"Look, that guy thinks he can make a floundering fish leap back to life just by putting on that frail appearance of his. Isn't that the height of malice?" After sending off Kaori Miyazono, who'd worn an expression that said, "Why? Why did this happen? I was cured, and I even met Master Umaru. This should've been twice the happiness, so why did it turn out like this?" Sogo Doma continued.
"Onii-chan, why do I feel like your words are filled with such intense malice? Besides, he only invited us to a convention. That hardly makes him malicious!"
"But wouldn't he be really annoying once he starts pestering us?"
"He seems fine to me." Umaru Doma wasn't particularly bothered.
"Ugh, people with goals and dreams always feel like they're from a completely different world from us." Sogo Doma rested his hands behind his neck.
"Onii-chan finally admits he's a dreamless flounder. And this whole pursuit of music isn't so bad. Compared to that someone-or-other in my class, it's practically..." Umaru Doma turned her head aside and grumbled.
"Having no dreams doesn't make me a flounder! I work hard, you know. My paycheck proves it. What's going on in your class?" Sogo Doma asked, puzzled.
"Um... Basically, some guy who calls himself a nerd is so obsessed with being a nerd that he's caused quite a few problems..."
"Usually, nerds don't call themselves nerds, do they?" Sogo Doma said, surprised. Discrimination against nerds in this country was no joke.
"Mm... I think he's putting on an act, too. He seems to want to portray himself as someone who only cares about nerdy stuff and doesn't care about anything else. I don't know what he's after, but it feels gross." Umaru Doma slipped into detective mode.
"Actually, Onii-chan's run into someone like