Chapter 97 – Preparation (5)

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“Anger, are you doing your usual work today?”
“Yes?”
“Yes, what kind of example? Anger, you know what you used to do? I do simple tasks like this… Should I develop the original way?”

While working quietly, I took out my earphones and looked up at the words of the manager who approached me out of the blue.
If it’s the development I used to do, now it’s all the app development work that the manager is in charge of.
Now, the work area is completely divided through Grape, so I am not touching it.

“Is that what you used to do?”
“Don’t you remember?”
“No, I know what it is, but the team leader said it looks more efficient… Were you supposed to share?”
“Ah, efficiency is efficiency… Anyway, the team leader isn’t here today, so even if Mr. Anger makes data, he can’t even check it, right? But what do you do with the material? As Mr. Anger said, if you think about efficiency, you should do it this way.”
“But when you took a vacation a while ago…”
“You want to do this because you experienced it then and don’t want to? Why do you hate to do it? Don’t you want to develop it?”
“… I’ll do it.”

That’s not wrong.
What I’m making now is just the electronicized and primary organized data for the team leader to apply to the app after Grape checks it out.
Grape can’t check the content, so it’s okay to hold this in your hand.

I closed the window I was working on and started coding as I did before.
Upload what you create to the database, recreate it… Match it up and touch it again and again.
After a while, the manager came back to my seat and said something strange.

“Are you bored, Mr. Anger?”
“… Yes?”
“Development is boring, what’s wrong with the code? Did you forget because you haven’t been doing it lately?”

I wanted to know what the problem was, so I checked the code I wrote.
Then, the manager pointed out the code I had written by pointing with his chin while crossing his arms without even showing me where the line was.

“That and that, that… Is this difficult? Can’t we pay a little more attention to the details?”
“Where are you talking?”
“Don’t you know how to tell? Ah… Are you still using that debugging program, Mr. Anger?”
“Yes, because it is fast…”
“I told you before the manager came, right? They told me not to use a debugging program, so I don’t have to be good at it? You have to analyze the script hard like me to improve your development skills…”
“Ah, yes.”
“Because they depend on things like that, they can’t quite recognize what they say, and they don’t immediately know what’s wrong with the script they wrote…”
“Ah, yes…”
“Please do it right, not weird anomalies, study the basics more… Anger should grow up as a developer too, right?”

After craving me for coding for a while, the manager boasted of his excellence and turned around with a satisfied smile.
Growing as a developer… I’ve been listening for a long time
It was a story I heard often before Grape came to the team leader.

“Anger, haven’t you done it yet?”
“I’m done.”
“Then why didn’t you put it up?”
“I put it on.”
“Then you should report it via chat?”
“I did.”
“If you haven’t seen it, you should send it again… Are you very confident? I guess it was nice to work comfortably because the team leader embraced me every time?”

The manager continued to lash out at me and continued to point out things that seemed to have no apparent reason.
It’s not just an opinion.
He is conscious of the employees around him and is trying to break the bet by giving them face in front of other employees.
Longing for me

I don’t know why it’s like this, but the purpose is already stated from the point of going.
I’m not moving the way the chief wants me to, so he’s trying to tame me.
I wonder why this is happening now, but there is no such thing as jealousy in Galgum.
This is a fact I learned from my time as a trainee in the National Guard.
I don’t know what the chief wants, but I don’t think I’ll stop grinding until I do what I want.

“Thank you for your effort.”
“Oh, Mr. Anger, can I go to work?”
“Yes?”
“Didn’t the manager tell you too? After you finish your work, go to work… So you worked overtime before? Anger, have you done your work today?”

When it was time to leave and I was about to leave, the manager suddenly pointed at me among the staff and said,
All the other employees listened to the manager’s talk and giggled and looked at me as if they were pitiful.

“And… As the manager said, didn’t your skills improve because the team leader only gave you easy tasks?”
“I’m not even a rookie… What should I do, I think I need to get used to it.”
“The team leader told me to work quickly these days… Anger should work hard too, right? How can I not be a nuisance to the team leader?”
“What? Anger! What else did you do wrong? Uh!”

Ah… It’s been a while.
This is the company atmosphere at the time when I was contemplating whether to leave immediately before Grape came.
Employees are somewhat more on the side of the manager than they were back then, and the manager is arguing more, but it’s not much different.
I looked at the chief and answered.

“I’m done.”
“Really? Can I trust you?”

If you don’t believe me, what are you going to do?
I just shrugged my shoulders and left work.

“Ah~ Really, what should I do, my team leader, he’s tired, so he deserves to rest.”
“Yeah, I should buy you something really delicious.”
“Chief, you’re pretty, but isn’t your skin damaged because you’re tired? I’m worried.”

When I get into the elevator, the staff keep glancing at me and talking about grapes.
I don’t know why he’s looking at me, but I can sense that he’s curiously paying attention.
I think it’s like Grape took a vacation because I got a lot of work and was tired.
That’s absurd.

