episode_0093
by fnovelpiaEven after the women who had blatantly harassed me left, other employees still remained in the break room, noisily enjoying their break.
They were quite far away and seemed to be preoccupied with what they were doing and not interested in me, but I was still anxious.
However, if I didn’t eat lunch, my stomach would growl all the time, interrupting my work, and if I didn’t empty the lunch box that Hazel had carefully packed, it would be like ignoring her sincerity.
In the end, I moved to my seat so that all the employees were in my field of vision. If there was any sign of someone approaching me or doing something, I wanted to run away immediately.
“But it still tastes good…”
Even in this situation, looking at something edible, Hazel’s food seems to be perfect for whetting one’s appetite. It goes down in one gulp, so I hope you don’t feel lazy after eating it.
“No, the fucking ping went off?!”
“Let’s not make excuses, manager~ Let’s make lunch tomorrow, manager~”
Thanks to the employees spending their own time in the break room while eating, I was able to have a meal that wasn’t particularly boring.
In particular, it was quite fun to watch the betting taking place on the game console.
The sight of them tearing off their rank insignia and fighting solely based on their skills was quite something to see, even if it was just a game and not a physical fight. In particular, it was more fun for me when the higher one lost.
“Evil bitch… I’m still feeling tired these days…”
“Ah~ Aren’t you being too petty when you receive a thousand more than me?”
“What is Jjojan? Even the newbie over there is looking at me so dumbfounded.”
The eyes of the two bickering employees naturally turned to me, as if they had been aware of me from before. Then, the person called the manager even raised his hand and pointed at me with a point.
“Yes, yes…?!”
Because the situation was so sudden for me, the hand I was eating with lost strength and I dropped the chopsticks.
“You were embarrassed~ You even dropped your chopsticks on the floor…”
“Is this because you just looked at me? Take wooden chopsticks and use them.”
The moment he tilted his head towards me and pointed his finger at me, I was nervous that the same thing from before would happen again, but I was relieved to see him grab the game controller again after telling him to use wooden chopsticks.
“Yes···.”
Using wooden chopsticks is not something I really enjoy doing. Because the grip is definitely worse than the chopsticks Hazel provided.
But what can you do? I can’t pick up things that fall on the floor and use them.
Still, since I had only used wooden chopsticks once or twice, I was able to finish my meal with them without any problems.
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Office after lunch break.
Everyone was grumbling about the lunch break, which seemed to be over in an instant, but the sound of typing on the keyboard could be heard here and there, constantly and diligently.
“What… Where did your senior go?”
However, the seat of the senior who was sitting next to me earlier was still empty and the owner had not yet been seated. Apparently, about 10 minutes had passed since lunch time ended.
“Did you leave school early? Oh, I don’t even have a bag.”
When I looked at the lonely desk where my senior had disappeared, the computer was turned off and most of my belongings were gone. At this point, I’m sure I left school early.
“Ah, yes. Cecile said she had urgent business to do today, so she left the car and went.”
As I was staring blankly at my senior’s desk, someone spoke to me from behind, as if answering my self-talk.
First of all, everyone in this company was more senior than me, so I quickly turned around and looked her in the eyes and reacted. My boss is talking to me, but I can’t just stare blankly ahead.
What’s more, your senior’s name was Cecil. I didn’t know because even though we worked together for hours, he didn’t even tell me his name.
“Oh, I see.”
“You are a new employee? Nice to meet you.”
The woman, who made eye contact with a bright smile, naturally leaned against the back of my chair and greeted me.
Brown hair, big eyes, and unmistakable dog ears suggested that this woman, too, had many stories. Something unfortunate must have happened that made me start walking on all fours and then stand on two.
And unlike high-ranking people who wear relatively formal suits or luxury goods that clearly show a lot of money, this woman’s simple attire of a white dress shirt and a black office skirt suggested that this woman was not of a very high rank. .
“Ah, hello.”
“Yes, hello. I came here to see if you could help me if I had nothing to do.”
“Aha… Of course we should help. Can I just finish what I’m doing now and help you?”
If a new employee who has nothing to do refuses his/her boss’ request for help, it is nothing more than a pay cut. This is my first time experiencing something like this, asking kindly instead of just ordering something.
“It’s not urgent, so take your time and come to my seat later. It’s at the far right end of the office.”
“Okay.”
“Yes. Fighting~”
After finishing her business, the woman gave me a brief encouragement and then left with light steps.
Only after the woman was out of sight did I begin the task my senior had entrusted me with earlier.
I told you not to put pressure on yourself and to take your time, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know that taking it really slowly is just being rude.
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After completing the task given to me by my senior without difficulty, I headed to the seat of the woman who had asked me for help earlier.
