19 18 There is a mascot in the company, but ....txt (1/2)

Another side

Lois, 232 years old, single, no girlfriend.

Occupation: Trainer in charge of tester training in Human Resources and belonging to the Development Department

Magical Aptitude 6 (Deputy Officer Class)

Title: Alchemist and wizard

The development department is one of the busiest departments in the company.

New monsters must be created to meet the needs of the dungeon, so the workload is never-ending.

Naturally, there will be no time to rest.

There is no such thing as a high risk of having a lot of work and a high risk of losing your reputation if you skip work.

I was on my fourth night in such a department.

...... Why did I have to create such a monster?

The dark elves may not be able to tell, but there are definitely circles under my eyes.

I'm known to be very perceptive and I'm sure the bloodshot eyes have become even more severe.

This is all because we were going to introduce a new monster into the King's dungeon and a monster with a very different specification than what we had originally planned was ordered.

''Hahahahahahahahahahaha!　But I did it!　You're a genius, after all!

I'm aware of my strange tension, but now I have a finished work in front of me .

The euphoric feeling of accomplishment, I might even be able to propose to Suela now.

My colleagues, who were killed in the process of developing this monster, are lying on their desks, floors and sofas, snoring asleep as soon as it was completed.

This is a masterpiece that only took a month to complete.

I'm sure Suela will love this one.

”Mmm, I guess I'm at my wits' end, but well, we met the deadline and I don't want anyone to complain about me taking a nap.

Even if you strengthen your body, it won't make you sleepy.

After four days and all-nighters, even the strengthened body demands rest.

You will be able to get a good idea of what to expect when you are in a position to do so.

But this is an interesting idea for Japan, only a country with so much fun to draw attention to itself by dressing like this. Hmm, not that it matters to me.

It's a two-meter-long behemoth in a cylinder case, a golem created under the direction of the King of the Machine, but it's made with a different idea.

It's definitely a golem that doesn't exist in either Isual or the Demon King's Army.

It's just as expected of me that you can make such a thing.

There's still time to give it to the king... but if you think about efficiency... But to be efficient, we should at least use a timer to prepare for activation...

I just need to pour the magic into the foundation, do some prep work, do one last check, make sure everything is okay, and then we're all set.

Then let's go to sleep.

I didn't even have time to take a shower, as I've been pushing myself since the day before yesterday.

I wanted to wash my sticky hair.

This desire pushed me to leave the lab as quickly as possible.

Another side END

Isn't it getting more and more of your stuff, Minami?

Is that so?　Leader, this much is normal, that it is.

'No, we didn't have a video game console or anything like that before, did we?　Because this DVD or whatever didn't exist, right?

If you say so, what will happen to Katsu who has brought in detergent and cooking utensils, that I am the only one who should be careful, that I am not. It's not fair for me to be the only one to be careful, that I am.

What kind of idiot can watch out for a guy in charge of food?

'The discrimination against women's power that has emerged here has made me despair, that I am desperate, that I am!

The party room, which started out as a drab place, is now starting to show some color.

The desk in the living room is mainly occupied by a work computer, while games and DVDs are stored on a TV rack near the sofa.

At one end of the living room there is a bookcase, where comics and magazines are kept as well as work materials.

The kitchen is a kitchen, and there are pots and pans, ladles, knives, dishes and seasonings, and you can buy anything you want with your part-time job money, but I don't know if it's necessary to buy all these things, but I can't eat them as I have my lunch made for me often.

At least, the cost of the foodstuff for lunch is raised from the common expenses of the party.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get a receipt for your lunch, but at least you'll be able to get the money from the party's common expenses.

It's not easy to practice magic and marathoning endlessly.

No, Minami-chan, you're not much better than us.　You saw that, didn't you, I almost went through the ceiling yesterday.

I'm up against the wall.

As preparation for the dungeon, I planned a training session and submitted it to the human resources department as a substitute for time spent in the dungeon.

That was a surprise, that it was. Just when you think it takes two grown men to cut down a beautiful dark elf, you're blown up, that is.

Since I couldn't just train with my party members and try it out in a straight-up dungeon, I challenged Suella to at least try to coordinate with Kaido, but the result was a disaster.

Our breathing wasn't coordinated, and I was taken out of the gap and dealt with in turn.

I thought it was a lot better than it was at the beginning, but the difference in ability is obvious when you lose with a single club without even using magic.

Lunch is ready!

Sorry, Winning.

No, you're paying for the materials, so there's at least that.

As I was reaffirming my reality, the smell of my hungry stomach was wafting in the air.

”Masaru~ I'm hungry, that I am.

