Juu Sai Madoushi Chapter 37 Part 2 (Patreon)

Jeanette screams as Alicia climbs on top of her.

The three girls get up, brushing off the dust.

Then.

The giant Bear that should have been crushed by the snowball was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, there was a cute Bear Stuffed Toy, the size of which even a girl could easily hold.

He was wiping his cheeks with his paws and spilling tears.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I, I, I missed you...I missed Leticia because she never came back. It was hard that she left me. So, I wanted to get together and have some fun..."

"This is..."

Jeanette's eyes widened.

"It looks like the curse...has been lifted."

Alicia bent over Bear's stuffed animal.

She placed the palm of her hand on his head and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry Bear-san, I don't think Leticia abandoned you. It's just...she just couldn't come back to you."

Alicia recalls.

When she was a little girl, when her mother suddenly disappeared. At the time, I didn't understand why. I thought my mother didn't like me.

I thought she had gone to heaven without me.

But that was not the case; Leticia was a mother who loved her daughter with all her heart. She was not the kind of cold person who would abandon her daughter or her favorite picture book.

"What are you talking about, Leticia? It's like it was something else..."

Bear's Stuffed Toy is perplexed.

I'm not Leticia, I'm Leticia's daughter, Alicia.

"I'm Alicia, daughter of Leticia." "You're...? Leticia was never a little girl...she came to read me when I was an adult...how could I have forgotten that? How could I have forgotten that?

"It must be the effect of the curse. Leticia, my mother, passed away a long time ago. That's why I couldn't come to see you...I'm so, so sorry."

Alicia's face falls and Bear shakes his head.

"You don't have to apologize! It's my...it's my fault that I went crazy! I was so lonely that I just let him get to me!"

"He...?"

Ferris blinked.

"...Yeah. A woman wrapped in a pitch-black shadow said, "I'll help you so that you won't be alone. She said she would help me so that I wouldn't be alone. I realized that I had become a cursed item..."

"I wonder who she is..."

Jeanette murmured.

"I don't know. I don't know, but he was very scary. He had a tremendous magical power. I just don't want to get close to him. I... got close to him."

Bear nodded.

"I feel really bad about what I did. But it's all over now. I'm no longer a cursed item, and I have no power. I can't keep them all. I'm all alone again..."

Tears well up in Buttons' eyes.

"I'm not alone."

"What...?"

Alicia's words made Bear pause.

"I'll take you as my responsibility. You are your mother's memento, after all. I'll make sure I take you back to school with me, so you won't be alone."

"Alicia! The girl asked. You're going to leave the picture book that was a cursed item in your room?"

"I'm fine. Normally, I would be scared, but I have Ferris with me. You know?"

"Yes, yes! If the Bear-san in the picture book tries to do something bad, I'll do my best to stop him!"

Ferris made a clenched fist and said enthusiastically.

"Oh, you're so sweet...it's like a dream...that you would take me like this..."

"It's not a dream. Let's all go home together, okay?"

Alicia gently hugged Bear's Stuffed Toy.

"Thank you... I'm leaving... I'm going home... with the precious girl Leticia left behind..."

Bear smiles.

His smile is almost the same as the adorable smile on the cover of the picture book.

The only difference is that his cheeks are wet with tears.

"Wow...she's kind of sparkling...!"

Ferris looked around and let out an exclamation.

The castle, the walls, and the ground scattered as shards of seven shining colors.

The chains and iron balls that had restrained the people disappear, and those who had been turned into crystal dolls return to their original forms, rushing to Ferris' side.

"Thanks, little sorceress!" "I can finally go home!" "My son is looking forward to seeing his souvenirs!" "Oh, my wife will be so mad at me, wondering what I've been doing all this time! I will have a hard time making excuses, ha ha ha!"" ""See ya!"" "You really saved my life! You saved my life!"

The captives cheered and rushed out of the castle, leaving the storybook world behind them.

Soon, Ferris, Alicia, and Jeanette were also enveloped in the seven-colored light.

"...See you later, Leticia's daughter. And take care of me, too, now that I'm a free picture book."