Chapter 140: Questioning_2
"From this point of view, I should also thank Miss Hong for her existence allowed me to resolve a long-standing confusion. You magical girls are indeed beautiful 'treasures'."
Clang!
Threads of magic power converged into a masterpiece shaped like a sword blade. Emerald Sparrow manipulated her magical equipment, clashing with Mosi in battle. Purple-black and deep blue magic scattered in all directions, countless magic bullets colliding in the air. Their movements, too quick for ordinary eyes, parried back and forth, neither gaining the upper hand for a moment.
"You really are the scum of the earth, Mosi."
Emerald Sparrow enunciated every word: "No, I've seen more than one person from Black Ash Dawn during this time, all of you are genuine scumbags."
"Please don't describe us with the lowly term 'scumbag'."
Mosi smirked coldly: "Being born in this world, becoming an ordinary human, is the greatest tragedy."
"If it weren't for scum like you, where would the tragedy come from?"
Emerald Sparrow transformed the magical equipment in her hands into a long spear and swept it toward Mosi: "Thugs and villains mocking the suffering of victims, don't make me laugh!"
"Do you think the root of the problem is because of us?"
Mosi parried Emerald Sparrow's attack and countered: "Without Black Ash Dawn, beasts and magical girls would still exist in this world. Humans slaughtered by wild Remnant Beasts, those affected by the waves of battle magic are still countless. In the face of the power of magic, the fragile lives of humans are meaningless!"
"Magical girls are fighting on behalf of the people! They're driving away and exterminating Remnant Beasts, maintaining the stability of this world. Why would you shift the blame to magical girls?"
While blocking Mosi's counterattack with her masterpiece shield, Emerald Sparrow manipulated more threads to restrict Mosi's movement: "Wasn't your daughter a magical girl too? Before gaining their powers, each one of them was an ordinary girl, sacrificing their most precious youth, even their lives, to protect others! How can you not understand that!"
"...Why is it that others' daughters sacrifice their youth, and my daughter had to sacrifice her life?"
Mosi's voice suddenly turned cold.
She lifted her hand, and the spell techniques in her grasp abruptly transformed, becoming creations of magic power like circular saws, replacing the previous ripples and fiercely cutting toward Emerald Sparrow: "Why do others' daughters not have to give up anything, yet my daughter had to sacrifice everything for this never-ending battle?"
"I have never understood this question. Can you answer me, Cornflower?"
"I've worked in the Abnormal Strategy Bureau for so many years, starting from the lowest level employee and eventually becoming one of the top leaders; from the small city in the Western Region all the way to your Donghua Region, I've seen too many, too many magical girls."
"There are too many girls who became magical girls with good intentions, but they became exceedingly arrogant and dismissive under the corruption of power and authority, and in the end, they still didn't need to pay any price."
"However, my daughter, my only treasure, carried that initial purity of heart through to the end, executing it until her last moment."
"She would persuade me to understand those overbearing magical girls; she would have me comprehend the court of that lofty Magic Kingdom; she would kindly cultivate good relationships with everyone in the Abnormal Strategy Bureau; she would rescue every innocent person struck down by Remnant Beasts, regardless of the cost."
"Yet, such a magical girl, deemed in your eyes as rightfully so, died in the great calamity nineteen years ago, crushed by the merciless wave of Remnant Beasts, and all that could be found in the end was a shattered Heart's Gem."
"Her death wasn't unusual amidst the Great Beast Calamity; after all, so many magical girls died in that disaster. She gave her life for her ideals. I grieve, but I respect her will."
"But,"
Mosi paused. She looked at the Emerald Sparrow maneuvering skillfully among countless circular saws, drawing closer with agility, and said coldly, "The Magic Kingdom has completely forgotten her contributions."
"There is no glory for the martyred, no posthumous honors for the sacrificed; even the most basic subsidy for the fallen Magical Girls has not been delivered to my hands."
"Her sacrifice has not even caught the attention of those so-called 'comrades' within the kingdom."
"I tried to contact the Magical Affairs Institute, but nobody would deal with me; I sought the royal court, but I didn't even qualify to be received; I found the investigation office, and even though I convinced the Magical Girls there to speak for me, there was still no follow-up."
"Look at those Magical Girls who dodged the great beast disaster, who didn't participate in the battle, and hid in the rear. They have given up nothing, yet they still possess powers above others, and have their lively lives. However, they enjoy the adoration of the ignorant masses and become the 'heroes' in the stories of others."
"They have given up nothing, yet they can easily trample over me, insulting and treading upon everything I have. Even though I have given my all for the so-called 'protection,' for the so-called 'justice'!"
"I, a high-level executive of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, even then had worked for nearly twenty years for the Bureau, devoted infinite effort and time to the protection of the city; my daughter, a noble, pure Magical Girl, so lovable and pitiable, gave up everything for the sake of being a Magical Girl."
"The Magic Kingdom's royal court is unwilling to cast even a glance at people like us."
"A hypocritical, incompetent, corrupt, and arrogant kingdom, that doesn't even see us in their sight!"
Her smile vanished from her face, all that could be seen was endless anger, and she shouted loudly at Cornflower, "Tell me, Cornflower, what is the point of being a Magical Girl like this?"
"To lure young girls into becoming Magical Girls with dreams and hope, to use them in an utterly cruel and indifferent manner, then to discard them casually—what is the point of having such a Magic Kingdom?"
"You think beasts represent savagery, destruction, and slaughter, but what about Magical Girls and the Magic Kingdom? Aren't you also symbols of arrogance, oppression, and indifference?"
"I cannot stand it! I cannot tolerate these people who occupy my daughter's achievements like cuckoos taking over the nest, and even insult her sacrifice. But I have no power, no strength to seek revenge against the hypocritical royal court, against the arrogant Magical Girls!"
"Only the grace of the Lord, only the strength of the beasts, can allow mortals to transcend themselves and confront the Magical Girls!"
"You ask me why I can't understand the sacrifice of Magical Girls? Now I ask you, why can't you understand the suffering of ordinary people in this world?"
"During the great beast disaster nineteen years ago, didn't you see the needless sacrifices of Magical Girls, the innocent mortals that died tragically, the pretension and perfunctory actions of the royal court?"
"How many people in the material world paid the price of their lives to fend off this disaster, even yourself, who made countless sacrifices to save Fangting City now?" Experience tales at empire
"Didn't you see? Didn't you doubt? Didn't you feel indignant?"
"If not, then why, at that time, did you refuse QUEEN's appointment?"
"Why did you become the only one in the world to reject the position of the Gemstone Scepter, forgo the possibility of the Sapphire Scepter, and give up enjoying the fruits of your own labor as a Magical Girl?"
Looking at the Emerald Sparrow who had already made her way to her, Mosi's voice shifted from excitement to calm but still asked with utmost clarity:
"Lady Cornflower, the one bestowed with the name of the last gem above the QUEEN's scepter, who actively renounced everything—?"