The first to react was South .

He looked like an indoor dog that had been waiting to be fed, but his eyes were focused on the plate and not on Katsu.

”I'll clear the table, just give me a second.

He's used to dealing with the south like that, but he's just letting it slide.

There is a tray in one hand with three servings of freshly prepared fried rice on it.

Normally, he or she would drop it or lose balance, but the instability is not visible due to his or her familiarity with it and his or her status has been improved by his or her magic crests.

You can use your free hand to quickly clean up the items on the table and wipe the table with a wipe cloth.

I'll take care of the rest.

Excuse me.

'It's fine!　It's no good as a senior if you only let junior staff work for you!

Kaido has been doing this ever since he got a guy named Katsu, his junior.

At first, he'd revealed his characteristic ugliness as a single man, telling her she was a southern hump and that she should explode, but as she realized that Masaru was a nice, straightforward guy, that attitude waned.

By the time he returned with a smile, he had brought a bowl of fried rice, dumplings and a bowl of soup in his hands.

When there was enough food for all of us, we all began to eat.

It wasn't mandatory, but we naturally ate lunch together.

It started with the company cafeteria, where I saw Katsu preparing a lunch to appease Minami, who wanted to eat a meal from another world.

The price of the ingredients is a little pricey, but not too expensive.

This luncheon started when Katsu started to challenge me.

Even though they're called eggs from another world, they don't taste much different.

Yeah, it's just plain fried rice for eating, with a lot of flavor and a slight difference in flavor.

All of the ingredients are from another world, though, except for the rice.

You can find fried rice, dumplings, and Chinese soup everywhere, but the ingredients such as eggs, vegetables, and meat are all prepared in commercial establishments.

Naturally, they were all ingredients that I had never seen or heard of in my life.

I had some initial resistance to it, but if people look nice, as long as they take a bite, it'll be fine.

As long as it's good, that it's no problem!

Yeah.

The resistance to food disappears.

It's not that I'm eating a ghetto, but I feel like I'm eating something new.

It looks like a complete fried rice.

”Hoorehesenrei.

We'll talk after we eat.

Gokun, so what are you going to do this afternoon, senior?

'We're going into the dungeon tomorrow afternoon, but today is the same training as yesterday.

When working people have lunch together, the conversation naturally turns to work.

To save time and effort, they talk about work, even during breaks.

Is that Suela?

The plan is, we'll go over what we did yesterday and then have another simulation. At the very least, we should be able to get him to use his magic today.

Wow.

'Katsu, you're with us yesterday, we're injured, we're practicing our recovery magic, otherwise you're running with the South.

...... I am?

Running.

It's a fantasy, but it's not a fantasy, that it isn't.

'I'll be running with you, and if you can run five kilometres today, you can start practicing your magic tomorrow, so let's go for it.

For the first time since the two of them arrived, for the first time since the two of them arrived, Katsu Katsu like a mother encouraging her child like this and Nan like an unfaithful child, their ages are reversed, so it should normally feel strange, but with these two, I've found myself accepting that it's natural.

''From a status standpoint, it's about time for them to enter magical training as well.

Yes, it's necessary for self-defense, but it's not a good idea to just go in for everything.

Watching such a scene, the South's policy was set.

The demonprint is really amazing.

It should have been only a few weeks and three days if you take into account the time spent on the job, but Minami had already far surpassed the first record.

You can run about three kilometers without losing your breath, and complete the race before five kilometers without getting dizzy.

Your endurance status has also improved steadily.

If you've done so well, there's no problem to move on.

Let's move the spoon to eat the last bit of fried rice and prepare for the training session from noon.

We haven't seen Suela.

Yeah.

The time is one o'clock in the afternoon, and I have already finished my break and moved to the training room.

I'm doing warm-up exercises, relaxing my body and getting ready to move at any time.

That's unusual.

Yeah.

By the time you're done stretching, your body will gradually warm up and adjust to the point where you'll sweat slightly.

He doesn't talk much, and he doesn't say many words while exercising, but he's certainly right.

Suera-san is on time.

If she was Kio, it's not unusual for her to be five or ten minutes late because of a drinking party the day before.

But she would never be late without notice.

So I'm afraid something might be wrong.

”Hmm?　A telepathic story.

Then you notice a distinctive ringing in your head.

I paused my stretching to think it might be a shadow or something, and went out for a reminder.

Yes, this is Jiro.

”Jiro-san, I'm sorry.

I knew it was going to be Suela.

What's going on?

”Actually, I have some urgent business to attend to, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do the training this afternoon.

