Keiryu Doma simply had no idea what Arato Hisako was thinking. Otherwise...
Well, there was no otherwise. In any case, his daily life was either spent taking the blame or on the way to take the blame.
That was why the uninformed Arato Hisako saw Sogo Doma as someone with fairly decent cooking skills but terrible character. She just could not understand why Lady Erina valued him so highly. Could it be because Lady Erina was friends with Little M... Sleepy, and thus favored him out of affection for her friend...
But what had she just heard? The man who had terrified Lady Erina so badly had been driven away the moment he showed his face...
Wait!
As if recalling something, Arato Hisako said, "Lady Erina, you said that man was driven away by Senior Doma? But from what I saw, he didn't seem to intend to leave at all. Instead, he looked like he was waiting for someone..."
"Eh?" Both Erina Nakiri and Alice Nakiri froze at those words.
"Oh?" Sogo Doma narrowed his eyes as well. "Secretary, are you sure that whatshisname was waiting for someone? Didn't he leave Totsuki immediately?" He had actually dared to linger after hearing his orders. That was a blatant refusal to show him any respect.
In truth, Azami Nakiri had originally been about to slink away in disgrace. Without the support of the overseas conglomerates, what could he possibly use to challenge the Nakiri Family? Yet just as he was about to leave, he received a call from the Shinomiya Family.
"Is this Nakiri—no, should I say Mr. Azami Nakiri?"
"..." To be honest, when Azami Nakiri heard the mocking tone over the phone, he truly wanted to curse. As the saying went, don't slap a man in the face—but what about