The Boss (4)

Having just received a new terminal from Walter, I was planning to lie around on my private sofa and waste time….

It was truly a bolt from the blue.

Honestly, if the person in front of me hadn't been Christine, the Boss, I would have responded with the invincible three-step logic of “Me?” “That?” “Why?”

During a brief outing to get some fresh air, I had fought tooth and nail against a black mage who suddenly appeared, spent several days in the hospital as the price of becoming Fire Punch, and even been shot down by a barrage of rockets fired by remnants of the Hakugumi on my way back.

Because I was mentally exhausted.

It felt utterly miserable to have to prepare to go out again after only a few hours had passed since returning to the grocery store.

But as I'd said before, I wasn't a rogue who knew nothing of righteousness or propriety.

And the reason things had turned out this way was because Christine had rushed to the grocery store without even looking back to check whether I was safe.

So, if only to repay her kindness, I couldn't refuse Christine's offer.

She had even added...