I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [243]

— [Keeper of Contracts] Has Joined the Chat Group —

[Talentless Nana]: This may very well be the place where your miracle begins.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Yes, once upon a time, this chat group was where my miracle began.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Ah, such nostalgic times… Yukino-senpai, Kyousuke-senpai, Miss Reimu, Miss Nana. At the moment of my deepest despair, you all appeared before me. With your kindness, you comforted me after I lost the person most dear to me. You pulled me out of the darkness and gave me light and hope.

[Talentless Nana]: Little Dark… No, Akemi Homura, you seem different now.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Different? Of course. No one’s personality stays the same forever, does it?

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Tell me, Miss Nana, which do you prefer—the weak, cowardly me of the past, who couldn’t face my own heart and could only seek help from the chat group, ultimately leading to the deaths of two people? Or… the person I am now?

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Haha~~! No need to answer, I already know. You must prefer the me standing before you now.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Nana, you should know my ability—to rewind and freeze time. At the moment of death, I can return everything to the very beginning. In other words… I cannot die.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: If I had just been stronger back then, I wouldn’t have needed the help of Bladewielder and Phantom Blade. I could have changed everything by myself. All I needed was to loop a few more times, to endure a bit more helpless despair.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Simple, isn’t it? A trivial matter, really. But in one of those loops, I encountered the Multiversal Chat Group.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: I told you all my story. And all of you helped me, without expecting anything in return. Even Bladewielder and Phantom Blade chose to come to my world, to fight alongside me against the seemingly invincible Final Witch.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: I relied on you all. I relied on Bladewielder and Phantom Blade. And in the end… we failed.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: I turned back time, as I always did. I survived. But Bladewielder and Phantom Blade—they died. Permanently.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: My punishment? The chat group was simply taken from me.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Strange, isn’t it? Shameless, isn’t it? I was the one who asked for help, yet the ones who helped me were the ones who died. And I alone… continued to live.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Disgusting, isn’t it? Revolting, isn’t it?

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Even if any of you did like the old me, after hearing all this, you must prefer the person I’ve become now.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Yes, I’m certain of it. How delightful.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: …Little Dark, you—

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Call me Homura now, Yukino-senpai. The Dark Magical Girl you once knew is gone. I am Dark Ring, Akemi Homura.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Well… I’ve said enough for today. Let’s chat again next time, dear friends.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Ah… but before I go, I have good news.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: I’m preparing a tea party, one that will welcome everyone.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Once it’s ready, I will invite you all to my world—to witness it, to bear witness to everything.

[Dark Ring (Akemi Homura)]: Until then, farewell. Akemi Homura, Dark Ring of the Magical Girls, takes her leave.

[Talentless Nana]: @Dark Ring, Homura, you…

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: @Dark Ring, what exactly did you go through after Bladewielder and Phantom Blade died?

[Ultimate Siscon (Kyousuke Kousaka)]: Don’t ask. She’s already left the chat. Whatever Homura has experienced… it’s far beyond our imagination.

[Ultimate Siscon (Kyousuke Kousaka)]: If she can rewind time infinitely… then she’s probably lived through more time than all of us combined.

[Talentless Nana]: …

[Talentless Nana]: ……

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: I don’t really understand everything, but… that girl just now… she sounded like she had completely given up on herself.

[Talentless Nana]: Sigh~~! That’s probably true.

[Talentless Nana]: After all, the theme for this round of new members was Racial Apocalypse.

[Talentless Nana]: That means she must still be experiencing the apocalypse of her own world. There’s no way she could be happy, right?

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: Yeah… I suppose so.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: Miss Nana, you said everyone in this group comes from different worlds, right?

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: And this time, all the new members—including myself—come from Racial Apocalypse worlds.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: In my world, the entire surface has been overrun by monstrous creatures known as Beasts.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: Whether it was humans, Ancients, or Dragons, they’ve all been wiped out.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: If we fairies weren’t living on floating islands—and if the Beasts could fly—we would have been extinct long ago, too.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: Racial Apocalypse… yeah, that’s pretty accurate.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: And as for the golden fairies’ own apocalypse…

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: …Forget it.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Haa~~! We survived! Canned food is amazing!!

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: I don’t really get what you guys are talking about, but I can guarantee—aside from me and Chii-chan, there’s no one else left in this city.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Hahahaha~~! Well, except for two robots.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Right now, we’re trying to reach the top level of the city. The Mushroom God once said that the highest level isn’t within its observation range—maybe, just maybe, there are still people living up there.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Hahaha~~! The stuff in the chat group’s shop is insane! A three-year supply of canned food for four people costs only one point! That’s three whole years—wait… um… how many days is that again?

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Hahaha, whatever! Doesn’t matter! I can earn one or two points a day just by signing in, and I can eat as much as I want. This is the farthest I’ve ever been from despair—it’s amazing!

