Madoka chuckled and pretended to look away. "Sorry, you three were just soo cute, weren't they homura?."
Homura simply shrugged as she looked at the rising sun. She still wondered how Manaka's labyrinth or what he calls a bubble world works. When they reach their destination she may just try to create one, though her labyrinth was supposed to be the universe and now that they left, she supposedly needs to make one.
A salamander was on her shoulder flicking it's tongue before it turned to dust entirely. "None of us are cute in the Spirtual sense, I am pretty sure if someone saw our souls or something thru would be horrified."
Manaka chuckled. "Well I agree with you Homura but we should not think of that should we ,Lily."
Homura narrowed her eyes but didn't talk she just turned to the side and clicked her tongue.
Kyoko sat up and turned to Manaka with a slight pout. "Hey, stop that."
Sayaka also looked at him. "Come on Manaka why are you suddenly flirting with Homura when we are right next to you."
Manaka smiled slyly, tilting his head just a bit, the morning light catching the silver in his eyes. "Who said I was flirting?" he said, voice featherlight and teasing. "I'm just stating truths others are too polite—or too scared—to say out loud."
Sayaka rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Right. And I suppose calling Homura 'Lily' was just casual, huh?"
Kyoko scoffed. "You better not be trying to start something. Last time you did, Sayaka almost cut open your bubble world."
Manaka grinned wider at that. "That was a productive misunderstanding. Helped me patch up a few paradox seams. Very educational."
Homura finally turned back toward them, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear as she looked at Manaka coldly. "If you keep poking at things you don't understand, you'll eventually end up inside your own labyrinth—without a door."
Manaka shrugged. "Everything In reality is a door, you just need to learn how to be the key, for example look at me, I should have been like a serpent consuming itself eternally, being the center of everything that can and would have been corrected but I rejected that quite casually and here I am, casual about everything."
Homura contemplated but did not say anything more.
Soon All six of them forgot about the entire conversation quite quickly and went to their cheerful selves.
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Breakfast concluded earlier than ever and Manaka left the girls to their machinations.
Outside of his bubble world, Manaka took on the form of a tall pink haired boy with white striped situated along his abnormally long hair and bronze coloured eyes.
Navigating through infinite darkness to another world was not easy and he usually blocked attacks of the things hiding in it.
For example, sometimes he would see a train pass by his bubble world...or a strange floating hat he directly tried to avoid.
Honestly, he hoped that going to that strange world would allow them to atleast rest in peace, their original universe is preserved and he had erased the memories of everyone there and built up a way for witches to be reborn the moment magical girls became one.
Yes he did not directly get rid of magical girls but he did make them aware of the contract details so if a young girl wishes to become a magical girl they would be presented with the pros and cons and their actions will be theirs and kyubry won't really be doing anything determental anymore since he did make his entire race into humanoid creatures to carry on his will.
All in all he did not want anything to do in his previous universe.
As he sat on his bubble world, You appeared beside him with her golden gaze looking through the endless void. "You may not get to see me in a while Salem. I have some things to take care of and my eyes are looking at some concerning things."
Manaka chuckled and sighed sadly. "Hah, you are my friend so I'll take your words for it. I will await your return even if it takes an entire Epoch."
Yog chuckled and gently kicked her legs. "Despite being millions of years old you still retain your childishness huh, I can sense your insanity...."
Manaka shrugged, his bronze coloured eyes meeting hers. "Hey I only went insane one time, you think consuming myself is an easy job."
Yog made a small acknowledging sound. "Well you did to erase your role as Salem so I wouldn't think it is easy but becoming a being outside from your universe is quite strange, I mean I am one myself but beings like us bring attention from Elder gods and outer gods, for example I was almost killed by Yog-Sototh but I made use of my abilities to devour one of her eyes and almost weren't mad due to the knowledge a single eye contained, I even forgot a bit of my name and called myself Yog but do not think I am it's Avatar, I am just a thief trying to survive somehow. My only friend Shin is also going through his own challenges, I actually used to be an eye like parasite that devoured it's radioactive energy and he was grotesque colossal lizard that continously evolved. I helped it stay alive and left his original world and settle on a planer for a while before a being called Void Ghidora tried to kill us....."
Manak sat there listening to Yogs life story with obvious interest. It was the first time she was actually telling him more about herself.
Manaka leaned back, balancing his weight on the shimmering surface of his bubble world. The void hummed faintly, as though listening too. He rested his chin on one hand, smiling faintly. "You know, Yog, you really should tell stories more often. Most of the time, you just drift around like a ghost with golden eyes, only dropping cryptic warnings."
Yog's lips twitched upward in a small smirk. "Cryptic warnings keep friends alive longer than lullabies." Her golden gaze narrowed slightly, shimmering with flickers of images Manaka couldn't quite comprehend—fractals folding into themselves, cities collapsing into seas of eyes. "But you're different. You always want to know. That curiosity of yours… that's why you'll always be walking the line between creation and collapse."
Manaka chuckled. "And you think I haven't already fallen into collapse before? I mean—" he gestured vaguely at the void around them "—I'm sitting in a floating marble of paradox, hiding from things that shouldn't exist, while babysitting magical girls who still think breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
That made Yog actually laugh—a strange, layered sound like broken bells. "Hah. That's why I said you retain your childishness. Most beings like us eventually stop pretending to be human."
