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Section 136
After realizing this, Asano Makoto truly understood his mistake.
However, the deed was already done, and time couldn't be turned back. No matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't change what he had already done.
So, the only thing he could do now was to make amends, which was his original intention.
But looking at Yuna Shino with her red eyes, he didn't know what to do for a while.
He didn't even dare to step forward and hug Yuna Shino to comfort her as he had planned.
Because he didn't know if he was still qualified to do so.
After all, this time was different from the previous two missions.
If traced back to the source, the previous two times could at least be considered accidents.
But this time, it was because he himself coveted the mission rewards that he made a plan and implemented it.
Or, it could be said that he had thought of Yuna Shino too lightly.
To be honest, this time he was just thinking about how to comfort and compensate her afterward, but he basically didn't consider her feelings at this moment.
Therefore, seeing Yuna Shino's reaction, which could be described as 'pitiful,' his guilt reached its peak.
However, this was based on the fact that he didn't know that Yuna Shino's current appearance was actually an act.
Of course, Yuna Shino was indeed very sad, and her heartache and despair were real.
For a moment, after realizing that she would be abandoned by Asano Makoto sooner or later, she even had the idea of committing suicide.
But all of this basically disappeared when she decided to take control.
No, that's not quite right.
It should be said that these emotions were temporarily hidden by her, suppressed by her strong possessiveness towards Asano Makoto.
Because she didn't have the extra energy to think about these unimportant things now, she had to do something more important.
—Master, am I not enough?
When questioning Asano Makoto just now, the reason why Yuna Shino didn't directly ask the confusion in her heart was because she knew that if she asked like that, she would only be a 'star effort' who could be abandoned at any time under Asano Makoto's command in the future.
Yuna Shino is not a fool. On the contrary, she is surprisingly very smart. Even if she was brought down by that group of uneducated spicy girls, her academic performance in the class has always been far ahead.
So, she already had a general idea in her mind on how to achieve her goal.
That is to take a leading position in the current negotiation, and find a way to get rid of her current pet status and establish a relatively equal relationship with Asano Makoto.
Turning over to be the master is not something that can be done overnight. She has to climb up step by step, starting from her current 'bottom' status.
Therefore, she didn't beat or scold Asano Makoto, and didn't even say a word of blame, just couldn't help but simply satirize him a few times.
Other than that, all she said was how bad she was, whether she didn't satisfy her master, and so on.
After making this self-blaming gesture, looking at Asano Makoto's reaction, she knew that she had successfully aroused the guilt in his heart.
So now, she wants to start her next plan.
She raised her foot and slowly walked towards Asano Makoto, who was standing there, afraid to approach her.
She stretched out her hands and gently hugged the waist of her beloved master.
After being hugged, Asano Makoto couldn't help but froze again.
Now he really couldn't understand Yuna Shino's thoughts at all.
She was clearly looking like she was in so much pain and despair that she was about to cry just now, so why did she take the initiative to approach now, and even hugged herself?
I don't understand…
Just as Asano Makoto was thinking about the answers to these questions, Yuna Shino gently rested her head on his chest and murmured, "Master, do you know? I'm actually not jealous… If I really want to sleep with loyalty and purity, then I'll go find a swan."
This is a lie.
When she saw Asano Makoto and Miyajima Eriko intertwined in bed, her heart was filled with unspeakable jealousy and pain.
But now, she has to try to endure, and keep enduring until the day she truly turns over.
Her words just now tied herself and Asano Makoto's 'loyalty and purity' together, and also implied to him that if he did something that let her down, it would be disloyal and impure to her.
"Little Yuna, I…"
Asano Makoto opened his mouth subconsciously, wanting to say something.
Actually, he still didn't understand Yuna Shino's thoughts, but he knew that he should say something to soothe his little pet's injured heart.
And judging from the current situation, Yuna Shino's attitude seemed to have improved, so this could be said to be a rare good opportunity.
However, his words were interrupted by Yuna Shino before he could even finish them.
"Master, I don't want to figure out those things now, I don't care."
Before Asano Makoto could react, Yuna Shino continued, "But there is only one question that I want to get your answer to."
Saying that, she raised her head again, looked directly into Asano Makoto's eyes, and stared at him seriously.
Under Yuna Shino's unwavering gaze, Asano Makoto hesitated slightly, and finally nodded gently.
So, Yuna Shino closed her eyes again, rested her head gently on her beloved master's chest again, and slowly asked, "Master, do you… do you still… do you still like me?"
