clearly not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
He didn’t know if this was a lie woven by Venalita to get him to create more Magical Girls.
If it was true… Magical Girls could soon grow exponentially and kick all those monsters to death like speed bumps.
“What happens if the soul gem is completely murky but doesn’t turn into a Witch?
I feel like there still has to be a price, just maybe not dying directly like turning into a Witch?”
Kyubey didn’t know, and couldn’t experiment immediately.
Kaori, Touka, and Sakayanagi Arisu were all normal adult girls with strong psychological resilience.
He also didn’t have the ability or the stomach to disgustingly harm them.
To get immediate verification, he needed to find a girl with psychological problems, who was easily emotional, and could be controlled.
Nagasaki?
“Why did I think of her first?
No, no, she doesn’t deserve this.”
Kyubey passed on this heavy woman; at the very least, she wasn’t evil enough to deserve this.
Gasai Yuno?
Forget about her.
Although she had psychological problems, it was easy to create an overwhelming powerhouse, and he didn’t want to die that early.
Yukinoshita Yukino, Eriri, Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, Gotoh Hitori… After thinking about the list of girls he had observed recently, he found none were suitable. You are reading on novelping.com, the official source.
It should be said that most were innocent, and his conscience wouldn’t allow him to pick an innocent girl to experiment on.
Someone with psychological problems, prone to extremism leading to rapid soul gem murkiness, and deeply sinful… Satou!
Kyubey thought of this girl he had previously excluded.
Kyubey knew her actions and really detested her for them.
What did she do?
She could kill her best friend for her own love, made Asahi lose his family, burned down a building, and in the end, it was her own fault.
She also ruined other people’s lives; compared to her, the other girls were all white lotus flowers.
This was also why Kyubey detested Satou so much.
“Instead of letting you harm others and yourself, you might as well make a contribution to the future Magical Girls.” Thinking of this, Kyubey took a step and headed full speed towards the location in his memory.
…
“What is love?” The ashen-faced girl was still searching for the answer to this question today.
As her name suggests, the girl named Satou had fragrant, soft pink hair, and a face as exquisite and sweet as sugar; even her smile gave people a sweet feeling.
Satou had been searching for the definition of love since she was little.
She had no parents since she was a child and was raised by her aunt, but her aunt…
“Are you lost?
Young lady?”
The white creature, which was Kyubey, appeared on the balcony.
Satou looked up at Kyubey, her eyes calm and waveless, without questioning how Kyubey could appear on such a high balcony.
That was not important.
“Ne~ can you tell me what gentleness is, what warmth feels like, and what love is?” Satou asked Kyubey this question that she had never solved since she was a child.
Although her aunt had told her, she felt it was wrong.
“When you can care about someone, hope to hear their voice, and want them by your side, you will be able to understand.” After Kyubey clearly answered Satou’s question, he said his usual lines: “Are you willing to sign a contract with me to become a Magical Girl?”
Satou did not ask what a Magical Girl was, nor did she ask if there was a price, but looked at him with those lifeless eyes: “Can becoming a Magical Girl make me understand what love is?”
For other girls, Kyubey would still explain, but for Satou, Kyubey didn’t even explain: “As long as you make a wish, you can become a Magical Girl.
Tell me your wish.”
“I want to like you.”
In Kyubey’s stunned gaze, Satou looked at Kyubey and stated her wish: “I want to like you with all my heart, without reservation.
That way, I will be able to understand what love really is.”
What are you saying?
What do you mean you want to like me?
At least find a human!
Wait!
I don’t want to fulfill this wish!
Don’t like me!
Because Kyubey had already decided to fulfill Satou’s wish, it was too late to go back on it now.