The Far End of Solitude Part 6 & 7

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Chapter 5
Part 5: Alina's Work of Art
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Alina: Alina didn't think you'd make it out alive.
Sana: Alina...san...
Alina: Now Alina's fun has disappeared... Besides, this Rumor's barrier... was such a good hiding place for the witch too... This is a bummer...
Yachiyo: Alina...wait, are you that young artist...?
Alina: So you're saying that you know Alina?
Yachiyo: The Revival of the Dead series drawn with carbonated animals...It was so distasteful and yet beautiful, so it left an impression on me...I never would have thought that she would be a magical girl...
Alina: Well, Alina is. She's always a genius artist but as one of the Magius, Alina also does magical girl things. That aside, can we stop with the pointless chit-chat? Because you girls erased the Rumor, Alina needs to research and find a new hiding place for the witch.
Madoka: What about Mami-san...? Give us back Mami-san!
Alina: She became bait so that's impossible. Alina thinks she's mentioned this before, but do you understand? Got it through your skull?
Homura: Did Mami-san...really...in a place like this...?
Alina: You want her back that badly?
Madoka: Of course we do! She's our favorite senpai!
Alina: Then, Alina has no problems with giving her back. But sorry if there's not even a pattern left of her, okay?
Madoka: You didn't have to say it like that...
Tsuruno: Sorry, I can't take anymore of this.
Yachiyo: No matter how much we may be enemies, it makes you feel sick to your stomach...
Alina: So what? Personally, Alina also can't forgive you for erasing the Rumor.
Iroha: That might be true, but...the two of them were searching for Tomoe-san, you know...? And yet, the way you replied to her right now was...
Alina: Ahhh...what a pain in the ass. They're just going to come bite us in the ass later anyway. Maybe Alina should delete them while she still can. Hey, you girls need to help too.

Tsukasa: Y, Yes...
Tsukuyo: Of course we will...
Alina: The trap that we made was used against us. Alina wants you to make up for the losses we've suffered.
Tsukuyo: You can rest assured...
Alina: Then, Alina will put the witch in her own barrier and escape so she'll leave the rest to you.
Iroha: The witch's barrier got swallowed up...!?
Tsukasa: Alina's magic specializes in the creation of barriers.
Tsukuyo: Right--
So that being said, it would be a shame on the name of the White Feathers if we allowed you to get away with destroying our trap and erasing the Rumor as well.
Tsukasa: You'll be facing off against us.

Iroha: Protecting the rumors that bring misery to people...to think they'd even hide and protect witches too... What exactly is this release of magical girls...?

Sana: Iroha-san...we can't let Alina get away...That witch...grew up inside of Ai-chan's barrier, so...
Iroha: Eh...?
Sana: If it gets out, then there might be human casualties...
Iroha: Yeah, got it. Let's go after the witch!
Black Feather: .......
Iroha: But...we can't get close!

Felicia: Fu...fu...fu...! Damn her... she took the witch and hid somewhere...
Yachiyo: Felicia!
Felicia: What!? A witch was somewhere over there you know!? Are you trying to say I shouldn't hunt it!?
Yachiyo: No, you can go hunt it down.
Felicia: Hooray!! Seriously!?
Yachiyo: We'll keep the Wings of Magius busy so while we do, get close to it. Judging by Alina's reaction, it seems as though that witch is incredibly important to them.
Felicia: So in other words, I should take care of it, right?
Yachiyo: Right.
Felicia: Alright, I'll go do that!
Black Feather: ......
Felicia: Are you tryin' to get in my way!?
Homura: Yaaa!
Black Feather: Fuguu!!
Felicia: You...!
Homura: Kaname-san and I will catch up with you soon so go ahead.
Madoka: After all, we also need to defeat that witch.
Homura: And then we need to save Tomoe-san...!
Felicia: If that's the case, then before you guys get there, I'll take care of it with a bam. Leave that uh, Tomoe-whatever-her-name-was to me!

Felicia: Witchwitchwitchwitch! I'm gonna zam, bam, wham that thing!
Alina: ---!? That bitch...!
Felicia: Nyaaaaah!
Alina: What are you doing!? You're guilty of laying a finger on someone else's work of art, you know!?
Felicia: Ah? Work of art? What the hell are you saying, that's a witch!?
Alina: It's not! This witch, you see, is a valuable decorative aspect of Alina's masterpiece. Laying a finger on it is a joke I can't laugh at!
Felicia: ...The witch is your masterpiece...? What the hell are you saying!? Are you sure your head isn't fucked up!?
Alina: On the contrary, Alina thinks you're the one who's fucked up since you can't even understand the beauty of a witch! ...Fu...
Felicia: W, What!?
Alina: Alina was just thinking that she might as well turn you into witch food too.
Felicia: Wha...!? J, Just try and stick me in the barrier! I'll smash that witch! Are you seriously okay with that!? Even though you were just trying to stop me!
Alina: Alina can't forgive you for trying to enter the barrier on your own, but it's okay if Alina is the one who decides to let you in. Here, you wanted to go to where the witch is, right? Alina will escort you there.
Felicia: What the hell are you doing...
Alina: Alina will capture you with the barrier she created.

