"Ah, well..." Sogo Doma felt awkward. There was nothing he could do—she was feeding him the motivational drivel he had once cooked up himself! But as an old hypocrite, he had always held others to saintly standards while holding himself to the standards of a salted fish. So of course he didn't like that kind of motivational drivel.
Still, there was no way he could just say that outright, so...
"Don't be afraid that you won't be able to do it..." Yet, just as Sogo Doma was feeling awkward, Yukino Yukinoshita said, "Because I'll be there to help you..."
"Hold it! You'll help? Help with what...?"
"Of course, I'll help supervise you..."
"But I never asked you to help..."
"Mm..." Yukino Yukinoshita did not deny it. Instead, she said, "After giving it careful thought, I believe this is the best way I can help you. Compared to simply giving you money..."
"No..." Sogo Doma hurriedly said, "I think just giving me money would be the best repayment..."
"Ugh..." But before he could finish, Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head. "You're wrong about that. I may get a generous allowance, but it's nowhere close to your current income..."
"My income?"
"That's right. Setting everything else aside, the income from your light novels and manga alone far exceeds my allowance, doesn't it?"
"But..."
"Were you going to say it's exhausting?"
Sogo Doma: (⊙?⊙)
When had this girl learned to answer before he could?
"If you're going to talk about being tired, then look at Mashiro..." Yukino Yukinoshita said. "Mashiro draws whenever she has the time, all because she wants to become a manga artist."
"But I never wanted to become a manga artist..."
"I know!"
"Huh?"
"The reason you draw manga is because you need money, right?"
"Uh..." When exactly had Yukinoshita learned