This also indirectly confirmed that Tohsaka Rin was most likely nothing more than a pawn being used.
"As expected, your information was quite helpful to me, Shinji. Thanks." Shirou patted Shinji on the shoulder.
Shinji nodded smugly. "Hmph, of course. As long as I make a move, there's no problem I can't solve. As for intelligence, getting it is easy."
"Yeah, Shinji is really amazing," Shirou casually praised him.
Shinji's weak spot was that simple—give it a scratch, and he felt good.
As long as Shirou was not so rigid and was a little more flexible, saying a few words to show concern for Shinji made him quite easy to get along with.
"Shirou, don't think that just because you praised me, I can tolerate what you did behind Sakura's back."
Shirou rubbed his cheek. It still hurt a little.
That slap in the face had come really damn fast...
"Tell me, what exactly is your relationship with Hakuno? You were actually hugging and cuddling! I've never even seen you treat Sakura that well!" Shinji looked deeply aggrieved, as though Shirou had already betrayed Sakura.
But Shirou was a good man. He really had not done anything. He merely had a Woman Calamity Aura; when others pressed themselves against him, it was not easy for him to push them away.
"Hakuno is my Master. I couldn't exactly defy her orders, could I?" Shirou tried to explain.
Yet the facts proved that such excuses were completely useless. Shinji, whose personality was extremely close to that of a woman, perfectly demonstrated how women reacted when faced with this sort of evasive rhetoric.
"Actually, it's because Hakuno is cute too, so you didn't object, right?"
"While she's not breathtakingly beautiful, she really is pretty. Her chest is neither too big nor too small—just