episode_0055

55. lukewarm

“Heehee… Heee… Heee…”

“Good job, Sia.”

“Ugh…Eung!!”

dump!

“Sia, if you sit on the floor like that, your pants will get dirty.”

“Ugh! It’s so hard… I’m having a hard time!”

Today I repeated the set for 35 minutes and then finished it off by walking slowly three more laps around the empty lot behind the dormitory before slowly collapsing my posture.

“You walked a little more today than yesterday. Good job.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Good job.”

Swish swish-

“Hehehe! Cain, what are you eating for dinner tonight?”

Claude, who had been training quietly, went in first after observing us, leaving only Sia and me in the empty lot.

“Ah, I’m planning on having dinner with Ms. Mi-on today.”

“Huh? With your sister..?”

“Oh, since it was Mion who introduced me to mentoring last time, I decided to buy you dinner as a thank you.”

“Ugh… We?”

“Huh?”

“Aren’t we going together?”

Sia asked me with a slightly dazed expression.

“Huh? We decided to eat together first?”

“Why?”

“That’s right….”

I looked at Sia to answer, and her cheeks were slightly puffed out.

“That’s it?”

“If you guys go together, Ms. Mi-on will be uncomfortable.”

“Is that so…?”

“Yeah, even if Ms. Mi-on had secretly recommended the mentoring program, wouldn’t it be burdensome if the three of us went there at once to say thank you?”

“Ugh…but my sister…”

“Does Ms. Mi-on, who deals with a lot of people, like to be surrounded by people even after work?”

“Aah!”

When I told her a perspective she had never thought of, Sia seemed to think it sounded plausible, so she put her puffed-out cheeks back in and nodded.

“Heeeek…”

“Don’t be too upset, I’ll make a plan to have a meal with you later.”

“Okay.”

“Then shall we go to the room?”

“Yeah!”

I picked up Sia, who was sitting on the dirt floor, and patted her butt before taking her to her room and leaving the dorm to prepare to meet Ms. Mi-on.

****

Morning of the 25th.

Due to the tier reorganization that occurs when the last day of every month changes to the first day, parties that stopped exploring early or stayed inside the labyrinth for a long time tend to return by now, so the group today was rather quiet.

“…..On.”

“….”

“….Lukewarm.”

“….”

Taak-!

“Whoa!!! Who..who!! Attacking the..union!!!”

“Lukewarm, what are you doing?”

“Ah…? Sister Mayu?”

“Oh, what are you doing out of your mind in the morning? What day is it today?”

Shudder!!

Mion, who had been screaming fiercely, blankly stared at her colleague who had hit her on the forehead.

The senior employee who works next to him and whom Cain has been interested in recently… Yes, it’s smaller than Sia’s, but it’s still much bigger than his chest and it’s rippling…

“This profit!!!”

“Oh my, what’s wrong with him today?”

“Ugh! I’m sorry, Unnie.”

He realizes too late that he was yelling at Mayu and apologizes to her.

“But what did you say to me?”

“Huh? Oh, I said we should go for a drink after the monthly settlement starts tomorrow, but you haven’t responded even though I’ve been talking to you for a while!”

“Ah… I’m sorry. Sister! I have plans tonight…”

“? Promise? A little bit? Are you a man?”

“Eh… Aah!!”

Oh no! Mi-on’s head was filled with confusion.

Since 70% of the union’s employees were women, they were very sensitive to rumors and gossip.

The reason why Mion usually laughs and leisurely tells Cain and his group that there are no secrets in this city is because of the overwhelming amount of information she learns when she chats with her colleagues about such gossip during free time at work or during breaks.

The thought of being the subject of gossip this time made my eyes darken.

“Right? Who is it? Huh??”

“Hehehe.. Hey! Sister, that’s a bit too much.”

Mayu gives a sly smile to Mion, who is trying to control her expression and talk to her.

“Oh my, you’re telling me I won’t tell anyone, okay? You’ve been working here for 4 years, and you don’t even go to company dinners with your partner, let alone a guy, and you’re telling me to believe you when you say you have dinner plans all morning?”

“Ugh…”

Mayu, who becomes agitated when the topic of love comes up, starts to speak faster than when responding to the explorer, and Mion tightly closes her eyes.

“Hey, seriously… I never told you who my ex-boyfriend was, right? I really won’t tell anyone, okay?”

“Really, sis?”

Although she got married at a rather late age of 32, Mayu was a romance expert who was well-known in her union.

Not only does she help other colleagues solve their relationship-related problems, but she also met a great man and got married recently.

