694 – Goodbye, Goodbye – 5

In fact, the words ‘gwa’ for exaggeration and ‘gwa’ for ‘gwaro’ are letters with the same meaning.

Although he is an executive-level person with many subordinates that he can control, he is a manager who has to behave ruthlessly because he has an absolute commanding authority called the manager. If you hold the position of manager, overwork inevitably follows. There is no clearer and more certain connection than this.

Thanks to this, it has been a long time since the five managers, excluding Hecate and I, made the Office of the Inspector General their residence. The worst thing is that the God who made this dream couldn’t make those guys’ mansion, so I couldn’t get off work to the point where I wondered if he was just thrown into the inspection department.

It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped. ‘I’ll wake up from the dream before a week passes anyway, so I don’t have to work.’ You can’t say the same thing. If you say something like that, you will definitely be taken to a mental hospital.

“Hey, communist.”

And on the third day the sun rose in my dream, I walked to the office of Department 4, where Gerard was living.

“Black man is coming quickly.”

However, even though the manager personally visited, Gerard showed a disrespectful response by only waving his hand.

This is a shameful thing. Although the manager and manager are the same executives, there is an overwhelming gap between them. A manager is treated as a key talent nationally, but a manager is a position that only works for the department or province.

“The manager, Naburaeng, is going crazy. Should I give him some disciplinary action?”

“Please give me probation or imprisonment. “I want to get off work.”

I felt solemn for a moment at Gerard’s heartbreaking request. Because I can fully understand that feeling.

“You b*stard. Stop fucking with me and drink this.”

“Huh?”

So, instead of disciplinary action, I gave him a gift he had bought on his way to work.

“…Oooh!?”

Gerard, who received the gift grumpily, let out a howl like an animal as soon as he saw the gift.

It’s ugly, but I understand. That’s because the gift I brought was something that exactly matched Gerard’s taste

“This is boyar wine!”

Boyar wine, which is treated as a tier 1 wine and SSS level wine not only in the empire but also on the continent. The wine that Gerard sang about, saying he would drink it when the war was over.

It was wine that the manager personally bought for the poor manager who couldn’t get off work.

“Hey, where did you get this precious thing!”

The corners of my mouth naturally went up when I saw Gerard grinning.

As Gerard said, Boyar wine is not only expensive, but also not available in large quantities. Even if you have money, you can’t get it unless you’re lucky.

But the boyar wine was being sold at a street store. It felt like I was just going out because it was a dream.

“Does it matter where you get it? It’s going to end up in the stomach anyway.”

“Phew, that’s right.”

Gerard burst into laughter and took out the wine opener from her arms.

It was such a natural behavior that I didn’t feel any discomfort for a moment. Hyeong Myeong-gong also carries an opener. Is an opener a daily necessity for idiots?

“Do you want to drink now?”

“Of course. Then the boyar wine came into my hands, and you’re telling me to hold back? “This b*stard is worse than a nomad?”

I could sense that he was being sincere and I burst into laughter.

“I brought snacks, so let’s eat them together. If you drink on an empty stomach and pass out, the other kids will have to look after your work as well.”

“Wow, what are you doing?”

When he took out the small box of cheese, Gerard’s expression quickly relaxed.

Anyway, a simple b*stard. As long as he has alcohol and snacks, he will live well no matter where he ends up in the world.

“But why are you giving me all the alcohol? I heard that if a person does something they shouldn’t do, it’s time to scold them.”

“Well, well, I have to do this to the guy who can’t even get off work.”

“Damn it. It was the last supper.”

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw Gerard alternate between a sip of wine and a bite of cheese while grumbling.

Rather, what did that guy just say? When people do things they shouldn’t do, it’s time to get behind them?

‘That’s bullshit.’

You died even though you were acting like you normally did. Same goes for the other guys.

It’s just nonsense made up by people who want their acquaintance’s death to be a little special.

‘If I had done something I wasn’t doing, I would have thought it was a flag and blocked it.’

A mean guy who died at the speed of light without having time to stop the flag.

No, considering that the opponent was Khagan, it was probably inevitable.

“Do you have one more bottle?”

“I was going to buy more, but you didn’t have a conscience.”

In response to the firm answer, Gerard quietly drank his wine.

If a commoner drinks at least a bottle of boyar wine, he’s strong, how can he be more greedy?

Starting with Department 4’s office, I went around each department’s office as if I was trying to break a seal.

However, it was a little disappointing that there was no manager who reacted as strongly as Gerrard.

“Are preparations going well?”

“It was like that until the manager came.”

Idrid cursed with his eyes, asking why he came when he was so busy already.

“…What are you doing?”

“The busier you are, the more cautious you must be, and the more difficult it is, the stronger your spirit must be. You can’t stop praying to the Lord because of small tasks, right?”

Oliver was praying as a group with members of Division 3.

“What, did the manager come to deal with it this time?”

Drake has been busy with each department’s work because he has nothing to do right now.

“Where did your manager go?”

“I went out for a while to practice flying in the air in preparation for a surprise infiltration!”

Even Walter, whose work priorities were greatly distorted.

