"Has Gan'an Shinomiya gone crazy?" Sogo Doma felt his eye twitch. "No matter how you look at it, I'm fucking not the first choice for a political marriage, am I? Besides, I'm not even of age yet!"
"They said you could get engaged first..." Toshiro Hijikata smiled.
"Heh heh..." Seeming to realize the other man was enjoying his misfortune, how could Sogo Doma possibly reveal that he was having a massive headache right now?
He sneered. "Don't look like I'm beyond saving. There's no way I'd agree to something like this..."
"Lord Gui Long agreed." Toshiro Hijikata looked delighted. He finally understood why Sogo enjoyed bullying people so much. This feeling was downright exhilarating.
"..." As a tax evader, Sogo Doma could naturally tell what Hijikata was thinking. "That's his business. If anyone's getting married off, he can go do it himself..."
"Married off?" Toshiro Hijikata froze. Utaha Kasumigaoka: "..." Was that really the issue here—whether he was marrying or being married off?
At a time like this, what Sogo-kun cared about was being married off?
"Is there a problem with that? Haven't you heard of marrying into a wife's family? Bringing someone into your home means working hard, but if I marry into someone else's family, I can just loaf around all day..." Sogo Doma, the salted fish.
"..." Toshiro Hijikata was deeply shaken by that argument. "I'm starting to understand why Lord Gui Long agreed to Commander Shinomiya's proposal..."
"Hm?"
"If you don't go through with this marriage, Sogo, you'll probably have nothing to do with marriage for the rest of your life..." Toshiro Hijikata explained. "Rather than let you stay single forever—wait, who's the woman beside you?"
"My long-term meal ticket who can support me..." Sogo Doma, who didn't want to work anymore. Utaha Kasumigaoka: "!!!" What