Shirou said Linia and Pursena were Nia, and the two beast-girl girls nodded in agreement.
This scene made Rudeus's brain freeze instantly.
He clearly could not connect the Nia in his memory with these two beast-girl princesses, who were purely bad girls on campus.
At the same time, Linia and Pursena were clearly very unhappy with Shirou's attitude.
Linia glared coldly at Shirou and said coldly, "Hey, why bring up things from so long ago now, meow? Do you really want to get back at us, meow?"
"It's not about revenge, I just want to figure out why you pretended to be Nia and deceived Rudeus."
Shirou said quietly, while glancing at Rudeus, who was still stunned in place.
Reality is always cold and cruel.
He had also thought about creating a false story, letting Rudeus accept that Nia, a beast-girl, had to leave for some other reason.
That way, Rudeus might be able to accept reality.
But in the end, he gave up that false approach and chose to put the truth of reality directly in front of him.
After all, false things are always exposed.
And most importantly, if Rudeus chooses to accept a false lie, rely on lies to live and continue his life, that would undoubtedly be an extremely sad thing.
That would not be a real life, and he would never get anything real.
False things do not give birth to the light of real things.
Rather than gaining happiness in a false fantasy, it is better to experience suffering in harsh reality and finally achieve true growth.
This is what Shirou hoped for.
As for Shirou's question, Linia and Pursena looked at each other, and then both showed sneers and mockery.
"We thought you were going to say something, meow."
Linia said speechlessly, "The reason for pretending and deceiving is of course to get back at this guy. After all, we couldn't beat him back then, so we had to use tricks!"
"That's right, that's right, say."
Pursena also nodded, "When facing opponents stronger than yourself, you have to use your brain and deal with them cleverly. This is what the Beast God taught, say!"
The cat and dog said one sentence after another, revealing the truth of the incident back then.
Everything was completely out in the open.
The whole thing goes back to when Rudeus defeated Linia and Pursena head-on.
Although Rudeus didn't care about winning that battle, he simply stopped the two beast-girl girls from harassing him, but for Linia and Pursena, Rudeus slapped them hard in the face, causing them to lose their past pride and dignity.
So the two quickly decided that they must get revenge on Rudeus, at least to win back one victory.
But the two had already experienced Rudeus's strength.
Silent magic is not just talk.
In addition, Rudeus clearly has powerful powers, but he is also good at all kinds of tricky skills, such as releasing mud swamps. They can't be his opponents in a head-on fight.
After thinking about it, the two beast-eared girls decided to use a trick to trap Rudeus.
Although the two live treasures aren't as smart as a normal person combined, they actually came up with a good idea after thinking carefully.
Because Rudeus was praised by many women at the time, and he was in a floating state, anyone could see that he was obsessed with women.
Linia and Pursena came up with an idea to lure Rudeus by pretending to be someone else.
Their original plan was to dress Linia up as a strange beast-girl to approach Rudeus, find a useful handle on him, and then threaten him to win back one victory.
Their plan went very smoothly. Linia wore a wig and learned Pursena's way of speaking, and she really successfully deceived Rudeus.
The Nia played by Linia even made Rudeus infatuated, and he was completely lost.
However, even after doing this, the two beast-eared girls failed to achieve their goals.
Because they couldn't find any handles on Rudeus at all.
Although Rudeus seemed to be obsessed with women, he was actually a very innocent person. Not to mention doing anything sexual, he would blush for half a day even if he held hands.
Linia couldn't seduce Rudeus successfully and get useful blackmail conditions.
Helpless, Linia could only give up and suddenly disappear one day, and then leave a letter scolding Rudeus, so as to break Rudeus's heart.
Linia and Pursena didn't have much hope for this elementary school student-like trick, and didn't think this behavior would have much impact on Rudeus.
In fact, Rudeus did not seem to have received any trauma.
The two gradually forgot about it.
Later, Rudeus had a conflict with a female student because of erectile dysfunction, and was eventually disliked and blamed by other students in the academy. Those things had nothing to do with the two beast-girl girls.