Sana: Y, Yaah!
Black Feather: Kuau...
Sana: Whew...whew...
Iroha: Sana-chan, are you okay...?
Sana: Yes, I'm still, okay...
Iroha: .......Hey, Sana-chan...why are the Wings of Magius protecting witches...?
Sana: Eh...um, I'm sorry. I was also just captured so I don't know the details myself... But, Ai-chan and I were also wondering about that for a long time...They just let the witch keep growing and we didn't know what they were trying to do... Ai-chan also said that it was dangerous...
---!? Iroha-san, watch out!
Iroha: Ku... thank you, Sana-chan.
Sana: Yes...

Tsukasa: Protecting the witch
Tsukuyo: is another thing we must do in order to release magical girls.
Tsukasa: Putting rumors and witches together will connect us to the first release.
Tsukuyo: Right--
Human emotions and taint and curses are also necessary for us to release magical girls.
Tsukasa: Right--

Iroha: I don't understand what you girls are saying...to think that protecting rumors that cause people to suffer and protecting witches that might kill people are both connected to the release of magical girls... I don't understand what the binding spell of magical girls is...but making other people suffer just so you can be better off... Haven't you ever thought about whether that can truly be happiness...?
Tsukuyo: If it means that it will bring good fortune to the futures of several hundred, several thousand, several tens-of-thousands of girls then whatever happens in the present is trivial in comparison.
Tsukasa: Right--

Iroha: No matter what we say, it doesn't seem like we can understand each other...
Tsukasa: To be more accurate, you learned too quickly.
Iroha: What do you mean?
Tsukuyo: And yet you don't know enough of the truth. That's why you can't understand.
Iroha: If you think it'll convince me once I hear the truth, then tell me...
Tsukuyo: We can't do that. Either the time will come or you will meet that person.
Tsukasa: Right--

Black Feather: For the sake of our dearest wish, please withdraw.
Tsuruno: As if we could do something like that!
Black Feather: Uuu...!
Tsuruno: Yachiyo, what should we do...! It looks like they got Felicia!
Yachiyo: That being said...
Black Feather: We won't let you go...
Yachiyo: Ku...! We've got our hands full here...!
Black Feather: Ku...
Tsuruno: Uu, and Iroha-chan and the others are facing off against the Amane sisters...
Yachiyo: We're still okay. Those girls are there...

Alina: Is that so? Are you girls here for the witch too?
Madoka: That's right. We're going to look for Mami-san. Besides, we need to rescue that girl too.
Alina: But with you girls worn out from facing off against Alina's doppel, you're just going to end up dying.
Well, it might be emotional and wonderful if you reunite inside the belly of the witch. That just makes Alina feel tingles all over.

Felicia: Haa...haa...haa... 'The hell is tingling? You've got to be kidding me!
Madoka: --!? That's such a relief! You're okay!
Felicia: What the hell was that witch just now... I really thought I was going to die...
Homura: Um, what about Tomoe-san...?
Felicia: Ah? I was the only one in there.
Homura: No way... But if she didn't come out here even though the barrier disappeared, then that means...
Madoka: Homura-chan...could it be that Mami-san really...?
Alina: No, Mami and all that other stuff doesn't matter, but...where did Alina's work of art go...?
Felicia: I smashed that disgusting thing, duh!
Alina: One of the jewelry that...adorned my best artwork...
Felicia: Why are you that shocked over one witch?
Alina: ...with me.
Felicia: Ha?
Alina: DON'T FUCK WITH ME DON'T FUCK WITH ME DON'T FUCK WITH ME DON'T FUCK WITH ME! VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! The only one who can break a work of art is the artist themselves! What the hell are you doing without permission!? COMPENSATE ALINA!! ALINA WILL FEED YOUR BODY TO A WITCH IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS!!
Homura: Ka, Kaname-san!
Madoka: Homura-chan!
Felicia: She's seriously fucked up!
Alina: Fucked up? THE ONE WHO FUCKED UP IS YOU, YOU DAMN BRAT! Ahhhh.........Something black has come wriggling out...Alina must smash it and break it and thoroughly crush it. ALINA WILL TURN ALL OF YOU INTO BRIGHT RED PAINT! WITH THIS DOPPEL!

