"Does the Nun Outfit look good?" Sonia asked. "Someone's gaze seemed to get caught just now."
Ash clarified decisively, "You all look good in anything. You'd look good even if you weren't wearing anything!"
Diya suddenly came up with a brilliant idea. "Why don't we find a night when everyone wears Nun Outfits? Not just Nun Outfits—any matching uniform would do. I feel like it'd be really interesting."
"Nothing bad will happen, right?" Vesir said. "Like several Blood Saint Moonshadow Legends suddenly showing up tomorrow, racking their brains for ways to get Ash's attention."
"I'll tell Senior later," Siffrin said. "But Senior is a smart person. Since she saw that Ash wanted to hide his identity, she absolutely won't breathe a word of it to anyone. Even if she can't win Ash's favor, she won't let herself earn Ash's dislike."
"This feeling is pretty strange."
Ash said softly, "Although I'm a little smug about it, seeing how much your Senior's attitude changed before and after, how carefully she guessed at my thoughts, how every move she made was meant to satisfy me... it just feels..."
"You only experienced that feeling today?" Vishy couldn't help roasting him. "Forget Legends and Holy Domains—even a Two-Winged Sorcerer should be able to experience that kind of shift in status, right? Just how miserable was your life before, that you never even had a chance to show authority like this?"
Ash said helplessly, "Because the people I've always dealt with have either been sorcerers on my level or stronger than me. Even sorcerers weaker than me wouldn't be this careful."
"Then you'd better get used to it. Once you become Artifice Supremacy, forget strangers—even we'll become careful around you, constantly guessing your thoughts and doing everything we can to please you."
Ash turned and stared