Sir Mage, You Said We Would Only Hold Hands! Chapter 10 - 6 O’Clock 6 Minutes 6 Seconds

 

“Vice, Vice! Are you okay?!”

 

“How did you not get bitten?! What has happened since the first day you’re assigned!”

 

Sophia and Docson surrounded Birkin, making all kinds of fuss, as she returned to the office. They’re right. What kind of hardships has this been since the first day she was assigned?

 

Birkin sighed deeply. She was holding her forehead like a habit.

 

“Is Sir Liam Moore really like that?”

 

“Gasp, you called the mad dog by name…”

 

“Then you’re in big trouble, Vice Redfield!”

 

“Why?”

 

Docson pulled his soft eyebrows together with all his might. He probably wanted to make a threatening expression.

 

“The mad dog’ name is taboo. You could end up getting involved if you call it that name.”

 

“Can’t we get involved?”

 

“His personality is so filthy, you know!”

 

Docson shook his head excitedly and shouted as if wondering why she didn’t know this simple reason. Well, even from Birkin’s perspective, Liam Moore’s personality didn’t seem that good.

 

But surprisingly, Sophia came to her aid.

 

“Ey, it’s worth it for a mage of that caliber to be stuck in the countryside like this.”

 

“What does that mean? He’s stuck?”

 

“Huh? Didn’t you hear? Mad dog, he’s here by order from headquarters.”

 

Birkin’s eyes widened. The archmage was a talented person who was busy looking after people at the headquarters. Yet rather, he’s here by order from headquarters?

 

Docson, who was listening, helped Sophia.

 

“They say his personality is so filthy that the headquarters won’t accept him.”

 

“Huh? I heard he came down here because of an accident?”

 

“Really? …What accident?”

 

“They said he killed a person.”

 

Liam Moore, all the rumors about him were urban legends. But even in these empty rumors, there was something to be saved.

 

“But I heard that very few people have seen him use magic.”

 

“Why?”

 

“I don’t know that. It’s the first time I’ve seen him in person.”

 

No one knows that the only archmage in the Empire has no mana.

 

***

 

Herion got up from his seat with a clunk, the sound of a chair being pushed back. Since he rarely goes to the bathroom while working, Sophia and Docson also glanced at him.

 

He stood up and walked over to Birkin.

 

“Excuse me, Vice Redfield. I have transferred all the documents you mentioned in the morning onto parchment.”

 

“Ah, you mean that one that you tried to send by watch earlier in the morning and got an error? Did you transfer it to parchment?”

 

“…I didn’t do it, I used the flat magic pen in the Magic Tower.”

 

The flat magic pen was a pen that had the function of writing down the information specified by the user on parchment. This item was also one of the best-selling items in the Magic Tower.

 

Still, Birkin looked at Herion with moved eyes. In this new team composed of only young people, a talent with as much work sense as Herion was a blessing from heaven.

 

“Sir Rutt, really…”

 

“…Yes?”

 

“Your work sense is excellent. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been six months since you started working there.”

 

At that moment, the tips of his ears turned red. Birkin was too busy reading the parchment handed to her by Herion to notice it.

 

Herion, who had been silent for a while, opened his mouth belatedly. He seemed to have cleared his throat a few times.

 

“Vice…You don’t feel the same on the first day you’re assigned either.”

 

“Well, that’s what I used to do. Ah, but you only had to suffer for today. I went to Chief Ad earlier and changed the watch setting to Deepdale Branch.”

 

Birkin sat down and raised her wrist, holding it out to him. Herion, who was standing in front of her, looked down at it silently.

 

Unlike him, who was watching quietly, it was Docson and Sophia who went wild. They both opened their eyes wide and asked Birkin.

 

“Vice, you can use the watch now?! Wow, please tell me your watch number.”

 

“Me too, me too!”

 

“…Do you really want to know your boss’s watch number?”

 

I didn’t want to, though.

 

Although Birkin looked at the two with a questioning look, she spelled her watch number. Then Sophia and Docson quietly lifted their left wrists and began to adjust the second hand of the watch.

