"Gloria had probably realized that the second personality wasn't scary at all—maybe even a little dumb, right?"
Hoshino stretched lazily, then closed her eyes to check her mission rewards. The Saintess who had just logged off had entered a temporarily unavailable state. As for why, Hoshino had probably kept time stopped for too long; even Saintess's Prayer's recovery abilities couldn't handle it.
But Hoshino couldn't help it.
She had gotten too absorbed in teaching someone and forgotten that Seele still hadn't been unlocked. When she glanced at the system interface and prepared to claim her second sacred relic, her eyes habitually swept over the Valkyrie panel. To her surprise, Swallowtail Phantasm's set was still locked. She opened her eyes, looked at Gloria waving goodbye, and brazenly activated time stop.
Stopping time to grope a woman.
It sounded weird, not like something an upright gentleman like Hoshino would do.
But at this point, for the delicate Seele's sake, Hoshino couldn't care less. She directly removed Nightmare's ally marker, then went up and started feeling her over under frozen time. Even in time stop, the girl's body was soft.
After some searching, she discovered that the fastest thing to unlock was Gloria's pair of cat ears.
She drained all of Saintess's Prayer's energy and nearly coughed up blood before the pleasant chime rang out and time resumed. After doing all that, Hoshino could barely stay on her feet. Gloria found Hoshino's skin, somehow even paler than before, deeply strange, but Hoshino waved her off with all her strength, practically driving her away.
What a strange person.
This was her most miserable unlock ever. The moment she returned to the shrine, she collapsed completely. Hoshino hurriedly changed back into Gyakushinn Miko, instinctively panting like a dog before finally recovering.
Hoshino lay in the