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Demon XX...
To outsiders, that was by no means a good title. Putting everything else aside, one only had to look at Toshiro Hijikata, who was known as the Demon Vice-Chief, to understand. In the eyes of outsiders, Hijikata was the leader of a violent organization; even calling him decisive and ruthless would seem to be understating him. Many yakuza even used, "Watch out, Hijikata's coming for you..." to scare children!
It was terrifying indeed.
And even someone as frightening as Hijikata had merely earned the title of "demon." Now think about Taihei Doma—who would believe that his title, Demon Taihei, came from being bad at making friends and seeming intimidating because he was too serious? At any rate, Sogo had often used that nickname to scare that dango. Ahem...
To secure his position as Onii-chan, a few little tricks weren't beneath him!
In any case, Taihei had never imagined that his title outside the home could scare his younger brother and sister. He simply felt that ever since people began calling him Demon Taihei, he no longer had to worry—or rather, agonize—over complicated interpersonal relationships. Besides, it wasn't as if he had no friends...
Back when he was a student, Taihei had as many as two friends. That alone left him with no regrets. Compared with handling complicated social relationships, he preferred working steadily and earnestly. With Sogo Doma's help, that trait had greatly pleased Keiryu Doma. All that could be said was that being a grounded person worked far too well. Of course, in front of Umaru, Sogo Doma told a completely different story.
It couldn't be helped. Sogo Doma was always a complete hypocrite.
In front of Umaru, he was a veteran Taihei hater. In front of Keiryu Doma, he was a veteran Taihei fanboy. He