"Since you think I'm so awful, why did you say you had high hopes for my future?"
"What does your selfishness have to do with my expectations for your future?" Sogo Doma asked in confusion. "Even if they were related, it'd only mean that the more selfish someone is, the more likely they are to achieve something..."
"Huh?" By this point, Yukino Yukinoshita was utterly dumbfounded.
"You don't even understand that?" Sogo Doma said. "I thought you of all people would get it. After all, weren't you the one who said, 'The more outstanding a person is, the harder their life tends to be'...?"
"Wait a minute!" Before he could finish, Yukino Yukinoshita cut him off. "That's not what I meant when I said that..." She suspected Sogo Doma had misunderstood her words. While she did believe that outstanding people lived harder lives than ordinary people, that hardship could ultimately be exchanged for success!
And then there was what he had said—what did he mean, the more selfish someone was, the more likely they were to achieve something? That was completely the opposite of what she meant, wasn't it?
"I know what you want to say..." However, just as the second young lady was about to refute him, Sogo Doma interrupted, "But I don't think there's much difference between what we mean..."
What did he mean, not much difference? Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't hold it in anymore. "The difference is huge!"
"The reason you feel they're so far apart..." Sogo Doma said, "is simply because we're looking at the issue from different angles."
"What do you mean?"
"It's simple. Just treat selfishness as an admirable quality..."
"How is that possible!?" No matter how she looked at it, selfishness was not an admirable quality.
"Why not?" Sogo Doma asked. "Yukinoshita, do you