People who were too outstanding were shunned by everyone. Megumi Kato knew this all too well. Fortunately, she was just a background character, so she had seen far too many girls being ostracized and left on their own.
"She looks like trouble..."
"So what if she gets good grades?"
"She must've latched onto someone powerful..."
"No way! You guys want to hang out with her too...?"
Because she was a background character, Megumi Kato knew better than anyone the malice people were capable of. Utaha Kasumigaoka was impressive, wasn't she?
"Such a sexy figure..."
"She's only a high school student, you know..."
"So gross..."
Because she was a background character, people didn't bother hiding their malice when she was around.
Maybe this was just human nature?
That was what Megumi Kato thought, and she was immensely grateful for her background-character status. Nobody paid attention to her or focused their gaze on her. Malice filled this world...
People ostracized others out of jealousy! That was what Megumi Kato believed.
Until...
"Hello, everyone! I'm Umaru Doma. I hope we can all become friends from now on!" That was what she said.
Bright, dazzling.
Impossible! Megumi Kato had passed judgment on her right away. She was far too dazzling. Someone like that would only be envied by everyone. In the end, someone like her would become just like...
She looked at a girl who rarely spoke. She'd end up just like Nanako!
Luckily, nobody would pay attention to a background character like her...
"Your name is Kato, right? Megumi Kato?" the girl asked with a smile.
Megumi Kato: "..."
"Isn't it Kanato?" For some reason, everyone tended to get her name wrong.
"Tsk, tsk..." Umaru Doma wagged her finger. "It's not Kanato, it's Kato. Kato..."
"Uh..." Megumi Kato nodded. "It's Megumi Kato..."