“You worked hard~”
“The manager will come tomorrow, right? Shall we go to dinner together tomorrow?”
“I should buy you something delicious for lunch~”

The employees all scattered and left work on their own, and I stayed behind and walked slowly to the subway station, thinking.
It’s been a long time since I felt this feeling.
I have no choice but to go to the company, but this feeling of wanting to leave right away…
Since Grape came to the team leader, the situation at the company is getting better and I feel like I have never felt it.
I want to resign.

All workplaces in City A are red oceans, regardless of job type.
If a part-time job at a convenience store is available, the competition rate of 1/100 is easily exceeded.
It is possible to change jobs at any company in another region, but if you want to continue to hold out in A city, it is better not to try to change jobs.

City A was the safest city with many high-ranking magical girls concentrated, so it was only natural.
The company also knows that people are looking for a job because they want to live in City A, so they often treat even high-level workers by saying, “If you want to go out, go out, there are a lot of people coming.”
This is not the case if there is really no one to replace, but I am a developer at a level that can be replaced at any time.

To live in City A, I had endured until now even if it became huge, and after Grape came, I was able to go around comfortably, but… After experiencing it for a long time today, the thought of resigning is getting stronger.
I always wanted to leave the company because of this, but I was enduring it because I wanted to see Rapid.
It’s been a while since I really wanted to quit.

In fact, you don’t have to put up with quitting now.
Even if he leaves the company anyway, he can comb Rapid’s hair and sell it.
When I leave the company, I am a little worried about my relationship with Grape.

We became close, but would Grape ever meet with me even if I left the company?
I want to keep seeing Grape in the future.
It was a strange relationship, but in the end, the core of the relationship with Grape, who is talking to each other or getting closer, is that I keep Grape’s secret.

As soon as I leave the company, I will have almost no contact with the people in the company anyway, so Grape may no longer feel the need to maintain this relationship with me.
The reason I tried to maintain a peaceful company life was to buy time while getting used to the hypnosis app and to build a stronger relationship with Grape.
The purpose of the former has almost been achieved.

I’m still not sure if my relationship with Grape will continue even after I leave the company.
Being friendly with Grape and having her treat me well as the team leader is more important than having her protect and protect me as a magical girl.
Now, if I were to ask if Grape was in a relationship that was close enough to protect me, or guilt-ridden, it would be difficult to give a definitive answer.
It may or may not be so.

After working at a company without grapes for a day and being scolded by the manager, I felt a strong desire to leave the company for the first time in a long time, and I arrived home thinking about what to do next.
During this week, I studied Rapid’s movement, hobbies, and favorite novels whenever I had time.
I figured out my taste to some extent and got used to the hypnosis application.
Wouldn’t it be nice to hypnotize Rapid?
I’m going to hypnotize Rapid on the weekend.

Resignation is certain anyway, and when would be a good time to leave?
I think it would be nice to have a closer relationship with Grape, so I’ll have to go around a bit more.
Don’t work hard, just enough not to harm Grape… I work moderately, leave moderately, and focus on organizing my relationship with Grape the way I want.

Gray Franc After the relationship is sorted out to some extent, he should leave the company immediately.
For the time being, I think I will have to go without thinking about leaving the company, but since Grape will return to work tomorrow, it won’t be a bad company like today.
I fell asleep while reading Rapid’s favorite romance novel and trying to figure out what kind of hypnosis to use.

The next day, I had sex with Rosé on my way to work to shake off the discomfort I felt from the previous day’s work, and arrived at the company in a good mood.
When I arrive at the office thinking that Grape will be here today, I feel a slightly disturbing look.
Looking at the team leader’s seat where Grape was supposed to sit, it was empty today as well.

The reason for the vacation is that he is tired and takes another day off.
It must have been hard hunting a lot of slimes yesterday, so it’s understandable.
For me, who knew my position as a magical girl, it was an understandable vacation, even if it was a bit regrettable.

“Chief, I heard you have a day off today?”
“And… Aren’t you really sick?”
“Awesome, great, really.”

However, in the eyes of the employees, what was wrong with me was that Grape was stressed out and had to take two days off from work.
Employees who normally looked at me as neither good nor bad look at me with pitiful eyes, and female employees with whom I wasn’t very close giggled and laughed as they passed my seat.
Why did this happen?

There must be something, but I’m not sure what.
Does it make sense for Grape to be like this just because he hasn’t been to the company for a while?
The eyes of the staff are stinging.

Among them, the chief’s eyes are very strange.
It is clear that the emotions he has are different from other employees who look at him pathetically.
Laughing at me

Could it be that the manager is spreading bad rumors about me behind the scenes?
I’d like to know where the reason is, but there may be a reason I don’t know about.
The manager has been looking at me with a bad eye ever since I started talking to Grape from time to time.
Are you really doing this by talking to Grape a little bit?
Stinky…

“I really don’t notice…”

I was sitting quietly and doing my work, when I heard a caring voice from the seat next to me.
I only move my eyes and glance, I can see that he is looking at me.
I desperately wanted to quit.

First of all, I have to write all the resignation letters.