My Superpower Is Piloting Magical Girl Corpses?

"I... me too..." Zihan said timidly.

Airwen gently clenched her fist, silver light blooming in her eyes: "...A third."

Lin Guang was stunned for a moment, then looked toward Su Fang.

The girl's emerald-green eyes also opened, meeting Lin Guang's gaze as she revealed a slightly shy smile.

"I, I also increased by a quarter..."

Yet in Lin Guang's perception, the increase in their magic power was roughly the same as his.

For them, there was no qualitative change.

Lin Guang: "..."

Sure enough, the disparity in talent still existed.

At least the Fragment added a fixed amount rather than a percentage—if this kept up, the gap would only shrink.

Tang Keren pulled out a compact mirror, checking her face: "Speaking of which, my skin seems to have improved too!"

"Huh? Really?"

Su Fang felt her own face and hands, then suddenly leaned in extremely close to Lin Guang, examining her already stunningly sweet face inch by inch before reaching down to touch her delicate thigh.

After feeling around for a while, she stuck out her tongue sheepishly: "Hehe, can't tell by looking, can't feel it either."

Lin Guang: "?"

"Because Senpai's skin was already incredibly smooth, fair, and tender..."

Everyone fooled around for a while before Airwen clapped her hands, pulling those immersed in the joy of getting stronger back to reality.

"Next, we need to discuss our plans going forward."

Everyone's expressions finally grew serious again.

Lin Guang looked at Airwen: "Are we going back?"

Airwen didn't answer immediately.

She pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at Su Fang:

"Among the remaining four Fragments, aside from the largest one, how far is the closest one to us, or rather to the Sacred Tree's barrier?"

Su Fang was taken aback. Though she didn't understand why, she obediently nodded, closed her eyes, and folded her hands over her chest.

Hum—

A warm, azure glow lit up on the Soul Gem at her chest.

After a moment, Su Fang opened her eyes, her gaze becoming clear and certain as she pointed straight ahead: "In that direction. The feeling is very clear."

"In terms of distance, it's about twice as far from the barrier as where we are now."

"Twice as far?"

Lin Guang also nodded.

In other words, if they hurried, it would only take a little over a day.

Airwen nodded thoughtfully.

A few seconds later, she lifted her head and announced a decision that surprised everyone.

"I think we don't need to go back right now."

"The magic power the Sacred Tree gave us doesn't require extra effort to master—we've already gotten the hang of it."

Airwen's voice was calm but firm: "After a short rest here, we'll set off directly to recover the second Fragment."

Everyone paused but didn't seem surprised. Instead, they showed expressions of contemplation.

An expedition wasn't child's play.

Over the ten days of training, Airwen had already explained everything to them.

Even if the Prophecy Maiden's presence could be temporarily concealed, that didn't mean the Sacred Tree's own movements wouldn't be sensed by the Abyss once the Fragments of Hope were gathered.

The Abyss had no concrete will or clear entity. It could be understood as a kind of natural phenomenon, a natural disaster, or a giant, slow-moving creature driven purely by instinct—one that only acted on instinct.

This was evident from how it didn't even actively gather the Fragments of Hope, instead letting demon beasts of varying strength occupy them.

The Abyss was a unified whole, but at the same time, it was very "loose."

As for what would happen once this massive Abyss was provoked, history was not without precedent.

Almost every recovery of a Fragment of Hope corresponded with an attack by Abyssal demon beasts on the Sacred Tree's domain, on Kazenari Town.

—It would target the Sacred Tree as a visible, massive anomaly.

And the closer they got to complete restoration, the more intense this targeting would likely become.

Airwen had already made this assumption before they set out.

"I think this is a good opportunity."

"If the Abyss focuses its attention on the Sacred Tree, then we might be further ignored, making our journey easier."

The silver-haired girl said softly: "It might be a little tough to accept, but we have to admit that with our current strength, even if all five of us go back, we can't help much against the Nightmare Seed's attacks."

"But if we can find more Fragments of Hope and strengthen both the Sacred Tree and ourselves, we can actually provide better support to the Sacred Tree and our seniors."

"Even if we can't collect all the Fragments, we can still go back then."

"And from another perspective... the sooner we resolve all this, the less risk the Sacred Tree's domain will face."

Airwen's dark eyes swept across everyone: "Of course, this is just my personal opinion. I won't force anyone."

"So in the end, it's up to you to decide."

Everyone fell into deep thought.

"Let's vote now. Raise your hand if you're willing to continue the expedition."

"Three, two, one."

Without any hesitation, three hands shot up in unison, and four pairs of eyes turned to Airwen.

Tang Keren's golden eyes showed no fear.

"Even if the next guard is a Nightmare Seed, I'm not afraid anymore!"

"We're super strong now!"

Zihan didn't speak, but her purple left eye was silent and resolute: "I... me too..."

Su Fang's emerald-green eyes flashed with a hint of resolve: "I really miss my mom, but going back just to see her isn't as important as being able to protect her!"

Yet the next moment, the three of them suddenly realized that aside from Airwen, who had already made her decision, only one person hadn't raised her hand.

That cherry-haired figure sat in place, her gaze as calm as ever.

"I abstain."

"...!?"*3

Su Fang spoke up uneasily: "Mengmengxiang Senpai?"

Tang Keren showed a somewhat complicated look: "You don't want to go? Scared? Hmph, that's fine too..."

Watching their varied expressions, Lin Guang simply shook his head. "No."

The flickering firelight reflected in the girl's cherry-pink pupils as she said softly: "Going back or not means nothing to me."

"Wherever you go, I go."

The cherry-haired girl sat there, calmly stating the facts, but her slender figure exuded an indescribable loneliness in their eyes.

Aside from the people before her, she had almost no memories or bonds in Kazenari Town.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

The girls didn't know how to comfort her.

But perhaps...

Judging by how she'd been these past days, she didn't need or care about comfort at all.

Her fearless charge today into the most dangerous position might have been for a reason simpler than anyone thought—she hadn't yet formed enough ties with this world to feel attached to it.

Airwen looked at Lin Guang, staring for a long time as well. Her dark eyes dropped slightly as she spoke softly: "Then at least for now, let's get some good rest."

"One thing at a time. Eating our fill and getting some sleep is the most important thing."

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