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"I don't suppose you can stop with the praises, right?" I reluctantly lowered my head in an effort to avoid her gaze. "It's not... That's not me."

"On the contrary, yes, it is, Sir Rouge." Oh, joy... Of course, she'd double down instead of doing what I requested. "You have a tendency of downplaying your achievements. Exactly the way you are doing right now."

Oh great... Of fvcking course, I'd be doing it even here. I guess even this version of me suffered from an extreme case of occasional humble bragging.

"Hehe... I thought as much," I chuckled at the cold woman, stifling another bout of laughter from bubbling out of my throat. "Let me guess, I taught you things nobody had ever thought of before as well? Maybe opened your eyes to the effectiveness of unconventional warfare or something?"