"I'm not pretending," Manaka said softly, his bronze eyes growing distant for a moment. "I want to keep being human. Even if I've already consumed myself, even if I've stepped outside the flow, I'd rather live with them, laugh with them, and…" he trailed off, his smile bittersweet. "…maybe even get scolded by them when I mess up."
Yog tilted her head, studying him for a long silence. "You're afraid of solitude."
"Of course I am," Manaka answered instantly. "It's the only thing in the void that's worse than the things lurking in it."
Yog's golden eyes dimmed slightly, her voice low and uncharacteristically vulnerable. "…Then we share that much."
And so the two spent an entire hour catching up with one another before Yog went away.
Manaka sighed and returned to the bubble world after he was done.
....
A year passed already and the group have arrived in the Tensura universe, simultaneously they heard something assessing them.
The moment Manaka's bubble world crossed the boundary into the Tensura universe, the air itself seemed to tremble. A mechanical yet divine voice echoed directly in their minds.
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[Voice of the World]
—Foreign entities detected. Commencing adaptation protocol.
—Analyzing souls… assessing origins, abilities, and compatibility with this world's laws.
—Conversion into recognized races and skill systems in progress…
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Madoka, Homura, Kyoko, Sayaka, Mami, Bebe, and Manaka each felt a strange warmth seep into their bodies—like their very existence was being rewritten. A torrent of information poured into their minds, the sensation both suffocating and euphoric.
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Conversion Results
Kaname Madoka
Race: Arch Seraph (Unique Variant)
Title: "Hope Incarnate"
Skills:
Ultimate Skill [Divine Salvation: Eirene] – Embodiment of hope and miracles, capable of rewriting fate in limited ways.
Skill [Purification Flame] – Cleanses curses, corruption, and chaotic energies.
Skill [Blessing of Eternity] – Extends lifespan, grants allies resistance to despair.
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Akemi Homura
Race: Temporal Demon Lord (Unique Variant of Daemon)
Title: "Chronos Witch"
Skills:
Ultimate Skill [Time Sovereign: Aion] – Manipulates causality and temporal flow.
Skill [Labyrinth of Infinity] – Can create pocket dimensions (her "bubble world" manifests as a labyrinth recognized by this system).
Skill [Eternal Vow] – Grants near-absolute resistance against fate manipulation.
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Sakura Kyoko
Race: Ogre → Evolved Oni
Title: "Scarlet Spear Oni"
Skills:
Unique Skill [Weapon Manifestation] – Can create polearms of spiritual energy.
Unique Skill [Hunger's Rebellion] – Converts consumed energy/food directly into battle power.
Skill [Battle Continuation] – Fights at full strength even when gravely injured.
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Miki Sayaka
Race: Majin (Holy-Demonic Hybrid Variant)
Title: "Saint of Contradictions"
Skills:
Unique Skill [Melody of Justice] – Grants buffs to allies when fighting for ideals.
Extra Skill [Regeneration Factor] – Superior healing, rivaling a Demon Lord's regeneration.
Extra Skill [Blade Waltz] – Wields conjured swords in symphonic motion.
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Tomoe Mami
Race: High Human (Evolution Candidate for Saint)
Title: "Golden Witch"
Skills:
Uniqu Skill [Gun Manifestation] – Summons unlimited firearms bound to her soul.
Unique Skill [Bullet of Binding] – Special ammunition that restricts movement and seals magicules.
Skill [Tactical Elegance] – Enhances allies' coordination in battle.
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Bebe (Nagisa Momoe)
Race: Dragonoid (Infant Variant)
Title: "Cheese Beast"
Skills:
Unique Skill [Curd Cannon] – Fires dense energy projectiles resembling condensed dairy.
Skill [Sweet Decoy] – Generates illusions based on cravings, luring enemies.
Skill [Child's Instinct] – Rapidly adapts in combat situations.
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Manaka (Salem)
Race:Infinite Witch Dragon Salem (System forcibly adapted him into "True Dragon: Paradox Variant")
Title: "The Casual Key"
Skills:
Ultimate Skill [Paradox Sovereign: Ouroboros] – Authority over contradictions, self-consumption, and causal rejection.
Skill [Bubble World Genesis] – Creates paradox domains functioning as alternate realities.
Skill [Casual Rejection] – Nullifies absolute laws of the world at a personal cost.
Ultimate Skill [Law of Names]:Can have full control over names.]
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[Voice of the World]
—Conversion successful.
—Foreign entities are now adapted to this world's system.
—Be advised: Certain Ultimate Skills have drawn the attention of "Demon Lords" and "True Dragons."
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The girls staggered, each trying to process the new instincts and power now flowing through them. Homura clenched her hands, feeling time itself tick against her will. Madoka exhaled softly, radiant light leaking from her skin before she suppressed it.
Kyoko swung her spear experimentally. "Heh… feels like I got stronger."
Sayaka grinned, spinning conjured blades around her. "Looks like the Voice of God gave us a buff."
Mami smirked politely, summoning a dozen rifles at once. "At least it didn't turn us into something unsightly."
Meanwhile, Bebe squealed happily, already nibbling conjured cheese… only for her "Curd Cannon" to accidentally fire off and leave a smoking hole in the grass.
Manaka chuckled softly, his bronze eyes glimmering. "Well… welcome to a new game board."