Although light novels might not be considered respectable in this country, that didn't mean they weren't profitable. And a light novelist like Sogo Doma, whose work even Shizuka Hiratsuka could enjoy, definitely earned far more than Taihei, whose monthly salary was only around three hundred thousand yen. No, even her and Taihei's salaries combined might not have exceeded his, so...
Was it really appropriate for that bastard Sogo Doma to use the phrase "a drop in the bucket" on himself? Shizuka Hiratsuka seriously doubted it.
Fortunately, the Doma Family had its own circumstances. Sogo Doma lamented, "Ms. Hiratsuka, my little sister has it so hard..."
"Huh!?" Shizuka Hiratsuka's eye twitched. She didn't know whether Umaru had it hard, but the girl was known throughout the entire first year as the Young Lady. People had once thought that a young lady might be someone like Sawamura, but after Umaru transferred in, they finally understood what a real young lady was like.
Kind to everyone, unbeatable at socializing, excellent grades, talented in both arts and athletics—sometimes, when they looked at her without thinking, they could even see the aura of a socially thriving person radiating from her entire body. Compared to Umaru, Sawamura couldn't even pass English. The students all felt that was far too different from the image of a young lady...
They had been frogs at the bottom of a well before. Ever since Umaru transferred to Toyogasaki, she had become a class apart within the school. Even Yukinoshita, whose family background also qualified her as a young lady, wasn't as dazzling as Umaru. And she had it hard?
"As the young lady of the Doma Family, I'm not saying Umaru needs to live in some huge estate spanning dozens of kilometers, but..."
"D-Dozens of kilometers?" Shizuka Hiratsuka's eye twitched