What the heck did "even the sun has places it can't reach" mean? Was that really supposed to comfort someone?
"Well..." Looking at Erina Nakiri's twitching eye, Sogo Doma said, "Although even the sun has places it can't reach, the sun is always there, shining its light equally in every direction. The only reason there are shadows is that something is blocking the sunlight, so..."
"So?"
"So..." Sogo Doma smiled brightly. "We just need to move whatever is blocking the sun, or destroy it, and the shadow will naturally disappear. Obviously, Mr. Nakamura is the chief culprit blocking the sun in your case. Erina, do you want to move him aside or destroy him?"
"..." Erina Nakiri fell silent again. After a while, she said quietly, "Do I really have to do that? Do I really have to..."
But before she could finish, Sogo Doma said, "Not necessarily..."
"Huh?" Erina Nakiri had practically started questioning her life, only to hear him say that wasn't the case. Though she had grown used to his ways, she still wanted to complain—did he have to mess with people like this? Was it fun?
"Didn't I say so?" Sogo Doma replied. "Those shadows of yours are nothing more than a minor ailment. Moving or destroying the thing blocking the light is one method..."
"Then what's the other method?"
"There are plenty of methods..." Looking at Erina Nakiri, who could not help asking again, Sogo Doma said, "For example, find something even bigger to block the light and create a larger shadow to cover the other person..." As he spoke, he pointed at himself.
Erina Nakiri: -_-
"Doma-senpai, you really know yourself well..." Didn't he? In front of him, she no longer knew why she had once been so afraid of her father. He clearly