Ah, huh!?
Was he hallucinating? How could Mashiro possibly chime in at a time like this!? It would have been one thing if she had merely joined the conversation, but she had made such an aggressive remark—something was definitely fishy. As Sogo Doma pondered this inwardly, he forced a smile and said:
"Mashiro, the word 'cool' is too difficult for you right now. You don't need to force yourself, heh, heh heh..."
"Onii-chan, Umaru finally knows how you learned self-hypnosis!" Before he could finish, Lady Umaru shot him a sidelong glance.
"Umaru, Onii-chan isn't doing any self-hypnosis..." Sogo Doma smiled viciously. "Besides, words like 'cool' really are difficult for Mashiro, aren't they..."
"Sogo, Mashiro really understands what cool means!" Mashiro Shiina said seriously. "Cool means looking good. It makes people who appreciate beauty feel happy. But the image of Sogo driving with one hand... Mashiro imagined it and didn't like it, so it isn't cool at all..."
"Why!? There were scenes where the male lead drove in your manga too..." Lady Umaru said, perplexed.
"There would be more people hitting on him, but if the one being hit on was Sogo..." As she said this, Mashiro Shiina frowned.
Lady Umaru froze as well: "..."
Gasp!!!
Th-that was right. Onii-chan already attracted enough bees and butterflies as it was. If he went and pulled some more nonsense...
The thought of Onii-chan abandoning her for some other woman made blazing flames rise in Lady Umaru's eyes. How could she possibly allow that to happen!? Luckily, Mashiro had reminded her this time...
Wait!
Mashiro had reminded her!?
"Mashiro, do you dislike it when Onii-chan gets hit on by other people?" Hamster Umaru probed nonchalantly.
"Mm!" Mashiro Shiina nodded calmly. "Besides, Mashiro thinks Sogo is only at his coolest when he's making Baumkuchen..."
Sogo