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Optician’s, Another Side by Miyazawa Tatsuki

It was an accident, caused by a series of unfortunate events, that a general affairs clerk, Yos.h.i.+no Yayoi, stepped on the gla.s.ses of Zenjou Gouki, who was quietly working in the file room of Scepter 4, and broke them. Yos.h.i.+no was coming through the door, carrying a mountain of paperwork in her arms, when the black cat, Kuro, tried to slip past her legs, startling her and causing her to throw all the doc.u.ments up in the air.

As a result, she started to topple over and Zenjou, who was about to take a sip of his tea, on a conditioned reflex immediately made to support her, which, in turn, knocked the gla.s.ses he was wearing off his face and onto the floor. Yos.h.i.+no panicked and, wanting to regain her balance as fast as possible, accidentally stepped on said gla.s.ses with all her might, shattering their lenses.

All these happenings took no more than 5 seconds.

“I’m so sorry! Please allow me to pay for them!”

Yos.h.i.+no kept apologizing and bowing her head to him, but Zenjou only shook his head a little and, with a somewhat strained smile, said, “Don’t worry about it. I’m just glad that you’re not injured.”

Still, Yos.h.i.+no was adamant about wanting to provide recompense for the gla.s.ses.

“All right. If that makes you feel better. But…” Zenjou was not about to give in and accept her offer as is. “These gla.s.ses were rather worn out to begin with, and I was going to buy a new pair in the near future anyway. So we’ll split the cost in half, okay?”

That was how the two ended up heading together in the direction of the optician shop.

However…

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In front of the shop, a big shock was awaiting Yos.h.i.+no, when the two of them b.u.mped into their superiors, starting with Munakata Reis.h.i.+, who was accompanied by Awas.h.i.+ma Seri and Fus.h.i.+mi Saruhiko.

On their part, the superiors also seemed to be quite surprised at the sudden meeting.

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