345 336. The word "become an adult" means every person (1/2)

Becoming an adult.

This can mean good or bad, depending on the person.

In the good sense, it means to be aware of your responsibilities and to live independently.

What is the bad meaning of adulthood?

As far as I can tell, the words ”I don't want to be an adult who is addicted to alcohol, gambling, and addicted to being banned as an adult” are just a few of the things that came to mind.

So, why am I thinking this?

”Oh, I see you're getting a promotion soon, Egawa.

”Ah!　I'm glad that they recognize my accomplishments. I'm just happy that they recognized my achievements.

When we talked about work, work, work, work, when we were in school we would talk about good food, who was cool, who was cute, did you hear that new song about that idol?　It was all about private conversations such as these.

I think even this kind of change in the content of our conversations makes you realize that you've grown up, don't you?

But we've all grown up.

We talk more about work than our private lives. ......... It's so vain.

Unfortunately, I can't talk about work.

It's not impossible to talk about work.

Speaking of which, what kind of work do you do now, Tanaka-kun?

”Uh, the construction business?　I know.

Since most of the work is confidential, there is no way you can say that you are working on improving the dungeon.

Naturally, the words are muddled.

Building business, yes it's not wrong.

Since you're making dungeons, there's more vandalism by combat than building them, but what you're doing is like looking for flaws in the building.

It's the building industry, not the security industry, so it's not wrong.

”Heh!　Are you building a building or something?

As the drink progresses, the atmosphere of the place begins to lighten up, with Mr. Hanabishi to my right and Egawa to my left, the conversation turns to work, and Mr. Hanabishi happily shouts out in response to a question about the type of work I'm doing now.

I asked him what kind of work he was doing right now and he happily replied, ”Which company?　Maybe there's a connection to my company.

I'm not sure if it's easy to get into the topic, or if Egawa is also getting into the conversation, but personally, I'd rather not.

If you dig any further, I'm afraid the story will fall apart sooner or later.

Oh, no, not that kind of construction site, but design?　Call it a relationship, I'm in the building construction flaws and safety department.

There's nothing wrong with that.

More often than not, they are destroying rather than building, but by pointing out the thinly defended areas in the dungeon, they make it structurally harder to attack and safer for the defenders.

Have you ever heard of the [MAO Corporation]?　I work there.

And my company, which is ostensibly in the trade business.

I don't know if you know that or not, but it's no problem to say so in passing.

I can fool you by smelling that there is a construction department within that department.

Oh! That company!　Rumor has it that despite being a newcomer, it is still profitable with its own market.

He chuckles as he excitedly says that he is not involved with our company, but he knows about it.

Oh, you certainly have your own market.

It's a different world.

We have a resource base that isn't bound by conventional wisdom, so the rumors aren't wrong.

According to the rumor within the company, they're planning to build an oil base on the Pacific coast with the Japanese government and export the oil that the Demon King's army isn't using from there.

I know it's better to have money, but...

You want to let out a sigh of relief as to how much profit you are going to make, but you don't want to let your inner sigh show on your face and just say that there is a rumor about it.

You come on board as if you were listening to a good story rather than getting excited.

I've heard about that company from a customer. I've heard from clients that they recruit people from all over the world.

”Does Mr. Hanabishi work in a beauty salon?

Yes, that's why you're surprised to hear so many stories.

It's also a good opportunity for me to hear what the company's current reputation is in the public eye.

Mr. Hanabishi says he knows too, and agrees with Egawa.

But I've heard you're using weird flyers, is that true?

”Ghoho!

So just as I was about to casually ask and have a drink, the subject of that flyer came up and made me cringe.

I don't do it now, but the painful memory of a past recruit stings me.

”Ugh, you mean our company's magic business?　It's a special kind of thing, where you have to go through a certain procedure to see the words on it.

Yeah, tell me a lie, you're at ......... .

If you don't have a certain magical aptitude, you're invisible.

No matter how much he tries, if he doesn't have the aptitude, it's just paper.

Wow!　Sounds interesting!　Can it be bought?

Mr. Hanabishi innocently tells me it's funny, but unfortunately I can't return the sentiment.

We've done some monitoring and found out that it's not very useful. Unfortunately, it's not for sale.

”Too bad it looked so interesting.

Quite a bit of handouts, but without aptitude it's just a blank slate.

You drink your drink, thinking it won't go unnoticed.

Oh, I can't afford to buy a new bag because I don't have any money. I like it a lot.

God, Megumi. That's what happens when you're always wasting money. You should save some more.

”It's bad enough that I'm underpaid!　If you'd given me a little more, I could have bought a bag and saved more money!

And the power of alcohol sometimes pulls out topics unrelated to the flow of the moment.

The classmate sitting across from you suddenly complains that he can't buy what he wants.

I'm friendly with them, but I'm not greedy to begin with, so I don't have any of those problems.

I didn't buy games when they were trendy, but when they got old and cheap.

When I started to drink, I mainly drank cheaply.

The only thing I spent money on was kendo equipment.

Nowadays, because of my money, if I think I need something because of my job, I'll buy it with money or buy it as a gift from Suela and her friends.

But I don't often buy things for myself.

The sad reality is that I worked in a black office and didn't have much time to spend.

Is that an excuse?

”I know that!　I mean, Bunmi makes more money than I do, so that's why I'm talking about savings and all those words!

”I don't think that's relevant,

Just, well, I guess I've never been this profligate.

”Ugh, come to think of it, how much money do you guys make?

I've been looking at it like that for a while now, but I'm afraid that I can't win with my mouth, so I'm going to have to take a shot at them.

”I'm about eight million, I guess.

”So much!　Hey, Saho!

”I don't get that much?　I don't think we're even halfway there.

”That's enough!

And Egawa, perhaps the most confident of all, was the first to answer.

As expected, Hanabishi didn't feel comfortable saying it outright, or maybe she was just trying to muddy the waters, but what to do?

It's bad for the atmosphere if Egawa and Hanabishi answer and I'm the only one who doesn't.

And what about you, Tanaka?

Do I have to answer that?

”Not bad, but I'm curious!

I know it's partly due to the momentum of the drink, but I honestly don't want to answer.

Isn't it bad manners to talk about these things? I'm sure I was drunk when I looked back to see if there were any manners at the banquet and concluded that there weren't, which was a bit out of character for me.

Then you wonder how to answer the question.

Answering honestly is a surefire way to go.

If you answer last year's income, or rather your take-home pay, you could surpass Egawa's income not only lightly, but overwhelmingly.

It's bad very bad, and I can't think of any reason why it's bad, my gut is telling me it's a land mine.

I'll leave it to your imagination.” .........

”Yes! That's okay, it's not going to decrease, as Egawa and Saho said.

”Yes, I'm curious too. Hey, Sagami-san.

”What?　Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't care, too.