Pythie Catches Hana

The hair wrapped around her right index finger was a strand she’d received from the subordinate of Tot Pop’s with the most beautiful hair. Reflected in her crystal ball was the subordinate’s location: the interior of a weapons warehouse. With Frederica’s magic, she could pull out whatever weapon she liked, as needed. Even a magical girl would not go unharmed if she were hit by one of the Magical Kingdom’s weapons.

Hana couldn’t escape them. If she kept going to where the grenades lay, she would either be seriously wounded or killed.

She couldn’t rush straight at them, either. The moment Frederica had thrown the grenades, Tot Pop strummed her guitar, sending her physically manifested music notes flowing out. Even a seemingly decorative weapon like music notes was bound to injure her even more than the grenades, if she were to take a direct hit.

So Hana chose the third option. With the wind of the blast at her back, she leaped, kicking off a cement-block wall, then off an electrical pole, attempting to run not forward or back but up.

But that was the choice Frederica wanted her to pick.

She’d anticipated how Hana would try to escape. Immediately, she changed her crystal ball’s channel. Tot Pop’s hair was wrapped around her left middle finger, and reflected in her ball was the space occupied by Tot Pop, Frederica, and Hana. Frederica thrust her left hand into the crystal ball to manifest it in Hana’s path.

She grabbed Hana’s ankle in midair and yanked on it, making her lose her balance and fall to the ground. Hana spun three times in the air, but Tot Pop’s second assault of music notes flooded into the spot where she landed.

    - Magical Girl Raising Project: LIMITED, Chapter 7