AM 7:40
Doma Residence.
"Mai, do me a favor and go wake Mashiro and Kazusa for breakfast." Having returned from watching the sunrise over the sea with the bunny girl, Sogo Doma busied himself in the kitchen. As the head of this household, he understood one thing very clearly: without his instructions in the morning, no one in this house would dare get out of bed!
Such was the authority of Sogo Doma, head of the household—terrifying beyond measure, utterly merciless... Ahem, all right, the truth was that everyone in this house aside from him was a chronic oversleeper. No, "oversleeper" wasn't quite right. That implied they were awake. As for Mashiro and Umaru... heh. If nobody woke them up, they could sleep until the end of the world!
"Not waking Umaru too?" Mai Sakurajima asked curiously.
"I have to go wake that one myself..." Sogo Doma explained matter-of-factly, wearing an apron.
"Got it..." Even though Mai Sakurajima had eaten the sukiyaki Sogo Doma made just yesterday, seeing him in that apron still felt rather incongruous. "Still, Sogo, as they'd say in the Celestial Empire, you're the perfect example of someone who can grace the living room and rule the kitchen..."
With that level of homemaking skill, plus all the smart facilities in this house, Mai Sakurajima felt he was practically driving every good wife and wise mother out of business!
"Mai, if I remember correctly, isn't that phrase used to describe women?" Sogo Doma's mouth twitched.
"So Sogo knows that too?" Mai Sakurajima said meaningfully. She then got up and headed to the guest rooms on the second floor, leaving Sogo Doma standing there in confusion. After pondering for a moment, he muttered, "That sounded like there was something behind her words... Whatever. I should wake Umaru first, before