In fact, not only did the Shinomiya Family members not understand, even Yukinoshita and the others had no idea just how much the Doma Family had given them for Gan'an Shinomiya, the head of the Shinomiya Family, to seem a cut below Sogo Doma. Didn't everyone say that the Doma Family was still some distance away from the Four Great Zaibatsu?
Could it really be just because Sogo Doma was the victim? So...
"Tut, tut..." Yet just as they were letting their imaginations run wild, Sogo Doma couldn't help but laugh. "You actually said that the cooperation between our two families only brought a tiny bit of profit. Azure Dragon, my brother, it seems you really weren't wrong about what you just said..."
Perhaps others couldn't see the Shinomiya Family's troubles, but to Sogo Doma, their predicament was plain as day. Their family couldn't merely be called shaky—they were riddled with holes, rotten to the core. Otherwise, Sogo Doma wouldn't have considered using Kaguya Shinomiya's identity to scheme against the Shinomiya Family—
As a salted fish, he couldn't be bothered with anything too difficult. But if he could profit just by moving a finger and offering a few suggestions, then he was still willing to do it.
"What?" Unfortunately, Azure Dragon Shinomiya knew none of this, so Sogo Doma's words left him baffled.
"Gan'an Shinomiya really hasn't treated you as an heir..." Sogo Doma was an old hand at sowing discord. "Otherwise, you never would've said something so stupid..."
What!? The moment those words came out, not only Azure Dragon Shinomiya, but even Oko Shinomiya and Shinomiya Yunying felt their hearts tighten. It couldn't be helped—their thoughts were much the same as Azure Dragon Shinomiya's. The Shinomiya Family's cooperation with the Doma Family had indeed brought them some profit, but