At the instant Su Yuzu tapped [Development] to confirm, brilliant white Holy Light had already instantly filled more than half of the commercial street.
It was completely different from light in the usual sense.
The light flowing from Lyudmila seemed to have properties mixed with water. Brilliant, but not blinding. Like a paintbrush, it completely painted Su Yuzu's field of vision into pure white.
The continuous voice of the mechanical woman sounded incessantly in Su Yuzu's ears. Ringing out along with the mechanical woman's prompts were the panicked voices of the little rabbit beside her and the pedestrians on the commercial street.
"Student Mira?"
"Student Mira!?"
Fortunately, this was the commercial street inside Keigunen Private Academy. There were many pedestrians, but no vehicles. Otherwise... something might have really gone wrong.
It was just that... Su Yuzu cocked her ear. Vaguely, she seemed to hear the sound of fabric rubbing.
The white Holy Light slowly receded, and Su Yuzu saw the world before her regain its contours.
The blonde girl sitting reservedly next to Saotome Yukina also looked rarely embarrassed. Although she still looked demure. Seeming much better than the little rabbit or the Third Sequence Esper Sakura Mai, to an unknown extent.
But... Su Yuzu could still keenly perceive the bright red blush hidden deep by the ears under the girl's soft blonde hair.
And... that sound of fabric rubbing just now?
Su Yuzu glanced at the dress on Lyudmila. She couldn't see anything unusual. It was just that under the rendering of the gradually dissipating Holy Light, the dress on the girl seemed to become a few degrees thinner and more holy along with it.
"I am very sorry!!!"
Seeing the gazes cast by the students coming and going on the street, Lyudmila stood up and bowed to apologize. The girl's fists were clenched tight.
'How...' she thought.
She had originally just wanted to accompany Saotome Yukina to see exactly what the "Blessing" that Student Saotome Yukina had been receiving recently looked like.
Lyudmila was an exchange student dispatched from the "Holy Royal Court" bearing a heavy mission. As a Saintess of the "Holy Royal Court", Lyudmila could clearly perceive that the "Blessing" Saotome Yukina had been receiving was slightly different from the "Lady Fate's Blessing" in the usual sense.
She and Saotome Yukina were roommates after all. The little rabbit's obedience and cuteness made it hard for anyone to feel ill will toward her.
Honestly, Lyudmila was rather worried about whether Saotome Yukina had encountered something ominous, or perhaps gotten involved in some troublesome event.
That Su Yuzu... was very abnormal. So she specifically followed along to take a look.
During idle chat, the little rabbit had once told her in a very longing tone that meeting Yuzu-senpai was her good fortune. Ever since meeting Yuzu-senpai, Lady Fate would visit her almost every day.
Lyudmila's original plan was to take a good look while Student Saotome Yukina received the "Blessing" to see exactly what this anomaly's "Blessing" was all about.
But... she absolutely never expected this.
The girl bit her lip lightly.
That anomaly's "Blessing" actually dared to find its way onto her own head. And... it successfully surmounted the Goddess's defense line and defeated her in an instant.
Perceiving the aura of another kind of "Blessing" filling her body... one completely different from the Goddess's aura she knew well, a great sense of grievance and grief rose in Lyudmila's heart.
A kind of... apostasy-like... corruption, the grievance and grief of being defiled.
'I... am not clean anymore.'
'I am no longer a pure believer of the Lady Goddess.'
Su Yuzu looked at Lyudmila's trembling eyes, and the kind of grief and fragility flowing out of the holy girl... as if after being polluted.
It was... very erotic.
If the previous Lyudmila was too holy, so holy that only pure beauty remained, making it impossible for people to raise even a bit of superfluous desire, wanting only to protect this extremely white girl... Then now—
Lyudmila was like a Saintess who had run onto the wrong set. She had the momentum to directly charge to the top of the age-restricted website rankings with a non-erotic appearance.
Biting her lip, even if the tip of her heart was trembling, Lyudmila still forcibly endured that grief, maintaining a quiet appearance to apologize to the passersby who were innocently blinded.
At the same time... forcibly enduring the rejection of the "Blessing" aura in her body, she slowly analyzed the power of that "Blessing".
She had experienced proper "Blessings".
What surprised Lyudmila was that... the "Blessing" in her body actually held no malice. It was even excessively pure.
It was like simple power, simple nourishment. Completely different from Lady Goddess's light power, this "Blessing" was simple and pure.
If the power of Aberrants and Catastrophe Beasts was described as "Catastrophe", then the power of Espers was reversed "Catastrophe".
Or perhaps... "Hope".
They all possessed their own attributes. But this "Blessing" was as pure as a sheet of white paper. Even Aberrants could probably accept it very smoothly.
The only problem was... Lyudmila hummed lightly. Perhaps because it was too pure. The improvement brought by this "Blessing" was less than one-tenth of Lady Goddess's conventional "Blessing".
But... the satisfaction brought by this "Blessing" was more than ten times that of Lady Goddess's "Blessing".
Lyudmila suddenly thought of that Valkyrie who was intoxicated in pursuing Lady Goddess's "Blessing" and eventually fell into corruption because of it, stepping into the Edge of Aberration—
Kujou Iruka.
If this "Blessing" were placed before her, she would probably break down directly.
"S-Sorry—"
After apologizing to the passersby, Lyudmila apologized to the girls again.
Sakura Mai, who had propped herself up on the table, still had a blank look in her eyes.
Lyudmila now fully understood why the little rabbit seemed like her shoulder blades were about to dance just now.
As for Soga Yura... watching these guys who were fighting over Yuzu with her fall one by one, her heart was almost blooming with joy.
'Lady Fate, you did a good job!'
'You did a good job!'
'Why not do it a few more times~'
It was just that Su Yuzu couldn't hear Soga Yura's inner thoughts. Otherwise... Su Yuzu would definitely say, if Lady Fate did it a few more times, do you think you could escape?
The fiberglass tabletop was already completely shattered.
Thinking that Lyudmila became a walking 'light source' because she was frightened by the bursting glass, the shop assistant hurriedly came over to apologize.
Lyudmila hurriedly expressed that it was her responsibility and wanted to compensate.
But... how could Su Yuzu watch her Operator pay money. Wouldn't that be cutting off her own source of wealth?
Compensating for a table, the money returned by [Operator Development] was enough for her to raise the little rabbit dozens of times.
Looking at Su Yuzu who insisted on opening her purse, Lyudmila could only obediently lower her head and thank Su Yuzu.
After changing to a new table.
Lyudmila looked at the pure white flower branch garter on Su Yuzu's thigh. She still found it hard to accept.
Lady Godmother's Laurel... why would it willingly serve as a leg ring on a girl's leg?
"Lady Yuzu."
Clearly she was extremely vigilant against Su Yuzu before. Even that strange "Blessing", vaguely, Lyudmila felt was related to Su Yuzu.
But... when she opened her lips, Lyudmila still switched to an honorific. Moreover, it was respect from the bottom of her heart. Even she herself didn't understand why.
"Hmm?" Su Yuzu tilted her head.
"Can I... touch it?"
Lyudmila looked at the garter on Su Yuzu's leg.
Soga Yura followed Lyudmila's gaze and saw her sister's crossed thighs.
Whoosh!
Soga Yura stood up directly.
"What do you mean by that!"
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