Volume 2 Chapter 11 (2/2)
The first place he took me to was a certain furniture store The interior of the store was filled with the scent of wood, and thea bookshelf
”That's right It's very troublesoator-san This week, his little sister apparently passed away”
Apparently, a young man who had been an apprentice at the furniture store under thein to work
”'This week?' Has so similar happened before?”
I was not an investigator, but I joined their conversation because I felt curious
The ed man nodded
”Yeah Last week, it was his father who passed away”
”Oh?”
”Incidentally, his mother passed away the week before that”
”………”
”And the week before that, it was his uncle”
”………”
”And the week before that—”
”Ah, that's enough”
I stopped him because I didn’t kno far back this went
In any case, I understood that if this wasn't a suspicious situation, then nothing was After that, Rogred-san asked the store er for some details, and we left the store
”Still, this has turned into an interesting situation Do you think that apprentice is under a curse that causes one member of his family to die each week?”
”That's why he came to our attention Still, we have to deterh I' work”
”Agreed”
After that, we headed towards the young hborhood as idly watching birds Rogred-san apprehended him immediately
By the e did sole person frorandparents are still very much alive Incidentally, he was an only child So apparently, his little sister never existed in the first place Is he really willing to go to such lengths to avoid work?
An escalation in the nu a break from work, indeed
I continued to watch Rogred-san at his work for a few days after that The excusespeople to avoid their ere fairly horrible I couldn't even bear to look at theo so far?
The first person we visited was a o with no contact afterward, so we had to pay him a visit
”A week ago, you say? Ah, I took the day off because it was raining And I continued to take time off from work after that for one reason or another”
The ht face
While obviously irritated by thethe matter to a close
”So you're going back to work starting today, right?”
”Of course… Ah, I' the day off”
”Oi”
Obviously, he was arrested
The next person we encountered was a young woet in touch with her since three days ago
”That's wrong I haven't been ditching work for the past three days It's just that I've been helping people out for the past three days, so I couldn't go to work even though I wanted to”
”That doesn't explain why you're not at work today”
”Ah, I plan to help people out today as well”
”………”
Shouldn't she be helping the people at her workplace instead?
The third person was amany days off work for the past few months, but this ti absent for a whole week in a row
His excuse was as follows
”I didn’t feel like working, so I took some time off”
”………” ”………”
In that case, why not just quit?
In any case, the people of the Sabotage Investigation Bureau apparently handled cases like this
Watching Rogred-san at his as a difficult experience, but when he said that ould be going to check up on a teacher who had started ditching work recently, I stopped going along
I thought that I had had enough At this rate, I felt like I would end up stuck doing this forever
To be honest, I was just tired of being led around somy holiday time
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A few days later
I was sitting at a table outside the cafe that faced thethe book of which I had purchased three copies in a certain country, while blowing on and drinkingcafe au lait
However,
”Yo So this is where you were”
Saying that, Rogred-san pulled up the chair opposite mine and sat doithout permission
”hello”
He would occasionally come to inviteto stop It's a little annoying
”Are you sure you don't want to co today?”
”Yes I don't really care anymore”
”Hmm”
He grunted and furrowed his eyebrows as if he disapproved
”…In that case, Elaina, do you have soht now?”
”Yes, I do”
”I see, you have free time”
”Yes”
”You're free right now, huh?”
”That's what I just said”
I'ht now because I have soht up in some other work
If he asked , I was ready to curtly refuse him, but,
”In that case, do you want to go somewhere with me and have fun—”
However, his words were cut off before he finished his sentence They were cleanly wiped away along with a loud sound
I looked up from my book in surprise, but he had disappeared Actually, the table had disappeared fro on it
More like, they were bloay
After glancing to the side, I saw Rogred-san covered in blood lying on the debris of broken tables and chairs, and saw that the contents of my cup had splashed all over him
Oh, ain
”You bastard! Skipping work to play around oation Bureau, you've got so the day off because you had a high fever!”
While I was lared-san
”N-No! I was going to go to the hospital right away I wasn't ditching work!”
Oh? I feel like I've seen this exchange somewhere before
”Don't lie to irlfriend to the hospital on a date after having a nice lunch at a cafe!?”
”Ah, I'irlfriend”
He must have misunderstood
”…Having lunch at a cafe with a friend who is not your girlfriend—”
”We're not friends either”
”………”
”We're just acquaintances”
”What kind oflunch with a mere acquaintance?”
Saying that, the large red-san by the collar and said,
”Anyways, I' you in Understood?”
Saying that, he started walking ahile dragging hi
”D-daooooo!!”
He dragged Rogred-san from outside the cafe, towards the main street
”………”
Oh, what's this? Once again, I haven't received an apology for the honorable death of my cafe au lait
I closed e with a bookmark, and stood up
I looked around for a stone, picked it up, and,
”Ei”
I hurled it at him
The palht towards the back of the large man's head
And connected with the target beautifully
”Ouch!!”
The eratedly and then spun around with a demonic look on his face
”Oi, which bastard threw a stone at meeee!?”
Of course, the ansas,
”It was me What about it?”
Once he heard that, the large red-san
”Oh? You've got soht with me—hmm?”
All of a sudden, he lost his bluster and came to a halt
”……?”
I felt confused at the man's inexplicable behaviour
The man continued to just stand there and look at ain his senses after the wind blew and soain!” at the disastrous scene that had occurred at the cafe
In a way quite different frored-san
Actually, maybe it wasn't that different after all
”So—so beautiful…!”
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The Sabotage Investigation Bureau was a state-funded organizationwork, but by the tianization had to temporarily cease their activities
What on earth happened there? I heard that a nuators (mainly men) started to ditch their oork one after the other, and they had to be taken into custody
This situation of going out for wool and co home shorn incited the populace of that country which previously had no wars to win and no issues to talk about, and I heard that the entire Sabotage Investigation Bureau received a lot of criticism
Incidentally, the etting their station all said the sa
”I was tricked by a beautiful wo”
Apparently, they said soless like that in their testimonies
Ah, beauty is truly a sin
Anyways, I hope they find a better way of dealing with people who ditch work I can only hope that the adults can properly talk to each other and ation Bureau starts working again
If not, they ht be led astray by some witch with bad intentions next time