You never go back on something you agreed to, huh?
That really sounded like something only a manga protagonist would say. So adorably naive. For some reason, whenever he saw someone this cute, he just couldn't resist teasing them a little. I should restrain myself, Sogo Doma thought as he spoke. "Ugh, after you asked about Mashiro's grades, your expression turned really grim. But it looks like I misunderstood..."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
No, he had not misunderstood. She really had regretted it a little at the time. Just how badly did someone have to study to score zero in every subject? Not even getting a single multiple-choice question right by guessing? Could she really tutor someone like that well enough to pass? Wait, had she forgotten something? Hadn't she and Doma been discussing Mashiro this whole time? Why had the topic become...
Right. What had they been talking about just now?
Yukino Yukinoshita launched into a mental brainstorm. Two seconds later, she said, "Doma, weren't we discussing whether Mashiro actually took the exams? The proof is that I personally saw Mashiro in the examination room, yet you said she had even forgotten about the exams. With me as a witness, Doma, are you still claiming you didn't lie?"
"Yukinoshita, since you said you never go back on your word, there's no need to explain discussions from the past, is there?"
"An exception applies when the client has lied. Besides, if I'm going to tutor Mashiro, I need to know her current academic level. Scoring zero in every subject is simply too absurd..."
"Didn't I tell you? Mashiro simply didn't realize she was taking an exam!" Even Sogo Doma himself felt there was far too much to mock in that statement, but it was the truth...
"Is that supposed to be