Madoka: We have to fight that thing again...?
Homura: Kaname-san and I are both low on magical energy because of that fight earlier...
Madoka: But...But...even for just this moment, we need to hang in there...!
Felicia: Dammit...because of that witch earlier I'm tired already...

Tsukuyo: The witch's reaction has disappeared...?
Tsukasa: Alina-san...!
Alina: VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
Tsukuyo: She's gone mad with rage...
Tsuruno: Felicia's...! Yachiyo, I'll head over there to save them!
Tsukuyo: We won't let you ignore us!
Yachiyo: No, I'll let them go!
Tsukasa: Ku...got in our way...!
Yachiyo: Tsuruno, go!
Tsuruno: Thanks, Master--!
Yachiyo: Now, we've taken care of the Black Feathers... I'll let myself in here.
Tsukuyo: Tsukasa-chan...
Tsukasa: Yeah, we can't let anymore of them past us.
Tsukuyo: We cannot allow the same mistake to happen twice.
Tsukasa: It'll be troublesome if you think we're the same as we were before.
Tsukuyo: Right--
Yachiyo: That being said, it doesn't change the fact that you're at a disadvantage over there.
Tsukuyo: I wonder. Let's go!
Tsukasa: Yeah!
Both: FUEBANA RESONATE! [1]
Yachiyo: Kuuuu, aaaah!
Iroha: W, ha...is this...my head is going to split apart...!
Tsukasa: The sound is ringing around your head, isn't it?
Tsukuyo: The trouble is we can only use it on one person at a time but
Tsukasa: with this, Futaba Sana, you're the last one left!
Sana: .........
Iroha: Sana, chan...
Sana: It's okay...Iroha-san... I promised Ai-chan that I'd stop the Wings of Magius... Besides, Iroha-san needs me...! That's why I won't lose...!

Tsukasa: Tsukuyo-chan, this time we're going to make them pay for what they did last time!
Tsukuyo: Yes, we cannot allow them to get in our way once, let alone twice!
Sana: (Ai-chan, it was horrible being used, wasn't it...From now on, I'll defeat the Wings of Magius. So...lend me your strength...!)

Sana: Yaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Tsukasa: That shield...can also repel sound!?
Tsukuyo: Oh no, Tsukasa-chan!
Sana: Fuyaaaaah!
Tsukasa: Ahh...our flutes...!
Tsukuyo: But, your back is wide open!
Sana: ah...
Tsukuyo: Fugu...!
Iroha: Haa...haa...I made it...
Tsukuyo: Kuu...
Yachiyo: If you drop your flutes, your magical energy is cut off too...So that's how it works...u...my head is still dizzy...
Iroha: Sana-chan, thank you, for holding back those two for us.
Yachiyo: Yes, you saved us.
Sana: Ah, I knew since...those two practiced...
Tsukuyo: I, In the barrier of the Rumor...
Yachiyo: How careless of you two...
Tsukuyo: R, Regardless, this is only the beginning!
Tsukasa: That's right, we can still fight normally!
Yachiyo: The two of you seem composed. But do you understand the situation you're in?
Iroha: .........
Sana: .......
Tsukasa: Uu..how frustrating... We can't even make up for the disgrace we showed last time...
Tsukuyo: and for the mixed juice incident either...
Yachiyo: Mixed juice...?

Madoka: Homura-chan...
Homura: Kaname-san...
Alina: Noww, with this, the bright red paints will be complete!!
Felicia: Funuu, my body... won't move...
Alina: Ahahahahaa!

???: HOLD IT-----!

Alina: Kuu, who is it!?
Tsuruno: IT'S YUI TSURUNO--------!!
Alina: Alina would appreciate it if you didn't get in her way!!
Tsuruno: Oh I'll get in your way!!
Alina: Kuuuuuuuuuuu!!
Tsuruno: Fuuuuuuu!!
Alian: Kuaa, fuu....!!
Tsuruno: Alright, I won this rouuund! Looks like we're the winners!
Felicia: Tsuruno...!
Tsuruno: Felicia! Are you okay!?
Felicia: Of course I'm not okay...I'm exhausted and I don't have any energy left...
Homura: Um, thank you very much.
Madoka: Seriously, I thought we were done for...
Tsuruno: Nihii, I'm glad everyone's okay!
Alina: Tch...so you think you've won or something...?
Tsuruno: Wh, Whoa...you're still trying to move!?
Alina: Alina's still super angry...even now, she wants to delete you all so bad that she can't help it...
Tsuruno: But, even if we do fight the result's clear!
Alina: Alina doesn't give a damn about the result...Alina wants the amount that damn blond brat broke Alina's work of art returned.
Felicia: --!? This chick scares me...
Alina: If you hand over that blond hair of yours Alina will accept it as proper compensation for the cost of Alina's work of art.
Tsuruno: What are you saying...? THERE'S NO WAY I'D SELL YOU MY FRIEND!!
Alina: What are you getting pissed off for? Alina herself hasn't said anything wrong.
Tsuruno: Of course you've said something wrong! My friend isn't a thing! Alina, you're worse than a witch!
Alina: Since Alina's been called something worse than witch, it's okay if she goes on another rampage, right?
Yachiyo: That's fine, but there's going to be 3 more people on this side.
Alina: ........Do you realize how much I cared for that witch...my anger won't subside after all...!
Mifuyu: Regardless, you must suppress your anger. I think that now's the time to do so.

