Don't Show Tears to Santa Claus (2022 Christmas)

Yachiyo
...And we're all ready to go.

Mifuyu
Shall we get started?

Tsuruno
Then allow Tsuruno Yui to take the lead!
A-one and a-two... Merry Christmas!

Everyone
["Merry Christmas"]

Felicia
Haa~ We exchanged presents and are all nice 'n full. I'm as happy as can be!

Mifuyu
It is starting to get late, so why don't we bring this to a close?

Yachiyo
Yeah, let's clean up.

Sana
I will clear the table...!

Tsuruno
Then I'll handle the washing!

Sana
Um...thank you very much for the all-you-can-eat ticket for Banbanzai.

Tsuruno
Oh I see, so my present went to you, Sana-chan.

Sana
Next time I will go with as empty of a stomach as I can.

Tsuruno
Naturally! You're always welcome!
Oh yeah, your present was a picture book, wasn't it?

Sana
Yes.
I was inspired by the "Fire Demon King and the Ice Queen" from the other day.
This time I tried to make an original story.

Tsuruno
So that's what you did, huh! That was really difficult back then.

Yachiyo
Geez... Don't bring the past back up.

Mifuyu
Yacchan, your face is bright red.

Yachiyo
You're part of this too, you know!?

Tsuruno
Well, putting those two aside, what's it about?

Sana
In the same setting as "The Fire Demon King and the Ice Queen"...
It's a story in the country of "The Earth Demon King and the Sky Queen".

Tsuruno
Ohh, it's like a spin-off, then! I kinda wanna read it too!

Sana
By all means...! I would be happy if you got to enjoy it.

Tsuruno
Looks like Felicia got your picture book...
Wait...AHH-!
Why's Felicia the only one who gets to slack off on cleaning and read picture books!?

Yachiyo
Oh, Felicia... Well, we're already finished with cleaning, so it's fine.

Felicia
.....

Yachiyo
I wish she was as serious as this with her studies though...

Mifuyu
Now, now. Let's leave her be for a little while.

Tsuruno
I have to read it after she's done!

Felicia
.....

[*Close...*]

Tsuruno
Huh...? She just shut it in the middle of reading?

Mifuyu
She seems a little sad as well.

Yachiyo
What's wrong, Felicia? Suddenly making a face like that...

Felicia
Yachiyo...

Sana
M-maybe... You found the picture book to be boring or something...?

Felicia
No, ain't nothin' like that. It's just, I don't wanna read it to the end...

Yachiyo
...What do you mean...?

Felicia
"The Fire Demon King and the Ice Queen"...
The two of them disappearing at the end made it a sad story, right?
So it made me wonder if someone's disappearin' at the end of this story too...
Like... Any time somethin' ends,
it ain't always a happy ending...
...Like Iroha and all them...

Yachiyo & Tsuruno
.....

Mifuyu & Sana
.....

Felicia
I don't wanna go through that again...
So I'd rather never let anythin' end...!

Tsuruno
Felicia...

Yachiyo
Everything has an ending, and that doesn't mean there's always happiness...
But you know, Felicia,
something ending means there must be a new beginning.

Felicia
...!

Yachiyo
I know how painful it feels to have to accept our current situation,
and I don't want to accept it either, but...
Even so, we need to keep moving forward.
So that we don't waste this gift,
"a future for Magical Girls" that Iroha and all of them gave us...

Tsuruno
Yeah...even if it's tough we have to keep moving. Otherwise a new tomorrow will never come.

Sana
And after starting with a bad ending,
I think it would be nice if there was a happy ending...!

Mifuyu
If we do not give up,
then one day we may reach that happy ending.

Felicia
.....
I see... You're...that's right...
When you guys cheer me up, I feel lighter for some reason!
I'm gonna read this picture book right to the end!

Sana
T-thank you very much!

Yachiyo
.....
(Even this noisy daily life)
(is a miracle they gave everything to leave behind...)
(However...I do not accept it...)
(One day, I will bring back the life I had with you with my own hands.)
(No matter what kind of ending is waiting...)