Human language often had a misleading and confusing effect. Something perfectly ordinary, when phrased differently, could not only lead others to imagine the wrong things, but even cause all sorts of inexplicable misunderstandings...
Sogo Doma had always thought that, among the people he knew, Utaha Kasumigaoka was already an expert at this sort of thing. Yet now, he realized that his useless little sister was no worse. Those people had all come to his home for unavoidable reasons, so why did it sound like he was such a scumbag whenever this useless dumpling talked about it?
This had to be his imagination! As Sogo Doma thought so, Umaru Doma continued:
"Onii-chan, setting aside Utaha and Umaru, who moved in just now, let's talk about the people Umaru listed earlier. How long has it been since you dropped out of Totsuki? And you've already met so many girls you can bring home, all of them beautiful girls! If we count Utaha too, Onii-chan has already achieved the Celestial Empire myth achievement—the Seven Fairies! Onii-chan..."
At that, Umaru Doma suddenly put on a serious expression. "Earlier, you said Umaru was building a harem, but aren't you the one with the setup of a harem protagonist? Can Umaru really trust someone with that kind of character?"
"Umaru, who was it that just said Onii-chan would stay single for the rest of his life?" Sogo Doma countered, using her own words against her.
"But Onii-chan's appearance is very deceptive!" Umaru Doma said as though it were only natural.
Sogo Doma nodded in agreement. That was true—but was being handsome his fault? Obviously not!
Umaru Doma put her hands on her hips. "So, to stop Utaha from being deceived by Onii-chan's appearance and becoming a victim of that face, Umaru has the obligation and responsibility