Wherever there was contact, there had to be traces! Kaguya Shinomiya began her brilliant deduction. First:
"Someone saying that probably doesn't understand the student council president's family situation, do they?"
"Poor! Dirt poor! Desperately poor!" Sogo Doma replied.
Brilliant Detective Kaguya Shinomiya was caught off guard by that retort and sank into an inexplicable silence. After a long while, she switched approaches and began questioning her way through the deduction. "Since you know the president's family situation, then tell me—do you think he'd spend money on something completely useless for his little sister? If it were you, would you..."
"Why wouldn't I? No matter what, a little sister's safety comes first, right?" Sogo Doma was genuinely puzzled this time. He had put quite a bit of effort into protecting his own little sister. Just taking over Sala Twin Trees—known as the Oniwabanshu back when the daimyo still existed—and providing them with protection and work had cost him a considerable sum...
And all they had to do in return was hide in the shadows and protect that dumpling. Of course, Keiryu Doma, that daughter-dotingly obsessed father, had strongly supported this and provided plenty of funding, but Sogo had been the one to make the proposal! He had also been the one to take them in!
Unfortunately, Kaguya Shinomiya seemed unable to understand such wholehearted affection. She fell silent again, then finally gritted her teeth and said, "Give me a break. Who puts their little sister's safety first?"
"That's because you don't have a little sister!" Sogo Doma retorted righteously.
Kaguya Shinomiya: "..."
She did not have a little sister, but she had older brothers. Just imagining any of them putting her safety first made Kaguya Shinomiya's lips twitch. Her brothers probably wished she would drop dead immediately!
Still, aside from her