Pitifully clinging to the window, she gazed toward the school hospital across the way.
Soga Toyura's tears were practically spilling over.
"Youzi..."
"Waaah..."
"That's my Youzi."
At first, seeing that little... big white rabbit's harmless appearance, she had planned to borrow her help in taking care of Youzi.
But... but Soga Toyura had never imagined this.
That damned rabbit actually wanted to dig up her family's cabbage.
When she had used Mental Manipulation on her back then, she should have branded her with the mark of a dominator—the kind made of the hardest steel.
No matter how great Youzi's charm was, she still wouldn't be able to bend steel bearing that mark.
Soga Toyura, like Su Youzi, was a girl who had inherited the pure-blooded direct lineage of the Soga clan.
Her crimson eyes were crystal clear.
Once veiled in a pitiful mist, the girl's eyes were as beautiful as the finest gems.
"If you dote on her that much..."
"Then just go over and visit her."
"You have a perfectly valid reason, anyway."
"What's the point of acting like a miserable puppy in front of me?"
A voice filled with near-teasing amusement rose, followed by the crisp sound of tap-tap-tapping—
A girl's leather boots struck the floor.
"What..."
"What do you mean, acting like a miserable puppy?" Soga Toyura spun around indignantly.
Those beautiful crimson eyes glared furiously at the person who had made that teasing remark.
She turned to look at the bastard behind her.
The girl standing behind Soga Toyura wore a faintly mocking smile.
Her figure was tall and slender.
Her white trench coat hung slightly open, revealing the shirt beneath and a pair of impeccably tailored, slim-cut trousers.
The girl had a capable, carefree air.
She was like a perfect knight who had just stepped