Goodbye Mao-chan
T-Today is my last day with Mao-chan?
Sign: Chibi Devi Nursery
With that, we'll begin our goodbye party for Honoka-chan!
It was only one month, wasn't it?
That's too bad... We just got to be friends, too.
Thanks for your hard work, Honoka-chan!
I think you really did your best this last month.
No, it was nothing...
Don't tell anyone else about baby devils or magic, okay?
Um, okay.
You too, Shin-kun.
Right...
Shin-san looks like he's out of it...
I can understand that.
It's all so sudden that it seems unreal, even to me...
That today is my last day with Mao-chan...
It really went by so fast, didn't it?
At first Mao-chan did nothing but cry, but he became cheerful so quickly.
Right, right.
The parents' day was a big success too, wasn't it?
It was thanks to Honoka-chan that we were all finally able to practise together.
I think that was what really brought Rai-chan, Mao-chan, and Karin-chan together.
He really played a big part in last night's sleepover, too!
I'm sure he'll be able to get along well with his new mother!
Honoka-chan, Shin-kun, it was only a short time, but thank you so very much!
Goodbye.
Take good care of yourselves!
Aren't you going to say anything?
Good luck, Mao-chan!
Mao-chan didn't cry, right?
He probably didn't understand.
I'm sure he thinks we'll be back to pick him up as usual, doesn't he?
But a real mother will be better for Mao-chan!
I'm not very reliable, and I'm a crybaby...
That's not true!
This last month, you've been a great mother and put Mao-chan first!
I guarantee it!
Really?
Really!
But it's because of Shin-san and Mao-chan that I could work so hard.
When Mao-chan looks like he's having a good time, it cheers me up and motivates me.
When Mao-chan laughs, it makes me smile...
When Mao-chan's sad,
or angry,
or sulky,
or happy,
no matter what, he's so cute, and I love him!
Honoka!
I don't- I don't want to leave Mao-chan!
All right, let's go get Mao-chan back!
We'll say you want to continue being his mother!
But I already rejected it once. I couldn't do something that selfish...
If we ask, I'm sure they can do something about it!
But...
Are you okay with not being able to meet Mao-chan again?!
Mao-chan...
They came back!
Since it's Honoka-chan, I knew she would definitely come back.
Principal...
Here you go!
Please continue to take good care of Mao-chan!
All right!
Honoka, we won't make it to the nursery!
Coming! Let's go, Mao-chan!
Hurry up, Honoka!
Wait a second!
I'm Sawada Honoka, fourteen years old.
And I'm going to keep working hard as a mother!