"Not Zura, Katsura!"
"..." Faced with Kotaro Katsura's repeated objections, Sogo Doma ultimately fell silent for a while as though conceding, before he couldn't help saying, "So you don't deny the part about being a noble young master who runs away?"
"Of course..." As soon as the words left his mouth, Kotaro Katsura smugly declared, "I'm really good at running away! 'The noble young master who runs away' sounds like a perfect fit for me..." Sogo Doma voiced everyone's thoughts: "But 'rampaging' and 'running away' are way too different, aren't they!?"
"Tsk, tsk..." Mimicking Sogo, Kotaro Katsura shook his index finger. "Sogo, the point of that nickname isn't the rampaging or the running away. It's the noble young master part!"
"..." What a shameless bastard! Even Sogo Doma's eye twitched as he said, "Trash young master?"
"Not trash young master, noble young master!" Kotaro Katsura indeed objected. Not only did he object, he even continued, "Sogo, I've wanted to tell you this for a long time: getting someone's name wrong is extremely rude. If a mature man like me got someone else's name wrong out in public—I'd have to commit seppuku to apologize within minutes!" Everyone: "..." Should they say he was way too casual about seppuku?
Or should they say the punishment was far too severe? What kind of antique was this? No, even antiques weren't this old-fashioned!
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"Don't think I'm exaggerating..." As if he had heard everyone's silent complaints, Kotaro Katsura continued, "Sogo, think carefully. I've never once gotten your name wrong. Though I've always wanted to call you Sogo Doma, without absolute certainty, I've only ever called you Sogo..." Toshiro Hijikata and the others: "..." Should they complain, or should they complain?
Wasn't Sogo Doma the correct name? What absolute certainty did that even require!? Sogo