I’m sorry to disappoint you, I’ve never been a saint

“Is this something to be surprised about?”

Facing the black-haired, straight-haired girl’s aggressive gaze, Kim Erise leaned her hands on the table, looking at the other person nonchalantly.

“Four years ago, all members of the Warrior Division of Bellow Middle School established the Free Alliance and called on magical girls all over the world to unite and declare war on humanity—isn’t this common knowledge?

Or are you just now finding out about this?”

“You…” Katina’s complexion became even paler, as she didn’t expect the other person to respond with such a casual attitude.

“Don’t you feel a shred of shame?”

“Strange, why should I feel ashamed?” Stirring the boiled bok choy in her bowl with her chopsticks, the red-haired girl instead asked curiously,

“I bravely rose up to liberate magical girls all over the world, I should be proud.”

“But you killed two hundred million people!” The black-haired, straight-haired girl roared angrily, and the broken microphone made many people in the audience cover their ears.

“Most of them were innocent civilians! How many happy families were torn apart because of your selfish desires!

How many parents lost their children, wives lost their husbands, children lost their parents!”

“First of all, the Free Alliance established by our Warrior Division was never for selfish desires, but for all the magical girls in the world—I’ve just told you this, but you don’t seem to have heard it, or rather, you didn’t hear it at all.”

Kim Erise, who put the boiled bok choy into her mouth, chewed with gusto:

“Secondly, it is a pity that it was those citizens who lived ordinary lives, as you said, who drove us magical girls to a dead end.

When the avalanche comes, no snowflake can stay out of it—perhaps you should first think about why, although the original intention of the Warrior Division was to help others, it became the first line of defense that raised the banner against humanity?”

“I don’t care what happened to the Warrior Division in the past, in short, those are not your excuses to do evil to all of humanity!”

Katina’s lips had lost their color, and then she wiped away the beads of sweat that covered her face.

“Don’t try to find excuses to deny it either; I have all sorts of evidence of the heinous acts you have committed!

Today, in front of all comrades, I must expose your hypocrisy!”

“You’re not allowed to say that, Chief…”

“It’s okay, Anjete,” Kim Erise grabbed the other girl’s arm, noticing that the brown-haired loli was about to lose her temper.

She consoled her with a calm expression.

“Some things really need to be made clear here; otherwise, it will only create gaps in future cooperation.”

At the same time, she waved to Zhao Jiequan, signaling him to come back and not to obstruct her.

“Hmph, hypocrisy, I want to see how long you can pretend.”

The red-haired girl’s attitude, on the contrary, aroused the black-haired, straight-haired girl’s inner disgust.

She raised the stack of files in her hand, vowing to expose the other person’s true colors:

“During the war, you seized the property of the people in the occupied area and drove them into countless concentration camps to work day and night, right?”

“This is the Human Settlement Acco… that was passed by a unanimous vote of our Free Alliance council…”

“Don’t mention any council!” Katina interrupted Kim Erise’s answer unceremoniously.

“You are the chairman of the council, the former leader of the Free Alliance, and it was you who issued this proposal, right?

Just answer me yes or no!”

“Yes, that’s right, you are really an excellent intelligen…”

The red-haired girl, having put down her chopsticks, wanted to praise the other person’s intelligence-gathering ability, but was interrupted again by the other person.

“You forced the humans in the concentration camps to perform various labor, and you did not provide any supplies, allowing them to starve to death, thirst to death, and die of exhaustion under extremely harsh and dirty conditions, right?”

“The supplies at that time were not enough to supply the magical girls and the servant army, so there was no energy left for ordinary humans.

Moreover, the proposal was put forward by the Qingjing councilor…”

“Don’t explain there, just say yes or no!”

“Yes, yes, you’re right, this is what I finally agreed to.”

Kim Erise shrugged her shoulders with an indifferent expression and took out a lollipop to start peeling off the wrapper.

“Two years ago, you launched a large-scale invasion of the neutral country of Lisu, and you bombed several major cities into ruins, right?”

“Because they took in several of Counselor Kexia’s enemies, and they refused to hand them over, so we first…”

“So you killed millions of people, right? Right??”

“Yes, yes, yes, that’s right, you’re all right, I did it.”

The red-haired girl, putting the lollipop in her mouth, rolled her eyes and began to perfunctorily reply.

“Three years ago, when the war went badly, you implemented the scorched-earth policy, burning millions of acres of farmland, forests, and grasslands, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes, you’re all right.”

“You used humans as livestock to feed the false gods to provide obsidian seeds to magical girls continuously, right?”

“Yes, yes, you’re right.”

