Haven't seen you for a day, and Brother's already cooking red bean rice?

"Onii-chan, your popularity is truly top-tier. They say everyone at the dojo misses you dearly. Did you do something back then?" Watching Sogo Doma return to a calm state from his nuclear-level smile, Umaru Doma asked the question weighing on her mind while buttering him up.

A flicker of thought passed through Sogo Doma's eyes before he smiled and brushed it off:

"Woo~! It's probably because those guys are all idiots."

Only creatures like idiots would miss each other after parting ways.

Closing his eyes for a moment, Sogo Doma thought subconsciously: Those guys like Hijikata really have the nerve to say that...

However.

Wait...

No, the topic had been derailed by a certain Dango Umaru. Since he could set aside Hijikata for now, the main point was the "young lady" persona!

Sogo Doma finally realized: "Umaru-chan, let's put Hijikata and the dojo business aside for a moment. That thing—why exactly are you still maintaining that young lady persona at home?"

The question hit the mark.

Umaru Doma felt cold sweat streaming down her back.

"Actually, we can keep talking about Hijikata-san..." Her small face turned slightly pale as Dango Umaru attempted a desperate struggle: "I feel like what Onii-chan said before was totally right. Hijikata should just die, Hijikata should go to hell..."

Watching the sweat-drenched Dango, Sogo Doma's smile grew increasingly dark: "My foolish little sister, even at this point, you still won't come clean? Do you want me to send you to Taihei?"

Hearing this.

Umaru Doma was startled, instantly curling into a ball.

Watching this scene, Sogo Doma raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself: Even though I've seen it many times, it's still amazing... As expected, the ultimate goal of taking this good-for-nothing sister to the Celestial Empire is correct. Only by being surrounded by the River Crab Divine Beast can one have a sense of security!

Just as he was pondering, a certain Dango Umaru began rolling around on the floor.

"No, no, I don't want to go to Taihei-niisan, my Onii-chan is only Sogo-niisan..."

"Umaru..."

Hearing these words, Sogo Doma felt tears welling up in his eyes. It wasn't in vain that he usually treated his good-for-nothing sister well, but the fact that she still maintained her young lady image at home was suspicious!

However, before he could voice his doubts, a certain Hamster Umaru began to self-destruct!

"I definitely can't spend money on games as I please at Taihei-niisan's place..."

Sogo Doma felt his temples throb.

"And Taihei-niisan's cooking is mediocre. Compared to Onii-chan, who was one of the Totsuki Elite Ten, it's clearly far worse. Umaru would definitely get anorexia if I went there..."

"Erina also often asks me to report on Onii-chan's news..."

As one fact after another was spilled, Sogo Doma froze. After a long silence, he erupted in fury.

"Dango Umaru, give me back my touched feelings!"

The hamster-like Umaru opened her eyes: "Ehehe?"

Skill activated: Dango Umaru's Gaze. Under this look, no matter what Umaru did, she would be forgiven by Sogo-niisan. It was an ultimate move that couldn't be used lightly, lest he build up an immunity.

Calm down, calm down.

The heart is like ice, unshaken even if the sky falls.

Watching his good-for-nothing sister's gaze, Sogo Doma recited his Heart-Clearing Mantra a few times before his brilliant smile returned. He said in his gentlest voice: "Umaru, please answer one crucial question: what exactly is the reason for maintaining that young lady persona all day today?"

Dango Umaru: "..."

She really didn't want to talk about this, but looking at her brother's increasingly darkened face...

"Ehehe, it's actually nothing. I just spent a little money on a game." Umaru Doma tried to speak in as cheerful a tone as possible.

Sogo Doma was dumbfounded: "Eh? Just spending money, you..."

Wait.

He remembered something. As a transmigrator, he had never been short on money, but after buying this house in Tokyo, even he only had about 5 million yen left. Plus, since he had taken his good-for-nothing sister out of the family without permission, the old man had said that from now on, she would have to pay for her own living expenses!

Just how much money had his good-for-nothing sister spent? A question?

Thinking of this, Sogo Doma turned his head with a grim expression: "Umaru, you... how much did you spend today?"

"Because I got married to my wife in the game today, I wanted to get her a good set of equipment, so I, I spent 5 million yen. He, hehe." The young-lady-mode Umaru tapped her fingers together, not daring to look up.

"Mar, mar, mar, married..." Clearly, Sogo Doma didn't care about how many yen were spent, but the word "married" stunned him.

As if struck by lightning, Sogo Doma stood up, his face ashen.

"Umaru, On, Onii-chan never taught you to be this kind of person. Mar, mar, marriage... isn't that too early? And why are you the one buying things for him..."

Sogo Doma hugged his legs, feeling as if he had taken countless critical hits.

The little cabbage he had raised so well—had a wild boar come for it? This is too much! This world really should be destroyed. Destroy it, Sogo Doma!

Sogo Doma, gradually darkening...

"Onii-chan, what are you thinking about?" Watching Sogo Doma, who looked like he was wandering in another dimension, Dango Umaru explained in confusion: "It's a game, a game! A virtual marriage in the game!"

"Eh?" Reminded, Sogo Doma sobered up slightly: "So it's virtual..."

"And the person I'm marrying is a girl, but she's such a noob. I, UMR, can carry even a noob to victory!"

Sogo Doma regained his clarity: "A, a girl?"

"Yeah, yeah, we've already voice-chatted. That person only knows how to play a healer, but her personality is just incredible. If she were a boy, there's no way she could be like that. If it were you, big brother, hehe..."

Umaru Doma let out a strange, eerie laugh.

If it were his big brother, he'd probably be hunted by the entire server on the first day, and then, it would turn into him hunting the entire server?

"I see, so it's a marriage in an online game... hehe..." Sogo Doma smiled again. Well, the world, perhaps, is still worth keeping.

However!

As if remembering something, Sogo Doma turned his head back with a sinister look.

"Umaru, we really need to have a talk about that 5 million yen you spent..."

The dumpling-shaped Umaru: "Ehehe?"

After a bout of chaos.

Sogo Doma was sitting in front of the dumpling.

"Umaru, do you remember what I told you yesterday?"

"Did big brother say anything yesterday? Weren't we just playing fighting games together?"

Sogo Doma: "..."

"Try harder to remember! The thing I told you when we moved here..."

"Spend money while you're young?" Umaru Doma pondered for a moment before pointing a finger at Sogo Doma!

Hearing this, Sogo Doma's mouth twitched!

What the hell is "spend money while you're young"? Who said that...

Wait.

It seems that was actually him!

It's just that, at this moment, those words gave Sogo Doma a headache!

Wait!

No...

He almost got sidetracked by his own good-for-nothing sister again.

"Umaru, I mean the one thing I said after we got settled in!" Sogo Doma asked with a terrifyingly calm expression.

Umaru Doma tilted her head in confusion.

"After we got settled in, didn't I spend the whole day playing games with big brother?"