“Commander! You seem to be in a good mood lately. What’s going on?”
“Does it look that way?”
“Yep! You were checking your phone while working and suddenly burst out laughing!”
“Ah… I guess that’s true.”
A few days had passed since the operation ended, and I had submitted my report, so today was a bit of a break.
I had worked hard until yesterday, so today was a light day.
That’s why I handled about half the usual morning workload, and the afternoon work was… practically nonexistent.
While I was comfortably resting in the office, Midori suddenly spoke up.
“What’s up? Did you suddenly get a lot of money or something!?”
“I haven’t received any money yet. We just finished the operation recently, and I sent the report yesterday.”
“Ah.”
“Well… something good definitely happened.”
“What?! What?! Stop being quiet and tell me already!”
Midori got up from her seat and started questioning me in front of the Commander’s desk.
She seemed genuinely curious—really eager to know.
I was also a bit curious why the Commander was smiling suddenly.
I wondered if he’s gone crazy from all the work, laughing at his reports or something.
“It’s just that I solved some nagging issues from my mother, and that’s why I’m happy—no more nagging every time we talk!”
“Ah.”
“What kind of nagging made you so happy?”
“Um…”
The Commander suddenly looked at me.
Honestly, I understood why he was looking my way.
“Just… you know, that kind of thing.”
“…..”
“Ugh… so boring.”
Fortunately, he didn’t say that out loud… thank goodness.
If he had said that in the office, it would have been a serious problem.
After all, the nagging was about the Commander’s girlfriend.
Honestly… I did mention it, but it was a tough topic.
They were definitely not in a relationship; it was just a suggestion I made because the Commander looked excessively stressed.
“Well, I guess that’s okay. By the way, Midori, did you handle your work well?”
“Well, for now…?”
Anyway, I had to focus on work.
Even if there was less work than usual, it was still work.
Plus, finishing other tasks today would make it easier when we get assigned another operation.
“Phew…”
The Commander sighed a bit in relief beside me.
Thinking back, it was the first time this topic had come up since I made that suggestion.
“Did it go well?”
“For now.”
“Then I’m glad. At least you won’t be too stressed at work now.”
“That’s definitely a relief. It’s been like that for almost a year.”
If I had to listen to nagging for a year, it would definitely get annoying.
I could see why he complained so much about it.
Well, now that it’s resolved, there’s no reason to worry anymore.
“Anyway, I’m glad it’s been resolved. We’ll ask the headquarters for the operation tomorrow. Is that okay?”
“Weren’t we deciding to do it again starting tomorrow anyway?”
“Still, your permission comes first, Commander.”
“Hmm… well, I suppose it should be fine. The agents weren’t hurt in the last operation.”
Right.
The state of the agents was quite good, indeed.
Although I had no idea what type of training they would need for another operation.
“Hey, Dolores?”
“Yes?”
“Are you working on what I asked you to do today?”
“Ah, yes. Of course… haha.”
“That’s good to hear. Let’s finish quickly; we need to leave work early today.”
Even though there was less work today, I needed to finish it quickly.
We had to wrap things up and prepare for tomorrow.
We needed to get ready for a new operation, and I had to replenish my stamina for that.
So I was also working hard… even harder than usual.
“Yes…”
“I believe you can finish your afternoon work quickly too, Midori.”
“Haha… I have only the afternoon work left, so what could be difficult now!”
“Then that’s good.”
I had a lot of reports to deal with lately, so I was quite tired.
I hoped to finish a bit earlier today.
*
“Huff… huff.”
“Why are you doing that again?”
“It feels stiff.”
“……”
I knew what I was saying and why.
They asked, so how could I not respond?
Once I finished work, all I could do was sit back and relax.
So I just comfortably slouched in my chair, a sound escaping naturally.
“Come on… hurry up with your work. You need to work, so I can rest, you know?”
“I’m already hurrying…”
“Then I’m relieved. If you don’t finish quickly, we won’t be able to leave, so please hurry up.”
Honestly, I wanted to lie down comfortably.
