Chapter 985: Is It Time to Leave?

"How is it, Kyubey? Do you feel what those girls once felt now?" Lingyun stood before the window, gazing at the girls walking into the Teaching Building not far away.

Beside Lingyun was a shivering Kyubey. This Kyubey's eyes were hollow, its crimson pupils completely filled with despair. The current Kyubey had lost the ability to form a Contract with girls and transform them into Magical Girls. Aside from the immortality fixed by Lingyun, it was now just an ordinary little beast, without even a shred of combat power.

After Lingyun supplemented its emotional system and infused it with the despair of the Magical Girls, Kyubey could finally clearly feel just how excessive the things it had done to those girls were.

However, there was no turning back now. Lingyun had completely excised its existence from Human History, which directly stripped away its greatest reliance. Now, it could only silently accept the punishment Lingyun imposed upon it, and it would continue indefinitely.

It was not that Kyubey had never thought of escaping, but Lingyun had set some kind of special Technique upon it; as long as Kyubey left Lingyun's side by more than one hundred meters, it would automatically reappear beside him.

Most importantly, except for Kaname Madoka, no one could see Kyubey, which meant it couldn't even find an opportunity to call for help. Moreover, even if they could see it, what of it? Lingyun had already stripped away its ability to speak and its ability to form Contracts with others to make them Magical Girls. Even if someone could see it, they would likely just think it was some rare species.

"Teacher, we're here!"

Just at this moment, the room door was gently pushed open, and Kaname Madoka and Akemi Homura walked in from outside.

Seeing Kyubey staying by Lingyun's side, both of them had expressions of being accustomed to it. After all, since the world was reconstructed, Kyubey had been kept by Lingyun's side the whole time. Regarding this matter, Kaname Madoka and the others were naturally very reassured; after all, if one were to say who in this world could best restrain Kyubey, it was absolutely the legendary God Above God—Lingyun.

"Madoka, Homura!" Lingyun greeted the two with a smile.

"Teacher, look at this!" Kaname Madoka handed a Soul Gem in her hand to Lingyun.

Gazing at the Soul Gem in his hand, a flash of surprise also crossed Lingyun's face: "It looks like you succeeded!"

"Yes!" Akemi Homura nodded vigorously.

Although they felt extremely angry about Kyubey extracting the souls of Magical Girls, they also had to acknowledge that what Kyubey said had some logic; using the flesh-and-blood bodies of girls to fight against those Demon Beasts condensed from despair was truly a bit difficult.

That's right, in the world Lingyun reconstructed, although Witches had disappeared, Demon Beasts condensed from despair had appeared as substitutes for Witches. And the task of the Magical Girls was to eliminate these Demon Beasts and minimize the destruction they caused to human society. This was the orthodox Magical Girl storyline: fighting against all evil forces for the sake of love and peace. The kind of Magical Girls that had Kyubey before was clearly an evil path.

The Soul Gem in Lingyun's hand was actually a special container, a special container capable of holding the bodies of Magical Girls. After a Magical Girl transformed, her body would be transferred into this special container, while what was used to fight outside was a body condensed from the Magical Girl's magic. This body possessed all the characteristics of the former Magical Girl's body. When the battle ended, the Magical Girl's body would dissipate into magic, and their physical bodies would be released by the Soul Gem.

"You've done very well!" Lingyun placed the Soul Gem back into Kaname Madoka's hand and praised her.

"This is all because of Teacher's help that we were able to do it!" Having received praise, Kaname Madoka couldn't help but show a shy expression on her face.

"Teacher, are you... going to leave?" Akemi Homura looked at Lingyun and suddenly asked.

"What, Teacher is going to leave?" The room door was pushed open once again, and Tomoe Mami suddenly appeared before everyone.

It wasn't just Tomoe Mami; Sakura Kyoko, Sayaka, and Momoe Nagisa were all there. Everyone looked in Lingyun's direction, their eyes filled with a trace of confusion.

"Actually, you should have already known, right?" Lingyun looked at Kaname Madoka with a smile.

"Mm, Teacher, you are not a person of this world, right?" Akemi Homura said softly. "Although I didn't think of such things at the beginning, after becoming a Devil, I could clearly perceive that our world could not possibly give birth to an existence like you, Teacher, who exceeds all specifications!"

"So, Teacher is not a person of this world?" There was also a trace of complexity in Tomoe Mami's gaze as she looked at Lingyun. "Teacher, are you going back to your own world? Will we be able to meet again in the future?"

"I suppose I am going back to my own world." Lingyun nodded slightly. "As for meeting again, that is not a difficult thing. Do you still remember that Space-Time Gate I left in the Ring City?"

"That unopened Space-Time Gate?" Akemi Homura asked with some confusion.

"That's right, that very Space-Time Gate. If you open that Space-Time Gate, you can reach a place called the Cloud Realm. That place, well, it can be considered my home! If you have free time, you can come find me through that Space-Time Gate at any time!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"We can go find Teacher at any time?" The eyes of the girls present couldn't help but light up.

"That's right, at any time!" Lingyun nodded with a smile.

"Teacher, I have one more question I want to ask you!" Akemi Homura looked at Lingyun and asked.

"What question?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Teacher, for what reason did you come to this world?"

"For what reason did I come to this world?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly. "Perhaps it was because I didn't want this world to fall into destruction just like that, or perhaps it was because I couldn't stand the fate of the Magical Girls in this world, and it's also possible that I came because I heard your prayer!" Lingyun reached out and patted Akemi Homura's head.

"My, my prayer?" A blush couldn't help but rise on Akemi Homura's face.

"Ugh, that's really cunning!" Tomoe Mami couldn't help but mutter slightly in her heart.

"By the way, what should be done about this Kyubey?" Sakura Kyoko's gaze fell upon Kyubey, causing Kyubey's body to tremble slightly.

"What to do? Of course, I'm taking it with me!" Lingyun said. "I still have to introduce a friend to Kyubey!"

"A friend?" The girls present looked at each other in dismay. Introducing a friend to Kyubey—no matter how they thought about it, that seemed like a very dangerous thing.

"Teacher, who is the friend you mentioned?" Sayaka asked.

"Hmm, let me see, it's this one!" Lingyun pulled a photograph out from the Void.

Kaname Madoka and the others leaned in with curiosity. On the photo was a girl who was laughing happily.

This girl had brilliant golden hair and wore a hat on her head that was somewhat similar to a nightcap. The girl's eyes were deep red, and her clothes were also based in deep red. She wore short sleeves and a miniskirt, with a yellow tie decorating her chest. Behind her were things that looked a bit like tree branches, and on the branches hung colorful crystals.

At first glance, everyone thought this was a very cute child. Was it really okay to introduce such a child to Kyubey as a friend?