Watching Yae Sakura vanish before her eyes, Kallen still felt terrible. She gathered the fallen cherry blossoms before her and stood there in a daze for quite a while before finally coming back to herself.
Although things had turned out somewhat unexpectedly, Kallen was not too upset.
It was not because Kallen was heartless, but because her mission concerning Yae Sakura had already been completed. Once the mission was complete... Yae Sakura would return to her side in another way.
However, Kallen did not rush to claim the reward. She got out of bed first and went to the bathroom...
Then, as Kallen looked at herself in the mirror, her gaze was drawn to her chest. It was not that she was lusting after her current body, but rather that a three-tomoe mark had appeared slightly above her cleavage!
"This is..."
Kallen touched the three-tomoe mark on her body in confusion...
Two words suddenly surfaced in her mind: "Stigmata," along with... Pseudo-Herrscher Core!
"This Sakura..."
Kallen smiled helplessly. There had really been no need for this.
After washing up, Kallen changed into a new outfit—a black-and-white casual set—before finally choosing to claim the side quest rewards related to Yae Sakura!
First was the bound Yae Sakura...
After claiming the reward, Kallen waited curiously for her Yae Sakura to appear.
Kallen did not have to wait long. The Yae Sakura who had just disappeared appeared before her once more, exactly the same as before, still without any clothes on.
"Huh? I..."
"Kallen, hadn't I already given you the Pseudo-Herrscher Core?" Yae Sakura looked around and then at Kallen. Nothing had changed, as though she had done nothing at all.
"Welcome back, Sakura!"
Looking at Yae Sakura before her, Kallen reached out to embrace her.
But the next moment, Kallen's arms