Let's Manage The Tower
(6) Runaway
I usually get a bad feeling about it.
Of course, there are opinions that I feel it is hit because it is difficult to forget because it is a negative emotion.
However, as far as examinations are concerned, I feel that the unpleasant feeling from the moment I became a real god is no longer coming off.
This time, too, something happened soon after I felt that unpleasant feeling.
Unusual, the peach came into the lab in a bit of a hurry.
Since Isnani is currently on the fifth floor, she is only in the laboratory.
For the record, the Golem Making Room deliberately built a separate room.
That's why the lab had Kaiseki and Mitsuki, but I looked at the peach and looked at what happened.
"Peach, what's wrong with you in such a hurry?
"Mr. Kouske, come here for a moment. Hurry up."
Having said that, I took the assistant's arm and left the lab without hearing his answer.
"Wait a minute, what happened?
"Instead of talking to me, you should ask me directly ~"
Peach said something like that about whether it settled down a little while walking.
I was intrinsically surprised by what happened when Peach panicked so far, but for the time being, I was silently taken away.
Of course, there are rattles on the back.
It was in the conference room where the regular meeting was always held that Peach brought in the examiner.
Except for the regular meeting, there were three people waiting in the room, which was barely used.
They were Shreyne and Florian.
The remaining one was not a member of the administration, but one of the senior officials of the fifth tier of the administration.
I also came to the last regular meeting, so I also remembered the exam aid.
Even though he was not at the regular meeting, the examiner leaned his neck without thinking of a reason to come here.
"What's wrong?
"Kouske, are you here?"
When they saw the assistant examiner, they had a clear expression of relief.
I saw this and realized that something was really going on.
The senior official who came here also looked at Kaiseki's face and had a consolation look on his face.
The high-ranking official began telling the story, as Shreyne prompted him.
As I listened, the face of the examiner began to pull.
The incident began when Kouchi visited the fifth floor to pick up the Golem ingredients he had ordered from Schmidt.
The receipt of the material itself was not defective and was almost finished.
The problem is afterwards.
Whatever he thought, Kouchi started to look around the fifth floor without returning to management immediately after receiving it.
Of course, Kouhi knows that his appearance attracts attention.
Using his appearance, he heard rumors about the town.
Among the rumors, there was something that started this incident.
To put it simply, there were a lot of rumors that demeaned the exam aid.
Kouhi, who heard the rumor, went straight to the administrative office without anything in particular on the spot.
Naturally, people who did not know about Kouhi responded at first.
However, it happened that a high-ranking official who knew Kouhi's face went through the scene and bluished his face.
When I saw Kouchi's expression at that time, I understood the situation in an instant.
Immediately she was taken to a separate room and placed in Alec's custody, and the senior official came directly to management after obtaining Alec's permission.
The assistant who heard the story had to deal with the matter in front of him for the time being.
Mitsuki, please, don't run to you.
Everyone but Mitsuki paid attention to her and sweated cold inside.
The expression was smiling, but I found out that whoever looked at it was angry.
"Oh, why?
"In the meantime, don't move until you know what's going on. Okay?"
"Ah... okay."
Mitsuki nodded as if she was reluctant.
The rest of the people who saw it sighed with relief and looked at Kaiseki with a boulder.
That gaze would be an indication of our expectation of dealing with Kouchi, who is currently experiencing a typhoon.
"... I knew it was a bad feeling..."
It was an examiner who was taken to the fifth floor by a senior official while thinking about something that didn't matter.
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"Ah, I can't. I can't do this."
In the administrative office, it is a dialogue of examinations from the moment I see Kouhi's face.
Alec's expression when he heard the dialog was visible, but the exam aid was not far off.
"Let's just calm down, Kouhi."
"Ah, Master, what do you want? For now, we will crush the undelivered, so please wait."
No, wait. The words that came out of my throat because I didn't have to crush it didn't end up outside.
It turns out it's useless to say so.
"Alec, what's going on?
Rumors are spreading among the fifth tier of the hierarchy to discredit the examiners. That's what caused it in the first place.
I don't think Alec is keeping his mouth shut about the situation.
Alec sighed one by one.
"I haven't heard such rumors before. It seems to have been intentionally induced recently..."
I hurried to advise Alec of his excuses.
"Alec, I don't care about politics. I say it because you don't seem to understand, but it's already too late. If you don't say what you have to say, you're in trouble, too.
In his words, Alec stopped moving perfectly and looked at Kouhi.
I know exactly what the examiner is talking about. And now my words are stepping on the tail of the tiger.
As for Alec, of course he knew the existence of rumors.
As I mentioned earlier, even those who are intentionally manipulating behind the scenes were grasped to some extent.
After that, I tried to grasp the solid evidence and bring it to my political advantage, but all of it was blown away by the presence called Kouhi.
As Kaiseki said, if left alone, the administrative office itself will be subject to Kouhi's wrath instead of itself.
Kouhi will not hesitate to say that it is the fifth tier of government.
"... the people involved here have already been indexed. I'm pulling the thread on the back, but it's mostly..."
"Tell me."
Kouchi answered briefly.
"Kouhi, if you make good use of this, this town's position will be even more..."
After explaining the advantages, Alec tried to calm down, but Kouchi ignored everything.
"It doesn't matter. Teach me, don't you?
Understanding that the word was an ultimatum, Alec immediately presented Kouhi with a document.
"This is the information we have known so far."
Kouhi left the room as soon as he received the document.
Probably went to the Defraya clan to get the back.
I can understand that much in my examinations.
Seeing Kouhi leave, Alec sighed.
But when I saw Alec, he said he was sorry.
"Alec, I'm sorry, but it's not too soon to be reassured.
"What? What do you mean..."
Alec, who tried to ask what it was, saw Mitsuki who was beside the examiner and immediately realized what the examiner wanted to say.
Alec rang his throat and looked at the rattles.
"Well, this is the first time I'm going to miss you. But if we do the same thing next time... maybe Kouhi will move right away if I don't move."
Kouhi and Mitsuki are both angry with Alec about this incident.
To be precise, against the executive branch.
The executive office dared to miss the rumor of unduly demeaning the exam aid.
He tried to expose those who were intentionally spreading the rumors and gain a political advantage.
However, Kouhi and Mitsuki feel the same guilt when they miss the rumors.
The only thing we missed this time was that Kaiseki was using Alec heavily.
"... okay."
Alec lowered his head to Mitsuki, and he also lowered his head.
Even as an examiner, I was concerned about Kouhi's trend, so I couldn't stay here any longer, so I decided to leave the administrative office immediately.
The peach I was with told Alec after the examiners left.
"For Kouhi and Mitsuki-sama, Kouske-sama is completely a tiger's tail, so it's better not to think about using it badly ~"
"... I wish I could tell you first."
"Oh, I thought I knew about the first Floria."
Peach finally reminded me of that time, Alec.
"... indeed."
Depressed Alec, Peach comforts (?).
"Well, the situation is different from that time, so it's not impossible, but it's better to make sure that we can't use the means we've been using here ~"
Let's do it.
Alec nodded heavily in agreement with Peach's words.