"Didn't you understand what I said?" Listening to Sakura Mai's words, Soga Yura looked up blankly.
"I can't get close to Yuzu."
"It's not because I'm some twisted sister-obsessed freak who wants to do weird things to her own little sister."
"..."
Listening to Soga Yura's words, Sakura Mai's eye twitched suddenly.
She recalled the scene where Soga Yura was rolling around on the bed with her sister Yuzu's life-sized body pillow, which she had accidentally walked in on.
"Do you really believe that yourself?"
It's probably not that she doesn't want to do weird things to her own little sister, but that she can't.
If it weren't for that secret Soga Yura was hiding... something Sakura Mai didn't know about, but intuitively felt was related to the nightmare that had plagued Soga Yura for so long.
The secret that prevented Soga Yura from touching her sister Yuzu.
What she saw today probably wouldn't have been sisters turning against each other, but sister Yuzu snuggling like a little bird in Soga Yura's arms. The two of them being lovey-dovey all day, tormenting her, this single dog.
Sakura Mai suddenly felt heartbroken.
That's right—
Although she looked like a dignified knight princess who could charm both men and women, ...Sakura Mai had never even dated anyone.
Let alone dated.
She only had one friend, Soga Yura.
Of course... Sakura Mai couldn't help but sigh.
It was probably because she became friends with Soga Yura that she had no friends.
After all, when she finally met a boy she might have a slight crush on.
Soga Yura would tilt her head, then immediately say, 'He thinks your waist is slim, and the lines of your hips are nice too; it must feel great to hold your waist from behind.'
Any crush would dissipate immediately.
However... Sakura Mai didn't regret it.
Although this girl was a bit twisted, she still cherished her friends.
Possessing the "Sword of Will", which could largely resist her "Mind Control", she was probably her only friend.
"I really can't get close to Yuzu." Soga Yura spoke very seriously.
If she could.
She really wanted to hold Yuzu in her arms every day.
And cling to her own Yuzu to sleep at night.
"I know." Sakura Mai nodded seriously, "But... go chase sister Yuzu back."
"Look at yourself now."
"Where do you even resemble Soga Yura."
"Where's your pride?"
"Weren't you going to become sister Yuzu's idol?"
"How can you become sister Yuzu's idol like this."
"The head of the Soga family is a Sixth Sequence dominator, right? Is there any problem he can't solve?"
Sakura Mai suddenly sighed, "If you're unwilling to ask the Soga family head to step in..."
"At worst, I'll go back and ask my grandfather for you."
The Sakura family also has a Sixth Sequence dominator-level powerhouse.
It's just... because of Sakura Mai's 'father' issue, he's already washed his hands of Sakura family affairs.
But the old man still dotes on Sakura Mai a lot.
Then... she saw Soga Yura actually shake her head.
"That's not something Father or Grandfather Sakura can solve."
"That's Yuzu..."
"No— "
"It's a personal matter between me and Yuzu."
Hugging her knees and curling up on the sofa, Soga Yura gave Sakura Mai a big smile, "It was so hard to drive Yuzu away..."
"How can I go chase her back."
Yuzu carries the throne that can propel the world.
That's... a secret that absolutely cannot be discovered by high-level Espers.
She smiled very forcedly.
Her lips were trembling.
Sakura Mai's words were not without effect.
She wanted to see Yuzu again.
Even if just from afar... from afar, just one more glance.
By the time Su Yuzu returned to the hospital with the girls, Saotome Yukina had already cleaned up the traces on the bed.
The girl sitting on the edge of the bed with her hands twisted together, her face full of shyness and coyness, the tips of her ears hidden in her hair dyed an alluring bright red.
She nervously stood up, the muscles in Saotome Yukina's thighs and calves subconsciously tightening, "Yuzu-senpai..."
She frowned.
The little rabbit could clearly feel the abnormality between Yuzu-senpai and those other girls.
Su Yuzu just smiled without speaking.
She lifted the packed strawberry cream crepe and handed it to the little rabbit.
Smelling that sweet fragrance, and... even sweeter than strawberry cream, the scent belonging to senpai, Saotome Yukina felt as if her whole being was invigorated.
Although it wasn't senpai feeding her bite by bite.
But senpai personally brought it back, which was already great.
Su Yuzu watched the little rabbit's jubilant appearance.
[Ding—]
[Feed: Saotome Yukina Favorability +1.]
[Favorability Increase Reward Obtained: Fluffy Bunny Slippers.]
Those fluffy slippers that don't cover the ankles, although they are indeed cold to wear, but... they unexpectedly accentuate a girl's slender ankles.
It really hits Su Yuzu's XP system.
A girl wearing only a loose T-shirt, her fair legs' lines exposed before her, wearing those fluffy slippers, bouncing around in front of her, then leaning back with legs curled up on the sofa—the CG is very moving.
Su Yuzu just ruffled the girl's hair.
Although Su Yuzu always said she was fine, even very happy.
But the girls' worry for her never faded.
After Saotome Yukina finished the crepe, they bid farewell one by one.
And in their own ways, reminded Su Yuzu not to overthink, or... like Mihou Sakai, simply a hug.
Kujou Katora was the last to leave.
Rarely not wearing that full-body black silk with a strong binding feel, Kujou Katora stood in front of Su Yuzu, pulling out two movie tickets from her bosom.
"Miss Yuzu..."
"Miss Yuzu said we'd go watch a movie together tonight."
"Better to leave them with Miss Yuzu first."
"After all..."
"If Miss Yuzu doesn't go, there's no point in me going alone."
Su Yuzu held the movie tickets that Kujou Katora had handed back again.
The somewhat wrinkled movie tickets.
The tickets still carried the girl's body warmth and faint fragrance.
Su Yuzu didn't even want to hand these two tickets over.
Might as well buy two more later.
She nodded in agreement, then watched Kujou Katora leave as well.
The hospital room door was gently closed.
Su Yuzu sat on the edge of the bed still permeated with the little rabbit's floral scent.
She checked her inventory.
Including the "Primary Combat Records" from Soga Yura last night, she now had six "Primary Combat Records" on hand.
Not sure how much she could level up.
But... before using them, she still needed to break through to the "First Sequence".
Probably no one would see her embarrassing breakthrough appearance anymore.
Su Yuzu recalled Mihou Sakai's gorgeous yet... revealing breakthrough like a magical girl transformation that day.
She couldn't do something like Mihou's public shame play.
Opening the inventory.
Taking a deep breath, Su Yuzu tapped confirm.
Whoosh—
She suddenly heard the sound of waves.
The real world was swallowed in an instant.
Su Yuzu saw an endless sea.
A pitch-black sea.
Without the gorgeous falling embers in Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's mental domain.
The world Su Yuzu saw was only boundless dead silence.
She lowered her head.
She was sitting naked on a massive pitch-black throne, similarly dark chains wrapping around the throne, thorns spreading and growing around it.
Honestly... it was a bit cold and a bit uncomfortable.
But... what concerned Su Yuzu more... was the girl before the throne, entangled by pitch-black thorns, thorns piercing into her skin, looking up at her.
Soga... Yura.
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