The fact that this had actually bothered him, if his predictions were true, had bothered him for some time. She fell silent in return, then looked away, not daring to make further eye contact with him for a while, lost in the momentary thought
. "You're wrong," her calm voice came out firm and convincing. He frowned as she turned away.
"I'm just an ordinary student. You're the one who decided to force your way into my life when I refused to join..."
She paused for a second, arranging her words, then concluded her statement with a stubbornness that took a few steps to regain her own space.
"And you're also defaming me now. And that's a serious accusation... you know," she denounced.
"Huh?" He shrugged in complete disapproval as a response.
"Could any of your 40 doppelgangers meet in one place?" he sneered, his expression serious and his tone deep as his patience grew tired.