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“I feel really bad about what I did to Ito kun. …..So, as a sign of apology, you can peel off my fingernails.”
The black eyes peeking out from the long bangs had a somewhat vindictive glint in them.
I could feel my cheeks twitching. It’s fun. Delightful. It’s fun !
“I’ll trade you for five. ……But I don’t like noisy people, so don’t scream when I peel them off, okay? If you scream, no exchange.”
“Yeah. I’m fine with that.”
Hirai san said so and held out her hand. Her hand was surprisingly white and beautiful.
It was really surprising because when I had a chance to see it a few months ago, I was very impressed by the keloids like gut burn scars that were on the hand.
Perhaps it was the result of some kind of skill. If that was the case, there seemed to be no need to show any mercy.
I opened the transfer gate to my toolbox at home and took out a pair of pliers. Then I picked up the tip of Hirai san’s index fingernail, which was slightly extended, and peeled it off using the principle of leverage.
“! ～～～～! Huh~, hah, hah, hah !”
Blood seeped from the tip of Hirai san’s index finger as I peeled off her nail. Hirai san is spilling large tears from her eyes, but she clenches her teeth and doesn’t make a sound. But she is shaking with a pull.
Seeing Hirai san now, I feel a sense of oppression. I wonder if the oppressor felt like this. It feels good. I was about to open a new door.
“I’m sorry, Ito kun. I’m sorry…….”
Hirai san overflowed with apologies as if in penitence. ……I wonder which it was about?
Was it about the safety pin that was repeatedly thrust into my back until I fainted and gave me a fake tattoo, or was it about the repeated kicks to my crotch as I was tied up naked?
Hirai san was the next in line after Hashida, Ishibashi, and the others in my tormentors because she was weak-minded and had been the errand girl for Ringo Sato, Hashida’s girlfriend, until last winter.
She had been cruel to me many times under the guise of being forced by Hashida and others, and I honestly disliked her next to Hashida and the others.
“In the first place, when you attacked me, you were laughing in ecstasy.”
I peeled off her middle fingernail.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh~~! N-no ! Really. That wasn’t a pleasant thing !”
“Hmm.”
Well, I don’t care either way. Hirai san was shaking and trembling as she was in so much pain that she was spilling large drops of tears. It was amusing to watch her suffer.
I clamped the nail on her ring finger with a pair of pliers. I could have just peeled it off, but this time I tried to peel it off with a twisting motion.
“Ugh, nngh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh…….”
She clenched her teeth tightly. Drool is flowing from her mouth. That’s a great spirit.
The class A students snickered at this bizarre scene.
“Hirai, how much do you want to eat your lunch? lol.”
“It’s true that the food in this world is bad, but do you really want to go that far?”
I’m annoyed at those students who unconditionally sneer at any misfortune of others, but it is certainly somewhat out of the ordinary to say that you can peel off your own fingernails for a bento box.
I don’t see Hirai san as a gluttonous character.
“Hirai san. Why do you want the bento so badly?”
“H-haa…… I didn’t really want the food. ……I’m used to bad food. But, if I apologized here, Ito kun would probably forgive me so–aghh, huu, ugh……ugh…..”
I peeled off her pinky fingernail. Hirai san is crying.
There is only one nail left.
“……Hirai san, do you want me to forgive you?”
“A-hyah, hmm, hmm, hmm……I-I want you to forgive me. I don’t want someone like Ito kun to continue to hold a grudge against me. I think we can get along.”
That gut-wrenching scar I saw a few months ago was probably done to her by her parents.
She is used as an errand at school, but when she return home she is abused. She doesn’t have a place to belong anywhere–in that sense, Hirai san is probably in a similar situation to me.
Or, if I see Hirai san endure this without raising her voice, will I be able to forgive her? Do I hate her in the first place?
I do hate her. Every time I recall her ecstatic smile, I feel a desire to kill her.
I opened a small transfer gate in Hirai san’s mouth. It puts Hirai san in the same situation as if she had her mouth open, even though her mouth is supposed to be closed and her teeth are clenched.
“Can you hold back a scream with your mouth open?
“W-wait. That’s…..not fai–ah, ah, ah, ah, ah~! ! ! Ugh, ugh, ugh, ughh ! ! !”
Somehow, Hirai san, who was still trying to endure the scream but could not be properly bound by the transfer gate, raised her voice to the point where it could be best described as a scream.
Hirai san looked at me silently, tears welling up in her eyes and spilling out.
It was probably unfair to use my ability to make Hirai san open her mouth when she had endured up to the fourth.
Besides, seeing Hirai san crying so inconsolably, my heart cleared up and my resentment became lighter.
“I will forgive you if you apologize properly now, with the courage you showed to endure all the way up to level 4. If it is a sincere apology, I will accept it.”
As I said this, Hirai san crumpled to the ground and rubbed her head against the ground.
Kneeling on the ground. If it’s just kneeling down……,I thought, but Hirai san brought her mouth close to my feet and started licking my shoes.
“What are you doing?”
“……I’m sorry. Ito-kun, I’m sorry. ……I want Ito kun to forgive me, so–I’ll do anything to get you to forgive me. I’ll lick your shoes as much as I want, and I’m willing to have you peel my nails off whenever you want to. I have done such terrible things that I deserve that much, and I don’t think this is enough to make up for it.
But I still want Ito kun to forgive me. I’m sorry.”
……I don’t know if this was Hirai san’s true intention, but even so, I could tell that she was determined and would probably rip off her fingernails and lick her shoes if I told her.
I honestly had no intention of forgiving her no matter what kind of apology she gave me.
She had done terrible things to me that I just couldn’t forgive. But even so, she still suggested the nail-pulling, which is famously painful enough to be used for torture, and when I told her not to scream, she was really determined not to scream unless I used my ability to open her mouth.
That’s sincerity. I could sense enough sincerity to forgive her, considering what she had done to me.
I silently placed the chicken bento on Hirai san’s head.
“At least I could sense your sincerity. Whether or not I forgive you depends on your future atonement.”
“Ito kun……!”
“Now then, is there anyone else who can show as much sincerity as Hirai san?”
Even when I raise my voice, my classmates remain silent. Well, the remaining two are for breakfast tomorrow. I turn away while putting my lunch in a plastic bag.
Just as I’m about to move on, a girly looking Akasaki san comes up to me and says
“Hey, Hirai san. Give me that bento.”
Then, she shifted to take the bento away from Hirai san. The eyes of the students light up as she does so. Damn. I didn’t give it to you guys.
I put my hand in my pocket and touched the coins, wondering whose joint I was going to break.
“……Akasaki san. This is not a school anymore. If you steal this, I’ll never heal you when you get hurt.”
I turned around to see Hirai san eating her lunch using chopsticks normally, even though I had supposedly ripped off all of her fingernails. Looking even closer, I saw that the nails had returned.
I see, Hirai san, you have acquired the ability to heal.
I was at the bottom of the caste in my class, but I got the 7 star [Transfer] and my position was reversed. I see.
I was feeling a little bit amused as I moved with Rhys to the suite I had been assigned to.
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