Regardless of who Lyudmila actually was.
Sakura Mai carried Su Yuzu on her back.
At this moment, the most important thing was to send Sister Yuzu back to her dormitory to rest.
Although the mental storm that erupted from Soga Yura had been basically neutralized by Lyudmila's "Holy Relic"—the "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed".
But... Yuzu, being at the very center of the mental storm, had obviously still suffered a significant impact.
The girl's face looked terrible, and her lips seemed to have lost all their color.
But... she was smiling very happily.
Because this time, she was the one who had caught Soga Yura in the palm of her hand.
It was she who had won.
In contrast, Soga Yura was following beside Sakura Mai, looking nervous and acting like a total crybaby.
Her small hands reached out, wanting to support Sister Yuzu's thigh.
But... she timidly dared not step forward.
Lyudmila's "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed" could only function once a day.
If Soga Yura were to support her now, tomorrow's morning news would probably feature headlines like "A Gas Leak Incident Occurred on the Commercial Street of Keigunen Private Academy, Accompanied by Two Intense Flashes of Light" again.
Soga Yura could only watch tearfully as Sakura Mai carried her Yuzu, while that detestable Little Rabbit supported her Yuzu's thigh, revealing a look of concern.
Actually, the Little Rabbit was also envious of Sakura Mai, who was able to carry Yuzu-senpai on her back.
It was just that... having just been struck by "Lady Fate's Blessing", she was only able to tremblingly keep up with Sakura Mai's pace by forcibly rallying her breath out of worry for Yuzu-senpai.
Let alone carrying Yuzu-senpai back to the dormitory.
But it was still better than Soga Yura; Soga Yura didn't even have the qualification to touch her.
No—
Soga Yura glanced at Lyudmila.
Now... it seemed she already possessed the qualification to touch Yuzu.
If she treated Lyudmila as a "tool" to control the "Holy Relic".
Then, it seemed she would possess one opportunity to touch Yuzu every day.
As long as the time spent touching Yuzu was short enough, the [Dominator's Aegis] itself could withstand most of the mental storm's impact.
And the mental storm's influence on innocent passersby would also be minimized by the "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed".
Soga Yura even felt a surge of desire to purchase the "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed" directly from Lyudmila.
It was just that every "Holy Relic" was a priceless treasure.
The story behind every "Holy Relic" held a different significance for its holder.
Meaning was sometimes even more important than the "Holy Relic" itself.
Furthermore... whether Yuzu could gain the recognition of the "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed" was also a question.
And then there was Lyudmila's identity...
Soga Yura also sharply perceived that Lyudmila's identity might not be as simple as that of an ordinary exchange student.
Even as the inheritor of the Soga clan, she herself only possessed three "Holy Relics".
And they were all "Holy Relics" with strong side effects.
How could an ordinary exchange student possess the "Sanctuary of the Sacrificed", a "Holy Relic" that was almost unreasonable like a rule-type ability and required no payment of any price?
So she did not mention this matter to Lyudmila.
However... Soga Yura looked again at the cute collar on Su Yuzu's neck, revealed between her strands of hair.
She gulped down a mouthful of saliva.
Yuzu's "Godmother's Laurel" also seemed to be a "Holy Relic" that required no payment of any price.
"Holy Relics" of this tier were truly few and far between.
Under Sakura Mai's rather strange gaze, Soga Yura opened the door to Su Yuzu's dormitory with incomparable proficiency.
She didn't even use Su Yuzu's key card.
Nor did she let Yuzu come down for retinal authentication.
Soga Yura simply raised her head slightly and completed the authentication directly.
Would you say this is because Soga Yura and Su Yuzu are mirror-like twins?
Sakura Mai didn't believe it.
She could only say that those who know, know.
Moreover... Sakura Mai looked at Yuzu's dormitory... which had a layout and structure almost exactly identical to the dormitory she shared with Soga Yura.
If not for the faint, fresh scent of citrus fruits unique to the tips of Yuzu's hair permeating the air...
And the subtle differences in the room's decorations.
She really had a feeling of 'coming home'.
Sakura Mai knew that all of this was inevitably Soga Yura's handiwork.
This guy... had always been hiding in the darkness that Sister Yuzu couldn't see.
Single-handedly taking over everything in Sister Yuzu's life, bit by bit.
Sakura Mai carried Su Yuzu to the bed and set her down. Soga Yura had already gone to prepare warm milk, looking at Su Yuzu with extreme nervousness.
The Little Rabbit, meanwhile, widened her eyes, sniffing the fragrance belonging to Senpai permeating the air, and sizing up everything inside Yuzu-senpai's room.
Su Yuzu took the cup from Soga Yura's hand.
She looked at Soga Yura, who appeared cramped and uneasy because she was too careful to dare touch her again, and the corners of her mouth curved up slightly.
Actually, on the way back, Su Yuzu had already recovered quite a bit.
She wasn't a frail girl like Soga Yura, who seemed to lack the strength to even move her feet after crying for a day.
Su Yuzu was a 'strong person' who could achieve 'Excellent' in the "Mixed Martial Arts Class" even without awakening an ability.
But~
Just looking at Soga Yura's worried appearance and feeling the long-lost care of Soga Yura directly face-to-face seemed pretty nice too.
Soga Yura hesitated, the words coming to her lips but failing to come out every time.
In the end, she could only watch helplessly as Sakura Mai and that detestable Little Rabbit expressed their concern for Yuzu sentence after sentence, while she squeezed pitifully into the furthest corner, looking at Su Yuzu with the eyes of a pitiful puppy.
It wasn't until she was leaving... that Soga Yura hesitated and said, "Next month..."
Soga Yura hadn't even finished her sentence, but Su Yuzu knew what Soga Yura wanted to say.
She toyed with the Little Rabbit's soft small hand. "Next month, I'm going to celebrate my birthday with my friends."
Soga Yura looked at Su Yuzu, her eyes seeming about to fill with tears with a woo sound.
"However..."
Su Yuzu looked at Soga Yura's tearful, pitiful appearance.
"As for the evening, it depends on whether anyone invites me."
"Eh!!!"
On the other side.
Watching Sakura Mai, Saotome Yukina, and the others turn towards the Assault Department girls' dormitory building with Su Yuzu.
Lyudmila moved slowly back to her dormitory with some difficulty, enduring a strange sensation that was too unfamiliar to her.
She wanted to take a good bath and have a good rest.
She filled the bathtub with water.
Biting her lip, she threw the soft fabric from her pocket into the laundry basket.
Lyudmila gently untied the sash at her waist and slowly submerged her entire body into the water... until it covered her collarbone.
A bathroom filled with steam and Holy Light.
The girl's golden eyes grew misty.
"Su Yuzu—"
She confirmed that name over and over again.
Then—
She pressed her hands against her chest as if in prayer.
Lyudmila felt and analyzed... the aura of that strange "Blessing" she had forcibly retained.
"Woo!!!" A rather cute cry of grief.
The golden-haired girl almost slipped entirely into the bathtub.
Her cute toes curled into crescents, pressing firmly against the edge of the bathtub.
'I saw it—'
A massive silhouette was slowly reflected in her nearly vacant golden eyes.
'I saw it myself—'
'On the huge and pitch-black throne, that naked figure, and... the crimson eyes slowly opening on the girl.'
Just as Lyudmila wanted to look a little more carefully.
Everything in the vision of her golden eyes was suddenly covered by a gentle light like flowing white water.
[Holy Light "Inferior": In special situations, you can choose to activate Holy Light to blind the opponent's eyes.]
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