Yachiyo: Mifuyu...!
Mifuyu: I'm sorry, Yacchan. Our Alina has gone on a rampage, I see.
Yachiyo: On a rampage? If it was just her problem, that'd be fine but more importantly, what in the world are you trying to accomplish by protecting a witch...?
Mifuyu: ...... That's also necessary...
Yachiyo: In order to release magical girls...? I can't believe this...trying to save us using witches... what in the world are you thinking!? Open your eyes!
Mifuyu: YACCHAN! Please, don't interfere any further... or we really will have to fight each other...
Yachiyo: Mifuyu...
Alina: Actually, Alina'd be happier if you did let her fight.
Mifuyu: That's no good. You are one of the 3 Magius. If even one of the Magius were to fall, then that would cause us a lot of trouble.
Alina: .......
Mifuyu: If a fight were to break out here, then my body will get hurt you know? Is that fine with you?
Alina: --!? Th, That would not be good! Mifuyu, your body is one of best works of art! If it were to get damaged, that would be sacrilege against beauty itself!
Mifuyu: If that's the case, then let's withdraw.
Alina: If you'll be a model for Alina's drawings later then that's fine with Alina...
Mifuyu: If you won't request something reckless then that's fine with me.
Alina: ...Fine...Alina will withdraw. You there, Felicia was your name, right? Alina has carved a grudge against you within her so the next time we meet, she will definitely feed you to a witch. Also, Alina has remembered the faces of you two back there...
Madoka: .......
Homura: ........
Tsuruno: Just try to lay a finger on any of them. The strongest magical girl, Yui Tsuruno won't hold back!
Alina: What a pain in the ass...
Mifuyu: ...Later, Yacchan.
Yachiyo: So you won't come back with us after all.
Mifuyu: I'm sorry. Right now, please allow me to rely on their potential...Excuse me...

Tsuruno: I wonder if Mifuyu really isn't going to come back...
Yachiyo: If she's going to go as far as to pardon that Alina's actions, then she must really be that determined to the point where our words aren't enough to convince her...

Iroha: Seems like the storm has gone by...
Yachiyo: It does...
Iroha: To think that Magius would be protecting witches...
Yachiyo: Yes, it's disgusting. Felicia, did you defeat it?
Felicia: Oh yeah, it was easy!
Tsuruno: Even though you were terrified of Alina earlier.
Felicia: Nyaaah!? I wasn't terrified! I was just a bit scared...
Yachiyo: Still, you did a good job.
Iroha: Ah, then...what about Tomoe-san!?
Felicia: I said it earlier. I don't think she was there.
Homura: What should we do, Kaname-san? Maybe Tomoe-san, just like that Alina person said...!
Madoka: No. It's okay, Homura-chan. The Mami-san I know wouldn't be defeated by a witch that easily. Let's believe that Mami-san's okay.
Homura: You're, right. The Tomoe-san I know is also a very strong magical girl. That's why I think she's okay...No, I know she is.
Madoka: Right!
Iroha: I think she's okay too. When I fought Tomoe-san, she was really strong. That's why I know she's out there somewhere.
Madoka: Thank you, Iroha-chan. We'll go back to Mitakihara and if Mami-san's still not there, I think we'll come back to Kamihama. So, if it's okay with you, will you help us out from now on?
Iroha: Of course we will. Madoka-chan and Homura-chan are both my friends after all.
Madoka: Yeah, thank you.
Homura: Thank you very much, Tamaki-san.
Iroha: Fufuu.
Homura: Um, Tamaki-san. Do you mind if I ask you something?
Iroha: What is it?
Homura: Do you think magical girls can really be saved in Kamihama...?
Iroha: ...Um, honestly I don't know. For starters, I don't know what they even mean by "saving". I don't think what the Wings of Magius are doing is right, so...
Homura: You're, right.
Iroha: Homura-chan, are you interested in that stuff?
Homura: Ah, no I'm not. I'm just a bit curious. .........
Madoka: Anyway, we should get back soon.
Homura: Yeah, you're right. Ah, speaking of which, Kaname-san, did you tell your parents that you would be late?
Madoka: ---!? Ahh--, what should I do...!? I forgot to call home!
Homura: Then we'd better hurry and go home!
Madoka: Ri, Right! See you later, Iroha-chan!
Homura: See you again, Tamaki-san.
Iroha: Yeah, see you girls later!
Homura: ........

