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December 30th. School is dismissed in the afternoon.

Although I wanted to apologize to the wind chime, it was too embarrassing at this time.

I sat in my seat and looked outside. My classroom is on the first floor, and you can easily see the playground, and after school in the afternoon, most of the boys choose to play basketball, most of the girls participate in club activities, and the candidates choose to go to the library. In any case, there are not many people in the classroom.

Liu Xin still hasn't returned.

I was constantly shaking my legs, and I was slightly irritable. It's not the irritability caused by waiting for someone, but the irritability caused by not knowing what to do after that.

About 15 minutes later, Liu Xin returned.

"Let's go."

She neatly cleaned up the things on the table, but a closer look at her didn't seem to have anything to clean up on her desk. So my desk is quite messy.

In less than ten seconds, she had all the preparations.

“……”

I stood up and stepped on my shoulder bag, there was no need to turn off the lights since there were still people in the classroom.

"Walk over there?"

"Hmm."

She replied dryly, but still without the slightest expression on her face.

We walked out of the school gate and turned right, although I thought I was a road idiot, but at least I could choose one of the two paths. I thought it was quite hot today, so I left my coat in the classroom and came out wearing a shirt and sweater.

Liu Xin didn't say a word, her steps were steady, so quiet that you could even hear her breathing. As soon as it fell together, the lower abdomen also contracted, and the orange-red eyes were as beautiful as gems.

"That, Koyanagi......"

"Huh?"

She tilted her head to look at me.

"Actually, I think...... You might look better when you smile. ”

I scratched my face and said embarrassedly.

"Yes...... Is it? ”

Her little mouth takes on an inverted V shape, then slowly flips into a positive V.

“……”

After a few seconds of silence.

"Hahahaha, what kind of expression is this, it's so funny."

I laughed unconsciously, and her deliberate smile looked even cuter. Then Liu Xin showed a boring expression, and didn't overdo it.

"Still, even this unnatural laugh. It's also cute. ”

“…… yes. ”

Liu Xin continued to move forward blindly, coping with my words.

20 minutes away, we went around to CM cake in the city, which was a large-scale coffee and dessert house with a lot of customers. In the vicinity of this evening meal, which coincides with Friday, there are more crowds than usual.

"CM cake is new! Strawberry Grape Mille-Feuille Cake - New Year's Day Couple Special! ”

At the door of the store, the clerk worked hard to advertise.

"There are already so many people in line, why waste manpower to do propaganda......"

I muttered to myself like a bar. looked at Liu Xin, but she didn't expect her eyes to shine.

“？！”

I took the flyer, and from the 30th, couples can enjoy a 5.2% discount when they buy three kinds of cakes with limited editions.

Wait a minute! 5.2% off?!

The price is quite affordable, but 5.2% off is too difficult to calculate, which is roughly half the price. If you buy two copies, there is not much difference between the effect and buy one get one free. But it's also quite affordable, so it's no wonder that most of the queues are one-to-one.

"What a shame...... We are not a couple......"

I said casually, and Liu Xin suddenly blocked my mouth with his little hand.

"Shh~"

She put her index finger to her lips and shushed.

“…… Wait a minute, Koyanagi, do you want to ......"

I said, and Liu Xin nodded hurriedly, like a piledriver, and like the assembled motorcycle in the Night Walk.

"I don't care, it's just that how can I pretend to be a ......"

I looked at the line in front of me and said confusedly.

Liu Xin didn't speak, just raised his hand, as if this little pain in the wind and rain was an album cover.

“……”

I relented for a moment, did she mean that I should take her hand?

I held out my hand, and she nodded expectantly.

“……”

Her palms are quite warm, as warm as Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture. The heat flow is conducted through the palm of my hand to my bone marrow.

I've never shaken her palm like that...... No, there were, probably seven years ago.

The first step in pretending to be a couple is to hold hands, which is the right choice. But! I'm still very shy! Never had an experience like this! Ah, how have I spent the last 17 years? I can't even hold a girl's hand properly, it's too useless! God of destruction, God of destruction, I am God of destruction.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down, the last time I was so nervous was during the junior high school entrance exam.

About, I don't know how long, I wasn't interested in calculating this, it felt quite fast, we kept moving forward, and finally came to the front of the cash register.

"You...... Hello ↑. ”

My voice suddenly rose and burst from nervousness.

“……”

The clerk looked at me with a frown, puzzled.

"Two couple-limited strawberry and grape mille-feuille cakes, and then order a 600% ah no, 520% sweet chocolate cake, and pick it up in a few days."

“……”

Liu Xin said calmly, and his left hand locked my hand tightly. With that, she also skillfully rested her head on my shoulder.

“”

wow？！

I'm not even in the mood to complain about her 520% sweet chocolate cake, she usually likes to eat 600% sweetness, could it be that she gave up 80% in order to make up the number of 520, shouldn't I feel gratifying?

What is this? No, I felt like my muscles were stiffening all over my body.

Why is Liu Xin so skilled?!

"Okay, I wish you all happiness."

The clerk said with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you."

I replied stiffly, with a smirk that might have looked horrible.

