NOVEL NEXT WORLD chapter 41
41. How Did They Win?
“…Huh… Huh.”
Carrying Bai Yu, You Yu ran a long distance.
After confirming that the Night Demon had not followed them, You Yu stopped, letting out a sigh of relief on the surface while secretly feeling a twinge of regret in his heart.
What a pity, the Night Demon did not catch up.
If He had managed to catch up and given him a few hits, perhaps he could have perfectly embraced the notion of “regretting for a lifetime.”
However… this situation is fine too.
Because, right now, it seems he has opened Bai Yu’s heart a bit.
Thinking this, You Yu looked at Bai Yu, who was held in his arms.
Hmm… counting Wu Yue, this should be the second time he has held a girl. Speaking of which, Bai Yu’s face seems even redder than Wu Yue’s? Perhaps she’s just angry.
As he pondered, You Yu set her down and leaned against the wall, pretending to catch his breath.
Seeing him like this, Bai Yu bit her lip, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately held back those thoughts and said with concern:
“You… you should be okay, right? I saw you running so fast just now; you don’t look injured… Could it be that carrying me while escaping caused your injuries to flare up again?”
“…Well, perhaps that’s the case.”
“…”
“I’m sorry for making you like this because of me.”
“…Actually, you don’t need to say that. It’s quite normal, isn’t it?”
Shaking his head dismissively, You Yu caught his breath for a while, coughed a few times, then sat down against the wall and said:
“Such troublesome matters… could happen again in the future. I’ve been mentally prepared for a long time; you don’t need to apologize.”
“If one day I die, or something unexpected happens, it wouldn’t be surprising…”
“…”
“You…”
Looking at You Yu’s profile, Bai Yu wanted to say something, but upon seeing his dazed expression, she couldn’t help but feel guilty.
Then, after hesitating for a moment, Bai Yu shifted her gaze away from his face and said in a slightly subdued voice:
“So right now… because you’re injured, you feel very dizzy and tired?”
“…You can tell, right?”
“Indeed.”
After hearing Yuyou’s response, Bai Yu nodded, then took a deep breath, glanced at the vast sky, and then settled into a kneeling position.
Then, she said to Yuyou:
“Well… if you don’t mind, you can lean against this ‘place.'”
“…There aren’t any pillows or anything nearby, so you’ll have to make do for now.”
“…What are you talking about?”
Hearing Bai Yu’s words directed at him, Yuyou turned his head to look at her, and what he saw was her in a kneeling position, patting her thigh with her hand.
“…”
The intention was clear.
For a moment, Yuyou felt a bit of a strange sensation inside.
Well… there was no doubt that the scene before him was the classic “thigh pillow” scenario. To be honest, he had never thought this would happen… or rather, he hadn’t imagined that Bai Yu would act faster than Wuyue in this regard.
But the facts proved his assumption wrong.
So it seemed… his “rescue” this time was quite effective, huh?
After pondering for a while, Yuyou’s response was—
“Alright then, I’ll make do for a bit, but it won’t be for too long; I still need to check on Wuyue later…”
Well, surely after experiencing such a scene in the future, this memory would come in handy!
He accepted her thigh pillow for this reason alone, with no other motives.
Explaining this to himself in his mind, Yuyou slowly moved to her side, adjusted his position, and then leaned back against her thigh.
And sure enough, what he saw was her slightly shy face, though she didn’t show too much, just a hint of it.
It was as if she simply wanted him to rest for a moment, and that was why she offered her thigh.
After Yuyou lay down, Bai Yu sighed, choosing not to focus on his face but instead gazing at the distant sky, saying:
“…I’m sorry for what I said earlier.”
“I didn’t mean to refuse your help, it’s just…”
“Just that you don’t want to see things like before happen again, right?”
“…”
“You know?”
“I know a bit, I found out some things online before.”
Seeing Bai Yu fall silent again, Yuyou sighed, getting up from the thigh pillow he had just settled on, and said:
“But… I don’t know too much; I can only guess some reasons. Can you tell me what exactly happened?”
“…”
“Hmm.”
Nodding slightly, Bai Yu decided to share her past, which she had always found hard to mention, with You Yu.
……
So, after talking for a while, she briefly recounted everything that had happened before and after she became a magical girl to You Yu.
After listening to her words, You Yu fell into deep thought.
“…So, that’s how it is.”
According to Bai Yu, after becoming a magical girl, she had lived alone with her father, and occasionally, she would fight as a magical girl, seeking “revenge.”
However… due to a mistake in battle, or perhaps because the Night Demon had come knocking, she found herself unable to defeat it, leading to her failure in combat.
Then… at that moment, her father, seeing her in such a desperate state, couldn’t bear to let her continue like this. He stepped in front of her, pleading with the Night Demon to spare Bai Yu’s life.
And then… the Night Demon agreed, but the price was his life.
Though he didn’t understand why the Night Demon would do such a thing, he was willing to grasp even the slightest hope to ensure his daughter’s safety.
So, he died.
Bai Yu watched her father die with her own eyes.
Since then, she could be said to have been in a state of despair; even though her hatred still existed, it was no longer as intense as before.
Because she was already so tired… She didn’t understand what all her efforts had been for. In the end, her family was still gone.
So… it was precisely because of this, because she remembered this point, that when she saw You Yu standing in front of her, she broke down.
In short, this is Bai Yu’s past, a harsh and tedious story.
“…I’m increasingly skeptical of Mamba’s claim.”
How could these magical girls win in the original timeline?
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