Chapter 54 – Going to Work (3)

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Thanks to Grape, I went to a cafe, put cream on top of a latte, sprinkled chocolate powder, and even a little challenging piece of cake. I sat back and enjoyed a short break.
He said that it would take a while for all the employees to drink coffee, so after making the payment, he stopped at a convenience store near the company to buy a sandwich to eat instead of lunch, and returned to the office at a slow pace in time for the coffee to be delivered.

The office is still quiet as if the aftermath of the battle still remains.
I walked silently among the sensitive employees who had been fighting with the manager and team leader a while ago and sat quietly in my seat and continued my work.
After working for a while, I looked at the corner of the monitor and saw that there were a lot of notifications on the company messenger.

What was ringing was a chat window that the manager created by bypassing the messenger used inside the company without the knowledge of the manager and Grape.
The manager, who had not received the bonus promised by the manager before Grape came, saw the employees who wanted to curse the manager, and made it for the sake of peace in the office.
Chat history is automatically deleted every 30 minutes by setting a timer, a password is required to enter the in-house messenger topic, and he is an interesting guy who can switch to another chat room with just one button press.

[Hey, anyway, wasn’t it a bit harsh this time?]
[The team leader is still putting up with it because he is dispatched.]
[No, why does the team leader want to use the nutritional supplements sent by his boss at his company?]
[They sent us to eat…]

Hmm…
Looking at it now, it seems that the aftermath of the fight because of me still remains, but that it was so quiet because there was a new battle.
I was not going to work, but sneakily popped up a message in the chat room.

[I just came here and I don’t know, what happened?]
[Uh… While Mr. Anger was gone, the team leader’s company sent nutritional supplements, but the manager asked what kind of supplements the employees were taking and that we should give this as a gift to the manager’s superiors… Is that polite?]
[The team leader fought again over why he decided to use it like that.]
[But there was a letter written saying that I liked the content after seeing it, and asking for strength in the future… With that, the octopus head said it was because he wrote the report well… I fought for my credit, but now it’s like this.]

Uh…
I have a lot to say, but the words won’t come out.
The actions and remarks of the manager are really things that the manager himself thinks are legitimate and natural and is being implemented.
In a way, he is a great and surprising person, but um…

[So what about nutritional supplements?]
[The team leader brought it to the bathroom. Let’s all eat together anytime.]
[You can eat it, right?]
[The manager divided the number and took it out separately, and he said that he would not stand it if he was caught touching it in the bathroom?]
[But the team leader seems a little sensitive today… ?]
[That’s right, even after fighting with the general manager, your expression seems to be relaxed when dealing with the staff… I think you are very angry. Did something bad happen?]

Fighting between the team leader and the manager in the team is already a regular event, so the fighting itself wasn’t much of an issue for all the staff, but it seems I’m not the only one who feels that Grape is more sensitive than usual.

[You seem a little sensitive, right?]
[I need to be a little careful today… It’s not uncommon for the team leader to have a bad expression.]
[Anger, didn’t you talk to the team leader about something while you were at work? Any guesses?]

I know why he’s upset, but I still can’t tell the staff that Grape is on his period today.
It’s not a problem that can be solved by talking, and the moment I say it, how I know can be treated as garbage pervert.

[Well?]

I answered roughly and lowered the messenger window.
Around that time, a cafe employee knocked on the office door and delivered coffee, but I didn’t have to worry because I had already finished drinking.
While ignoring the employees he likes while getting coffee, he puts earphones in his ears and concentrates on his work.
I think about it every time, but what I love about programming is being able to work while listening to music or other news.

Normally, while working, I would listen to the news about the Negative Raid in order to locate Rapid and go to collect traces, but now I don’t have to.
You can track them through the hypnosis application, so you don’t have to go to the raid site dangerously.
After a long time listening to music and concentrating on my work, someone tapped my shoulder, pulled out my earphones, and looked up.

“Sir Anger, you are focusing too much on your work.”
“Ah, chief.”

Grape.
I raised my head while sitting in the chair and looked up at Grape.

