Five steps, six steps, ten steps, twenty steps, Puk Puck gradually accelerated, she ran as fast as possible, her feet collapsed as she fell forward, her hand bracing herself. She heard a scream from behind, she looked at her feet, her socks had slipped, they were tangled together. It was the tear that Lethe had made, its torn part gradually separating, Puk Puck’s feet entangled with it and caused her to fall.

She tried to get up with a smile, she was trying to reassure her friends, but Puk Puck wobbled, holding her hands, dropping her bag, the Magical Gems inside dropping and scattering. One of them rolled and hit the Device. It seems that it broke the Device’s balance, as it became tilted.

Puk Puck looked up at the Device that was about to fall, and without panicking, tried to get up. But her right hand seemed to be stuck on the ground, buried deep within the floor. She tried to push the floor with her left hand, but now her left hand was also buried in the floor.

She tried to use her legs to pull out her arms, but something hit her head. A spanner from atop the device had slipped off. It fell directly on Puk Puck’s head. Puk Puck understood. Someone was trying to kill her. Not only that, she couldn’t avoid it. She looked up at the Device. The overwhelming presence of the device, it approached Puk Puck with certainty. If someone used the Device that the First Mage had created as a blunt instrument, even the Three Sages would be shattered.

“No one come closer!”

She shouted at the Magical Girls who were about to run towards her. If she was going to die, at least she could save her friends. Puk Puck looked back at her friends again, and she smiled.

“Thank you. I love you all.”

That was neither a lie nor was it bravery. Puk Puck really did love everyone. It was because of that love that she’s always done her best. She saw Shadow Gale’s sad face as she tried to reach her arms out, Puk Puck simply smiled and waved.

She regretted that she would fall in the middle of battle, she wondered how it ended up like this, those were Puk Puck’s last thoughts.

Magical Girl Raising Project: QUEENS, Chapter 10