"Something like that actually happened?" Sogo Doma said in "surprise" as he faced everyone's expressions and gazes that were practically begging to roast him.
"Stop playing dumb..." Toshiro Hijikata had finally failed to dodge the tax issue. Sogo's forced attempt at changing the subject was exhausting him. "Miss Shinomiya talks about you every day..."
"She talks about me every day?" Sogo Doma was "shocked" again. "I told you, she was only after my looks. You could tell at a glance she was some washed-up scumbag woman. I was originally planning to send Taihei to warm her heart, but now it seems I should stop this arranged marriage instead. Sigh, has everyone in the Doma Family gone senile? They actually agreed to an arranged marriage with a scumbag woman like that... Wait, it's not convenient for me to go back right now. Mr. Hijikata, I can only count on you!"
"Huh?"
"Given the current situation, only you and I know Kaguya Shinomiya's true nature as a scumbag woman..." Before Toshiro Hijikata could finish being dumbfounded, Sogo Doma was already sweet-talking him. "Don't you think you're the most suitable person to tell the Doma Family? If Mr. Hijikata doesn't step forward... who else can we count on to stop this arranged marriage? Otherwise, wouldn't my poor little brother be ruined by that scumbag woman?"
"Hold it right there!" Toshiro Hijikata panicked. "I already told you, Taihei isn't the one getting married. It's you..."
"Do you think I'd agree to something like that?" Sogo Doma said dismissively. "Knowing full well that she's a scumbag woman..."
"Cough, cough..." Putting everything else aside, Toshiro Hijikata could only admit inferiority before that level of confidence. Still, he coughed twice to stop Sogo's shameless declaration. "Sogo, don't you think Miss Shinomiya talks about you so often because