Spacetime's Darling

"Mm!~"

Her delicate body trembled slightly beneath the other girl's hold. Already flushed from the bath, her skin, like creamy white jade, now blushed even more deeply.

A shiver rising from the depths of her soul drew a soft moan from her cherry lips. Her lovely flushed face was lowered, her long lashes casting beautiful arcs beneath her eyelids as they trembled faintly like delicate feathers.

"Could you get off me first?" Busujima Saeko was slightly dazed. Kurumi was genuinely shy now. Only after that bone-melting voice reached her ears did she stand up somewhat helplessly.

Behind them, Takagi Saya could not help swallowing. Kurumi looked far too alluring like this.

Even though she was a girl herself, she was deeply captivated, and a trace of longing appeared in her eyes. If I could be like Tokisaki Senpai, Takashi would definitely choose me...

Even though she had taken a hard fall on the slippery floor, Kurumi's current physique meant it had not hurt her at all. The main thing was... the instant Busujima Saeko had touched her skin, she had somehow lost all her strength...

She slowly rose to her feet. Her long hair cascaded down like the finest black silk, and upon closer inspection, there was not the slightest curl to it. Her twin ponytails, one long and one short, fell back over her chest, concealing those two enticing cherry-pink points.

Though Busujima Saeko and the others found it a little regrettable, Kurumi, half-hidden and half-revealed, was clearly even more seductive. Her midnight-black hair contrasted vividly with her jade-white skin, adding a touch of purity.

They were clearly two extremes, yet Kurumi embodied them both so naturally. "This is way too unfair..." Miyamoto Rei murmured. Comparing herself to Kurumi, she was instantly left utterly crushed...

In terms of voice, Kurumi's seductive yet playful tone was absolutely one of a kind, and it stirred up people's desires all the more easily.

In terms of looks, Miyamoto Rei considered herself a beautiful girl too. Even after taking up spear practice and becoming the club captain, she still had plenty of admirers...

But when she looked at Kurumi, who had only been here for two days yet had already become the school's acknowledged Goddess, no one even dared pursue her because she was simply too beautiful. Standing beside her, Rei felt like a firefly next to the bright moon.

As for skin, the phrase "icy skin and jade-like bones" was the perfect description for Kurumi. Rei's own slightly wheat-colored skin had its own charm, but that was because of her spear training...

And as for temperament... Miyamoto Rei did not want to compare anymore. Kurumi was like a noble and elegant orchid; every movement she made resembled that of a true young lady. Even Rei's prideful spear technique was not worth mentioning before Kurumi...

Right, my figure is better than Kurumi's!... Aah, heavens! How could there be such a perfect person? Are the rest of us even supposed to live? Miyamoto Rei covered her face directly. Beside her, Shizuka Marikawa looked curiously at Miyamoto, wondering why she had suddenly made that gesture.

Kurumi gently swept back the long bangs covering the left side of her face, exposing that golden eye to everyone in the bathroom. Busujima Saeko had seen it once before, but she was still stunned upon seeing it again...

"Oh my, did I charm you?" Rather than falling back down, the lifted bangs stayed in place as Kurumi turned her head toward them and flashed what she considered an "evil, charming" smile.

Takagi Saya awkwardly stepped half a pace back, a blush rising to her face. She would never admit that Kurumi had looked incredibly cool the instant she swept back her bangs!

"Hm? Did a girl really fall for me? Let me guess, was it cute little Saya?" Kurumi resumed her little-devil act, walked over to Takagi Saya, bent down, and looked up at Saya's lowered head.

"Urgh!~ Don't come any closer, bang!"

Takagi Saya's entire face turned crimson with embarrassment as she slowly backed away step by step, until her back struck the wall. The cold touch stimulated every nerve in her body.

"Hehe, little Saya, don't I look handsome?" Kurumi followed closely behind her and pinned her against the wall the instant she leaned against it.

Takagi Saya turned her face away, not daring to look at Kurumi's bewitching face. Her heart pounded violently, and her body temperature kept rising. Before long, she would probably turn as red as a steamed shrimp.

"All right, all right, I won't tease you anymore. Saeko, didn't you want to know what was going on with my eye? Come take a look and you'll understand." She withdrew the arm pinning Takagi Saya to the wall and turned her head as she spoke.

Takagi Saya remained dazed for quite a while before recovering. Kurumi withdrawing her arm made her sigh in relief, yet she somehow felt a little empty inside. Kurumi's exquisite face filled her thoughts. She vigorously shook her head, scattering droplets of water, then patted her burning-red cheeks before heading toward Kurumi, where sounds of amazement kept rising.

"Wow, Tokisaki, that's not a colored contact lens, is it? It's so pretty!" Miyamoto Rei stared at Kurumi's golden clock-patterned left eye, her own eyes full of stars.

"Of course not. Would I still be wearing it while bathing otherwise?"

"Hm? Kurumi, the Hour Hand and Minute Hand in that eye are still moving! This is my first time seeing heterochromia." Busujima Saeko examined it closely, yet found it utterly unbelievable.

"Really? I've been like this since I was little. I went to the hospital, and the doctors all said it was normal. It was just that before I grew out my bangs, people always called me a chuunibyou, which was pretty embarrassing, so I let my hair grow long."

Kurumi told a small lie, and her explanation convinced everyone. After all, with so many people in the world, there were always bound to be some unusual individuals.

Now even that so-called [Killing Sickness] had appeared, and Dead Bodies were close to taking over the entire world. What could possibly be impossible anymore?

Even if someone claimed all of this was an alien conspiracy, they would find it somewhat believable. So many things that defied common sense had already happened; what else could be impossible?

Takagi Saya, standing some distance away, was rather puzzled. Busujima Saeko's words had made her curious, but she was nearsighted. At this distance, she could barely make out that Kurumi's left eye was golden. As for the "clock," "Hour Hand," and "Minute Hand," she could not see any of it clearly.

"Oh my, does little Saya miss me? We only just separated for a moment, and you're already impatient to throw yourself into my arms?" Takagi Saya had just squeezed in when she heard those words. Suppressing her embarrassment, she narrowed her eyes and peered into Kurumi's pupil...

"Tokisaki... if I didn't know that no such technology existed right now, I'd suspect your eye had been mechanically modified."

Looking at the golden clock in Kurumi's left eye, along with the constantly moving Hour Hand and Minute Hand, Takagi Saya could not help marveling at the wonder of creation.

But what they did not know was that Kurumi was not human! She was a "Spirit"!

Not the kind of Spirit from fairy tales and legends, with long pointed ears, green eyes and green hair, handsome men, pretty women, and a love of nature.

But according to her setting, Kurumi truly was a genuine "Spirit," and the power she possessed was beyond anything these people could imagine!

If she had her original strength, a few Spatial Quakes would have wiped everything out. Why would there be so much nonsense?

Known as the "Spirit of Time," Kurumi was definitely not considered powerful in the Main God Space, but the room she had to grow... was enough to leave even the strongest Reincarnators far behind.

A being who could casually manipulate time to this extent, even with certain limitations, would find those limitations no issue at all with the Main God!

And there was one more point... the fact that she could control Spatial Quakes so freely showed that she also had a high affinity for space!

Perhaps, relying on Kurumi's Spacetime Talent, she might even be able to advance beyond [Omega] in the Main God Space!

Because she had been born as spacetime's darling.