What the team is making is an unmanned legal counseling program for the law firm Grape originally works for.
As such, it is necessary to dataize various situations, and to create an algorithm that catches words in questions and infers answers… It would be cool to say, but I’m just working on connecting words and answers more neatly with simple labor.

Dataization is produced based on actual events and accidents, and even if the case is the same, if the precedent differs with a very slight difference, Grape will check the problem and fix it.
I program every day as much as the allotted amount, and after receiving confirmation from Grape, if there are no problems, it is applied to the program being produced through the manager.
Because of that, Grape sometimes handed me problems directly, so I naturally said that I must have written something wrong.

“What are you doing? Did I miss something again?”

Then Grape looked down at me strangely and answered.

“… Do your eyes change when you concentrate?”
“Yes?”
“No, no… It’s not because of work, it’s mealtime and I didn’t get up alone, so I came to tell you.
“Ah.”

It must have been lunchtime before I knew it, and all the other employees had gone out, and Grape and I were the only ones left in the office.
I was a programmer working alone with earphones in my ears, so this happened often because I wasn’t that close to the employees, and Grape said he would leave the office the last because he was the team leader, and he always came out of the office last during work hours and lunchtime. .

“I didn’t know.”
“… I’ve felt this before, but aren’t you working too hard?”
“The team leader creates an environment to work hard, so I work as much as the environment he created.”

I answered roughly as I took out a sandwich from my bag.
That is also true.
After Grape came as the team leader, he kept the manager in check, created a good working environment for the team members, and the efficiency of the entire team definitely improved.

Even if you just listen to the developers who do programming… It is often said that Grape felt that his autonomy was guaranteed just by negotiating with the manager and allowing him to listen to music, so he became better at focusing on his work.
The manager says that his efficiency has improved every time he has a dinner party, but it is thanks to Grape’s hard work.
I understand that she is the same age as me, but she is much more capable than I am and has leadership skills like an older one.
Is it because she is a magical girl different from ordinary people?

“Excuse me… Is that lunch?”
“Yes.”
“No, Anger… Employee, didn’t you just eat sandwiches for a few days a while ago?”
“Eating at work increases the break time.”

Grape looked at me strangely as I opened the sandwich wrapper and took a bite or two.
Sandwiches are good food.
They offer discounts during rush hours, and there are dozens of flavors, so you won’t get bored, and the nutrition is pretty good, and it’s quick to eat.
After eating at work like this, the time to recline the chair and lie down to sleep increases, and there is time to surf the web or worry about personal issues.

“… Anger, aren’t you tired these days because you ate like that?”
“No? I’m fine.”
“Your eyes are like that, but why?”
“A look?”

I listened to Grape’s words and turned off the monitor screen to see my face reflected on the black screen.
My eyes definitely feel more hazy than before.
I must say that I look tired too… Rather than being tired, it seems like something is out of focus… It is a hazy look.

“… Is your body fine? Well, your eyes aren’t getting better.”

That’s what I said, but these days, I’m constantly having sex and consuming protein, and I’ve been using my brain a lot because of hypnosis apps… I think it’s probably because I’m tired.
I ate the sandwich roughly and immediately threw the chair back.
Grape’s large breasts are visible above the field of view.
His face is covered, so I can’t tell what his expression is.

“… Are you done eating now?”
“Yes, I will be resting for a while, so the team leader can come after eating.”
“No… Under… Yes, you are resting.”

Grape took the vision phone out of his pocket and walked away, swaying his keyring.
Looking at the keyring, I suddenly have a question.

“Didn’t you throw it away?”

When I asked a question out of curiosity, Grape stood tall and answered, suddenly clutching his keyring in his hand.

“… Didn’t Employee Anger pick it up for you and ask you not to throw it away?”
“I just picked it up without knowing it was thrown away… Don’t worry about me and just throw it away…”
“Pay attention to my keyring!”

Suddenly, Grape slams the office door in an angry voice! I closed it and left.
I made a mistake.
He shouldn’t have talked to me if he had known he was on his period.
I was concentrating on my work and forgot about it.