Kuoh.
I was in the office of a skyscraper in the city, belonging to a typical large Japanese company. It's what all anime refer to when they mention the most common office plankton along with a bunch of computers, partitions between workstations, printer sounds and a classic look.
When the routine of the protagonist or heroine circles around the gray everyday life consisting of home, work and so on in a circle. At the nasty sound of the alarm clock, they wake up at five in the morning, wash up, and, without even having breakfast, run to the office to stare at the computer, print something or look for errors in some document.
The office belonged to the head of the company, who was also here besides me. And while I was looking at the screen of my smartphone, he was smiling contentedly and nodding his head.
- "You know, Romani-san, when you presented your proposal, I thought you were crazy," he began in a positive and a little obliging tone, "But when the funds you promised dropped into the company's account as well as my personal card, you turned from crazy to savior. I'm not complaining, far from it, but was it really worth the money?"
What was he talking about? His company was going to go bankrupt in about a couple months, however, now it's not. Thanks to the ten-figure sum, which of course was earned 'solely' by honest labor and had no problems with the tax office, all his problems were solved, but with a 'tiny' condition on my part. Also, among other things, I became the largest shareholder of his company.
- "Don't doubt it, Sakuradzawa-san, everything is exactly as it should be," I said calmly, "And thank you for your cooperation, because it was necessary for your employee to clarify the circumstances surrounding my proposal. There were no problems?"
- "Not at all. You could say that these circumstances even managed to defuse the situation and raise spirits, thus stimulating the level of work," the man shook his head, "And even if your wards suffer damage, they will be covered by your generous contribution. However, some of them are extremely effective and can fill in the gaps of others."
- "I'm glad to hear that," I nodded, "In that case, I'd better be going."
- "Of course, Romani-san. By the way, I've organized a corporate party next week in honor of the crisis, so if you can, please come. An official invitation will be mailed directly to your home."
- "I'll think about it." I answered and left the office.
Having gone down ten floors below, where, roughly speaking, only newcomers and their supervisors were working, that is, their tasks were not particularly important, I saw in front of me what I had organized all this for. And on my face, a wry and slightly vindictive smile that would have made Morgan proud.
- "I brought you coffee, Gil-san!"
- "I baked these cakes myself, Gil-san, try them!"
- "Here, these are sweets from my hometown. Help yourself, Gil-san."
- "Go away, you agitators! I can't concentrate on my work because of you!" A loud voice angered a very annoyed Gil, surrounded by female employees, "Lazy mongrels! Go to work!"
- "Kya! He has such a beautiful voice!" the women all squawked, ignoring him completely.
- "There's a mistake in your report, Runeas-san. Correct it and then send it to the purchasing department." Standing at the demoness' workstation, a man said in a stern voice.
- "But I checked it! There were no mistakes!" Runeas threw up her hands.
- "Could it be that you made a mistake, Department Head? Runeas-san worked very hard to write the answer." an employee stepped in.
- "I double-checked it. There are over a dozen mistakes on three sheets," the man said calmly, then turned to Runeas, "Redo it."
- "But...! But...!"
- "You're not going home until you get it right. Don't waste our time and get on with your work." The man said coldly and walked away, leaving Runeas with a face red with indignation.
- "Why did the printer run out of paper?! Where is the new guy who was entrusted with this job?!" shrieked the woman, looking around the office.
- "But I don't know where it's stored..." Lancelot muttered weakly, walking over to her.
- "Is that my problem?!" she growled and poked him in the face.
- "N-no..."
- "Quickly find me some paper or else I'll be printing documents on your skin!"
- "Y-yes" the Knight of the Lake shuddered and ran somewhere.
I took a deep breath of that smell of despair coming from my wards and permeating the air of the office.
Wonderful...
And all it cost was to seal their powers and get them a job. Of course, there might be some occasions when they'll need them, but for that, they'll always be looked after by the Hundred Faces I gave them the opportunity to unseal.
