[Blue Vitality Pill.]
[Restores a small amount of stamina and spirit for a short time after consumption. It also slightly increases strength, spirit, attack speed, and sensory acuity.]
[Originally a combat drug.]
[But because of its subtle side effects, it was also very popular among the upper class.]
[...]
The commercial street near the academy dormitory.
Su Youzi sat at one of the crepe shop's street-side seats, organizing her supplies.
At the same time, she waited for Saotome Yukina.
In last night's ten-pull, Su Youzi had obtained a total of six Operators and four weapons.
Aside from Unohana Chiyo and... Soga Toyura, the other Operators and weapons could basically only be used as enhancement materials in the game.
Even Unohana Chiyo was only an Operator used during transitional stages in the game.
Still... Teacher Unohana Chiyo.
Her identity as a teacher might come in handy sometimes.
For example, getting the key to the school infirmary or something.
Su Youzi and Saotome Yukina had agreed to meet at half past eight in the morning.
But Su Youzi had already been sitting here since a little after seven.
She had always been punctual, and she did not like making girls wait for her.
Of course, more importantly... she simply could not sleep.
Su Youzi looked at the Chibi Figure of Soga Toyura in the Operator Cultivation interface. It was sitting obediently at a desk, approving documents, while a life-sized dakimakura lay on the bed behind it.
The one drawn on that dakimakura... couldn't be herself, could it?
The short hair and red eyes.
It looked exactly like her.
But since it was a chibi depiction, Su Youzi could not be sure.
To be honest... it was hard for her to imagine that woman, who always wore a frosty expression and was as aloof as a flower blooming atop a high mountain, who even made excuses to refuse eating with her, and who had tossed aside the birthday present she gave her without even looking at it... hugging and rubbing against a life-sized dakimakura of her at night.
The incongruity of the scene was simply too strong.
But... looking at Soga Toyura's affection rating of "99 (Adoration),"
Su Youzi felt that perhaps... the person drawn on that dakimakura really was her.
That woman's birthday seemed to be only a few days away.
She would find some excuse to go see her then.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, Su Youzi caught sight of Little Rabbit hurrying toward her from the street corner.
Perhaps because she had become nervous upon seeing Su Youzi, Little Rabbit came running over in little hops, her steps slightly hurried.
Saotome Yukina's small face was flushed, her cheeks tinged with a faint, adorable pink.
The girl's right hand covered her chest, rising and falling with her breaths. Rather than concealing her charm, the hand only... drew people's gazes there.
If bigger meant justice,
then Saotome Yukina was undoubtedly the embodiment of justice in this world.
"S-Sorry..."
"Senpai." The girl's slightly breathless voice made Su Youzi feel as though even her ears were melting.
"Don't rush." Su Youzi gestured for the girl to sit down and catch her breath. "It's still early."
The girl was actually very punctual.
It had only been a little past eight.
In Operator Cultivation, Saotome Yukina's Cultivation cooldown had not even finished yet.
Even after sitting down, Little Rabbit, who had run all the way here, could not stop panting. Though she tried hard to control herself, the girl's shoulders still trembled with every breath.
Mist shimmered in her aqua-blue eyes as she looked nervously at Su Youzi.
Senpai, sitting upright there, was beautiful.
Like a green shoot that had just grown on a citrus tree.
Or an unripe, green citrus fruit.
Not yet in bloom, not yet mature.
Yet that fresh, fair appearance alone was enough to capture Little Rabbit's gaze.
A faint, sweet-and-sour fragrance wafted over.
Just like Senpai's name.
"Youzi."
The girl bit her lip.
"Senpai... you got up so early."
"What would you like to eat?" Su Youzi asked, looking at the girl's flushed earlobes. "Would you like a Strawberry Cream Crepe?"
"Saotome seemed to like it a lot yesterday."
In the game, obtaining a Strawberry Cream Crepe required spending stamina to grind the time-consuming affection-gift stage.
But in reality... all she had to do was pay, and it could be delivered straight into the girl's hands.
If she could, Su Youzi would gladly bring the girl to the commercial street every day and order her a Strawberry Cream Crepe.
Go shopping?
What was that?
Her only task was to "feed" her.
"Wait..." Saotome Yukina blurted out instinctively.
She looked at Senpai, whose gaze had fallen upon her, and bit her lip, unable to get the words out.
Strawberry was clearly her favorite flavor.
But... as the sweet-and-sour fragrance slowly drifted over, she suddenly wanted to try something else.
Su Youzi waited for Saotome Yukina.
As her first Operator, Perpetual Motion Machine, and Production Girl of Combat Record, she would do her best to satisfy the girl's little wishes.
"I want..."
"To change flavors."
"'Youzi'... yuzu..." Her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. "N-No..."
"Citrus."
Su Youzi looked at Little Rabbit in front of her.
Saotome Yukina lowered her little head further and further until it was almost buried in her chest.
The Youzi in Su Youzi's name did not actually refer to the broad category of pomelos.
It referred to a kind of citrus fruit closer to a sweet orange.
Its delicate fragrance was captivating. More often than being eaten as fruit, it was used as a citrus seasoning.
What Little Rabbit had nearly blurted out was the name of the fruit, Youzi.
Looking at the petite earlobes showing beneath Saotome Yukina's hair, seemingly soaked through with blood, Su Youzi pretended not to have heard or cared.
She casually placed the order.
Sitting across from Su Youzi,
the girl pressed her clasped hands down so hard they nearly sank into the soft flesh of her thighs.
Her cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, while her knuckles were white from the force of her grip.
Su Youzi watched Saotome Yukina with interest.
Ding, ding, ding—
Beside her ear, the notifications repeatedly announced that Saotome Yukina's affection had increased.
Along with the success of "Feeding,"
Su Youzi's phone vibrated.
"Quick Payment—54.00 yuan."
"..."
"Your bank account ending in 8088 has received—"
"108.00 yuan."
The citrus crepe was slightly cheaper than the signature Strawberry Cream Crepe.
"I'll pay this time!"
"Sen..."
"Senpai didn't order anything." Saotome Yukina looked nervously at Su Youzi.
"How could I let you?" Su Youzi gently pressed down on Saotome Yukina's hand.
The girl instantly became docile, as if someone had flipped a switch.
Little Rabbit was her money tree, her Production Girl.
Everything she spent cultivating Saotome Yukina and raising the girl's affection would ultimately be returned to her twofold.
If Little Rabbit paid the bill herself... there would be no profit.
A player would never pass up even the tiniest benefit.
"Then..."
"Then..."
As if realizing that Senpai would not let her pay,
Saotome Yukina hesitantly cut open the crepe in front of her.
She shyly looked at the bite mark belonging to her on one piece of crepe.
Little Rabbit was hopping around inside her heart, drums of war pounding.
In the end, Saotome Yukina gently pushed the other half forward.
"Youzi..."
"Senpai."
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