What did he mean, she actually had a brighter future because of this? Although Sogo Doma had said the same thing before, hearing it again still left Yukino Yukinoshita completely baffled: "???"
"Hey..."
"What? Yukinoshita, I bet you think I'm talking nonsense..."
"..."
"But selfish people are often more narcissistic than ordinary people... Ahem, I mean, they love themselves more." Without giving the second young lady a chance to respond, Sogo Doma continued, "They're also more willing to strive..."
"Wait a minute!" Hearing that, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't hold herself back again. "Narcissism... self-love, I can sort of understand that, but being more willing to strive..."
"Isn't that perfectly normal?" Before she could finish, Sogo Doma interrupted. "For selfish people, the one thing they probably can't stand most is being worse than others, right? So they'll do everything they can to surpass others—or make others worse than them..."
"Hold on again!" Yukino Yukinoshita once more couldn't restrain herself. "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about selfishness? Selfishness means..."
"Only caring about one's own interests without considering anyone else..." Sogo Doma cut in. "So here's the question: why do selfish people only care about their own interests? Isn't it because they want to live better than everyone else..."
"No..." Clearly, Yukino Yukinoshita wasn't that easy to fool. "You're trying to..."
It couldn't be helped. She was practically developing resistance to his nonsense by now.
"Oh?" Sogo Doma wasn't annoyed in the slightest. Instead, he said, "If you think I'm talking nonsense, then let me ask you another question, Yukinoshita. In society, do you think selfless people get ahead more easily, or selfish people?"
"..." Though she didn't want to admit it, selfish people really did tend to fare better. "In my view, whether someone is doing well shouldn't be judged by