I knew there was a reason for this, and I feel half relieved and half disappointed that I won't be able to see you, but I don't talk about it.

I'm asking for your time and I'm asking for it.

If another high priority job comes along, it will take precedence.

”I'm sorry, sir, this is all right, you get it.

”Really!　I'm sorry!''

This is often the case in the previous company, and although I answered with conviction, Suera-san's voice sounded heartily apologetic.

But I wonder what the high priority tasks are.

It is selfish to say that you have a solid schedule, but I honestly didn't have an image of Suela breaking her schedule by jumping in and out of work.

So I'll just assume that you have a pretty tough job ahead of you.

In addition, several experimental stage monsters have escaped from the laboratory and are wandering around the company, so please make sure you are well equipped when moving around. You will find them everywhere inside the facility, although we have wards to prevent them from going outside. '

...... I've been busy dealing with some unexpectedly important (yucky) business.

Yes, yes, ma'am. So should I take shelter in my dorm?

Please, if you can. And please, keep your weapons on and evacuate to a secure location.

I tried to answer calmly so as not to show my inner surprise, but was I able to mend my expression?

The possibility of getting attacked by a monster in a non-dungeon environment, I didn't consider that.

In the company, we're safe, and maybe if we were in normal times, we would be.

But .

There's an explosion at my back.

”Miss Suella, it looks like we're too late.

No way!

Now I understood that we were on thin ice.

The entrance to the training room was blown into the room by a sudden explosion, and something was reflected in the dust cloud.

Give yourself some time!　Evacuate if you can. I'll be there in 15 minutes!

I can't hear Suela's voice one way or the other, but this is not the time to worry about it .

''South, with Katsu in the back, Kaido in the center, I'll be the vanguard .

It's a simple formation, but I think it's about right for now.

We've got four men, but practically only half of them are me and Kaido.

But it happened so suddenly that the other three didn't hear our orders.

Move!　We're in a dungeon now!

It was a shouting instruction, but it was inevitable.

A moment's carelessness can be fatal when you're experiencing a dungeon.

That's why I knew that.

The three of you react and begin to move slowly.

But we're lucky they're moving.

Soon the enemy will come out from behind the smoke.

My heart's pounding in my ears as it tenses up.

After all, it's a monster that's escaped from the lab, one I've probably never faced before.

It's an unknown enemy, and that alone makes my body tense.

My mind wishes I had more experience, but my body isn't as tense as it should be.

Now I can see my opponent.

Where's ......?

But in an instant, my nerves were relaxed.

”SD Sentai Robot, that it is?

It's like a costume.

This is all very surreal, isn't it?

I was expecting a sharp monster to appear, and as I was preparing myself, I was overwhelmed by a two-headed, much cuter Sentai robot that looked like something out of a loose character.

The color of the body and limbs are different, as if they were made to look like a sentai-type robot or something that would be mounted by a hero, but the face is much cuter and the body is more rounded.

Its footsteps are light, and it walks slowly.

I'm not sure if I've felt threatened by such a thing.

Since Suela was in a hurry, the tension was twice as great as usual, so the feeling of weakness is twice as great.

”For now, let's just try not to provoke the training room--

I couldn't say ”Let's get out of here”.

The toy sword that appeared in the loose character Golem's right hand, I felt it for sure the moment it appeared.

A killing intent.

''Avoid!

I yelled right away, just as I was about to yell.

And then he turned his body and turned his head at the same time.

Out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of a loose character golem leaping with an afterimage that showed no signs of preliminary movements.

The golem leaps high, and then leaps over me to find out intuitively what it wants to do and puts all of its strength into it.

!

My teeth gnash.

I put all the strength I could into my legs with my clenched teeth and with a single step I broke through the wind.

I crossed the side of the hall, in front of South and Katsu.

I could feel the heat of friction on the soles of my feet, and the pressure on my feet to brake quickly was going to be even greater.

If I had time to worry about that, I'll devote some of my time to thinking about adjusting my body posture.

There's no way we're going to be able to intercept them in time.

We'll soon learn that there's no time to shake it out.

Then what you need to do is take it in.

Don't snap!

At the same time I hold the blade upward as if to offer it to the mineral tree, I feel a tremendous weight and wind pressure.

My arms creak, my shoulders creak, my hips creak, and my knees feel like they're about to snap.

Maybe it's because I let the impact escape to the floor, but I'm feeling cracks running down my legs.

Contrary to the appearance of looseness, the heavyweight weight of the bamboo chopper is used to its advantage .

''That's annoying!

If you look up, you'll be greeted by a cute face that doesn't change its expression, but coupled with a murderous intent, you can't think it's cute.