Some people were incredibly persistent when it came to their goals. To achieve them, they could make use of every advantage available and keep moving forward step by step. Such people were usually seen as successful, and their disguises were often impossible to see through. Clearly, Kotaro Katsura had managed the first part. As for the latter part...
"Sogo, do you really see me as someone with ulterior motives? I've worked part-time jobs for so many years. I've been a government official's housekeeper, a military general's wet nurse, and even a wealthy man's maid... When have I ever clung to anyone's coattails?" Kotaro Katsura was always so logical and persuasive—my ass!
"Katsura, no matter how you look at it, the people you chose definitely involved ulterior motives! And how did you even manage that? A housekeeper is one thing, but a wet nurse and a maid..."
Before Sogo Doma could finish, Kotaro Katsura suddenly turned his face away. "Sogo, I don't want to talk about those things anymore. Damn it, men are all scumbags. Back then, those guys clearly swore that..."
"Katsura, are you some kind of self-destructing truck?"
"Tch..." Kotaro Katsura clicked his tongue again. "If it hadn't been for the slippers..."
"Enough! Stop blaming everything on the slippers! Getting stepped on every day is miserable enough for them—why do they have to take the blame for you too?!"
"Tch, if the slippers hadn't been so ill-fitting, I wouldn't have made a sound at such a critical moment. The documents were right in front of me, but at the crucial moment..." Kotaro Katsura explained.
"This has nothing to do with the slippers anymore, does it? Let's not even ask why the documents you mentioned could be found through such bizarre jobs as housekeeper, wet nurse, and maid—I can't even