"So you brought her back?"

Looking at the red-haired girl with a ponytail lying on the ground, bound by binding magic and unconscious, Fang Zheng sighed. Illya and Xiao Hei behind him also looked speechless.

"Well...it's Nanoha after all...this operation is also normal."

By the way, Illya and Kuro's group didn't find the magical girl or the witch, but only saw the familiar, and then they killed it easily. On the other side, Fate and Sakura also successfully eliminated the familiar, and then returned to the warehouse with Nanoha and the unconscious red-haired girl.

“Woo… woo…”

While everyone was talking, the unconscious red-haired girl groaned a few times, then she suddenly opened her eyes and jumped up as if she had a nightmare.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

This sudden scream scared everyone, but the red-haired girl did not immediately pay attention to the situation around her. Instead, she lowered her head and jumped around looking at her body.

"I'm still alive? Great, I'm still alive..."

After making sure that no parts of her body were missing, the red-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief. Then she raised her head and looked around. When she saw Nanoha, her body trembled and she immediately started yelling.

"Hey little girl, you should be moderate in your fight. I thought you were going to kill me!"

"Why?"

Nanoha was shocked to hear the red-haired girl's complaint.

"It's just a divine explosion, I don't think you'll get hurt..."

"How was I supposed to know what that thing was? I thought I was going to be completely melted..."

In response to Nanoha's answer, the red-haired girl immediately started to complain, then she glanced around and sat down on the ground dejectedly.

"I never thought I would be defeated by a little girl...Okay, what do you want from me?"

It seemed that the red-haired girl had accepted her fate, but the other girls were not surprised. Instead, they gathered together and started whispering.

"Sure enough, I've always suspected that Nanoha's bombardment has some kind of brainwashing property. It makes people behave after one bombardment. Look, Fate also told everything after being bombarded by Nanoha's bombardment..."

"No way, it should just be a coincidence..."

"Two consecutive coincidences? If it happens again, I'll have to avoid her from now on!"

“Ahem.”

Seeing his little girl talking more and more nonsense, Fang Zheng coughed and interrupted the whispers. Then he walked forward and came in front of the red-haired girl. Seeing him, the red-haired girl showed a look of surprise and confusion.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Fang Zheng."

Fang Zheng answered promptly, then he pulled over a chair and sat down.

"So, can you tell me your name?"

"…Sakura Kyoko, my name."

"So Ms. Sakura, could you tell us about the magical girls?"

"Okay, it's not a big deal anyway..."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Sakura Anzi seemed very indifferent. Soon, Sakura Anzi told everything she knew about the magical girl.

"That is to say, after the magical girl signs a contract with the guy named QB, she can obtain powerful strength and soul gems. During the battle, the soul gems will gradually become filthy, so the seeds of sorrow are needed to purify and restore magic power. And the seeds of sorrow will only appear after defeating the witch, is that right?"

After listening to Sakura Anzi's story, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, thought carefully, then asked, and Sakura Anzi nodded.

"Yes, you can let me go now."

"Of course...Nanoha."

"Yes, teacher."

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Nanoha hurriedly raised the staff in her hand and aimed it at Sakura Anko.

"Heart of the Rising Sun, free from bondage."

As Nanoha called out, the ruby ​​on top of the staff began to flash lines of text.

"All right, master."

The next moment, the magical restraints on Sakura Anzi disappeared instantly, and Anzi jumped up from the ground, curiously leaning over to look at the staff in Nanoha's hand.

"This is really different from us... Are you really magical girls from another world?"

"Ah, um..."

"Ms. Sakura."

At this moment, Fang Zheng spoke again, and Xingzi waved her hand.

"Just call me Kyoko. Calling me Miss Sakura gives me goosebumps."

"Okay, so Kyoko, I have a few more questions."

Fang Zheng looked at Xingzi and asked again.

"Do you know how witches are formed?"

"Hmm... I asked QB this question before, and it said, 'If magical girls are born from wishes, then witches are born from curses'..."

"No, I'm not asking about such an abstract concept, Kyoko."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"What I'm asking is, how exactly witches are created? Do you know? Just like you are a magical girl, you became a magical girl because you made a contract with that being called QB, right? Before that, you were just an ordinary girl, not something strange. So what about witches? Are witches born out of thin air?"

"It's from a familiar. I've told that little girl before that a familiar will turn into a witch after eating five or six people."

"Then how are familiars born? Is there a mother body that gives birth to familiars somewhere?"

"Now that you put it that way..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Xingzi frowned and started thinking.

"Come to think of it, I haven't really thought about this question..."

"Then let me change the question."

Seeing Xingzi's expression, Fang Zheng knew that it was unlikely to get an answer from her, so he quickly changed the question.

"You said before that after a magical girl fights, her soul gem will become filthy, and she needs to use the Seed of Sorrow to absorb the filth and restore her magic power, right?"

“That’s right.”

"Well, do you know what will happen if you don't get replenished?"

"Uh... I'm not sure about this, but I think he will die."

"Yeah?"

After hearing what Xingzi said, Fang Zheng was silent for a moment again, then looked at Xingzi.

"Kyoko, can you show me your Soul Gem?"

"Well... okay."

Facing Fang Zheng's request, Xingzi was obviously not so happy, but she still took out the soul gem and handed it to Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng took the soul gem and examined it carefully for a moment, and then his eyes condensed slightly.

"Hmm? This is..."

Fang Zheng whispered to himself while looking at Xingzi again. Xingzi seemed a little uneasy when she noticed Fang Zheng's gaze.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? It makes me uncomfortable."

"Xingzi, just stand here and don't move."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he reached out and handed the Soul Gem to Fate.

"Fate, take this soul gem and leave here first."

"OK."

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Seeing Fate leave with his Soul Gem, Xingzi became more and more uneasy, while Fang Zheng shook his head.

"I'm just doing an experiment. Sorry, please wait a moment."

"I'm telling you what the hell you are doing..."

However, before Xingzi could finish her words, she suddenly fell down like a puppet that had lost power.