I don't want everyone to be unhappy, understand?

The tender green cloth ripped in two, falling to the ground.

The girl, kneeling on the floor with her arms crossed in stunned disbelief, had eyes full of bewilderment in their beautiful crimson depths.

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi couldn't comprehend what had happened at all.

Why?

Why was her ability completely useless against Su Youzi?

Even... when she activated "Area-wide Mental Interference," she felt as if a battle tank was rolling directly towards her.

"Area-wide Mental Interference" was forcefully shattered.

Next... came the chill of torn clothing and a sharp pain from her chest.

The cold edge of the blade quickly turned into a burning sting, thin red lines searing the most sensitive skin on the girl's chest.

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi could only bow her head in submission before Su Youzi, hugging her chest with both hands to hold the torn school uniform together, curling up as she knelt before Su Youzi.

Su Youzi looked at Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's bowed head and slowly sheathed her sword, "Thank you for the guidance, Sister Kiyomi."

Clang--

The sound of the girl slowly sheathing her sword was incredibly grating to Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi.

"Miss Kiyomi..." Those few lackeys of Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi scrambled over.

One of them, whose cheek had been grazed by the scabbard Su Youzi had thrown, instinctively bowed low as he reached Su Youzi.

"Get lost!!!" Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi waved her hand furiously, and then... a chill and pain shot through her chest.

The girl immediately hugged her chest again and bowed her head.

"Miss... Miss Kiyomi, I'll help you heal."

"Miss Kiyomi, please bear with it for a moment and wear my school uniform."

"..."

Inside the training hall, some of the girls' eyes were practically turning into starry orbs.

"Senior Youzi... is so beautiful."

Indeed, the girl holding the katana.

Her silky black hair was casually cut short, her small face and those signature, magnificent crimson eyes of the Soga Main Family had a remarkably elegant contour.

The girl standing there.

She exuded a charm that transcended gender.

It wasn't just the girls who were mesmerized; Little Rabbit was too.

Saotome Yukina's azure eyes were wide and filled with admiration.

Su Youzi could only hold her scabbard and gently tap the forehead of the dazed Little Rabbit with the end of the sword hilt.

Saotome Yukina seemed to snap back to reality.

The girl first clutched her forehead in pain. Before Su Youzi could step forward to comfort her, Saotome Yukina acted like a child begging for candy from an adult.

"I want to learn that!"

"I want to learn that!!!"

Thump--

Kujo Ryuko, holding a bamboo staff in one hand, tapped the other side of Saotome Yukina's forehead.

"Get your fundamentals down first."

"Besides, you're a Healing Type Ability User."

"On the battlefield, your mission is simply to survive."

"And then heal more people."

"I don't want to heal more people, I only want to heal Senior Youzi," Little Rabbit mumbled. "And besides..."

She brandished her practice bamboo staff. "As long as I kill all the enemies, I'll be safe."

Thump--

Su Youzi tapped Little Rabbit's other forehead again.

This girl... where did she find an assassin's apprentice?

The idea that she'd be safe if she just killed all the enemies first was a ridiculous concept for a Healing Type's self-defense.

Saotome Yukina piteously cradled her forehead.

Her azure eyes welled up with tears.

But... as soon as Little Rabbit saw Su Youzi's serious gaze, she immediately deflated.

Saotome Yukina wasn't some unreasonable young lady.

She knew... Senior Youzi and that bad woman were right.

I can't even walk yet, and I'm already thinking about running.

"I was just kidding..."

Before Saotome Yukina could finish muttering, she smelled a refreshing fragrance approaching.

"Youzi... Senpai..."

Panicked, the girl looked at her senpai, who was now close enough to touch.

The sweet and sour, refreshing scent from her senpai, like a freshly peeled citrus, kept filling Little Rabbit's nose.

Wanting to stay calm, Saotome Yukina could only stand there stiffly, letting her senpai brush her hair aside.

"Does it hurt..." she murmured.

"Wuu--" The girl let out a whimper from her throat, like a bullied beast.

Kujo Ryuko stood quietly to the side.

She was pondering the question many people in the training hall were thinking about.

How did Su Youzi break through "Area-wide Mental Interference"?

Wearing a school uniform that was slightly too big, her eyebrows furrowed into an ugly expression, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi fled the training hall.

The girl's footsteps seemed to stomp on the ground with each step.

Every time a cold wind blew into her collar, her expression grew more suppressed.

Behind her, those girls were silent as cicadas.

Even a fool could tell that Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi was in a very bad mood right now.

Her Young Lady was like a powder keg ready to explode.

No one wanted to incur her displeasure.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..."

"How could this happen."

Even now, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi couldn't understand how Su Youzi had broken through her "Area-wide Mental Interference."

Cheating!

She must have cheated!

Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi could only think that.

It must have been that woman from the Third Sequence who secretly did something.

Otherwise... without even being in the First Sequence, just a normal Telekinetic like Su Youzi.

How could she have broken through her "Area-wide Mental Interference"?

She didn't even want to attend the afternoon classes.

Thump--

Back in the dormitory, the girl slammed the door shut fiercely.

She wanted to take a bath to wash away the bad luck, and... get a new set of clothes and underwear.

Just then, beep beep beep beep--

The phone rang.

"What do you want!" Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi answered the phone irritably.

The caller ID on her phone read... "Father."

The light blue screen lit up, and the man, suppressing his anger, leaned on the table with both hands.

"Ishikawa Kiyomi!!!"

The man's furious appearance made Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi tremble slightly, "Fat..."

"Father..."

"Didn't I tell you! Don't provoke people from the Main Family unless you have to."

"I... I just..." Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi immediately became flustered.

The first thought in the girl's mind was, who had snitched to Father.

"Your wings have grown strong, haven't they."

"You're capable now, aren't you."

"Stepping into the First Sequence at fifteen, you think you're amazing, don't you." Suppressing his full rage, the man looked at the girl on the screen, who appeared flustered.

"Now!"

"Immediately!"

"At once."

"Go and apologize to Miss Youzi for me."

"But..." Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi wanted to speak, looking wronged. She was clearly the one who had been bullied in the end.

"Don't make me say it a second time."

"Yes!!!" The girl hastily lowered her head. Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi clenched her fists tightly and bit her lower lip.

"Zzz--" The screen cut off abruptly.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!!" The girl's fist smashed directly onto the table.

On the other side.

The man, as if soaked in cold sweat, slowly turned his head.

He looked at the crimson screen in front of him.

On the screen, the girl sitting there had a cold expression.

"Y-Young Lady..."

"Kiyomi is still too young."

"..."

"Don't let me hear that again."

"Ishikawa Irube."

"Next month is her... my birthday. I don't want to at this time..."

"Make everyone unhappy."

"Understand?"