Not to mention in this country where the class system still lingered—how many teachers in the Celestial Empire would willingly apologize to their students?
Unfortunately...
"If apologies were useful, what would we need the police for?" Before Yukino Yukinoshita could speak, Sogo Doma "kindly" stepped in for her and shot Shizuka Hiratsuka a rhetorical question.
Without waiting for her reply, he continued, "Yukinoshita, Hiratsuka-sensei taking the initiative to apologize only proves one thing: she still hasn't given up on her wicked plan to use you as a tool."
Yukino Yukinoshita: -_-!
Who exactly was the one treating her like a tool?
Shizuka Hiratsuka: #^_^
"Sogo Doma!" She gritted her teeth. While she really had entertained that thought, could something like that be said aloud? Besides, she wasn't treating Yukinoshita as a tool...
"Was I wrong?" Sogo Doma asked in confusion.
"I never intended to use Yukinoshita as a tool!"
"Then what did Hiratsuka-sensei come here for? Didn't you come to ask Yukinoshita for help?"
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka felt the corner of her eye twitch. "I did come to ask Yukinoshita to help me."
"That confirms the tool theory!"
"But isn't the Service Club's activity to accept requests and help others?" Shizuka Hiratsuka retorted.
"Hiratsuka-sensei..." Yet this time, before Sogo Doma could speak, Yukino Yukinoshita frowned and said, "The Service Club isn't some jack-of-all-trades agency. Our principle is to teach people how to fish rather than give them fish. Do you think I can offer you any help with your work? Or give you any useful advice?"
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
This...
"'Our'?" While she hesitated, Sogo Doma stabbed her in the back instead. "Yukinoshita just said 'our Service Club,' didn't she? Ahem... Can a club with only one member use 'our'?"
Yukino Yukinoshita: #^_^
She wanted to hit someone too.
"Doma..."