As a maid with a background in espionage, Ai Hayasaka might not have possessed learning talent as formidable as Kaguya Shinomiya's, but when it came to reading and manipulating people's hearts, she far surpassed that young lady who was written as a genius but read as an airhead, utterly clueless about the ways of the world... It could be said that if Kaguya Shinomiya, her head muddled by love, trusted Miyuki Shirogane one hundred percent, then Ai Hayasaka's trust in Miyuki Shirogane probably did not even come close to her trust in Sogo Doma!
Though she had only met Sogo Doma a few times, the man had the Doma Family behind him, a top-tier conglomerate no less powerful than the Shinomiya Family. In the young maid's eyes, the Doma Family's second young master and the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter did not actually have much of a conflict of interest—or rather, they should have shared the same goal.
After all, in a country sexist to its core, although Kaguya Shinomiya was the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter, that alone was not enough for her to wrest the family inheritance from Gan'an Shinomiya. The same went for Sogo Doma. Though he was male, the second young master occupied an equally awkward position... Therefore, in Ai Hayasaka's view, the reason the Doma Family's second young master had taken the initiative to approach the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter was perhaps to find an ally?
It could not be helped. Their positions within their respective families were both far too awkward; perhaps only by joining forces did they have even the slightest chance.
As for why Sogo Doma did not ally himself with the Shinomiya Family's male heirs? That was simple. He was the same age as her young lady, while the Shinomiya Family's three male