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Yuna Shino had already decided that she had to ask Asano Makoto this question clearly.
But when it came time to actually ask it, she couldn't help but feel nervous and flustered, as if her heart was being pinched by an invisible big hand, and even her words inevitably stammered.
She was really scared now, afraid that Asano Makoto would say the answer she absolutely didn't want to hear.
This was actually quite a strange thing.
She was still troubled by the feelings she had for Asano Makoto just two days ago, and even not long ago, she was still trying to get rid of his control.
But now, she was extremely afraid that Asano Makoto would abandon her.
She clearly only needed to use today's incident to completely get rid of Asano Makoto's control, just like she had thought before.
After all, they had been together for such a long time, and she had already roughly figured out what kind of person Asano Makoto was.
She knew very well that if she showed an extremely sad and distressed look now, and then asked to leave, Asano Makoto would definitely not stop her.
Although he was sometimes a bit demonic and rough, he was essentially a very gentle and considerate person.
Perhaps, this is the real reason why my heart was rudely snatched away by this bastard.
Thinking of this, Yuna Shino, who had her head resting on Asano Makoto's chest, couldn't help but show a wry smile on her face, and then closed her eyes and quietly waited for the final answer.
After hearing her straightforward question, Asano Makoto couldn't help but fall into thought.
Does he now have feelings of love for Yuna Shino?
Without a doubt, yes.
Although he initially targeted Yuna Shino purely because of the mission, and the deliberate revenge after almost being blackmailed and socially killed.
But after experiencing so many things, the anger in his heart towards Yuna Shino had actually long since disappeared.
And there are no more system missions on her now, the only one is that branch route of conquest that the system released a long time ago when he first met and threatened her.
It is not certain whether this pure love route of raising the favorability to one hundred points can be regarded as a mission, but even if Asano Makoto does not complete this route, he will not receive any punishment.
So if he intended to abandon Yuna Shino, he would have already done so.
But he didn't.
Since the interference of external conditions is ruled out, then what is the trigger that allows him to continue to keep Yuna Shino by his side?
Is it because of lust?
To be honest, there are definitely factors in this regard, and even Asano Makoto himself admits this.
But in his opinion, the reason why he didn't break off contact with Yuna Shino was more because he had already developed some real feelings for this little pet who was stubborn, full of bad ideas, extremely vengeful, and always thinking about subverting the hierarchy.
So he does like Yuna Shino.
Thinking of this, Asano Makoto nodded gently, and slowly opened his mouth with a serious and firm tone: "Yuna, you don't need to doubt, I do like you, there is no such thing as still or not, I have always liked you very much."
After these words fell, in just a moment, Yuna Shino's heart seemed to be filled with something sweet.
Perhaps because she was too satisfied, her face actually showed a momentary daze, and she even had the absurd idea of "it doesn't seem so bad to continue being the master's little pet and being loved by him", wanting to continue to indulge in this moment of beauty.
But in the next second, she forcibly stabilized her mind and made herself regain consciousness.
She knew that if she really made such a stupid choice, then her future would really never be changed.
She will never get all of her master's love.
So just after being slightly happy in her heart for a while, she tried to suppress her uncontrollably rising tone and asked again, "Then… Miss Miyajima Eriko? Do you like her too?"
This question is still quite sharp and full of targeting, and it is even more difficult to answer than the question just now.
But this time, Asano Makoto only hesitated slightly, and then nodded directly and said, "I like her, I liked her a long time ago."
Obviously, only a scumbag would do such a thing as stepping on two boats.
And if an ordinary person dares to say in front of a girl they have had a relationship with that they like another girl, then they can basically be sentenced to death.
But Asano Makoto still did this knowing this.
This is not only because the things that happened between him and Miyajima Eriko have been discovered by Yuna Shino.
After all, if he wanted to, he could immediately find several reasons to deceive Yuna Shino and then coax her.
He can even use that full value of surrender to ask Yuna Shino to forget what she saw today.
However, after confirming the feelings in his heart for her, Asano Makoto will no longer do this.
He doesn't want to deceive Yuna Shino, nor will he deny the fact that he is a scumbag, let alone justify his behavior.
Of course, the reason why he is directly making things clear like this now is because he knows very well that even if he says so, Yuna Shino will not do anything that is detrimental to him, let alone tell others what he has done to her.
If Yuna Shino were replaced by Miyajima Eriko, Asano Makoto would never admit that he liked any other woman without being caught.
From this point of view, he is indeed a pure scumbag, still considering these things in this situation.