The sound had been part of it, but Yurika had been worried that someone might have been hurt in the accident.
If Yurika didn’t care for people’s lives, she only had to endure and ignore the sound. If it was just that, she probably would have pulled through. She was definitely more courageous than before. But since she worried for the people outside, she had lost her focus on her spell. In other words, this was a tragic event that occurred because Yurika had the properties of a proper magical girl.
“Oh no!?”
Because Yurika had lost her focus, the six spiritual energies being adjusted into a single wavelength began returning to normal. If spiritual energy of two different wavelengths collided, they would cancel each other out and lose most of their power. With the six spiritual energies in that state, they clashed and erased each other, with the end total being less than a third of the original spiritual energy.
“A-Again!?”
Sanae's body began losing its color once more. Since another spell was stabilizing her body, her appearance didn't change, but her color was gradually vanishing. The spiritual energy that Sanae got from the others could no longer support her.
What do I do!?
Yurika desperately racked her brain trying to recover from the current situation.
Even if she tried to regain control over her out of control spell, it would take time to readjust the six spiritual energies. That said, a third of the spiritual energy wasn't enough to sustain Sanae. If she could at least get at least twice the spiritual energy right away, there was a high chance that two minutes would pass before Sanae disappeared. But Yurika could only come up with a single way of making that happen, and it was an incredibly dangerous bet.
“Satomi-san, this is our only hope, lend me your power!”
And in this situation, Yurika ended up relying on Koutarou as expected. Yurika held her cane in both hands and pointed it towards Koutarou.
“Yurika!? Gaaaaaaah!!”
The next moment the strain on Koutarou rapidly increased. The shock and pain assaulting Koutarou doubled since the amount of spiritual energy being drained was twice as much.
“I'm, so,rry, Satomi-san, there is, no other, way!”
The same was true for Yurika. While enduring twice the pain, she desperately tried to support Sanae's existence.
Reunifying six different wavelengths right away would be hard, so she decided to focus on matching Koutarou's wavelength since he was very close to Sanae, and her own since it was easier to control.
Of course the strain increased, but with this method she could raise the supplied spiritual energy to two-thirds of the original. It was an incredibly dangerous act, but Yurika had bet everything on it.
“Yurika!! Koutarou!!”
Sanae couldn't stand watching the two people she got along so well with suffer so much. She closed her eyes and prayed that this time would pass as quickly as possible so that they would stay safe.
“I'm, sorry... Uuuughh...”
Yurika felt bad for doing something like this without Koutarou's permission and for not being able to properly apologize. Right now, all Yurika could do was try her best to remain conscious while maintaining her spell. Sweat poured down from her forehead and her throat was dry. She could no longer stand and fell down on her butt. She had already passed her limit. Yurika was maintaining her spell, but it would be strange for her not to lose consciousness.
“...D-Don't worry, Yurika! You are, r-right!”
Koutarou raised his voice in an attempt to encourage Yurika.
“You are, someone who pulls through! You, save, people! Who cares, what, you are like normally! You're, you're a splendid magical girl!!”
Since Yurika was tuning Koutarou's wavelength, she was currently partly connected to his soul. And without the other four, she could clearly sense Koutarou's feelings.
Satomi-san... believes in me...
Koutarou wasn't just saying things to cheer Yurika up; instead, his will directly spoke to Yurika's soul. He had a clear sense of trust that was convinced that Yurika would pull it off. He had a clear image of the future where he, Yurika and Sanae were carefreely chatting. In his imagined future, Yurika was still clumsy and often failed. But right now, Yurika wished to return to those days as well.
And wishes would turn into power.
“Haaaaaaaaaaaahh!!”
The scream that had spawned from her dream explosively increased her magical power, to the point that even people without talent for magic could see the released magical power shine.
If Yurika was to fight against anyone in this state, she would surely win regardless of how strong her opponent was. That was just how terrific the power that Yurika had mustered really was.