Time rolled back slightly.
Back to the afternoon, just after Soga Youzi had finished drilling Little Rabbit and Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi—
The sky outside the training hall had already turned a rather gloomy gray.
Clinging tightly to Soga Youzi's arm, Little Rabbit's consciousness was hazy, and she hung nearly half her body weight on Soga Youzi as she struggled forward step by step.
Ever since meeting Senpai... Saotome Yukina had received more of the Goddess of Destiny's "grace" than she had encountered in her entire life.
Even... to put it more dramatically—
The Goddess of Destiny bestowed her "grace" more frequently than Saotome trained.
Almost every day, whenever she sidled up beside Senior Youzi, the Goddess of Destiny would maliciously... launch a surprise attack on her sooner or later.
And... whenever she nervously prepared to receive that "grace," clenching her fists and curling her toes tightly, the Goddess of Destiny would merely watch.
When she was wholly absorbed in Senior Youzi, or... had just finished training and was sore and exhausted all over—in short, when she was completely defenseless—the "grace" of fate would strike again and again like lightning.
Catching her completely off guard.
Making her embarrass herself... in front of Senpai, over and over.
Every time she embarrassed herself, she could always see laughter filling Senpai's beautiful crimson eyes.
Senior Youzi was very gentle, though.
Whenever Saotome Yukina felt as if the "grace" of fate had made her so comfortable that she was about to cramp up, Senior Youzi would always gently take her hand and tenderly ease her tension.
But... that gentleness and consideration only made Saotome Yukina feel more embarrassed each time.
It always made Saotome Yukina feel... as if she were some weirdo with a strange fetish...
"Huh?"
Little Rabbit felt as if she had realized