While I was moving, I received a lot of stares from the office staff, but I tried to ignore them and walked confidently, thinking that I had to get used to working at the office in the future.
“You’re here.”
The woman, who couldn’t have heard me, immediately turned her chair towards me and greeted me warmly.
“Yes. That’s right… Huh?”
A simple white-based nameplate placed on the desk behind the woman greeting her.
The content is written in black letters that contrast with the background.
The title ‘Manager’ is written in small letters at the bottom right of the large letters ‘Songi’, which is presumed to be the name.
It was a very different rank from what I thought he would be, at best, assistant manager or lower, based on his attire and limited personality.
“Huh? Why are you doing that?”
“It was the manager…”
“Ah, yes. You don’t have to think about it too hard.”
“uh… Yes.”
Don’t be difficult, don’t be burdened, that’s what they say.
However, this woman in my head is already a ‘manager’, and it is impossible to deal comfortably with her when the gap in rank is this wide.
“Nothing much, do you know how to use a computer? Towards hardware.”
“Um···. I’m not at an expert level, but I know how to touch it.”
Even though my major was not in this field, making estimates and assembling electronic devices such as computers and game consoles were my hobbies. Therefore, it is absolutely not at a level that can be dismissed as illiteracy.
“Oh, good~ Then, please remove the hard disk from the main body over there. It’s broken, but I couldn’t back up my data.”
The manager pointed to the main body of the computer left in a corner of the office.
There was a computer body lying there that looked quite expensive.
“Oh, I understand.”
“Okay, please help me~”
“Yes.”
Since removing the hard disk wasn’t that difficult, I grabbed an electric screwdriver from the desk and immediately started disassembling the computer.
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Less than 10 minutes after starting the disassembly, I removed all storage devices from the main body, including the hard disk, and headed straight to the manager’s desk.
But the manager was not there. Seeing as the computer was turned on and the things were still there, it doesn’t seem like he was leaving early.
“Let’s wait…”
Thinking that he must have gone to the bathroom for a moment, I leaned back in my chair and stared blankly at the computer screen. Just because you’re crazy doesn’t mean you can sit proudly in a superior position.
“Uh…?”
The manager looked at the computer blankly. I don’t know if I finished my work, or if I pressed alt-tab for a moment and went to do some errands, but the monitor was displaying the background screen set by the manager, not the work screen.
And the content of the background screen was so shocking that it made me question whether the company could even set something like this.
The manager stands up and takes a selfie with a bloody knife in his mouth.
Next to him, a naked man with his entire body tied up was looking at the camera and forcing a smile.
The floor was soaked with blood, there were two knives of indeterminate size stuck in the man’s stomach, and other parts of the man were covered in various cuts and bleeding.
The reason I judged this man’s laughter to be ‘forced laughter’ was because his eyes were filled with tears, and I decided that the man’s condition was such that he could not possibly laugh.
Moreover, it was clear that what made the man like this was the work of the manager, who was happily smiling with a knife in his mouth and taking a selfie of this miserable scene. The blood stains spattering on the white shirt worn by the manager supported that idea.
I thought there might be a story behind it, but it was such a tragedy that I couldn’t have predicted it based on the manager’s careful words and behavior that I’ve seen so far.
He even brags about this horrible scene and sets it as his wallpaper at work, so I guess it’s not normal madness.
“Oh my, you finished it already? It’s fast.”
When I was in shock, bordering on panic, looking at the background screen for a while, the manager, who seemed to have finished his business, returned to his seat, humming.
“Yes, yes… Yes, that’s right…”
“Why did you leave so quickly, and you were watching my master? Hehehe.”
Even when I saw this scene, which I thought should never be seen by anyone, the manager smiled as if nothing had happened and gently sat down in his seat.
I think it would have been less scary if she was angry, but when I saw her laugh and not feel anything, the fear that this bitch might be a real psychopath came over me in an instant.
“Yes, yes…”
“Yesterday, when I got off work, he didn’t even come out to say hello. That’s why I scolded you, so don’t worry~ I’m still alive and well.”
“Uh, uhm… Relief···? This is it… Hahaha…”
Hazel is starting to look like a fairy again, turning someone into a slut just because she didn’t show up to meet her.
“More than that, you did a good job. Leave them on the desk and go take a rest.”
“Yes, yes… Thank you.”
“Yes. I’ll ask you a favor later too.”
“Uh, anytime…! Haha…”
In an instant, the manager began to feel like an object of vague fear, so I put the disassembled storage devices on the desk and quickly ran away to my seat.
And when I came back, I made a promise. I decided to treat the manager with more respect than anyone else.
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