"..." Yukino Yukinoshita, who had yet to be talked around, actually began to hesitate as she spoke. After a long while, she finally said in a low voice, "If I were a selfish person, aren't you afraid I might betray you for my own benefit?"
"Oh?" Sogo Doma replied with great interest, "Why does that sound like you've already accepted the whole betrayal scenario...?"
"..." The corner of Yukino Yukinoshita's eye twitched. "I said if. If I were selfish..."
"Fine..." Before the second daughter could finish, Sogo Doma said, "I'm not afraid at all."
"Huh?" Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned again. "Why?"
"..." How many times did he have to say it before they understood? Of course it was because he simply didn't care. Well, he had never said that before. After all, Sogo Doma couldn't exactly say something like that outright, so instead: "Because I believe in you, Yukinoshita!"
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
B-Believe in her!?
What the hell was this bastard Doma trying to do? One moment he insulted her, the next...
"But if I were selfish..." Though her mind was full of complaints, the second daughter instinctively turned her face away.
"After all..." Unfortunately, before she could finish, Sogo Doma said, "Yukinoshita, you care about saving face..."
"Huh?"
"Or perhaps I should put it this way..." Sogo Doma continued. "Human selfishness originates from greed. Some people crave profit, some crave power, and others crave fame. As for you, Yukinoshita..."
"Me?"
"That's right. In my eyes, you're the type who craves fame..." Sogo Doma shrugged as he spoke. "So I believe you'd never take on the reputation of a traitor for a little bit of profit."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
What did he mean, she would never take on the reputation of a traitor for a little profit? Damn it, why