Since I couldn’t put a bed in the office, it couldn’t be helped.
With that huge chest of mine, it was hard to sit there for long periods anyway.
Of course, I looked good, but that didn’t change the fact that it was uncomfortable.
“Midori! Here! I’m done with my work!”
“Oh, well done! I’ll check what’s left, so you take a break.”
“Okay!”
Midori handed me the papers, saying she finished organizing them.
Since work was light today and Midori had chatted less than usual, it was no surprise she finished early.
Plus, she mentioned going somewhere together after work?
“…I’ve finished everything too.”
“Ah, thank you.”
As I was reading through the documents for a moment, Dolores also said she finished her work.
I didn’t really like her occasional antics, but she did her job well.
And she made decent coffee…
As long as she didn’t do anything weird, she was a decent agent.
“You certainly seem different from someone next to me who’s practicing typing.”
“Why are you suddenly bothering me? I’m almost done anyway.”
“I just felt like it.”
Seriously, I just felt like it.
I was bored and she was still typing away diligently.
“Anyway, hurry up with your work. You’re almost done, right?”
“Just… give me another 30 minutes.”
“…Let’s just let Dolores rest comfortably.”
“…Alright.”
Dolores went back to her seat.
She had finished her work, but it was too soon to leave since the superior hadn’t finished.
And since I was technically included as a superior, it was awkward to leave.
Of course, I wasn’t doing much work myself; I was just making sure Midori and Dolores were doing theirs well.
“Yawn…”
“Why is it that when someone else is around, you maintain your posture, but as soon as they leave, you slouch down comfortably like that?”
“Well, I’m the Vice Commander. If I act too relaxed in front of others, it might hurt my image, wouldn’t it?”
I had my reasons for acting that way.
I didn’t get why she was questioning it.
“What did I do wrong?”
“…Never mind. Just… relax comfortably. Hurry up and finish; let’s eat.”
“Yes. Please finish quickly. I’m hungry.”
“Sigh.”
What should we have for dinner tonight?
Wasn’t it better to think about that?
After all, the Commander still needed a little more time to finish, and I didn’t have much left to do myself.
Once the Commander gave Soan an order, she would get it done right away.
I just needed to tell the Commander what I wanted to eat, and that would be enough.
“Today… hmm… I’m not really in the mood for spaghetti. How about cutlet?”
“Why spaghetti?”
“It gets sauce all over your mouth. It’s too messy compared to cutlet.”
At least with cutlet, sauce didn’t get all over your mouth with every bite.
As long as you weren’t eating it while getting sauce all over everywhere, there was no reason for it to get on your lips.
Plus, the surroundings wouldn’t be covered in sauce either.
In contrast, spaghetti… was bound to get sauce all over your mouth.
Even if you used a fork, that was just how it was; it wasn’t appealing.
“…Then I’ll have that.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Definitely… having a Commander that was popular with women had its perks.
Thanks to that, I could order whatever food I wanted from Soan.
Otherwise… I would have had to eat the same food as the other agents.
Now, I could customize the menu freely.
Wasn’t that a win?
“Yawn…”
I slouched halfway in my chair, getting comfortable.
It was actually pretty rude to sit like this in front of others, but it wasn’t too big of a deal.
After all, I was tired, and I had done the most work in the office.
It wasn’t a serious mistake to sit like this when I wasn’t talking to anyone else.
Pound… pound…
“Huff…”
After lying back, I sat up for a moment and stretched, definitely feeling like I had been sitting too long.
Wearing a suit meant my clothes were a little stiff, but it felt nice nonetheless.
Honestly, sitting still and working, doing stretches like this would surely be better.
It was definitely better than getting back pain when I got older.
“Ah, by the way, did your… mother ask for any pictures or anything?”
“…So far, she hasn’t asked a thing. I think she’s so disconnected from it that she’s actually pretty happy… unexpectedly.”
“Then that’s good.”
There weren’t any more issues, at least.
If another occasion arose, I could just help again then.
To take the plunge with any awkwardness wouldn’t be as effective as making concrete decisions whenever something came up.
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