A foreign girl exuding a fantastical aura was singing.
Wearing a pure white dress, with purple hair and orange eyes, pale purple particles floated around her, appearing to dance along with her graceful singing.
Night fell—
Ingvild sang, her palm gently stroking Rias's hair.
Gazing at the beautiful starry sky, they sat quietly in the garden, peacefully enjoying the tranquility.
She looked as if she were about to fall asleep, her elegant face like something out of a painting, making one marvel at such a pure Sleeping Beauty.
Meanwhile, Rias's head rested on her lap, enjoying the beauty's lap pillow.
The moonlight was beautiful, and the beauties were even more moving; together, they formed a picture of peace and harmony.
As the song ended, Ingvild couldn't help but yawn.
"It's quite late."
Rias said softly.
"Mm..."
Ingvild hummed in response, a slight blush creeping onto her face.
She already realized what Rias wanted to say.
"I'm already very tired today."
Ingvild couldn't help but say.
"I see. Then have a good rest."
Rias opened her eyes, looked into her orange eyes, and chuckled.
Seeing her expression, Ingvild's gaze flickered for a moment, her evasive manner plain to see.
Rias didn't say much to that, instead standing up and stretching.
"Then I'll head back to my room first, Rias."
Having said that, Ingvild quickened her pace and left.
The atmosphere became a bit subtle.
There was some resistance, yet when they weren't together, Ingvild felt a sense of loss instead.
"This feeling is so strange; I feel less and less like myself."
Ingvild clutched her chest, feeling the sense of loss within her as she murmured.
In a daze, she tossed and turned in bed unable to sleep; Ingvild had to admit that without Rias, she was suffering from a bit of insomnia.
She seemed to faintly hear a woman's voice from outside, but she figured it was just an illusion.
After all, this room was well soundproofed.
When Rias was teasing her, the people in the living room hadn't reacted, including the Rias of this world.
Just an auditory hallucination.
At that thought, Ingvild finally felt sleepy, and her consciousness slowly drifted off.
Meanwhile, in the living room—
The Serafall of this world suddenly appeared beside Rias.
"Yo-ho, not asleep yet, Little Rias?"
Serafall appeared suddenly with a beaming smile, seemingly expecting a reaction from Rias.
Unfortunately, Rias didn't react at all, as if her appearance was a given or she had anticipated her arrival.
"Did Little Rias guess I would come today?"
Serafall asked curiously.
"Yeah, you were bound to come within these two days anyway. After all, I have many high-quality Magical Girl works here that you haven't seen."
Rias said, propping her chin on her hand.
"Hmm... it seems the me from the parallel world has a very good relationship with Little Rias, to be able to guess even this."
Serafall said in surprise.
"It's very good indeed; it's almost like I sleep in the middle, you sleep on the left, and Sona sleeps on the right."
"Impossible!" Serafall retorted. "No matter what, I should be the one sleeping in the middle."
"There are some things you can't do just because you want to~"
Rias chuckled.
Serafall was stunned for a moment, seemingly not reacting immediately.
After all, she was a Satan.
Shouldn't she be the one taking the initiative in such matters?
In reality, the women of the Gremory family had always been dominant; conversely, while the women of the Sitri Family appeared rational on the surface, their domestic status wasn't like the Gremorys, where the women stood over the men.
Sirzechs was like that, and so was Rias's father.
This seemed like a tradition, which was quite interesting.
"Want to watch together?"
A ball of light appeared in Rias's hand; upon closer inspection, it was a combination of countless small magic circles, rotating and operating continuously like gears.
Then Rias tossed it, and it landed on the television opposite them.
Soon, images began to flicker on the TV.
A classic Magical Girl work, and one that Rias forever held at the pinnacle of the 'Magical Girl' world.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
It lasted about four to five hours in total, finishing just as it reached late night.
"Wuwu, this is what a true Magical Girl is."
Serafall said tearfully.
From righteous indignation at the start to her teary-eyed state later on, Serafall's emotions were intense throughout.
Especially the points where Mami Tomoe lost her head, Homura Akemi personally shattered Madoka Kaname's Soul Gem in her memories, the conversation with Kyubey before the final loop, and the ending.
This also made Rias marvel: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the eternal god.
"My heart aches for my Homura."
"Madoka is so cute too."
"Mami Tomoe, you're so pitiful."
"I really want to take Kyoko as part of my peerage too."
Serafall bit her handkerchief, looking deeply moved.
As for Sayaka Miki?
Forget it, she just couldn't bring herself to like this character.
She didn't have the flavor of a Magical Girl at all.
"I wonder what happens to Homura afterwards; it's really worrying."
Serafall sighed.
"Maybe there will be a turning point; after all, by the end, she only has her obsession left."
Rias shrugged.
"But the ending will definitely be about love and justice, right!"
Serafall looked at Rias expectantly.
"What do you think?"
Rias asked back.
"Of course it's full of love!!" Serafall clearly knew the ending might be unsatisfactory, but she still tried to argue. "Look at all kinds of Magical Girl works; the ending is always justice prevailing and evil being vanquished—that's what a Magical Girl is."
"But there are also Magical Girls who end up with tentacles."
Rias said, "And besides, that was already the ending."
"Wuwuwu, no, my Homura, my Madoka, you're both so pitiful."
Serafall wailed.
"Well, maybe one day there will be a chance for things to change."
Rias chuckled.
Hearing this, Serafall stopped crying and her eyes lit up as she looked at Rias. "Does Little Rias know the author? That's right, finding the author is very simple for us. We could definitely make the author write a satisfying conclusion."
"Quick, who is the author? A devil or a human?!"
"A devil, I suppose," Rias said after a thought.
"You suppose?" Serafall tilted her head.
"The author is me."
Rias said, "But as far as I know, this work might be a documentary."
"But it could also be something that will happen in the future of a certain world, which is why I said there might be a 'chance'."
Another Other World!!
Serafall began to realize Rias's power.
She recalled a line from Kyubey in the work: To be able to observe is to be able to interfere, and to be able to interfere is to be able to control.
Kyubey had issues, but the words were sound.
Thinking of this, Serafall's eyes brightened.
At the same time, Rias also showed a satisfied smile.
The setup was over; it was time for the main course.
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