"What a great harvest."
Yowane looked at the divinity quietly operating in her sea of consciousness. The divinity, originally only the size of a finger, combined with the energy collected in the previous world, had finally recovered by half. Although it was still some distance from complete recovery, it was no longer out of reach. To absorb this energy, Yowane had to feign illness in bed for two extra days. Although it worried a lot of fans, Yowane could only apologize in her heart. She would release more benefits or more songs later!
"How about, I go catch a few more angels?"
"Forget it, don't let other pantheons discover it, or it will be terrible. It's probably already at the cordon. If another angel is lost, it will probably be discovered, and then it will be terrible."
After thinking for a long time in her mind, Yowane finally gave up on this 'beautiful plan'. Not to mention whether a few angels could completely restore her divinity, even if they could, she couldn't do it. To create an angel with so much energy, the other party must be a powerful god of at least the God-King level.
Offending gods from other pantheons at this time was not a good thing. Although she could run if she couldn't win, this world would definitely be implicated. Her friends above would probably all suffer. Yowane was not a true god; she transformed from a human to a god and still maintained human moral bottom lines. Although sometimes she couldn't make the most correct decisions due to human emotions, Yowane didn't want to lose her human feelings.
The most important thing was that the divine power fluctuations caused by a fight would very likely be discovered by Gaia of the God Realm. At that time, it would truly be over.
Sighing as she looked at her divinity, Yowane withdrew from her consciousness. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an enlarged face.
"Ghost! Slap!"
Anyone would be startled! So Yowane, with a normal reaction, directly slapped it. The 'slap' sound was very loud, even Shokuhou, who was tidying up in another room ten meters away, heard it. She thought something had happened to Yowane, put down what she was holding, and rushed to their room.
When she opened the door, she saw Mikoto looking awkwardly at Yowane on the bed, and Shirai Kuroko lying on the floor, seemingly unconscious. However, the red slap mark on her face was very familiar.
Shokuhou looked at this scene with surprise. She had told Mikoto not to disturb Yowane's sleep. Mikoto should have listened to her advice, after all, she wasn't the type of person to play rude pranks on someone sleeping.
"This, that? I'm really sorry."
Glancing at Kuroko on the floor, and Yowane on the bed looking at her palm, then at Shokuhou at the door looking at her with questioning eyes, Mikoto stammered and finally apologized to Yowane first.
Yowane, who had been staring blankly at her palm, heard Mikoto's words and waved her hand, indicating she didn't mind. But in her heart, something felt off. Was she becoming too much like a little girl lately? How could she slap someone for such a small thing? Didn't she used to just punch them? What was going on? Was she being too sensitive?
"Misaka Mikoto, if you do that again, I will refuse your visits on Yowane's behalf."
"I'm... really sorry."
Shokuhou gave Mikoto a sour look, then walked over to Yowane's bedside. Turning back to Mikoto, she spoke. Since the fault lay on her side and there was no excuse to be made, Mikoto could only offer an apology with a twitching face.
"How are you? Still feeling unwell?"
Sitting by Yowane's bedside, Shokuhou looked at Yowane with concern as she asked.
"It's nothing, just got a bit of a scare. By the way, why are you and Kuroko here, Misaka-san?"
Replying to Shokuhou with a smile, Yowane looked at Mikoto standing to the side and Kuroko on the floor, asking curiously.
"We heard you weren't feeling well, so we came to visit. Ruiko and Haruue are coming too; they should be here soon."
Mikoto walked over and looked at Yowane with concern. She didn't even bother to help Kuroko up from the floor, her worry focused entirely on Yowane as she spoke.
"It's nothing serious, just a slight cold. Probably overworked myself a bit promoting the new song recently, caught a chill."
"Being an idol really is tough! Shokuhou-san, let's go tidy up and prepare for the tea party! Let Yowane-san rest properly for a while longer."
After sighing that comment about idols, Mikoto turned to Shokuhou, who was trying to sneak away. Shokuhou couldn't refuse this reason, so she reluctantly agreed. As the two left the room, they dragged Kuroko out with them—literally dragged, one leg each, her lower half floating, upper half scraping along the floor. Luckily Kuroko was flat-chested, or it probably would have hurt like hell.
"Whew~! That scared the life out of me."
Patting her little heart, which was still pounding wildly, Yowane let out a deep sigh of relief. Next time, she definitely wouldn't withdraw all her consciousness; she'd have to leave a part behind. If it was something like today, it was fine, but if some pervert showed up, wouldn't she just be taken advantage of? Just thinking about it made Yowane feel a chill run down her spine. It was truly terrifying.
Taking advantage of the time, Yowane quickly changed out of her pajamas and into her school uniform. Coincidentally, just as Yowane stepped out of her room, Ruiko and Haruue arrived. The six of them began their afternoon tea party.
"Yowane-senpai, are you feeling alright? If something happened to you, your fans would probably commit mass suicide."
"That's right, Yowane-senpai, you must take good care of yourself."
"Don't worry, it's just a common cold."
Yowane smiled as she replied to Ruiko and Haruue, also thanking them for their visit, though their metaphors were a bit exaggerated.
"The 'Academy City Research Presentation Fair' is starting again soon."
"We 'Judgment' members are going to be busy again."
Kuroko, who had somehow woken up at some point, said with a completely exhausted expression.
"Yeah, it's like this every year, pretty busy. But this year, it seems several previous winners aren't participating."
The super-hacker girl Haruue remembered these kinds of things quite comprehensively. Or rather, she noted down anything slightly unusual.
"Looks like it's time for the two little cuties to make their appearance."
Yowane, who hadn't joined the conversation and was just watching the two 'complain,' thought to herself.
After a whole afternoon of chattering, Ruiko and Haruue said their goodbyes first. They lived farther away and needed to take the bus back to their dorm. The remaining Mikoto and Kuroko tidied up, while Shokuhou escorted Yowane back to her room.
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