His expression was calm-or perhaps his heart had simply died. He strode up to the girl and looked at her face, which had somehow gone blank.
He had never in his life thought about seriously pursuing a girl. After finally meeting one who met his standards in every respect, someone he genuinely liked, he had decided to open his heart and give it a try. Yet reality had dealt him this devastating blow.
The girl he had thought so pure had been a bad girl all along.
How could that not hurt?
"If you're too embarrassed, I'll help you."
He took a deep breath.
After all, things had already come to this.
Since she was already a bad girl, he might as well become a bad man. Everyone had to grow up eventually. After this, he probably wouldn't fall in love again for decades.
As he spoke, his hand reached toward her neck and seized the cord securing her cloak.
With a heavy heart, he pulled.
Swish-
Lin En caught his wrist, his expression blank.
The Firstborn gazed sorrowfully at the face inches from his own and said,
"Do you want to take it off yourself?"
Boom-
Lin En swore that was the hardest punch he had thrown since coming to this world. The Firstborn's attention was elsewhere entirely, and he flew backward, slamming into the wall with a boom.
As he slid down the wall, a stunned expression appeared on his face.
Before he could react, however, that hand seized his collar and pinned him against the wall. Those blank eyes stared at him.
"So this whole time, you've thought I was selling myself?!"
The Firstborn replied blankly,
"What else would you be doing?"
At that moment.
One enormous "╬" after another popped up over Lin En's head. His