At a certain publishing house in Wilhelm in the Land of Literature, today is another busy day as the editors go about their work.
Synny: “Haah, why am I doing this… Yes, I put these all together.”
Avi: “If you have time to complain, you should be finished.”
OO: “Thank you Synny. Editor-in-Chief Kagetora, could you verify these documents for me?”
Kagetora: “Ah, yeah…but could you stop calling me that?”
Kagetora, Synny, and Avi… and OO. On this occasion, they were spending a day earning experience by working at a publishing house and making an effort to take care of all the work.
Synny: “Servant… I mean, OO-senpai. Could you bring me that file?”
OO: “Sure, just a minute.”
Synny was pointing to a file on the highest shelf of the bookcase.
OO stretched herself out to reach it when…
Avi: “Hey, don’t push yourself.”
Avi reached around her, grabbed the intended file, and gave it to Synny.
OO: “Ah, thanks.”
Synny: “Hmph, I’ll be that tall eventually…”
Synny looked up at Avi in annoyance, then continued to pout as he looked over the file.
Synny: “Now, I’ll go freeze that runaway author in ice… I mean, I’ll go call him back.”
Avi: “Oh, is that the author that’s been giving Asuka-senpai trouble?”
Synny: “Yeah, that one… so I’ll give you this. Looks like I won’t have time to drink it.”
The rich smell of coffee rose from the cup OO took from Synny.
Avi: “Huh, black coffee? That’s probably good timing considering there’s so much paperwork.”
Kagetora: “But earlier didn’t you drink it after putting a bunch of milk and sugar in it?”
Synny: “Wha…?!”
Avi: “What, so you had gotten it for OO from the start?”
Synny glared at Avi, his cheeks dyed red, while Avi just smiled.
Kagetora: “Don’t tease him so much Avi…. I think this is a good time to for us to take a break.”
Exasperated, Kagetora gave a wry smile. Then he opened his desk drawer and pulled out a panda-shaped steamed bun wrapped in paper.
Kagetora: “Synny, how about you eat before you go? It won’t matter if you wait a little before chasing after the runaway author.”
Synny: “….i-if you insist.”
The pouting Synny stuffed his mouth with the steamed bun, his eyes sparkling.
Kagetora: “You like sweet things like this right? …the pink ones are rare. Don’t let anyone else see.”
OO: “…! Right.”
He patted OO on the head as she took the steamed bun, then ate his own in a single bite.
Kagetora: “…right, back to work.”
The work experience had only just begun.
The warm sunlight filtered through the blinds, shining on the staff as they returned to work at Kagetora’s signal.
END