"Cough, cough..." Damn it, he had been careless and failed to dodge. Sogo Doma had never expected that even after being shut outside, Utaha and Umaru could still hear his conversation with Mashiro. He had clearly used top-grade soundproofing materials during the renovations, so how could...
Wait, the door wasn't fully closed? No wonder, no wonder they had heard his conversation with Mashiro. But if the door had not even been shut properly, was there any point in kicking him out? Or did those two really only guard against him because they considered him a gentleman?
"Mashiro, get inside already..."
Sogo Doma: "..."
Fine, so the door had been left open for Mashiro? That was what he thought. How could those two possibly be guarding against him as if he were a gentleman...
"Um..." Still, being treated like a thief by the two of them did make Sogo Doma feel offended. "Would you believe me if I said I went along with Mashiro and agreed because I was thinking of you two?"
"Heh heh..." Well, sometimes an answer did not need to be too specific.
"I'm telling the truth..." Seeing that both Utaha and Umaru looked too lazy to pay him any attention, Sogo Doma could not help saying, "If I hadn't gone along with Mashiro and agreed, wouldn't that prove you were judging a gentleman by a petty person's standards?"
"Onii-chan, shut up!" Unfortunately, his sophistry did not satisfy Utaha and Umaru. Umaru Doma even snapped at him before dragging Mashiro back into the room.
Sogo Doma: "..."
These girls were getting harder and harder to fool. Although the excuse he had just come up with was ridiculous, his tone had been so sincere and heartfelt. Hadn't they said that no matter how absurd the excuse was, as long