There was a saying—what was it again? People often stood out from their surroundings because they weren't perverted enough... Ahem, people often seemed out of place because they differed from others. As the only ordinary high school girl at the scene who wasn't a wealthy young lady, even Utaha Kasumigaoka felt somewhat uncomfortable and uneasy...
Still, that was hardly surprising. As a local born and raised here, Utaha Kasumigaoka knew very well just how entrenched this country's class divisions were. So, even though Sogo Doma's behavior around others made her feel very secure, she, having been born into an ordinary family, would occasionally feel uncertain and uneasy, plagued by doubts—
What could she do? The Doma Family had truly risen to prominence too rapidly in recent years. Unlike the Sawamura Family—although Mr. Spencer Sawamura, as a diplomat, was an influential figure who even appeared on television news from time to time—diplomats were simply too far removed from ordinary students, or rather, ordinary people...
Unless someone aspired to work in diplomacy, they would never pay attention to him. That was precisely why, although Eriri Sawamura was also a wealthy young lady, most people's impression of her stopped there. As for how such a young lady differed from ordinary people, they probably couldn't explain it at all.
The Shinomiya Family and the Doma Family, however, were different. One was a prestigious conglomerate that had stood tall in this country for countless years, while the other was a newly risen power. It could be said that the influence of these two families together extended into nearly every industry in the country. As for how the Doma and Shinomiya Families differed from ordinary people—
Although ordinary people might not be able to articulate the gap between these two families and ordinary households, that didn't