Chapter 943: Harvesting a Magical Girl

"Ah—"

A startled cry came from mid-air, and a tiny loli fell from the sky. Lingyun flashed, appearing instantly in mid-air to catch the white-haired loli who was in freefall.

Looking at the young girl he had caught, a trace of surprise could not help but appear on Lingyun's face.

He had not expected that after releasing the Purification Light within the Witch Barrier, it would actually purify the Sweets Witch into this tiny Magical Girl, Momoe Nagisa.

However, having just transformed into her Magical Girl state, Momoe Nagisa seemed extremely exhausted; she opened her eyes slightly to glance at Lingyun, then closed them again and fainted.

Seeing Momoe Nagisa in this state, a hint of embarrassment surfaced in Lingyun's heart. The reason Momoe Nagisa was in this condition was, after all, caused by Lingyun's earlier tossing about. After all, the Four Symbols Sword Dragon from before had really put the insect-form Sweets Witch through the wringer; although Momoe Nagisa had now been purified from her Witch state to her Magical Girl state by Lingyun's Purification Light, the exhaustion from the previous battle was not so easily dispelled.

"Click—"

The Witch Barrier, which was slowly crumbling, suddenly turned gray-white. Akemi Homura walked up to Lingyun and looked at the Momoe Nagisa in Lingyun's arms with some curiosity.

"Teacher, who is she?"

"Her? Guess!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Guess? Wait, could she be... the Sweets Witch?" Akemi Homura suddenly remembered the rose at Lingyun's home, and an incredible thought suddenly popped into her mind.

"That's right, she is the Sweets Witch." Lingyun nodded. "This little girl is quite lucky; under the effect of my Purification Light, she actually recovered her Magical Girl form. It's just a pity that the time for those previous Grief Seeds was too long ago, and it's no longer possible to restore them to their Magical Girl forms."

"But regardless, being able to liberate their souls so that they won't turn into Witches again is already the best relief for them, isn't it?" A smile of relief appeared on Akemi Homura's face.

Afterward, Akemi Homura deactivated her Time Stop. The others saw Akemi Homura suddenly appear by Lingyun's side, but their faces did not show much surprise; after all, they already knew that Akemi Homura possessed a special, elusive ability.

Tomoe Mami, however, stared fixedly at Momoe Nagisa, who was being held by Lingyun. For some reason, she felt that there was an unusual connection between herself and the Momoe Nagisa in Lingyun's arms.

"Eh, Teacher, where did this child come from?" Kaname Madoka ran up to Lingyun and looked at the Momoe Nagisa in Lingyun's arms with curiosity.

"This is a little secret!" Lingyun gave a mysterious smile to everyone present. "You can try to guess this little one's identity. If you can guess it, there will be a little surprise!"

"A little surprise?" Akemi Homura couldn't help but roll her eyes. What "little surprise"—it would be a huge shock!

"Alright, it's getting late now. As students, it's not a good thing to go home too late!" Lingyun said to everyone present.

Hearing Lingyun say this, all the girls present felt their expressions tighten. When facing this teacher, Lingyun, they still held a trace of awe in their hearts.

As they spoke, the Witch Barrier surrounding them had completely crumbled, and the group appeared simultaneously in front of the pillar from before. As they appeared, Lingyun opened his hand and cast an Array to lower their presence, ensuring that the people around did not notice so many people suddenly appearing in this spot.

"Alright, students, see you tomorrow!" Lingyun waved at everyone present and then vanished into the Void.

"Homura, do you know what Teacher's true identity is?" Kaname Madoka asked softly to the Akemi Homura beside her.

After all, in Kaname Madoka's eyes, Akemi Homura had arrived here together with Lingyun, so surely Akemi Homura must know something about Lingyun.

Akemi Homura was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. To be honest, even now she didn't quite know what Lingyun's true identity was. Lingyun had once mentioned the term "Supernatural Being" to her, but Akemi Homura always felt that the mere three words "Supernatural Being" were simply insufficient to describe Lingyun.

After finishing speaking to Tomoe Mami, Akemi Homura chased in the direction Lingyun had gone. Although Lingyun had long since left, she knew where Lingyun's home was; at worst, she could just pay him a night raid.

"Even Akemi Homura doesn't know?" A trace of astonishment also appeared on Tomoe Mami's face.

What she cared about most now was the girl Lingyun had turned from a Witch back into a Magical Girl. This girl might be hiding some important secret, and if she wanted to discover this secret, she was afraid she would have to rely on herself.

She had been a Magical Girl for quite a while, but she had never heard of a person like Lingyun. If such a person truly existed, Kyubey would inevitably have told her.

Thinking of Kyubey, Tomoe Mami's expression faltered. In that instant just now, a bad feeling had risen in her heart. Especially the image of Kyubey melting in the Purification Light, followed by a large number of Grief Seeds appearing inside its body, was deeply etched into her mind.

Although Kyubey had told her it had a mission to collect Grief Seeds, Grief Seeds were the eggs of Witches, and they always carried the possibility of turning into Witches. Especially when the Grief Seeds had all shattered at once earlier, releasing terrifying, despair-filled Magic, her breathing had almost stopped. That feeling was truly too terrifying, as if countless Witches were reviving in front of her at the same time.

"Mami-senpai, what's wrong?" Sayaka's concerned voice came from the side.

Tomoe Mami turned her head and saw that both Kaname Madoka and Sayaka were looking at her with worried expressions.

"I'm fine." Tomoe Mami shook her head and said with a smile, "Perhaps it was because of the previous battle; my thoughts were a bit chaotic for a moment."

Hearing Tomoe Mami's explanation, Kaname Madoka and the other did not suspect anything; after all, Tomoe Mami had truly walked right up to the gates of the Underworld Prison earlier. If not for Lingyun's timely appearance, perhaps Tomoe Mami would already be on her way to report to Shiki Eiki.

No, that's not right—a Magical Girl's soul is stored within her Soul Gem; if the Soul Gem were to shatter, Tomoe Mami would likely have vanished into the Void entirely before she could even go to report to Shiki Eiki.

Tomoe Mami patted her cheeks. Although there were many questions in her heart right now, judging by the current situation, it was not a good time to bring them up. Such matters were better left for later.

Temporarily setting aside the doubts in her heart, Tomoe Mami gave a smile to Kaname Madoka and Sayaka: "Since even Teacher said that students shouldn't go home too late, let's hurry home now!"

"Mm, let's go." Kaname Madoka also nodded.

The events of today had been a bit too stimulating for her; first, her senpai had nearly died while hunting a Witch. This incident had almost presented the high-risk nature of the Magical Girl profession to her in an extremely bloody way.

Afterward, the powerful strength Lingyun displayed had shocked her even more—who would have thought that a gym teacher who fell from the sky would possess such terrifying power.

With all these things piled together, Kaname Madoka's brain had almost crashed. At a time like this, returning home to calm down was indeed the right thing to do.