In any case, I took one last look at the trio I had arranged here and headed to the next place.
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- "Good afternoon. What can I get you?" Medusa asked, standing behind the cash register at the McDuck's.
- "I'd like a large portion of fries, please." replied the woman, looking over the menu.
- "Sure, and?"
- "Can you boil it instead of frying it? I'm on a diet," she said, to which Medusa's eye twitched and her smile froze as if frozen in time, "Also, one coffee. I hope it's decaf?"
Hearing this, Rider's entire body twitched in place and VERY large black streaks appeared on her forehead, then her gaze slowly traveled to the manageress, silently urging her to just take the order.
- "Artoria! Stop eating the merchandise!" I heard with my enhanced hearing a shout coming from the depths of the kitchen.
- "But I'm having lunch! I can't work if I don't regain my strength!"
- "The free lunch only includes one main course, an appetizer and a drink! Everything else will be taken out of your paycheck!"
- "But I'm not full..."
- "It's okay," another voice added, "We're cleaning up after the shift today. And I already know who's gonna scrub the fryer and the grill. Let's assume that's how Artoria will work her lunch."
- "But...!"
- "Enkidu! You can't put lettuce leaf everywhere! It's not according to the recipe!"
- "But it's good for…"
- "A recipe is a recipe! Just follow the instructions!"
It's just wonderful...
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- "I think I saw her panties!" said quietly a bald student dressed in Kuoh's uniform.
- "Oh! She looked over here!" added another, but wearing glasses.
- "Smile, Mo-chan, the customers are watching." whispered a schoolgirl dressed in a maid's uniform, standing with a Saber Class Servant on a small stage.
- "Can I kill them? Just them? Just once?" Gritting her teeth loudly, Mo-chan, whose outfit consisted of a short skirt, stockings, a blouse, and a black and white visor, hissed.
- "This is a sin... Forgive me, Lord..." Irina whispered softly in the same outfit.
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- "And what made you think it was... a kidnapping?" Archer asked the man as his eyebrow twitched uncontrollably.
- "What else could it have been!" The man was outraged, "Ai-tan is missing! She wouldn't leave me! We loved each other and I was already planning to propose to her! I even bought a ring! Some bastard wants to destroy our happiness and you have to find and save her!"
- "You do realize we're talking about a figurine, right?"
- "How dare you?! I'll sue you!" Archer clenched his fists and wanted to slam the man in front of him or his own head into the wall.
- "Take it easy, Emiya-san. We just need to find the figurine." Yukimura-san tried to reason with the Servant, standing next to him.
- "Why do I have to go through this!" Archer shouted with his strength in his throat, scaring away all the animals in the neighborhood.
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- "Why take books and not put them in the same place! Where's the order?! Where's the humanity?!" Arthur was indignant, sorting them alphabetically.
- "Keep it down, brother! You can't make noise in the library!" said Le Fay, helping him.
- "How much energy the young have," the old woman next to them cooed, "t's been a long time since the sorting was done here, and my strength is not enough for this kind of work. Young people nowadays just take books and leave them wherever they go, and I can't keep track of everything. But fortunately, you're here. When you're done here, you can go to the next floor. I'm sure it's the same situation there."
- "Damn it!" roared Arthur, drawing the attention of all the visitors.
Absolutely marvelous...
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Kyoto.
Having made this magnificent, mind-blowing, and superb detour, my entire body was filled with such a huge amount of energy that I felt as if I could burn the damn sun. The smile just didn't want to leave my face and my legs just didn't want to give up bouncing.
And in such a great mood, I headed to Yasaka's palace, as it was already eight o'clock on the clock. Keeping the woman waiting would be very impolite, and the free time could be spent keeping Kuno, with whom I had already established a relationship, company.
Besides, it would be necessary to choose a place for the date, and so on, in case Yasaka herself didn't have a plan. I don't think she'll have a plan, considering how busy she is.
And I'm pretty sure nothing can change my mood! Not even you, Murphy! Trust me.
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