Yachiyo: Futaba-san, is your body alright?
Sana: Eh!? Ah, ah, yes! I'm really, in, perfect health...
Iroha: (Sana-chan...?)
Yachiyo: You took on two of them after all. I mean it, good work today.
Sana: aah, um, good job to you too...
Iroha: Um, Yachiyo-san, I also have a favor to ask...
Yachiyo: It's okay, you don't need to say anything. I know.
Iroha: T, Thank you very much!
Sana: ?
Yachiyo: Futaba-san.
Sana: Y, Yes...
Yachiyo: If you don't plan on going home, would you like to live with us at my place?
Sana: Eh...!?
Yachiyo: Of course I'll have a room ready for you too.
Sana: Um...is that okay?
Yachiyo: Yes...if it's fine with you.
Iroha: I'm also living with Yachiyo-san, you see. That's why, I thought, since we're going to fight side-by-side from now on...
Sana: .........Okay. In...In that case... um...please take care of me...!
Tsuruno: Ohhhhh, we did it, Yachiyo! Looks like it's going to be nabe[2] tonight!
Yachiyo: You have a good point, we need to welcome her.
Felicia: I want beef!
Yachiyo: Futaba-san's the star today. What would you like?
Sana: Uaah...um, nabe... right? It'd be cute if it was a cat nabe...
Yachiyo: ...?
Tsuruno: We're going to eat...cats...?
Sana: Eat!? N, No! Ahh, um, uh...there was this cute video of a cat getting into a pot left out...! Ah, eh...could it be we're talking about...ingredients for a nabe...? U, Usually you'd be talking about that, right...I'm fine with Mizutaki[2] or whatever...yes...
Felicia: Nahaha! Usually no one'd make a mistake like that--
Tsuruno: Ahaha, for a second there it had me thinking about whether people normally eat them or something.
Iroha: What's wrong, Sana-chan?
Sana: Um...it was just the first time in a long time I've talked with other people like this so...I suddenly, got nervous...
Yachiyo: ...Fu, true. In that case, you should get used to it little by little at our place. You don't need to rush yourself.
Sana: Y, Yes...
Iroha: Sana-chan, who wasn't needed by anyone. And I, who needed her. I think, more than wanting me to need her, she just wanted to become my friend. At first, she might be uncomfortable, like she is right now. But, like Yachiyo-san said, even if it takes baby-steps, she'll become used to it and in time, if she could start to think of our place as a place where she can be herself, that would make me happy.

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Chapter 5
Part 7: This is Where I Belong
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Momoko: Wow, I never saw that coming... so the Denpa Girl was really a magical girl...
On top of that, she's at Yachiyo's house right now, right?
Iroha: Yes, she decided to fight with us.
Rena: Sounds like you've got a really large family living there now, huh?
Iroha: Even Yachiyo-san said that if any more people start to live there, it'll be impossible for her to look after all of us.
Momoko: Well yeah, you've got Tsuruno and Felicia there too. If it were me, my stomach would start cramping.
Kaede: Would it really be that bad?
Momoko: Oh, then Kaede, do you think you could get along with them?
Kaede: Fueeeh!? U---hm...

Felicia: Uraaaah! I'm gonna hunt the witch! Bambamba----m!
Tsuruno: I'm after the title of the strongest! Now fight me!
Yachiyo: Hey, could you keep it down?
Iroha: C'mon everyone, calm down.
Kaede: Auau...

Kaede: I...think before everyone takes advantage of me, I'd probably end up turning into thin air instead...
I might need Iroha-chan's soothing aura...
Rena: And Yachiyo-san's adult energy too, right...
Momoko: So, do you think the new girl will get along with that bunch?
Iroha: Yes. A lot has happened, but she's finally starting to relax.


Iroha: That day... After the Denpa Girl incident came to end, Sana-chan came to Yachiyo-san's house with us.
But...


Sana: At first, Ai-chan really did have a foul mouth.

