Shirou's clones number 30 million

"Huh...? There's a pig's foot here. Am I eating myself?"

I feel a pang of heartache. Is this pity for one's own kind?

He picked up a pig's trotter with his chopsticks and had just taken a bite when a woman's voice came from beside him.

"You don't mind what happened back then anymore, you pig's feet?"

At the same time, a girl wearing white stockings stopped in front of him.

Masamune Makabe looked up and saw that the girl in front of him was Yoshino Koiwai, who had just been rubbed with salt.

At that moment, she was looking at him with a hesitant expression.

"I don't mind anymore. It's perfectly normal for a handsome guy with a regrettable past to have something to look back on."

"you've changed."

"Isn't this just a matter of course? Eight years is a very long time."

"Miss Aiki has changed too."

What are you trying to say?

"I was kicked out by Miss Aiki."

"Oh... a kitten abandoned by its owner, trying to get its enemy to intercede for it?"

Yoshino Koiwai reached behind her back with her right hand, suddenly pulled out a short sword, and stabbed it at Masamune Makabe's ear.

Masamune Makabe put down the pig's trotter in his hand, pinched the knife handle with his fingers, and threw it aside.

The short knife plunged into the ground in an instant, leaving only the hilt sticking out.

He grabbed Yoshino Koiwai's wrist again and restrained her.

"What are you planning to do? You're not thinking of getting revenge for what just happened, are you?"

“You… have become very powerful. I am no match for you.” Yoshino Koiwai stared blankly at Masamune Makabe.

"I've cultivated for eight years, after all. If I can't even beat you, what will become of me?"

Masamune Makabe chuckled. With his cheat ability now awakened, destroying Earth beneath his feet would be as easy as slapping it, let alone an ordinary human girl.

“My family has served as stewards for the Adagaki family for generations. Eight years ago, I was very jealous of the relationship between you and Miss Aki, so I impersonated Miss Aki and called you ‘pig’s feet’ in an attempt to get rid of you.”

"Just now in the classroom, at first I thought you were going to take revenge on Miss Aiki, but I didn't expect your target to be me."

When did you realize it was me?

"It was discovered from the very beginning."

Masamune Makabe released her wrist, gesturing for her to sit beside him, and sighed softly:

"To me at the time, it didn't really matter whether it was you or Aiji who gave me the nickname. The moment the nickname spread throughout the school, I couldn't stay in this city anymore."

"sorry."

"I accept your apology, but the nightmare of the past three days will not change anything. We will be even after three days."

"I didn't speak to you eight years ago, so how do you know my name?"

"I asked Ai-ki. How should I put it? When you're playing a game and another girl is peeking from behind, you'd definitely be curious about who she is, right?"

At this point, Masamune Makabe's voice lowered slightly.

"It's a pity that I was too weak back then and didn't have the courage to take the initiative to get to know strangers. Asking Aiki for your name was the best I could do."

"Speaking of which, you were really driven away by Aihime?"

“Really,” Yoshino Koiwai said in a low voice, “I got scolded and told not to follow her anymore.”

"That was just said in anger, wasn't it? I won't speak up for you."

"I know, I never expected anything from you."

"Good to know. This is only the first day, and we are still enemies."

Masamune Makabe chuckled softly, and sensing Adagaki Aki's stealthy approach using his Observation Haki, he immediately said:

"So, what are you thinking? Taking this opportunity to leave Adagaki Aki?"

“I am Miss Aiki’s servant, and always have been.”

"I see."

That's a flawless answer.

"At this time of day, Miss Aki is usually waiting for me to bring back bread from the convenience store."

"And today?"

"Once Miss Aki suffers, she will forgive me on her own."

"I see, she really is a cunning Cinderella."

Masamune Makabe's lips curled slightly, his mood improving further. Sensing Adagaki Aki's surprised expression behind him with his Observation Haki, he spoke again:

"Speaking of which, why were you jealous of me back then? You clearly spent more time with Aiki than I did, didn't you?"

Chapter 436 Now you can understand how I felt back then, right?

Chapter 436, Section 437: Now you can understand how I felt back then, right?

silence.

After a few seconds, Yoshino Koiwai finally spoke slowly:

“Miss Aki has no friends. If it weren’t for you, I would be the only person she could rely on.”

"That's a really dark idea. Now, you probably don't think that way anymore, right?"

"That's what I thought before today. But after meeting you, I started to realize my mistake."

"I'm really something, I actually managed to make a scheming girl start to reflect on herself."

Masamune Makabe made a self-deprecating remark and spoke again:

"So, what's the purpose of your visit? And you even brought a knife; it doesn't seem like you came here specifically to apologize, does it?"

"I'm here to help you."

"What makes you say that?"

"You like Miss Aigi, don't you?"

"That was true eight years ago. But so much time has passed, and those feelings have long since vanished without a trace."

"Do you hate it?"

“I don’t dislike it. Before you came to the classroom at noon, I originally planned to take action when you were alone, and I didn’t intend to have any interaction with Aiki.”

At this point, Masamune Makabe suddenly remembered that the person in question was right behind him, and immediately fell silent.

"Poor Miss Aigi. She's so kind to you..."

Before Yoshino Koiwai could finish speaking, a reprimand rang out from behind her.

"Yoshino! You've been hiding this really well."

At that moment, Yoshino Koiwai's body trembled uncontrollably, her heart filled with panic.

He quickly got up and pretended to look at Adagaki Aki with a blank expression.

"Miss Aiji?"

"Yoshino, I never expected you to be this kind of person."

Finished!

Yoshino Koiwai froze, never expecting that her true nature would be exposed just when the person she had to keep it from saw it.

"Miss Aiji?"

There was a hint of panic in that cry.

"Yoshino, come with me for a second, I have something to tell you."

Yoshino Koiwai quickly got up and followed after him at top speed.

Upon seeing this, Adagaki Aki let out a soft snort.

"I never imagined that your usual well-behaved demeanor was all an act."

After watching the two leave, Masamune Makabe picked up the pork knuckle from his bento box and happily began to gnaw on it.

I never imagined I would feel happy because of someone else's social death; that's quite a twisted sense of humor.

However, it's all because Cinderella is too cunning; otherwise, she wouldn't have given me the chance to do something bad.

……

"Makabe Masamune!!"

On his way home from school, accompanied by a roar, a somewhat chubby boy swung a baseball bat at Masamune Makabe.

However, in just a moment, Masamune Makabe snatched the baseball bat from his hand.

boom!

The baseball bat struck him, and a scream rang out.

"Sorry, although you didn't hit me, in my revenge guide, attempted revenge is equivalent to completed revenge."

"However, I am a magnanimous man and will only return what I have to you, not a single bit more. Of course, in exchange, I will take your baseball bat."

The boy took a few steps back, then turned and ran away while cursing:

"You bastard! I will never forgive you."

"So what if you're handsome? Why do you get along so well with Adagaki!"

The next moment, he crashed into a baseball bat that appeared out of nowhere, and fell to the ground, clutching his nose.

“That’s right, handsome guys are amazing.” Masamune Makabe gave him another blow, making him scream in pain. “If you’re not convinced, then work out and try to lose weight.”

"I refuse to accept this! You bastard! I'll never let you get away with this, even if it kills me."