‘I…I don’t have any dating experience.’

She used to think that love was something that had nothing to do with her, but thinking about the man who had suddenly started showing interest in other women and even her recently, she had been having trouble getting things done and had made some mistakes.

“This…when we take turns eating lunch later…”

“Yeah, leave it to me!”

Of course, if you ask Mayu for advice, rumors will spread, but Mayu’s expression right now is like a cat that found its prey.

It seemed like he would never easily give up on his excuses.

Thinking that she would be harassed by Mayu for a few days, Mion thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just get teased a few times and get a dating coach, so she turned her head to the person next to her and asked for some time in a very small voice as if it were a secret.

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Normally, the two receptionists sitting right next to each other during lunch or break time were not allowed to leave their seats, but today was a relatively quiet day, so the other receptionists nearby were understanding and the two were eating and chatting together.

“Oh my! That Mr. Cain? Claude Party’s slave?”

“Unit!!!”

“Poo-ha! Mion, you’re really funny. Oh my gosh, Mion was like this because of a guy?”

“Whew… Okay, I won’t do it!”

“Oh, sorry!!”

Slosh!

Mion tried to control her temper as she became irritated by Mayu’s words that were secretly irritating her, but soon lost her composure when she felt the large chest that was wrapped around her arm.

“Okay!!”

“Hey, don’t do that. So you’re going on a date today? Then I’ll go check in with you today. I’ll leave work a little early and get ready.”

“What the…what the heck! How much I…”

“Even so, she’s in her mid-20s. There’s someone at that party with bigger breasts than me. Was it Sia? She’s younger and cuter than you. Do you think you’d be a match for her?”

“Ugh…!”

“I only trust this older sister hehehe….”

After receiving a ton of practical tips from Mayu during that short lunch break, Mion left work a little early and headed to her dorm to prepare to meet Cain.

****

“Um…”

Booo-

Since I didn’t know exactly when the union receptionists would finish work, I diligently prepared and arrived at the union just before sunset, but Ms. Mi-on’s seat was empty.

“Did you finish early because there weren’t many people at the end of the month?”

“Mr. Cain!”

“Hmm?”

As I was about to leave after confirming that Ms. Mi-on’s seat was empty, the busty female receptionist sitting next to her seat waved her hand furiously at me.

Hmm… Was that breast Mayu? A woman who is believed to be Mr. Johnson’s former mistress. What’s going on?

“Hello.”

“Oh, hello. Mr. Cain… was it?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Hey, you’re too hard~”

Since Mayu’s reception desk happened to be empty, I approached her.

Definitely, looking at it from the front, somewhere between Carmella and Sia? Her breasts are quite large.

It seemed as if she didn’t have any clothes that fit her uniform, and her shirt was about to burst, but she managed to place her breasts on the table, and the buttons were barely holding up.

But I saw her deliberately striking explicit poses so that I could see her bra and other things through her open shirt, and smiling at me.

I think it’s because I’ve definitely had experience with men who have been married, but my mopping power seems to be around 0.8 tanya.

“Congratulations on your pregnancy. And congratulations on your wedding.”

“Ugh… How did you know?”

“Um… Ms. Mi-on was telling you a story?”

“Huh~”

One rag would be enough, but it’s annoying. Looking at the angles, this year’s girl is a glutton.

“Ms. Mayu.”

“Yes?”

“Are you close with Ms. Camella?”

“Yes….Yes?”

Mayu is startled when Camella’s name is suddenly mentioned out of the blue.

“Ah… You’re not that close?”

“Ah…hahahaha who is Carmella Sirani…?”

Mayu was so flustered when she heard Carmela’s name from a completely unexpected place that she even stammered.

“Oh, she’s the owner of ‘Johnson’s General Store’ and I’m always indebted to her.”

“I see… But…?”

“Oh, why? Was it Ms. Camella? I think I heard you talking about Mr. Johnson or Mayu last time, so I thought you knew each other.”

“Ugh….”

Judging from Ms. Mi-on’s story that there were no rumors about her ex-boyfriend at all in the union, it seems that they hid it very thoroughly.

But sometimes, when the investigator in charge of Mion, my colleague sitting next to me, suddenly mentioned the name of my ex-boyfriend and his wife, I couldn’t even control my facial expression.

“Okay, I’ll go.”

“Net…Goodbye to you.”

Mayu tried to continue the story with the nuance of knowing something, but when I just stepped back, she let out a deep breath and sent me away.

And as I stood for a while outside the union building, on the side with a good view of the street, I heard Ms. Mi-on’s voice from far away.

“Mr. Cain~”