"Out of the blue, I'm supposed to get involved with someone I don't know at all—not even knowing what kind of person she is or what she looks like..." Takeuchi Seiga spread his hands. "Who could accept that?"
"Is that so?" Listening to him, Yukino Yukinoshita, who had already vaguely realized something, felt relieved instead. "Since neither of us can accept this, let's leave it at that for today..."
However.
"Wait..." Before the second daughter could finish, Takeuchi Seiga said, "While I really couldn't accept it at first, after meeting Miss Yukinoshita, I think it's not so bad..."
"No need!" Yukino Yukinoshita was decisive.
"Is that so?" Takeuchi Seiga merely gave her a half-smile. "It seems Miss Yukinoshita isn't very satisfied with me."
"First of all..." As someone who was absolutely right, Yukino chose to reason with him. "Just as you said, I don't know you at all..."
"That's fine..." Takeuchi Seiga said. "A blind date is a process of getting to know each other."
"Secondly..." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned. "I really can't be satisfied with someone who starts picking apart others the moment we meet."
"That's perfectly normal..." Takeuchi Seiga interrupted. "Put bluntly, a blind date is a transaction. Before a deal is made, shouldn't people inspect the goods?"
"Heh..." What was this nonsense about inspecting goods? Was he treating her like merchandise? Yukino Yukinoshita laughed in anger. "Even if it is a transaction, one can only be made when both parties are satisfied..."
"That's certainly true..." Takeuchi Seiga did not refute her. Yet as he spoke, a mocking expression appeared on his face. "However, Miss Yukinoshita, you seem to have misunderstood who the two parties in this transaction are."
"Hm?" Yukino Yukinoshita froze.
"The two parties in this transaction do not include a young lady like you, who knows