Chapter 967: Feeling Like Something Was Lost

The next day was a bright, sunny day. Although Sayaka and Sakura Kyoko had played the dance machine all night long, exhaustion was something that did not exist for a Magical Girl; one only needed to use Magic to refresh their state.

"Sayaka, didn't you make a wish to Kyubey for that boy named Kamijou Kyousuke? Now that person named Shizuki Hitomi has declared war on you, aren't you going to seize this opportunity to confess to him?" Sakura Kyoko asked, looking at Sayaka beside her.

"No, the current me can no longer be with Kamijou Kyousuke." Sayaka's hand paused slightly, then she shook her head and said.

"Why?" A trace of surprise could not help but appear on Sakura Kyoko's face.

"The current me is no longer an ordinary person! Haven't you noticed? Our bodies seem to have undergone a significant change from our original ones. It's like how we played the dance machine all night yesterday, yet just by using a tiny bit of Magic, we could restore our bodies to their best state. Sometimes I even wonder, is our current body still our own? Under these circumstances, how could I possibly be with classmate Kyousuke?" Sayaka spread her hands, staring at the Soul Gem in her palm, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"Are you giving up just because of that?" Sakura Kyoko could not help but widen her eyes.

"Perhaps it's not just for that reason." Sayaka shook her head, but it was clear she had no intention of continuing.

"Well, regardless, I've warned you. If you don't go confess today, then that friend of yours is going to go confess. Based on my experience, that guy Kamijou Kyousuke has a very high probability of not rejecting her confession!" Sakura Kyoko jumped down from the bed.

"Perhaps Shizuki Hitomi is more suitable for classmate Kyousuke," Sayaka said, shaking her head. "Whether it's family background or personality, she is a better match for classmate Kyousuke. Just as the teacher said before, in front of Kamijou Kyousuke, I have no advantage other than being a childhood friend!"

"Fine, fine, I won't worry about this anymore." Sakura Kyoko put her hands behind her head, looking at Sayaka who was packing her school bag. "I've already warned you; just make sure you don't do something you'll regret."

"I know."

Perhaps because they had played the dance machine all night, the relationship between Sayaka and Sakura Kyoko seemed to have undergone a subtle change. In the invisible space between them, a peculiar atmosphere seemed to be spreading.

After Sayaka left, a trace of doubt flashed in Sakura Kyoko's eyes. It was only when she saw Sayaka's Soul Gem just now that she discovered something she had been ignoring: there seemed to be no impurity on Sayaka's Soul Gem.

This matter was very strange to her. One had to know that during this period, the battles Sayaka had experienced were not few at all. After becoming a Magical Girl, she first eliminated the Witch of the Box, then had a great battle with her, and last night she even fought the Witch of Shadows. None of these three battles were easy, and the Magic consumed must have been extraordinarily vast.

Under normal circumstances, Sayaka's Soul Gem would inevitably become dim due to the massive consumption of Magic, and impurities would appear on the gem, requiring a Grief Seed for purification. But right now, such traces were completely invisible on Sayaka's Soul Gem.

"Could this be the handiwork of that strange teacher? Is this the reason why the Magical Girls in this place can get along peacefully? The Soul Gem doesn't develop impurities, so naturally, there's no need for a Grief Seed to purify it, and without having to fight over Grief Seeds, Magical Girls can naturally coexist peacefully. Truly remarkable!" Sakura Kyoko looked at the bright red Soul Gem in her hand, a strange glint flashing in her eyes.

……

"Hitomi, why do you keep looking at me with such a strange expression?"

On the way to school, Sayaka ran into Shizuki Hitomi again, but the gaze Shizuki Hitomi directed at her held an extra, strange emotion.

When she woke up this morning, Shizuki Hitomi had fallen into a long period of contemplation. After all, the dream from last night was too strange. She had doubted whether it was just her own fantasy, but some things from that strange dream that faintly echoed with reality had clearly told her that this was not an illusion, but something that had actually happened in reality.

After knowing the sacrifices Sayaka had made for Kamijou Kyousuke, what right did she have to compete with Sayaka? Not to mention, Sayaka had even saved her life; if Sayaka hadn't appeared in time back then, perhaps the person named Shizuki Hitomi would not exist in this world.

Moreover, she suddenly realized that when she looked at Kamijou Kyousuke in the past, there seemed to be a filter. Now that this layer of filter had been shattered by someone, a change seemed to have occurred in her heart as well.

"N-nothing." Shizuki Hitomi shook her head and said.

She couldn't very well tell Sayaka, "I had a strange dream last night and dreamed about you." If she really said that, she couldn't imagine what would happen. Therefore, the matter of that strange dream would remain a secret known only to herself.

And at Mitakihara Middle School, Kamijou Kyousuke seemed to sense something and suddenly raised his head to look into the distance.

"What's wrong, classmate Kamijou?" A boy beside him looked at Kamijou Kyousuke's movement and asked with some confusion.

"N-nothing!" Kamijou Kyousuke shook his head.

In that instant just now, Kamijou Kyousuke felt a sudden sharp pain in his heart, as if he had lost something precious forever.

But this feeling came quickly and went quickly; Kamijou Kyousuke did not pay attention to it and instead cast it to the back of his mind. After all, he had more important things to do now. His family was planning a violin recital to celebrate his recovery and discharge from the hospital. During this time, besides working hard on rehabilitation, he was also familiarizing himself with his violin. After all, he had stayed in the hospital for quite a while, and playing the violin now might be a bit rusty.

"A violin recital? As expected of classmate Kamijou, you're really amazing!" One of the boys looked at the invitation in his hand, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

Watching the group of boys laughing and joking, Lingyun shook his head slightly: "Kamijou Kyousuke, since you love the violin so much, then go spend your whole life with the violin!"