As the saying went, innocent types defeated tsunderes, innocent types defeated schemers, innocent types defeated sharp tongues, innocent types defeated... In short, innocent types defeated everything.
Looking at Mashiro Shiina's bewildered face, as though she still had not understood what had happened, Yukino Yukinoshita felt her heart melting. This girl—how could this girl be so purely innocent? She was like a newborn kitten. I really want to rub her... Cough, cough...
Realizing something, the second young lady hurriedly shook her head. She had just been fooled by Mashiro's appearance into accepting the invitation to eat lunch together, which had landed her in this awkward situation...
While the second young lady's thoughts ran wild, Utaha Kasumigaoka answered, "Mashiro, Sogo-kun has punished us. There won't be any Baumkuchen tonight!"
Once Mashiro understood, however, she lowered her head and fell silent. "..."
"But Mashiro can still have a feast, while I've even had my right to eat a feast revoked by Sogo-kun. It can't be helped. Who told me to succumb to the devil's temptation and open Pandora's box? Even if that temptation itself was given by Sogo-kun, I was still the one who opened it. Sniff, sniff..."
As she spoke, Utaha wiped away tears that did not exist, then raised her head and looked at Yukino with a delighted expression.
"See, Miss Snow Woman? That's how it is. So you'll have to handle the compensation yourself. After all, Mashiro and I have both used punishment in place of compensation..."
"No!" Before she could finish, Yukino Yukinoshita decisively denied it. "Putting aside whether your punishments can substitute for compensation, even if they can, I only ate half of that lunchbox. Maybe not even half..."
"So Miss Snow Woman admits she stole the most?" Utaha Kasumigaoka cut in.
"..." Yukino gritted her teeth, then