"Are you guys ever going to eat dinner?!" Although Sogo Doma could understand why they had fallen into the rabbit hole, that did not mean he could calmly accept it. Just thinking about how he had gone to all that trouble preparing the food while these guys happily played games beside him made him very unhappy...
Especially since he had already brought over the things needed for sukiyaki, yet not only had they not thought to lend a hand, they acted as though he did not even exist, completely focused on the game. That made him even more unhappy!
"Um? Is it ready already?" As soon as he finished speaking, Umaru Doma turned around while Kazusa Touma was choosing a character. "Big Brother, is it ready? But doesn't sukiyaki need to be cooked fresh? And the bowls and chopsticks haven't been brought out yet..."
"..." Sogo Doma felt as though he had suffered a critical hit. "Can't you help bring out the bowls and chopsticks?"
Mai Sakurajima still had a bit of shame left and was just about to get up, but that little ball spoke before she could. "Big Brother, have you heard the saying? Preparing sukiyaki is the responsibility of the head of the household. Only when it comes to sukiyaki do men cook..."
Before this useless little sister could finish, Sogo Doma already understood what she meant. In this country, the person who prepared food at home was usually the woman—the so-called housewife. Yet there was one exception: sukiyaki. Only for this dish was the head of the household expected to take complete control...
Some chauvinists even refused to let the women of the house participate in making sukiyaki. It sounded like a bizarre custom, but it was common sense in this country.
"Give me a break.