She was only ten! Seele wasn't some pervert!
"Eh? N... no?"
Asou Yuna froze, blinking her big eyes with a puzzled look on her face.
"I'm just improving your strength. What on earth is going through that little head of yours?" Seele was utterly speechless.
"Just... improving my strength..."
Once she understood what Seele meant, Asou Yuna immediately felt horribly ashamed! She had actually... been thinking such messy things.
"Didn't I say last time that I'd grant you the power of Stigmata? I hadn't planned to give it to you this early, but... I'll give you a beginner set today!"
As she spoke, a set of Hanna Stigmata appeared in Seele's hands. Unlike the innate Stigmata on Seele's chest, these Stigmata were more like equipment.
"Stigmata... the red marks on Sister Seele's back?" Asou Yuna stared curiously at the Hanna Stigmata in Seele's hands. Such miraculous power... she had never seen it before, but it had to be a treasure among treasures.
And now Seele was going to give it to her...
She was deeply moved.
The happiest thing in her life was meeting Sister Seele.
Cute, beautiful, captivating, gentle, kind Seele!
Although there was another Seele who was rather frightening, Asou Yuna knew she only seemed scary on the surface. Deep down, she was actually quite nice—at least, she was to Asou Yuna.
Granting Stigmata to others was not something she had done only once or twice. Equipment-type Stigmata were especially different from other Stigmata; the installation process was very simple, though it still required the Captain and a Valkyrie to carry it out personally.
A complete upper, middle, and lower set of Hanna Stigmata quickly transformed into red marks on Asou Yuna's back.
Her base strength and percentage-based strength both increased. Even though it was only Hanna,