 

Of course, since it’s a work watch, everyone wears it only in the Magic Tower and changes it to their personal watch when they get home from work, but she still disliked it. During her time at headquarters, Birkin tried to avoid knowing other people’s watch numbers as much as possible, except in cases where it was unavoidable.

 

That was when Birkin was looking at Docson and Sophia. An alarm went off on her contact watch. Birkin tapped the watch face and received a call from the shallow vibration felt on her wrist.

 

“…Who is this?”

 

— It’s me. Herion.

 

“It’s me. Herion.”

 

When she raised her head at those words, she saw Herion talking to his wrist next to her. Birkin looked at him for a moment and then laughed.

 

“Even Sir Rutt… Haha, everyone says it’s good to know your boss’ watch number. They’ll only give the watch for work, though.”

 

As she laughed, silence fell inside the office. It was exactly the same reaction as when Birkin first arrived and blushed when she saw her place.

 

“I-I-I love it so much! Vice, you’re the best!”

 

“Me too, me too! Vice, your smile is so pretty…! Ugh. Sophia, what’s wrong with you?!”

 

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about so rudely to her face? Just save the number!”

 

The four people who exchanged numbers like that slowly stood up from their seats. Now she had to go down to the first floor and talk to Team 2 about general counseling work. This is because she’s a new vice, so consulting duties have to be divided.

 

Since the office is on the second floor, she took the stairs instead of using the magic moving box, and Docson, who was going down ahead of her, suddenly asked in an anxious tone.

 

“Well… actually, this is my first time doing general consulting work. Will I be able to do a good job?”

 

“You just have to do what you saw during your internship.”

 

Of course, instead of trying to comfort or scare him, she told the truth. As Birkin saw during her internship, it’s probably not everyone’s first time seeing general counseling.

 

Not long after, she arrived at the general counseling room on the first floor and saw the second team of employees busy working. Of course, Birkin was a face that most people were seeing for the first time.

 

“Hello, I’m sorry, I know you’re busy, but where is Team 2 Deputy?”

 

“Uh… It’s over there.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Two chicks, including Herion, followed behind Birkin. At Deepdale, two teams, Team 1 and Team 2, had been conducting consultations in two shifts, so Team 2 was supposed to stay behind for a while to help until today.

 

“Hello, Deputy. This is Team 3 Vice Birkin Redfield.”

 

“Ah, the person I greeted in the morning… Well, it’s nice to meet you.”

 

“Yes, nice to meet you too. I heard from Chief Ad that Team 2 will be with us until today.”

 

“Uhm, right…”

 

After that, Birkin easily continued the conversation with Team 2 Deputy. Although vice was a low rank, she couldn’t be looked down on because she was ultimately the head of Team 3.

 

Birkin also broke down and acted harder than usual. In any case, personnel evaluations related to promotions are the responsibility of the chief and not something that can be decided by the next team’s deputy.

 

Herion, Docson, and Sophia followed Birkin’s story and took turns with Team 2 employees one by one. Unlike Herion, who did well right from the start, Docson and Sofia struggled a few times, but gradually got used to it as time went by.

 

It was slowly approaching time for everyone to get off work. The people of Team 2 had already withdrawn and returned to the office a long time ago.

 

When Team 2 Deputy left, Birkin, who was naturally in charge of the scene, spoke so that all three team members could hear.

 

“I think we can sort this out soon. Let’s all get off work!”

 

“Ugh, yes!”

 

“Ah, if I use mana just one more second, I think my back will hurt…”

 

Birkin grinned at Sophia’s complaint. It wasn’t a symptom of mana depletion, it was because her posture had become stiff while concentrating for a long time, but she thought it was cute that she was making such a fuss.

 

After finishing organizing, Birkin was about to go up to the office on the second floor.

 

Beep, beep.

 

A notification arrived on Birkin’s watch.

 

It was an alarm from ‘6 o’clock 6 minutes 6 seconds’.

 

— Wise Magic Tower Life TIP! —

Birkin’s clockwork number has been 7 o’clock 7 minutes 7 seconds for eight years, including her time at headquarters. She believes it’s a lucky number that brings in a lot of money!