Something was disappointing. Since I was promoted from the team leader of Department 4 to the manager of the inspection department, I expected that my behavior would have changed, but unfortunately, my actions did not change much.

He did in the Empire what he did in the North, and he showed his habits when he was a team leader and even exaggerated them. Gerard, who shows off a variety of spirits every time he drinks, is even more diverse.

“If you’re a manager, you have to show the dignity of a manager. Can’t you still be bound by the limitations of being a team leader?”

“Manager, you’re saying something strange again. Stop talking nonsense and drink some tea.”

“Yes.”

I expressed my deep regret to Hecate, but the response I received was extremely cold.

Yes, how can the views of me, the deputy director, and the brats who are mere managers, who have risen to the rank of minister, be the same? Just as a sparrow cannot understand the meaning of a phoenix, the mind of a high superior cannot be understood by a subordinate.

“So, everyone’s preparations are going well?”

“Okay? I think we can proceed as planned.”

When he nodded his head calmly, Hecate sighed a little.

“I’m glad. This is my first time working with great nobles. Because it’s my first time, I was worried about what would happen if everyone made mistakes or stumbled.”

“Even if you call them great nobles, they are people you can’t trust. They are only great nobles if they have authority and power, but now they are just like high-ranking nobles with high titles.”

I tried to drink black tea with those words, but I felt Hecate staring at me so I had no choice but to raise my head.

“Why?”

“Just. I was wondering if our manager was such a confident and cool person.”

Hecate laughed and sat down on my lap and started poking his cheek.

“She was definitely a cute younger sibling, and although she was the youngest, she became dependable like an older brother, and although she was a new manager for the first time, she seemed to have become an experienced boss… She is so happy.”

My cheeks got hot for no reason due to the outpouring of praise.

In fact, it’s such a new thing to be embarrassed about now. It has been 7 years since I became the head of the inspection department. During those seven years, I constantly received compliments that he had risen to a high-ranking position for his age or had achieved outstanding achievements.

However, when I heard Hecate say something I had heard often, something that was nothing new, I was both embarrassed and proud. Perhaps because it felt like I was recognized by Hecate, it sounded sweeter than any other compliment.

‘Now I’m finally hearing things I couldn’t hear in real life.’

In reality, you and I were the same team leaders. It’s a compliment I haven’t heard since it’s difficult to feel secure among the same team leaders.

Of course, the word ‘chief’ was put in front of me, but since there was no clear hierarchical relationship between the chief team leader and the general team leader, it didn’t mean much.

“If this continues, won’t it grow well without us?”

“What are you talking about? I grew up well on my own.”

As I hugged Hecate’s waist, repeatedly poking her cheek, Hecate’s smile made her grow even deeper.

“Well, it seemed like that. He worked hard on his own without us.”

However, the emotion in his smile was different from before, so he kept his mouth shut.

“…It’s already night.”

After remaining silent for a while, I looked out the window and saw that soft moonlight was coming in, not brilliant sunlight.

It’s a strange thing. It was clearly daylight just a moment ago, but when did it become night?

‘Your personality is once dirty.’

I burst into laughter cursing an unknown god. When I first entered the dream, time passed normally, but if time suddenly accelerates, what happens next is obvious.

“If I was going to break up, I wanted to do it when it was bright.”

“If it’s bright, you’ll feel regretful, so you can’t do that. If you break up at night, it feels like you’ve spent the whole day together, right?”

It was something I couldn’t refute, so I had no choice but to silently nod.

Surely, if we parted in the morning, I would have begged him to stay until noon, and if we parted during the day, I would have begged him to stay only until the evening. Even though I promised myself that I would enjoy it just a little bit.

“Honey.”

“Yes, honey.”

“Since when?”

It was a word without context, but Hecate stroked my head as if she knew everything.

“From the beginning.”

I see It was from the beginning.

From the moment I opened my eyes from this dream, from the moment she woke me up, Hecate knew everything.

That this is just a dream. It’s a miracle that we even met like this. And that everyone except me is dead.

“I’m a little confused. If it started as a dream, it would end as a dream, so what is this all of a sudden?”

I complained while trying to smile.

“People make things complicated for no reason.”

And it was a bit sincere.

If the meeting came as a dream, the ending just had to be decorated like a dream. It was enough for me to break up cleanly when I wanted.

If we were to say goodbye to Hecate, who knew everything, we should have talked like this from the beginning. If I had done that, I would have been able to have a deeper conversation with Hecate and those guys.

No. In the first place, I don’t know if this situation is a dream or a miracle. I don’t know if it’s just a dream where my desires are mixed up, or if it’s really a miracle where God and the soul intervened. I can’t tell if this is a private affair or a private affair.

“…Really, people are getting complicated.”

Before I knew it, my body was moving on its own. Before I knew it, I was tightly hugging Hecate’s body hers.

“When I asked him to come like that, or when I asked him to come even once in my dreams, he didn’t come… But now that he’s better, after I brushed it off, he comes to me. Isn’ t that too cruel?”

“I’m sorry.”

Hecate also hugged my body in small resentment.

“But… It seemed like it would be more difficult if we came to visit. It seemed like he would follow us and say he would go with us.”

It was difficult to deny, so I just laughed without answering.

I kept laughing for a while.