Chapter 77 – Tailing (5)

Grape brushed his hair forward and crouched next to me with his arms crossed.
I’ve never seen her dressed like this before… It’s a very edgy and sexy outfit.
But the shoes are also sneakers, so if it’s grape, it looks like grape.

“The team leader, what are you doing here…”
“By chance… I was just passing by. Mr. Anger said he was going to see something cute, so I thought he was here~ It just suddenly came to my mind, so wait? I haven’t been in a long time, is the timing good?”

Grape said so… He is holding a shopping bag with macaroons in his hand.
It is a fairly famous shop among the shopping districts in District 4, and it is characterized by cute macarons made in the shape of cats.
It is also a shop that is always sold out and closed shortly after lunchtime because it is popular and difficult to make.
I saw that Rapid was also going to go, but turned around when he saw that the door was already closed.

“Miss Anger… No, what… Even if you don’t ask, I know. Did you run out of money trying to buy a cute doll?”
“Yes?

Grape suddenly stood next to me and glanced in the direction of the doll shop.
A doll shop full of handmade stuffed toys… Just looking at it, it’s not a place where a man would go in and out alone for no reason.
It’s a hard shop to enter if you don’t like dolls.

“I was just looking outside because I thought it was Mr. Anger… Seeing the disappointment of seeing the doll by chance… Right?”
“No… Hmm…”
“It’s a cuter hobby than I thought. I can’t believe I like soft dolls…”

Grape also said he had business in the 4th precinct.
Did you find me on the street after hearing the sound of bargaining in a doll shop?
Grape stood for a moment in front of the doll shop and then he suddenly tugged at my sleeve.
Forced into the store, Grape and I stood in front of a brown sheep doll.
Grape immediately pulled out his wallet and pointed at the doll as he spoke to the shopkeeper.

“Please give me this.”
“Uh? Manager…”
“Oh, a pretty lady came to buy a doll…”

The shopkeeper, who had a completely different attitude than when he was dealing with me, stopped at the doll Grape was pointing at.

“I, guest… This doll…”
“I know, 30,000 is enough, right?”
“Yes?”
“To think that one doll can cost 30,000… Still, it’s cute, it’s cute.”

Grape had heard people haggling over the price of dolls outside, but he didn’t seem to think it would cost 300,000.
The doll shop owner looked at the note Grape had taken out of his wallet, hesitated for a moment, then sighed and told him the exact price.

“Ha… This doll was specially made for me to give to someone, but it is 300,000, not 30,000.”
“Yes… ? How much?”

Even when Grape heard the price, he thought he had heard it wrong.

“No, why is this 30… Yo. This?”
“That, the face here is cashmere… The fur is alpaca fur, and the inside is stuffed with sheep’s wool instead of cotton… Sheep skin…”
“Yes? Crazy… Hmmmm, why do you use such expensive materials for dolls… ?”

Grape, frightened and swearing, glanced at me and asked in a trembling voice to comb his hair with his hands.

“It’s my heart… Anyway, 300,000. You’ve heard the ingredients, so you know, but it’s absolutely not expensive. Only the cost of materials comes out!”
“That… It seems so, but… No, but this doll is 300,000… Uh, maybe…”
“No, it really only comes from the cost of materials… I have to pay for the ingredients too!”

Grape, who was about to try to bargain, finally shut his mouth, as if the shopkeeper was all right.
With her back to me, her arms trembled as she went through several cards in her wallet, took out a card, and handed it to the store owner.

“Wait, calculation… Please.”
“Oh, you did well… Huh… ?”

The shop owner accepted the card right away and tried to take it, but Grape wouldn’t let go of the card, so he pulled it over and over again.
Grape trembled slightly in his hand that held his card, and eventually let go of his hand and clenched his fist.

“… Can I pay in installments here?”
“I don’t have interest, can I?”
“This, please pay in lump sum.”

After paying, the store owner carefully put the doll in a plastic bag and handed it over, and Grape also took the doll with trembling hands.
Seeing me standing still, he grabbed my sleeve and dragged me out of the doll shop.

“Here you go…”
“Yes?”
“Ughhhhh… Gift! Are you… !”

While accepting the doll, I put on a stupid face, not knowing why Grape would give me such an expensive gift.
Grape looked at me quietly, then pursed his lips in a slightly tearful expression, and finally let out a long sigh and said:

“Haaa… The doll hobby was expensive… Please keep it…”
“… Are you giving this to me?”
“Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“That’s right, but… This… The price…”

Too expensive.
I should appreciate it if I give it as a gift, but can I accept something like this?

“Just take it!”
“This is too expensive. I don’t even know why they gave it all of a sudden.”
“I’m buying it just because I want it, right? And you know what I am I’m a boss and… I can buy you this much!”

That is also true.
I’m just an ordinary office worker, but Grape is a team leader and a magical girl who receives support from the Defense Forces.
As far as I know, even Grape’s weapon, the Crystal Sword, can easily exceed tens of millions of dollars.
I will spend that kind of money to live, so the unit concept of money will be different from mine.

“Uh, um… Thank you, but why all of a sudden?”

First of all, I was grateful to receive it, but I want to know why.
Grape heard my question, and he suddenly blushed, turned his head to the side, and brushed his hair back in a ponytail.

“I got a birthday present… All the other employees also celebrated their birthdays, but Mr. Anger couldn’t give them because his birthday had already passed, so he just… That, and! You may have to work overtime in the future, so this is a gift you give in advance! Cheer up!”

Grape has already given everyone at work a birthday present once.
He even bought the manager a present for his birthday.
For sure… Was it a car air freshener?