Sana: No matter what I wanted to play, Ai-chan didn't mind at all.

Sana: After we started reading picture books together online, Ai-chan started becoming kind.

Iroha: When she talked to me, she would talk normally like this but...

Yachiyo: A picture book influenced an artificial intelligence... What was the book's title?
Sana: Eh, um...uh... ............. I, I'm sorry... Um, I didn't mean to do anything wrong, you see...

Iroha: It seemed like she would still get nervous talking to other people outside of when we were fighting, and it seemed like Sana-chan was unable to open up her heart.
I don't think she could help it, since she didn't have a place where she could belong--to the point where she wished to disappear.

Iroha: When we went to buy groceries together too

Sana: Um, I'm fine with, snacks...

Iroha: She would be polite and kept refusing like that.

Felicia: Daaaaahh--! That's just gonna make the food taste bad! Yachiyo made dinner today, you know!?

Iroha: She would eat silently with her head hanging low, to the point where it would make Felicia-chan mad like that.
But, Yachiyo-san said one thing which served as a trigger to closing the gap between us.

Yachiyo: Since we're all gathered here like this, let's all go and buy our own mug cups.
Iroha: Mug cups...?
Yachiyo: It's a bit sad if you just keep using mugs meant for guests every single day, no?
Sana: Our own...mug cups...

Iroha: After that, we all went to buy mug cups.

Iroha: My mug cup.
Yachiyo-san's mug cup.
Tsuruno-chan's mug cup.
Felicia-chan's mug cup.
Sana-chan's mug cup.

When we lined up all of our mug cups, Sana-chan's face became slightly brighter.

Sana: ...........
Yachiyo: When we put of all of our things together in one place like this, it feels kind of mysterious, doesn't it?
Sana: Eh, yes...
Tsuruno: It's true proof of our friendship!
Yachiyo: We're not friends. At most this is proof that we have a collaberative relationship.
Tsuruno: Eh--... but that's not really that different--
Yachiyo: To me, there's a remarkable difference between the two.
Felicia: If I'm a mercenary, then what's Sana?
Iroha: I'm the assistant.
Tsuruno: I'm Master's apprentice!
Sana: I... I'm...
Yachiyo: Let's see...I guess you're our zashiki-warashi? [3]
Tsuruno: Wait, she's a youkai!?
Sana: It's true, I'm an invisible human...and I'm kind of like a ghost, but...
Yachiyo: You know, zashiki-warashis like to live in houses that they feel comfortable in. That's why, I made a little wish, you see.
Sana: ...Yes.
Tsuruno: You're okay with it!
Sana: I just get in the way at home so I'd rather be a zashiki-warashi.

Iroha: Since then, whenever Sana-chan looked at everyone's mug cups, her face started to soften and she began to approach everyone on her own, one step at a time.

Yachiyo: Felicia, dinner's almost ready so could you stop playing that game and come help me?
Felicia: Wait, just a bit more and then I can have a Japanese Black. [4]
Yachiyo: Geez...
Felicia: Ohh, a cow!?
Yachiyo: Wrong.
Sana: Um, could that game be...
Felicia: Nn? It's a game where you build a city. You can do a lot of different things so it's super fun.
Sana: The thing is, um, I also play...
Felicia: Seriously!?
Sana: Y, Yes, I thought I could kill time by playing it when I was by myself...
Tsuruno: That's an unexpected thing we have in common! I wonder what kind of city you built? Show Tsuruno-oneesan!
Sana: S, Sure, here.
Tsuruno: Hoh!? Oohhhhhh...
Felicia: What's with that reaction, Tsuruno...could it be that amazing!? Ohhhhhhh...
Sana: E, Eh, is it...that weird?
Iroha: What are you two doing? --!? ...You only have castle walls and farms.
Sana: If I build it this way, then my city has enough food and no one will try to attack me, so...

Iroha: She started playing the game with everyone else like this and...

Sana: Um, let me help too.
Iroha: Then, could you peel the potatoes? I was planning on making nikujaga[5] today.
Sana: Yes, if I use the thing you use to peel the skin then I think I can. Oh...
Iroha: Nn, is something off?
Sana: No, I was just thinking that this potato kind of resembles a person's face.
Iroha: Ah, it does, doesn't it?

Iroha: She started cooking with us and little by little, the distance between us closed.

Iroha: That's why I also thought "Ahh, she should be fine now. I'm glad she's adapted and become attached to us."
But, internally, Sana-chan wasn't. There was still one last thing she had to take care of.

