Chapter 5 – I hate juniors with good intuition.
Chapter 5 – I hate juniors with good intuition.
I hеаded to wоrk with Flоtа in mу bаg.
The usuallу drеary сommute fеlt а bit mоrе еnjоyablе todaу.
I thоught to mуsеlf thаt Grаndmа had lеft me а surprise inhеritаnсе that would sрicе up my dailу lifе.
Honestly, I still dоn’t fullу understand this whole Witch thing, but I’ll givе it mу best shot, Grandma.
Work wаs thе same аs alwауs.
Sinсе it’s the busy seasоn, the salеs dерartment guуs wеrе running around frаnticallу.
In our logistics deраrtment, the wоrklоad wаs only аbout twice thе usual…
I-I’m gоnnа die~!
We’re alreаdy busу during nоrmаl times, аnd now it’s doublеd? Аrе they kidding mе?!
I didn’t get аnу сhаnсe tо intеrаct with Flоtа at all!
I worked while groaning, “Grrrrrr.”
“Aghie~. S-senpai, I’m gonna die if this keeps up~”
My direct subordinate, Hanamaki Mashiro, started complaining.
She graduated from the same high school as me, and perhaps because of that connection, I ended up training her as a new employee. She’s kind of attached to me, or something like that.
She’s a lively short-haired woman. Though not very tall, she was apparently in a sports club in school and moves briskly, which leaves a good impression.
Her mischievous, almost cat-like face looks like she’s smiling even when she’s just being normal.
Even Mashiro looked like she was about to die now.
Because the workload is insane!!
“Hanamaki, we might not get a lunch break today…”
“Aghie~! That’s a violation of labor standards laws!!”
Whining and complaining, we worked.
Besides inventory management on the PC, there was ordering, relaying, scrutinizing orders submitted from above, compiling quality control reports into documents, and so on.
Look, the section chief is working with a pale face.
Ah, he collapsed!!
The logistics department became a bit chaotic.
The burly, muscular department chief lumbered in and declared,
“Break! We’re taking a lunch break here! Call an ambulance!”
forcing work to stop.
Perhaps further casualties were avoided…
“Whoa~, so if you keep overworking yourself, humans just collapse, huh…”
Finally able to relax in the company cafeteria, Mashiro and I.
It was already evening.
Overtime was guaranteed today.
We’d probably be going home on the last train.
At the very least, we needed to replenish our energy here.
Damn it—I didn’t even have time to try out magic or check out my cute full-body image.
“Don’t push yourself too hard, Hanamaki. It’s not worth wrecking your body for this salary, not worth it…”
“But, but, I live super close. And we get full overtime pay.”
“When I was young, they cut our bonuses and it was hell… unpaid overtime was the norm. It only got fixed after a female employee ran to the labor standards office.”
“… You really worked hard back then, Senpai.”
“Well, I didn’t have anything else I wanted to do.”
Yeah, back then, I had dead-fish eyes and just worked all the time.
Now that work has gotten a bit more manageable, I finally have the leeway to think like a normal person…
But even so, the chaos during the busy season hasn’t changed.
No, hasn’t the workload actually increased?
With staff cuts for cost reduction, we’re still keeping the work flowing…
Ah, no, no.
My mood’s sinking.
At times like this, I should look at pictures of myself to calm my heart.
I look at the photos of my transformed self taken on my smartphone.
Ooh, so cute.
My heart warms.
Vitality for living wells up.
I want to go home quickly and become a beautiful girl.
“Ah!? Who’s this girl!? She’s super cute!! … Is this your place, Senpai? N-no way, are you bringing a minor home…”
Whoa!!
Crap, I forgot Mashiro was sitting right across from me.
She was focused on my beautiful girl form, repeatedly saying “cute, cute.”
Hahaha, I knew it.
I am cute, right?
I can’t help feeling a bit proud.
Anyone would be happy to be praised.
“Could it be… an Avatar you bought?”
“Gulp.”
“See, it’s popular to do Adventure Streaming as a side job during work breaks, right! But some people get too tired from work to fight monsters and go missing… Is that…? That’s no good, Senpai! It’s reckless to go into a Dungeon with a tired body!!”
This girl saw through my situation in an instant!?
I hate perceptive juniors…
“This is, well, my, uh, thing. A friend doing Virtual Female Avatar stuff.”
“Virtual beautiful girl embodiment, right?”
“You know a lot about it.”
“All I can do when I get home exhausted is watch streams.”
Sorry about that.
Well, not that it’s my fault.
We finished eating, and just as we were about to return to the death march of work, a sound we’d never normally hear echoed from the warehouse management department.
It was like the roar of a giant animal…
“What’s that!?”
“Aghie~! Wh-what is it!?”
Employees came rushing into the cafeteria, shouting and panicking.
From behind them, it looked like the corridor was changing color and chasing after them…
“It’s a Dungeon!! The warehouse turned into a Dungeon! Damn it, weren’t there Evil Ward Talismans!?”
A Dungeon!?
A Dungeon appeared at our company!?
The one shouting was the management department chief.
It seemed only he and the section chief escaped, meaning all the management department employees working in the warehouse were in the Dungeon…?
Corporate environments are stressful and prone to Dungeon outbreaks.
That’s why companies hire Onmyoji consultants and post Evil Ward Talismans everywhere.
But I think our company discounted the Onmyoji consultant fees to cut costs…
Idiots.
“Eeeek! Senpai!!”
Mashiro screamed.
The Dungeon advancing from the corridor finally encroached into the cafeteria.
The two from management couldn’t escape and were swallowed by the Dungeon.
Specifically, pitch-black hands extending from the corridor grabbed the two and dragged them deeper inside.
“Eeeeeeek! Stop! Stop!”
“Help meeeee! Someone, help meeeeeee!!”
I’ve never heard such human screams before.
This feels like a situation that’s no joke.
『Master!! This is a brilliant chance for your debut!』
“Ah, idiot, don’t talk, Flota!!”
“S-Senpai started a one-man show! And he’s even using a falsetto! We’re done for…!”
Mashiro seemed to have given up hope, leaning back in her chair and rolling her eyes.
Did she faint!?
In a way, I’m grateful…
The cafeteria ladies were screaming and rushing toward the food delivery entrance, trying to escape.
And the Dungeon was cunning, targeting that spot first and attacking.
The kitchen underwent Dungeonization.
The ladies were dragged in, screaming.
It was hell.
『The only one who can resolve this hell is you, Master… no, the Righteous Witch, Black Pepper Spice!』
“Black Pepper Spice… Is that right… Maybe so…”
I was gently persuaded by Flota.
From the bag I brought, a light blue Grimoire floated up softly.
『Please use the Metamorphose Fragment! Come, Master! Your true form as a Witch!』
“I never thought I’d transform at the company…! “Metamorphose Spice”!!”
My body was enveloped in a cocoon of light.
The approaching Dungeon was repelled by the born black-and-white spiral.
『!?』
My physique changed, my entire body becoming that of a cute girl. My lengthened hair was tied into twin tails with ribbons.
The mini skirt of my Gothic Lolita-style apron dress fluttered open in the wind as I landed.
“Black Pepper Spice, debut battle…!”
『Let’s say it in a cuter way, Master!』
“Black Pepper Spice, making a splendid debut! Alright! Let’s clear this Dungeon!”
It’s embarrassing to say!
But it feels kind of good…
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