Although Taihei Doma's insistence showed that he wasn't a wastrel, he was still the legitimate eldest son of the wealthy Doma Family! And an adult legitimate eldest son at that...
Just look at the Shinomiya Family. Kaguya Shinomiya had access to funds exceeding a hundred million before she had even come of age. And what were those adult young masters of the Shinomiya Family doing? They were already bribing informants and even sending assassins to fight over the inheritance! The funds they could command were beyond imagination—that was what a wealthy family was supposed to look like. But the Doma Family—
Its legitimate eldest son insisted on supporting himself through work. What could three hundred thousand possibly do? Forget bribing informants or hiring assassins; whether it could even support himself was questionable. Not to mention that attending a high-society banquet would require a formal outfit worth millions, right? Yet Taihei conquered the world in a work suit...
If Sogo Doma hadn't always had a reputation as a wastrel—casually throwing away fortunes and occasionally splurging hundreds of millions—people might have long suspected that the Doma Family was strong on the outside but weak within. Otherwise, why would the eldest son of such a great family always be wearing a work suit?
Fortunately, Sogo Doma was out there keeping up appearances for the family. He certainly had the appearance, but no one thought highly of him. His image as a wastrel was simply too deeply ingrained. After carefully calculating Sogo Doma's spending, someone had said in horror, "He probably spends the total assets of a small family every year..."
If that money had been used to develop influence, bribe assassins, or recruit informants, outsiders might even have viewed him more favorably. But that money was completely being poured down the drain, often