Sana: Um, is it okay if I come home a bit late today...?
Iroha: Yeah, I think that's okay but do you have something you need to take care of somewhere?
Sana: Yes...I thought I should go home once...
Iroha: Home? But, isn't that a place you didn't want to be at...
Sana: Yes... it is, but...
Yachiyo: It's one last thing you need to settle, right...?
Sana: Yes.
Iroha: ...Is that so? Okay, I understand. Good luck, Sana-chan.
Sana: Yes, I'll be back.

Iroha: From here on is just what I heard but it seems Sana-chan really did go back home once.

Sana: (It's been a month... I wonder what everyone's up to... I wonder, maybe they noticed that I'm not there...)

Sana: I'm ho...
???: -----------look----
???: -----What----------
Sana: Everyone's here...
Sana's Dad: You did a good job on this test too. That's my son.
Sana's Older Brother: The questions were this easy so it's obvious I'd do well.
Sana's Mom: If you keep up the confidence then you never know, your score might go lower next time?
Sana's Older Brother: It'll be fine, I had perfect marks on all the past questions in the mock exams after all.
Sana: ........................
Sana's Mom: And, what about you?
Sana's Younger Brother: That's right, I passed tryouts! From now on, I'm gonna play soccer on a club team you know!?
Sana's Dad: Great job, that's amazing! That's the fruits of your labor. Don't ever forget that spirit.
Sana's Younger Brother: Heheh, of course! I plan to keep aiming for the top after all.

Sana: ................... (Nothing's changed... from the day they turned me into an outcast up through now... These people are the only ones that make up this house...There's no place for me, an ordinary person, to fit in...)

Sana's Mom: I don't know what to do about tomorrow's dinner menu with these two producing such great results like this.
Sana's Dad: Just make two dishes.
Sana's Mom: You're just saying that because you don't help.
Sana's Dad: Then, do you want me to help?
Sana's Mom: It's fine, you'll just be in the way.
Sana's Younger Brother: Man, Mom's strict!
Sana's Older Brother: Aahaha!

Sana: (That's a relief, I'm not reflected in these people's eyes...really...) Really...

Sana: So they've still been bringing up...my dinner... Even though I'm not going to eat it...I wonder if they still think I'm shut up in my room... (...This is probably the last thing that ties me and my family together...If they stop bringing me food, then nothing will tie me to my family anymore...But, I'm okay with that...)

Iroha: Then, could you peel the potatoes? I was planning on making nikujaga today.
Sana: Yes, if I use the thing you use to peel the skin then I think I can.

Sana: (My home is now, that home... It's the home where Iroha-san and the others are, so...!)

Sana: Thank you for making me dinner up until now. But, you don't need to anymore. Thank you for everything up until now. Farewell, everyone in the Futaba family.


Iroha: Sana-chan wrote that down and left it there, then I guess she came home. She said that eating at our place is more delicious right now.
Momoko: Well, I don't know what to say... that's a pretty heart-wrenching tale...
Kaede: Iroha-chan, introduce me to her next time! I'll become her friend too!
Rena: Don't do it if you're just awkwardly trying to sympathize with her. That'll just hurt her more...
Kaede: Then what are we supposed to do!? Wait, Rena-chan, are you crying?
Rena: R, Rena's not crying! Kaede, your home garden's compost just got in my eyes, that's all!
Kaede: I, I don't bring that kind of stuff to school.
Rena: ...It's okay as long as you don't suck at it. Rena absolutely despises anyone who just halfheartedly tries to save bullied kids. That's why, Kaede, you're serious about it so it's okay, isn't it?
Snifff, Rena will go with you too, though.
Kaede: Rena-chan!
Momoko: Then I guess I'll join in too.
Rena: Are you fine with going to Yachiyo-san's house?
Momoko: Uguu, that's uh...
Iroha: Fufuu. Ah, I'm sorry. I promised Yachiyo-san I'd go shopping with her after this.
Momoko: Is that so? Then, see you again at school.
Iroha: Yes. Let me thank you later for helping us!

Momoko: Yachiyo-san's house, huh... they've even gathered mug cups... I guess I should stop being stubborn pretty soon too...
Rena: Do you finally feel like becoming friends again?
Momoko: There's just a few questions I have about that still. I still don't have the courage for that, you see. Besides, that person's still hiding something really important...Then again, I guess I do too so I can't say anything about that...
Kaede: What's your secret, Momoko-chan!?
Rena: We're friends, so you should just tell us, don't you think? C'mon, tell us.
Momoko: .........Then, I'll tell you!
Kaede: I, I wonder what it is?
Momoko: Fufufu. It's that I love you girls-----!
Kaede: Fuyuuu! Stop it, Momoko-chan!
Rena: Hold it, where are you touching!? This is really disgusting!

