"H-How... how is it a sock circle?"
Lyudmila was provoked into a state of extreme anxiety by Soga Yura.
The little rabbit, who had managed to recover a tiny bit with great difficulty, indicated that she had never seen Student Mira this anxious before. The girl was stuttering, tears seeming to well up in her eyes, and she couldn't even speak fluently.
Girls from the "Holy Royal Court" were, after all, inexperienced in the ways of the world. Even the "Holy Royal Court" Saintess from back then was the same.
It was just that Su Yuzu didn't want to deceive girls. Otherwise, for a girl like Lyudmila who had never experienced human affairs... cough, cough, who was innocent of the ways of the world, Su Yuzu felt she could casually swindle her until not even her underwear remained.
Although... the current situation seemed pretty much the same.
The blonde Saintess pursed her lips, wanting to refute.
Although girls of the "Holy Royal Court" would occasionally wear decorative accessories like leg rings or sock circles, or even "Holy Relics"... But... a leg ring is a leg ring, and a sock circle is a sock circle.
A decoration with symbolic meaning like a laurel, especially a laurel woven from Kirishika, would absolutely never be tied around the thigh as a sock circle.
It was just that... Lyudmila's eyes seemed red from anxiety as she looked at the "Godmother's Laurel" on Su Yuzu's leg.
Lyudmila couldn't understand it at all.
Among the many "Holy Relics" of the "Holy Royal Court", the "Godmother's Laurel" was a rather special one. Since its birth, it had always been intractable and rebellious; no one had ever been able to tame it.
Even the Saintess from back then, Lady Saint Michael, could only barely reach an agreement with the "Godmother's Laurel" to temporarily borrow the "Laurel's" power. She was completely unable to wear the "Godmother's Laurel" on her forehead.
But... but...
Lyudmila looked at the Kirishika flower branch on the girl's fair white thigh.
When she touched it just now, she could feel that... the "Godmother's Laurel" was still as intractable as ever.
Just by touching it, she was forcibly pressed to the ground by the will belonging to that weeping Saintess inside the "Godmother's Laurel". Kneeling before Su Yuzu.
She also didn't feel any traces of the "Godmother's Laurel" being polluted by any Aberrant power or other forces, turning into a corrupted Holy Relic.
But... the grand "Godmother's Laurel", considered one of the top powerful "Holy Relics" in the history of the "Holy Royal Court". How could it be willing to serve as a sock circle on a girl's leg?
Lyudmila didn't understand. Yet, precisely because of this living counterexample of the "Godmother's Laurel", she was completely unable to refute Soga Yura's words.
In the end, she could only bite her lip with reddened eyes, looking aggrievedly at Su Yuzu's thigh.
Su Yuzu couldn't stand watching anymore.
"Alright... Sister." She softly persuaded Soga Yura.
Soga Yura was instantly stirred beyond measure by Su Yuzu's soft and gentle words, feeling as if her entire being was about to swim in a Yuzu-scented ocean.
[Ding—]
[Saving the Situation: Lyudmila Favorability +1.]
[Obtained Favorability Increase Reward: Saintess's Feather (Unusable).]
[...]
Su Yuzu looked at Lyudmila, whose eyes revealed a sense of gratitude.
'See—'
'What did I say?'
'Easy to coax, right?'
'If I wanted to, I could easily swindle Lyudmila until not even her underwear remained.'
Soga Yura, who was just incredibly happy because of Su Yuzu's soft words, looked at Lyudmila, who was exchanging 'flirtatious glances' with her Yuzu in the blink of an eye. She suddenly felt like she had just done something very stupid.
Was she just now... the annoying 'bad cop' in the legendary 'good cop, bad cop' routine?
Seeing the look in Lyudmila's eyes as she gazed at her Yuzu, Soga Yura was on the verge of tears instantly.
Su Yuzu looked puzzledly at Soga Yura's Q-version chibi in [Operator Development]. Clearly, a second ago, Soga Yura's Q-version chibi still had a rippling expression of (ﾟ口ﾟ)の, so how come... she started crying again the next second?
（°□□□□°）
Soga Yura was indeed hard to coax.
In front of Soga Yura, Su Yuzu crossed her legs. Sure enough... Soga Yura's Q-version chibi stopped crying immediately. It turned into the appearance of a sobbing child who had seen a beloved toy, unable to tear their eyes away or move their feet, staring straight at it.
"It doesn't necessarily have to be a sock circle." Su Yuzu gently touched the soft Kirishika petals on her leg.
The petals turned into white points of light, transferring to Su Yuzu's ankle. The "Godmother's Laurel" turned into a thin chain on Su Yuzu's ankle, with pure white, soft Kirishika flowers swaying gently like bells one by one.
'Gulp—' Soga Yura swallowed her saliva.
'Gulp—' Sakura Mai also swallowed her saliva.
'Gulp—' Saotome Yukina almost stumbled and fell directly onto Su Yuzu's lap.
If this were a different game, Su Yuzu would probably see "Ding—" in [Operator Development].
"Your Operator, Saotome Yukina's attack speed has increased."
"Your Operator, Sakura Mai's attack speed has increased."
"Your Operator, Soga Yura's attack speed has greatly increased." Such messages.
Only Lyudmila looked with teary eyes at the Laurel that had turned into an anklet adorning the girl's cute ankle.
'Why!'
'Why on earth is this happening!!!'
'When you were in the Royal Court, you weren't like this.'
"Besides an anklet..." Su Yuzu reached out her hand towards the "Godmother's Laurel"; white petals transferred, gathering on her hand to form the shape of a bracelet.
"A bracelet, a wristband..."
"A headband, a necklace, a collar..." Su Yuzu looked at Soga Yura's eyes, which seemed unable to look away.
The girl raised her head slightly, her right hand gently pulling the slender Kirishika flower branch collar on her neck, the corners of her lips curling up with considerable malice, "Anything works~"
Soga Yura's Q-version chibi was about to turn into a □（°ー°□） shape, staring straight ahead, completely unable to look away.
Only Lyudmila took over Soga Yura's crybaby appearance. But obviously, she couldn't cry as well as Soga Yura.
Except for the proper posture of a Laurel, the "Godmother's Laurel" was displayed almost everywhere on Su Yuzu's body. Only... it just didn't have the most serious Laurel appearance that Lyudmila knew best.
A doubt even arose in her heart, 'Could it be that the "Royal Court", could it be that I... to Lady Godmother's will, am not even comparable to a girl's ankle?'
To the side—
Smiling charmingly, the girl's index finger gently pulled up the pure white flower branch collar on her neck, leaning her body forward, hair sliding down from her temples in beautiful lines.
"Does it look good?"
Su Yuzu's lips curled up.
The girl tugged the collar on her neck, pulling it towards Soga Yura, as if tempting... tempting Soga Yura to grab her. To grab her firmly.
"Mmh-hmm." Soga Yura's little head nodded incessantly, her small hands reaching out subconsciously.
Su Yuzu's mouth hooked into a siren-like smile.
The map unrolls... and the dagger is revealed—
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