The black cat tail kept nimbly slapping the floor.
"Meow... meow."
With each feline cry, Kuroka shifted from kneeling to lying on her side, inadvertently revealing an air of mystery.
At the sight, Koneko Toujou was utterly dumbfounded.
This woman was far too over the top.
"Kuroka, I'm still here."
"Could you show a little restraint in front of your own sister?"
Kuroka chuckled softly. "Oh my, Koneko, so you admit I'm your big sister now."
Even as she spoke, Kuroka had returned completely to normal.
It was as if everything just now had been nothing more than an illusion.
Seeing this, Koneko Toujou curled her lip. "Who said you were my sister?"
Begging for flowers.
"You really won't admit it, huh?"
Ignoring the awkwardly bickering sisters, Lin Luo activated the Boosted Gear to grant Kuroka a Balance Breaker.
Hum!
In just an instant.
A layer of crimson armor appeared over Kuroka's body.
The aura emanating from her began climbing steadily.
This was a special-type Balance Breaker, similar to Esdeath's, that enhanced all her abilities evenly.
And!
Here was another familiar who had awakened her Balance Breaker instantly.
"This is my power? It's incredible."
Kuroka clenched her fists, feeling the power surging within her, and murmured, "Compared to before, both my magic power and Immortal Power have increased several times over."
"Is this the power of a Sacred Gear?"
"The Boosted Gear."
Lin Luo explained, "A Variant Balance Breaker I developed specifically for my familiars."
"Although you've already awakened your Balance Breaker, it still has room for further development."
"To think there were perks like this, too."
Kuroka's expression grew complicated.
Originally, there had certainly been an element of coercion in her becoming Lin Luo's familiar.
But now that she looked at it...
It really did seem like a good