Favored Child

"Mm!~"

Her delicate body trembled slightly beneath another woman's touch. Her alabaster skin had already been flushed from the bath, and now the blush deepened even further.

A shiver rising from the depths of her soul drew a soft moan from her rosy lips. Her flushed, lovely face lowered, her eyes cast down. Her long lashes formed beautiful arcs over her eyelids, trembling faintly like soft feathers.

"Could you get off me first?" Busujima Saeko was slightly dazed. Kurumi was genuinely acting shy this time. Only when that bone-melting voice reached her ears did she rise awkwardly to her feet.

Takagi Saya, standing behind them, could not help swallowing. Kurumi looked far too tempting like this.

Even though she was a girl herself, she was deeply drawn in, a flicker of longing hidden deep within her eyes. If I could be like Tokisaki Senpai, Takashi would definitely choose me instead...

Though she had fallen hard on the slippery floor, Kurumi's current physique meant she had not suffered any real injury. The main thing was... the instant Busujima Saeko had touched her skin, she had suddenly gone weak all over...

She slowly stood up. Her long hair, like the finest black silk, fell smoothly down her body. Looking closely, there was not a single curl in it. Her uneven twin ponytails once more draped over her chest, covering those two enticing cherry-red buds.

Although Busujima Saeko and the others found it a little regrettable, Kurumi looked even more alluring half-concealed like this. Her midnight-black hair contrasted sharply with her jade-white skin, adding a touch of purity.

Two complete extremes were somehow perfectly embodied in Kurumi. "That's totally unfair..." Miyamoto Rei murmured. Comparing herself to Kurumi, she immediately felt utterly defeated...

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

In terms of looks, Miyamoto Rei considered herself a beautiful girl too. Even after becoming the captain through practicing spearmanship, she still had no shortage of admirers...

But when she saw Kurumi, who had become the school's recognized Goddess after only two days, she could only feel the gap between them. Kurumi was so beautiful that no one even dared pursue her. Standing beside her felt like a firefly next to the bright moon.

In terms of skin, "skin like ice, bones like jade" was simply the perfect description for Kurumi. As for her own slightly wheat-colored skin, it had its own charm, but that was because of all 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 carried the air of a true young lady. Even the spearmanship Miyamoto Rei took pride in was not worth mentioning before Kurumi...

(Wait, my figure is better than Kurumi's!... Aah, heavens! How could there be such a perfect person? Are you even going to let the rest of us live?!) Miyamoto Rei covered her face outright. Shizuka Marikawa, beside her, looked curiously at Miyamoto Rei, wondering why she had suddenly done that.

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

"My, my, did I charm you?" Rather than falling back down, her lifted bangs remained in place. She tilted her face toward them and gave what she believed was a "devilishly handsome" smile.

Takagi Saya awkwardly took half a step back, a blush rising to her face. She would never admit that Kurumi had looked incredibly cool at the moment she brushed aside her bangs!

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

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

Takagi Saya's face turned scarlet with embarrassment as she slowly backed away step by step, until her back hit the wall. The cold touch sent a jolt through every nerve in her body.

"Hehe, little Saya, do I look handsome?" Kurumi followed right after her, pinning her against the wall the instant she leaned back against it.

Takagi Saya turned her face away, not daring to look at Kurumi's seductive features. Her heart pounded violently, and her body temperature kept rising. In a little while, she would probably be 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 for yourself, and you'll understand." She withdrew the arm pinning Takagi Saya to the wall and turned to speak.

Takagi Saya remained dazed for quite a while before recovering. Kurumi pulling back her arm made her breathe a sigh of relief, yet she somehow felt a little empty inside. Kurumi's exquisite face filled her mind. She shook her head hard, scattering droplets of water, then patted her burning-red cheeks before heading toward Kurumi, where voices of admiration kept rising.

"Wow, Tokisaki, that isn't a contact lens, is it? It's so beautiful!" Miyamoto Rei stared at Kurumi's Golden Clock-shaped left pupil, her eyes sparkling.

"Of course not. Would I wear it while taking a bath otherwise?"

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

"Really? It's 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 chuuni. It was pretty embarrassing, so I let my hair grow long."

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

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

Even if someone said all of this was an alien conspiracy, they would find it somewhat plausible. So many unreasonable things had already happened—what else could be impossible?

Takagi Saya, standing some distance away, was puzzled. Hearing Busujima Saeko describe it made her curious, but she was nearsighted. From 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 them clearly.

"My, little Saya, did you miss me? We were only apart for a moment, and you were already eager to throw yourself into my arms?" Takagi Saya had just squeezed her way in when she heard that. Suppressing her embarrassment, she narrowed her eyes and peered into Kurumi's pupil...

"Tokisaki... if I didn't know there was absolutely no technology capable of this right now, I'd suspect your eye had been mechanically modified."

Looking at the Golden Clock in Kurumi's left eye and the Hour Hand and Minute Hand moving continuously within it, even Takagi Saya had to marvel at the wonders of creation.

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

She was not the kind of elf from fairy tales, with long pointed ears, green eyes, and long green hair—men handsome, women pretty, and all of them lovers of nature.

But according to the setting, Kurumi was indeed 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. Where would all this trouble have come from?

Known as the "Spirit of Time," Kurumi was definitely not particularly strong in the Main God Space, but her potential for growth... was enough to leave even the most elite Reincarnators far behind.

A being who could so easily manipulate time to this extent, even with certain limitations, would find those limits no problem at all in the Main God Space!

And there was another point... the fact that she could freely control spatial quakes showed that her affinity with space was extremely high as well!

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

Because she had been born as a favored child of spacetime.