The atmosphere really did have its merits. When certain shocking facts were tinged with a joking atmosphere, they became much easier to take. For example: my roommate's family raised cattle, and it was really hard work. Even if you only found out afterward that their family owned tens of millions of cows...
That was probably how Utaha Kasumigaoka felt right now. Umaru, the girl who had asked her for an autograph, was the girl everyone talked about but who rarely appeared in public—the precious treasure of the Doma Conglomerate?
And her Sogo was the second young master of the Doma Conglomerate. Not only that, his scientific research abilities were also...
To put it in the simplest terms, it was like a friend by your side suddenly turning out to be Wang Duoyu. And on top of that, they were a scientist far surpassing Einstein. That was probably the feeling...
Under such circumstances, an ordinary person would already be considered mentally strong if they could maintain normal emotions! To still be able to throw out barbed remarks like Utaha Kasumigaoka...
Sogo Doma greatly admired that. "Utaha, this is a secret basement. I guarantee that no one but me can come here. Are you sure about what you just said...?"
"Eh!?" Utaha Kasumigaoka, who had only just finished being snarky, was struck dumb. "So-Sogo, I was just saying..."
"About fantasizing that I might enter a political marriage..." Sogo Doma continued, without the slightest hint of a threat.
"Wait, isn't political marriage the norm among wealthy families? Like..."
"Utaha, do you think someone who can create mice like this needs a political marriage?" Sogo Doma smiled nuclear-friendly.
"Th-that was just a reasonable deduction..." Utaha Kasumigaoka instinctively said as she watched his expression grow ever more nuclear-friendly.
"Then isn't it also a reasonable deduction