"Wait a minute, Shizuka Hiratsuka. Are you sure it's okay to speculate about the relationship between those two sisters like that?"
"..." Watching Sogo Doma put on an "I know absolutely nothing" innocent face, Shizuka Hiratsuka fell silent for a moment before saying wistfully, "Is this your roundabout way of telling me you don't want to get involved in the sisters' affairs? You really are a lazy brat..."
Sogo Doma: "..."
Was he really that obvious?
In fact, it wasn't as though he couldn't see the issues Yukino Yukinoshita had. Though the relationship between the sisters had indeed improved after the incident where Utaha and Yukino had "swapped," and Yukinoshita Haruno even occasionally let Yukino handle some miscellaneous matters for her, that didn't mean Yukino had grown!
After all, all of that was the result of Haruno giving way—or rather, deliberately looking after her younger sister. To put it bluntly, Yukino was still moving forward by following Haruno's shadow, rather than carving out a new path of her own!
Of course, knowing was one thing, but that didn't mean he had to get involved, right? As a salted fish, he naturally had to play dumb and stay as far away as possible. "Eh? What are you talking about, Shizuka Hiratsuka? I was just reminding you that it's not right to gossip about people behind their backs..."
"Is that so?" Before he could finish, Shizuka Hiratsuka said, "Doma, do you know what curiosity is? If you really knew nothing..."
"Er..." Fine, he had overacted. The corner of Sogo Doma's eye twitched. "Fine. As for inner demons and all that, I don't think Yukinoshita can't overcome them."
"Oh?" Shizuka Hiratsuka teased, "So you're finally done playing dumb?"
"How was I playing dumb?" Sogo Doma had something to say about that. "I just