As an Older Brother, Sometimes You Just Have to Tolerate Your Useless Little Brother's Willfulness

"Seriously, do I really have to introduce myself the way Umaru said? Ugh! Why did I deliberately lose to that brat? She's just a useless little sister, so why does she get to plan her big brother's life? That, that good-for-nothing..." Sogo Doma stood before the faculty office, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

Of course, his current frustration was one of the reasons he'd skipped the entire morning of his first day as a transfer student.

The thought of actually saying the words his sister had instructed him to say felt like he was practically declaring war on the entire class.

"Who are you?"

However, before Sogo Doma could hesitate for too long, a young female teacher opened the office door.

"Sorry, I'm Sogo Doma, the new transfer student. Is Takahashi-sensei from Class 2-D in?"

"You're Sogo Doma?" The teacher looked at him with a sudden realization. "Takahashi-sensei is here, but skipping class on your first day? Renna is going to be angry, you know... Between us, because of you, Renna hasn't even had a chance to eat yet..."

"Renna?" Sogo Doma asked with a wide, meaningful smile.

"Hey, hey, that's your Takahashi-sensei," the young teacher replied with a laugh, brushing past Sogo Doma as she headed out.

"This is getting interesting." Sogo Doma watched the young teacher leave, smiled, and stepped into the office.

"Sogo Doma!" Takahashi-sensei was, by and large, a very serious and responsible person.

At least, that was the first impression she gave Sogo Doma.

Only~

You're a bit too responsible, my dear Takahashi-sensei.

"Skipping school on your very first day! Is there any high schooler in this world who does that?" Looking at the lazily smiling Sogo Doma, Takahashi-sensei wore a stern expression, her tone sharp.

"Of course there is. The proof is me—didn't I just do it?" The person in question showed zero remorse.

Takahashi was momentarily choked for words. If this were back in China, she'd just notify the parents, but here in Japan, bound by a mountain of rules, she could only resort to beating around the bush...

"Is it because of family issues?"

"Eh?" Hearing the question, Sogo Doma scratched his head. "It's not like my parents are both busy, but I do have a sister and a house!"

"..."

Takahashi-sensei's eyelid twitched; she had the distinct feeling this guy was trying to infuriate her!

"Then, can you tell me the real reason you skipped class all morning?" The ruse was up; losing her composure slightly, Takahashi-sensei pressed him.

"That?"

Sogo Doma smiled even more pleasantly.

Judging by how that female teacher addressed her, Takahashi-sensei only looked tough on the outside. The evidence was simple: in a Japanese school, even close colleagues wouldn't use a name like Renna in front of students if she were truly strict...

"I don't think it's necessary."

"Un, un, unnecessary? What kind of nonsense are you spouting!!" Takahashi-sensei was getting angry.

"Hey, hey, actually, Sensei, you know it too. The idea that you can acquire knowledge in a classroom is a total lie. The proof is the birth of all these private cram schools..."

"This, this..." Takahashi wanted to refute him.

"So-called 'happy education' is nothing more than the Heisei-era board members' way of raising pigs. The higher-ups just want to raise a bunch of useless people who do whatever they're told. From that perspective, school education isn't important at all!"

Sogo Doma kept rattling off terrifying truths, leaving Takahashi increasingly speechless.

"By the way, Takahashi-sensei doesn't have a boyfriend, right?" Sogo Doma suddenly shifted the conversation to a topic that clearly mattered to her.

"Hey, Takahashi-sensei, don't you feel like something is wrong? Someone like you—with looks, talent, and a clean lifestyle—why should you suffer the bitterness of being single?"

Takahashi was silent for a moment. "Are all Japanese men dead?"

The next second.

Takahashi stepped back slightly. "How do you know I have a clean lifestyle?"

Sogo Doma laughed nonchalantly. "I can tell. Takahashi-sensei's temperament isn't the type to go around flirting with everyone."

"Honestly, it's still..."

After half an hour of verbal sparring, the two reached a stalemate.

Takahashi-sensei walked out of the office door, then looked back at Sogo Doma and said, "I can't get married because Japanese men have no taste, right?"

Sogo Doma glanced at his skill:

Beguile (lv3, EXP 23/300, perhaps you could try missionary work.)

He smiled broadly. "That's not it. Renna is so cute; it's not that they have no taste, it's just that Heisei men aren't worthy of you. Otherwise, how could you possibly be unmarried?"

"Even if my hobby is a bit of heavy drinking?"

"Fine wine for company—a refined pleasure in life."

"What if I like to speed a little when I drive?"

"It's just speeding. A life without speeding is an incomplete life!"

"Are you sure someone as terrible as me... can find happiness?"

"Believe me, Renna-chan will definitely find her own happiness. There is always a land out there where someone will embrace everything about you. Besides, the world is so big—don't you want to see it?" Sogo Doma flashed his god-like smile once again.

"Perhaps, the world is so vast, I should go and see it..." After a moment of silence, Takahashi said slowly.

Only.

This train of thought did not last long before it was interrupted.

"Takahashi-sensei, Takahashi-sensei, I recall that the first period this afternoon is your class, right? Um, are you currently discussing something with this student?"

The middle-aged man speaking walked as he hurried toward the classroom. If he hadn't heard from a colleague that Sogo Doma had a rather significant background, he would have wanted to gossip about it. What was the meaning of flirting in the hallway instead of teaching in the classroom during class time?

And "the world is so vast, you want to go see it"...

Pah!

No wonder you've ended up having to go on blind dates. Just look at your colleagues around you...

For instance, him—an upright teacher popular with students, aside from having a bit of a beer belly, being slightly bald, and having smelly feet...

He had his merits too, for example, for example...

He shook his head. Forget it.

Can't afford to offend them, can't afford to offend them...

"Haha... is it time for class?" Takahashi turned her head to look at the man who had been instilling in her the idea that Japan was hopeless ever since they first met—a man who spoke with such logic and insight.

"Yes, yes, it's time for class. Teacher, shall we head to the classroom?" The smile on Sogo Doma's face grew even wider.

Seeing this smile, Takahashi suddenly shivered. It was this very face that had almost made her resign and go see the world...

But then again...

Takahashi also wanted to ask, she wasn't bad-looking, so why should she be reduced to "blind date goods"?

She knew full well that Shizuka Hiratsuka at Sobu High School had started going on blind dates at her age, and even now, she remained a pitiful person who was still single!

Since Japan was hopeless! Then why shouldn't she do as Sogo Doma said and go see the whole world? It was impossible that all the men in the entire world were blind, right?

Thinking this, Takahashi brought Sogo Doma into the classroom with a much better attitude. After all, he was a life mentor!

Besides, hearing things like "Heisei men aren't worthy of you" felt great!

"This is a new transfer student today..." Schools in Japan always liked to have students introduce themselves. However, in Takahashi's view, Sogo Doma's self-introduction definitely wouldn't be bad; after all, he was someone who could debate with her in the office for so long.

The person in question, Sogo Doma, rubbed his forehead and sighed inwardly: "Can't avoid it."

He walked up to the podium.

He tapped the desk lightly to get their attention.

"I am Sogo Doma, a world-class sadist. If the boys don't want to become male pigs and the girls don't want to become female XXs, you'd best not get close to me. That is all."