Back at the dormitory, she parted ways with Kujo Ryuko in the hallway.
Su Youzi watched Kujo Ryuko inch her way into her room step by step. Then... just as Kujo Ryuko was about to close the door—
She tapped the "Cultivate" icon above the head of Kujo Ryuko's chibi figure on the Operator Cultivation screen, rubbing her finger against the little figure's same reserved expression as the real one, ꒰⑅°͈꒳°͈꒱.
Thud, thud, thud—
The sound of a woman's unsteady footsteps suddenly came from the dorm opposite.
The corners of Su Youzi's lips curled upward, revealing an exceedingly wicked smile.
Pretending not to know anything, Su Youzi slowly approached Kujo Ryuko's dorm room with a concerned expression. "What's wrong?"
"Senior Kujo."
"Guh—" Kujo Ryuko nearly stumbled and fell, her twisted right hand bracing against the wall as she slightly raised her little head.
In the darkness, the woman's eyes seemed rimmed red.
She pressed her back against the door.
"I-I'm fine."
Her voice drifted up and down, even carrying a pitifully cute tremor.
That wicked bitch, Goddess of Destiny!!!
Kujo Ryuko cursed over and over in her heart. Every... every time, she launched a sudden attack when Kujo Ryuko least expected it.
And always in front of Miss Youzi.
Although... Kujo Ryuko had vaguely realized that the Goddess of Destiny's "Grace" was related to Su Youzi.
The Grace she had endured these past few days was more than she had received over her entire previous life.
And... although the increase was pitifully small.
Even all those days of Grace combined were not enough to raise her by half a level.
But... the pleasure brought by that Grace was completely maxed out.
Kujo Ryuko suddenly thought of her older sister... no, the Abyssal Empress who had suffered Evilfall.
An immense sense