Volume 2 Chapter 11 (1/2)
Chapter 11 – Those Who Hunt the Lazy People
It was on a certain peaceful day
I was staying in a perfectly ordinary town, sitting at a table outside a cafe that faced the main street with an abundance of free time
”…Fuu”
I took a sip of hed as I put down my cup
I' a break fro a witch as well I' a navy blue sweater and a white flared skirt, and in this relatively plain outfit, I led with the people in the streets
”……”
I opened my newspaper
It looks like this country is extremely peaceful
『An old man lost his dentures』 『Beware of the pervert ears women’s underwear on his head』 『An escalation in the nu a break from work』 『How do you cure people of laziness!?』
Suchwritten in the newspapers, after all They have no wars to win, and no issues to speak about either
So basically, it's a very peaceful and boring place You could say it's an ideal place for taking a break
I stretched out ain
”…Huh?”
However, in the next instant, both the cup and the table had vanished from my field of vision
More like, they were bloay
They were cleanly wiped away by so out of the shop with a loud sound
”……Eeeh”
Looking in the direction thaton the debris of broken tables and chairs, and saw that the contents of my cup had splashed all over him
Oh, my cafe au lait You have died a pitiful death
”Skipping work to play around oot some nerve! Don't look down on work!”
A boorishman by the nape of his neck, and proceeded to pick him up and shake him
The young an to speak while his blood continued to flow
”P-Please! Please forgiveour one month anniversary!”
”No way I' you off the hook All people who skip ill be judged by us regardless of their circumstances, that is the law of this country”
Saying that, the
”Hiiiiiiiiiiii! P-Please stop…!”
He dragged the wailing youth outside the cafe, towards the main street
”………”
Oh, what's this? I haven't received an apology for the honorable death of my cafe au lait yet
I had no intention of doing anything traveler-like or witch-like today, but I couldn't just stand around and watch as athat I had purchased and then proceeded to depart without so much as a by your leave
I folded my newspaper and stood up
I looked around for a stone, picked it up, and,
”Ei”
I hurled it at him
The palht towards the back of the boorish man's head
And connected with the target beautifully
”Ouch!!”
The eratedly and then spun around with a demonic look on his face
”Oi, which bastard threw a stone at meeee!?”
Who, indeed?
”It was me What about it?”
Once he heard that, the boorishthe youth
”Oh? You've got soht with me—hmm?”
All of a sudden, he lost his bluster and came to a halt
”……?”
I felt confused at the man's inexplicable behaviour
The man continued to just stand there and look at ain his senses after the wind blew and so at the disastrous scene that had occurred at the cafe
”…Ha That's no good, I blacked out for a bit there”
Maybe he got hit in a bad place, he looked pretty agitated
”Hey, don't get cocky just because you're a little cute Don’t you knoho I am?”
”No, I don’t Who are you?”
”………”
”Who are you?”
I asked him once more
The boorish man purposefully cleared his throat, and,
”I a with my work carries a heavy price”
”I see Thank you for the polite introduction… By the way, do you kno heavy the price is for wasting my cafe au lait?”
”Cafe au lait?”
”That's right”
By the hat exactly is the Sabotage Investigation Bureau? I'm curious
”My cafe au lait ended up being drunk by that young e Please take responsibility”
”………”
That person called Rogred looked between ,
”That's not uy”
Saying that, he spat upon the ground Disgusting
”No, things wouldn't have coe”
”It's his fault for e—”
”No, it's your fault for going overboard”
”………”
”That being the case, please properly take responsibility”
After I glared at hih and said,
”…Fine I'll pay It's been three years since I started working at the Sabotage Investigation Bureau, so I h money to buy that for you”
I didn’t understand why he started talking about himself all of a sudden, but unfortunately, his proposal was a little different from what I wanted I shook my head and said,
”No, I don’t want you to reimburse me”
I rejected his proposal
And then, I made a proposal of my own
”Would you ation Bureau? If you will, we can consider this matter as settled”
”…?”
His expression toldabout
”Is that okay with you?”
I said those words as if delivering the final blow, and the man hesitantly nodded
It looks like the negotiations have concluded successfully
By the time I realised it,
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After returning the exterior of the shop to its original appearance and ordering a new cafe au lait, I sat down at a table outside the shop
Sitting across froation Bureau As for the young ave hiator
Seriously, just how big is this Sabotage Investigation Bureau?
”I see You're a traveler In that case, I can understand why you don’t know anything aboutme your name?”
”It's Elaina”
”Elaina, huh? That's a nice name—Do you have some free time now, Elaina?”
No honorifics right off the bat, huh?
”Yes, I'm free”
”How about tomorrow?”
”I'll probably be free tomorroell”
”I see In that case… You want to knowand see my workplace?”
”Sure, that's fine with me”
Although I think I would be satisfied with a simple description
”Come now, don’t be like that If you want to knowwith me would be the easiest way to understand It's pretty complicated work, after all…”
”………”
While his words sounded vaguely hypocritical, I agreed that it would probably
…Fumu
”Sure, I don’t mind… But before that, please tell me what kind of work you do in detail”
”hell yeah! Of course!”
After raising his fist towards the sky, he went over the details of the Sabotage Investigation Bureau in great detail
The Sabotage Investigation Bureau is…
As the naates acts of sabotage, and is unique to this country Theyin offices and stores, looking for people who seeht Such unfortunate people will apparently receive a heavy punishment from their workplace
By doing this, they can put a stop to acts of sabotage by young people, or so the adults reasoned There was even an article in the newspaper about 『Young people taking a break fro work Are the people in this country really that unprofessional? Is this because they are accustomed to peace?
”—So basically, our activities keep the people fro off”
”I see So you're basically an agent of the country, sent to correct the people's attitude towards work?”
”Putting it simply, that's about it”
”Fumu fumu”
”Incidentally, we're backed by the country so we don’t get in trouble no ht in my life, so this job is perfect for me No matter what I do, it's justified”
Again, why is he talking about hired-san finished his cafe au lait, and,
”Well then—we should be on our way”
”Where are we going?”
After givingto look cool, he replied,
”A place where you can watch me work, of course”
I felt that reacting would be too troublesome, so I just took a sip of my warm cafe au lait
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Starting that afternoon, I stayed close to him as he went about his work