373 364 Is it because of age that makes you deeply moved when you take a new step? (2/2)

If I were to do this, I would say that the person to cry to would be the wrong person, but looking at that section chief, I can say that it was the right decision to come to me.

As expected, Nanase has been asking me for all the information I know about his safety and well-being.

You're going to be able to get the information you want without any intention of refusing, although I promised to pass on all the information I could find and the information that came in, but I'm not sure if I was able to give her the information she wanted.

Now, he is stoutly working hard to support his juniors and try to redeem his honor.

It looks like he's desperately trying to distract himself from reality, but I'll assume that he wants to distract himself for now.

.........

I was working with a cup of coffee when my eyes fell on the clock.

”It's time.

On days when there are no dungeon tests, there is usually a lot of behind-the-scenes work sitting in the office, reading reports, scheduling each team, or meeting with other departments.

I'll be out of my seat for a bit. Let me know if you need anything else.

”Here you go, have a good day.

Just tell Kaylee where you're going, then get up and walk at a leisurely pace, unlike usual.

No, I just want to walk slowly.

There are goblins running around inspecting equipment, dark elves chatting with papers in hand, harpies busily looking for someone, lizardmen in white talking to their colleagues, and demons loosening their ties and wiping sweat off their clothes, as if they'd just come back from outside.

The company has become a familiar place where humans are almost never present except for us dungeon testers.

Nowadays, it's not particularly unusual, and there's no need to feel down about it.

If anything, the outside world is more lacking at the moment.

It's not to say that there's nothing, but in terms of fun, the extraordinary that doesn't exist in reality always stimulates me.

So those days have become your everyday life.

Suddenly I stopped walking slowly and placed one hand on the railing and watched the scene below.

The buzzing noise.

When did the sound become pleasing to the ears?

When I was in my former company, even the slightest noise at the time of a nap would have been annoying.

It was just one flyer that changed my life.

You never know what's going to happen in life, do you?

A smile came to his lips in remembrance, and he was glad to have been honest with himself then.

If you ask me if I am satisfied with the present, I will say that I am not satisfied yet.

I miss thinking about the future for the first time since I was a student.

I never thought I'd have any career aspirations.

I used to lament that I didn't want to take on the responsibility, but now I'm a section chief with my subordinates.

I've never had a middle management position before, but I can't help but think that the reason I've been able to groping my way through is because my subordinates are excellent.

But you still feel a sense of satisfaction.

Not to spill to anyone.

There is no doubt that the present environment is full of life.

It's hard, it's a hassle, but I never wanted to quit, and I'm not satisfied with the results I've achieved, but I've never been so greedy.

I am struggling to get as far as I can go.

If possible, I continue on my halted foot, hoping that the ruckus from the other day won't get any bigger.

Your leather shoes tap the ground, echoing your footsteps in the corridor as you go.

If you pass an employee, you say a quick hello, and if you see someone you know, you exchange a few words of conversation.

Am I early?

And when you get to your destination, you realize that you left too early with only a few people here and there, but the piercing gaze is still the same.

After all, it seems to be unheard of for a human to enter this place.

Even though they are the last seat in the house, there are still those who show their disgust at humans entering.

Half of the current feeling is that disgust, the rest is curiosity and some sympathy.

You can't help but be concerned and sit down at your assigned seat and wait for your time to come.

.........

In the meantime, you look over the materials on the table, but they are not much different from the previously announced content, and are not new.

Gradually, people are gathering in the room and the buzz is growing.

However, the noise dies down when Evvia appears at the top table.

Her appearance means.

Hi, hi, sorry for the wait.

After that, the president, aka the Demon King, appears.

He appears with a smile and a wave of his hand, but no one pays any attention to him, and he quickly stands up and bows his head.

It's as if we're in agreement, and I follow suit, bowing my head.

All seated.

Each one takes a seat at the call of Evvia.

If you compare it to a company, what's about to start is like a management meeting.

Under the chairmanship of Evia, the person in charge of each department makes a report and presents a guideline for the future.

The president just watches and basically does not interfere.

Nevertheless, the people who are in this place where tensions abound are each responsible for their position.

It's hard to believe how far we've come in just one year.

I listen to reports from various departments, sometimes taking notes, and catching up on the recent developments in other departments.

And then.

”Next, let me see the tester section's report, first section one.

Time passes with a break in between, and finally it's your turn.

You reply in a brisk and cheerful voice, and you feel your gaze, which had been elsewhere gathered earlier, focus on yourself.

The old me would have had a nervous stomach ache.

We are the first section.

When was the last time you felt vulnerable about such a thing, narrating what you had prepared without so much as a hair's breadth of nervousness, and answering nasty questions.

I would make my presence known and make my requests known.

I stand here, not only as a person in the field, but also as a person in charge.

I feel like a stranger, thinking that I have become in an outlandish position, because I still have the feeling of my days as a fairly ordinary office worker.

I'm going to be able to say that I've done everything I could to capture the dungeons that are currently in operation, and I'm going to be able to get the best out of them.

I wonder what the past me would think if he saw me, unafraid to explain to him in an environment where the only people are rightfully outsiders.

What would my face be like if I were told that I was having a child with an otherworldly woman?

If you could, I would.

That your future is not so bleak, but quite exciting.

So...

See the appendix for more information about that.

Now I can be proud.

Although the future is uncertain, I am not afraid to stand here.

I have almost more family to protect.

I have subordinates and colleagues I can trust.

There is no time to be depressed over a few things.

If you have time for that, it is more constructive to find a way to silence some of the complaining upper management.

Because.

Section One concludes.

I can't just stand here and do nothing because there are still things I want to do.

Word of the Day

You have to proceed when you proceed.