Upon hearing that, Kibun's eyes widened slightly.
Anastasia continued, panting:
“I'm always curious about him, for no apparent reason, and if he's not in my line of sight I feel anxious.
I don't know exactly what that feeling is, but I want to see him constantly, so I don't hate coming to work!
It's hard to give this feeling anything!”
Kibun looked in disbelief the entire time, then was a little surprised when she said, “It’s hard to name it.” He murmured absently:
“Makes sense...”
He finished his words as if with a groan, then hummed again in astonishment:
“...Huh, logical...logical...me?
Impossible.”
At the same moment, Anastasia's eyes widened.
I too sighed internally.
Oh, my God.
“I'm logical, impossible”?
I can confidently say that this was the worst possible reaction at that moment.
What was worse was that Kibun's face seemed to realize something.
He finished his words as if by groaning:
“Ah…”
Ahhh?
Someone who was supposed to vehemently deny it, and after “no way,” says “oh”?
I looked at Kibun in amazement:
“You, you...did you say ‘ah’ just now?”
I put my hand on my forehead in amazement:
'Such replies are said in drinks sessions off the record!'
Anyway, rumors will spread quickly!
Anastasia gasped hard, then said in a stern voice:
“Anyway, if you're suffering a lot, I'll make you coffee.
If you need anything, just say.”
She added panting, directing her words to the absent Kibun, with bright eyes full of enthusiasm:
“I, Team Leader, would not normally provide this service to a trainee like you.
Understand?”
She was saying that she was not qualified as a leader, and that she was not necessary...
But if she were transferred, she might cry for ten days straight.
At that moment:
“Hey XX!”
The office door suddenly opened.
Before I could say anything, a harsh voice rang out loudly:
“Namiya Rawabi, it was you, wasn’t it?
You were the one who messed with the sound insulation manuscript, you XX...”
At first, I thought a blood-covered zombie had broken into the place.
It was a middle-aged man, his face covered in blood to the point where his features were difficult to distinguish.
He rushed towards me with burning eyes:
“I will never die alone!”
It was Lydon, who had been beaten to pieces by the Empress just before.
From afar, I saw Luca running with the palace knights:
“Where to during treatment!
Oh!
Oh!
You criminal!”
In a short moment, many thoughts passed through my mind.
Things seemed clear: he ran away from the cure in his anger.
'Since he's so smart, he probably figured out everything in an instant.'
He came to hit me even once.
The bottom line is simple:
'I'll let him hit me once, that's okay.'
I quickly gave up and thought:
I, who cannot lift a scroll box, will never win a fight with this man.
I may feel a little upset, but I got used to getting hit at Baron Rawabi's house before, so that's no problem.
'If I get hurt too much, Luca will deal with it immediately.'
He didn't have a gun, and it seemed trivial.
I was going to let him hit me, but unfortunately, I backed away a little and moved my tongue quickly:
“Oh, another crime will be added to a criminal like you?
Do you hear the sound of your sentence being increased?
There are many witnesses here, right?”
I usually don't waste my energy on empty talk, but maybe because I ate a lot today, provocative words came out easily.
But at that moment:
'...what?'
Suddenly, a broad back filled my vision.
It was Kibun.
'Kibun?'
He stood in front of me without a word and clenched his hand.
I saw everything as if in slow motion.
'no!
'Kibun is just a trainee!'
It's one thing for employees to fight, but Kibun is a trainee with no formal protection.
Even if he is a criminal, he may get in trouble if he hits an employee.
“Kibun, you are in no position to brag!”
I screamed sharply and grabbed his arm to pull him away, but:
“Ahhhh!”
What?
Kippon did nothing, but Lydon fell.
He held his eyes and rolled on the floor.
“Ay, ay, where!”
It was Anastasia.
She threw the coffee powder into Lydon's eyes.
“You crazy bastard... ahhh!”
When Lydon tried to get up while staring at Anastasia, she poured hot water on him.
She was always ready for coffee... really, coffee powder and hot water were always ready.
Anastasia said with burning eyes:
"I'm not lowly, I'm the leader of the Manuscript Department's management team.
A criminal like you dare to enter here?"
Kippon and I froze back.
After a moment, Kibun grabbed me and we backed away, because boiling water started pouring towards us.
“Luca.”
I looked at Luca, who arrived late, and said quietly:
“He will need to treat the burns as well.”
"…Yes."
Luca nodded in surprise.
I sighed and said to Lydon who was screaming:
“Someone who relies only on a pen, rushes based on his size and ends up like this?
He couldn't even cross the threshold of the manuscript section that mocked him?
Add an assault attempt as well?”
“Ay, ay, you crazy...
If the imperial family saw this rude behaviour...”
“Yes, I will never let them see.
There is no imperial family here, right?”
I looked at Lydon kindly, and the knights approached to restrain him again.
Meanwhile, Luka murmured as he looked at Anastasia:
“Your leader is amazing.
No joke.”
Out of surprise, he forgot to use formalities with me.
I was thinking the same.
She was the best leader who protected the minister.
'...Oh my God, what a sudden mess.'
Fortunately, there were no other employees yet.
When Luca and the knights left with Lydon, quiet returned to the office.
Anastasia started cleaning the coffee powder and the jug with a calm face.
“No, but Kibun.”
Anastasia looked at Kibun, who was shaking the coffee powder off my clothes, and said:
“In the office, H, is there really someone you like?
L, you didn’t deny what I said, ‘It’s not true.’”
Anastasia, who protected the minister, was also sharp.
“B, of course!
L, I will not ask A about his identity.”
She continued with shining eyes:
“But Kibun, what kind of woman do you like?”
It was clear that she meant “I won't ask who, but I'll guess what kind.”
In our department, there are only four women, including me.
'Oh, no.'
I sighed heavily and thought:
'Kibun, as a trainee, is very stubborn and cannot mince words like a fox in such situations.'
Anastasia, as a team leader, was his boss.
Keibun arrogantly obeyed.
So, he would answer frankly and in an arrogant tone.
Indeed, Kibun replied sternly:
“I seem to like warm women.”
“Um?”
“And if she's obsessed with me, all the better.”
Anastasia murmured disappointedly:
“Ah, not the minister then.”
What?
“I thought she was the minister.”
What does this mean?
Why not me?
I was about to face Anastasia with narrowed eyes, but:
“When Finance Minister H was here, he was amazing.
He said that Minister Namiya’s abilities are amazing, but her presence makes the heart feel afraid.”
Hmm.
I couldn't find anything to say.
“A while ago, when you were provoking the criminal, I also felt upset and afraid.”
Wait, who defeated that criminal?
I just spoke, and suddenly I became fearful?
“And, also, the minister doesn’t care about anyone, does she?
She hates wasting energy, so she doesn’t care about everyone.”
This is correct.
“Anyway, Kibun, your taste is very strange.”
Anastasia continued to talk to Kibon with unprecedented enthusiasm:
“T, T, you like nerdy women?
Eh, this is the first time I’ve heard it.”
“Yes.
But I love women like these.”
Kibun added slowly:
“Whoever binds me, holds me, and makes me feel suffocated...”
I looked at him and said to myself:
Oh my God.
Everyone lives according to their taste, but this man's taste is really strange...