"Heal?" Adam furrowed his eyebrows, then his face relaxed. "Sure. But to be sure, I'll have to check the patient first."
Though he wants to ask why Hitomi asked him instead of Mami….It doesn't matter. He knows what her request is.
She probably wants him to treat Kyosuke Kamijou, right? Her reaction was quick. But it's Magical Girls that often have miraculous powers
Wait-
'Why didn't Sayaka tell me about this in the last timeline? She would want to help her friend, right?'
Adam frowned in confusion
Could it be that it had escaped the blue-haired girl's mind?
-Then Adam can only say that Sayaka's ultimate defeat in the original plot makes sense.
"When do you have time?" Hitomi's tone was urgent. "I'll bring you there."
She wants to heal her friend as soon as possible. Now, with a glimmer of hope, she can't wait.
"I…"
At Hitomi's reminder, Sayaka also snapped out of her daze and spoke up:
"I also have someone who needs your treatment."
She twirled her fingers together in nervousness as she also made this request. She felt as though they were troubling their teacher too much.
-However, Sayaka didn't know that Hitomi Shizuki had also been referring to Kyosuke Kamijou.
'Wow... Kamijou Kyosuke is really popular.'
Though, wasn't this guy an asshole towards Sayaka in the original plot?
"Then let's meet tomorrow after school." The silver-haired man said, inwardly calculating how much time it would take. "Also, the person you want to treat doesn't live far away, right?"
Adam didn't really want to bother with treating Kyosuke Kamijou.
But since both girls requested this, he'll do it. After all, they did make his daily life not as boring. Treating the guy is easy, so he might as well.
"We're talking about the same person. Kyosuke is at the city hospital."
Since Sayaka would find out tomorrow anyway, Hitomi no longer hid her connection with him.
"Huh?"
The blue-haired girl stared at her friend in disbelief.
How could the green-haired girl be connected to her childhood friend? And how is she not aware of this?
"Teacher, your abilities are really convenient."
As Mami listened, she understood the subcontext: He defeated the witch, and he can also heal.
Magical girls with such varied abilities are very, very rare. And this man isn't even a magical girl!
"I'm a jack of all trades and master of none." He crossed his hands over his chest, his eyelids half-closing. "I'm no match for you in a real fight."
This was a half-truth. He really is a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none…At least when compared with all of fiction in mind.
And of course, he can easily beat Mami, even with his physical power alone.
"You must be joking." Mami covered her mouth and chuckled. "How could I possibly lay a hand on my teacher?"
She teased him, but she did not refute Adam's words.
Clearly, it's showing that she is very confident in herself.
Looking at her familiar confidence, Adam felt as though he was looking at a familiar Mami from the previous timeline.
The silver-haired boy smiled and shook his head.
As long as the plan succeeds. Everything will turn out well.
"You three should go home and get some rest."
He looked at Sayaka, Madoka, and Hitomi, who had weary faces. After what they experienced, they should really go home and sleep it off.
"Thank you, Teacher Adam!"
Madoka thanked him politely, bowing in thanks.
Then, the pinkette, along with her friends, waved goodbye to Adam and Mami Tomoe. They left together in tow, close in proximity since they were still afraid.
"Now that things have been resolved, it's also time for me to leave."
The silver-haired man's gaze strayed away from the three girls' backs.
He doesn't plan to stay any longer; he needs to prepare for tomorrow.
"Then I'll bid you goodbye, Teacher Adam."
Mami slightly raised her skirt and bowed to him.
"Ah." Adam stopped, seemingly remembering something. "Before I leave, this is what you want, right?"
The school councilor then took out a Grief Seed from his pocket and casually threw it to the blond magical girl.
"Um, yes."
The senior magical girl's eyes widened in surprise, but she reacted quickly and caught the grief seed.
"Thank you."
She pocketed the seed and expressed her gratitude softly.
"You're welcome." The transmigrator turned regressor calmly put his hands in his pockets. "If you need anything at school, you can come to the counseling room anytime."
Then, with a nod, Adam walked off and left her alone.
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Mami stroked the Grief seed in her hand, her gaze fixed on Adam's departing figure.
It was only when he was completely out of sight that she looked away.
'Why does he give me a sense of familiarity and security?'
The blond-haired girl looked down to the ground and muttered to herself, feeling a strange sense of loneliness arising within her.
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The foreigner didn't go far.
After reaching a secluded spot, he stopped in place, raised his head, and opened his mouth:
"Kyubey, are you watching me? Come out. Let's talk."
He spoke blandly and quite directly.
"How did you find out?"
A high-pitched voice echoed throughout the alleyway, and with it, an animal resembling a cat and a rabbit appeared beside him.
"I just knew you were watching."
He shrugged at the animal.
"Then why did you call me out?"
Shining red eyes looked up at him with an eerie emotion locked behind them.
Since he knew, shouldn't he have been cautious of it? From what it has observed from carbon-based lifeforms, they're usually very wary and shrewd.
"You can control witches, right?" Adam's beautiful glowing blue eyes seemed to darken in the blackness of the alleyway. "I need your help with something."
