Just a few seconds before two minutes would have passed, the voice of one of the hunters came through the phone pressed against Kiriha's ear.
“Nee-san! I got a report from aniki! The device has been setup!”
“Well done!!”
The normally calm Kiriha clenched her fist in joy.
“How's her body!?”
At the same time, Sanae's body that had weakened by quite a bit instantly recovered. Her appearance was as vivid as normal, without any trace of fading or distorting.
“Yurika, that's enough! We made it!”
Seeing Kiriha's behavior and Sanae's appearance, Koutarou realized that the plan had succeeded and conveyed that fact to Yurika who was still pointing her magical cane at Sanae.
“...Ahh...”
Hearing that she had made it, the tension in Yurika released. And at the same time, all of the spells came undone while Yurika collapsed on the floor. Having poured her everything into it, she no longer had enough energy to move her body.
Yurika crashed face first into the floor like always.
“Yurika!”
Seeing that, Koutarou forgot that he was exhausted as well and rushed over to her.
“Keep it together, Yurika!”
“Yurika-sama!”
“Yurika-chan!”
Theia, Ruth and Shizuka followed. Kiriha was still on the phone, but she anxiously gazed at Yurika.
“Koutarou, is Yurika okay!?”
The one the most worried for Koutarou was Sanae. She had been getting along really well with Yurika lately, and it was obvious that she had worked so hard for Sanae's sake. Because of that, Sanae was exceptionally worried about Yurika's condition.
“Just wait a minute...”
Koutarou stopped Sanae and checked up on Yurika. He checked her breathing, her pulse, her complexion and lastly her spiritual energy. Koutarou then gave Sanae a big nod.
“She's fine. She hit her face a little, but she only fainted”
“Thank god...”
Yurika had fallen over and hit her face. Normally, everyone would simply be amazed, but this time was different. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and smiled.
“Seriously... to think she'd hit her face at the very end, just what you would expect from Yurika...”
“This much hard work is something that you would imagine the normal Yurika doing after all”
“I just hope it doesn't leave a mark on her face...”
The girls’ smiles were all praising Yurika as they all showed her their appreciation. If Yurika had just been conscious, her eyes most likely would have sprung wide open from surprise.
“Thank you too, Koutarou”
“You better thank Yurika once she wakes up too, okay?”
“Yeah”
Sanae smiled as she stared at Yurika in Koutarou's arms. It was then that she finally turned her attention to herself.
“Haah... I wasn't sure what would happen for a moment there...”
Sanae stared at her arms and then looked down to check her body and legs. Her body had returned to its normal state, and there was not a single trace of the incident from just before.