Doma Residence, living room.
"To avoid being exposed, I let that brat Umaru lead me around by the nose instead. Damn it, my dignity as Onii-chan!" While Lady Umaru was busy with something else, Sogo Doma, with a leek tied around his neck, wore an utterly lifeless expression. He had actually been scared off by a leek wielded by his little sister. Should he just find a crack in the ground and crawl into it?
Meanwhile.
"I actually got kicked out by my little sister..." Yukinoshita Haruno, equally lifeless, opened the sliding door to the living room.
The two utterly lifeless people met just like that. Then—
"Sogo Doma!!!" The appearance of the culprit brought the Yukinoshita eldest daughter back to life.
"Uh, Haruno..." Sogo Doma replied listlessly. He was completely unlike Yukinoshita Haruno; all his energy and spirit had long since been drained away along with every shred of his "dignity."
"Asshole, what was with that recording?" Yukinoshita Haruno fumed.
"Ah, a recording? What recording?" Sogo Doma, whose only thought was finding a crack to crawl into, had no idea what she was talking about.
"Stop playing dumb! That recording you sent me today—you even said it was some kind of bonus. You asshole..." All the frustration of being kicked out by her little sister came pouring out.
"Uh, that happened?" Sogo Doma no longer cared about anything.
"Asshole, are you trying to pretend nothing happened?" Yukinoshita Haruno gritted her teeth.
"Then I guess it did happen..."
"What do you mean, 'I guess'?"
"Then let's say it didn't happen..."
Yukinoshita Haruno: "..."
Was there something wrong with this bastard Sogo? Hadn't he been perfectly fine just now? Wait, a leek? Could it be...
"Are you sick? Do you have a fever?"
Sogo Doma: "..."
Why was she bringing up