"Why are you angry?" Just as Yukino Yukinoshita found herself at a loss for words, Sogo Doma spoke up.
"Shouldn't I be angry?"
"Or rather, shouldn't I ask why you think I'm making an issue out of Yukinoshita's shortcomings?" The second daughter: "???" Wasn't he?
"What do you mean?" Rumi Tsurumi was confused. Not just her—even Shizuka Hiratsuka wore a completely baffled expression.
"It's simple..." Sogo Doma raised a finger. "I've never thought being flat was Yukinoshita's shortcoming..." The second daughter: "..." W-Was that so?
"Didn't you just say..."
"Remember this: in this world, aside from money, no one can make everyone like them..."
"Hey..." Before Sogo Doma could finish, Shizuka Hiratsuka could no longer hold back. "What kind of messed-up ideas are you instilling in children, you bastard!?"
"But that's reality. Oh, right, didn't little Tsurumi just say that once she moved on to the next school, she'd be able to get away from those awful people..." Rumi Tsurumi: "..." Hadn't that just been thoroughly refuted?
"Moving up to the next school won't do it, but entering society might. As long as you enter society and succeed, the awful people will stay far away from you..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Once again, it was Shizuka Hiratsuka. Only this guy could come up with such rotten ideas!
So that was it—anything admirable about him had just been an illusion!
"Do you really think I'm talking nonsense? I've heard someone say this before: ever since he became successful, everyone around him started treating him pleasantly..."
"Shut up!" The argument ultimately ended with Shizuka Hiratsuka taking Rumi Tsurumi away.
"Sigh..." Sogo Doma could only sigh at that. "Adults never want children to see the real world, not realizing that reality will be upon them in the blink of an eye..." But before he