The two of them were busy fighting wits with the newly appointed student council president, and had no idea what kind of blow Rudeus had suffered because of them, let alone that Rudeus had even suffered from the incurable disease of ED.
This is the whole truth.
"Really, we only pretended to be someone else and approached this guy, is it necessary to make such a fuss, meow?"
Linia still doesn't care about everything back then, "We're not interested in causing you trouble anymore, can we go back, meow?"
"Yes, yes, I still want to go back for maintenance, say."
Pursena also nodded silently, "Calling people out at noon and not letting them take a nap is really f*cking, say."
"..."
Faced with the two beast-girl girls' nonchalant appearance, Shirou really didn't know what to say.
Although if you think about it carefully, this matter does seem to be because Rudeus was just being sentimental, but the problem is that if the two of them didn't make such a special show, Rudeus's ED tragedy would not have happened.
He looked at Rudeus and slowly asked, "What do you think we should do?"
"Actually messing with people's feelings..."
Rudeus's fists had unknowingly clenched tightly, "It's unforgivable, it's not human at all."
Because of his previous life, Rudeus hated bullies.
The reason why he took action to teach Linia and Pursena a lesson was also because of this sense of justice.
Now that he knows that he had erectile dysfunction back then because of Linia and Pursena, the anger in his heart is simply uncontrollable.
In particular, Linia and Pursena have no idea that Rudeus is suffering from the pain of ED. What a miserable situation he has experienced these years, and he has even wanted to commit suicide several times.
But at the same time, he also recalled the scene in his previous life when he was stripped naked by the bullies and hung at the school gate.
Many indescribable emotions surged in his heart, and in the end, he couldn't react for a while.
The cowardice in his heart still emerged after all.
The former Rudeus originally had the courage to swing his fists at the bullies, but after experiencing that desperate situation, he was finally overwhelmed by fear. Even if the cliff was right in front of him, he did not have the courage to jump.
At this critical moment, Shirou put his hand on Rudeus's shoulder and said slowly, "It's okay, I'm here with you."
"Brother Shirou..."
Hearing Shirou's words, Rudeus's last hesitation and fear completely dissipated.
He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and his heart was already filled with determination.
He had to make these two stupid female animals understand what good deeds they had done.
He must make them fully understand that if they continue to do whatever they want, they will eventually be punished.
"..."
Just when Rudeus made up his mind to make Linia and Pursena look good, Pursena, with dog ears, suddenly moved her nose and sniffed, and then seemed to notice something.
She licked the corner of her mouth, grinned and said, "Linia, these two guys seem to want to have a fight, say."
Hearing this, Linia immediately showed an arrogant expression and said loudly, "Rudeus, don't you think you're ashamed, meow? In order to get revenge for what happened before, you even brought your brother over, meow. It's like crying and telling your parents, meow."
"Who cares, I have a brother, but you don't!"
Rudeus completely ignored Linia's taunts, and had completely fallen into a lazy state of relying on Shirou.
Shirou also calmly responded:
"Why don't you use this sentence to talk about yourselves? You are clearly acting together every day, as if actively advertising the fact that you can't do anything without ganging up."
Hearing Shirou's words, blue veins popped out on Linia's forehead, and she said coldly, "Damn it, this attitude is really annoying, meow! Okay, then let you know how powerful we are, meow. Hmph, so many years have passed, we are no longer who we used to be!"
Linia and Pursena's expressions were extremely ferocious, and their auras were released without hesitation.
This scene made Rudeus feel somewhat scared, but Shirou was not affected in any way.
In his opinion, the murderous aura of the two cats and dogs was nothing at all, and even the monsters in the Buena Forest were more scary than them.
Of course, the purpose of this time is to get Rudeus to cheer up again, so he will not do too much, but encourage Rudeus:
"Get ready, let's go."
"Yes!"
He was so excited to fight alongside Shirou after a long time.
In the past, he might have been reluctant to attack because his opponents were girls, and he would subconsciously hold back, but after this incident, he would no longer have any mercy on the two beast-girl girls, and he must do everything possible to completely defeat them.
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