"So, Sawamura, do you know why Doma deliberately chose that pen name?" Seeing that Eriri had finally caught on, Hayakawa Mana deliberately played it mysterious.
Sawamura Eriri: "..."
Heh, hehe. She had no fucking words.
Sogo Doma actually wanted to tell her, Kid, you've been looking in the wrong direction from the very beginning. But seeing the profound look on her face, he simply couldn't bear to expose her.
"Tut, tut..." Unfortunately, Hayakawa Mana failed to GET that at all. She still wore that knowing expression as she raised a finger. "Eriri and Eri—wasn't Doma trying to put his own surname before Sawamura's name...?"
"Hehe..." Sogo Doma couldn't help laughing out loud. Did this count as Eriri lifting a rock only to smash her own foot?
"Does Doma deny it?" Hayakawa Mana asked in return.
"Hayakawa's analysis was pretty much correct..." Sogo Doma shrugged. As long as he wasn't embarrassed, then the embarrassed one would be...
"What nonsense are you talking about?" said the little blonde.
Hayakawa Mana: "..."
Huh!?
"Unfortunately, Kashiwagi Eri was a pen name Eriri helped come up with..." In order to clean up after the little blonde, Sogo Doma had no choice but to make up another excuse. It couldn't be helped—if he didn't patch things up, Eriri was probably about to explode.
Was this the power of the golden, sparkling girl? She actually got her defenses broken because of a pen name she had chosen herself. She had easily achieved what no one else could.
Hayakawa Mana: "..."
Huh!?
"Kashiwagi Eri was a pen name Sawamura came up with?"
"Yeah..." Sogo Doma nodded. "I didn't think much of it at first, but after hearing Hayakawa say that, I'm starting to wonder what Eriri's intentions were in choosing that pen name..."
"Y-you bastard!" The little blonde