Bai Yu turned her head to look at Loweia, who was clutching the corner of her shirt.
Although the white-haired girl didn’t say anything, the look in her small eyes and the movement of her hands made it crystal clear that she didn’t want Bai Yu to agree.
Of course, even if Loweia hadn’t tugged at her clothes, Bai Yu wouldn’t have agreed.
If this current situation were in a Galgame, it would typically be the moment for the protagonist to make a choice.
Option one would naturally be to refuse Su Keke’s request.
Doing so would increase Loweia’s Favorability while simultaneously progressing toward Loweia’s personal route.
As for option two, that would be agreeing to Su Keke’s request.
If she chose that, the Favorability accumulated with Loweia might decrease, and the story would proceed toward Su Keke’s personal route.
In other words, if she were playing a Galgame designed with herself as the protagonist, then Bai Yu’s choice at this moment had clearly reached a branching point for the personal routes.
As one of the Heroines of the Original Work *Star Song*, it was naturally important to build a good relationship with Su Keke.
She might even be able to rely on Su Keke’s influence as a main Heroine.
However, Bai Yu knew very well that although she was a Transmigrator, after transmigrating and being reborn into the world of *Star Song*, she had only become a minor character, not the protagonist of the Original Work.
She didn’t know if that protagonist still existed, but since the settings of the Heroines had already changed, where would that protagonist even be born?
Whatever. Regardless of where the protagonist was, Bai Yu wasn’t the protagonist anyway.
She likely couldn’t romance a Heroine of the Original Work like Su Keke.
Even if she could rely on her, she wouldn’t be able to hold on firmly in the end.
Besides, Su Keke’s influence was not something Bai Yu could control.
In contrast, Loweia’s situation was much better.
Under Bai Yu’s plan, if everything went smoothly and Loweia couldn’t recover her memories, Loweia would likely become completely devoted to her.
She might even be willing to risk her life to protect Bai Yu.
So, one was an unstable influence that could be withdrawn at any time, while the other was a direct connection actively reaching out and begging to be held.
Did she even need to consider how to choose?
Moreover, Bai Yu’s current plan was progressing very smoothly.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would eventually win over Loweia and make them true Lovers.
Therefore, she spoke.
“I am sorry, Miss Su. I have someone very important to me to take care of here, so I cannot go out to investigate with you. I am truly sorry, but I cannot agree.”
The moment the words fell, Bai Yu noticed that the two small hands clutching her shirt seemed to loosen significantly.
In Loweia’s eyes, she likely believed that Bai Yu valued her more.
‘Another chance to farm Favorability.’
‘If I keep this up, sooner or later, Loweia will truly fall in love with me.’
On the other side, after hearing Bai Yu’s answer, Su Keke could only express her regret.
“Well then, Bai Yu, if you change your mind later, you can contact me directly.”
As she spoke, she took her phone out of her skirt pocket, swiped the screen, opened a chat app, and displayed her friend QR code to Bai Yu.
“This is my friend QR code. If it’s convenient for you, feel free to contact me anytime.”
Since things had reached this point, Bai Yu pulled out her phone and added Su Keke as a friend anyway.
As for Loweia, who had lost her memory, combined with the fact that she was previously a boss, she probably didn’t understand what they were doing right now.
Otherwise, this girl would likely have grabbed the corner of her shirt tightly again.
After adding Bai Yu as a friend, Su Keke suddenly remembered that when they first met, Bai Yu seemed to have mentioned she was taking care of an injured Lover.
Combined with her request for a leave of absence, Su Keke finally understood why Bai Yu had refused her.
After all, she had a Lover by her side who needed her care.
Why would she leave her Lover behind to go out and do dangerous things with her?
Her gaze swept over the white-haired girl next to Bai Yu.
Su Keke noticed that the girl’s face still bore a sickly pallor.
Perhaps this was Bai Yu’s Lover.
‘Wait. So, Bai Yu likes girls?’
However, in this era, it was very normal for girls to love other girls, so Su Keke wasn’t too surprised.
“Since you have your own arrangements, Bai Yu, I won’t force it. Anyway, if you have any free time later, contact me anytime.”
“All right.”
While the two were communicating, Loweia, who couldn’t join the conversation, could only watch them talk about topics she didn’t understand.
The fact that Bai Yu hadn’t accepted Su Keke’s invitation made Loweia, who had been nervous and afraid that she might agree, breathe a sigh of relief.
However, watching Su Keke and Bai Yu chat so familiarly while she couldn’t get a word in made her feel terrible.
Loweia tried to join the topic, but when faced with the keywords they mentioned, the memory-wiped girl completely failed to understand the corresponding meanings and thus had no chance to interject.
She could only watch them chat enthusiastically.
This feeling of being unable to speak, of being excluded like an outsider, made Loweia’s heart feel a bit itchy with frustration.
‘This won’t do… I have to find a way to get involved. At least, I need to divert Bai Yu’s attention.’
“Um, Bai Yu…”
She gently tugged on the corner of Bai Yu’s shirt.
The black-haired girl immediately turned back, her gaze looking at her gently.
“Wei Ya, what is it?”
“I… I want to know, what is an Esper?”
While they were chatting just now, the term Esper had been mentioned several times.
Furthermore, Su Keke had also said that Bai Yu was an Esper too.
So, she wanted to know exactly what an Esper was.
She wanted to understand Bai Yu better.
Bai Yu wasn’t very surprised by Loweia’s question.
She must have heard their conversation to want to ask.
In addition, while she was talking to Su Keke, Bai Yu had noticed Loweia’s constant desire to interject and the anxious way she looked because she couldn’t.
Asking this now was probably an attempt to divert her attention.
Meeting Su Keke again could be considered a good thing.
After all, as long as Su Keke sat here, she could continuously stimulate Loweia.
The more she was stimulated, the more Loweia would cling to Bai Yu and try to close the distance in their relationship.
All right, she would give her a simple explanation.
“Wei Ya, do you still remember the meteorite I mentioned earlier that led to the birth of Abnormal Entities?”
Loweia nodded slightly.
It had just been mentioned; how could she forget it?
“While that meteorite was spreading Star Erosion energy, a very small number of human genetic sequences produced a beneficial resonance with that energy, awakening a special power called the Star Mark. This was the birth of the first Espers. Humans who awaken a Star Mark possess power that is difficult for ordinary people to imagine. For example, being able to control fire, being able to fly, and a series of special abilities that ordinary people do not have. It’s just that the abilities of the initial Espers were unstable. Later, the Human World established the Supernatural Bureau to specifically study and analyze the power of the Star Mark, as well as to manage those Espers who obtained its power. Naturally, those who awakened the power of the Star Mark became the main force protecting the Human World.”
As she spoke, Bai Yu stretched out her arm. The moment she tried to activate her Precognition ability, a Star Mark Seal resembling a tattoo appeared on her arm.
“Look, this is the Star Mark Seal. It appears whenever I use my Esper Ability. This is the unique symbol of an Esper.”
Loweia stared blankly at the seal on Bai Yu’s hand.
Bai Yu had said that she used to be very powerful herself.
So, would a seal like this appear on her own arm as well?
Loweia tried reaching out her hand, all of which was seen by Su Keke.
‘Strange. These days, there are actually people who don’t know what an Esper is?’