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: Lord Chocolate, may I ask—how old are you?

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Hm?? Hmm~~~!!! That’s… um… I forgot!

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: I don’t know how old I am. I’m definitely not an adult yet, though—probably not eighteen. Other than that, I have no clue. Maybe Chii-chan knows—she likes to write things down. I’ll ask her when she wakes up. She just ate three big cans of food and fell asleep in the tent.

[Ultimate Siscon (Kyousuke Kousaka)]: Damn it!! No matter what kind of prefix you slap on it, an apocalypse is still an apocalypse.

[Ultimate Siscon (Kyousuke Kousaka)]: @Chocolate and Alcohol, if you ever need help, just say the word. If you run out of points and can’t buy food or essentials, tell me. I’ll do everything I can to transfer some to you.

[Megumi Kato]: Count me in. Though… I have an idea.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: I’ll help too. I don’t have many points left, but if you ever need them…

[Megumi Kato]: I just checked the chat group’s shop.

[100,000 Yen! 100,000 Yen! (Reimu Hakurei)]: Me too. The group has a transfer limit of 200 points per month, but that should at least guarantee you’ll never have to starve or freeze again.

[I Am Natsuki Subaru]: Count me in as well.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Mmm… thanks. But we’re okay for now. I’ll ask if we need more later.

[Megumi Kato]: Hey, listen—there’s something I just found in the chat group’s shop that might be useful.

[Megumi Kato]: @Chocolate and Alcohol, are you really sure it’s just you and your friend left in your world?

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Yep~! We’ve met some people on our journey, but they were all best friends with despair. Too close to it.

[Megumi Kato]: Hmm, Chocolate-san, you really have a way with words.

[Megumi Kato]: In that case, I have a proposal. Chocolate-san, would you and your friend be willing to move to another world where humans still live?

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: ?? What do you mean?

[Megumi Kato]: Like I said, I found something in the chat group’s shop—an item called [Permanent Interworld Residency].

[Megumi Kato]: I think the name speaks for itself, right?

[Megumi Kato]: As long as you buy this item—which costs 1,000 points—you can relocate to another world. Of course, that’s assuming you can travel to other worlds.

[Megumi Kato]: I have a feeling this is meant to be used alongside mission cards.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Let me check the shop.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Hm. Yeah, it’s there. I’ve never seen it before, but now it’s showing up like a regular item. Looks like… this is just another one of the chat group’s little tricks.

[Megumi Kato]: Probably.

[Megumi Kato]: So, @Chocolate and Alcohol, if you two don’t want to stay in your world, you can buy this item. If you don’t have enough points, we can pool ours together to help.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: Okay! I’ll ask Chii-chan what she thinks.

[Chocolate and Alcohol (Yuuri)]: …I’m back. Chii-chan says we should check the top level first. If there’s really no one else left, then we’ll consider it.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: That works. Just make sure you remember—you have a way out now.

[Officer (Tendo Kisara)]: I checked the item, too. This [Permanent Interworld Residency] is… tempting.

[Officer (Tendo Kisara)]: If I weren’t who I am… I’d probably want to leave this world behind as well. A world without Gastrea sounds like a dream.

[Golden Fairy Chtholly]: I feel the same. If I didn’t have people tying me down, I’d want to move to a world without Beasts.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: From the moment I joined this chat, I have carefully recorded every word spoken here.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: @Golden Fairy Chtholly, @Officer, @Chocolate and Alcohol—your worlds are on the brink of human extinction.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: If you truly cannot endure it any longer, I will provide the points needed for [Permanent Interworld Residency] in exchange for your world’s coordinates.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: This is my contract to you.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: You need only @ me and type “Agree,” and the contract will be sealed.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Only three of them? What about Homura?

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Even through the chat group, I can feel the immense power of that magical girl.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Homura is not someone who lacks points.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: And she is certainly not someone who would die to a mere apocalypse.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Homura… has she really become that strong?

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Just my intuition. But my intuition is rarely wrong.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: What exactly did Homura go through?

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Every fate reaches its destined conclusion.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Do not worry, Miss Yukinoshita. Do not despair.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: Akemi Homura will overcome her trials.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: I have seen divine blessings upon her—far greater than I could have imagined.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: …Homura.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: She said it herself—when she is ready, she will invite us to her tea party.

[Keeper of Contracts (Zhongli)]: That will be our chance to truly understand her.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Sigh~~~! A world of Racial Apocalypse…

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: In a world like that, tragedies must happen every second.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: And in the infinite expanse of worlds… there must be infinite tragedies just like this.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: Even with the chat group, I’m still just a powerless human.

[True Substance (Yukinoshita)]: …Forget it. I’m calling it a night.

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T/N: same... I'm calling it a night here too...

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