As soon as Shiro said that, the school doctor in front of him looked at him in surprise. After all, the meaning behind his words was quite profound: did the two of them have some special connection?
Mikado Ryoko felt as though she had uncovered an incredible secret.
However, the other two people didn't understand and simply assumed that the two of them were classmates.
Mikado Ryoko, however, knew very well that a classmate relationship couldn't truly justify this kind of help. At least not when it came to the person in front of her. Precisely because she knew this, she was incredibly surprised.
She had seen this young girl before. The girl was very serious, respected rules, and liked order. But this guy was different; he was completely unrestrained. And the two of them were actually connected?
What kind of joke was this?
It wasn't funny at all.
Mikado Ryoko carefully observed the two of them, but she couldn't discover anything. Still, she decided to leave. After all, he probably intended to use some special methods, so nobody would believe the story about a "secret family recipe."
After Mikado Ryoko left, she thoughtfully closed the door.
Shiro looked at her; she had opened her eyes, but she still couldn't move.
"Yui-chan, I have to say, you're really unlucky to have run into something like this."
Shiro knew very well that thanks to his power she wasn't feeling too much pain at the moment, so he smiled and teased her.
Faced with his teasing, Yui Kotegawa openly nodded.
"Indeed, I didn't expect to have such bad luck. That impact couldn't have been an accident, could it? That kind of force doesn't seem like it was caused by a stray stone or something similar."
"Shiro, do you know what happened regarding this incident?"
The serious expression on Yui Kotegawa's face made Shiro pause.
No way? Even in a situation like this, you're still this serious?
Don't you have any other thoughts?
"No, your expression right now seems a little strange. Aren't you too calm? Normally, you would ask me to find the culprit or something like that."
"And then you'd probably want to kill them. You should know very well that if I hadn't upgraded the bracelet you're always wearing last time, that thing wouldn't have been blocked. Your leg would have turned into a bloody mist instead of ending up with just a simple fracture!"
Shiro hadn't made it as some serious gift for a friend; he had only modified it casually, which was why he truly hadn't known she had gotten into trouble. Of course, now that he knew, it wasn't too late, and he was also glad that he had left a backup protective measure. Still, he felt somewhat helpless because he hadn't expected it to activate so quickly.
"Would it be useful for me to react the way you described? Although I'm very angry that someone would do something like this, completely disregarding the safety and lives of other people."
"But in this situation, I'm completely powerless."
Yui Kotegawa said that very seriously. She truly was powerless in this situation, so throwing a tantrum wouldn't help. It was just a pity that Shiro immediately saw through her thoughts.
"Alright, there's no need to suppress emotions like fear and pain in front of me. If you want to cry, then just cry."
At that moment, Shiro manifested power in his hand and began restoring her broken bones without using the ability "words become law."
Yui Kotegawa originally wanted to say that she wasn't like that, but when Shiro placed his hand on her head, a wave of sadness and fear flooded her heart.
Her eyes immediately turned red.
After all, she had been attacked for absolutely no reason, and at that moment she had even felt death approaching. She would have been crazy not to be afraid.
She had only been forcing herself to endure it.
"I..."
"Alright, you've recovered. There aren't any problems. If you want to cry, then just cry."
Shiro was already sitting beside her and had one arm wrapped around her shoulder.
Yui Kotegawa felt a sense of security. Surrounded by that feeling, she could no longer endure it and began sobbing softly.
Shiro was surprised by how calm she had seemed earlier, and then, after thinking for a moment, he finally understood.
She had been forcing herself to endure it.
Shiro silently waited while she cried quietly. One hand remained on her shoulder, while with the other he gently stroked her hair. Only when she stopped sobbing, though her eyes were still red, did she finish "shedding tiny pearls."
"Alright, do you feel better after crying?"
"Mm..."
At that moment, Yui Kotegawa could only nod, and in the very next second, Shiro placed a new bracelet on her wrist, exactly like the previous one.
"I made a new one. This one is different from the previous one. The last one was made casually, which is why it provided such a low level of protection. This one is a different story."
"Basically, I didn't expect you to end up in danger in a situation like this. Originally, I thought danger had nothing to do with you. It seems I was careless."
When Shiro said that, his voice was full of helplessness, and as soon as he finished speaking, she finally reacted.
"...What did you mean by that just now? And what's the story behind my bracelet?"
Yui Kotegawa had been completely distraught earlier, so she hadn't seriously thought about many things. Only now did she realize that there was a problem in their conversation.
And a very big problem.
Shiro's eyes began darting left and right when he heard that, and then he remembered that there were many things he had never actually explained to her. Every time he appeared, he was usually busy taking advantage of the opportunity.
"Cough, cough, cough. Allow me to explain. Actually, it's like this: you've seen that assassins chase after me every day, which also proves that my strength isn't small."
"And last time, because of a certain incident, after I knocked you down in the sports equipment storage room, I secretly added a small protective measure to your bracelet. It turns out it worked."
Yui Kotegawa recalled what had happened between them in the sports equipment storage room and couldn't help but glare at him fiercely. Her beautiful eyes were full of embarrassment and resentment.
"Cough, cough, cough, don't be angry, don't be angry. After all, in that situation I had no choice, and didn't I avoid making a mistake in the end? It's already been more than seven days."
"Are you still angry?"
Yui Kotegawa completely lost her patience when she heard that.
"Do you think everyone is like you and gets used to such shameless behavior?"
"Do you think what happened back then was something trivial?"
"No, actually, do you consider all those shameless things you did to me to be trivial matters?"