175 171 日常のありがたみは、比べるものがあってこそ実感する。 (1/2)

Your body is so fatigued that you can't even say you're tired.

I silently hold my eyes and lean back in my chair.

After all the testers had successfully signed up for the project, the report was waiting for me upon my return, behind the successful outcome.

I've been looking forward to a warm dinner table with my wives (candidates) for the past week, and I didn't even have a chance to enter the dungeon, I just sat face to face with my computer or talked to investigators about the case.

'Ah, it's finally over,'

You can't see any color of vitality in my strained voice.

I'm just impressed that you still have the energy to speak.

Good night~

Is.

The same could be said of the rest of the people in charge who were working in the same room.

A weary voice comes from across the room, as if reaffirming the tediousness of the process.

You look over and see Ms. Keely propped up on her desk, waving her hand in appreciation of the end of the job, while Nostalfel, seated next to her, sighs with heartfelt exhaustion.

Oh, God, I knew it, but it was really a pain in the ass. Look at this report, how much do you think it takes to compile a damage report on the Forest of Spirits?

Can you say those words in front of Master Evia?

I'm not saying that here because I can't, but you should know that.

The usual acrimonious dialogue is nowhere near as powerful as it should be.

The report sits on the electronic media, and although the desk itself is clean, it is easy to imagine that if I print it out later, the volume will fill the desk.

I don't want to do that now. ......

...... I'm unwilling to disagree with you, but yes. Let's get out of here.

For a while, they only looked at each other and let out a sigh, as if they didn't have the energy to complain about each other, and if it wasn't for this, they would have been full of laughter at least one of the most unusual things they saw.

It's different from moving your body, and the mental fatigue that eats away at your mind is still hard to feel even now that your status has improved.

Jiro-kun, it's a shame that you have to do paperwork when the competition is coming up.

Yes, but once we've done that, we can just focus on next month's competition. It's easy in a way.

But the paperwork is done with this report.

So, as I said to Kaylee earlier, all we have to do now is prepare for the upcoming competition.

After an incident like this, you might wish the competition was cancelled, but the fall of a general seems to have a greater impact on the entire organization than you can imagine.

Therefore, the tournament is an event to improve the atmosphere as well as to select a new general.

Security is increased, but it's not so easy to cancel.

”I still can't believe that you, a human, are standing there, no matter how much you signed a contract with a substandard spirit. I wonder what the Immortal King and the Demon King had in mind when they recommended you.

When the topic changes, the mood changes.

Then, at Nostalfel's words, Kaylie raised her eyebrows and made a look of dissatisfaction.

If this continues, we'll be having a repeat of the previous exchange.

From the point of view of the instructors, though, it sounds like it would be fun to say one word and be done with it.

”Oh.

But when you cut back on the words that seem unlikely, Kaylee and Nostalfel spit them out at the same time, almost as if they understood.

It's hard for me to gauge what those instructors were thinking, but I can say that this is the only thing I'm sure of.

Conversely, I can say that they're thinking about something else, too.

Well, I'll go as far as I can this time.

”Huh?　As expected of Jiro-kun, who made a contract with a special spirit. Do you feel like you're actually aiming for the position of general?

When I told her that I signed a contract with Vals, she congratulated me, not knowing whether to laugh or to be surprised, but now she grinned and teased me about my ambition.

I'm not going to borrow your heart to go out where speculation goes back and forth, as if I've given up on you from the start.

You can't change being a challenger, but this is your chance to see how far you can go, to the limit, to see how well you can join the top ranks of the demon king's army.

I'm not going to let it go.

You're going to be able to find out if you're a good fit.

Well, I'm not so sure. I'm not saying that victory is the luck of the hour, but I will try not to bring in any desire to lose.

”Oh, my goodness, that's bold.

I hope it's not all talk,

The result of the spouting, on the one hand, is that you've found the fun, and on the other hand, you've found the big whack-job.

As I talked with them, I recovered from the weakness at the end of the workday and looked at the clock and saw that it was past my regular time, but I was still working less than an hour of overtime.

Well, I'm going to get out now.

Yes, I'd be afraid of Suela if I tied you up too much.

That's what I mean.

When you've finished, you just need to leave, quickly turn off your computer and get up.

I'll leave you to it.

”Yes, good work~

Good job.

While secretly thinking it would be great to work in a place where no boss would complain about leaving early after work.

You leave the conference room that you had rented on a temporary basis.

Some departments in the company still have employees working, but others are just as ready to go home.

Or you can see the night shift team, which is probably working from now on.

Oh, Jiro, how about after this?

Unfortunately, I have a prior engagement, but I'll see you next time.

”The wife?

”Yeah, I've got three cute potential wives.

”I see!　If you're dealing with your wife, I don't blame you!

As we passed each other, we exchanged greetings with people we didn't know and occasionally received invitations to drink from the demon, but Himikku was waiting for us to cook dinner, and we jokingly refused, so as not to get in the way.

You can't waste such an action.

The hardest thing to do is to sluggishly head home before the instructors find you.

The upper floor of the company dormitory.

You are relieved to see that you've returned home safely, and you take out your key and unlock the door.

I'm home.

Only recently have I begun to get used to the word homecoming in this way.

It's a word I never had to say before because there was no one home.

The first time I heard those words, I felt a mixture of nostalgia, embarrassment, and happiness.

Welcome home.

”Oh, I'm home, Memoria

It seems that today was greeted by Memoria.