……

It went well, and Liu Xin and I sat in the innermost part of the CM cake café. The biggest reason is that I don't want other people to see me as I am.

The decoration of CM cake is more classical, and the floor to ceiling is decorated with brown solid wood, I don't know if this is completely real wood, but at least it looks very scholarly. The floor also makes a sound of loose wood when stepped on. This seems to be a deliberate design.

"Also...... It went pretty well. ”

"Hmmm......"

Liu Xin didn't seem to have too many mood swings. Why! I panicked and realized that I was when I had 1 minute left before the end of the exam and realized that I hadn't filled out the answer sheet.

Liu Xin is leisurely. Why is she so skilled, could it be that she usually makes a living by 'selling herself'?! For example, renting yourself as a shared girlfriend, or being a temporary fiancée for those single men who are urged to marry during the Chinese New Year? Or worse...... No, no, no, it's absolutely impossible, I still know Liu Xin better, I know her better, such as her ...... Huh?! I don't really seem to know anything, and I seem to know her as well as seven years ago. Over the years, I didn't seem to know anything other than watching her grow step by step, her breasts gradually plump, and her face becoming more beautiful. In addition to going to and from school and walking side by side like a task, there will be no intersection in school, nor will I share the so-called joy I feel, nor will I share the friends we have made with each other, so does Liu Xin have friends? At school, she always seems to be alone, as if a barrier has firmly sealed her in her own world, even if I am under the same roof, there is no way to step into her world, nothing, unwilling to reveal her true feelings. Do I really know her heart? Could it be that she 'attacked' my room in the middle of the night for some purpose, could it be that I have what she needs, and Liu Xin knows my identity as the God of Destruction. Surely this identity of mine has some extraordinary effect on her. Indeed, I don't think I'm a person who will arouse much interest in Liu Xin, and if I think about it carefully, the only possibility is the so-called [superpower] that [suddenly] [bestowed by the gods]. Just like the rich second generation of billionaires, beautiful girls flock to them, and most of them are not pursuing the rich second generation themselves, but the [superpower] they are given - money. In the same way, my terrible [destructive] power may also be a possibility that makes others rush to it, just like those people represented by the 'Hong Kong Association', and like Su Hongyuan, whom I met not long ago.

I thought about it, and I felt a little bit of loss.

"Number 520."

The clerk called, I looked at the bill in my hand, what a coincidence, we are number 520, why is it so related to this number today?

"I'll go."

I stood up, took the bill, and walked through the crowd to the pick-up station.

Soon came back with strawberry and grape mille-feuille cake in both hands, and there were still quite a lot of people......

Zizi Zizi Zizi -

Suddenly, a bad feeling came.

“？！”

I scanned the crowd and saw a woman near the back door who was not very tall dressed in black and wearing a black hat. Why she is said to be a woman, I can only judge from the rough lines of her body.

The two tables in front of her were Liu Xin, who was looking down and rummaging through her school bag.

"Koyanagi! Dangerous! ”

I yelled because I suddenly noticed that the woman in black had pulled out a silver dagger—

？

Liu Xin raised his head.

Whew————————————————

I dropped the cake in my hand, squeezed through the crowd and rushed over.

The silver dagger only hit Liu Xin's face,

“？！”

Concentrating on dynamic vision, I reached out my left hand, and the dagger landed right in my artery.

The blade even went through my arm, the tip of the knife stabbing through the bones of my hand and onto the back of my hand, shining with a terrifying glow.

This damage is unexpectedly huge, the blade actually directly penetrated my steel core, and if I was a normal person, if I hit my face, maybe I could directly shatter my skull and pierce the wall behind me, what is the difference between this and the power of the cannonball?!

"Stop!!"

I yelled, but the woman in black quickly slipped through the back door. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the store, and I was about to chase it, but I was suddenly pulled by Liu Xin.

I realized that something was wrong, my arm was irreversibly damaged, flashing red like a warning light, accompanied by the sound of electricity, and this image caused a commotion in the store.

Worst...... It seems to be exposed.

Click-click-click————

Gotta put my hands away - oops, I'm not wearing a coat, and my trouser pockets aren't enough to hide the red glow.

Seeing this, Liu Xin shoved my left hand into her chest, then zipped up her coat and lamely ran to the back door.

We weave through the crowd at great speed.

Now my left hand is on her chest, and to outsiders, I look like a simple chest attack. Yes! But! My left hand has been damaged and I don't feel it at all! I don't know why, I suddenly feel a little regretful.

What a pity, what a mood to think about this.

After turning several street corners, we stopped in an alley, and I hurriedly pulled out my left hand and started the program to separate it, cutting off my left arm.

"This ...... What's going on? ”

To my surprise, it was not only the blade of a knife that was pierced in my left arm, but also a piece of paper.

Pulling out the blade, I removed the piece of paper, and after a brief reading, I clenched my right fist and felt angry.

"Cut ......"

I looked at Liu Xin solemnly.

"Eh, Koyanagi."

“？”

"I promise you, no matter what."

“……”

"Even if it takes my life, I will protect you."

I put my right hand on her shoulder and said in the most serious tone of my life.