No matter how beautiful or holy a girl is, having someone stare intently at her fair, well-proportioned thighs would cause embarrassment and discomfort.
If—
That girl wasn't Su Yuzu.
Catching Lyudmila's gaze, Su Yuzu deciphered her thoughts almost instantly.
For a girl as pure as Lyudmila, her Favorability towards Su Yuzu was still a rather awkward 19—Vigilant.
She definitely wasn't lusting after her body.
Then... there was only one reason Lyudmila's gaze would fall on her thigh—
The "Godmother's Laurel".
The "Holy Relic" left behind by that Seventh Sequence "Seat of Evil".
Crossing her legs, the girl's fair and lustrous thighs overlapped. She lifted her left leg, adorned with the garter made of a Kirishika branch, as if deliberately displaying it to Lyudmila.
What was that saying about possessing a treasure being a crime in itself?
Su Yuzu wasn't panicked at all.
Although she claimed to have left the Soga family... Soga Retsu's halo was always there. Unless it was a heretical sect like the "Eye of Insight", anyone wanting to make a move on her would still have to weigh the consequences.
Furthermore.
Lyudmila was already her Operator.
That meant she was her future old... old friend.
What was wrong with just showing off a garter to her own Operator and giving Lyudmila a bit of Attack Speed?
Unless Su Yuzu resisted it herself, otherwise... Lyudmila would eventually be molded into Su Yuzu's shape.
Moreover... was it enough for Su Yuzu to just not want it?
Back when she first recruited Kujou Katora, hadn't Su Yuzu looked reluctant? And in the end... when she parted ways with Kujou Katora, the Tiger Hunter had been tamed as obediently as a puppy.
Lyudmila was the little rabbit's roommate; Su Yuzu was destined to cross paths with her.
And... as a "Holy Relic", the "Godmother's Laurel" was one of the most special kinds.
Its appearance was that of a Kirishika branch.
The symbol of the "Holy Royal Court".
It is said that... when the witch who crawled out of the starving hells walked into death alongside the Seventh Sequence Catastrophe Beast and the Deer Spirit of Nightmares wandering the eternal mist...
On that dead land, these pure white flower branches bloomed everywhere.
Later, those who mourned her built a new city on that land. They called the witch's place of silence... the "Holy Royal Court".
And the Kirishika became the symbol of the "Holy Royal Court".
Without realizing that the garter or leg ring on her leg was the "Godmother's Laurel", Su Yuzu wasn't worried at all that anyone would harbor crooked thoughts about the Kirishika floral crown.
And once the other party realized it... wouldn't that be even better?
This was a Kirishika, after all.
However... associating the meaning of the Kirishika, Su Yuzu suddenly felt something was off.
The symbol of the "Holy Royal Court".
A garter.
Hiss—
She probably shouldn't think too deeply about it.
This feeling of turning holiness into a sinful temptation was unexpectedly, taboo-like erotic.
Opposite Su Yuzu, Soga Yura and Sakura Mai also noticed Lyudmila's obviously peculiar gaze.
Amidst Soga Yura's wide-eyed stare, Sakura Mai leaned sideways directly, looking under the table at the girl's crossed legs.
Hmm, white—
Cough, cough, cough... long.
That's not right either.
Anyway, they looked very powerful at a glance.
Completely different from Soga Yura's soft and mushy look, it perfectly hit the preferences of Sakura Mai, the Knight Princess.
She wanted to have a fight with Sister Yuzu.
Even though they were two sisters who looked so alike, the thoughts rising in Sakura Mai's heart when facing Su Yuzu and Soga Yura were completely different.
However... staring blankly, Sakura Mai looked at the exquisite leg ring on the girl's thigh.
Before a "Holy Relic" revealed its form, unless one knew it or had come into contact with it, an ordinary person couldn't recognize it at all.
Sakura Mai's heart skipped a beat.
She only recognized that it was... a Kirishika.
The sacred and pure symbol of the "Holy Royal Court".
And now... that holiness, accompanied by the girl's crossed legs, was displayed before her in a posture closest to that of a devil.
B... Bad.
Although it was so good-looking that Sakura Mai didn't want to look up.