If he doesn't get the Incubator's help, this plan will take far longer. It'll also be tougher to achieve what he wants to achieve.
And again: Technology. He wants it. He's greedy for it. There's no point in playing games with Kyubey.
"What will I get in return?"
Kyubey doesn't care about how Adam knows this; it is more concerned about the secrets this otherworlder possesses.
"How about this: You work for me for a year, and after a year I'll tell you my big 'secret'."
The silver-haired man's lips twitched. He tried very hard to control himself so as not to smile and laugh.
"You should be very interested in that, right?" He smiled knowingly, the fact that he was about to say the same thing here too not fazing him in the slightest. "And let's exchange technology too."
The man from another world then extended one hand, palm facing upwards.
"I'll slowly give you some amounts of various energies in my possession." A kaleidoscope of colors appeared in his open palm. They were various energies in his possession. "And you'll give me knowledge which I didn't know before."
Of course, since he also did this transaction with the Kyubey of the previous timeline and got some knowledge, he'll have to specify knowledge he doesn't know.
Otherwise, it won't count.
Anyways, Homura restarts the timeline after a month at most each time.
Kyubey can never reach the one-year mark, so even if he promises something, he won't be able to deliver on it.
"Does that include things from other worlds as well?"
The rabbit/cat intently stared at the various energies gathered in his hands, an intense light shining within its red eyes.
"Hm?" Adam frowned. "Well, information and energy are definitely more important to you. So after I run out of these, I'll give you some local specialties of other worlds."
This was a veiled refusal. The information he has from other worlds can not run out in a mere span of 1 month.
"Okay, I agree to this deal."
Without much hesitation, Kyubey immediately agreed to this proposed transaction.
It believes that the other world or potential worlds might hold a way to save this world- this is a condition it cannot refuse.
As for why it didn't take direct action?
Given the unclear situation in the world/s, it will not act rashly.
Now the two sides have reached a deal- this is already the best outcome.
"Then, please do me the first favor."
Adam smiled brightly…
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The next day- early in the morning- at Madoka Kaname's house.
"Dad, Mom, I'm going out!"
Madoka waved goodbye to her family with a smile as she stepped through the front door.
With a cheerful stride in her steps, she ran towards the direction of her school.
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Back at her home, Kaname Tomohisa looked at his wife with some concern.
"Madoka specially asked me to make two bento boxes today. Dear, do you think she's in love?"
At her husband's words, Junko continued to chew on her sandwich, looking completely indifferent.
"And what's wrong with that?" She took another bite. "She's at that age now,"
She doesn't object to Madoka having someone she likes; she believes her daughter already knows what's good for her.
"I'm just worried that she's been deceived by a scumbag."
Tomohisa sighed in worry.
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The pinkette, unaware of her parents' conversation, arrived at school quite early. Despite walking all the way, she still seemed energetic and full of joy.
"Oh! As expected, the door hasn't been locked." Madoka's dark pink eyes lit up in joy as she succeeded in quietly opening the door to the counseling room. "What a careless Teacher."
She then carefully placed the extra bento box on Adam's desk, and then tiptoed out of the room, gently closing the door behind her.
"Phew~"
Back in the hallway, Madoka shifted around guiltily, her eyes darting around with nervousness.
After finding no one there, she leaned against the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she tidied up her school uniform and started walking towards the classroom with a big smile on her radiant face.
"Hey Madoka!"
Not long after she reached the classroom, Sayaka arrived too.
"You didn't wait for me today!"
The blue-haired girl put her hands on her hips, looking at her forgetful pink-haired friend with a displeased expression.
"Oh, actually, I had some things to do at school today." She pursed her lips. "Sorry! Sayaka."
Madoka clasped her hands together and sincerely apologized to her friend.
"I'll let it go this time." The blue-haired girl put her hands on her forehead, helplessly looking at her friend. "But please remember to let me know next time."
She generously forgave her- after all, the blue-haired girl was just very worried about her friend.
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Meanwhile…
Adam, his eyes rapidly flashing with calculations, had just sat down in his seat when he noticed a bento placed atop his desk.
Looking at the little note with cute drawings on the pinkish bento box, Adam chuckled, a genuine smile arising on his face.
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At noon, Madoka and her two friends didn't come over this time.
So the silver-haired man ate the bento that Madoka had brought by himself, all alone.
Despite being alone, he doesn't truly feel lonely.
After all…
"Open wide~"
Adam stroked the pink fox that was sitting in his lap, slowly giving her some of the bento food with chopsticks/
That's right.
He has Great Sage, Sakura, Higokumaru, and even Yog-Sothoth to communicate with. He's never truly alone.
To be honest, Madoka's bento box tastes pretty good; Adam likes it a lot.
-Not as good as Mei's cooking, though.
But he's being an asshole for comparing something like this, isn't he?
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After eating, Adam spent his time leisurely.
Improving himself, even however little, is entertainment for him.
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After school, Sayaka and Hitomi finally went to the counseling room together, ready for him to inspect their friend.
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