"Do you want to be like them, saying that Mashiro smiling is what's best for her? How many times do I have to tell you before you understand? Mashiro is special. As long as she can fully realize her talent..."
"At the end of the day..." Before Rita could finish her rebuttal, Yukino Yukinoshita said, "What you call doing what's best for Mashiro is simply letting her fully realize her talent..."
"Mashiro..."
"Cough, cough..." Faced with the two of them butting heads once more, Sogo Doma could not help coughing twice. "Why are you getting so worked up? About Mashiro..."
"Hmm?"
"Rita..." As the two looked at him in confusion, Sogo continued, "Did you ask Mashiro's parents about coming here to take her back?"
"..." Did that even need asking? Rita wanted to retort, but held herself back. "I believe Uncle and Auntie would certainly want Mashiro to return as well..."
"Are you sure?" Before she could finish, Sogo gave her a strange look—Mashiro's parents wanted her to go back? Heh. If that were really the case, he would not have had such a headache. After all, the old man in his family had paid far too much to keep Mashiro here, getting in his way!
"What do you mean?" How dark could the adult world be? Even Rita, who had borne the responsibility of taking care of Mashiro since childhood and thought of herself as an adult, did not really understand. After all, she was not an adult in the end.
"Let me ask you..." Faced with a child who had never been beaten down by society, Sogo could only say, "Do you know who I am? Do you know what status I have?"
Upon hearing that, Yukino and the others' eyes twitched as they thought, *Here he goes