"How could there be five Four Heavenly Kings?" This was Kaguya Shinomiya, who had no idea what was going on.
"When did you start thinking of yourself as an ordinary person!?" This was Yukino Yukinoshita, who understood but refused to accept it.
"First..." Most people, faced with these two questions, might not have known how to respond, but Sogo Doma was different. He was highly organized. "It's common knowledge that the Four Heavenly Kings come in a set of five. If you don't believe me, Shinomiya, you can ask Fujiwara..."
"Eh?" Chika Fujiwara, who had been inexplicably dragged into this, froze.
"Second..." Before she could say anything, Sogo Doma continued, "By ordinary people, I meant everyone here..."
The moment those words came out, it was no longer just Chika Fujiwara who froze. "Eh?"
"That's right..." Sogo Doma reaffirmed. "The ordinary people I meant were people like you..."
"Onii-chan!" Umaru Doma was the first to react again.
"Shh..." Unfortunately, Sogo Doma seemed determined to keep talking this time. "My foolish imouto, do you think Onii-chan is wrong?"
Umaru Doma: -_-
"What?" Had Onii-chan's brain short-circuited?
"The reason Onii-chan says they're all ordinary people..." Sogo Doma said, "is because of their mindset..."
"Mindset?" Kaguya Shinomiya came back to her senses. "What mindset? Doma..."
"Mm..." Sogo Doma smiled again. "I mean how they've clearly achieved things most people could never achieve, yet they wonder whether they would still have succeeded without their families' upbringing. Then they keep telling themselves that all their achievements were built upon that upbringing, that anyone else in their position could have achieved the same things, and in the end..."
"They actually tell themselves that the only difference between them and most people is that they have far better family backgrounds. If even you think you're ordinary people, what's