Watching Soga Yura, who had trotted all the way here with a face turned ghastly pale yet was still determined to issue a firm 'No'...
Su Yuzu felt a bit between laughter and tears for a moment.
She reached out, wanting to wipe the sweat for Soga Yura, but then suddenly remembered... [Dominator's Aegis] was still affecting the contact between herself and Soga Yura.
Su Yuzu took a tissue directly from the data column.
Hmm~ This is a [Favorability Gift] from Little Mihou Sakai.
It's just very reasonable.
To the side, Soga Yura accepted the tissue from Su Yuzu's hand, appearing somewhat fearful and apprehensive. She looked at her sister, whose pretty face seemed cold.
Soga Yura was panicking to death inside.
Ever since that layer of window paper between Soga Yura and Su Yuzu was pierced, the positions in this cat-and-mouse game between sisters had completely reversed.
Does Yuzu... still like me?
Will Yuzu... still protect me like before?
Is there already a pitiful barrier between myself and Yuzu?
But... if there really is one, it seems I can't say anything at all. After all, in the final analysis, that barrier was built brick by brick, or rather, cut open knife by knife, by myself.
Even just a tissue seemed to become something holy in Soga Yura's eyes.
"Th... Thank you..." A low voice like a kitten's mew.
Unohana Chiyo looked at the girl in front of her who was carved from almost the same mold as Su Yuzu... No, her gaze moved down from Soga Yura's exquisite face and snow-white neck, smoothly shifting directly to the girl's toes.
There was still a billion points of difference.
"Miss Soga Yura?" Unohana Chiyo had never been Soga Yura's teacher. The physically inept Soga Yura didn't dare enter Keigunen Private Academy, where even [Healing-type] Espers required physical training and had to pass mixed martial arts assessments to graduate.
Moreover, Keigunen Private Academy has always refused grade-skipping behavior like Soga Yura's.
"Yes." After that subtle layer of window paper was pierced, as long as it was an occasion where Yuzu was present, Soga Yura seemed unable to muster even the last bit of her dignity.
"A-Anyway..."
"In such a dangerous situation now, Yuzu should go home."
"Sister Iori is also very worried about Yuzu..."
"I refuse." Su Yuzu directly rejected Soga Yura's proposal.
She would absolutely not return to the Soga family in this current 'wretched', refugee-like state. "Sister can just say hello to Sister Iori for me."
Soga Iori, mentioned by Soga Yura, was the maid responsible for looking after Soga Yura and Su Yuzu since childhood.
"Ugh..." Being rejected by Yuzu so quickly, even if it was just refusing to go home, bits of starlight-like tears still welled up in Soga Yura's eyes.
'Yuzu...'
°.o.(°□□□).o.°
'My own Yuzu is no longer willing to listen to me.'
'Yuzu used to spoil me the most. No matter what I said, she would be willing to listen.'
'But...'
'But Yuzu already has her own thoughts now.'
She looked at Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi, who appeared beside Yuzu and whom she had specifically called to warn earlier. Unlike the arrogant demeanor she displayed when she rebelliously provoked Yura in the training hall back then, the way Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi stood in attendance behind Yuzu was as obedient as a little sister, or even... a pet.
'Yuzu... even has a replacement for me.'
'I am no longer the only one in Yuzu's heart.'
°.o.(°□□□).o.°
At this moment, Sakura Mai, who had been leisurely trailing behind Soga Yura, finally arrived inside the training hall.
She looked at Soga Yura, whose eyes were misty with tears, looking as if she could cry with a puff of her cheeks in the next second.
In Sakura Mai's entire life, the number of times she had seen Soga Yura cry or about to cry wasn't as high as in these past few days.
'My, oh my~'
She even smiled very happily. 'I really want to take a picture of this appearance of Soga Yura and post it on the [Imperial Capital University] confession wall as a background. Let those fanatics of Soga Yura see what that smiling Goddess looks like as a crybaby.'
'Just very cute, and very interesting.'
Thinking of those people shouting, "Where is the guy who hurt Soga-kouhai!"
Then the photo changes.
Revealing Yuzu beside her, who, although cold, felt approachable, instantly forming a sharp contrast with Soga Yura, who kept a smile for everyone yet maintained a distance from everyone.
"Where is the guy who hurt Soga-kouhai!" would directly turn into "Where is Sister Soga studying now? I want to support her."
'Just very interesting.'
Of course, she only thought about it.
Click—
Sakura Mai took a photo of Soga Yura. She would at most treasure the photo. She would wait until she and Soga Yura were both seventy or eighty years old, then take it out to mock her.
Soga Yura's eyes, which were about to cry, widened instantly, and she immediately couldn't cry anymore.
"Sister Mai." Su Yuzu bowed respectfully to Sakura Mai.
"Ah yaya~ No need to be so polite." Under Soga Yura's gaze, which was envious to the point of tears, Sakura Mai directly held Su Yuzu's shoulders.
Then, she turned to look at Unohana Chiyo and bowed with equal respect. "Ms. Chiyo—"
Sakura Mai knew Unohana Chiyo's identity.
The perennially sickly and glamorous PE teacher... No, the sharpest knife and selfless [Death Squad] member on the former Aberrant battlefield.
"Sister Yuzu can indeed stay at Ms. Chiyo's place for these few days."
Although she looks like only a [Second Sequence] Esper.
But... Sakura Mai knew that if she stood on a battlefield facing Unohana Chiyo...
Then... she would probably be a dead person by now.
Soga Yura's eyes widened instantly. She never expected that Sakura Mai, this honest-looking person, would actually defect right from the start.
Su Yuzu looked up at Unohana Chiyo.
Unohana Chiyo felt somewhat embarrassed instead because of Soga Yura's appearance.
Although the woman looked mature, beautiful, gentle, and considerate, as if her 'married woman' attributes were maxed out... Unohana Chiyo was genuinely without a single bit of romantic experience.
After all... as a [Death Squad] member, where would Unohana Chiyo find the time to fall in love?
It wasn't that no one pursued her when she was at school.
But... Unohana Chiyo always felt that those people were lacking something.
'No...'
'What exactly am I thinking about.'
"I..."
"Does Yuz... Yuzu want to come?"
Su Yuzu looked at Soga Yura beside her.
To be honest~ originally she didn't want to disturb Ms. Unohana, but seeing Soga Yura's look of being about to cry...
Su Yuzu bowed to Unohana Chiyo with particular malice. "Then I will be disturbing Ms. Chiyo."
"Then~" Beside them, Sakura Mai revealed a big smile. "Please take care of Sister Yuzu these few days."
"Eh?" Soga Yura froze completely right there.
"Ah~ Did I not tell Yura?" Sakura Mai put on a forgetful act. "As the Acting Director of [Keigunen Private Academy], the [Sakura family] owns real estate within [Keigunen Private Academy]. This is very reasonable, right?"
"So, being neighbors with Ms. Chiyo."
"Is also very reasonable, right?"
Soga Yura pointed her right finger at Sakura Mai, her beautiful crimson eyes staring wide, water seeming to swirl within them.
Originally... she only thought this honest-looking fellow was defecting.
The result!
The result!!!
The only person who got nothing is herself, isn't it!
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