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Compared to facing the leader's punishment for screwing things up, it would have been better to have clashed with those magical girls from the start; at least in a fight, there was a chance of victory, but facing the leader, there was only the path to death.
After it stopped in its tracks, it was only a short while before the four magical girls who were following close behind appeared before it.
And when Semi and the magical girls had a clear view of each other, they all had their different questions.
"...Fairy?"
"Only four people?"
The magical girl side, perhaps had never really considered that the enemy they would be facing was a fairy, and for a moment they found it hard to believe.
As for Semi, upon realizing that only four people had come, it knew trouble was brewing because it could easily guess where the remaining two were—definitely below the stone tower.
