How much could one's upbringing affect a person?
"I-I..." Umaru Doma had barely taken a step when the aura she carried made the person who had bumped into her collapse onto the floor. "I'm sorry! Waaah, I don't usually run in the hallways, but I was in such a hurry today, waaah, I'm sorry..."
Umaru Doma: "..."
W-Why was she crying? Wasn't this girl supposed to be some kind of villain? This made Umaru look like the villain instead!
Nanako: "..."
The new student was terrifying!!!
Afterward...
"Um..." Watching the girl flee for her life after apologizing, Umaru Doma's lips twitched before she put her smile back on and turned to the girl showing her around the campus. "Didn't she just say that she normally doesn't run in the hallways?"
Nanako: "..."
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" She bowed again.
"Why are you the one apologizing!?" Umaru Doma couldn't help asking.
"I don't know either, but anyway, I'm really sorry!" Tears filled Nanako's eyes as she bowed desperately. As long as she apologized fast enough, the punishment wouldn't catch up to her?
"Don't apologize if you don't even know why! You didn't do anything wrong..."
"I'm sorry, being alive is my mistake..." Nanako held her head in both hands.
That was way too negative! Umaru Doma wanted to shout at her, but her eyes shifted as she said, "I see. Since you say being alive is a mistake, shouldn't you listen to the opinions of someone who's right?"
"Huh?" This was the first response Nanako had heard since learning to apologize desperately that differed from the usual. After freezing for a moment, she asked softly, "T-Then, how do I listen to the opinions of someone who's right?"
"Obviously, by listening to someone who's right. Oh, right, I still don't know