But desecrating the symbol of the "Holy Royal Court"... the trouble could be big or small.
Since it was just noticed by Lyudmila, this trouble was a little bit big.
Hmm—
Just a little bit.
Since her own Sister Yuzu liked it, what was wrong with wearing your family's Kirishika?
That was giving you face.
To the side, seeing Sakura Mai with her head lowered as if her eyes were about to sink in, Soga Yura was so angry she wanted to stomp her feet.
'Yuzu... Yuzu's hem is a bit short, but don't you people have any sense of shame!'
'Don't look, don't look!'
'That is my Yuzu!!!!'
Soga Yura also lowered her body.
Then... she couldn't pull her gaze away either.
Because she was sitting directly opposite Su Yuzu, from Soga Yura's perspective, it seemed she could see even more.
Soga Yura felt like her whole being was about to sink in.
'Wuu wuu wuu...'
'I must exercise my duties as an older sister and make Yuzu wear a bit more.'
'Ha... Achoo—'
'What if she catches a cold like me.'
Let alone thighs. Even if just her Yuzu's arms were seen by others, Soga Yura wanted to directly use Mind Control to delete that part of their memory.
The clueless little rabbit also followed the main group and lowered her head.
Su Yuzu couldn't quite hold it together then.
Although... the four girls present were all Operators who had signed contracts with her.
But... no matter how confident and open Su Yuzu was, being stared at so intently by four girls in unison still made her feel a bit creeped out inside.
'Too much, this is too much—'
Su Yuzu looked at the few people who were staring dumbfounded, and silently swiped open her [Operator Development].
'You guys are the ones who aren't playing fair first!'
Su Yuzu looked at the four girls sitting neatly together. Starting with the little rabbit, she directly checked the "Primary Combat Records".
Thud—
Not understanding what happened at all, and having not even looked more than a few times, Saotome Yukina's head slammed directly onto the table with a thud. The girl's beautiful shoulder blades seemed to shrug up instantly, trembling gently.
Sakura Mai hadn't yet reacted to what was happening when she felt a powerful "Blessing" force pouring into her head, directly washing over and cleansing her body and mind.
To gain the acknowledgment of the Sword of Erasure, she had once undergone the Sakura family's harshest training, believing nothing could break her.
But... Thud—
The girl's right hand clawed at the edge of the table, and the fiberglass tabletop was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks.
Sakura Mai almost collapsed right there.
Soga Yura, on the other hand, escaped this calamity because of the double-strike of hellish Combat Records in the early morning.
To the side...
Finally capturing the aura of the "Blessing" mentioned by Saotome Yukina, Lyudmila held the little rabbit's hand.
She prepared to take a good look at what kind of "Blessing" this actually was.
Just then... Su Yuzu also clicked on Lyudmila.
Completely unaware of the crisis, Lyudmila was still using her own warm power to help Saotome Yukina alleviate the impact of the "Blessing".
The girl's golden eyes became slightly moist.
At the same time—
Su Yuzu had already checked the "Primary Combat Records" and tapped confirm on the [Development] interface.
The next second—
An almost brilliant Holy Light directly illuminated more than half of the commercial street.
[Ding—]
[Developed Lyudmila successfully.]
[Lyudmila Combat Experience increased.]
[Level.9 - Sun Esper → Level.10 - Sun Esper (Awaiting Breakthrough).]
[Development: Lyudmila Favorability +1.]
[Obtained Favorability Increase Reward: Saintess's Holy Shroud.]
[Obtained Development Material Consumption Compensation.]
["Primary Combat Records" *2.]
[Ding—]
[Embarrassed Posture: Lyudmila's Favorability decreased.]
[Shame and Indignation: Lyudmila Favorability +2.]
[Obtained Favorability Increase Reward: Kirishika Perfume.]
[Ding—]
[Lyudmila Favorability 19 (Vigilant) → 21 (Close).]
[Obtained Favorability Promotion Reward: Holy Light "Inferior".]
[Holy Light "Inferior": In special situations, you can choose to activate the Holy Light to blind the opponent's eyes.]
[...]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new achievement: The Saintess's Sorrowful Shame.]
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