“You used civilians as guinea pigs to conduct all kinds of inhumane experiments, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“You processed human corpses into food and supplied it to other people in the concentration camps in return, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“You banned all religions and carried out large-scale cleansing of all the people with religious beliefs in the occupied areas, right?”

“Yes.”

“After so many questions, aren’t you just a demon?”

“Yes.”

“Since you admit that you are a demon who committed so many crimes, then how can you have the face to say that you want to strive for equality between magical girls and humans?!”

Almost squeezing the files in her hand into a ball, the black-haired, straight-haired girl gasped violently, and questioned in her highest decibel of anger.

“It’s very simple,”

Kim Erise, carefully licking the lollipop in her mouth, shook her head and stretched out, realizing that the other person had finally completed the long and tedious questioning:

“Because I’m the mayor of Silver Shore City, just to fulfill a promise.”

“I don’t care about the promise of any demon,” Katina clenched her fists tightly, and the fire was burning in her eyes.

“Our Community Party will never work with a butcher like you!”

“Okay.”

To her surprise, the red-haired girl agreed very readily:

“Everyone here, if anyone is unwilling to work with me, feel free to withdraw now, there’s no problem.”

“However,” she changed the subject, taking a few slow steps forward,

“After you leave this hotel, where do you think you can go?”

“Are you threatening us?”

“This isn’t a threat, my naive girl,” pacing in the hall, Kim Erise took out the butterfly knife in her pocket and played with it.

“Think about it, the United Nations has declared you an illegal organization, most of your members have been cleaned up, and only you are left with these thin hundred or so people; you’ll be dead when you go back.

As for our autonomous federation, you have many choices:

Be a s*ave working to death in Chaska.

If some magical girl appreciates your appearance or abilities, you can be upgraded to become a servant and live a slightly better life, or you can simply join the security forces through certain channels and become one of those who exploit their own compatriots;

Or go to Tamoan, and honestly be a second-class social animal.

If you are lucky enough to gain the qualifications to ascend, you can become a new human being who is equal to the magical girls after cleansing your heart, purifying your soul, and resetting your thoughts, but I heard that there are some additional ‘small risks’ that need to be undertaken.

I don’t suggest you consider Argo.

That strange place is a real hell for humans, it’s better to be a s*ave or a social animal, or just go to Tonatius and enjoy the happiness that is like paradise every day…”

“Shut up!” Another roar, the black-haired, straight-haired girl’s eyes were already full of bloodshot eyes, and her body began to stagger. She looked as if she would fall at any moment.

“You, you’re threatening us there!

If you have the ability, if you have the ability, then let our Community Party run Silver Shore City themselves!”

“Enough!”

This time, the one who exploded was the one-armed female soldier, Aimen.

She walked up to the stage and gave Katina a solid slap:

“Can you be more mature and stop doing such a foolish thing?

Without Kim Erise’s help, our ideal would have been gone long ago!”

“I’ve had enough!” The black-haired, straight-haired girl covered her half of her face, which was turning red and then white, and she was hysterically roaring.

“I was full of expectations at first, thinking that the mayor of Silver Shore City who saved us would be a person with a heart of love and compassion, a great saint who could truly save the world, but it turned out to be such a merciless killer!

Crazy, crazy, this world has completely gone crazy!”

“You’re disappointed, I’ve never been a saint,” biting the lollipop in her mouth, Kim Erise slanted her mouth and unceremoniously punctured the other person’s bubble.

“I once bathed in the light, worked hard to do good deeds without asking for anything in return, and I was also immersed in the darkness, stained with the blood of enemies and innocent people, but at least now, after three years of war and one year of peace, I can calmly say goodbye to my past, a broken self, and choose a new path.

And you, as far as I can see, you still seem to be choosing to drown in the past and can’t get out of it, just like my other magical girl companions, unable to break free from the dark water pool.

Of course, this is just my shallow personal opinion, and if there are any mistakes, please point them out, and I’m very happy to revise them.

Whether you say I’m hypocritical or a demon, I accept it with equanimity.

After all, I am a gray existence that is neither pure black nor pure white.

If you are willing to cooperate with me, let’s work together to build Silver Shore City and see if we can succeed in creating a beautiful future; if you are unwilling to cooperate with me, I will give you some travel expenses to get together and break up, and sincerely wish you could find the true saint and realize world unity in your way.

But I suggest that you don’t look for such people among magical girls—speaking frankly, I am the last magical girl with both intelligence and rationality.

If you don’t agree, welcome to slap me in the face at any time.”

The red-haired girl’s last few words were addressed to all the people in the hotel hall.

“I respect any choice you make.”

She put away the butterfly knife in her hand, put her hands in her pockets, and looked around the Community Party members present in a big way.