Yachiyo: Tsuruno, could you get me the ponzu?
Tsuruno: Sure, ahh!
Sana: Are you okay?
Yachiyo: Hey, don't spill it on me... Felicia, go get me a cloth from the counter.
Felicia: Right now I'm busy eating.
Iroha: Ahhh--, I'll go get it!
Yachiyo: Would your uniform be okay? I hope it doesn't get any stains on it...
Tsuruno: It'll be okay. A little effort will take care of it.
Yachiyo: It won't...
Iroha: I brought you a cloth from the counter!
Yachiyo: Thank you, Tamaki-san. Whew...just a little ponzu causes this much hassle...
Sana: Fu, fufu...
Iroha: What's wrong?
Sana: Nothing, I just thought it's so lively that I'm having fun... ......Um...
Iroha: Nn?
Sana: Why are all of you after the Wings of Magius?
Yachiyo: You see, it's because my best friend is there...
Tsuruno: I'm after them because I want to bring back the same person as Yachiyo!
Felicia: I'm just helping out in exchange for room and board.
Iroha: I'm after them because I'm searching for my younger sister. She's connected to the Wings of Magius...Ah, I don't suppose you know about a girl named Tamaki Ui.
Sana: Ah, that girl you asked Ai-chan about, right...? I'm sorry... I've never heard of her...
Iroha: Also, her best friends Satomi Tomoka-chan and Hiiragi Nemu-chan. Those two might be connected to Ui...
Sana: Hiiragi...Nemu...?
Iroha: Eh, you've heard of her before?
Sana: No, um...
Iroha: Please tell me, it could be anything, I need another clue.
Sana: Yes... I've heard of her...
Iroha: Where did you hear about her?
Sana: In Ai-chan's barrier...
Iroha: Ai-san...knew her...?
Sana: ...The Wings of Magius were talking about her.
Iroha: That's...Could that mean that Nemu-chan's also part of the Wings of Magius?
Sana: I, I don't know...! It's just, I overheard the Wings of Magius talking...about how she's dangerous...and that they'd have her effectively use her powers...
Yachiyo: That conversation makes it hard to determine whether she's a friend or a foe.
Iroha: Yes...Ui might also be part of the Wings of Magius, and...even Nemu-chan could be...
Sana: I'm sorry...I only know about conversations that make you feel uneasy...
Iroha: It's fine, unless I learn something I'll never be able to move forward after all. I'm glad you told me.
Sana: I'm sorry...
Tsuruno: Did you learn anything else? I was thinking you might know something else that we don't.
Sana: I was with Ai-chan the entire time and those people were in a different place...so I don't know a lot...
Tsuruno: Is that so...
Sana: B, But, I know a little about what kind of people make up that group... It seems like there's 3 Magius that rank above the Feathers...and I heard they're all talented...Also, that there's a person who serves as a connection between Magius and the other magical girls...
Iroha: ...Mifuyu-san.
Yachiyo: Right...Mifuyu's also a magical girl and she's survived for as long as I have...As a Kamihama magical girl, I think she'd be very persuasive...
Iroha: Speaking of which...

Black Feather: I'm told to refrain from speaking about this with people other than those directly involved, but...

Iroha: Do you need to have some kind of qualifications in order to learn about the Wings of Magius...?
Sana: It seems that way, but...I don't know what they are...I don't meet those qualifications either, so...
I didn't hear the details regarding the Wings of Magius...
Iroha: I wonder...who are the ones who are directly involved...? (What kind of people become part of the Wings of Magius...)
Sana: ...............

Iroha: They protect rumors, they protect witches
The Wings of Magius want to free magical girls.

We've learned a little bit more about those people but
nothing about Ui...

Iroha: ...........

Mifuyu: She might be one of the Wings of Magius without me knowing about it.

Ai: |if it's a "Rumor" |
|then I knowwwwww_TamakiUI...... |

Iroha: Just thinking that Ui might be a magical girl is enough of a shock, but... I don't know...at all...
What does it mean, that if it's a Rumor then it knows Ui...!?
Besides, Nemu-chan might also be one of the Wings of Magius.
What should I do...
Please tell me, Ai-chan...

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[1]=Literally "Flute Flower Resonate" (fuebana kyoumei). Fuebana Resonate sounds better so I went with that half-translation instead of fully translating it/leaving it untranslated.

[2] = Nabe is basically a Japanese hot pot. You boil water and throw in a bunch of ingredients. See below for one example.

[3]=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zashiki-warashi

[4]=It's a specific cow breed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Black

[5]=Japanese meat and potatoes, as seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikujaga

[3]= http://www.japanesecooking101.com/mizutaki-recipe/