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Loid drives Anya to school
At the Forger home, Anya proudly celebrates her new Stella Star, but Loid and Yor scold her for her recklessness during the bus hijacking. Worried that Anya is traumatized by the event, Loid decides he must treat her with patience and care and drives her to school. Loid apologizes for not being there, although Anya is fine since she knows he was. Anya looks outside and sees a family, then asks Loid if the families that came to pick up their kids love them more, thinking about how strange Melinda was with Damian. Loid assumes that Anya now resents him because he did not come to pick her up and wonders how to overcome this. Hearing his thoughts, Anya steers Loid into buying her some cake after school.
At Eden Academy, Henry Henderson talks with the Cecile Dorm Tutor about the aftermath of the bus hijacking, both men looking to support the mental health of everyone involved, especially the students.
Damian gets dropped off at school and meets with Emile and Ewen. Emile asks if Damian had a good time with his family, and Damian thinks back to his time at the Desmond Manor. Eating alone at the dinner table, Damian asks Jeeves if his mother will be joining him. Jeeves answers that Melinda returned to her own residence but mentions that she cooked every dish herself, surprising his young master.
"The era of Anya... has begun."
Because of their deeds, Damian and Becky have risen in popularity among their classmates, most notably Anya (now going by "Double Starlight Anya"). No longer being looked down on by her classmates and is instead seen as a famous hero, Anya begins making plans to make many friends that could conquer the world. Damian scoffs at Anya getting surrounded by their classmates, but Becky strikes a nerve when she suggests he is actually worried that Anya will get taken away from him. Unwilling to admit his feelings, Damian tells his classmates how Anya is a commoner. However, this boosts her image as their classmates gain even more admiration for her. Intrigued by the lower class, the kids ask Anya what kinds of meals she eats, and she replies with the breakfast Yor made for her. Emile and Ewen look down on the notion of having parents cook for their children, but Damian does not feel the same, thinking about how good his mother's cooking was. Seeing this, Ewen notes that Damian has been "going sweet" on Anya lately, which the latter quickly denies.
Anya makes up her scheme
Anya believes that instead of pushing to get into Damian's house, she should have done the opposite and invited him to hers. Now dubbing this reverse scheme the "B Plan," Anya tries to impress Damian with her family's strength. To get good responses from her classmates, Anya begins embellishing the stories of her life as a commoner, worrying Becky. Becky chimes in by mentioning how she and Anya have been trained by Yor, who is strong. Anya becomes jealous that her classmates now want to get trained by Yor, so she makes up an excuse and trains them herself. Damian butts in to stop them, and Anya directs her frustration toward Damian, calling him a jerk.
Damian apologizes to Anya
Damian angrily insults Anya and her family, making her tear up. With this defeat, their classmates now believe that Damian and his family are stronger, and Anya begins to bawl as she angrily shouts that she is supposed to be the stronger one. Damian apologizes to Anya and promises to buy her candy, which gets her to stop crying. Emile and Ewen are shocked by what he just did, but Damian quickly tries to brush it off as the school bell rings. Damian claims that properly apologizing makes him the stronger man, which Anya rebukes, and the two start bickering. Their classmates leave them behind, and the two end up arriving late to class.
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Trivia[]
- This chapter marks the first time the Forger Family is shown to own a car. The car shown in this chapter appears to be the same car that appears in Special Illustration 2.
- Prior to this chapter, Loid, Yor and Anya were all shown to walk or use public transportation to move around Berlint. Loid has appeared driving a car in extra material such as the opening page of Volume 3, the illustration for the anime's announcement, and the anime's second opening.
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