“Could there be a lot of overtime work?”
“You haven’t left much to make now, have you? The company is trying to put out a prototype and test it.”
“You want to make a prototype quickly?”
“More than that… Because Anger is also good at it… I mean, can’t we do a little more work? The manager also said that the workload seems a little loose right now… You don’t know how much more you can order, so could you work overtime for a while?”

After hearing the story, it seems that it has already been confirmed that there will be overtime work anyway.
Then, since things are going to be difficult anyway, wouldn’t it be nice to receive a present?

“This wasn’t a gift, it was a bribe… I was afraid to turn it down because it was too expensive.”
“Yeah, yes! It’s a bribe, so just take it! No refusal! It is not a pure gift!”
“Oh, if so… Do you mean to keep this or that secret?”
“That’s right! So take it!”

I thought this was too expensive, but since it is not a pure gift, it seems that it has no choice but to be such an expensive product.
There may be more overtime in the future…
It is true that she never bought me a present, and on top of that, a silent drink asking me to hide my identity as a magical girl from now on…
When you think about it, it’s not that expensive.
The cost of hiding one’s identity is 300,000 won, which is cheap.

This is a bribe, not a gift.
And at the same time as a bribe, it is also my belated birthday present.
It is also a silence to avoid revealing one’s identity.

I have no intention of revealing Grape’s true identity to anyone anyway, but I think it would be more comfortable for me to receive Grape as well.
I accepted Grape’s gift.
I know exactly why I received it, so this is mine.

“By the way… What is Mr. Anger doing now? Do you have more to do?”
“Hmm… I’m thinking of going to the bookstore.”
“Bookstore… ? Other than there?”

I plan to buy some of the romance novels Rapid bought and read them at home.
Grape started walking, naturally following me as he moved his steps.

“After going to the bookstore… Well, let’s go home…”
“Did you have dinner?”
“No, not yet…”
“Then how about a meal together? If you have nothing else to do… It’ll be dinner in a little while.”

Dinner with grapes… ?
I masturbated too much to meet Rapid today, so my semen was empty… Although looking at grapes makes me lust, I don’t feel like doing it right now.
It will be a really innocent dinner, but a meal with a beautiful woman who is pretty to anyone’s eyes… Good beyond bad
The problem is that I have no money.

“I don’t have that money…”
“My… I’ll go! It’s a subordinate, but the team leader has to give it up!”
“No, I also got a doll, but that’s a bit…”
“Can’t Mr. Anger buy it for you later? I’ll be hungry until I go home, so how can I just go? Time is time… We have to eat anyway, but wouldn’t it be nice to eat together?”

There’s nothing wrong with that…
Can I really eat it?
… Shall we eat?

“Hmm… Oh wait a minute I need to buy something here.”

I walked through the mall with Grape and arrived at the store where Rapid got the hair tie.
After saying that I had something to buy for a while, I left Grape outside the store and bought a hair tie and immediately tied the opening of the plastic bag.
It is good to put it in an envelope, but the entrance is not sealed, so there is a risk that the scent of Rapid will leak out.
Now it’s safe

As I was about to pay the bill, I found a hair tie decorated with grapes in the corner and picked it up.
Grape’s name is Grape, hair tie is Grape…
It’s a funny pun, but since I was given a doll as a gift, I can afford this much.

“How much is all of it?”
“It was originally 6,000… Give me 50 million!”

Two hair ties to keep the plastic bag tightly sealed, and one grape-decorated hair tie for Grape… If it’s expensive, it’s expensive, if it’s cheap, it’s cheap.
Coming out of the store, I saw Grape standing still and brushing her hair, and motioned for her to come over.
Grape, who had been attracting the attention of the people around him, walked quietly when he saw me come out, and I held out my hand to him.

“Give me your hand.”
“A hand?”

I pretended to turn my hand over to show the palm to Grape, who reached out like a puppy.
Immediately, Grape held out his hand and handed a hair tie decorated with grapes.

“This is nothing… It is a gift.”
“… Uh?”

It’s a really insignificant gift at a low price, so I thought I’d just accept it calmly, but the response is bigger than I thought.
Rather than liking it, it was closer to being surprised.
Are you surprised because it’s such a strange gift?

“Are you okay? Grape is a grape headband… Is it too much like a manager… Hey, I’ll just give you another gift later.”
“No?!”

It seemed like I was giving him two strange presents, so I thought I was doing too much, so I tried to snatch him right away, but Grape quickly clenched his fist and pulled his hand.
Grape, who brought his hand to his chest, opened his eyes wide and stared at me, then suddenly untied his hair and tied it up with a new hair tie.
A sprig of grapes hangs from his head.

“Uh, how are you?”
“Hmm… It’s pretty when you don’t know the name, but it’s funny when you know the name.”
“You mean pretty?”

I nodded my head to Grape, who smiled lightly, and immediately moved on.
I thought he didn’t like it, but it’s not a dislike reaction.
It’s really not a big deal, but I think it made me feel pretty good.

“… Do you like romance novels?”
“I thought I would read a little… ?”
“Hmm, hmm…”

After arriving at the bookstore, I took out some of the books Rapid had bought and paid for it, and Grape asked, as if surprised.
Even to me, it’s surprising that I buy romance novels.
Will this be fun… ?

“Romance… Are you interested in dating?”
“Yes, of course there is… ?”
“Isn’t there nothing?”
“Of course… ?”

Grape asked me a strange question about what I was thinking when I saw the romance novels I was buying.
In order to attack and have sex with Rapid, you must have a relationship with Rapid.
Of course, it’s not enough to be interested in it, but overflowing.