"Interest? As expected of someone so willful that he casually threw away his own talent. Only people like you could say something like that..." Chihiro Sengoku took another sip of tea. "May I ask something presumptuous? Have you ever regretted your choice? After all, you don't seem to have any talent in other areas."
"Women who dwell too much on the past won't be able to get married!"
Chihiro Sengoku: -_----
"I-Is that so!?"
So there was such a saying? Should she write it in a matchmaking guide?
"All right, let's not bring up the past. Let's talk about the present—about Ryunosuke Akasaka." As Sogo Doma spoke, he once again put on a pained expression. "That Akasaka guy is completely broken!"
Chihiro Sengoku: !!!
Had Akasaka done something? Hadn't he just been envying his shut-in lifestyle?
"What happened between you two?"
"It's not something between me and him. It's about the changes in Akasaka himself." Sogo Doma first distanced himself from the matter. "Though he was still asleep when I went in..."
Chihiro Sengoku was completely bewildered.
He was still asleep, so what change had you noticed?
Sogo Doma always explained himself promptly:
"However, I've already discovered what makes Akasaka different from ordinary boys. She—forgive me for referring to Akasaka as 'she'—used to merely look effeminate. Now, she's developed to the point of driving girls to their deaths!"
Chihiro Sengoku: (⊙⊙)
Nonsense. Would an ordinary boy become a shut-in? More importantly, you just directly changed Akasaka's gender! So what exactly had you discovered!?
"Ms. Sengoku, do you know what the room of an ordinary high school boy living alone looks like?" Sogo Doma asked in a leading manner.
Chihiro Sengoku: (￢_￢)
Ah... well...
"One look at Ms. Sengoku's expression tells me everything. No wonder Heisei men are becoming more and